All Fruit Relay
11 teams with fruit themed names participated in the Howard County striders annual All-fruit relay. Teams with 2-4 runners have to carry a fruit baton for a total of eight miles. Team Everything Rhymes with Orange with Stephen Senick, Greg Horning, and Scott Kavoogian were the winners.
All-Fruit Relay 27 May 2018 2:00PM Oakland Mills Middle School 4 x 2 mile Relay 1. Everything Rhymes with Orange 47:34 - Stephen Senick - Greg Horning - Scott Kavoogian 2. Mango, Womango, Mango, Mango 50:53 - Adam Wytko - Terri Wytko - Dan Wytko 3. Sublime 57:24 - Marsha Demaree - Marshall Demaree 4. Citrus got Real 57:59 - John Bratiotis - Hafiz Shaikh - Julia Skinner - Steve Turner 5. Plum Crazy 59:48 - John Chall - Donnie Chapman - Kirk Gordon - James Scarborough 6. When your teammate hands you lemons, Make Haste 1:02:15 - Chad Burger - Chris Farmer - Eric Johnston - Marc Burger 7. Vine for Position 1:04:19 - Kate Malone - David Ramos - Joe Robinson - Sam Ching 8. The Sourpusses 1:06:22 - Alan Tominack - Karsten Brown 9. Appealing Sauce 1:06:54 - James Blackwood - Ana Bobkova - Steve Vaughn 10. Mother of Dragons 1:11:23 - Rene Alonso - Alyssa Mitchell - Megan Walker - Robert Walker 11. Team DFL 1:22:11 - Jeanette Novak - Melinda Krummerich - Russ Owens - Hans Meurer
Vernal Velocity Series Awards
29 runners came out on Mother’s Day to run the Howard County Striders spring weekly series awards race at the hilly Hammond High School 5k course. Mark Eagles and Kendra Smith were the winners.
Volunteers: John Bratiotis (race lead), Tammy Liu Hermstein, Amanda Idstein, Melinda Krummerich, Dwight Mikulis, Ethan Turner, John Way, Lincoln Wytko, Simon Wytko.
5K 1. Mark Eagles 19:21 2. Ryan Hermstein 19:55 3. Haroon Ahmad 21:12 4. John Chall 21:21 5. Dan Wytko 21:51 6. Gavin LeBrun 22:32 7. Steven Burns 22:38 8. Kendra Smith 23:21 9. Terri Wytko 23:42 10. Alan Mulindwa 24:15 11. Marc Burger 24:19 12. Robert Walker 25:01 13. Jen LeBrun 25:25 14. Linda Alms 25:42 15. Frances Haard 26:27.1 16. Tom Haard 26:27.4 17. Eric Johnston 27:11 18. James Scarborough 27:21 19. Ben Stein 28:22 20. Sydney LeBrun 28:27 21. Cindy Cohen 31:54 22. Steve Alpern 32:23 23. Chris Farmer 33:46 24. Megan Walker 35:19 25. Roger Calvert 36:37 26. Ray "gnome" O'Berg 37:40 27. Bill Stahr 42:28 28. Jeanette Novak 43:58 29. Tim Ramsey 55:19
Vernal Velocity #5
48 runners enjoyed a pleasant spring day while participating in the Howard County striders spring weekly series race at Elkhorn/Savage trail. Ted Poulos and Kendra Smith led the 5k runners. Mark Eagles and Cindy Alms were the 10k winners.
Volunteers: Donnie Chapman (race lead), John Bratiotis, Melissa Burger, Mitchell Turner, John Way.
5k
1. Ted Poulos 21:05
2. Kendra Smith 23:01
3. Drake Genzel 25:52
4. Ed Beach 25:59
5. Larry Pike 27:57
6. Chris Farmer 28:54
7. Cindy Cohen 29:03
8. Megan Walker 29:14
9. Maggie Keating 29:58
10. Derrick Calhoun 31:43
11. Sarah Beach 32:24
12. Roger Calvert 34:14
13. Bruce Shaffer 35:19
14. Amanda Idstein 35:51
15. Grant Sokol 36:47
16. Richard Sokol 37:08
17. Bill Keating 39:37
18. Jeanette Novak 46:01
19. Christopher Blackwood 49:25.0
20. Anastasiya Babkova 49:25.9
21. Tim Ramsey 51:02
22. James Blackwood 51:33
23. J.P. Blackwood 51:34
10k
1. Mark Eagles 38:40
2. Rob Genzel Jr. 40:15
3. Newton McCollum 41:38
4. Steve Turner 42:38
5. Richard Aarons 43:22
6. John Chall 43:46
7. Brian Shadrick 44:30
8. Dylan Schoneweis 45:39
9. Cindy Alms 46:40
10. Steve Knoll 46:54
11. Joe Wensus 47:40
12. Terri Wytko 48:18
13. Marc Burger 51:05
14. Kirk Gordon 51:15
15. James Scarborough 51:34
16. Linda Alms 52:24
17. Eric Johnston 53:24
18. Hans Meurer 56:33
19. Mia Sokol 58:05
20. Nicole Sokol 58:55
21. Kathy Jimenez 59:08
22. Frances Haard 1:00:46
23. Tom Haard 1:00:47
24. Casey Richardson 1:04:03(ran long)
25. Bill Snelling 1:04:55
Vernal Velocity #4
56 runners came out to the Howard County striders spring weekly series race at Swansfield Elementary. Mark Eagles and Jennifer Moynihan were the one mile winners. Stephen Senick and Terri Wytko led the 5k runners.
Volunteers: Bill Arbelaez (race lead), John Bratiotis, Marc Hermstein, Amanda Idstein, Hans Meurer, Leigh Schneider, Kendra Smith, Ronnie Wong.
1 mile 1. Mark Eagles 5:02 2. Lochlann Boyle 5:54 3. Ted Poulos 6:24 4. John Way 6:31 5. Jennifer Moynihan 6:41 6. Josh Formwalt 6:54 7. Eric Johnston 7:03 8. Brent Kvech 7:36 9. Henry Kvech 8:09 10. Heidi Kvech 8:35 11. Eliana Hogan 9:46.6 12. Tasha Hogan 9:46.8 13. Simon Wytko 10:19 14. Christopher Blackwood 10:33 15. James Blackwood 10:34.0 16. J.P. Blackwood 10:34.3 17. Sharlene Deskins 10:35 18. Gabe Tokarsky 11:09 19. Teddy Tokarsky 11:14.5 20. Greg Tokarsky 11:14.9 21. Lincoln Wytko 12:01.1 22. Adam Wytko 12:01.6 23. Arleen Dineen 13:01 24. Jeanette Novak 13:13 25. Melissa Burger 14:47 26. Tim Ramsey 15:32 27. Lindsay Dusenbery 15:34 28. Alexandria Storch 15:41.2 29. Mark Storch 15:41.9 30. Marty Niland 18:47
5k 1. Stephen Senick 19:32 2. Jeremy Rea 19:43 3. Gregg Ford 21:21 4. Evan Calvert 21:33 5. Casey Richardson 21:38 6. Dylan Schoneweis 22:16 7. Chad Burger 22:24 8. Adam Lowe 23:30 9. Terri Wytko 25:11 10. Alan Mulindwa 25:46 11. Chris Farmer 26:02 12. Marc Burger 26:12 13. Emily Howe 28:29 14. Mary Niland 28:39 15. Derrick Calhoun 32:19 16. Cindy Cohen 33:39 17. Tegest Johnson 34:21 18. Megan Walker 34:35 19. Robert Walker 34:41 20. Bruce Shaffer 36:10 21. Ray "gnome" Oberg 36:43 22. Roger Calvert 36:53 23. Lillian Barone 42:12 24. Ben Barone 42:14 25. Kaylee Beal 42:17 26. Amanda Beal 42:18
Vernal Velocity #3
48 runners came out the Howard County striders weekly race at Longfellow Elementary School. Mark Eagles and Roswitha Otazo were the two mile winners. Stephen Senick and Kendra Smith paced the 10k runners. Mark Landree and Linda Alms won the 15k race.
Volunteers: John Bratiotis (race lead), Alyssa Burger, Melissa Burger, Sharlene Deskins, Eric Johnston.
2 mile 1. Mark Eagles 11:30 2. Evan Calvert 13:00 3. Marc Hermstein 13:10 4. Ted Poulos 13:55 5. Dan Laukzemis 14:17 6. Fritz Orlofsky 14:50 7. Greg Orlofsky 15:05 8. Aaron Westcott 15:45 9. Josh Formwalt 15:56 10. Roswitha Otazo 16:17 11. Marcos Otazo 16:19 12. Tammy Liu 17:35 13. Samantha Otazo 20:59 14. Roger Calvert 22:05 15. William Kamenoff 23:01 16. Amanda Idstein 23:06 17. Veronica Galindo 27:07 18. Victoria Otazo 27:44 19. Christopher Blackwood 27:45 20. J.P. Blackwood 27:50 21. James Blackwood 27:51 22. Jeanette Novak 29:51
10k 1. Stephen Senick 38:46 2. Gregg Ford 43:17 3. Kendra Smith 47:32 4. Dwight Mikulis 50:21 5. Amanda An 50:22 6. Chris Farmer 53:38 7. Marc Burger 55:39 8. Cindy Cohen 1:27.30 9. Patty Alvarez 1:27:35
15k 1. Mark Landree 1:01:01 2. Karsten Brown 1:02:58 3. Steve Bohse 1:04:52 4. Brian Shadrick 1:05:20 5. John Chall 1:06;18 6. Casey Richardson 1:07:55 7. Michael Bohse 1:08:00 8. Dylan Schoneweis 1:11:37 9. Steve Knoll 1:12:29 10. Chad Burger 1:12:48 11. Richard Aarons 1:15:00 12. John Way 1:15:18 13. James Scarborough 1:22:28 14. Hans Meurer 1:29:47(ran long) 15. Linda Alms 1:33:09 16. Mary Niland 1:33:16 17. Emily Murphy 1:38:59
Vernal Velocity #2
53 runners enjoyed a sunny day while running the Howard County Striders weekly series race on a new course at Mt Hebron High School. Mark Eagles and Roswitha Otazo led the 2 milers. Mark Landree and Kendra Smith were the 5 mile winners.
Race Lead: Mark Hermstein
Volunteers: John Bratiotis, Melissa Burger, Tammy Liu Hermstein, Hans Meurer
2 mile
1. Mark Eagles 11:25 2. James Blackwood 12:40 3. Kevin Hermstein 14:16 4. John Way 14:24 5. Harry Rowell 14:35 6. Ted Poulos 15:47 7. Josh Formwalt 16:10 8. Roswitha Otazo 16:50 9. Marcos Otazo 17:08 10. Cindy Cohen 17:49 11. Samantha Otazo 19:06 12. Megan Walker 19:08 13. Anaya Calhoun 19:42 14. Brandon McMillen 19:46 15. Derrick Calhoun 19:47 16. Melinda Krummerich 22:02 17. Bruce Shaffer 22:30 18. Roger Calvert 23:10 19. Sharlene Deskins 23:39 20. Jeanette Novak 27:54 21. Victoria Otazo 28:13.3 22. Veronica Galindo 28:13.8 23. Denise Hyde 30:22 24. Cindy McMillen 30:49
5mile
1. Mark Landree 31:07
2. Stephen Senick 31:53
3. Ryan Hermstein 32:09
4. Steve Bohse 34:12
5. Karsten Brown 35:23
6. John Chall 35:51
7. Mike Bohse 36:01
8. Casey Richardson 36:57
9. Richard Aarons 37:12
10. Chad Burger 37:53
11. Kendra Smith 38:11
12. Joseph Wensus 39:33
13. Bromley Lowe 40:19
14. Terri Wytko 41:05
15. Cary Jacobson 43:28
16. James Scarborough 43:40
17. Eric Johnston 44:02
18. Robert Walker 44:55
19. Marc Burger 45:24
20. Frances Haard 45:28.0
21. Tom Haard 45:28.4
22. Amanda An 45:56
23. Marsha Demaree 45:58
24. Mary Niland 46:12
25. Linda Alms 46:28
26. Bill Snelling 50:50
27. Myron Burgman 52:37
28. Ronald Schmidt 53:37
29. Emily Murphy 1:03:57
Vernal Velocity #1
91 runners took part in the striders weekly series race at Northfield Elementary School. Mark Eagles and Mary Gorsky were the 5k winners. This was also graduation race for the hibernation to 5k program, congrats to those who finished.
Race Lead: John Bratiotis
Volunteers: Bill Arbelaez, Amanda Beal, John Bratiotis, Dwight Mikulis, Faye Weaver
1. Mark Eagles 18:29 2. James Blackwood 18:49 3. Karsten Brown 19:08 4. Mark Landree 20:12 5. Phil Lang 20:23 6. Nick Anderson 20:33 7. Gregg Ford 20:41 8. Mark Hermstein 20:48 9. Mike Bohse 20:52 10. Casey Richardson 21:07 11. Mary Gorsky 21:08 12. Evan Quinn 21:09 13. Davis Mann 21:28 14. Adam Malizio 21:31 15. Yasuo Oda 21:33 16. John Chall 21:36 17. Dan Wytko 21:44 18. Leah Stephens 21:53 19. Chad Burger 21:59 20. Kendra Smith 22:03 21. Kiley Mann 22:07 22. Robert Walker 22:11 23. Richard Aarons 22:35 24.Tammy Liu Hermstein 22:40 25. Harry Ravell 22:58 26. Kirk Gordon 23:05 27. John Way 23:09 28. Terri Wytko 23:52 29. Vicki Lang 24:38 30. Hans Meurer 24:40 31. Lucy Howe 24:46 32. Brian Fleming 24:47 33. Cindy Cohen 24:57 34. Alana Schmall 24:58 35. Fritz Orlofsky 25:00 36. Chris Farmer 25:14 37. Frances Haard 25:17 38. Chloe McGeehan 25:20 39. James Scarborough 25:22 40. Marsha Demaree 25:32 41. Josiah Williams 26:02 42. Amy Treolway 26:21 43. Eric Johnston 26:30 44. Susan Kim 26:39 45. Erin Fisher 26:46 46. Lynn Sanetrik 26:50 47. Linda Alms 26:52 48. Josh Formwalt 26:53 49. Camille S 26:57 50. Erica Mosley 26:59 51. Greg Orlofsky 27:00 52. Emily Howe 27:09 53. Anne Rubin 28:05 54. Mary Niland 28:07 55. Robert Quinn 28:26 56. Bill Snelling 28:28 57. Abby Flynn 29:24 58. Harison Flowers 29:46 59. Claudia Eckstrom 30:30 60. Willie Flowers 30:42 61. Hudson Flowers 30:47 62. Megan Walker 30:48 63. Jim Bitgood 31:01 64. John Eckstrom 31:28 65. Anaya E. Calhoun 32:28 66. Britany Shapiro 32:30 67. Darrick Calhoun 32:41 68. Dana Skinner 33:01 69. Amanda Idstein 33:21 70. Leah Mwangi 33:22 71. Ryan Flynn 33:27 72. Melinda Krummerich 33:59.28 73. Roger Calvert 34:59.82 74. Joshua Hartman 35:18 75. Lo;e Hartman 35:50 76. Myron Burgman 36:03 77. Amanda Crandall 36:44 78. Roand Cetalano 37:17 79. Meg Orgel 38:23 80. Susie Montoya 38:24 81. Tom Green 38:25 82. Arthur Klipp-Lischner 40:54 83. Jolene Mosley 41:32 84. Ray Lischner 41:41 85. Kaylee Beal 43:08 86. Blair Beal 43:10 87. Jennette Novak 44:41 88. Doug Kornreich 48:30 89. Christine Pyers 48:34 90. Vishali 48:35 91. Tim Ransey 50:04