Cherry Blossom 10 Miler - Sun. 4-5-98
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1. Keith Brantley, 35, 9th overall in 48:02.

2. 28-year-old Joseph Kariuki.

3. Nancy Blomquist, 34, from Bel Air, MD, 55th in 1:05:22.

4. Edmund Burke, 23, from Burtonsville, MD, 1st local in 49:18.

5. Jennifer Stearns (29) of Stafford, VA was 22nd in 58:35.

6. Wendy Barrett (29) of Lebanon, PA was 18th in 57:48.

7. #110 Paul Peterson (43) of Bethesda, MD ran 56:46 for 8th in the 40-44 age group. #3806 Richard Kattouf Jr. (27) of Cortland, OH was right behind in 56:47 for 93rd overall.

8. #107 Steve Ward (42) of Reston, VA ran 56:37 for 7th in the 40-44 age group and 89th overall. He is shown leading #4482.

9. The legendary Bill Rodgers (50) of Boston, MA unleashed a 53:06 for 1st in the 50-54 age group and 34th overall.

10. Mark Hoon (33) of Kensington, MD ran 52:43 for 31st overall.

11. #31 Geof Cameron (32) of Canada ran 50:16 for 15th, edging out #3 Charles Mulinga (30) of Zambia who ran 50:20 for 16th.

12. 50-54 age group award winners (L-R): Sharon Myers (53) of Blacksburg, VA ran 1:15:34 for 4th; Hideko Pirie (53) of Fairfax, VA ran 1:10:22 for 1st; Dee Nelson (54) of Gaithersburg, MD ran 1:17:11 for 5th.

13. 80-84 age group award winners (L-R): Donietta Bickley (83) of College Park, MD ran 2:21:50 for 2nd; Hedy Marque (80) of Alexandria, VA ran 1:31:24 for 1st.

14. 45-49 age group award winners (L-R): Susan Humphries (48) of Potomac, MD ran 1:06:01 for 1st; Karen Erb (46) of Alexandria, VA ran 1:08:01 for 2nd.

15. 40-44 age group award winners (L-R): Margaret Starnes (43) was 2nd as well as 2nd master; Linda Wack (42) of Gaithersburg, MD ran 1:06:22 for 4th.

16. 60-64 age group award winners (L-R): Jeanette Chambers (63) of Arnold, MD ran 1:30:50 for 3rd; Tami Graf (61) of Lusby, MD ran 1:22:53 for 1st; Polly Kenniston (61) of Scarborough, ME ran 1:29:29 for 2nd.

17. Colleen de Reuck of South Africa (kneeling, front and center) ran a world best 51:16 for victory in the women's division; the other top 11 female runners are also shown.