Damien’s Run for Recovery 5K

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2013 Damiens 5k Results (PDF)

2013 Damiens 5k awards (PDF)

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

4.09M Run benefitting the Be Strong Stay Strong Fund™

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2013 4.09 Mile Results (PDF)

The 4.09 Mile Run is the opportunity for the local running community to help one of our own severely impacted by the events at the Boston Marathon. All proceeds from the run will be donated by the Howard County Striders to the Be Strong Stay Strong Fund™. At this time, donations are not tax deductible. The full course will be 4.09 miles — you can walk or run one loop, as well, which would be approximately 2+ miles.

On a warm, breezy, and sunny Sunday, over 300 runners came to Oakland Mills High School to run the Howard County Striders’ 4.09 Mile Run Benefitting the Be Strong Stay Strong Fund. This, however, was not a regular Striders event, and it drew many new people. This was a very special race; a fundraiser that was very emotional for the running community. On April 15th, 2013, when two bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, two local high school graduates were severely injured. Erika Brannock and her sister, Nicole Gross, both graduates of Mt. Hebron High School, were at the finish line to cheer on their mother, Carol Downing. Nicole suffered two broken legs in the blast, and her husband Michael was burned. Erika lost her leg above the knee as a result of her injuries. A fund has been started to help with the ongoing medical costs – the Be Strong Stay Strong Fund (http://www.bestrongstaystrong.net/) – and this race was a fundraiser for that cause. The distance of the race was for the time on the race clock at the time of the explosion; it was 4 hours and 9 minutes into the marathon. Unlike many races, there were no t-shirts or food at this race. The Striders wanted to donate as much money as possible to the fund, so to that end they donated the timing chips and numbers, and decided to forgo the normal race day amenities. All proceeds from the $15 registration fee and any other donations went to the fund.

Carol Downing, the mother of Erika Brannock and Nicole Gross, was expected to run at the race, but was unable to make it. This was good news, however; Erika was being released from the hospital and returning home to Maryland, and her mother was in Boston to be at her side. According to a story aired with Brian Williams in an interview with all seven women who lost limbs in the explosion, Erika was the last to be released from the hospital, so that is very encouraging news indeed.

The race was a wonderful event that was rendered exceptionally poignant when a number of family members of Erika and Nicole crossed the finish line holding hands in support of their family. There were two large cards for the family that were signed by most of the race participants, and family supporters were selling beautiful technical t-shirts in support of the fund. The race raised over $8000 for the fund, with donations still coming in.

All Fruit Relay

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“The Most Delicious Relay in Town”

17 punly named teams of 1 – 4 came out for the always fun fruit relay at Oakland Mills on Sunday afternoon. All teams are required to transport a piece of fruit around the 2 mile loop four times.

 

1. Back in my day it was a food pyramid   49:41
Jean-Pierre Allen
John Brown

2. Could of had a V8                      52:12
Zachary Sivo
Matt Sherry
Patrick Perez
Mark Eagles

3. Raisin Arizona                         52:53
Robert Blanco
Amanda An
Faye Weaver
Greg Lepore

4. CB's Apples                            54:44
James Blackwood
Erin Blackwood
Joelle Chall
John Chall

5. Big Hass                               58:32
Karsten Brown

6. Fruitalicious                          59:17
Camden Gilmore
Anders Chattin
Mats Chattin
Carina Chattin

7. Granny Smith Apples                  1:00:01
Susan Kim
Noah Kim
Ron Weber
Steve Mang

8. Cherry Pickers                       1:00:40
Jessie Esposito
Josh Laub
Johnna Laub
Victor Moralez

9. Amazin Apples                        1:01:35
Julie Rosicky
Emily Howe
Juan Fernandez
Mike Fleming

10. Black-Eyed Peas                     1:03:26
Mikie Allen
Austin Birch
Bob Birch
Philip Allen

11. The Orange Team                     1:05:38
Leonard Guralnick
Eric Johnston
Kirk Gordon

12. Lemoncella                          1:07:06
Helen Mercer
Bob Mullen
Greg Thomas
Lynda Allera

13. When Life gives you lemons Make U*T's 1:08:40
Tony Staub
Mike Taylor
Carrie Shanks
Hallie Browkowsky

14. All-stars fruit brigade             1:11:57
Nicole Berson
Melinda Krummerich
Christina Merenda
Jaquisha Kearson

15. kiwi kids                           1:12:51
Leslie Nissenberg
Angela Caswell
Jim L.
Bill Dooley

16. Running Raspberries                 1:14:04
Kelsey Thomas
Sophie Dubin
Rena Dubin
Elaine Thomas

17. Berry Berry Grapeful                1:17:53
Alexa Mullican
Liana Mullican
Amelia Mullican
Andrew Mullican

Vernal Velocity Series Awards

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45 runners took part in the Howard County Striders spring weekly series award race at Burleigh Manor middle school. Series point winners were presented with a candy bar for their efforts, with the remaining proceeds going to Boston marathon victims. Stephen Olenick and Karen Harvey were the 2 mile winners, while Greg Lepore and Kendra Smith won the 5 miler.

Race Lead: Amanda Loudin

Volunteers: Bill Arbelaez, John Bratiotis, Chad Burger, Melissa Burger, David Jun, Dwight Mikulis, Debbie Sharp, Julie Trapp

 

2 mile
1. Stephen Olenick       10:48
2. Mark Loeffler         11:27
3. Mark Eagles           11:57
4. Dan Laukzemis         13:11
5. Rick Hughey           13:17
6. Mike Fleming          15:19
7. Kash Hartz            15:28
8. Ben Stein             16:01
9. Kenny Walker          16:13
10. Karen Harvey         17:14
11. Roger Calvert        17:42
12. Michelle Weaver      18:49
13. Grant Heidebrecht    19:02
14. Ethan Hartz          19:37
15. Leonard Guralnick    19:38
16. Titan Blackwood      20:10
17. James Blackwood      20:20
18. Melinda Krummerich   20:40
19. Ginger Rowley        20:41
20. Rebecca Weaver       24:45
21. Faye Weaver          24:46
22. Lucas Mackel         27:13
23. Julie Mackel         27:22
24. Stanley Way          28:16
5 mile               
1. Greg Lepore       32:12
2. John Chall        33:00
3. Steve Bohse       33:07
4. John Way          33:40
5. Marc Hermstein    35:02
6. Leonard Supsic    35:28
7. Kendra Smith      36:08
8. Robert Blanco     36:37
9. Stephen Mang      37:25
10. Marc Burger      38:42
11. Eric Johnston    39:20
12. Rick Repasky     41:26
13. Kirk Gordon      42:11
14. Rob Vogel        42:52
15. Brett Buehler    43:34
16. Amanda An        44:09
17. Jen Pullen       44:58
18. David Ikels      45:05
19. Larry Pike       46:03
20. Marsha Demaree   47:08
21. Erin Blackwood   49:04

Vernal Velocity Series #6

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49 runners came out to celebrate Mother’s day and run the Howard county striders weekly race at Hammond High School. Karsten Brown and Kendra Smith led the way in the 5k event.

Race lead: Jess Stern

Volunteers: Jared Frank, Beth Dunbar, Nicole Berson, Gina Dietrich, John Stern, Bill Arbelaez, Dwight Mikulis, John Bratiotis, Sonya Erskine, Sarah Beach.

 

5k
1.  Karsten Brown        19:02
2.  Mark Loeffler        19:23
3.  Noak Wood            19:47
4.  David Horrocks Jr    20:09
5.  John Chall           20:10
6.  Greg Schuler         20:30
7.  Mark Eagles          20:40
8.  John Way             20:42
9.  Kendra Smith         21:16
10. Stephen Mang         21:25
11. Kevin Burke          21:39
12. Adam Lowe            21:44
13. Robert Blanco        22:15
14. Rick Hughey          22:22
15. Steve Knoh           22:46
16. David Horrocks       23:04
17. Eric Johnston        23:58
18. Karen Young          24:15
19. Darla Scade          24:21
20. Marsha Demaree       24:27
21. Mike Fleming         24:33
22. James Moreland       25:06
23. Ben Stein            25:30
24. Laura Gidley         25:47
25. Evan Calvert         24:48
26. Emily Howe           26:24
27. Linda Alms           26:55
28. James Scarborough    27:06
29. Tom Green            28:32
30. Chris Martin         28:48
31. Ed Beach             29:06
32. Roger Calvert        29:09
33. Ken Alms             29:32
34. Angelos Diaz         29:54
35. Leonard Guralnick    30:16
36. Denise Robert        30:19
37. Penny Beach          30:53
38. Amanda Idstein       30:20
39. Ginger Rowley        31:21
40. Melinda Krummerich   31:26
41. Bill O'Hare          31:29
42. Kirk Gordon          33:05
43. Jeanne Larrison      34:05
44. Courtney Wells       34:50
45. Sana Waheed          38:11
46. Cindy Cohen          38:52
47. Tim Ramsey           43:43
48. Mike Dusenbary       44:32
49. Leigh Schneider      44:52

Vernal Velocity Series #5

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72 runners participated in the Howard County Striders spring race on Sunday afternoon at Jeffers Hill Neighborhood center. Mark Loeffler and Cindy Perkins were the 2 mile winners. Dan Vogel and Kendra Smith paced the 10k race. All proceeds from the Spring weekly series races will be going to the Boston Marathon victim relief fund. Please come out and support this.

Race lead: Bill Arbelaez

Volunteers: John Bratiotis, Melissa Burger, Donnie Chapman, Sari Chapman, Amanda Idstein, Julie Trapp, Faye Weaver, Jeffrey Weaver, Matthew Weaver, Rebecca Weaver.

 

2 mile                  
1. Mark Loeffler        11:37
2. Devin Rowell         12:31
3. Hafiz Shaikh         12:47
4. Chad Burger          12:59
5. Gregg Ford           13:21
6. Harry Rowell         13:27
7. Rick Hughey          13:56
8. Cindy Perkins        15:15
9. Nathan Capelle       16:13
10. James Koo           17:50
11. Faith Meininger     17:52
12. Denise Roberts      17:55
13. Leonard Guralnick   18:05
14. Luke Meininger      18:45
15. Steve Meininger     18:46
16. Grant Heidebrecht   19:10
17. Audrey Oaksmith     19:33
18. Scott Oaksmith      19:32
19. Kaitlyn Oaksmith    19:33
20. John Wheatland      19:41
21. Sarah Beach         19:44
22. Xi Yan              20:34
23. Margaret Barry      21:14
24. Erin Hewitt         21:52
25. Mikail Ocasio       21:53
26. Sana Waheed         22:07
27. Lincoln Tripp       22:59
28. Joshua Tripp        23:00
29. Evan Griffiths      23:04
30. Richard Griffiths   23:05
31. Stanley Way         27:13
32. Dana Heidebrecht    27:43
33. Kevin Hartz         27:44.1
34. Joe Broderick       27:44.8

10k                     
1. Dan Vogel             37:49
2. Brian Fleming         39:22
3. Lochlann Boyle        40:14
4. John Chall            40:42
5. Karsten Brown         41:47
6. Greg Schuler          41:59
7. John Way              42:16
8. Kendra Smith          43:17
9. Evan Calvert          43:37
10. Randall Calvert      43:58
11. Steve Knoll          44:52
12. Xinhua Xu            46:34
13. Marc Burger          48:25
14. Robert Blanco        48:42
15. Ken Sevik            48:51
16. Mike Fleming         49:51
17. Karen Young          49:59
18. Marsha Demaree       53:16
19. Debbie Sharp         53:48
20. Rob Vogel            54:15
21. Bruce Levine         54:18
22. James Scarborough    55:03
23. Linda Alms           55:28
24. Emily Howe           55:37.0
25. Ed Beach             55:37.8
26. Eric Johnston        57:33
27. Amity Tripp          58:43
28. Kirk Gordon          59:06
29. Roger Calvert        59:19
30. Evan Kremer          59:26
31. Karen Harvey         59:48
32. Todd Johnson         1:01:28
33. Doug Matthews        1:05:18
34. Denzel Chin          1:06:14
35. Melinda Krummerich   1:06:49
36. Ginger Rowley        1:06:50
37. Lisa Reyes           1:07:10
38. Iris Gopez           1:07:12

Clyde’s 10K

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2013 Clydes 10k Results (PDF)

2013 Clydes 10k Awards (PDF)

2013 Clydes 10k Results (TXT)

 

When local favorite Kelly Westlake toed the line at the 35th Annual Clyde’s 10k last Sunday, she had every hope of rectifying her second-place finish last year and winning the entire race. After all, she had just placed second among the 40-44 women at the Cherry Blossom 10 Miler the week before and had been racing well all year. But Katie Ogden from the Annapolis Striders had similar inclinations. Katie and Kelly raced along together for the first few miles, staying close on the far side of the hilly 6.2-mile course through Columbia, but Katie gradually pulled away as they swept through the West Running Brook neighborhood. She was all alone when she turned onto the homestretch on Little Patuxent, and won the women’s race handily in 38:15. The women’s field had some notable runners in addition to Odgen and Westlake. Robyn Humphrey returned to defend her overall master’s title and Bea Marie Altieri came all the way from her home in Florida to run the race. Both are members of the Howard County Strider Hall of Fame. “I was visiting friends and family,” said Bea Marie, “and decided to run Clyde’s.” A past winner of the race in the 1990’s, Bea Marie narrowly edged Robyn, placing sixth overall (40:26), and winning the overall master-women’s competition. In the mens’ competition, Kyle Stanton won for the second year in a row, and made it look easy. He even ran faster than he did last year. His nearest competition came from Andrew Madison (second overall) and Mark Buschman (third), but those two generally conceded the race after the first few meters. “First he was the size of a man,” remembered Madison. “Then he was the size of a speck, and then I couldn’t see him anymore.” Stanton pulled even further away on the hills on the backside of the course and finished decisively in 31:27, 34 seconds faster than in 2012. “Yeah, but I ran 22 miles yesterday!” Buschman protested. He’s training for an upcoming marathon. If not, he might have even finished second. About 1900 hundred registered for the race, which did not accept race day entries. “It was a union issue,” explained former race director Charlie Brown about that decision. In spite of being closed for renovations, Clyde’s of Columbia treated the 1729 runners who did finish with their usual Sunday brunch spread featuring pasta salad, Clyde’s chili, yogurt, Coca-Cola products, assorted pastries (new this year!), fruit and fresh strawberries from Watsonville, CA, and cold beer. “I may not have won the race,” said Karsten Brown (35:27), “but I won the race to the beer. For the second year in a row!” Dennis Albright served as race director of the Annual Clyde’s 10k. He enjoyed the support of many Howard County Strider volunteers along the course, as well as the Howard County Police, who provided traffic control during the Sunday morning event.

Vernal Velocity Series #4

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86 runners came out on a finally spring-like Sunday afternoon to run the Howard County Striders spring weekly series race at Longfellow Elementary. Ryan Hermstein and Faye Weaver were the two mile winners. Karsten Brown and Kendra Smith won the 10k race.

Race lead: Cecilia Murach

Volunteers: Caroline Bauer, John Bratiotis, Nathan Capelle, Barbara Calvert, Loretta Farb, Becky Holtz, Denise Hyde, Amanda Idstein, Eric Johnston, George Kroeker, Hafiz Shaikh, Theresa Symonds, Julie Trapp.

 

2 mile                   
1. Ryan Hermstein        12:18
2. Stephen Mang          12:48
3. John Way              13:00
4. Devin Rowell          13:04
5. Marc Hermstein        13:20
6. Chad Burger           13:45
7. Dan Laukzemis         13:47
8. Harry Rowell          13:50
9. Robert Blanco         14:09
10. Faye Weaver          14:18
11. Alison Suckling      14:20
12. Celine Pisanic       15:01
13. Mark Loeffler        15:29(late start)
14. Kash Hartz           15:42
15. Timothy Hwu          15:45
16. Marc Burger          15:47
17. Eric Hermstein       15:50
18. Kevin Hermstein      15:52
19. Ben Stein            16:14
20. Bob Lande            16:19
21. Kenny Walker         16:24
22. Cindy Cohen          16:28
23. Kelly Dixon          16:36
24. Amity Tripp          16:55
25. Scott Nonemaker      17:33
26. Gina Dietrich        17:39
27. Abigail Pisanic      18:02.2
28. Lisa Pisanic         18:02.6
29. Denise Roberts       18:47
30. Melinda Krummerich   18:58.1
31. Karen Harvey         18:58.8
32. Shane Schultheis     20:24
33. Erin Ruddy           20:42
34. Abigail Doff         21:17
35. Stephen Doff         21:18
36. Alexa Mullican       21:22
37. Ethan Hartz          21:38
38. Nathan Pisanic       21:58.0
39. John Pisanic         21:58.7
40. Grant Heidebrecht    22:14
41. Jolene Nonemaker     22:34
42. Liana Mullican       22:45
43. Steve Reading        22:47
44. Hannah Olsen         22:51
45. Meredith Olsen       22:52
46. Margaret Barry       22:55
47. Sana Waheed          23:06
48. Michelle Weaver      23:30
49. Melissa Burger       24:44
50. Rebecca Weaver       25:44
51. Tim Ramsey           26:08
52. Joe Broderick        28:22
53. Tiera Brown          29:21
54. Siena Mullican       30:10
55. Andrew Mullican      30:13

10k                      
1. Karsten Brown         39:02
2. Dan Vogel             39:03
3. Greg Schuler          42:36
4. Lochlann Boyle        42:37
5. Kendra Smith          44:21
6. Jack Kammerer         45:00
7. Evan Calvert          47:14
8. Derek Olsen           50:25
9. Adam Lowe             51:20
10. Scott Koenig         52:43
11. Jen Pullen           54:07
12. Cindy Perkins        54:35
13. Rob Vogel            55:06
14. Amanda An            56:45
15. Larry Pike           57:17
16. Amelia Mullican      59:20
17. Roger Calvert        59:51
18. Gloria Serrao        1:00:27
19. Judith Weber         1:00:31
20. Kirk Gordon          1:02:37
21. Clint Henderson      1:02:55
22. Evan Kremer          1:03:36
23. Pat Brooks           1:04:19
24. Len Guralnick        1:06:46
25. Denzel Chin          1:07:01
26. Ginger Rowley        1:08:03
27. Matt Powers          1:09:14
28. Paula Stehle         1:12:49.4
29. Michelle Fullerton   1:12:49.6
30. Lisa Reyes           1:18:00.4
31. Iris Gopez           1:18:00.6

Vernal Velocity Series #3

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92 runners took part in the Howard County striders weekly series race at Lake Elkhorn/Savage trail. Ivan Alvarado and Cindy Alms led the way in the 2 mile race. Karsten Brown and Kendra Smith were the 10k winners.

Race lead: John Bratiotis

Volunteers: Bill Arbelaez, Caroline Bauer, Marc Burger, Chris Farmer, Amanda Idstein, George Kroeker, Dwight Mikulis, Julie Trapp

 

Howard County Striders
Vernal Velocity Weekly Series #3
Elkhorn/Savage Trail
03/24/13

2M
1. Ivan Alvarado           	10:43
2. Daniel Smolyak           	11:43
3. Mark Loeffler            	11:46
4. Mark Eagles              	12:04
5. Gary Smolyak             	12:55
6. John Way                 	12:59
7. Cindy Alms                   13:12
8. Dan Laukzemis             	13:44
9. Michael Smolyak          	14:31
10. Cindy Perkins              	14:49
11. Natalie Smolyak          	14:53
12. Ronnie Wong               	15:12
13. Kash Hartz                  15:13
14. Amy Kaiser-Jones        	15:34
15. Phil Lang                   15:35
16. Eric Johnston               15:38
17. Natalie Perkins             15:58
18. Karen Harvey                16:02
19. Faye Weaver                 16:14
20. Cindy Cohen                 16:21
21. Eric Hermstein              17:25
22. Nathan Capelle              17:28
23. Faith Meininger             17:59
24. Luke Meininger              18:02
25. Steve Meininger             18:03
26. Bill Snelling               18:19
27. Mikail Ocasio               18:48
28. Bill O'Hare                 18:57
29. Melinda Krummerich      	19:06
30. Ginger Rowley               19:13
31. Michelle Weaver             19:14
32. Jim Eagles                  19:23
33. Ethan Hartz                 19:31
34. Erin Meyer                  19:45
35. No Card                     19:55
36. Grant Heiliger              20:04
37. Jen Elkonoh                 20:14
38. Jack Edwards                20:18
39. Phil Heiliger               20:24
40. Paula Stehle                21:03
41. Margaret Barry              21:21
42. Jerry Ferrari               22:30
43. Kathryn Baker               23:00
44. Lynn Meininger              23:54
45. Joey Beck                   26:23
46. Monica Meier-Beck         	26:24
47. Stanley Way                 27:28
48. Missy Burger                27:50
49. Joe Broderick               29:32
50. Dee Nelson                  33:56 (ran long 3.64)
10k
1. Karsten Brown             	38:50
2. Steve Bohse                  40:20
3. S. G. Wills                  40:33
4. Kevin Burke                  40:50
5. Greg Schuler                 41:08
6. Lochlann Boyle               41:32
7. Daniel Sebring               43:05
8. Kendra Smith                 43:13
9. Stephen Mang                 43:21
10. Marc Hermstein              43:53
11. Evan Calvert                44:10
12. Robert Blanco               44:16
13. Xinhua Xu                   44:51
14. Gregg Ford                  45:38
15. Vicki Lang                  46:36
16. Mike Fleming                50:01
17. Julia Skinner               51:42
18. Daniel Short                52:23
19. Susan Kim                   52:57
20. James Moreland              53:31
21. Linda Alms                  53:52
22. Alan Borst                  54:02
23. Rob Vogel                   54:28
24. Kelly Dixon                 54:33
25. Bruce Levine                54:47
26. David Ikels                 55:14
27. Emily Howe                  55:16
28. Larry Pike                  56:57
29. Roger Calvert               59:38
30. Leonard Guralnick           1:00:14
31. Lynn Sanetrick              1:01:00
32. Doug Dixon                  1:01:01
33. Angela Sebring              1:01:14
34. Pat Brooks                  1:01:58
35. Natalie Beach               1:02:23
36. Lori Hatfield               1:02:30
37. Phyllis Rich                1:03:09
38. Denise Roberts              1:04:29
39. Clint Henderson             1:07:55
40. Sarah Beach                 1:09:00
41. Susie Montoya               1:09:01
42. Erin Ruddy                  1:13:25