Meet of Miles

59 runners, young and old took part in the Howard County striders meet of miles at Long Reach High School.  Christopher Blackwood and Matoria Mock led the 100 meter dash runners.  Nathan Siegal and Susanna McCaffrey were the 400 meter winners.  Mark Eagles and Lucy Howe paced all the milers.  View photos here.

 100m
1. Christopher Blackwood       16.7
2. Matoria Mock                18.9
3. Reed Siegal                 19.5
4. J.P. Blackwood              21.2
5. Amelia Weddington           21.4
6. Liam Santucci               22.3
7. Violet Stauffer             30.2
8. Lucy Wytko                1:12.2
9. Annabelle Farmer          1:54.7
 400m (10 and under)
1. Nathan Siegal             1:47.6
2. Atticus Sentman           1:49.1
3. Jacob Collier             1:51.2
4. Christopher Blackwood     1:54.0
5. Austin Stauffer           1:54.6
6. Susanna McCaffery         2:02.0
7. Vivianna Weddington       2:05.0
8. J. P. Blackwood           3:09.0
9. Emmett McCaffery          4:19.1
 1 mile
1. Mark Eagles               4:46.3
2. Ryan Bull                 4:48.6
3. Adam Wytko                4:58.3
4. James Blackwood           5:06.8
5. Bennett Umhau             5:07.4
6. Greg Koffel               5:09.3
7. Adam McCaffery            5:18.7
8. Haroon Ahmad              5:24.7
9. Aaron Ellison             5:25.0
10. James Winter             5:25.8
11. Jicheng Liu              5:35.0
12. Brian Fleming            5:44.5
13. Youlin Qi                5:44.8
14. Dan Wytko                6:01.5
15. Xuesong Wang             6:02.5
16. Shannon Sentman          6:08.4
17. Mike Hasson              6:17.7
18. Adam Kiely               6:18.1
19. John Stanmore            6:20.8
20. Kirk Gordon              6:30.2
21. Bill Farrell             6:35.0
22. Lucy Howe                6:59.3
23. Jeffrey Weaver           6:59.6
24. Faye Weaver              7:01.2
25. Georgia Martin           7:07.2
26. Matthew Weaver           7:07.9
27. Matt Bevan               7:09.5
28. Brian Stauffer           7:14.0
29. Jenny Santucci           7:18.9
30. Chris Martin             7:27.5
31. Danielle Crump           7:41.0
32. Tamim Sookoor            7:51.7
33. Rebecca Weaver           7:58.8
34. Emily Howe               8:00.1
35. Lincoln Wytko            9:11.4
36. Simon Wytko              9:13.3
37. Lily Wytko               9:13.7
38. Avery Crump              9:14.4
39. Anastasia Babkova        10:12.6
40. Amanda Idstein           10:25.3
41. Tom Greene               10:41.0

Centennial Mile #2

2019 Centennial Mile #2 Overall Results

5-Mile 2-Person Relay

26 teams of two runners alternated 10 laps on the track while competing in the Howard County Striders 5 mile two person relay.  There were several fast times, despite the hot and humid conditions.  Samuel Iseman and Will Jones led all runners.  Terri and Adam Wytko led the mixed teams. Marcie Burkhart and Alyssa Mitchell were the Women pacers.

5 mile
 1. Samuel Iseman - Will Jones                         24:13
 2. William Tripp - Jason Tripp                        24:46
 3. Aaron Ellison - Newton McCollum                    26:41
 4. Mark Eagles - Nick Anderson                        27:14
 5. Brian Shadrick - Phil Lang                         27:54
 6. Richard Griffiths - Evan Griffiths                 28:10
 7. Terri Wytko - Adam Wytko                           28:24
 8. John Chall - Dylan Walker                          28:28
 9. Mike Bohse - Casey Richardson                      29:05
 10. Hafiz Shaikh - Steve Turner                       29:59
 11. Michelle Pelszynski - Mitchell Frye               31:42
 12. Lloyd Huxtable - Victoria Huxtable                31:47
 13. Matthew Bevan - Michael Gelinas                   32:03
 14. Jill May - Dan May                                32:07
 15. James Blackwood - Anastasiya Babkova              33:38
 16. Dennis Albright - Jake Albright                   34:35
 17. Marsha Demaree - Bill Brown                       34:41
 18. David Koralov - Leonid Koralov                    35:04
 19. Haroon Ahmad - Tamim Sookoor                      36:02
 20. Hans Meurer - John Bratiotis                      36:50
 21. Marcie Burkhart - Alyssa Mitchell                 37:16
 22. Branden Mueller - John Seifert                    37:31
 23. Briana Jones - Melissa Garcia                     38:10
 24. Haydee Herrera - Samuel Koralov                   41:30
 25. Allie Downey - Maria Ferrucci                     41:39
 26. Ginny Olson - Aleida                              42:38

Centennial Mile #1

2019 Centennial Mile #1 Overall Results

Women’s Distance Festival 5K

2019 Women’s Distance Festival 5K Overall Results

2019 Women’s Distance Festival 5K Awards

2019 Women’s Distance Festival 5K Team Results

2019 Women’s Distance Festival 5K Photos

All Fruit Relay

All Fruit Relay
May 26, 2019

11 teams and their fruits completed this year’s Howard County Striders All Fruit Relay, running 4 legs of 2 miles each while carrying a piece of fruit for a baton. Team Lemon Show You How It’s Done, the 2-man team of John Chall and Steve Turner, showed us how it’s done with a winning finish in 52:21. No fruits were harmed during the running of this race.

Race Lead: John Bratiotis
Volunteers: Joan Chall, Melinda Krummerich, Lynda Allera, Greg Potter

 1.   52:21     Lemon Show You How It's Done
                    John Chall
                    Steve Turner
                    John Chall
                    Steve Turner
 2.   55:33     The Heat's Kiwining Me
                    Richard Griffiths
                    Chloe Griffiths
                    Evan Griffiths
 3.   56:41     Hopper
                    Henry
                    Mike
 4. 1:00:23     You'll Never Ketchup
                    Dwight Mikulis
                    Matt Bevan
                    Bill Brown
                    Hafiz Shaikh
 5. 1:04:03     We're the Zest
                    Samantha Kieley
                    Jill Snodgrass
                    Allison Lacey
                    Pamela Jock
 6. 1:05:26     Team Durian
                    Jake Johnson
                    Dan Leibel
                    Lauren Faulkner
                    Eddie Davis
 7. 1:07:59     The Orangeman
                    Kirk Gordon
 8. 1:08:38     Orange You Glad You Ran Today?
                    Mei Chen
                    Linda Mattes
                    Alyssa Mattes
                    Alan Tominack
 9. 1:15:16     Revenge of the Slaughtermelons
                    Kendra Smith
                    Rob Galvin
                    Randy Wannemacher
                    Kevin Young
10. 1:23:36     What's Up
                    Sharlene Deskins
                    Jeanette Novak
                    Hans D. Meurer
                    James Scarborough
11. 1:28:54     When Life Gives You Lemons
                    Leah Bevil
                    Eileen Larth
                    Anna Bevil
                    Brandon Mueller

Vernal Velocity Series Awards

17 hearty athletes splashed through the puddles while running the Howard County striders spring weekly series awards race on Mother’s Day.  Mark Eagles and Tammy Liu were the two mile winners.  Karsten Brown led the 10k runners.

Volunteers: Rene Alonso (race lead), Jessica Benjamin, Melissa Burger, Eric Johnston, Kendra Smith.

2 mile
1. Mark Eagles              11:31
2. Stephen Senick           11:38
3. John Way                 13:35
4. Tammy Liu                15:20
5. Marc Hermstein           15:21
6. Ted Poulos               17:23
7. James Scarborough        17:44
8. John Bratiotis           17:50
9. Melinda Krummerich       23:06
10. Tim Ramsey              35:41(started late)
10K
1. Karsten Brown            43:30
2. John Chall               44:27
3. Vincent Martucci Bond    46:10
4. Alan Mulindwa            49:58
5. Kirk Gordon              50:32
6. Marc Burger              51:13
7. Josh Elser               55:11