Summer Sizzler Series #2
51 runners participated in either a 2 mile or 10k run through the Thunder Hill neighborhood on a Muggy Summer evening. Mark Eagles and Kendra Smith were the 2 mile winners, while Karsten Brown and Amanda An led the way in the 10k race.
Race lead: Donnie Chapman
Volunteers: John Bratiotis, Melissa Burger, Denise Hyde, George Kroeker, Faye Weaver, Jeffrey Weaver, Matthew Weaver.
2 mile 1. Mark Eagles 12:00 2. John Chall 12:58 3. Kendra Smith 13:45 4. Rick Hughey 13:52 5. Gregg Ford 14:21 6. Emily Bonham 14:25 7. Bob Lande 15:28 8. Mike Fleming 15:39 9. Jennifer Moynihan 15:49 10. Kash Hartz 16:23 11. Nathan Capelle 17:35 12. Michael Reed 17:38 13. Roger Calvert 17:41 14. Lisa Reyes 18:27 15. Antonio Camacho 18:48 16. Bethany Firebaugh 18:51 17. Cindy Cohen 20:52 18. Ethan Hartz 20:58 19. Grant Heidebrecht 21:12 20. Len Guralnick 21:33 21. Steve Reading 23:29 22. Jose Camacho 24:10 23. Arleen Dineen 24:51 24. Dana Heidebrecht 29:04 25. Kevin Hartz 29:05 26. Stanley Way 30:40 27. Pauline Chvilicek 32:24 28. Rod Burley 32:25
10k 1. Karsten Brown 38:54 2. Steve Bohse 42:32 3. Mike Bohse 44:39.0 4. Leonard Supsic 44:39.7 5. Chad Burger 47:49 6. Stephen Mang 47:56 7. Amanda An 48:53 8. Marc Burger 49:25 9. Bill Stahr 50:04 10. Chris Farmer 50:23 11. Bromley Lowe 50:43 12. Karen Young 52:06 13. Eric Johnston 53:36 14. Byron Henry 53:38 15. Marsha Demaree 54:14 16. Debbie Sharp 54:49 17. Cris Eck 55:00 18. Terri Wytko 55:18 19. Bethany McGee 57:09 20. Dave Matthews 57:22 21. Juan Fernandez 1:02:24 22. Hans Meurer 1:06:17 23. Amanda Idstein 1:08:05
5Mi Two Person Relay
15 teams, who dodged a fast moving torrential downpour just before the start; which threatened to turn the event into a steeplechase, came out to run the five mile two person relay at River Hill High School Wednesday night. In this event teams of two alternate running 1/4 mile laps 10 times each to reach the 5 mile distance. It is good chance to get in some speedwork. Carlos Renjifo and Andrew Madison were the first team across the finish line.
Volunteers: John Bratiotis, Marc Burger, George Kroeker, Jess Stern
5 mile
Male Team Results
1. Carlos Renjifo / Andrew Madison 22:33
2. Mark Eagles / Artem Tovanov 25:06
3. James Blackwood / Luis Diaz 26:16
4. David Horrocks Jr. / Mark Loeffler 27:26
5. Joe Tailabji / Adam Wytko 27:29
6. Dennis Albright / Marty Rochlin 35:41
7. Mike Fleming / Leonard Guralnick 36:34
Co-Ed Team Results
1. Caroline Bauer / Greg Lepore 28:14
2. Keith Levassuer / Grace Tran 28:29
3. Linda Lu O'Connor / Greg Orlofsky 29:49
4. Abdollah Abtahi / Kimia Abtahi 34:05
5. Michael Miles / Kendra Smith 34:55
6. Erin Blackwood / Nathan Capelle 40:27
7. Joey Beck / Monica Beck 43:21
Female Team Results
1. Amanda An / Marsha Demaree 33:39
Friday Night XC Series Race #2
Centennial High School
Friday Night XC Series Race #1
Wilde Lake High School
Summer Sizzler Series #1
37 runners came out on a hot, humid Wednesday evening to run the 1st weekly race of the summer put on by the Howard County Striders. David Toller and Marquel Bowler were the winners of the 5k race at the Elkhorn/Savage trail. David’s time of 17:14 is a new course record in spite of the heat.
Race lead: John Bratiotis
Volunteers: Amanda An, George Kroeker, Kendra Smith, Julie Trapp.
5k 1. David Toller 17:14 2. Karsten Brown 17:23 3. Elisha Peterson 18:46 4. Tim McGee 18:51 5. Majid Waheed 18:58 6. Mark Eagles 20:26 7. Chad Burger 22:04 8. Dennis Albright 22:46 9. Robert Blanco 23:07 10. Marc Burger 23:23 11. Stephen Mang 23:55 12. Marquel Bowler 24:02 13. Bill Stahr 24:08 14. Ron Knight 24:19 15. John Sammis 24:49 16. Bill Farrell 25:04 17. Marsha Demaree 26:43 18. Mike Fleming 26:57 19. Terri Wytko 27:05.4 20. Bethany McGee 27:05.7 21. Vladi Basch 27:13 22. Cris Eck 27:26 23. Mikail Ocasio 29:02 24. Roger Calvert 29:16 25. Larry Pike 29:27 26. Bob Lande 29:39 27. Dave Matthews 29:46 28. Nathan Capelle 29:49 29. Erin Blackwood 30:41 30. Len Guralnick 31:33 31. Glenn Scimonelli 31:40 32. Amanda Idstein 32:08 33. Bruce Shaffer 33:36 34. Faye Weaver 34:16 35. Michelle Weaver 34:26 36. Phil Heiliger 37:00 37. Steve Reading 38:40
Damien’s Run for Recovery 5K
Damien’s Run…June 9th 2013
A time, a place, a memory, a cause, good music, great food, old friends, new friends – all the things that bring people together to share an experience. These things are what makes Damien’s Run a great success every year. The simple act of giving and receiving underscore all the hard prep work of our volunteers and the joy it brings to the participants in this – the 15th annual running of Damien’s Run.
Damien’s Run has raised tens of thousands of dollars over the years to help teens in and around Howard County.
We had a robust field of over 300 runners and a gang of walkers to round out the participants enjoying a slightly cool Sunday morning, just keeping ahead of the arriving humidity.
Takele Gebreljul 15:16.15 burned a ring around Gateway to take first place but didn’t break the course record. Jess Ivy 18:39.65 took women’s overall with an excellent time.
Special thanks to our Master winners Chris Chattin and Robyn Humphrey. Robin has run in every Damien’s Run from 1999. This year like every other year Robin gave back her winnings to Damien’s Recovery to help raise awareness for teens who suffer from substance abuse. Arleen Dinneen is a local legend for community service and running, who – year after year – runs Damien’s, and one more time won her age group…
Special recognition to Betsy Blom, a teacher at a Bellows Spring Elementary School, who started a running program for her students called the Chasing Cheetahs. Betsy showed up with 25 Cheetahs and parents to steal the hearts of the participants..
Every race director can tell you: you never know what can happen when planning and executing an event. I’m happy to say that every year we seem to have wonderful surprises that help the event be a success. This year the US Navy came to the rescue. We were critically low on volunteers, many of our regulars, including Volunteer Coordinator Tom Lewis, who had conflicting commitments out of the blue. I received an email from Amber Porter who is stationed at Fort Meade. Amber has just finished boot camp training and asked if she could volunteer at the event. I said, “We’d love to have your help”. She said, “Oh, I have some friends who want to volunteer and run”. First thing this morning Amber and 8 of her comrades worked the set up, ran and cleaned up….And by the way Amber won her age group with a screaming time 22:55.15… Thank you Amber and friends and of course our Navy…
Thank you Howard County Striders, all the participants, volunteers and sponsors.
See you next year!
Race Director
Ralph Massella