The lead runners took off fast, down the parking lot and back up, through the woody stretch that makes this course unique, and down the long Mackall Street hill. About 1.2 miles into the course, the lead pack of 12 kept going straight when they should have turned into a brief path through the woods. An alert runner trailing the lead pack called out, "We have to turn here," but 11 of the lead runners were flying faster than the speed of sound and continued on. The 12th heard the page and doubled back, losing distance but running the true course and then some.
The ocean of 11 ran the big loop of the course retrograde, while the rest came around the loop correctly and briefly encountered the 11 before they got a head start back up the Mackall Street hill. The 11, led by Jim Hage, 45, of Kensington MD (27:42) finished first. Then, after a 36-second gap, the rest of the runners followed, led by Mike Domin, 29, of Arlington VA (31:45).
Race director Scott Boggess decided to let the order of finish stand.
Elizabeth Feldman, 35, of Chevy Chase MD was first female finisher.
After the race, everyone received a water bottle and store coupon from Modell's Sporting Goods, and age group winners won glassware and medallions. Everyone enjoyed post-race watermelon, Gatorade, and cookies. With the free bottles, generous post-race refreshments, and friendly atmosphere, a wrong turn was quickly forgotten.
Pat Brown and Ed Grant timed the race. Aaron Cheskis, Neal, and John Latta handled registration and awards. Kerry O'Brien and Kelly Arey coordinated the water station. James Scarborough, John Warden, and Jay Wind prepared the results.
Traditionally, the Langley 8K is one of the races that features competitions between internal DCRRC teams. The winning team received beer mugs.
Team Results
Female Finishers PlaceOvAllName Age City State Time Team 1 32 Elizabeth Feldman 35 Chevy Chase MD 34:45 2 35 Susan Maher 36 Arlington VA 36:24 The Tapps 3 55 Denise Thiebaut 29 Rockville MD 40:14 4 56 Bernadette Flynn 45 Fairfax VA 40:27 5 75 Noreen Kelly 19 Hillsborough NJ 44:18 6 76 Chandra Graham 29 Arlington VA 44:51 7 77 Leslie Stanfield 53 Reston VA 44:56 8 81 Edith Sneeringer 22 Silver Spring MD 46:40 9 82 Janine Comer 40 Falls Church VA 46:42 10 83 Ulrike Wood-Sichra 54 Alexandria VA 47:01 11 85 Elizabeth A Wenner 28 Arlington VA 47:15 12 86 Rachel Shipp 20 Reston VA 47:31 13 87 Stephanie Shipp 49 Great Falls VA 47:37 14 90 Kristina Redford 27 Reston VA 47:48 15 92 Zahra Adabi 24 Great Falls VA 48:40 16 96 Kelly Stokes 33 Arlington VA 49:52 17 97 Natalie McDonald 41 Arlington VA 49:53 18 99 Sharone Lerner 27 Arlington VA 51:47 19 102 Sarah Barnard 25 McLean VA 55:07 20 103 Angela Pitha 31 ? 56:27 21 104 Sharyn Gordon 45 Greenbelt MD 57:06 22 105 Christina Caravoulia 48 Silver Spring MD 58:40 23 106 Cathy Bergeron 35 Alexandria VA 60:22 Male Finishers 1 1 Jim Hage 45 Kensington MD 27:42 Team Invincible 2 2 Alex Roe 21 Bethesda MD 27:45 3 3 Ted Poulos 41 McLean VA 27:50 The Tapps 4 4 Malcolm Lester 35 Washington DC 28:26 Team Invincible 5 5 Alex Filides 27 McLean VA 28:34 The Tapps 6 6 Brandon Barrieniez 19 Lyons KS 28:53 Team Invincible 7 7 Kyle Barrett 21 Arlington VA 29:14 Team Invincible 8 8 Paul Rapavi 45 Springfield VA 29:18 9 9 Pat Griffith 58 Alexandria VA 30:23 The Tapps 10 10 Matt Anderson 37 Fairfax VA 31:02 11 11 Dustin Sweeney 20 Berryville VA 31:09 12 12 Mike Domin 29 Arlington VA 31:45 13 13 Aaron Trent 26 Washington DC 31:46 14 14 Paul Peterson 49 Bethesda MD 32:15 Team Invincible 15 15 Karsten Brown 29 Front Royal VA 32:23 16 16 Fabian Rowe 16 Arlington VA 32:26 17 17 Adam Stolzberg 27 Arlington VA 32:37 18 18 Jay Jacob Wind 53 Arlington VA 32:41 The Tapps 19 19 Charles Bowles 21 Boyce VA 32:46 20 20 David Lee 40 Burke VA 32:47 The Tapps 21 21 Michael Piazza 25 Washington DC 32:48 22 22 Bruce Halpin 46 Ashburn VA 33:04 23 23 Mark Drosky 42 Alexandria VA 33:19 Team Invincible 24 24 Peter Hemphill 44 Centreville VA 33:21 25 25 Kirk Gordon 47 Greenbelt MD 33:44 DC Harriers 26 26 Vincent McDonald 44 Arlington VA 33:52 Team Invincible 27 27 Rick Loughery Jr. 22 Oak Hill VA 34:00 DC Harriers 28 28 Jerry Merkel 50 Arlington VA 34:08 29 29 Tom Stone 37 Chantilly VA 34:15 Team Invincible 30 30 Tad Inglesby 15 McLean VA 34:34 31 31 Loren Denton 36 Washington DC 34:40 32 33 Roberto Rodriguez 47 Arlington VA 35:13 The Tapps 33 34 Jim Noone 59 Fairfax VA 35:17 34 36 Rick Loughery 51 Oak Hill VA 36:25 DC Harriers 35 37 Vytis Simaitis 36 Falls Church VA 36:31 36 38 Chris Pellegrini 20 Springfield VA 37:04 37 39 David Newhall 49 Falls Church VA 37:07 38 40 Matt Whitfield 31 Potomac Falls VA 37:21 39 41 Jon Palks 53 Bowie MD 37:26 40 42 Steve Forman 63 McLean VA 37:39 41 43 Doug Landau 42 Herndon VA 38:12 Team Invincible 42 44 Max Reid 34 Arlington VA 38:16 43 45 Alex Beltran 44 Falls Church VA 38:20 44 46 Bob Weiner 56 Accokeek MD 38:33 45 47 Eamonn McEvilly 60 Springfield VA 38:48 46 48 Steve Easley 45 Arlington VA 38:51 DC Harriers 47 49 Thomas Skelly 51 Arlington VA 39:06 DC Harriers 48 50 Robert Lasken 59 Clifton VA 39:30 49 51 Eric Reed 41 Alexandria VA 39:34 50 52 James Scarborough 45 Arlington VA 39:44 51 53 Robert Platt 51 Arlington VA 39:56 Team Invincible 52 54 Greg Chaconas 57 Washington DC 40:08 53 57 Harry Cross 59 Arlington VA 40:57 54 58 Jules Bartow 40 Burke VA 41:20 55 59 Jim Cavanaugh 61 Arlington VA 41:29 56 60 Pat Finn 50 Fairfax VA 41:42 57 61 Gary J. Glueckert 51 McLean VA 41:55 58 62 Roger Frazier 52 Herndon VA 42:08 59 63 Bob Schneider 26 Washington DC 42:10 (started late) 60 64 Colin Thompson 29 Bowie MD 42:23 61 65 Geoff Gage 53 ? 42:33 62 66 Tom Inglesby 45 McLean VA 42:49 63 67 Pat Brown 58 Reston VA 43:09 64 68 Andy Buechele 60 Washington DC 43:10 65 69 Pat Scheid 66 Rockville MD 43:18 66 70 Bob Eldridge 63 Reston VA 43:25 67 71 Ted Cochrane 54 Vienna VA 43:34 68 72 Michael Boster 43 Burke VA 43:43 69 73 Mark Motivans 39 Leesburg VA 43:56 70 74 Larry Dickerson 71 Burke VA 44:00 71 78 Lou Hureston 42 Rockville MD 45:13 72 79 Stanley Wood 54 Alexandria VA 45:36 73 80 George Gunn 55 Springfield VA 46:05 74 84 Melissa Landau 39 Oak Hill VA 47:14 75 88 Ken Shipp 55 Great Falls VA 47:37 76 89 Robert Gurtler 68 The Plains VA 47:41 77 91 Bob Rowe 44 Arlington VA 48:29 78 93 Chris Ramey 52 Chantilly VA 48:41 79 94 Roger Hoskin 56 Falls Church VA 48:45 80 95 Ed Jacox 34 Arlington VA 49:38 81 98 Al Marcy 67 Haymarket VA 51:30 82 100 Tom Lutke 37 Alexandria VA 51:48 83 101 Frank Gignac 70 Washington DC 51:52 84 107 Fred Hauschildt 56 Kensington MD 64:32 85 108 Ric Francke 56 McLean VA 66:32 86 109 Bill Osburn 79 Bethesda MD 70:25 Team Results 1) Team Invincible 32 - Captain: Platt; Hage (1), Lester (4), Barrientez (6), Barrett (7) and Peterson (14) 2) The Tapps 55 - Captain: Wind; Poulos (3), Filides (5), Griffith (9), Wind (18), Lee (20) 3) DC Harriers 185 - Captain: Loughery; Gordon (25), Loughery (27), Laughery (36), Easley (48), Skelly (49)