The 23rd Annual ACLI Capital Challenge


2004 Winners

Individual Winners
Team Winners


23rd Annual ACLI Capital Challenge - May 5, 2004
Individual Winners
Category Captain Team Time
1st Male - Overall Philip Huspeth Rogue Runners (Rep. Peter DeFazio-D-OR)) 15:28
1st Female - Overall Sharon Donovan Mineta's Mashers (Dept of Transportation) 17:40
1st Senator - Male Senator John Sununu (R-NH) Team Sununu 19:47
1st Senator - Female Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Kay-n't Be Stopped 33:59
1st Rep. - Male
(Mike Synar Award)
Representative Bart Gordon (D-TN) Gordon's Mercenary Highlanders 18:22
1st Rep. - Female (No entrants)    
1st Agency Head - Male Peter Hurtgen, Director. Fed Mediation & Conciliation Serv. FMCS is Hurtgen Again 28:17
1st Agency Head - Female Deanna Okun, Chairman; Internt'l Trade Comm Tariffiers 24:58
1st Sub-Cabinet - Male Frank Trinity, Gen.Counsel: Corp Nat'l&Community Ser. Service With A Mile 17:08
1st Sub-Cabinet - Female Sudeen Kelly, Comm. Fed Energy Reg. Comm. Federal Engery Running Commission 25:45
1st Fed.Judge - Male Judge John Mott, DC Superior Court Rocket Dockets 16:58
1st Fed.Judge - Female Judge Natalia Combs-Greene, DC Superior Court Benchwarmers 27:47
1st Print Journalist-Male Jim Hage, Washington Post-Sports More May Madness 15:58
1st Print Journalist-Female Sarah Wassner, National Geographic We All Run For A Yellow Magazine 19:18
1st Electronic Journ.-Male Jay Korff, WJLA-ABC7 Softball With Kathleen Matthews 17:45
1st ElectronicJourn.-Female Terri Schultz, Fox News Channel F-N See, Ya Later 21:33
AGE Group      
1st Capt. 60+ Male Judge Rufus King, DC Superior Court Rocket Dockets 24:19
2nd Capt 60+ Male John Turner, Asst Sec; State Department Team Wyoming Will Put You in frENZI! 26:27
3rd Capt 60+ Male Dave Willingham, News Channel 8 Gladee8' ers 26:29
1st Capt 70+ Male Senator Charles Grassley, (R-IA) Team Grassley 29:07
2nd Capt 70+ Male Harry Hoglander, Member; Nat'l Mediation Board Harry's Hurting Hopefuls 34:27
Team Winners
Category Team Name Team Captain
Overall Team Winner U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Lewis Libby
1st Senate Team The Linc to Fast Rhodes Senator Lincoln Chaffee (R-RI)
2nd Senate Team Runn-Lugar Competitive Stress Reduction Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN)
1st House Team Team Ryun Representative Jim Ryun (R-KS)
2nd House Team Gordon's Mercenary Highlanders Representative Bart Gordon (D-TN)
1st Executive Branch Team Navy Rear Adm. Lewis Libby
2nd Executive Branch Team Census Running Totals (Census Bureau) Douglas Clift
1st Print Media Team Running From Lions (National Geographic) Barbara Noe
2nd Print Media Team Slow Child Left Behind (Chronicle Higher Education) Welch Suggs
1st Electronic Media Team F-N, See Ya Later (Fox News Channel) Terri Schultz
2nd Electronic Media Team Radio Flyers (NPR) Jon Hamilton
1st Judicial Team Rocket Dockets (DC Superior Court) Judge John Mott, Judge Rufus King, Judge Jose Lopez
2nd Judicial Team Robe Runners (US Court of Appeal/Armed Forces) Judge Herman Gierke
Team Name Winners 
Category Team Name Team Captain
Best Named Team We All Run For a Yellow Magazine Larry Porges, Capt. National Geographic
2nd Best Name Slow Child Left Behind Welch Suggs, Capt. Chronicle of Higher Education
3rd Best Name Dick Clark's American Ran Stand David Nielsen, Capt. Scripps Howard News Service
Worst Named Team (James B. Kenin Award-1st) Quinntet-One Short of a SixPAC Rep. Jack Quinn (R-NY) Capt.
2nd Worst Name Win One for the GPRA (Government Performance Reform Act) Arthur Rosenfeld, NLRB; General Counsel
3rd Worst Name Follow the Leader Senator Bill Frist, Capt.
Best Spirit Rogue Runners Representative Peter DeFazio (D-OR)