The Howard County Striders cross-country training program (Summer Striders) hosted the Summer Striders "PRE" - season XC races at Oakland Mills High School on Saturday morning August 11, 2007. The same amount of men finished the 5k this year as last but there were six less women? River Hill's Katie Harman ran 18 seconds faster than last year and defended her title on the women's side (19:41); while the course record holder, Izzy Mehmedovic (Oakland Mills and UMBC alum), won the men's division and lowered the course record by six seconds (16:15). Howard's Elyse Borisko continues to improve and finished second with a time of 20:07 and Oakland Mills alum Sarah Lebro finished third. Many of the runners are in high school but this event is open for all to compete and Mike Colaiacovo loves cross-country and looked great while finishing second with a time of 17:07. University of Delaware's Craig Lebro (Oakland Mills alum) finished third as he did last year. Yeah, the Lebros both placed third this year!

The 3k was won by a 9 year old little lady, Brittany Lang. She battled with the first and second place men, Bruce and Mark Worley, and made it to the finish line first to ensure she received her bag of gummy bears (all finishes in the 3k were given the nice treat at the end of the race). Megan Shouse, 7 years old, ran a great race and finished second for the ladies in the 3k. All runners received a Howard County Striders t-shirt while supporting the Youth programs the Howard County Striders put on. The Junior Striders cross-country youth program will begin on September 6. This year's season will end with a trip to Virginia Beach for the AAU Junior Olympic National Championships!