Williamsburg Jaycees Run for Life 10K

Newport News, VA, June 22, 2002

By Rick Platt

Last year's Colonial Road Runners Grand Prix for the women came down to a close battle between Alison Holinka (who won seven CRR races for 70 points) and runnerup Gina Bohlmann (scoring 59 points in eight races). With Holinka having moved from Williamsburg in May (her husband Brian was assigned to Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Base in Colorado Springs) and Bohlmann yet to run her first CRR race for 2002, this year's Grand Prix has a new look.

After Saturday's sixth annual Willamsburg Jaycees Run for Life 10K (the fifth race of eleven in this year's Grand Prix), Sherry Volk has a commanding lead with 45 points, followed by Jen Quarles (26), Carol Talley (21), Holinka (20) and Aurora Scott (20). Holinka had won the first two CRR races this year (Jamestown Swamp Run 5K, Ford's Colony 8K Run for Shelter), then 12-year-old phenom Aurora Scott of Portsmouth won the next two (Queens Lake 5K, Mental Health 5K).

Volk had one third and three seconds in those races, then came through with her first CRR win Saturday at the Jaycees 10K, held at Newport News Park. Volk, 41, of Williamsburg won in 42:37 over Quarles, 30, of Williamsburg (44:40) and Talley, 47, of Toano (45:45).

The men's race Saturday was won by over 2 1/2 minutes by Michael Mann, 33, of Hampton, whose 33:04 was a half mile ahead of Louis Padilla, 27, of Virginia Beach (35:45), Jim Bates, 46, of Hampton (35:48), Daniel Shaye, 33, of Williamsburg (36:16) and Keith Schumann, 31, of Williamsburg (37:12). Andre Smith (34 points), who did not run the Jaycees 10K, leads Mann (29) and Bates (21) in the CRR men's Grand Prix standings.

Jen Quarles has been the big surprise this year in the Grand Prix, as she did not score a point last year. She and her husband Dan Quarles (assistant commonwealth attorney for Williamsburg-James City County) had their second daughter Avery in October (following older sister Haley who will be three in July). Although Jen ran easy for the first two trimesters of her second pregnancy, she did not compete.

For 2002 her goal was a modest one, to win an award in the 30-39 age-group category of the Grand Prix (her 30th birthday was in March, three days before the Jamestown Swamp Run). After a breakthrough personal record 20:34 at April's Mental Health 5K, however, Quarles should aim much higher. It's almost certain now that she'll finish either second or third overall for the women.

Her breakthrough is surprising in that Quarles doesn't have much of a running background. During two stays in England (Bentwaters AFB in Suffolk--her father Dennis Domin was a lieutenant colonel in the Air Force), Quarles ran track in eighth and ninth grades. When she returned to York County, she instead played field hockey (defense) for Tabb High (10th through 12th grades), graduating in 1990.

At Mary Baldwin College in Staunton (class of '94), she majored in marketing and communications, but still didn't run much. It was her brother Mike Domin (a varsity cross country runner for Tabb) who got her inspired. "My brother motivated me," said Quarles, "because he did racing." Her first road race was the Kiln Creek 5K five years ago.

At first she ran less than ten miles a week, but since Avery's birth, Quarles has increased her running to 25-35 miles per week. She attributes her new success to a combination of weekend long runs (with training partners Talley and Joe Ogden), and Wednesday CRR interval sessions at Barksdale Field.

Quarles has set most of her PRs this year, including the Mental Health 5K (20:34), Ford's Colony 8K (36:47), Jaycees 10K (44:40), Carter's Grove 8 Mile (59:26), and Anheuser-Busch Colonial Half Marathon (1:39:59). She ran her only marathon (Richmond) in 2000 (3:48:40), but will return this year with a goal of breaking 3:40 and qualifying for the Boston Marathon. Another obvious goal would be to crack the 20-minute barrier for the 5K.

Quarles also volunteers for the CRR, having just taken over the CRR clothing and T-shirt coordinator's job. Conveniently the Quarles live on Chandler Court, just a half block from Barksdale Field.

The Jaycees race was held on a new course this year, having moved from the traditional Bikeway 5.3 mile course, due to parking constraints. The new course was a very scenic combination of asphalt park roads (1.1 miles total) and mostly flat dirt trails (including the Swamp Bridge trail, portions of the Bikeway, and a return across the reservoir on Dam Bridge No. 1). Times were 1-2 minutes slower than for a typical road 10K.

The men's Jaycees 10K walk was won by Harry Watson, 61, of Suffolk (1:01:44) over Tom Gerhardt, 51, of Chesapeake (1:03:28) and George Fenigsohn, 54, of Poquoson (1:08:34). For the women walkers it was Karen Schenck, 47, of Woodbridge (1:21:38) over Linda Walker, 47, of Lancaster (1:22:34) and Susan Harper, 49, of Norfolk (1:26:33).

The one mile fun run was won by Natalie Ogden, 9, of Williamsburg (8:57) over her sister Marley Ogden, 11 (9:04), with Summer Miller, 7, of Toano third (9:09).

A Colonial Road Runners Grand Prix Event
Information from Rick Platt

Men Overall
1. Michael Mann, 33	Hampton		33:04
2. Louis Padilla, 27	Virginia Beach	35:45
3. Jim Bates, 46		Hampton		35:48

Women Overall
1. Sherry Volk, 41		Williamsburg	42:37
2. Jennifer Quarles, 30	Williamsburg	44:40
3. Carol Talley, 47	Toano		45:45

Men 19-and-under
1. Anthony Mann, 10	Hampton		53:40

Men 20-24
1. Jim Crotts, 24		Millers Creek, NC	44:49
2. Weston Arndt, 22	Newport News	49:55
3. Steven Barczyk, 23	Portsmouth	54:10

Men 25-29
1. Jackson Sasser, 26	Williamsburg	43:31
2. Bobby Irvin, 26		Newport News	48:53
3. Paul Olsen, 25		Richmond	56:42
4. Steve Atkinson, 29	Newport News	1:01:26

Men 30-34
1. Daniel Shaye, 33	Williamsburg	36:16
2. Keith Schumann, 31	Williamsburg	37:12
3. James McQuade, 32	New York, NY	41:06
4. Juan Acevedo, 33	Newport News	42:57
5. Ingemar Westphall, 32	Hampton		44:58
6. George McLeod, 31	Norfolk		46:06
7. Ross Younger, 34	Newport News	48:49
8. Jason Comfort, 32	Newport News	54:48
9. Edward James, 34	Dutton		59:23

Men 35-39
1. Rob Vance, 37		Grafton		44:08
2. Robert Havener, 39	Hampton		45:46
3. Tim Maul, 35		Wellesley, MA	46:05
4. Rex Hoover, 39		Williamsburg	49:43
5. Randall Suhr, 39	Norfolk		1:02:13
6. Tom Peer, 37		Virginia Beach	1:16:04

Men 40-44
1. Ned Berg, 43		Lee Hall		38:30
2. Fesshaye Haile, 43	Virginia Beach	38:56
3. Peter Bartos, 41	Seaford		40:18
4. Steve Talbert, 40	Seaford		41:10
5. Dave Ebert, 44		Elizabeth City, NC	41:59
6. Dennis Ramsey, 44	Chesapeake	45:23
7. Joe Ogden, 41		Williamsburg	46:34
8. Ken Ariola, 42		Yorktown		49:09
9. Michael Boyle, 43	Newport News	50:54
10. Tim Campbell, 40	Grafton		52:54
11. Mark Burwell, 40	Williamsburg	53:09

Men 45-49
1. Stephen Chantry, 47	Williamsburg	39:41
2. David Smith, 45		Tappahannock	41:29
3. Ben Potts, 47		Norfolk		45:56
4. Stan Rockwell, 48	Williamsburg	51:36
5. Tommy Allen, 49		Carrollton	53:03
6. Ron Granstra, 46	Hampton		1:15:10

Men 50-54
1. Dale Abrahamson, 53	Yorktown		40:20
2. Robert Wilson, 54	Toano		42:43
3. Norman Tessier, 50	Williamsburg	45:40
4. Joseph Verdirame, 52	Suffolk		45:44
5. Hugh Ducklow, 52	Williamsburg	46:32
6. Jim Blount, 51		Fredericksburg	53:11
7. Houston Tucker, 52	Newport News	1:03:31
8. David Faulkner, 52	Portsmouth	1:08:59
9. Louis Levesque, 53	Chesapeake	1:09:44

Men 55-59
1. Kenneth Mitchell, 57	Williamsburg	48:56
2. Doug Berry, 59		Norfolk		50:58
3. Amiele Barakey, 57	Virginia Beach	51:57
4. Paul Rein, 56		Newport News	1:03:47
5. Joe Majcher, 58		Yorktown		1:08:01
6. Grove Calvert, 55	Virginia Beach	1:17:58

Men 60-64
1. Dick Pierce, 63		Rescue		48:00
2. Jimmy Williamson, 61	Petersburg	50:43
3. Ed Sadowski, 60		Williamsburg	52:21
4. Paul Sharp, 61		North		55:39
5. Craig Cranston, 62	Williamsburg	57:04
6. Robert Connolly, 60	Norfolk		1:04:21
7. James Sharp, 60		North		1:10:13

Men 65-and-over
1. Tom Ray, 69		Kitty Hawk, NC	45:51
2. John Essery, 66		Williamsburg	48:22
3. Tom Hassler, 65		Williamsburg	53:29

Men 10K Walk
1. Harry Watson, 61	Suffolk		1:01:44
2. Tom Gerhardt, 51	Chesapeake	1:03:28
3. George Fenigsohn, 54	Poquoson		1:08:34
4. Eric Fielding, 38	Fredericksburg	1:35:51

Women 19-and-under
1. Sarah Chapman, 15	Hampton		49:53

Women 20-24
1. Dawn Papaj, 22		Durham, NC	50:31
2. Kristin Harman, 21	Newport News	56:02
3. Robin Quesenberry, 23	Richmond		56:42
4. Mischa Abshire, 22	Durham, NC	1:05:00

Women 25-29
1. Judy Trent, 27		Newport News	48:58
2. Amanda Gada, 29		Williamsburg	49:07
3. Emily Williams, 25	Virginia Beach	50:07
4. Rachel Koob, 29		Williamsburg	58:15
5. Pam Garrett, 29		Yorktown		59:32
6. Shannon Ramey, 27	Newport News	1:08:47
7. Beverly Young, 29	Hampton		1:15:10

Women 30-34
1. Phyllis Maston, 32	Williamsburg	47:55
2. Beth Sheeran, 30	Gaithersburg, MD	49:34
3. Kate Maul, 34		Wellesley, MA	52:34
4. Tracey Rentschler, 32	Lake In The Hills, IL 53:31
5. Wendy Faust, 32		Norfolk		1:02:10
6. Michelle Pecoraro, 34	Crystal Lake, IL	1:07:48

Women 35-39
1. Shirley Williams, 39	Hampton		55:34
2. Patti Tillotson, 38	Williamsburg	58:05
3. Deidre Bucci, 38	Williamsburg	1:01:02

Women 40-44
1. Ronda Ford, 42		Williamsburg	48:15
2. Jennifer McMahon, 40	New Hampton, NH	50:17
3. Thea Ganoe, 44		Yorktown		51:01
4. Marci Nemtzow, 40	Fort Monroe	1:06:50

Women 45-49
1. Gloria Savage-Early, 46	Hayes		57:12
2. Jima Irvin, 46		LaMarque, TX	1:01:09
3. Jean Barto, 47		Newport News	1:09:32

Women 50-54
1. Brenda Mitchell, 51	Williamsburg	58:06
2. Christine Ryland, 53	Richmond		1:06:30

Women 55-59
1. Barbara Ivey, 56	Hampton		52:06
2. Betsey O'Neill, 55	Virginia Beach	53:48

Women 60-64
1. Joan Coven, 61		Williamsburg	50:05
2. Pauline Ely, 63		Hampton		1:07:03

Women 65-and-over
1. Nancy Patron, 65	Williamsburg	57:41

Women Walk
1. Karen Schenck, 47	Woodbridge	1:21:38
2. Linda Walker, 47	Lancaster		1:22:34
3. Susan Harper, 49	Norfolk		1:26:33
4. Beverly McElroy, 48	Quinton		1:26:37
5. Mary Ann Calvert, 46	Virginia Beach	1:41:44

One Mile Fun Run
Male
1. Quinn Ogden, 7		Williamsburg	10:20
2. Christopher Hall, 25	Newport News	11:14

One Mile Fun Run
Female
1. Natalie Ogden, 9	Williamsburg	8:57
2. Marley Ogden, 11	Williamsburg	9:04
3. Summer Miller, 7	Toano		9:09
4. Meara Irwin, 24		Newport News	10:39
5. Brooklyn Hall, 5	Newport News	11:12