Vernal Velocity #4

41 runners participated in the Howard County striders weekly series races at Thunder Hill Elementary. Mark Eagles and Meredith Kefauver Olsen were the two mile winners. Patrick Sullivan and Kendra Smith led the 10k runners, while Bethany McGee and Karsten Brown paced the 15k.

Race LeadDonnie Chapman
VolunteersJohn Bratiotis, Missy Burger, John Chall, Dwight Mikulis, Hans Meurer, Yon-Sik Meurer.

2 mile
1. Mark Eagles                 11:29
2. Dustin Yourstone            11:42
3. Maurice Pointer             12:18
4. Mike Hopper                 13:36
5. Meredith Kefauver Olsen     13:41
6. Harry Rowell                14:55
7. Eric Johnston               15:27
8. John Way                    16:24
9. Cindy Cohen                 16:31
10. Erin Hopper                17:04
11. Henry Hopper               18:27
12. Hannah Hopper              18:32.4
13. Derek Olsen                18:32.9
14. Roger Calvert              19:16
15. Sari Chapman               19:49
16. Amanda Idstein             20:38
17. Sharlene Deskins           21:04
18. Erik Griffiths             25:06
19. Richard Griffiths          25:08
20. Jeanette Novak             26:02
21. Megan Walker               29:31
22. Tim Ramsey                 33:42
10k
1. Patrick Sullivan       40:23
2. Scott Heitkamp         42:31
3. Yasuo Oda              43:48
4. Kendra Smith           45:12
5. Michael Mbugi          46:30
6. Dylan Schoneweis       46:46
7. Richard Aarons         47:00
8. Kirk Gordon            50:12
9. Chris Farmer           52:23
10. Robert Walker         53:23
11. Marc Burger           53:36
12. Marsha Demaree        56:14
13. James Scarborough     57:25
15k
1. Bethany McGee        1:18:27
2. Karsten Brown        1:19:04
3. John Dowling         1:19:35
4. Bill Brown           1:23:52
5. David Ikels          1:30:01
6. Carol Wesolowski     1:35:26

Vernal Velocity #3

42 runners enjoyed a pleasant spring day while running the Howard County Striders weekly series race at Burleigh Manor middle school. Mark Eagles and Erin Hopper were the two mile winners. Stephen Senick and Terri Wytko led the five milers.

Race LeadKendra Smith
Volunteers:  John Bratiotis, Dwight Mikulis, Lynn Sanetrik, Larry Stern, Julie Trapp.

2 mile
1. Mark Eagles         11:42
2. Dustin Yourstone    11:53
3. Mike Hopper         13:36
4. Steven Burns        14:03
5. Ted Poulos          15:14
6. Matt Bevan          16:00
7. Ben Stein           16:09
8. Erin Hopper         16:50
9. John Way            16:52
10. Anaya Calhoun      18:53
11. Ronnie Wong        19:05
12. Roger Calvert      19:17
13. Sylvester Cullum   20:08
14. Derrick Calhoun    20:26
15. Sharlene Deskins   21:58
16. Bill Kamenoff      24:30
17. Megan Walker       27:01
18. Julian Gordon      29:58
19. Safiya Ocasio      30:02
20. Mikail Ocasio      30:03
21. Sharyn Gordon      30:52
22. Melissa Burger     33:51
23. Marty Niland       36:10
5 mile
1. Stephen Senick       31:29
2. Karsten Brown        34:10
3. John Chall           34:31
4. Chad Burger          37:36
5. Nick Anderson        37:53
6. Gregg Ford           37:57
7. Terri Wytko          39:14
8. Alan Mulindwa        39:53
9. Laura Calvert        42:16
10. Marc Burger         44:08
11. Kirk Gordon         44:13
12. Robert Walker       44:51
13. Hans Meurer         45:12
14. Erik Johnston       45:43
15. David Ikels         46:00
16. Mary Niland         46:04
17. James Scarborough   46:40
18. Marsha Demaree      47:59
19. Bruce Levine        50:48

Vernal Velocity #2

69 runners enjoyed a cool, sunny day while running the Howard County striders spring weekly race at Meadowbrook park. Mark Eagles and Ashley Moss were the 5k winners. Karsten Brown and Jennifer Dustin led the 10k runners.

Race LeadKendra Smith
Volunteers:  John Bratiotis, Missy Burger, Julie Trapp, Adam Wytko, Lincoln Wytko, Simon Wytko.

5k
1. Mark Eagles              18:30
2. Patrick Sullivan         19:00
3. Dustin Youngstone        20:02
4. Luis Navarro             20:08
5. Mike Hopper              22:07
6. Bill Andrews             23:14
7. Marc Burger              24:10
8. Ashley Moss              24:43
9. Cassandra Kasparian      25:39
10. Mary Niland             26:55
11. Henry Hopper            27:00
12. Ben Stein               27:14
13. Melissa Garcia          27:20
14. Sharon Podszus          27:24
15. Linda Alms              27:25
16. Bruce Levine            28:56
17. Kathleen Byrne          29:05
18. Roger Calvert           30:55
19. Cindy Cohen             32:11
20. Ronnie Wong             32:12
21. Amanda Idstein          33:45
22. Sharlene Deskins        34:24
23. Arthur Klipp-Lischner   35:39
24. Megan Walker            39:30
25. Jeanette Novak          41:48
26. Jose Camacho            43:00
27. James Blackwood         ran short
28. Christopher Blackwood   ran short
10k
1. Karsten Brown           38:51
2. Victor Zirkelbach       42:17
3. John Chall              42:47
4. Mark Landree            42:55
5. Mike Bohse              43:22
6. Daniel Sebring          43:46
7. Gregg Ford              43:48
8. Nicholas Anderson       44:03
9. Steve Bohse             44:08
10. Casey Richardson       45:08
11. Chad Burger            45:23
12. Kirk Gordon            45:28
13. Bram Arrington         45:40
14. Jennifer Dustin        46:01
15. Steven Burns           46:04
16. Adam Kiely             46:09
17. Terri Wytko            46:25
18. Bill Stahr             46:29
19. Bethany McGee          46:56
20. Tammy Liu              47:31
21. James Moreland         47:44
22. Ken Sevik              48:06
23. Faye Weaver            49:24
24. Richard Griffiths      49:26
25. Evan Griffiths         49:27
26. Karen Young            50:53
27. Chris Farmer           51:12
28. Phyllis Sevik          52:13
29. John Way               53:22
30. Eric Johnston          54:39
31. Doug Dixon             54:51
32. Larry Pike             55:51
33. David Ikels            56:06
34. James Scarborough      57:30
35. Erin Blackwood         57:49(started 1 min late)
36. Robert Dylan-Walker    59:02
37. Marsha Demaree         59:52
38. Carol Wesolowski       1:01:21
39. Hans Meurer            1:02:50
40. Dylan Schoneweis       1:04:41(started 12 min late)
41. Jules Wilhite          1:07:14

Vernal Velocity #1

105 runners enjoyed a sunny afternoon while participating in the Howard County striders weekly race at Hammond middle school. This was the graduation race for the hibernation to 5k group. Kudos to these runners.  Dustin Yourstone and Jen Horn led the 1 mile runners, while Karsten Brown and Linda O’Connor were the 5k winners.
Race LeadJohn Bratiotis

Volunteers:  Bill Arbelaez, Missy Burger, Dwight Mikulis, Kiley O’Connor, AlanTominack, Julie Trapp.


1 mile
 1. Dustin Yourstone            5:44
 2. Chris Farmer                6:46
 3. Jen Horn                    6:59
 4. Ted Poulos                  7:28
 5. John Way                    8:06
 6. Fritz Orlofsky              8:24.1
 7. Greg Orlofsky               8:24.8
 8. Leigh Meehan                8:43.1
 9. Amy Ebling                  8:43.5
 10. Megan McAloon              8:45
 11. Mary Wassell               9:29
 12. Mandi Paplawski            9:32
 13. Brigid Wassell             9:33
 14. Melissa Lean              10:09
 15. John Wassell              10:44
 16. Alexander Berndt          10:59.1
 17. Tara Mahanti              10:59.7
 18. Denise Eblen              11:06
 19. Darcy Eblen               11:07
 20. Amanda Beal               11:17
 21. Kaylee Beal               11:18
 22. Matthew Meehan            11:42
 23. Crystal Wissinger         11:52
 24. Julianna Wissinger        11:53
 25. Max Wassell               12:16
 26. Ed Wassell                12:18.2
 27. James Blackwood           12:18.9
 28. Christopher Blackwood     12:19
 29. Scott Schmidt             12:20
 30. Hudson Beal               12:22
 31. Kolton Kistler            12:23
 32. Melissa Kistler           12:26
 33. Ryan Meehan               12:28
 34. Erin Meehan               12:43
 35. Landon Ebling             12:47
 36. Safiya Ocasio             12:54.3
 37. Leila Ocasio              12:54.4
 38. Yasin Ocasio              13:45
 39. Mikail Ocasio             13:47
 40. Rayna Wisniewski          13:53
 41. Megan Walker              14:07
 42. Nate Wisniewski           14:08
 43. Luke Wisniewski           14:28
5k
 1. Karsten Brown              18:11
 2. Mark Eagles                18:33
 3. Mark Landree               19:37
 4. Newton McCollum            20:35
 5. Nicholas Anderson          20:41
 6. Hafiz Shaikh               21:03
 7. Mike Bohse                 21:10
 8. Gregg Ford                 21:18
 9. John Chall                 21:28
 10. Greg Lepore               21:46
 11. Chad Burger               22:08
 12. Steven Burns              22:10
 13. Casey Richardson          22:25
 14. Linda O'Connor            22:36
 15. Bethany McGee             22:55
 16. Evan Griffiths            23:09
 17. Richard Griffiths         23:10
 18. Ken Sevik                 23:14
 19. Jill May                  23:22
 20. Kirk Gordon               24:20
 21. Phyllis Sevik             24:35
 22. Harry Rowell              24:41
 23. Marc Burger               25:18
 24. Bill Brown                25:22
 25. Faye Weaver               25:23
 26. Eric Johnston             25:27
 27. Anastasia Stepanova       25:30
 28. Matt Bevan                25:32
 29. Joe Smith                 26:45.4
 30. Dylan Walker              26:45.7
 31. Hans Meurer               26:53
 32. Ronnie Wong               27:16
 33. April Arnold              27:36
 34. Linda Alms                27:49
 35. Sharon Podszus            27:54
 36. Abigal Flynn              27:56
 37. Monica Beck               28:58
 38. Bruce Levine              29:12
 39. Steve Alpern              29:35
 40. Erin Blackwood            29:53
 41. Claudia Eckstrom          30:07
 42. Marsha Demaree            30:09
 43. John Eckstrom             30:13
 44. Peyton Linge              30:24
 45. Neale Linge               30:25
 46. Roland Catalano           30:59
 47. Roger Calvert             31:21
 48. James Hendershot          31:57
 49. Lolita Hartman            32:31
 50. Jen Tinnirella            32:53
 51. Laura Calvert             32:54
 52. Jon Palks                 36:10
 53. Laura Ramu                37:33
 54. Paula Stehle              37:34
 55. Faye Liberatore           37:37
 56. Jeanette Novak            40:01
 57. Arthur Klipp-Lischner     41:28
 58. Kathryn Boyer             42:01
 59. Christine Pyers           48:41
 60. Erica Gates               48:45
 61. Melinda Krummerich        48:46
 62. Amanda Idstein            48:47

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2017 Club Challenge Overall Results

2017 Club Challenge Team Results (Overall Coed)

2017 Club Challenge Team Results (Overall Female)

2017 Club Challenge Team Results (Overall Male)

2017 Club Challenge Team Results (Under 40 Female)

2017 Club Challenge Team Results (Under 40 Male)

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Operation Iceberg Series Awards

44 runners enjoyed unseasonably warm weather, while participating in the Howard County striders winter weekly race at Northfield Elementary. Mark Eagles and Emma Young were the winners of the 5k race.

Race Lead: Larry Stern

Volunteers: John Bratiotis, Missy Burger, Chris Farmer, Lynn Sanetrik, Kendra Smith, Julie Trapp, Faye Weaver.

5k
1. Mark Eagles            18:18
2. Rob Genzel             18:55
3. Patrick Sullivan       19:02
4. Stephen Senick         19:30
5. Mike Bohse             20:54
6. Ted Poulos             21:13
7. Hafiz Shaikh           21:20
8. Gregg Ford             21:26
9. Steve Bohse            21:31
10. Steve Muchnick        21:33
11. Jack Kammerer         21:36
12. Jesse Palmer          21:44
13. Chad Burger           22:47
14. Evan Griffiths        22:51
15. Richard Griffiths     22:53
16. James Blackwood       23:32
17. John Dowling          23:47
18. John Way              24:18
19.  Marc Burger          25:08.0
20. Harry Rowell          25:08.7
21. Bill Farrell          25:30
22. Eric Johnston         25:46
23. Bill Brown            26:55
24. Jack Arrington        27:31.3
25. Willis Thai           27:31.7
26. Bram Arrington        27:32.1
27. Emma Young            27:32.7
28. Hans Meurer           27:55
29. no card               28:40
30. Fritz Orlofsky        29:43.0
31. Greg Orlofsky         29:43.9
32. James Scarborough     30:02
33. Anaya Calhoun         31:08
34. Ryan Decamp           31:29
35. Derrick Calhoun       32:58.4
36. Eric Katkow           32:58.7
37. Amanda Idstein        33:45
38. Elizabeth Nguyen      34:54
39. Jennifer Kasirsky     35:00
40. Sharlene Deskins      35:27
41. Jon Palks             36:35
42. Tom Green             36:50
43. John Wheatland        37:09
44. Jeanette Novak        39:30

Operation Iceberg #6

53 runners came out for the Howard County striders winter weekly series race at Thunder Hill Elementary School.  The difficult course had many turns and several runners ended up running longer than the race they signed up for.  Mark Eagles and Bethany McGee led the 2 milers. Tony Goncalves and Cindy Cohen were the 10k winners. Karsten Brown and Neta Ezer paced the 15k runners.

Race Lead:  Caroline Bauer

Volunteers:  Bill Arbelaez, Dorothy Beckett, John Bratiotis, Alyssa Burger, Missy Burger, Sharlene Deskins, Chris Farmer, Tunde Moriakyno, Hans Meurer, Yon-Sik Meurer, Julie Trapp, Adam Wytko

2 mile
1. Mark Eagles              11:38
2. Lochlann Boyle           13:07
3. Luke Meininger           13:17
4. Chad Burger              14:29
5. Bethany McGee            14:55
6. Ted Poulos               15:59
7. Donnie Chapman           16:08
8. Shelly Milsted           18:23
9. Fritz Orlofsky           18:30
10. Greg Orlofsky           18:31
11. Carol Wesolowski        18:34
12. Denise Eblen            18:39
13. Roger Calvert           20:27
14. Amanda Idstein          21:04
15. Melinda Krummerich      21:13
16. Bill Brandenstein       21:32
17. Jennifer Sellers        24:14
18. Megan Bellagamba        30:42
19. Faye Liberatore         31:52
20. Kalee Revilla           32:36
21. Tim Ramsey              34:05
22. John Ellcker            35:02
10k
1. Tony Goncalves           45:59
2. Joe Andrews              46:17
3. Steve Meininger          46:20
4. Steve Knoll              46:30
5. Dylan Schoneweis         50:23
6. Tydess Revilla           50:38
7. Marc Burger              50:58
8. Alan Mulindwa            53:53
9. Eric Johnston            54:53
10. Ronald Schmidt          59:03
11. Michael Reed            59:22
12. Cindy Cohen             1:05:03
13. Songi Drakes            1:29:57
14. Jeanette Novak          1:46:14
15k
1. Karsten Brown            1:05:03
2. Mike Bohse               1:08:24
3. Steve Bohse              1:10:55
4. Dmitriy Valekha          1:12:24
5. Nikalas Harvan-Matosich  1:14:16
6. John Chall               1:14:48
7. Bill Stahr               1:16:59
8. Nicholas Howard          1:17:02
9. Anthony Caracciolo       1:17:49
10. Neta Ezer               1:18:17
11. Kirk Gordon             1:18:56
12. Evan Griffiths          1:19:40
13. Richard Griffiths       1:19:42
14. John Way                1:20:27
15. Karen Young             1:23:47
16. James Scarborough       1:36:27
17. Epa Uwimana             1:41:36