Olympian Dathan Ritzenhein to start, record field set for Battle of the Potomac

 


 
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Bethesda, Maryland — A record race field of 515 registered runners from Virginia, West Virginia, the District of Columbia and Maryland is set to do battle on the rolling hills of Smokey Glen Farm in the 7th running of the Battle of the Potomac XC 7 Championships.   3-time Olympian Dathan Ritzenhein will be our Special Guest Starter and recipient of the 1st Annual "GEOFF HOLLISTER YOUTH INSPIRATION" Honor. One of the Top American Runners and multiple US Olympic Team Member, Dathan has shown the grit and tenacity to overcome injuries and setbacks that serve as an inspiration to youth runners today.   Most recently, Ritzenhein became the 4th fastest American all-time in the marathon with his 9th place finish at the Bank of America Chicago Marathon in 2:07:47.  
 
The GEOFF HOLLISTER YOUTH INSPIRATION HONOR serves to recognize those individuals in running who inspire boys and girls to achieve excellence and get more physically active through running.  “We are pleased to honor our friend, former American Running Board Member and icon to the running industry Geoff Hollister who succumbed to a valiant battle of cancer in February 2012, commented ARA Executive Director Dave Watt.  Hollister ran cross country and track in high school in Eugene Oregon.  He moved cross town to the University of Oregon and ran for the legendary coach Bill Bowerman.   “Geoff was all about team and he had a love for cross country.  He took the message of running and teamwork to youth distance running camps.   Boys and girls took his message and embraced cross country”, added Watt.
 
 
The annual state vs. state cross-country event is ready to go tomorrow, November 17th at Smokey Glen Farm in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The unique meet pits the best of Maryland, the District of Columbia, Virginia, and West Virginia in a 5K race.
 
“Ritz showed real grit in 2012.  He was the heartbreak 4th place finisher in the Olympic Trials Marathon in Houston, said Watt.  “He came back and raced the 10K in Eugene in the USA Track & Field Trials and gutted out a 3rd place Olympic Team berth while achieving the necessary “A” Olympic standard”, added Watt.   
 
 
Many high school coaches remember Ritzenhein as being the high school rival to Virginia native Alan Webb when it came to racing cross country.  He upset Webb at the Footlocker High School National Cross Country Championships in Orlando FL in an epic race.
 
Race results and photos will be posted immediately afterwards on www.runhigh.com, MileStat.com and the Battle of the Potomac website (www.battlexc.com) In addition, quick results will be posted on the Battle of the Potomac Facebook page.    
 
 
The Battle of the Potomac XC Championships is produced by the Bethesda, Maryland-based American Running Association (ARA). This championship meet, which involves four neighboring states, serves as a venue to encourage more kids to become interested in the sport of running and to become runners themselves. All proceeds from the meet help produce the event and support ARA’s free youth walk-run training programs. ARA is a nonprofit organization founded in 1968 to promote healthy living and active lifestyles among all Americans. It is dedicated to supporting runners through education and specialized programs, as well as encouraging all individuals from children to adults to run and be fit. For more information about the association or to learn more about the walk-run programs, visit www.americanrunning.org.
 
 

Course Map

 

Race Schedule

 

Race Field

1 First Name Last Name Gender Team (state)  
Jordan Brossi Female MD  
Caroline Elmendorf Female MD  
Laura Elmendorf Female MD  
Adriana Frayne Female MD  
Harrison Guh Male MD  
Amir Khaghani Male MD  
Alex Roederer Male MD  
LAUREN AIREY Female VA  
10  MEREDITH BARBER Female VA  
11  MICHELLE BROWN Female VA  
12  ABIGAIL COPLEY Female VA  
13  NICK CUCINOTTA Male VA  
14  BROOKE DOCHERTY Female VA  
15  MAURA FINN Female VA  
16  BEN GAUTIER Male VA  
17  MURRIE GRIMES Female VA  
18  LUCA HALLADAY Male VA  
19  ALEC JONES Male VA  
20  STEPHEN KARWEL Male VA  
21  SHREYAK KHANAL Male VA  
22  RACHEL KIM Female VA  
23  BERNARD KLUSKENS Male VA  
24  EMILY LAMONTAGNE Female VA  
25  JULIETTE LASH Female VA  
26  LUISA LU Female VA  
27  MOLLY MACDONALD Female VA  
28  JUSTIN MANCUSI Male VA  
29  CARLY MARTIN Female VA  
30  ANDREA MARTINEZ Female VA  
31  RACHEL MCGILL Female VA  
32  CAMILLE MCMULLEN Female VA  
33  ALLISON MCNULLA Female VA  
34  JAMES McNULLA Male VA  
35  KATY MORGAN Female VA  
36  JAMES MORROW Male VA  
37  MICHAEL MURPHY Male VA  
38  KATIE MURRAY Female VA  
39  CULLEN O'BOYLE Male VA  
40  SOPHIA PASSACANTANDO Female VA  
41  LAURA POWELL Female VA  
42  LAUREN PRICE Female VA  
43  JOSH PROSSER Male VA  
44  SARAH PROSSER Female VA  
45  MARY CATE SCULLY Female VA  
46  CARTER SIBLEY Male VA  
47  ZOE SMITH Female VA  
48  JAMES STAPLETON Male VA  
49  ZACH STONER Male VA  
50  KYLE THOMPSON Male VA  
51  ERIC TURNER Male VA  
52  AUSTIN WHITNEY Male VA  
53  JOHN WHITNEY Male VA  
54  Max Bryski Male DC  
55  Victoria Bush Female DC  
56  Tai Dinger Male DC  
57  Ben Donvan Male DC  
58  Ethan Ehrenhaft Male DC  
59  Meredith Hilton Female DC  
60  Catherine Patton Female DC  
61  Polly Terzian Female DC  
62  Lucas Almeida Male MD  
63  Maria Amaro Female MD  
64  Kidus Amelga Male MD  
65  Jessie Amick Female MD  
66  Adam Anderson Male MD  
67  Benjamin Arbaugh Male MD  
68  Bradley Arbaugh Male MD  
69  Hannah Aris Female MD  
70  Frederic Atwood Male MD  
71  Greg Baek Male MD  
72  Belen Balangero Female MD  
73  Anna Leigh Baremore Female MD  
74  Charde Barnes Female MD  
75  Christopher Barranco Male MD  
76  Rebecca Basehore Female MD  
77  Caroline Beakes Female MD  
78  Claire Beautz Female MD  
79  Danniel Belay Male MD  
80  Michael Belay Male MD  
81  Lucas Bendit Male MD  
82  Michael Bent Male MD  
83  William Bertrand Male MD  
84  Jordan Blankenship Male MD  
85  Jay Bollinger Male MD  
86  Kyle Bollinger Male MD  
87  Colin Bradley Male MD  
88  Lindsay Braviak Female MD  
89  J.D. Brown Male MD  
90  Rhys Burgett Male MD  
91  Cassidy Burke Female MD  
92  Devin Cain Male MD  
93  Reilly Caldwell Female MD  
94  Ben Cambon Male MD  
95  Matt Cambon Male MD  
96  Anna Sophia Capizzi Female MD  
97  Grant Carrier Male MD  
98  Christopher Carter Male MD  
99  David Carter Male MD  
100  Marie Caspard Female MD  
101  Julia Caviacchi Female MD  
102  Turner Chaundy Male MD  
103  Teresa Chen Female MD  
104  Grace Christian Female MD  
105  Daniel Christiansen Male MD  
106  Jeffrey Condon Male MD  
107  Michael Connaughton Male MD  
108  Dillon Cooley Male MD  
109  Kevin Cooley Male MD  
110  Sean Cooley Male MD  
111  Zachary Cousino Male MD  
112  Joey Cress Male MD  
113  Megan Crilly Female MD  
114  Kara Cronin Female MD  
115  Miguel Daez Male MD  
116  Abbey Daley Female MD  
117  Stephen D'Ambra Male MD  
118  Jake Daubert Male MD  
119  Sophie Dean Female MD  
120  Grant Dell Male MD  
121  Shannon Donaldson Female MD  
122  Eric Dong Male MD  
123  Harold Dorsey Male MD  
124  Gretha Dos Santos Female MD  
125  Morgana D'Ottavi Female MD  
126  Daniel Dye Male MD  
127  Christina Emory Female MD  
128  Mara Erb Female MD  
129  Alvand Fakhari Male MD  
130  Noah Fields Male MD  
131  Andrew Fleischer Male MD  
132  Ellie Forman Female MD  
133  Ellie (?) Forman Male MD  
134  Andrew Forsyth Male MD  
135  Ryan Forsyth Male MD  
136  John Franceski Male MD  
137  Ben Freed Male MD  
138  Ben Friedman Male MD  
139  Joshua Fry Male MD  
140  Karla Fuenzalida Female MD  
141  Timothy Gacquin Male MD  
142  Joey Gaines Male MD  
143  Sararose Gaines Female MD  
144  Rebecca Gardner Female MD  
145  Adam Gartrell Male MD  
146  Jeff Geier Male MD  
147  Teddy Gelman Male MD  
148  Kimberly Gerber Female MD  
149  Jon Geyer Male MD  
150  Logan Gibb Male MD  
151  Oliver Ginns Male MD  
152  Jonathan Gober Male MD  
153  Ellie Gonzalez Female MD  
154  Paul Grabow Male MD  
155  Natalie Gradwohl Female MD  
156  Brent Greenberg Male MD  
157  Maya Gutman Female MD  
158  Matthew Harbour Male MD  
159  Jacob Harris Male MD  
160  Sam Hayden Male MD  
161  Brennan Henyon Male MD  
162  Rachel Herzog Female MD  
163  Trent Herzog Male MD  
164  Kevin Hines Male MD  
165  Hailey Hultquist Female MD  
166  Irre Hussein Male MD  
167  JP Hussey Male MD  
168  Nathan Jecelin Male MD  
169  Brendan Johnson Male MD  
170  Kyle Jordan Male MD  
171  Neel Kaul Male MD  
172  Kiernan Keller Female MD  
173  Jack Kiely Male MD  
174  Satowa Kinoshita Female MD  
175  Dunavan Knight Male MD  
176  Alex Konkel Male MD  
177  Daniel Kosogof Male MD  
178  Dillon Kress Male MD  
179  Jason Kudell Male MD  
180  Rachel LaBatt Female MD  
181  Denise Larson Female MD  
182  Isabelle Latour Female MD  
183  Vincent Lawton Male MD  
184  Jenny Le Female MD  
185  Eric Lee Male MD  
186  Caroline Lempres Female MD  
187  Abigail Levine Female MD  
188  Heather Levine Female MD  
189  Louis Levine Male MD  
190  Barry Liang Male MD  
191  Jeremy Linehan Male MD  
192  Alex Love Male MD  
193  Jonathan Luckin Male MD  
194  John Lynch Male MD  
195  Alex Mahlandt Male MD  
196  Conor Mahoney Male MD  
197  Thomas Marsh Male MD  
198  Courtney Mattson Female MD  
199  Michael Mattson Male MD  
200  Christian McCann Male MD  
201  Ryan McCann Male MD  
202  Marisa McCormick Female MD  
203  Jacob McCullum Male MD  
204  Riley McDermott Male MD  
205  Connor McDonald Male MD  
206  Riley McDonald Female MD  
207  Annie McElvein Female MD  
208  Owen McMahan Male MD  
209  Kat McNeill Female MD  
210  Thomas McPhaul Male MD  
211  John Mead Male MD  
212  Derrick Merwin Male MD  
213  Erik Meyer Male MD  
214  Teddy Meyers Male MD  
215  Mitchell Mezeivtch Male MD  
216  Niko Michaels Male MD  
217  Ian Mills Male MD  
218  Andrew Mitchell Male MD  
219  Nusrat Molla Female MD  
220  McLean Morgan Male MD  
221  Colin Mosley Male MD  
222  Brent Musselman Male MD  
223  Adam Nakasaka Male MD  
224  Kyle Nakasaka Male MD  
225  Laura Nakasaka Female MD  
226  Jessica Narr Female MD  
227  Madison Narr Female MD  
228  Harrison Nealley Male MD  
229  Lorenzo Neil Male MD  
230  Avi Newman Male MD  
231  Michael Nguyen Male MD  
232  Franklin Ning Male MD  
233  Lucie Noall Female MD  
234  Michael Nolan Male MD  
235  Christopher Nyborg Male MD  
236  Rory Oates Male MD  
237  Will O'Connor Male MD  
238  Kelsey O'Keefe Female MD  
239  Marisol Olivares Female MD  
240  Alan Ottenstein Male MD  
241  Jesse Parsons Male MD  
242  Erik Patterson Male MD  
243  Chelsie Pennello Female MD  
244  Sam Pershall Male MD  
245  Bryan Piedramartel Male MD  
246  Brianna Pierce Female MD  
247  Julia Pitts Female MD  
248  Owen Pochettino Male MD  
249  Emmanuel Porguin Male MD  
250  Liane Porter Female MD  
251  Matthew Psaltakis Male MD  
252  Connor Quinn Male MD  
253  Nicholas Ramazon Male MD  
254  Caroline Reiser Female MD  
255  Mary Reiser Female MD  
256  Brandon Richardson Male MD  
257  Cosette Riely Female MD  
258  Collin Riviello Male MD  
259  Jessica Rogers Female MD  
260  Kennedy Rozek Female MD  
261  Joshua Sack Male MD  
262  Morgan Sartschev Female MD  
263  Olivia Sbrocco Female MD  
264  Danielle Senft Female MD  
265  Chyna Sequeira Female MD  
266  Tanny Ser Male MD  
267  Hallie Sharpless Female MD  
268  Bradley Shawen Male MD  
269  James Shipley Male MD  
270  Stephen Shivery Male MD  
271  Hartej Singh Male MD  
272  Drew Smith Male MD  
273  Robert Smith Male MD  
274  Stephanie Smith Female MD  
275  Nadav Soltes Male MD  
276  Teresa Speranza Female MD  
277  Ben Spielman Male MD  
278  William Stamm Male MD  
279  Trevor Stepek Male MD  
280  Florence Stevenson Female MD  
281  Brianna Stewart Female MD  
282  Dylan Stinner Male MD  
283  Charles Stubin Male MD  
284  Benjamin Studnicky Male MD  
285  Dana Sung Female MD  
286  Stephen Tauber Male MD  
287  Owen Thomas Male MD  
288  Ben Thoms Male MD  
289  Chris Thoms Male MD  
290  Cliff Tilley Male MD  
291  Deanna Tobin Female MD  
292  Clare Toner Female MD  
293  Katie Toner Female MD  
294  Alejandra Torres-Diaz Female MD  
295  Diego Torres-Diaz Male MD  
296  Vivian Tran Female MD  
297  Abigail Triau Female MD  
298  Thomas Trott Male MD  
299  James Truitt Male MD  
300  Hunter Tzou Male MD  
301  Vito Vallone Male MD  
302  Nick Van Nevel Male MD  
303  Rukshan Vathupola Male MD  
304  James Vidano Male MD  
305  Joseph Viqueria Male MD  
306  Zack Walker Male MD  
307  Mark Walther Male MD  
308  Brendan Warner Male MD  
309  Sam Weaver Male MD  
310  Chase Weaverling Male MD  
311  Helen Webster Female MD  
312  John Weeks Male MD  
313  Fiona Whitefield Female MD  
314  Clay Whitney Male MD  
315  Patrick Winter Male MD  
316  Catherine Wood Female MD  
317  Charles Wood Male MD  
318  Alexa Young Female MD  
319  Casey Young Female MD  
320  Tyler Young Male MD  
321  Joy Zeng Female MD  
322  Bridget Abbatiello Female VA  
323  Akram Abdou Male VA  
324  Caroline Alcorta Female VA no racing
325 Jake Allen Male VA  
326  John Amann Male VA  
327  Silas Andrews Male VA  
328  Brannon Angers Male VA  
329  Jordan Angers Female VA  
330  Aaron Barraclough Male VA  
331  Bryan Bergan Male VA  
332  Kerhane Berhane Male VA  
333  Maddie Biddle Female VA  
334  Millie Biddle Female VA  
335  Jacob Black Male VA  
336  Matt Blackburn Male VA  
337  Christopher Blagg Male VA  
338  Severin Blenkush Male VA  
339  Mark Bohler Male VA  
340  Taylor Bonney Male VA  
341  Kyle Brown Male VA  
342  Nicholas Brown Male VA  
343  Katerina Buoni Female VA  
344  Sofia Butseva Female VA  
345  Matt Calem Male VA  
346  Daniel Caplen Male VA  
347  Nickolas Causey Male VA  
348  Ryan Charlton Male VA  
349  Hannah Christen Male VA not racing
350 Sarah Christen Female VA  
351  Chloe Christensen Female VA  
352  Jonah Clark Male VA  
353  Joshua Clark Male VA  
354  Elizabeth Collins Female VA  
355  Matt Denecke Male VA  
356  Sam Dodge Male VA  
357  John Dooney Male VA  
358  Tyler Estrada Male VA  
359  Evan Fabish Male VA  
360  Erin Falk Female VA  
361  Kenzie Fennell Female VA  
362  Daly Ferguson Female VA  
363  Christopher Fernandez Male VA  
364  Jacob Ferree Male VA  
365  Jennifer Flack Female VA  
366  Jeffrey Flanagan Male VA  
367  Benjamin Fogg Male VA  
368  Denzel Fogg Male VA  
369  Christian Fox Male VA  
370  Robbie Gates Male VA  
371  Jeffrey Gibson Male VA  
372  Helen Gilliam Female VA  
373  Andrew Goldman Male VA  
374  Brennan Goldstein Male VA  
375  Will Greenwood Male VA  
376  Alex Haight Male VA  
377  Mac Haight Male VA  
378  Abby Halm Female VA  
379  Prayant Hanjra Male VA  
380  Robert Hanson Male VA  
381  Cy Haukdal Male VA  
382  Amber Hawkins Female VA  
383  Collin Hayes Male VA  
384  Bradley Heuer Male VA  
385  Ian Higgins Male VA  
386  Aaron Hill Male VA  
387  Graham Hogg Male VA  
388  Isabel Hogg Female VA  
389  Christopher Holland Male VA  
390  Alex James Male VA  
391  Marcelo Jauregui-Volpe Male VA  
392  Annie Johnson Female VA  
393  Michael Johnson Male VA  
394  Leland Jost Male VA  
395  Jake Kendrick Male VA  
396  Katie Kennedy Female VA  
397  Baron Kieffer Male VA  
398  Bethany King Female VA  
399  Nathaniel King Male VA  
400  Steven Kirby Male VA  
401  Bailey Kolonich Female VA  
402  Matthew Kovalenko Male VA  
403  Grace Kristin Female VA  
404  Michael Kvartunas Male VA  
405  Paul Lampazzi Male VA  
406  Andrew Lanier Male VA  
407  Lauren Lightner Female VA  
408  Beth Lindenblad Female VA  
409  Michelle Lipka Female VA  
410  Christian Locke Male VA  
411  Elizabeth Long Female VA  
412  Paul Long Male VA  
413  Theresa Long Female VA  
414  Hannah Lowery Female VA  
415  Michael Lukens Male VA  
416  Rayaan Malhotra Male VA  
417  Kaia Martin Female VA  
418  Joseph McAlister Male VA  
419  Andrew McCool Male VA  
420  Cavanaugh McGaw Male VA  
421  Jack McManus Male VA  
422  Kevin Monogue Male VA  
423  Spencer Moore Male VA  
424  Michael Muskett Male VA  
425  Thomas O'Brien Male VA  
426  Jacob Pangilinan Male VA  
427  Matt Pastino Male VA  
428  Teague Peck Male VA  
429  Caelan Pennie Male VA  
430  Joseph Pitrelli Male VA  
431  Isaac Ponce Male VA  
432  John Rangel Male VA  
433  Logan Ray Male VA  
434  Chris Ringham Male VA  
435  Brandon Rockers Male VA  
436  Craig Schichtel Male VA  
437  Jeremy Schimmel Male VA  
438  Jack Schnorbus Male VA  
439  Tara Sidhu Female VA  
440  Will Smagh Male VA  
441  Andrew Smith Male VA  
442  Ian Smith Male VA  
443  Nathan Smith Male VA  
444  Josh Smoot Male VA  
445  Daniel Snapp Male VA  
446  Ben Sorensen Male VA  
447  Joey Spaziani Male VA  
448  Jack Staples Male VA  
449  Natalie Steinberg Female VA  
450  Anna Stone Female VA  
451  Margaret Stonerock Female VA  
452  Jack Streed Male VA  
453  Emily String Female VA  
454  Ana Suarez Female VA  
455  Wilson Sullivan Male VA  
456  Misha Suresh Female VA  
457  Amanda Swaak Female VA  
458  David Tang Male VA  
459  Nahom Teshome Male VA  
460  Austin Thompson Male VA  
461  Brian Thompson Male VA  
462  Ryan Thompson Male VA  
463  Luke Toth Male VA  
464  Macy Trump Female VA  
465  Nicholas Tuck Male VA not racing
466 Andrew Vallaster Male VA  
467  Matthew Van Heesewijk Male VA  
468  Connor Vaught Male VA  
469  Hunter Vaught Male VA  
470  Kayla Vaught Female VA  
471  Saurav Velleleth Male VA  
472  Jason Viadero Male VA  
473  Bryce Wason Male VA  
474  Kevin Watts Male VA  
475  Sara Waugh Female VA  
476  Jacob Welch Male VA  
477  Cody Wellons Male VA  
478  Tanner Wentlandt Male VA  
479  Abigail Williams Female VA  
480  Kathryn Wilson Female VA  
481  Madeline Wittich Female VA  
482  Eyasu Yirdaw Male VA  
483  Caleb Yonas Male VA  
484  Humberto Zarco Male VA  
485  Haben Zemichael Male VA  
486  Mitchell Bartoldson Male WV  
487  Matthew Brafford Male WV  
488  Malika Briggs Female WV  
489  Ryan Graf Male WV  
490  Danielle Haynes Female WV  
491  Jackson Jacobs Male WV  
492  Emma Lindberg Female WV  
493  Pj Louzy Male WV  
494  Ian Lynn Male WV  
495  Abraham Merinar Male WV  
496  Andrew Milliron Male WV  
497  Nicholas Musgrave Male WV  
498  Arlo Parker Male WV  
499  Colin Radabaugh Male WV  
500  Kinsey Reed Female WV  
501  Shane Rigsby Male WV  
502  Vivian Ruiz Female WV  
503  Corey Shetler Male WV  
504  Keri Shetler Female WV  
505  Zac Simmons Male WV  
506  Jesse Smith Female WV  
507  Levi Snedegar Male WV  
508  Blake Stanley Male WV  
509  Megan Stemple Female WV  
510  David Sullivan Male WV  
511  Matthew Taylor Male WV  
512  Anya Wallace Female WV  
513  Michael Watcher Male WV  
514  Zach Wiberg Male WV  
515  Rhett Zillinger Male WV