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
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
Vernal Velocity #4
32 runners enjoyed warm weather at the Howard County striders spring weekly series race at Swansfield Elementary. Mark Eagles and Carolyn Shadrick were the 1 mile winners. Mike Bohse and Marsha Demaree led the 5k runners.
Volunteers: Paula Stehle(race lead), Melissa Burger, Amanda Idstein, Kendra Smith.
1 mile 1. Mark Eagles 4:58 2. Ted Poulos 6:53 3. John Chall 7:31 4. Carolyn Shadrick 8:22 5. Brian Shadrick 8:23 6. Christopher Blackwood 10:23.0 7. James Blackwood 10:23.7 8. Sharlene Deskins 11:43 9. Jeanette Novak 12:38 10. Anastasiya Babkova 14:41 11. J.P. Blackwood 14:42 12. Tim Ramsey 15:21
5K 1. Mike Bohse 22:03 2. Marc Hermstein 22:13 3. John Way 22:29 4. Kirk Gordon 23:56 5. Aldrin Piri 24:46 6. Marc Burger 26:46 7. Josh Elser 27:33 8. Alan Mulindwa 28:03 9. Eric Johnston 28:47 10. Marsha Demaree 29:04 11. Pamela Yao 29:19 12. Cindy Cohen 32:07 13. Charles Blum 32:16 14. Melissa Garcia 33:47.2 15. Maria Fernucci 33:47.4 16. Jessica Stern 34:09.6 17. Dwight Mikulis 34:09.8 18. Melinda Krummerich 38:12 19. Judith Weber 38:18 20. John Schlehr DNF
Vernal Velocity #3
55 runners took part in the Howard County striders spring weekly series race on a hilly course at Mt. Hebron High School. Mark Eagles and Kendra Smith were the two mile winners. Stephen Senick and Anna Styliunaki paced the five mile runners.
Volunteers: Marc Hermstein (race lead), John Bratiotis, Melissa Burger, Joan Chall, Patti Laun, Tammy Liu.
2 mile 1. Mark Eagles 12:46 2. Vincent Martucci Bond 12:59 3. John Way 13:39 4. Kendra Smith 14:00 5. Israel Archuletta 14:01 6. Josh Formwalt 14:07 7. Ted Poulos 14:49 8. Rowitha Otazo 14:53.5 9. Alex Brousseau 14:53.6 10. Josiah Williams 15:57 11. Marcos Otazo 16:02 12. Ronnie Wong 16:28 13. Alyssa Mitchell 16:59 14. Samantha Otazo 17:16 15. Lincoln Tripp 17:23 16. Eric Johnston 18:17 17. Ellie Tripp 19:09.2 18. Joshua Tripp 19:09.4 19. Jerrod Williams 19:48 20. Cindy Cohen 20:09 21. Roger Calvert 22:21 22. Sharlene Deskins 24:02 23. Christopher Blackwood 24:19 24. James Blackwood 24:25 25. Amanda Idstein 24:36 26. Victoria Otazo 26:35 27. Veronica Galindo 26:37 28. Jeanette Novak 28:20 29. Lynn Meininger 29:36 30. Tim Ramsey 32:41
5 mile 1. Stephen Senick 31:18 2. Gregg Ford 34:33 3. John Brun 35:04 4. John Chall 35:37 5. Nikolaus Kostakis 35:57 6. Karsten Brown 36:40 7. Anna Styliunaki 37:03 8. Mike Hopper 37:25 9. Henry Hopper 37:33 10. Steve Knoll 38:38 11. Steve Meininger 39:10 12. John Schlehr 40:27 13. Nick Anderson 40:49.1 14. Chun Chen 40:49.3 15. Alsrin Piri 41:46 16. Alan Mulindwa 43:03 17. Karen Young 43:48 18. Matt Gilman 44:19 19. Chuck Brousseau 44:32 20. Marc Burger 45:02 21. James Scarborough 46:53 22. Josh Elser 47:02 23. Lynne Powers 50:39 24. Allie Downey 52:52 25. Amy Eschman 52:53
Vernal Velocity #2
61 runners; most in green, came out on a pleasant St. Patrick’s day to participate in the Howard County striders weekly series race at Oakland Mills Middle School. Mark Eagles and Frankie Moore were the 1 mile winners. Stephen Senick and Marsha Demaree led the 5k runners.
Volunteers: Bill Arbelaez (race lead), Melissa Burger, Joan Chall, Tammy Liu. Kendra Smith.
1 Mile 1. Mark Eagles 4:50 2. Shannon Sentman 6:24 3. Frankie Moore 6:30 4. Josh Formwalt 6:32 5. Israel Archuletta 6:46 6. Roswitha Otazo 7:35 7. Ted Poulos 7:50 8. Samantha Otazo 8:01 9. Eliana Hogan 9:40 10. Ben Aldrich 9:51 11. Christopher Blackwood 10:06 12. Roger Calvert 10:23 13. Victoria Otazo 10:24.1 14. Marcos Otazo 10:24.9 15. Sharlene Deskins 10:40 16. Greg Hogan 10:48 17. Veronica Galindo 10:55 18. Naomi Kargus 11:09 19. Jeanette Novak 12:43 20. J.P. Blackwood 14:50 21. Erin Blackwood 14:52 22. Abby Aldrich 15:36 23. Andrea Aldrich 15:37 24. Roger Kargus 15:38 25. Jen Kargus 15:59 26. Tim Ramsey 16:00 27. Tasha Hogan 16:15 28. Stephen Hogan 16:16 29. Joseph Hogan 17:03 30. Sam Jacobson 17:46.0 31. Cary Jacobson 17:46.8
5K 1. Stephen Senick 17:52 2. Marc Hermstein 20:43 3. John Chall 21:00 4. John Way 21:30 5. Nick Anderson 21:36 6. Robert Walker 22:02 7. Vincent Martucci Bond 22:09 8. Aldrin Piri 22:56 9. Marc Burger 24:16 10. Marsha Demaree 25:15 11. James Scarborough 25:35 12. Matt Gilman 25:39 13. Eric Johnston 25:55 14. Josh Elser 26:05 15. Alyssa Mitchell 26:55 16. Ben Stein 26:57 17. John Bratiotis 27:08 18. Emily Howe 27:21 19. Chris Moore 28:13 20. Ronnie Wong 29:43 21. Mary Niland 30:22 22. Ronald Schmidt 30:55 23. Charles Blum 31:57 24. Anaya Calhoun 32:09 25. Kirk Gordon 33:14 26. Melinda Krummerich 33:27 27. Derrick Calhoun 34:15 28. Amanda Idstein 35:50 29. Ethan Jacobson ran short 30. Matt Jacobson ran short