METROPOLITAN 50 MILER TOP PERFORMANCES BY CATEGORY 35 races--1971-2007 (no race in 1989 or 2005) We list the name, age, time, year, and overall place that year. For women, we list their place among the women and their place among all runners. TOP 50 OVERALL 1. Don Paul 30 5:09:58 1980 1 2. Fritz Mueller 43 5:14:54 1979 1 3. Allan Kirik 35 5:15:54 1978 1 4. Stu Mittleman 30 5:24:28 1981 1 5. Max White 23 5:28:15 1974 1 6. John Garlepp 40 5:28:19 1978 2 7. Roger Yergeau 31 5:30:56 1982 1 8. Ed Walkowitz 23 5:31:02 1973 1 9. Terry Knickerbocker30 5:34:35 1978 3 10. Frank Bozanich 32 5:36:02 1976 1 11. Jim McDonagh 47 5:36:52 1971 1 12. Terry Knickerbocker29 5:38:12 1977 1 13. Bob Sweeney 32 5:38:41 1999 1 14. Vince Chiapetta 37 5:39:14 1971 2 15. Fritz Mueller 41 5:41:56 1977 2 16. John Garlepp 38 5:42:03 1976 2 17. Rick Warren 26 5:45:14 1973 2 18. John Garlepp 41 5:46:22 1979 2 19. Ed Ayres 35 5:46:51 1976 3 20. Hector Rodriguez 38 5:47:06 1983 1 21. Darryl Beardall 37 5:48:03 1973 3 22. Steve Molnar 27 5:48:21 1976 4 23. Park Barner 30 5:50:09 1974 2 24. Mike Koenig 31 5:50:11 1977 3 25. Tom Chiaro 30 5:50:13 1981 2 26. Colin Corkery 33 5:50:14 1991 1 27. Park Barner 29 5:50:21 1973 4 28. Phil Stewart 24 5:50:23 1974 3 29. Joe Erskine 49 5:50:44 1979 3 30. Bill Lawder 35 5:50:50 1983 2 31. Nick Marshall 28 5:51:38 1976 5 32. Dave Faherty 38 5:52:01 1983 3 33. Rich Langsam 27 5:52:06 1978 4 34. Bill Lawder 30 5:52:23 1977 4 35. Vince Chiapetta 40 5:52:25 1973 5 36. Martin Kittell 23 5:52:30 1977 5 37. Rich Langsam 28 5:52:39 1979 4 38. Ted Corbitt 55 5:53:09 1974 4 39. Tom Chiaro 28 5:53:10 1979 5 40. Bill Lawder 32 5:53:15 1979 6 41. Bob Sweeney 30 5:53:29 1997 1 42. Park Barner 33 5:53:45 1977 6 43. Joe Erskine 46 5:53:46 1976 6 44. Roger Yergeau 28 5:54:14 1979 7 45. Park Barner 32 5:54:22 1976 7 46. John Hess 33 5:54:33 1976 8 47. Brian Jones 38 5:55:07 1978 5 48. Robert Vandekeift 41 5:55:16 1980 2 49. Ray Morrison 27 5:55:42 1974 5 50. Ted Corbitt 52 5:55:48 1971 3 TOP 30 WOMEN OVERALL 1. Ellen McCurtin 25 6:29:12 1992 1,4 2. Nina Kuscsik 38 6:35:53 1977 1,14 3. Ellen McCurtin 28 6:36:50 1995 1,2 4. Ellen McCurtin 26 6:49:20 1993 1,4 5. Donna McGovern 33 7:13:21 1990 1,5 6. Christine Avin 40 7:16:43 1988 1,5 7. Megumi Fukami 28 7:19:15 1995 2,7 8. Donna McGovern 33 7:25:44 1991 1,14 9. Hanna Ben-Shoen 41 7:29:26 2002 1,4 10. Sue Medaglia 46 7:28:43 1981 1,22 11. Megumi Fukami 33 7:36:38 2000 1,3 12. Jody Reicher 41 7:37:46 2004 1,5 13. Viisha Sedlak 34 7:42:40 1983 1,34 14. Diane Hawkins 34 7:44:20 1985 1,11 15. Jodi Kartes-Heino 31 7:48:55 2002 2,7 16. Diane Hawkins 35 7:49:21 1986 1,11 17. Admas Belilgne 48 7:53:52 2002 3,10 18. Inger-Jo Berger 41 7:54:30 1985 2,15 19. Jodi Kartes-Heino 32 7:55:33 2003 1,2 20. Antana Locs 40 7:56:09 1999 1,10 21. Diane Hawkins 36 7:57:20 1987 1,12 22. Kristy Delacruz 27 7:58:20 2002 4,12 23. Kathy Wood 31 7:59:52 1996 1,10 24. Megumi Fukami 32 8:01:06 1999 2,11 25. Katharine Brieger 50 8:03:21 1979 1,38 26. Hanna Ben-Shoan 38 8:05:33 1999 3,12 27. Inger-Jo Berger 42 8:06:42 1986 2,12 28. Izumi Yamamoto 43 8:07:07 1985 3,18 29. Ruth Greher 48 8:11:46 1990 2,14 30. Julia Bruno 31 8:14:48 1979 2,29 TOP 10 AGE 40-44 1. Fritz Mueller 43 5:14:54 1979 1 2. John Garlepp 40 5:28:19 1978 2 3. Fritz Mueller 41 5:41:56 1977 2 4. John Garlepp 41 5:46:22 1979 2 5. Vince Chiapetta 40 5:52:25 1973 5 6. Robert Vandekieft 41 5:55:16 1980 2 7. Mark DeBartolo 40 5:57:41 1992 1 8. Don Jewell 43 6:01:35 1981 4 9. Robert Vandekieft 40 6:04:04 1979 10 10. Don Jewell 44 6:10:27 1982 5 TOP 10 AGE 45-49 1. Jim McDonagh 47 5:36:52 1971 1 2. Joe Erskine 49 5:50:44 1979 3 3. Joe Erskine 46 5:53:46 1976 6 4. Guenter Erich 49 5:59:12 1982 3 5. Joe Erskine 47 6:11:50 1977 7 6. Lion Caldwell 45 6:17:39 1996 3 7. Rudy Afanador 45 6:18:20 2004 1 8. Guenter Erich 49 6:19:25 1983 7 9. Bill O'Brien 49 6:20:15 1980 8 10. Guenter Erich 46 6:33:32 1979 16 TOP 10 AGE 50-54 1. Ted Corbitt 52 5:55:48 1971 3 2. Jim McDonagh 50 6:23:18 1973 9 3. Frank Loery 54 6:46:00 1983 15 4. Jim McDonagh 53 6:48:47 1977 16 5. Don Davis 52 7:01:37 1997 2 6. Don Davis 53 7:05:13 1999 4 7. Andrei Aroneau 52 7:11:18 2007 5 8. Nick Marshall 50 7:11:25 1999 5 9. Don Davis 53 7:26:18 1998 4 10. Phil Pierce 50 7:26:35 1992 17 TOP 10 AGE 55-59 1. Ted Corbitt 55 5:53:09 1974 4 2. Fred Nagelschmidt 59 6:52:55 1983 18 3. Ted Corbitt 56 7:31:54 1975 9 4. Bruce Boyd 59 7:48:43 1997 10 5. Alan Cohen 55 7:51:51 1984 19 6. Julian Goldsmith 56 7:55:18 1997 11 7. Ed Dodd 57 7:55:19 2004 7 8. Tim Kourounis 57 8:18:56 1995 10 9. Robert Falk 57 8:21:28 2001 11 10. Eddie Coyle 59 8:23:54 1984 30 TOP 10 AGE 60 AND ABOVE 1. Sam Freeman 60 7:44:55 1981 25 2. Sam Freeman 61 8:07:03 1982 21 3. Wilfredo Rios 66 8:11:07 1982 23 4. Wilfredo Rios 69 8:12:09 1985 20 5. Jim Latourette 63 8:21:34 1997 13 6. Sam Freeman 64 8:23:00 1985 22 7. Sam Freeman 62 8:26:34 1983 46 8. Erik Kaymin 61 8:31:40 1992 31 9. Sam Freeman 64 8:37:17 1984 31 10. Tim Kourounis 61 8:46:58 1999 16 TOP 10 WOMEN AGE 40-49 1. Christine Avin 40 7:16:43 1988 1,5 2. Sue Medaglia 46 7:28:43 1981 1,22 3. Hanna Ben-Shoan 41 7:29:26 2002 1,4 4. Jody Reicher 41 7:37:46 2004 1,5 5. Admas Belilgne 48 7:53:52 2002 2,10 6. Inger-Jo Berger 41 7:54:30 1985 2,15 7. Antana Locs 40 7:56:09 1999 1,10 8. Inger-Jo Berger 42 8:06:42 1986 2,12 9. Izumi Yamamoto 43 8:07:07 1985 3,18 10. Ruth Greher 48 8:11:46 1990 2,14 TOP 10 WOMEN AGE 50 AND ABOVE 1. Katharine Brieger 50 8:03:21 1979 1,38 2. Alicja Barahona 53 8:26:29 2007 1,11 3. Alicja Barahona 52 8:26:57 2006 1,7 4. Barbara McLeod 54 8:27:14 1992 2,29 5. Izumi Yamamoto 50 8:44:37 1992 3,34 6. Admas Belilgne 54 9:21:28 2007 3,18 7. Lydia Redding 52 9:27:02 2007 4,20 8. Ruth Liebowitz 65 9:32:40 2007 5,21 9. Ruth Fairbrother 60 9:50:57 2003 4,17 10. Ruth Liebowitz 64 9:57:26 2006 2,12 MOST RACES FINISHED 1. Luis Rios 22 1980-2004 2. Frank DeLeo 18 1988-2007 3. Al Prawda 16 1981-2007 4. John Kenul 15 1971-1992 5. Dave Obelkevich 13 1978-2000 6. Ed Finnegan 11 1984-1999 6. Park Barner 11 1972-1983 8. Nathan Whiting 9 1978-1990 9. Harold Brueland 8 1978-1996 9. Ralph Balsamo 8 1980-2003 10. Seetreeon Robinson 7 1982-1991 12. Egor Egan 6 1990-1998 12. Stu Mittleman 6 1978-1993 12. John Garlepp 6 1972-1980 12. Rimas Jakelaitis 6 1998-2006 12. Bob Falk 6 1986-2007 12. Admas Belilgne 6 1999-2007 18. Tim Kourounis 5 1985-1999 18. Sam Freeman 5 1981-1985 18. Steve Grotsky 5 1971-1983 18. Trishul Cherns 5 1983-2000 18. Nobuaki Koyago 5 1993-2000 18. Nick Palazzo 5 1984-2001 18. Spencer Ellis 5 1997-2003 18. Bob Oberkehr 5 2002-2007