Festival of Leaves 5K & 1 Mile Family Fun Run/Walk
Warren County High School, Front Royal, VA
Saturday, October 9, 2004
Results courtesy of Karsten Brown
This year's Festival of Leaves 5K in Front Royal, VA faced competition from a new 5K race being held on the same morning some twenty miles to the north in Winchester, so it was not surprising that the Festival of Leaves race had a lower turnout than last year. The surprising part was that it was not a record low turnout! Thirty-seven runners, quite a few more than expected, participated in the fifth edition of this 3.1 mile race at Warren County High School, with two more youngsters taking part in the concurrent one mile fun run/walk. The 5K field was buoyed by the participation of at least ten runners from Frederick County Middle School's cross-country team, plus three more from the Warren County High School squad.
Overcast skies kept temperatures in the upper 50°s for the 8:30 AM start. 24-year-old Kevin Shirk quickly sped off in front of the field, trailed by training partner and Warren County High School cross-country coach Mike Tanner. Tanner, 29, won the race in both 2000 and 2002, but he predicted before the race that his men's course record from 2000 would easily be broken by Shirk. Sure enough, Shirk, a fourth grade teacher at nearby Hilda J. Barbour Elementary School, took seventeen seconds off of Tanner's record, winning the race in 16:31. Tanner earned second overall with a 17:10 performance. Third place went to 47-year-old Mike Meadows of Martinsburg, who spent much of the race battling with Warren County High School's Daniel Arnold and 18-year-old Zach Frye of Winchester. Meadows finished in 18:34, with Arnold, the top local finisher, crossing the line five seconds later. Frye faded to fifth in 19:03.
Warren County High School sophomore Rita Burrill came away with the women's victory in 22:55, sprinting across the finish line comfortably ahead of fellow WCHS sophomore Natasha Olson, who finished eleven seconds later. 35-year-old Vicky Krossman, returning to the Festival of Leaves 5K for the first time since the inaugural race in 2000, earned third overall with a 23:28 finish. Last year's third female, 20-year-old Alison Tripp of Summerhill, PA, returned to take fourth this year in 24:09, just five seconds off of her '03 performance. Fifth went to 34-year-old Michelle See of Boyce, with a 25:29 finish. And for the second year in a row, there was only one female participant over the age of 40: Linden's Colleen Snyder, who had her best Festival of Leaves performance by far, finishing in 32:10.
Proceeds from the race will benefit the Warren Heritage Society. Thus, race director Patrick Farris-- who is also the WHS's executive director-- thanks everyone for participating! Also deserving of thanks are the race's many volunteers, including Karsten Brown, Terry Leckie, Nancy Bullock, Joe Bernazani, and others whose names the author of this report does not have. Special thanks to Warren County High School, to the Front Royal Police Department, and to the Shenandoah Valley Runners for their assistance. We hope we'll see more runners at next year's Festival of Leaves 5K on Saturday 8 October 2005!
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37 Finishers
# NAME AGE SEX CITY, STATE TIME PACE IN SEX AWARD
1. Kevin Shirk 24 M Winchester, VA 16:31 5:19 1st 1st M Overall
2. Mike Tanner 29 M Strasburg, VA 17:10 5:32 2nd 2nd M Overall
3. Mike Meadows 47 M Martinsburg, WV 18:34 5:59 3rd 3rd M Overall
4. Daniel Arnold 15 M Front Royal, VA 18:39 6:00 4th 1st M 15-19
5. Zach Frye 18 M Winchester, VA 19:03 6:08 5th 2nd M 15-19
6. Karsten Brown 30 M Front Royal, VA 19:31 6:17 6th 1st M 30-34
7. Jonathan Sands 12 M Winchester, VA 19:58 6:26 7th 1st M 14 & Under
8. Terry Leckie 40 M Front Royal, VA 20:06 6:28 8th 1st M 40-44
9. Roy DeSchon 14 M Winchester, VA 20:13 6:30 9th 2nd M 14 & Under
10. Joe Bernazani 48 M Front Royal, VA 20:37 6:38 10th 1st M 45-49
11. Jim Shaughnessy 44 M Winchester, VA 21:20 6:52 11th 2nd M 40-44
12. Andrew Beck 27 M Washington, DC 21:49 7:01 12th 1st M 25-29
13. Peter Blank 49 M Annandale, VA 21:58 7:04 13th 2nd M 45-49
14. Eric Olson 50 M Front Royal, VA 22:18 7:11 14th 1st M 50-54
15. Nathan Bott 32 M Front Royal, VA 22:23 7:12 15th 2nd M 30-34
16. Darrell Frick 21 M Front Royal, VA 22:25 7:13 16th 1st M 20-24
17. Rita Burrill 15 F Front Royal, VA 22:55 7:23 1st 1st F Overall
18. Darin Longerbeam 13 M Winchester, VA 22:56 7:23 17th 3rd M 14 & Under
19. Natasha Olson 15 F Front Royal, VA 23:06 7:26 2nd 2nd F Overall
20. Vicky Krossman 35 F Winchester, VA 23:28 7:33 3rd 3rd F Overall
21. Steve Wines 43 M Marshall, VA 23:53 7:41 18th 3rd M 40-44
22. Alison Tripp 20 F Summerhill, PA 24:09 7:46 4th 1st F 20-24
23. David Pugh 12 M Winchester, VA 24:40 7:56 19th
24. Michelle See 34 F Boyce, VA 25:29 8:12 5th 1st F 30-34
25. Evan Bender 12 M Winchester, VA 25:40 8:16 20th
26. Rachel Carson 12 F Winchester, VA 25:55 8:21 6th 1st F 14 & Under
27. Merle Shuff 54 M Front Royal, VA 25:59 8:22 21st 2nd M 50-54
28. Roni Frye 14 F Winchester, VA 26:07 8:24 7th 2nd F 14 & Under
29. Faith Cyr 13 F Winchester, VA 26:18 8:28 8th 3rd F 14 & Under
30. Lauryl Andrus 12 F Cross Junction, VA 27:13 8:46 9th
31. Deborah Baldwin 13 F Winchester, VA 27:14 8:46 10th
32. Bob Gurtler 69 M The Plains, VA 27:38 8:54 22nd 1st M 60 & Over
33. Christopher Haskiell 11 M Winchester, VA 28:24 9:08 23rd
34. Joseph Hamaker 28 M Winchester, VA 29:47 9:35 24th 2nd M 25-29
35. Brooke Medcalf 23 F Front Royal, VA 29:51 9:36 11th 2nd F 20-24
36. Martin Dietz 59 M Arcadia, FL 30:18 9:45 25th 1st M 55-59
37. Colleen Snyder 48 F Linden, VA 32:10 10:21 12th 1st F 45-49
1 MILE FAMILY FUN RUN/WALK PARTICIPANTS:
Mariah Krossman 8 F Winchester, VA
Alexander Snyder ? M Linden, VA
