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Hausenfluck Pulls Away in 10KByWAYDEBYARDEventual Apple Blossom 10K winner Merrill Hausenfluck (No. 523) gives himself a double dousing of water as he turns off Wyck Street during Saturday’s race. Following him are Douglas Walter (No. 505) and John Doub. Hausenfluck had a winning time of 31:05.Saturday’s Apple Blossom 10K quickly turned into a two-man battle of wills with local favorite Merrill Hausenfluck having just a little more will to win at the end.Hausenfluck, 21, a former distance-running star at James Wood and now the top distance runner at Radford University, beat 25-year-old Doug Walter of Chambersburg, Pa., in a duel that saw them running shoulder-to-shouider or swapping small leads throughout the race Hausenfluck's winning time was 31 minutes 5 seconds, which averaged an even 5 minutes per mile over the 6.2-mileC0UTS6.Walter finished in 31:19 (a pace of 5:02 per mile). Rounding out the top five were John Doub, 36, of Waynesboro, Pa., who finished in 32:19, 28-year-old Dennis Mickey of Ridgeley, W.Va., (32:44), and Winchester’s Bill Stewart, 36, (32:54).Stewart is a five-time winner of the Apple Blossom 10K.On the women’s side, Hagerstown, Md.’s, Maria Pazarentzos, 31, was a relatively-easy winner in 36:52 (an average pace of 5:56 per mile. Finishing second was the 1991 Apple Blossom 10K female winner, Kirsten Harteis.The 25-year-old Harteis, who finished in 37:20, was another member of a powerful contingent that came down to the race from Chambersburg. She also is the wife of American Olympic marathoner Steve Spence.The top local female finisher was Ruth Riemenschneider, who checked in fourth at 38:14.Rob Knepper, 41, of Waynesboro, Pa., was the men’s masters champion in 34:47, while Joyce Michaels, also 41, of Cumberland, Md., won the women’s title in this category in 44:46.Hausenfluck and Walter broke on top from the start of the race (on Handley Boulevard), forming a three-man pack with Doub as the runners turned left onto Washington Street.In the early going, Hausenfluck looked very relaxed, waving to some friends on Cecil Street aid generally looking at ease.“The longer I stay relaxed, the easier it is, the less racing I had to do,” he said after the race.However, with the temperature closing in on 80 degrees and the competition getting even hotter, Hausenfluck soon settled down to business.On the first pass at Braddock Street, heading uphill, HausenfluckSee 10K Page D8
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Winchester Star
Winchester, Virginia, US
Mon, May 03, 1993
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