IList<RepeaterItem> items;

var result = items
        .Select(item => item.FindControl("somecontrol"))
        .Where(ctrl => SomeCheck(ctrl))
        .AsParallel();

var result = items
        .AsParallel()
        .Select(item => item.FindControl("somecontrol"))
        .Where(ctrl => SomeCheck(ctrl));

using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Linq;
using System.Threading;

class Test
{
    static void Main()
    {
        var query = Enumerable.Range(0, 1000)
                              .Select(SlowProjection)
                              .Where(x => x > 10)
                              .AsParallel();
        Stopwatch sw = Stopwatch.StartNew();
        int count = query.Count();
        sw.Stop();
        Console.WriteLine("Count: {0} in {1}ms", count,
                          sw.ElapsedMilliseconds);

        query = Enumerable.Range(0, 1000)
                          .AsParallel()
                          .Select(SlowProjection)
                          .Where(x => x > 10);
        sw = Stopwatch.StartNew();
        count = query.Count();
        sw.Stop();
        Console.WriteLine("Count: {0} in {1}ms", count,
                          sw.ElapsedMilliseconds);
    }

    static int SlowProjection(int input)
    {
        Thread.Sleep(100);
        return input;
    }
}

Count: 989 in 100183ms
Count: 989 in 13626ms

var SlowProjection = new Func<int, int>((input) => { Thread.Sleep(100); return input; });

var Measure = new Action<string, Func<List<int>>>((title, measure) =>
{
    Stopwatch sw = Stopwatch.StartNew();
    var result = measure();
    sw.Stop();
    Console.Write("{0} Time: {1}, Result: ", title, sw.ElapsedMilliseconds);
    foreach (var entry in result) Console.Write(entry + " ");
});

Measure("Sequential", Enumerable.Range(0, 30)
    .Select(SlowProjection).Where(x => x > 10).ToList());
Measure("Parallel", Enumerable.Range(0, 30).AsParallel()
    .Select(SlowProjection).Where(x => x > 10).ToList());
Measure("Ordered", Enumerable.Range(0, 30).AsParallel().AsOrdered()
    .Select(SlowProjection).Where(x => x > 10).ToList());

Sequential Time: 6699, Result: 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
Parallel Time: 1462, Result: 12 16 22 25 29 14 17 21 24 11 15 18 23 26 13 19 20 27 28
Ordered Time: 1357, Result: 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29