Operation Iceberg Series #2

48 runners came out on a pleasant December afternoon to run the challenging 5k course at Hammond High. Nathan Garrett and Terri Wytko were the race winners.

Race Lead: Bill Arbelaez

Volunteers: Chad Burger, Melissa Burger, Kendra Smith, Leonard Supsic, Alan Tominack, Julie Trapp, John Way.

5k
1. Nathan Garrett       17:32
2. Karsten Brown        19:52
3. Sheldon Degenhardt   20:00
4. Mark Landree         20:14
5. Lochlann Boyle       20:44
6. Stephen Mang         20:45
7. John Chall           20:48
8. James Blackwood      20:59
9. Gregg Ford           21:36
10. James Parsons       21:44
11. Mark Eagles         22:11
12. Evan Calvert        22:18
13. Eric Tucker         22:27
14. Terri Wytko         23:33
15. Logan Kim           23:49
16. Harry Rowell        23:52
17. Marc Burger         24:13
18. Jim Pontius         24:29
19. Karen Young         25:04
20. Noah Kim            25:09
21. Alan Mulindwa       25:15
22. David Jun           25:29
23. Faye Weaver         25:37
24. Ben Stein           25:39
25. James Adrian        25:48
26. Ronnie Wong         26:01
27. Matt Lupo           26:06
28. Jack Elkonoh        26:27
29. Talia Tracton       26:33
30. Erika Mosley        26:48
31. Chris Farmer        27:15
32. James Scarborough   27:29
33. Josh Schamber       27:57
34. Russell Mosley      28:32
35. Chris Martin        28:48
36. Lauren Loeffler     29:15
37. Luke Meininger      29:17
38. Sharlene Deskins    30:46
39. Roger Calvert       31:06
40. Mike Elkonoh        31:28
41. Amanda Idstein      32:48
42. William O'Hare      32:51
43. Melinda Krummerich  32:56
44. Ginger Rowley       33:36
45. Susan Schamber      35:11
46. Cindy Cohen         35:13 *started ~4min late
47. Tim Ramsey          42:26
48. Erin Blackwood      56:42

Operation Iceberg Series #1

55 runners came out to run the first race of the Howard County striders winter weekly series at Longfellow Elementary school. James Blackwood and Laura Calvert were the 2 mile winners. Luis Navarro and Faye Weaver led the 10k runners. Karsten Brown and Terri Wytko won the 15k race.

Race Lead: John Bratiotis

Volunteers: Melissa Burger, Mark Eagles, Amanda Idstein, Kendra Smith, Daniel Smolyak, Gary Smolyak, Julie Trapp.

2 mile
1. James Blackwood      11:47
2. Devin Rowell         12:13
3. Harry Rowell         13:59
4. David Jun            14:01
5. Chad Burger          14:30
6. Eric Johnston        14:40
7. Laura Calvert        15:05
8. Evan Calvert         15:06
9. Robert Blanco        15:43
10. Talia Tracton       16:10
11. Erika Mosley        16:55
12. Ronnie Wong         17:27
13. Lauren Loeffler     17:55
14. Melinda Krummerich  20:19
15. Kirk Gordon         22:33
16. Jose Camacho        23:16
17. Margaret Barry      23:55
18. Jack Arrington      23:56
19. Tessa Dress         25:42
20. Michael Martyn      28:37.1
21. Joellyn Martyn      28:37.7
22. Stanley Way         32:55
23. Erika Ohsfeldt      33:10
24. Chris Farmer        33:11
25. Aimee Goldman       33:22
10k
1. Luis Navarro           43:49
2. Gregg Ford             44:39
3. Alan Mulindwa          47:31
4. Jim Pontius            50:50
5. Ben Hall               51:41
6. Mike Fleming           52:05
7. Marc Burger            52:20
8. Scott Woods            53:27
9. Faye Weaver            54:48
10. Cecelia Murach        54:58
11. Rick Repasky          55:20
12. Cindy Cohen           55:59
13. Dave McSherry         56:08
14. Christine Merenda     57:30
15. Subramanian Rashavan  1:01:08
16. Roger Calvert         1:03:49
15k
1. Karsten Brown       55:15
2. Leonard Supsic      1:04:26
3. Steve Bohse         1:05:36
4. Mike Bohse          1:05:46
5. Stephen Mang        1:06:52
6. Jason Graselle      1:08:42
7. Sheldon Degenhardt  1:08:50
8. Terri Wytko         1:14:53
9. John Way            1:15:11
10. Karen Harvey       1:41:24
11. Jennifer Dress     1:41:31
12. Tom Green          1:42:25
13. Lisa Pellgrino     1:43:42
14. David Ikels        1:45:22

Turkey Trot 10K Prediction Run

Congrats to winner Becca Andersen, who finished at 11:00:00.13, and runner up Jim Andersen, who was only 1.13 seconds short of the goal.

2014 Overall Results

Legends of the Fall Series Awards

56 runners came out to Burleigh Manor middle school to run the Howard County striders fall weekly race this past Sunday. This was the awards race in which runners who qualified with enough points througout the fall series were given running night lights. Devin Rowell and Faith Meininger were the 2 mile winners. Mark Eagles and Terri Wytko won the 5 mile race.

Race Lead: Jessica Stern

Volunteers: John Bratiotis, Melissa Burger, Denise Hyde, Kendra Smith, Julie Trapp, John Way, Faye Weaver, Jeffrey Weaver, Matthew Weaver.

2 mile
1. Devin Rowell        11:47
2. Ted Poulos          12:34
3. Noah Kim            12:57
4. Chad Burger         13:03
5. Gregg Ford          13:14
6. Harry Rowell        13:48
7. Logan Kim           14:14
8. Faith Meininger     14:22
9. Lisa Pisanic        14:38
10. Eric Johnston      14:48
11. Luke Meininger     15:09
12. Mats Chattin       15:24
13. Talia Tracton      15:45
14. Carina Chattin     17:39
15. Susan Kim          17:41
16. Lauren Loeffler    18:07
17. Roger Calvert      18:26
18. Alexa Mullican     19:15.1
19. Amelia Mullican    19:15.8
20. Anna Griffiths     21:14.3
21. Richard Griffiths  21:14.7
22. Vivienne Gilmore   23:10
23. James Gilmore      23:11
24. Susie Montoya      25:09
25. Tim Ramsey         25:38
5 mile
1. Mark Eagles          30:10
2. Karsten Brown        31:50
3. Nate Timm            32:08
4. Sean Costello        34:06
5. John Chall           34:51
6. Steve Meininger      35:28
7. Alan Mulindwa        36:09
8. Steve Knoll          36:33
9. Terri Wytko          36:36
10. Boo Radley(Anders Chattin)    36:49
11. Atticus Finch(Chris Chattin)  36:50
12. Ken Sevik           37:26
13. Kirk Gordon         37:59
14. Bill Stahr          38:05
15. Ronnie Wong         39:04
16. Evan Calvert        39:54
17. Marc Burger         40:01
18. Karen Young         41:01
19. James Adrian        41:18
20. Jim Pontius         41:40
21. Bill Arbelaez       43:09
22. Mike Fleming        43:10
23. Hans Meurer         43:23
24. Marsha Demaree      44:08
25. David Ikels         46:29
26. Karen Harvey        49:49
27. Cindy Cohen         49:50
28. Glenn Kuenzig       55:04
29. Ginger Rowley       56:24
30. Melinda Krummerich  56:46
31. Amanda Cranfill     1:01:20

Legends of the Fall Series #5

55 runners enjoyed a pleasant fall day while running the Howard County striders weekly series race at Thunder Hill Elementary school. Ted Poulos and Celine Pisanic were the two mile winners. Karsten Brown and Terri Wytko paced all 10k runners.

Race Lead: John Bratiotis

Volunteers: Marc Burger, Melissa Burger, Donnie Chapman, Tasha Hogan, Julie Trapp, John Way, Faye Weaver, Jeffrey Weaver, Matthew Weaver, Rebecca Weaver.

2 mile
1. Ted Poulos           12:19
2. Lochlann Boyle       12:20
3. Evan Calvert         13:14
4. Celine Pisanic       13:28
5. Dan Laukzemis        14:38
6. Lisa Pisanic         14:41
7. Rick Hughey          14:55
8. Mike Fleming         15:42
9. Talia Tracton        15:57
10. Bill Arbelaez       16:13
11. Rob Weaver          16:25
12. Logan Kim           16:31
13. Mats Chattin        16:55
14. Anders Chattin      16:56
15. Lola Jemibewon      17:23
16. Tim Wassell         17:33
17. Eric Johnston       18:00
18. Karen Harvey        18:10
19. Chris Farmer        18:16
20. Carina Chattin      18:17
21. Lucy Howe           18:31
22. Emily Howe          18:42.1
23. Roger Calvert       18:42.8
24. Evan Poulos         19:55
25. Ginger Rowley       19:57
26. Brigid Wassell      20:31
27. Melinda Krummerich  20:40
28. Clint Henderson     24:05
29. John Wassell        25:29
30. Mary Wassell        25:32
31. Michelle Weaver     25:33
32. Tim Ramsey          25:37
33. Stanley Way         34:31
10k
1. Karsten Brown       37:16
2. Mark Eagles         37:32
3. James Blackwood     40:00
4. Greg Hogan          42:42
5. Sean Costello       42:57
6. Steve Knoll         45:02
7. Ken Sevik           45:23
8. Terri Wytko         45:36
9. John Chall          47:41
10. Bob Alexander      47:45
11. Bromley Lowe       48:18
12. Noah Kim           48:33
13. Doug Dixon         49:11
14. Ronnie Wong        49:46
15. James Adrian       51:50
16. Susan Kim          52:41
17. Brad Pudner        52:51
18. Karen Young        53:32
19. Marsha Demaree     53:33
20. Hans Meurer        53:55
21. James Scarborough  54:26
22. Cindy Cohen        1:00:26

Legends of the Fall Series #4

38 runners came out on a pleasant fall afternoon day to run the Howard County striders weekly race at Clarksville Elementary. Eric Johnston, and Natalie Smolyak were the two mile winners. Mark Eagles and Faye Weaver led the five mile runners.

Race Lead: Donnie Chapman

Volunteers: Alyssa Burger, Melissa Burger, John Chall, Daniel Smolyak, Julie Trapp, John Way.

2 mile
1. Eric Johnston           14:58
2. Natalie Smolyak         15:39
3. Ben Stein               16:04
4. Peter Blank             16:49
5. Roger Calvert           18:27
6. Kenny Walker            18:48.0
7. Fin Stein               18:48.3
8. Jessica Stern           20:23
9. Melinda Krummerich      21:10
10. Amanda Cranfill        23:00
11. Vivienne Page-Gilmore  23:37
12. James Gilmore          23:38
13. Tim Ramsey             25:57
14. Jennifer Goldstein     27:54
5 mile
1. Mark Eagles       31:11
2. Steve Bohse       33:19
3. Nickolaus Mueller  33:36
4. Mike Bohse        34:26
5. Mike Woodward     34:50
6. Daniel Sebring    35:50
7. Ken Sevik         36:02
8. Gregg Ford        36:13.5
9. Chad Burger       36:13.9
10. Steve Knoll      36:40
11. Bill Stahr       37:00
12. James Moreland   38:39
13. Evan Calvert     39:54 *started 2 1/2 min late
14. Jim Pontius      40:03
15. Neal Kraft       40:30
16. James Adrian     42:26
17. Faye Weaver      43:39
18. Hans Meurer      43:44
19. Marc Burger      44:22
20. Mike Fleming     46:45.2
21. Marsha Demaree   46:45.7
22. Cindy Cohen      47:59
23. Ginger Rowley    54:03
24. Kirk Gordon      59:26 *ran long off course

Legends of the Fall Series #3

36 runners came out to the Howard county striders weekly race at Jeffers Hill Neighborhood center. Lola Jemibewon and Roger Calvert were the 2 mile winners. Luis Navarro and Marsha Demaree paced the 10k runners. Mark Eagles and Faye Weaver led the way in the 15k race.

Race Lead: Bill Arbelaez

Volunteers: John Bratiotis, Melissa Burger, Kendra Smith, Daniel Smolyak, Julie Trapp, John Way.

2 mile
1. Lola Jemibewon   18:06
2. Roger Calvert    18:12
3. Lauren Loeffler  18:15
4. Karen Harvey     18:28
5. Denzel Chin      20:03
6. Mary Niland      20:14
7. Clint Henderson  25:23
8. John Winkert     26:33
9. Sharyn Gordon    26:57
10. Marty Niland    31:08
11. Stanley Way     33:16
Brian Allen         off course
Brendan Dulaney     off course
Mike Dulaney        off course
Mindy Niland        off course
Affan Osman         off course
Gregg Ford          off course
10k
1. Luis Navarro    41:44
2. Steve Knoll     45:19
3. Eric Johnston   48:12
4. Kirk Gordon     50:00
5. Jeff Vohn       50:10
6. Marc Burger     50:52
7. Neal Kraft      54:12
8. Marsha Demaree  54:57
9. Dave McSherry   55:37
10. Ronnie Wong    56:48
15k
1. Mark Eagles        1:01:48
2. Sean Costello      1:05:31
3. Bromley Lowe       1:13:50
4. Alan Mulindwa      1:14:33
5. Faye Weaver        1:21:06
6. Allan Krueger      1:23:47
7. James Scarborough  1:24:14
8. Hans Meurer        1:24:50

Legends of the Fall Series #2

61 runners came out to run the difficult Swansfield courses at the Howard County Striders fall weekly series race. Mark Eagles and Lisa Pisanic were the 1 mile winners. Karsten Brown and Terri Wytko paced all 5k runners.

Race Lead: Kendra Smith

Volunteers: Marc Burger, Melissa Burger, Loretta Farb, Amanda Idstein, Andrea Misner, Pat Murphy, Julie Trapp, John Way.

1 mile
1. Mark Eagles          5:02
2. Affan Osman          6:10
3. Alan Mulindwa        7:02
4. Nathan Pisanic       7:15
5. Patrick Agbu         7:35
6. Lisa Pisanic         7:50
7. Talia Tracton        8:22
8. Samuel Dickover      8:36.2
9. Abigail Pisanic      8:36.9
10. Cindy Cohen         8:51
11. Kandice Dickover    8:57
12. Melinda Krummerich  9:00
13. Jack Arrington      9:12
14. Ilan Tracton        9:57
15. Rebecca Weaver      9:58
16. Margaret Barry      10:01
17. Matthew Weaver      11:39
18. No Card             12:19
19. Elli Kautman        12:21
20. Lillian Loeffler    12:22
21. Sharyn Gordon       13:15
22. No Card             13:30
23. No Card             13:32
24. Jeffrey Weaver      15:13
25. Rob Weaver          15:14
26. Eleanor Loeffler    19:47
27. Mark Loeffler       19:48

5k
1. Karsten Brown       20:10
2. Chad Burger         21:49
3. Stephen Mang        22:15
4. Kenneth Sevik       22:25
5. Steve Knoll         23:03
6. Terri Wytko         23:17
7. Gregg Ford          23:38.7
8. Eric Johnston       23:38.9
9. Jeff Vohr           24:35
10. Kirk Gordon        24:46
11. John Bratiotis     25:07
12. Natalie Smolyak    25:33
13. Ronnie Wong        26:46
14. Ben Stein          26:54
15. James Adrian       27:19
16. Craig Dickover     27:21
17. Marsha Demaree     27:45
18. Faye Weaver        27:47
19. James Scarborough  27:51
20. Tyler Dickover     29:06
21. David Ikels        29:25
22. Michelle Weaver    30:29
23. David Koralov      30:34
24. Roger Calvert      30:52
25. Karen Harvey       32:01( 2 min late start)
26. Lauren Loeffler    32:20
27. Bill O'Hare        33:37
28. Fin Stein          33:43
29. Jack McMahon       35:21
30. Jose Camacho       37:51
31. Robbie Genzel      43:19.1
32. Drake Genzel       43:19.3
33. Tim Ramsey         44:06
34. Haydee Herrera     47:05

38th Metric Running Festival

2014 Overall_Results_(PDF)

2014 Award Results(PDF)

2014 Relay Results_(TXT)

2014 Results_with Splits_(TXT)

Thank you to everyone who came out on Sunday and made the 39th Annual Metric Running Festival such a success. Here are your official results. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did and look forward to seeing you again next year! Please remember to share your thoughts and photos from the day with us on Facebook!

If you received an award and were not present to claim it, you may retrieve it from Feet First Sports during normal business hours.

If you forgot your bag at bag check, you may retrieve it from Feet First Sports during normal business hours.

Awards and bags may be claimed after Sept 24th, 2014 and must be claimed prior to Nov 2nd, 2014. After this time, physical awards are forfeited and items are donated.

Results will be updated with split times no later than Friday, Sept 26th, 2014.

Any questions should be directed to scoring@striders.net