Posted on: Monday, March 18, 2002
Air Force officer eases to Faerber 10K victory
By Mike Tymn
Special to The Advertiser
In last month's Great Aloha Run, Bob Dickie couldn't keep up with his coach, Farley Simon, finishing a distant third behind Simon and winner Jonathan Lyau.
In the 21st annual Johnny Faerber All Men's 10K Run yesterday morning, it was a different story as Dickie pulled away from Simon and defending champion Christian Friis on the second mile. He continued on to a fairly easy victory, covering the 6.2-mile course in 32 minutes, 33 seconds.
"My training is coming around," said Dickie, a 27-year-old Hickam Air Force officer. "Farley has really helped me. He's been there and knows what it's all about."
Friis, 28, was second in 33:02 as the 46-year-old Simon finished third, another 19 seconds back.
Some 275 men and boys toed the starting line at Kapi'olani Park for the 6:30 start of the event, named in honor of a veteran runner and long-time coach. Dickie, Friis, Simon, and Abdesiam Naji were the early leaders, but Dickie began to assert himself on the climb in front of Diamond Head, reaching the mile mark in 5:13 with a two-second lead on the others.
"He began opening it up on the downhill," said Friis, a Hawai'i Pacific University graduate student from Denmark.
Dickie, a former steeplechase runner for the University of Tennessee, said, "My game plan was to hang back there with Christian and Farley for a while longer, but the wind was pretty strong and no one wanted to take the lead.
"The pace was a little slow, so I decided to just go out and attack the hill and the wind."
Dickie passed the half-way mark in Kahala in 15:40 with a lead of approximately 100 yards. It was clear by then that no one would catch him and that the race was for second place as Friis and Simon continued matching strides.
Simon began falling behind Friis on the fifth mile. "I knew it wasn't going to be my day from the very start," said Simon, who won the race in 1992 with a 31:43.
Khan Wali, 20, was actually the first to finish, winning the wheelchair race in 30:37.
The top age-class performances of the day were turned in by John Smith, 40, fifth overall in 34:00, Ed Cadman, 56, 19th overall in 37:12, and Geoff Howard, 64, 56th in 43:05.
Overall: 1, Robert Dickie 32 minutes, 33 seconds; 2, Christian Friis 33:02; 3, Farley Simon 33:21. 5-younger: 1, Justin Yamamoto 1:27:42. 6-10: 1, Jonathan Ko 54:07. 11-14: 1, Ben Crippen 54:25; 2, Cory Wong 54:27; 3, Jordan Wong 55:44. 15-19: 1, Jeff Lim 34:33; 2, Tom Skinner 37:16; 3, Clint Imholte 40:08. 20-24: 1, Kevin Rathbun 34:20; 2, Raul Portillo 36:46; 3, Chris Walters 43:50. 25-29: 1, Shadrack Nabea 34:33; 2, Joshua Keena 34:42; 3, Chris Larson 35:20. 30-34: 1, Pete Boksanski 36:47; 2, Eric Gilman 39:03; 3, Brian Burdick 39:47. 35-39: 1, Abdeslam Naji 33:35; 2, Gary Brimmer 34:56; 3, Paul Oshiro 36:59. 40-44: 1, John R. Smith 34:00; 2, Colin Hilliman 35:28; 3, Gary Nettles 36:34. 45-49: 1, Michael Georgi 37:32; 2, Mike Houar 39:26; 3, John Head 39:29. 50-54: 1, Michael Maixner 40:10; 2, Michael Chauvin 40:27; 3, Rod McCrimmon 43:10. 55-59: 1, Ed Cadman 37:12; 2, Ron Pate 40:01; 3, Mike Pietrusewsky 44:19. 60-64: Geoff Howard 43:05; 2, Dave Devenot 46:48; 3, Phil Damon 47:37. 65-69: 1, Kit Smith 48:50; 2, Alvin Seda 56:29; 3, Kim Jacobson 57:12. 70-74: 1, Harry Van Trees 1:02:20; 2, Brooks Kakiuchi 1:08:18; 3, Vic Froese 1:15:26. 75-79: 1, Alfred Winer 1:02:44. 80-older: 1, Bill Paty 1:16:01; 2, Naoto Inada 1:26:05; 3, Bill Beauchamp 1:35:06. Wheelchair: 1, Khan Wali 31:07; 2, Greg Hao 36:41.
