Sunday, September 16, 2012

Hare and Tortoise Recap

By Rick Platt


That Williamsburg’s Jennifer Quarles, 40, won Saturday’s fourth annual The Hare and Tortoise New Quarter Park 8K Run was no surprise. Six-time Colonial Road Runners Grand Prix champion Quarles (5 wins), defending Grand Prix champion Karen Terry (5 wins) and two-time Olympic Trials Marathon qualifier Renee High (2 wins) have dominated the CRR Grand Prix this year for the women, with all the wins through 12 races in the 18-event series. What was surprising Saturday was the second-place finish by Emily Honeycutt, 21, of West Point, a William and Mary senior, who beat age-group superstar Mercedes Castillo-D’Amico, 54, of Newport News for the first time in an exciting finish.

Quarles won in 33:04 for the 4.97-mile course that started and finished at the New Quarter Park Pavilion, went out the park entrance road, included a loop of Copse Way within the adjacent Queens Lake neighborhood, then concluded with an out-and-back section on a scenic gravel-and-dirt fire trail through the woods. After trailing for most of the race, Honeycutt caught Castillo in sight of the finish line, to take second, 34:22 to 34:25.

For the men, for the second consecutive CRR race, Greg Dawson, 47, and Steve Chantry, 57, both of Williamsburg, swept the top two places. At the York River State Park 5K on August 25, Dawson beat Chantry by 17 seconds. At the Hare and Tortoise Run in the York County section of Williamsburg, Dawson won by 14 seconds, 29:41 to 29:55. Daniel Shaye made it a 1-2-3 Williamsburg sweep with his third-place, pulling away from Henry Gleisberg, 55, of Yorktown, in the final half mile, 31:00 to 31:07. Both Dawson (45-49) and Chantry (55-59) broke race age group records.

Seven women broke age group records--Melissa Graham (women 30-34, 39:49), Quarles (40-44), Connie Glueck (45-49, 35:05), Castillo-D'Amico (50-54), Joan Coven (70-74, 44:51), Ann Manciagli (75-79, 1:02:51) and Pat Eden (80-and-over, 1:17:58).

  There were 166 finishers in the 8K run/walk. The race is also known as the Karene O'Hare Ovarian Cancer Memorial Run, and is race directed by her husband, John O'Hare (hence the race name Hare and Tortoise), in partnership with the Williamsburg Community Foundation. Temperatures were in the upper 70s, with excessive humidity, but somewhat overcast skies.

Honeycutt is a W&M senior, majoring in math, and already accepted for 2013 into the W&M School of Education, while pursuing her Masters degree, with the goal of becoming a high school math teacher. She graduated in 2009 from New Kent High, where she ran cross country and track all four years, while coached by Williamsburg’s Jamie Peterson (now Brayton). Honeycutt had a 5K cross country PR of 21:46, ran a 6:18 for 1,600 meters her sophomore year, then specialized in the 3,200 meters her final two years, with a best of 13:38. In cross country she was first or second on the team her junior and senior years.

On the roads, in occasional CRR races, she was in the low 22’s for 5Ks while at New Kent, and in the high 21’s her first two years at W&M. It’s been only in the past year, starting with last October’s Breast Health 10K (timed in 46:05) that Honeycutt has started making breakthrough performances from her modest high school times. She improved to 43:15 at this spring’s Monument Avenue 10K in Richmond, then several weeks later set another PR at the Run the DOG Street 5K (20:31), culminating in May with a ninth-place finish in the Run for the Dream Half Marathon (1:38:46, another PR). The reason for her fast times in 2012 is simple—greatly increased weekly mileage, building from the 35 miles per week she ran at New Kent, to the current 55-70 mpw, settling at 60. While not running or studying, Honeycutt has worked at the New Balance Factory Outlet store for the past 2 ¼ years. Her goal this fall is to break the 20-minute barrier at November’s Governor’s Land 5K, the RRCA Virginia State Championship 5K.

In an out-of-town race this past Sunday, Williamsburg’s John Piggott ran another exceptionally fast time at the Hidden Treasure Half Marathon in Salisbury, MD. Last year he had a 2011 best of 1:14:11 to place second overall, about a minute behind the winner. This year he beat the defending champion by three minutes to win over a field of about 300 runners over the certified course, with a 2012 best time of 1:14:24. Piggott led from the start with a consistent 5:30 pace, went through five miles in a fast 27:28 and ten miles in 55:53. Another Williamsburg runner, Chris Robertson, was ninth overall in 1:34:09.



Saturday, August 25, 2012

Rainy Recovery Rocks Results

Women's winner Karen Terry, 23, of Newport News extended her lead in the Colonial Road Runners Grand Prix with her win this morning at the York River State Park Recovery Rocks 5K Run. Terry, the YRSP 5K defending champion, bettered her winning time from 2011 (19:35) by six seconds with her race age-group record (women 20-24) of 19:29. Other age-group records were broken by Mercedes Castillo-D'Amico (women 50-54), Carol Talley (women 55-59), Louise Sharer (women 60-64) and Pat Eden (women 80-and-over).


Castillo-D'Amico, 54, also of Newport News, was runnerup for the women with a time of 20:51.

For the men, Greg Dawson, 46, of Williamsburg, won his first Colonial Road Runners Grand Prix race ever with a time of 18:00. Steve Chantry, 57, of Williamsburg, was runnerup in 18:17, while 2011 CRR Grand Prix champion Todd Kessler, 29, of Newport News was third overall in 18:36.

For the CRR Grand Prix this year, after 11 races, the top four women are Karen Terry (68), Mercedes Castillo-D'Amico (57), Jennifer Quarles (55) and Connie Glueck (52). For the men, the top three are Daniel Shaye (67), Greg Dawson (64) and Todd Kessler (62).

The weather was relatively cool, with temperatures in the lower 70s. There was heavier rain before and after the race, which cut down on the attendance (71 entrants, 64 finishers), but a window of opportunity occurred for the 5K itself, with little rain during the event, but the road and trail course was wet and slippery at times.

Rick Platt
113 Anthony Wayne Rd.
Williamsburg, VA 23185
Phone 757-229-7375
Cell 757-345-1431
rickplatt1@juno.com

York River State Park Recovery Rocks 5K Run
York River State Park , Williamsburg , Virginia

Saturday, August 25, 2012

A Colonial Road Runners Grand Prix Event
Information from Rick Platt (757-229-7375, rickplatt1@juno.com)
71 entrants, 64 finishers in 5K run/walk.
** Age group record (5-year age groups)

Men Overall
1. Greg Dawson, 46 Williamsburg 18:00
2. Steve Chantry, 57 Williamsburg 18:17
3. Todd Kessler, 29 Newport News 18:36

Women Overall
**1. Karen Terry, 23 Newport News 19:29
**2. Mercedes Castillo-D’Amico, 54 Newport News 20:51
3. Emily Honeycutt, 21 Barhamsville 21:31

Men 19-and-under
1. Brett Kellogg, 14 Manassas 22:20
2. Paul Glass, 11 Williamsburg 24:39
3. Liam Kellogg, 9 Manassas 26:06
4. Sean Kellogg, 12 Manassas 27:39
5. Ethen Pickles, 10 Williamsburg 32:19

Men 20-24
1. Michael Enroughty, 23 Williamsburg 24:15

Men 25-29
1. Peter Grabowski, 29 Lanexa 20:41
2. Eric Fawcett, 26 Newport News 38:43

Men 30-34
1. James Calton, 32 Louisville , KY 23:43
2. Joel Wright, 30 Richmond 23:56
3. Percial Cecil, 34 Richmond 25:13

Men 35-39
1. Ted Holstrom, 38 Williamsburg 20:04
2. Kevin Romberger-DePew, 39 Newport News 20:30

Men 40-44
1. David Glass, 40 Williamsburg 25:10
2. Steven Kean, 42 Williamsburg 25:52
3. Arnold Cooper, 42 Toano 38:58

Men 45-49
1. Sean Killeen, 47 Richmond 19:59
2. Phillip Kellogg, 48 Manassas 30:03

Men 50-54
1. Ken Alberg, 51 Suffolk 20:42
2. Andrew D’Amico, 51 Newport News 22:24
3. Michael Glueck, 51 Williamsburg 24:11
4. Larry Price, 53 West Point 26:53

Men 55-59
1. Jim Thornton, 58 Seaford 20:24
2. Will Murray , 56 Williamsburg 21:01
3. Todd Lins, 55 Williamsburg 27:45

Men 60-64
1. Rick Platt, 62 Williamsburg 21:58
2. George Carrigan, 63 Williamsburg 22:18
3. George Davis, 61 Hartfield 31:24
4. Robert Garcia, 62 Williamsburg 32:07

Men 65-and-over
1. William Sharer, 65 Williamsburg 24:37
2. Larry Arata, 67 Williamsburg 26:37
3. Robert Wilson, 65 Toano 27:49

Men Walk
1. Robert Curtin, Jr., 59 Hampton 41:47

Women 19-and-under
1. Sara Dimeler, 17 Carrollton 24:06

Women 20-24
none

Women 25-29
1. Karen Grabowski, 28 Lanexa 25:20
2. Jessica Fawcett, 26 Newport News 38:45

Women 30-34
1. Jaimee Buckley, 33 Williamsburg 32:35
2. Catherine VanDyke, 31 Williamsburg 32:38

Women 35-39
1. Nicole Carson, 38 Williamsburg 22:46
2. Susan Hagel, 39 Norfolk 24:02
3. Jeanette Primich, 36 Williamsburg 25:15
4. Lindsy Gardner, 38 Kilmarnock 38:52

Women 40-44
1. Chris Campbell, 41 Williamsburg 32:34
2. Denise Cooper, 40 Toano 38:58
3. Lauren McDonald, 43 Williamsburg 40:06

Women 45-49
1. Connie Glueck, 48 Williamsburg 21:32
2. Debbie McLaughlin, 46 Williamsburg 22:03
3. Annie Gilbride, 45 Providence Forge 22:26
4. Cory Springer, 47 Williamsburg 24:32
5. Marie Vallone, 47 Williamsburg 37:33

Women 50-54
1. Norma Phillips, 51 Williamsburg 26:51

Women 55-59
**1. Carol Talley, 57 Toano 24:24
2. Harriet McCoy, 57 Toano 26:16

Women 60-64
**1. Louise Sharer, 60 Williamsburg 25:57

Women 65-and-over
1. Ann Manciagli, 76 Williamsburg 38:27
2. Sally Davis, 71 Hartfield 44:41

Women Walk
1. Sylvia Garcia, 60 Williamsburg 40:51
**2. Pat Eden, 81 Williamsburg 48:00



Saturday, August 11, 2012

Vineyards Postponed Until Tomorrow

Due to inclement weather the Vineyards 5K to benefit Child Development Resources will be held on Sunday, August 12th.


Location and times remain the same. Visit 5k.cdr.org for race information.



Hope to see you there!

Saturday, June 16, 2012

Women Shine at Warhill

By Rick Platt

Women's overall winner Karen Terry ran the 3rd fastest time in race history with her 18:36. The only faster times in the nine-year history of the Warhill 5K were recorded by women's course record holder Tracy Bright (18:22) in 2006, and 6-time Colonial Road Runners Grand Prix champion Jennifer Quarles (18:23), also in 2006.
Race age group records were broken by Mercedes Castillo-D'Amico (2nd overall for the women), Joan Coven (women 70-74), Tami Graf (women 75-79) and Pat Eden (women 80-and-over).
The race was the eighth of 18 CRR Grand Prix Events for 2012. The course was a combination of a grass soccer field (.6 miles), an asphalt bike path (1 mile), the park entrance road (.5 miles) and the gravel-and-dirt Warhill nature trail (1 mile, with 4 major hills in that challenging final mile).
 
The results follow:
 
9th Annual


Warhill 5K Run/Walk

Warhill District Park Sports Complex, Williamsburg , Virginia

Saturday, June 16, 2012

A Colonial Road Runners Grand Prix Event

Information from Rick Platt (757-229-7375, rickplatt1@juno.com)

150 finishers in 5K run/walk.

** Age group record (5-year age groups)


Men Overall

1. Daniel Shaye, 43 Williamsburg 17:40

[race record is 15:15 by Patrick Rotich, 25, Virginia Beach in 2005]

2. Greg Dawson, 46 Williamsburg 18:06

3. Derek Holdsworth, 16 Williamsburg 18:18


Women Overall

1. Karen Terry, 23 Newport News 18:36

[race record is 18:22 by Tracy Bright, 23, Williamsburg , in 2006]

**2. Mercedes Castillo D’Amico, 54 Newport News 20:13

3. Emily Honeycutt, 21 West Point 20:53


Men 19-and-under

1. Andrew Richards, 17 Williamsburg 18:27

2. Andrew Loper, 15 Williamsburg 18:37

3. James Hart, 15 Williamsburg 18:54

4. Alasdair Thomson, 13 Yorktown 21:32

5. Levi Rees, 15 Williamsburg 21:56

6. Joshua Dudek, 13 Chesapeake 22:24

7. Ethan Jones, 15 Seaford 22:34

8. Jake Lobash, 12 Williamsburg 23:00

9. Noah Dunbar, 11 Williamsburg 23:01

10. Paul Glass, 10 Williamsburg 23:31

11. Ethan Johnson, 15 Williamsburg 23:37

12. Patrick O’Dell, 15 Toano 23:40

13. Jonathan Toler, 16 Williamsburg 23:46

14. Augie Cooper, 10 Williamsburg 24:09

15. Colson Buscher, 17 Toano 24:26

16. Tyler Highley, 12 Williamsburg 24:53

17. Samuel Weber, 10 Williamsburg 25:14

18. Daniel Hoffmann, 10 Yorktown 25:16

19. Sean Napolitano, 16 Williamsburg 25:46

20. Evan James, 13 Chesapeake 26:03

21. Michael Hoffmann, 13 Yorktown 26:47

22. Dan Napolitano, 13 Williamsburg 29:46

23. Khayan Dunbar, 9 Williamsburg 29:56

24. Ethen Pickles, 10 Williamsburg 29:57


Men 20-24

1. Hampton Massengill, 23 Chesapeake 24:20


Men 25-29

1. Peter Grabowski, 29 Lanexa 20:08

2. Noah Richardson, 29 Williamsburg 23:56


Men 30-34

1. George Gori, 33 Newport News 20:48

2. Daniel Carlile, 33 Williamsburg 22:29


Men 35-39

1. Ted Holstrom, 38 Williamsburg 19:47

2. Glenn Muckley, 35 Williamsburg 20:34

3. Chris Robertson, 39 Williamsburg 20:54

4. Justin Highley, 39 Williamsburg 20:55

5. Jason Miller, 35 Williamsburg 22:33

6. Brad Livermon, 35 Sanibel, FL 24:03

7. Ross Humphreys, 36 Yorktown 25:23

8. Frank Lobash, 39 Williamsburg 25:45

9. Jason Daniels, 36 Yorktown 26:16

10. Chris Wharton, 35 Hampton 28:18

11. Amani Woodson, 37 Glen Allen 30:08

12. James Whittenton, 38 Toano 38:08


Men 40-44

1. Kevin Clauberg, 43 Williamsburg 22:20

2. David Glass, 40 Williamsburg 25:33

3. Richard Williams, 41 Providence Forge 37:36


Men 45-49

1. Paul Pelletier, 46 Williamsburg 19:16

2. Chris Robinson, 45 Toano 21:16

3. Barry Jones, 45 Seaford 22:35

4. Tim O’Dell, 46 Toano 22:44

5. Mario Hoffmann, 47 Yorktown 33:04


Men 50-54

1. Andrew D’Amico, 51 Newport News 21:19

2. Mitch Hawbaker, 53 Mercersburg, PA 23:10

3. Michael Glueck, 50 Williamsburg 24:02

4. Gregor Thomson, 51 Yorktown 25:19

5. Steve Fischer, 54 Stafford 26:18

6. Bill Napolitano, 53 Williamsburg 27:16


Men 55-59

1. Will Murray , 56 Williamsburg 20:25

2. Jim Goggin, 58 Williamsburg 21:22

3. Steve Long, 57 Williamsburg 24:07

4. Bruce Cogossi, 59 Williamsburg 26:05

5. Jim Buscher, 55 Toano 26:18



Men 60-64

1. Rick Platt, 61 Williamsburg 20:30

2. Joe Day, 61 Yorktown 21:37

3. George Carrigan, 63 Williamsburg 22:00

4. Jimmy Blount, 61 Williamsburg 25:52

5. Robert Garcia, 62 Williamsburg 33:47


Men 65-and-over

1. Kenneth Mitchell, 67 Williamsburg 22:54

2. William Sharer, 65 Williamsburg 24:19

3. Robert Wright, 70 Hampton 24:49

4. Ed Oliphant, 66 Gloucester 25:43

5. William Chadim, 65 Midlothian 26:11

6. Randy Hawthorne, 66 Williamsburg 26:20

7. Larry Arata, 67 Williamsburg 26:57

8. John Essery, 76 Williamsburg 29:57


Men Walk

1. Tom Gerhardt, 61 Chesapeake 30:22

2. Rich Higgins, 58 Williamsburg 32:38

3. Bob Curtin, 59 Hampton 39:02

4. Grove Calvert, 65 Virginia Beach 41:59

5. Richard Sanborn, 77 Williamsburg 44:15

6. Mike Rizzo, 64 Newport News 47:29

7. Wayne Creef, 50 Chesapeake 47:53

8. Seth Turko, 44 Chesapeake 47:54


Women 19-and-under

1. Mim Buscher, 15 Toano 21:56

2. Alexandra Lewis, 12 Williamsburg 28:50

3. Madison Lind, 8 Yorktown 29:45

4. Emma Lobash, 8 Williamsburg 30:17

5. Katie James, 10 Chesapeake 32:45

6. Sarah Toler, 12 Williamsburg 33:22


Women 20-24

1. Tabatha Whatley, 22 Newport News 29:33


Women 25-29

1. Erica Holman, 29 New Smyrna Beach, FL 28:18

2. Ashley Springer, 25 Williamsburg 35:05

3. Lyndi Fedele, 26 Williamsburg 36:06

4. Jessica Ortiz, 26 Yorktown 50:47


Women 30-34

1. Audrey Perlow, 31 Arlington 21:03

2. Joanna McCandlish, 30 Williamsburg 24:09

3. Nicole Sullivan, 34 Newport News 26:01

4. Kelly Canfield, 31 Williamsburg 26:45

5. Tricia Murphy, 31 Williamsburg 26:56

6. Andrea Mason, 31 Williamsburg 29:48

7. Andrea Smith, 32 Williamsburg 44:57


Women 35-39

1. Meghan Cloud, 39 Charlottesville 21:24

2. Susan Hagel, 39 Norfolk 22:31

3. Crystal Davenport, 37 Yorktown 24:30

4. Jeanette Primich, 35 Williamsburg 24:39

5. Laura Stoner, 39 Williamsburg 24:41

6. Erica Dunbar, 38 Williamsburg 27:39

7. Cher Lobash, 39 Williamsburg 30:17

8. Suzanne Dyba, 38 Williamsburg 31:08

9. Adrienne Foster, 39 Williamsburg 45:58

10. Kimberly Lawrence, 36 Williamsburg 46:28

11. Shannon Kirkpatrick, 39 Newport News 47:47


Women 40-44

1. Tina Hoffmann, 44 Yorktown 33:03

2. Kathleen McMichael, 44 Newport News 43:22


Women 45-49

1. Connie Glueck, 48 Williamsburg 21:13

2. Debbie McLaughlin, 46 Williamsburg 21:38

3. Cory Springer, 47 Williamsburg 24:28

4. Carol Marley, 47 Toano 25:55

5. Susan Lind, 47 Yorktown 29:45

6. Renee Stimson, 46 New Smyrna Beach, FL 38:08

7. Beatrice Johnson, 45 Williamsburg 47:35


Women 50-54

1. Norma Phillips, 51 Williamsburg 27:39

2. Cindi Eicher, 50 Williamsburg 30:03

3. Karen Fischer, 51 Stafford 45:53*

* Walker winning age-group award


Women 55-59

1. Rose Crist, 57 Lanexa 26:02

2. Harriet McCoy, 57 Toano 27:30

3. Nita McGuire, 58 Yorktown 41:11


Women 60-64

1. Louise Sharer, 60 Williamsburg 25:33

2. Patricia Travis, 61 Williamsburg 27:54

3. Brenda Mitchell, 61 Williamsburg 28:09

4. Joanne McCandlish, 61 Williamsburg 41:50


Women 65-and-over

**1. Joan Coven, 71 West Point 25:47

2. Ann Hirn, 66 Portsmouth 27:50

3. Margaret Cogossi, 65 Williamsburg 31:33

**4. Tami Graf, 75 Lusby, MD 33:18

5. Ann Manciagli, 76 Williamsburg 37:41

Women Walk

1. Sylvia Garcia, 59 Williamsburg 38:37

2. Meredith Sprinkle, 39 Toano 42:20

3. Wendy Tooley, 40 Lanexa 42:30

4. Kristen Saunders, 37 Norfolk 42:34

5. Marsha Pelletier, 47 Williamsburg 45:52

6. Karen Fischer, 51 Stafford 45:53

**7. Pat Eden, 81 Williamsburg 47:46

8. Karen Saunders, 60 Norfolk 47:57

9. Meredith Woodson, 35 Glen Allen 52:33

10. Celeste Hicks, 60 Salem 53:46

11. Norma Wells-Green, 54 Newport News 53:47