Group shot before the 2018 MGM.
Quatro Hubbard
2023 Report
December 9, 2023 • Clifton, VA
144 starters, 56 finishers
A practically perfect run on a practically perfect day!!!
MGM is always a festive occasion…been that way now for 31 years!! I was privileged to be asked by the official run director, Katie Keier, to fill in this year.
I haven’t seen the Hemlock chow hall that full in years!! The cacophony of the happy talk was exhilarating!! Seeing over 100 cars parked in Hemlock was inspiring (thanks Andy Bacon and Mike Campbell)!! Thanks also to the patience of ALL the runners during parking and registration…probably the most gracious and pleasant behavior I’ve ever seen!!
After brief remarks and the obligatory starting photo, Q officially started the run with a gentle, “go.” The chilly air warmed quickly with the warm sun, and the day could not have been better!! Whether the runners did 12 miles, 23 miles, portions thereof, or the full 50k loop (a strong group of 56!!), runners were treated to great trails and awesome aid stations (thanks Zach Weinberger and crew at Marina and Eric Levy at Fountainhead). You would think these were fully manned aid stations for a 100 miler!!!!
The camaraderie and welcoming demeanor of everyone was signature VHTRC! Whether you were the fast kids in 5 hours and change (Congratulations to men’s winner Samuel Hill and women’s winner Keavy Baylor…both made it look too easy), or hikers finishing after dark in 10:40, the friendliness and refreshing nature of a VHTRC fatass was evident to all.
One runner remarked how overwhelmed she was with the kindness and friendliness of the VHTRC community. New to trails and the community, you lifted her spirits. And isn’t that what this season is all about, and what VHTRC is all about…caring, giving, sharing; enjoying and embracing the journeys and people…a diverse but inclusive tribe. A tribe I feel honored to be a part of.
Happy Holidays my friends! Bob Gaylord
Video of the start, by Zach Weinberger
Photos
Other reports
- Elfin Magic at the MGM, by John Calabrese
Results
| Place | Name | Age | Sex | Home | Time | Miles | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samuel Hill | 26 | Male | VA | 5:22:22 | 50k | MGM Champ! |
| 2 | Steven Hanson | 40 | Male | DC | 5:28:36 | 50k | 1st Masters! |
| 3 | John Oplinger | 46 | Male | VA | 5:34 | 50k | |
| 4 | Matthew Burke | 35 | Male | MD | 5:35:56 | 50K | Do Looped |
| 5 | Nicolas Ingvoldstad | 35 | Male | VA | 5:49:54 | 50k | |
| 6 | Keavy Baylor | 26 | Female | DC | 5:50:25 | 50k | MGM Champ! |
| 6 | Adam Rasmussen | 53 | Male | VA | 5:50:25 | 50k | 1st Grand Masters! |
| 8 | Michael Bonfatto | 33 | Male | DC | 5:53:49 | 50k | |
| 9 | Crishon Dollard | 25 | Male | VA | 6:05 | 50k | |
| 10 | Brice Ruiz | 38 | Male | MD | 6:08:51 | 50k | |
| 11 | Jack Nguyen | 41 | Male | VA | 6:32 | 50k | |
| 11 | Denise Freeman | 43 | Female | VA | 6:32:09 | 50k | 1st Masters! |
| 13 | Ali Mohammed | 45 | Male | MD | 6:35 | 50k | |
| 14 | Christian Stanton | 50 | Male | VA | 6:39 | 50k | |
| 15 | Mikala Shremshock | 40 | Female | WV | 6:43 | 50k | |
| 16 | Vince Ranganathan | 25 | Male | CA | 6:44 | 50k | |
| 17 | Jason Hinerman | 45 | Male | WV | 6:45 | 50k | |
| 18 | Drew Newton | 36 | Male | VA | 6:54:45 | 50k | |
| 19 | Robert Kazmierski | 42 | Male | MD | 6:57 | 50k | |
| 20 | Tim Skoczen | 44 | Male | PA | 6:58:42 | 50K | |
| 21 | Jim Ashworth | 61 | Male | VA | 6:59:30 | 50k | 1st Seniors! |
| 22 | Dimitar Gospodinov | 49 | Male | VA | 7:08 | 50k | |
| 22 | Dean Kennedy | 54 | Male | MD | 7:08:25 | 50k | |
| 24 | Paul Hackley | 53 | Male | VA | 7:11 | 50k | |
| 25 | Eric McGlinchey | 50 | Male | VA | 7:18:56 | 50k | |
| 26 | John Calabrese | 43 | Male | VA | 7:20:12 | 50K | |
| 27 | Ernest Vardaman | 51 | Male | VA | 7:24 | 50k | |
| 27 | Charlie Poffenberger | 49 | Male | VA | 7:24:05 | 50k | |
| 29 | Robert Grolemund | 55 | Male | VA | 7:25:34 | 50k | |
| 30 | Erika Yee | 26 | Female | VA | 7:27 | 50k | First Ultra! |
| 30 | Andrew Schaaf | 55 | Male | VA | 7:27 | 50k | |
| 32 | Amelia Kegan | 40 | Female | MD | 7:29:17 | 50k | |
| 33 | Matthew Katcher | 33 | Male | DC | 7:35:40 | 50k | |
| 34 | Jamie Austin | 47 | Female | VA | 7:46:02 | 50k | |
| 34 | Jesse Parker | 44 | Male | VA | 7:46:02 | 50k | |
| 36 | Paul Encarnacion | 63 | Male | MD | 7:52 | 50k | |
| 36 | Joshua Binder | 24 | Male | WV | 7:52 | 50k | |
| 38 | Jeff Reed | 64 | Male | VA | 8:05 | 50k | |
| 38 | Jack Childers | 62 | Male | WV | 8:05 | 50k | |
| 38 | Vikrant Gokhale | 38 | Male | VA | 8:05:39 | 50k | |
| 41 | Tom Calla | 49 | Male | NY | 8:06 | 50K | |
| 42 | Dan Aghdam | 55 | Male | VA | 8:10 | 50k | Do Looped |
| 43 | Peter Josendale | 50 | Male | VA | 8:11:42 | 50k | |
| 44 | Larry Thibodeau | 55 | Male | VA | 8:18:05 | 50k | |
| 45 | Elaina Stanton | 53 | Female | VA | 8:29:47 | 50k | 1st Grand Masters! |
| 46 | Cheryl Chen | 60 | Female | VA | 8:33 | 50k | First Ultra AND Seniors! |
| 46 | Huanyuan Sheng | 48 | Male | VA | 8:33 | 50k | |
| 48 | Laura Graham | 39 | Female | VA | 8:48 | 50K | |
| 49 | Michael Bottos | 63 | Male | VA | 8:50 | 50K | |
| 50 | Jeffrey Klemm | 72 | Male | VA | 9:19 | 50k | 1st Super Seniors! |
| 51 | Saveetha Natarajan | 46 | Female | VA | 9:28:32 | 50k | First Ultra! |
| 52 | Bill Turrentine | 75 | Male | VA | 9:51 | 50k | |
| 53 | Shaojun Wen | 51 | Male | VA | 9:59:59 | 50k | |
| 54 | Mohan Ramaraj | 55 | Male | VA | 10:04 | 50k | |
| 55 | Randi Lombardozzi | 62 | Female | VA | 10:40 | 50K | |
| 55 | Donna Viens | 58 | Female | VA | 10:40 | 50k | |
| Alternate | Carol Cohen | 47 | Female | VA | 5:40 | 26.7 | |
| Alternate | Ted Bielawa | 53 | Male | VA | 6:14 | 26 | |
| Alternate | Rebecca Convery | 57 | Female | MD | 6:12:32 | 24.98 | |
| Alternate | Allison Holko | 43 | Female | VA | 7:14:04 | 24 | |
| Alternate | Matthew Erb | 45 | Male | VA | 4:57 | 23.3 | |
| Alternate | Laura Chipkin | 43 | Female | VA | 5:08:41 | 23.01 | |
| Alternate | Joe Schramka | 54 | Male | DC | 5:17 | 23 | |
| Alternate | Kelli Gress | 43 | Female | MD | 5:29 | 23 | |
| Alternate | Gaynor Bourgeois | 55 | Female | MD | 5:53 | 23 | |
| Alternate | Laurel Lundstrom | 43 | Female | MD | 5:53 | 23 | |
| Alternate | Maureen Rohrs | 68 | Female | MD | 7:05 | 23 | |
| Alternate | Guy Towler | 54 | Male | VA | 7:45 | 23 | |
| Alternate | Sirisha Golla | 48 | Female | VA | 7:22 | 22 | |
| Alternate | Beth Miller | 54 | Female | VA | 7:16:46 | 20.95 | |
| Alternate | Hope Schaaf | 54 | Female | VA | 7:16:46 | 20.95 | |
| Alternate | Jaret Seiberg | 54 | Male | MD | 4:32:17 | 20.25 | |
| Alternate | Katie Power | 40 | Female | DC | 4:38:18 | 20.02 | |
| Alternate | Daisy Weill | 35 | Female | DC | 4:38:18 | 20.02 | |
| Alternate | Natalie Pertz | 32 | Female | DC | 4:38:18 | 20.02 | |
| Alternate | Nicholas Kirsch | 30 | Male | VA | 4:40 | 20 | |
| Alternate | Jared Byrd | 40 | Male | MD | 3:00 | 18 | |
| Alternate | Elizabeth Cortez | 44 | Female | WV | 3:25:21 | 18 | |
| Alternate | Rob Tidwell | 53 | Male | VA | 4:36:43 | 17.95 | |
| Alternate | Jana Bravo | 55 | Female | DC | 4:51 | 17.9 | |
| Alternate | Jessica Lucas-Judy | 49 | Female | VA | 4:34:39 | 17.23 | |
| Alternate | Denise Coll | 63 | Female | VA | 4:10 | 17.05 | |
| Alternate | Michael Campbell | 73 | Male | VA | 4:57:55 | 17 | |
| Alternate | Terrian Tates | 35 | Male | VA | ??? | 17 | Parking Lot |
| Alternate | Andrew Arrison | 25 | Male | VA | ???? | 17 | Parking Lot |
| Alternate | Andy Bacon | 45 | Male | VA | 3:47 | 16.58 | |
| Alternate | Steph Schmidt | 30 | Female | VA | 3:25 | 16.5 | |
| Alternate | Sara Fanous | 43 | Female | VA | 4:19 | 16.5 | |
| Alternate | Tom Simonds | 68 | Male | VA | 4:19 | 16.5 | |
| Alternate | Travis Graham | 35 | Male | VA | 2:33:27 | 16 | |
| Alternate | Sean Katz | 50 | Male | VA | 3:05 | 16 | |
| Alternate | Jade Graham | 37 | Female | VA | 3:13:00 | 16 | |
| Alternate | Eric Thornton | 43 | Male | VA | 3:25 | 16 | |
| Alternate | Laura Turbe | 56 | Female | MD | 3:40 | 16 | |
| Alternate | Genice Rill | 49 | Female | MD | 4:47 | 16 | |
| Alternate | Jeni Dwyer | 47 | Female | VA | 3:41 | 15.5 | |
| Alternate | Kelly Viands | 45 | Female | MD | 4:10 | 15 | |
| Alternate | Rob Colenso | 49 | Male | VA | 4:31 | 15 | |
| Alternate | Cheryl Miller | 44 | Female | VA | 5:32:17 | 14.08 | |
| Alternate | Karen Wille | 52 | Female | VA | 3:38 | 14 | |
| Alternate | Shannon Andes | 54 | Female | VA | 3:44:14 | 14 | |
| Alternate | Samantha Neakrase | 46 | Female | VA | 3:25 | 13.5 | |
| Alternate | Lindsay Ward-Gokhale | 35 | Female | VA | 3:57:10 | 13.1 | |
| Alternate | Laura Falsone | 60 | Female | MD | 3:52 | 12.28 | |
| Alternate | Suzie Spangler | 53 | Female | MD | 3:52 | 12.28 | |
| Alternate | Karen Knight | 50 | Female | VA | 2:41 | 12 | |
| Alternate | Katherine Renken | 39 | Female | VA | ???? | 12 | Fountainhead |
| Alternate | Rob Krupicka | 52 | Male | VA | 2:20 | 11 | |
| Alternate | Leigh Weil | 45 | Female | DC | 2:37 | 10.6 | |
| Alternate | Paul Ammann | 62 | Male | VA | 2:37 | 10.6 | |
| Alternate | Marketa Widmer | 49 | Female | VA | 2:28 | 10.38 | |
| Alternate | Teagan Collins | 37 | Female | VA | 2:00 | 10.3 | |
| Alternate | Candi Hoffman | 49 | Female | VA | 3:44:45 | 10.25 | |
| Alternate | Lauren Gabler | 39 | Female | VA | 2:00 | 10.2 | |
| Alternate | Hompeng Komthirath | 49 | Male | VA | 2:20 | 10.2 | |
| Alternate | Bryan Zelley | 47 | Male | VA | 2:20 | 10.2 | |
| Alternate | Suzie Willis | 41 | Female | VA | 2:23 | 10.2 | |
| Alternate | Glenn Willis | 44 | Male | VA | 2:23 | 10.2 | |
| Alternate | Paula Baake | 53 | Female | VA | 2:26 | 10.2 | |
| Alternate | Omar Hernandez | 55 | Male | VA | 2:33 | 10.2 | |
| Alternate | Meredith Donaho | 36 | Female | MD | 2:42 | 10.2 | |
| Alternate | Sarah Smith | 51 | Female | MD | 2:48 | 10.2 | |
| Alternate | Beth Foster | 45 | Female | VA | 3:10 | 10.2 | |
| Alternate | Cherry Grassi | 51 | Female | VA | 3:15 | 10.2 | |
| Alternate | Dawn Gray | 49 | Female | VA | 3:15 | 10.2 | |
| Alternate | Jeremy Gray | 50 | Male | VA | 3:15 | 10.2 | |
| Alternate | Will Rohrs | 70 | Male | MD | 3:23 | 10.2 | |
| Alternate | Veronica Crawford | 54 | Female | VA | 2:09 | 10 | |
| Alternate | Tracy Cooley | 51 | Female | VA | 2:00 | 9.2 | |
| Alternate | Kelley Peard | 42 | Female | VA | 2:11 | 9 | |
| Alternate | Sara Davidson | 40 | Female | MD | 2:11 | 9 | |
| Alternate | Toni Becerra | 49 | Female | VA | 2:11 | 9 | |
| Alternate | Karen Bigelow | 41 | Female | VA | 3:35:00 | 9 | |
| Alternate | Wayne Kline | 69 | Male | VA | 2:00 | 8 | |
| Alternate | Kristin Tidwell | 51 | Female | VA | 3:00 | 6.39 | |
| Alternate | Anna Tidwell | 13 | Female | VA | 3:00 | 6.39 | |
| Alternate | Sheila Martin | 42 | Female | VA | 1:00 | 3 | |
| Alternate | Stephen Yurek | 61 | Male | VA | 1:00 | 3 | |
| Alternate | Steve Barge | 57 | Male | VA | 1:00 | 3 | |
| Alternate | Thomas McNulty | 46 | Male | DC | 1:00 | 3 | |
| Alternate | Brett Martin | 43 | Male | VA | 1:00 | 3 | |
| Alternate | Jesse Fuller | 39 | Male | VA | 1:00 | 3 | |
| Alternate | Emily Gibson | 25 | Female | DC | 0:45 | 2 | Ankle |
Last updated December 10, 2023