NOVA in the News

NOVA Social Media Director Erin Masterson was featured in one of the top stories on ABC 7 News at 5pm on October 21!  Erin talked about the impact of enhanced security measures at the Marine Corps Marathon this weekend, as a result of the Boston Marathon bombings in April. Erin ran Boston and was two blocks from the finish line at the time of the bombing. She plans to race in the Marine Corps 10k this weekend. See the feature here.

Stay safe out there runners, and happy racing!!

NOVA 5K Recap

The start of the NOVA 5k
(photo: Erin Masterson)

By Erin Masterson

A small but determined group of NOVA runners and volunteers braved the potential for rain on Sunday morning and came out to support the Club during our annual 5k race at Bluemont Park in Arlington. Though days of unrelenting rain leading up to the race may have lessened our turnout, the morning of the race was mostly dry, and the die-hard NOVA team was there to compete. 

Leading the pack with a one-two punch was the NOVA contingent of Allen Denson and Bob Koeppen. Training partners and pace setters for many of the Tuesday night track workouts, Denson and Koeppen worked together and finished just seconds apart - Denson in first place overall with a time of  17:54 and Koeppen in second place in 17:58. The women were led by Georgetown Running Club (GRC)/NOVA runner Kristie Nunez in 18:53 and GRC's Elyse Shimada in 19:42. Betty Blank won the Women's Masters Division in 23:16 and Ted Poulos led the Masters Men in 18:49. The Buenaflor family was also out in full force, led by NOVA President Justin Buenaflor, and included competition and/or support from family members Graeme Buenaflor, Sheryllyn Buenaflor, Ren Hucker, Delight Buenaflor, and Jason Kaltwasser.

NOVA Coach Jerry Alexander was pleased with the race outcome, saying, "While we had several strong performances, I want to give special props to our dynamic duo of Allen and Bob, who went 1-2. In the years that I've been with NOVA, it's always been the case that the top-tier women were ahead of the top-tier men in terms of their relative prowess. But with our new core Group 1 men, led by Bob and Allen, the guys are making great strides, and they will continue to improve, and reflect glory upon NOVA. Go get 'em, men!"

Many thanks to all our volunteers, especially Bob Platt of RacePacket for officiating and timing the race. 

Race results were completed by RacePacket and can be found here. 

NOVA 5K Team Results

Allen Denson  17:54, 1st OA

Bob Koeppen 17:58, 2nd OA

Ted Poulos  18:49, 3rd OA, 1st Masters/1st AG

Kristie Nunez 18:53 1st Female OA

Betty Blank  23:16 3rd Female, 1st Masters/1st AG  
Lauren Hucker  27:48, 4th Female, 2nd AG
Bob Weiner  28:20, 1st AG  
Larry Clark  31:47, 2nd AG

Volunteer opportunity for Woodrow Wilson Bridge Half has been Cancelled

Volunteer opportunity for Woodrow Wilson Bridge Half has been Cancelled for Wednesday October 2, 2013

Due to the efforts of the volunteer shifts from Tuesday, all packet stuffing work was successfully completed for the Half Marathon, so volunteers are no longer needed for the Wednesday shift.  I appreciate all those NOVA members that signed up to volunteer.  We will be sure to get the club involved again for next years race. 

There are still plenty of opportunities to volunteer this fall!  We will need people for the NOVA 5k on October 13th as well as the Marine Corps Marathon on October 27th. 

To volunteer for the NOVA 5k please email Club President Justin Buenaflor at justinbuenaflor@hotmail.com










To volunteer to work the NOVA water stop for the Marine Corps Marathon please follow the link below and use the provided username and password to login.

Group Name: NOVA Running Club
Password: Running1

http://www.doitsports.com/volunteer2/join-protected-group.tcl?event_id=2061