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
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 Lead: Kendra 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 Lead: Kendra 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 Lead: John 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