ARLINGTON COUNTY FAIR MILE

ARLINGTON COUNTY FAIR MILE
Thomas Jefferson Community Center, Arlington VA, Saturday, August 21, 1999

At the 23rd annual Arlington County Fair,  runners celebrated a
surprisingly cool Saturday morning in late August with a series of
one-mile races, pursuing the Fair's theme of Preserving Our Past,
Creating Our Future.

The festive two-loop course started at the playground and went past the
ice cream stands and chicken-on-a-stick and barbecue vendors, up the
little hill near the pony rides, down the hill by the Ferris wheel,
around the corner by the Magic Carpet ride, behind the pig races
breathlessly, and down to the finish line at the tennis court.

In the open mile, Warren Kohm, 28, of Sterling VA ran the fastest mile
of the day, 5:05.75.  Second in 5:15.04 was Ted Poulos, 37, of McLean
VA, who holds the Guinness Book world record for most races run in one
year (226 in 1997).  Paul Blaney, born in London but now of Washington
DC, was third by a nose in 5:16.51.

In the masters (over 40) mile, meet director Jay Jacob Wind, 49, of
Arlington VA won in 6:14.93, after passing DC Road Runners Club past
president Robert Platt, 48, also of Arlington, midway in the race. 
Platt's time was 6:22.04.  Richard Weston, 53, also of Arlington was
third among masters runners.

In the women's mile, McLean High School assistant coach Bernadette
Flynn, 42, of Fairfax VA took the lead in the first 100 meters and never
looked back, finishing in 6:37.26.  Jennifer Westfall-McGrail, of
Arlington VA, at 44 another masters female, was second in 6:53.50, and
Dana Halkowski, 34, of Arlington was third in 7:13.29.  Halkowski
brought three kids and a husband to run.

In the children's mile, Flynn's son Mike Creed, 12, of Fairfax VA took
the title in 6:34.38.  Arlington Hershey Meet champion Brian Rooney, 9,
was second in 6:41.89, and Chris Hough, 12, traveled all the way from
Panama City FL to finish third in 6:59.97.  Em Feeney, 8, of Arlington
VA was the first girl in 8:16.49.

Every child (and some adults) received all-day passes to rides in the
County Fair amusement park, courtesy of R.C. Cole.  Every finisher won a
prize courtesy of 60 County Fair vendors, ranging from paperback books
donated by Arlington Unitarian Universalist Church to beautiful
Ecuadorean scarves and Ethiopian sculpture.  A dozen food vendors
contributed meal platters, and Honest Tea and Colombo Yogurt provided
post-race refreshments.  Volunteers included Les Morgan, Paul Showalter,
and Toby Smith from the County Fair and Robert Platt, Dick Rhoads, Susan
Rizzieri, Estelle Roth, John Warden and Jay Jacob Wind from DC Road
Runners Club.  

COMPLETE RESULTS FOLLOW.

 Children's mile:
 1.  6:34.38 Mike Creed, 12, Fairfax VA
 2.  6:41.89 Brian Rooney, 9, Arlington VA
 3.  6:59.97 Chris Hough, 12, Panama City FL
 4.  7:18.43 Alex Andrade, 13, Alexandria VA
 5.  7:21.84 Alex Brown, 9, Arlington VA
 6.  7:22.84 Nick Halkowski, 8, Arlington VA
 7.  7:38.54 Brandon Hough, 9, Panama City FL
 8.  8:07.46 Ian Feeney, 6, Arlington VA
 9.  8:10.45 Austin Lauron, 12, Arlington VA
10.  8:16.49 Em Feeney, 8F, Arlington VA
11.  9:25.37 Michael Andrade, 11, Alexandria VA
12.  9:34.34 Paul Wind, 14, Arlington VA
13. 11:25.56 Madie Halkowski, 6F, Arlington VA
14. 12:00.96 Ben Halkowski, 3, Arlington VA
15. 12:55.66 Jonathan Wabeke, 4, Arlington VA
16. 13:10.47 Jarvin Winger, 9, Arlington VA
17. 13:31.93 Austin Winger, 8, Arlington VA 
18. 13:54.73 Rosalie Wind, 10F, Arlington VA 
19. 13:55.88 Julianna Wind, 12F, Arlington VA 

Women's Mile:
 1.  6:37.26 Bernadette Flynn, 42, Fairfax VA
 2.  6:53.50 Jennifer Westfall-McGrail,44,Arlington VA
 3.  7:13.29 Dana Halkowski, 34, Arlington VA
 4.  7:18.56 Amy Metzel, 36, Arlington VA
 5.  7:52.60 Tami Graf, 63, Lusby MD
 6.  7:55.22 Susan Larson, 17, Arlington VA
 7.  7:59.07 Janet Newburgh, 57, Rockville MD
 8.  8:48.63 Anna Pastorkovich, 34, Arlington VA
 9.  9:05.25 Jacqueline Cuba, 22, Alexandria VA
10.  9:10.13 Julie Gorka, 42, Arlington VA
11.  9:24.28 Linda Andrade, 46, Alexandria VA
12.  9:38.58 Phyllis Charles, 39, Arlington VA,
13.  9:51.96 Jennifer Zilin, 24, Woodbridge VA
14. 11:00.55 Michelle Soussou, 27, Arlington VA


 Open Men's Mile:
 1. 5:05.75 Warren Kohm, 28, Sterling VA
 2. 5:15.04 Ted Poulos, 37, McLean
 3. 5:16.51 Paul Blaney, Washington DC
 4. 5:36.16 Arnold Larson, 20, Arlington VA
 5. 5:38.95 Tom Halkowski, 36, Arlington VA
 6. 5:46.78 Tom Zhongxiao Cong, 31, Silver Spring MD
 7. 5:55.81 Dan Carroll, Arlington VA
 8. 5:59.60 John Warden, 29, Alexandria VA
 9. 6:03.18 Patrick Woolford, 34, Washington DC
10. 6:10.59 Scott Boggess, 35, Washington DC
11. 6:24.91 Peter  Blank, 44, Annandale VA
12. 6:45.33 David Uy, 31, Fairfax VA
13. 7:09.15 Kevin Chisholm, Arlington VA
14. 7:19.44 Dick Rhoads, 60, Arlington VA
15. 7:26.31 Giles Todd, 25, Dale City VA
16. 7:34.37 Gonzalo Andrade, 40, Alexandria VA
17. 7:38.00 Tony Lauron, 34, Arlington VA
18. 8:13.40 Michael Jacobs, 26, Woodbridge VA


Masters Men's Mile:
 1. 6:14.93 Jay Jacob Wind, 49, Arlington VA
 2. 6:22.04 Robert Platt, 48, Arlington VA
 3. 6:29.74 Richard Weston, 53, Arlington VA
 4. 6:36.18 Peter Blank, 44, Annandale VA
 5. 6:38.92 Tim Venn, 43, Washington DC
 6. 6:50.59 Ed Feeney, 40, Arlington VA
 7. 6:51.84 David Strauss, 49, Washington DC
 8. 7:35.03 Richard Dean, 52, Washington DC
 9. 7:50.93 Don Passanant, 43, Arlington VA
10. 7:53.48 Ray Blue, 75, Oxon Hill MD
11. 8:00.01 Bill Osburn, 75, Bethesda MD
12. 9:14.70 E. Robert Premo, 63, Arlington VA