Poulos Pulls Off Pizza Party Victory in Medford 5K

Sherry Esposito extends win streak to 7

by Kevin Spradlin

Complete results

WESTMINSTER, Jan. 13 -- Ted Poulos, one of just three non-WRRC members competing in the Mighty Medford Freeway 5K race on Sunday, outran John Reagan over the last half of the race to win in 18 minutes, 57 seconds. 

     Race director Frank Schaeffer picks a theme for his race each year, and this year was a pizza party, complete with warm pizza bagels for all finishers and frozen Tony's Pizzas as prizes. 

     Reagan, a distance standout for Western Maryland College, was second in 19:23 after leading through the first half of the race. Starting the race into a headwind with gusts up to 31 mph, Poulos and Reagan hit the one mile point at a pedestrian 6:10. Reagan took a two-step lead by the turnaround and tried to increase his lead coming down hill on Nicodemus Road. Poulos, however, wouldn't quit.

     With the wind mostly at their backs once they returned to Medford Road, Poulos ran the last 2.5K in 9:05, including a 6:38 in the last 1.1 miles. 

     In the women's race, Sherry Esposito virtually had no competition as she won her second straight club race of the year and her seventh consecutive club win in as many tries. Her last club finish out of first place was August 9, 2001, when Jill Krebs ran a course record to win the Sullivan Road Four-Miler. Esposito was second.

     

 

 

 

Name Age Time Notes
1. Ted Poulos 40 18:57  
2. John Reagan 19 19:23  
3. Sherry Esposito 23 19:39 2nd club win in 2002, 7th in 7 tries
4. Gary St. Onge 51 19:48 1st Male Grand Masters
5. James Moreland 49 20:33 1st Male Masters
6. Joe Loveland 52 21:06 2nd Male Grand Masters
7. Roger Kilgore 58 21:32 3rd Male Grand Masters
8. Rich Beck 43 22:03 2nd Male Masters
9. Steve Schaeffer 52 22:42 3rd Male Masters
10. Chuck Raper 58 22:58  
11. Bob McCubbin 42 23:18  
12. Gary Honeman 46 23:29  
13. Sherry Clower 29 23:54 2nd Female
14. Christina Rock 26 26:08 3rd Female
15. Mark Sobota 35 27:16  
16. Kim Keller 44 27:17 1st Female Masters
17. Randy Erb 39 28:01  
18. Liuda Galinaitis 44 28:05 2nd Female Masters
19. Chris Reese 50 28:05 1st Female Grand Masters
20. Brian Babyak 36 32:23  
21. Sam Case 60 33:39  
22. David Herlocker 61 49:40