5-Mile 2-Person Relay
22 teams survived a late start due to equipment difficulties to run the Howard County striders 5 mile 2 person relay event at Atholton High School. Runners alternate ten 1/4 mile laps around the track to reach the 5 miles. Mark Eagles and Mark Loeffler led the way in a blistering 24:15.
Volunteers: John Bratiotis, Marc Burger, April Orlofsky.
5 mile 1. Mark Eagles / Mark Loeffler 24:15 2. Adam Wytko / Lochlann Boyle 25:58 3. Dapeng Cui / Jicheng Liu 27:15 4. Ken Sevik / Hafiz Shaikh 28:56 5. Youlin Qi / Lifeng Pu 29:36 6. Hector Montesinos / Luis Diaz 30:31 7. Michelle Weaver / Faye Weaver 30:53 8. Greg Orlosky / Fritz Orlofsky 31:29 9. Matt Bevan / Janeth Scott 32:48 10. Dwight Mikulis / Greg Lepore 32:58 11. Yihua Zheng / Yan Zhang 33:35 12. Bill Brown / Larry Stern 34:16 13. Evan Calvert / Roger Calvert 35:01 14. Megan Walker / Robert Walker 36:53 15. Phyllis Sevik / Danielle Maske 37:25 16. Tom Green / Newton McCollum 37:36 17. Alyssa Burger / Chad Burger 38:21 18. Ken Szymanski / Evan Krozy 38:28 19. James Blackwood/ Erin Blackwood 38:56 20. Mia Stott / Roger Stott 39:05 21. Emily Bonham / Chris Harman 39:46 22. Barry Stoll / Taylor Ortiz 40:22
Summer XC Series #1
Summer XC Series #1 (River Hill HS) – Overall Results
All Fruit Relay
19 teams with pun-filed fruit names competed in the Howard County striders all-fruit relay Sunday afternoon at Oakland Mills Middle School. Teams of up to 4 ran a total of 8 miles, carrying some sort of fruit baton. The bullseye bananas won the race in a time of 50:14.
Race Lead: Bill Arbelaez
Volunteers: John Bratiotis, Missy Burger, Brian Fleming, Greg Lepore, Dwight Mikulis, Julie Trapp, Judith Weber.
1. Bullseye Bananas 50:14 Camden Gilmore Brit Lang Phil Lang Vicki Lang 2. Raisin Arizona 52:19 Mark Eagles Mark Loeffler Lauren Loeffler 3. Peel Out 53:40 Evan Griffiths Richard Griffiths 4. Bald Peaches 57:16 Chris Farmer Eric Johnston Marc Burger Chad Burger 5. Make America Grape Again 58:08 Alan Tominack Bill Brown Matt Bevan Hafiz Shaikh 6. Running is Apeeling 58:26 Amanda An Michelle Weaver Faye Weaver Guillermo Leonstein 7. No Lime or Reason 59:59 Marsha Demaree Cecilia Murach Julia Skinner Karsten Brown 8. Lemon Follow You 1:01:21 John Chall Joelle Chall 9. Speed Dates 1:02:20 Terri Wytko Dan Wytko Lily Wytko Adam Wytko 10. Horny Melons 1:02:27 Bethany McGee Melissa Mcgee Amanda McGee Tim McGee 11. Fresh Pear of Legs 1:02:42 Sam Kieley Allison Lacey Karen Thomas Pamela Jock 12. Cherry Chasers 1:04:48 Gabrielle Wilson Greg Thomas Hallie Brokowski Bob Mullen 13. Lemon Heads 1:06:11 Emily Howe Tammy Liu Pamela Yao 14. Fermented Grapes 1:07:56 Whitney Watts Ginny Olson 15. Grandpa Smith 1:08:22 Jim Weber Jimmy Farell Fernando Olivia 16. Hold The Lime 1:09:24 James Scarborough James Moreland Jeanette Novak Kirk Gordon 17. Cross the Finish Limes 1:15:26 Lynn Sanetrik Larry Stern Paula Stehle Jen Kasirsky 18. See you at the Finish Lime 1:20:24 Emily Elkonoh Jack Elkonoh Dan Barr Debbie Wegman 19. Orange you Glad 1:21:24 Melinda Krummerich Amanda Idstein Terry Storms Jaquisha Kearson
Vernal Velocity Series Awards
48 runners came out on a sunny Mother’s day to run the Howard County striders weekly series awards race at Longfellow Elementry school. Weekly series award winners were given striders logo water bottles. Mark Eagles and Alexa Mullican were the 2 mile winners. Karsten Brown and Bethany Mcgee led the 10k runners.
Race Lead: Kendra Smith
Volunteers: John Bratiotis, Sharlene Deskins, Luke Janik, Eric Johnston, Julie Trapp, Luke Janik.
2 mile 1. Mark Eagles 11:05 2. Stephen Senick 11:26 3. Scott Heitkamp 13:16 4. Mike Hopper 13:40 5. Chad Burger 13:52 6. Alexa Mullican 14:12 7. William Tripp 14:13 8. Laura Calvert 15:00 9. John Way 16:12 10. Henry Hopper 16:50 11. Erin Hopper 17:11 12. Jack Arrington 17:38 13. Bram Arrington 17:39 14. Megan Walker 19:31 15. Amanda Idstein 19:59 16. Frankie Mandile 20:01 17. Bill Kamenoff 22:48 18. Jeanette Novak 25:12 19. Vicoria Sine 26:37 20. Virginia Sine 26:46 21. Siena Mullican 27:00.0 22. Amelia Mullican 27:00.4 23. Tim Ramsey 33:57
10k 1. Karsten Brown 36:45 2. Adam Wytko 37:07 3. Nick Anderson 43:17 4. Brian Fleming 43:34 5. Luis Navarro 43:55 6. Mike Bohse 44:06 7. Mark Landree 44:11 8. Dylan Schoneweis 46:23 9. Gregg Ford 48:18 10. Chris Farmer 51:04 11. Marc Burger 52:45 12. Robert Walker 53:27 13. Kirk Gordon 54:00(ran long) 14. James Scarborough 54:27 15. Bethany McGee 54:51 16. Ben Stein 55:12 17. Marsha Demaree 55:29 18. Emily Howe 56:46.7 19. Mike Fleming 56:46.9 20. Cindy Cohen 59:15 21. Hans Meurer 1:01:14 22. Linda Alms 1:05:11.4 23. Christina Alms 1:05:11.7 24. Judith Weber 1:08:50 25. Tom Green 1:13:52
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 Lead: Donnie Chapman
Volunteers: John 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