Vernal Velocity Series #4
66 runners enjoyed perfect spring conditions at the Howard County Striders weekly series race at Jeffers Hill Neighborhood center. John Way and Natalie Smolyak led the way in the 2 mile run. Adam Wytko and Beth Hannon were the 10k winners. Special shout out to longtime participant Pat Brooks, running her last race as a Maryland resident.
Race Lead: Bill Arbelaez
Volunteers: John Bratiotis, Karsten Brown, Marc Burger, Melissa Burger, John Chall, Sharlene Deskins, Eric Johnston, Kendra Smith, Julie Trapp, Faye Weaver, Jeffrey Weaver, Matthew Weaver, Michelle Weaver, Rebecca Weaver.
2 mile 1. John Way 13:00 2. Natalie Smolyak 15:44 3. Cindy Cohen 16:32 4. Michael Martyn 17:27 5. Talia Tracton 17:36 6. Tevia McNeil 18:52 7. Michael McNeil 18:53 8. Glenn Bell 19:21 9. Lola Jemibewou 21:12 10. Rico Ashab 21:13 11. Kalada Nemiaboka 21:18 12. Denzel Chin 21:23 13. Devon Boyle 21:53 14. Lochlann Boyle 21:54 15. Tara Costello 22:45 16. Melinda Krummerich 22:46 17. Akintade Ajoke 23:16 18. Nathan Capelle 24:01 19. Quinny Boyle 24:14 20. Kathy Boyle 24:19 21. Bridget Eichmiller 24:32 22. Arleen Dineen 24:43 23. Marcia Bell 25:15 24. Whitney Robinson 26:05 25. Cetera Deas 26:06 26. Stanley Way 29:12 27. Yon Sik Meurer 31:32
10k 1. Adam Wytko 38:08 2. Tom McGee 39:11 3. Mark Eagles 39:50 4. Sheldon Degenhardt 39:58 5. Jeff Garstecki 41:22 6. James Blackwood 42:29 7. Jason Eichmiller 42:49 8. Evan Calvert 43:54 9. Steve Bohse 44:11 10. Franz Vergara 45:10 11. Scott Goldblatt 45:29 12. Steve Knoll 46:04 13. Leonard Supsic 46:34 14. Chad Burger 46:50 15. Robert Blanco 47:00 16. Kelvin Hong 47:04 17. Beth Hannon 47:06 18. Joe Bowman 48:21 19. Bill Stahr 49:32 20. Jim Pontius 50:28 21. Kirk Gordon 51:21 22. James Moreland 51:35 23. Mike Fleming 54:21 24. David Ikels 54:44 25. Marsha Demaree 55:28 26. James Scarborough 58:27 27. Roger Calvert 59:11 28. Emily Howe 59:23 29. Karen Harvey 1:01:41 30. Bethany McGee 1:02:22 31. Hans Meurer 1:03:14 32. Pat Brooks 1:09:04 33. Nadia Wasserman 1:09:05 34. April Lee 1:09:06* 35. Sean Fao 1:09:33.5* 36. Lisa Lowe 1:09:33.8 37. Amanda Idstein 1:14:28 38. Ginger Rowley 1:14:29 39. Kristen Fokmwalt 1:18:05* *started 5 min late.