Vernal Velocity Series #1

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93 runners came out on a pleasant Aunday afternoon to run the Howard County Striders weekly race at Longfellow elementary. James Anderson and Tasha Hogan won the 2 mile race. Jeremy Rea and Sarah Lebro won the 10k run. Karsten Brown and Becky Holtz led the way in the 15k run. Tim Techathuvanan deserves recognition for running barefoot during these weekly races.

Race Lead:  Jim Carbary

Volunteers:  Bill Arbelaez, John Bratiotis, John Chall, Karen Harvey, Brian Lawton, Glenda Rodriguez, Eric Schuler, Hafiz Shaikh, Julie Trapp

2M
1. James Anderson        11:37 *started with first group
2. Ted Poulos            12:08
3. Michael Dusenbery     13:13
4. Dan Laukzemis         13:58
5. Marc Burger           14:50
6. George Kraeke         15:33
7. Alan Murray           15:34
8. Tasha Hogan           15:46
9. Alan Tominack         15:52
10. Charles Blum         16:08
11. Eric Johnston        16:29
12. Josh Formwalt        16:44
13. Kevin Hermstein      16:46
14. Lynn Sanetrik        19:18
15. Doug Dixon           19:19
16. Sharlene Deskins     20:03
17. Irving Garcia        20:54
18. Mischa Vallegotti    20:56
19. Jessica Stern        21:25
20. John Neal            21:54
21. Karli Simmons        21:56
22. Heidi Meredith       21:57
23. Lee Lowe             21:58.1
24. Bromley Lowe         21:58.9
25. Scott Thompson       21:59
26. Mary Thompson        22:01
27. Paula Stehle         22:02
28. Amanda Gorski        22:24
29. Jaquisha Kearson     22:37
30. Stanley Way          23:15
31. Rees Collins         23:20
32. Paul Collins         23:25
33. Eric Hermstein       24:03
34. Tammy Hermstein      24:04
35. Sam Martin           24:43
36. Chris Martin         24:44
37. Georgia Martin       25:35.5
38. Amanda Higgins       35:35.8
39. Barbara Calvert      26:35
40. Sang Waheed          26:43
41. Bridget Thompson     27:02
42. Don Thompson         27:04
43. Shane Collins        36:50
44. Deanna Collins       36:51
45. Maggie Orlofsky    1:03:23.1
46. Fritz Orlofsky     1:03:23.4
47. Greg Orlofsky      1:03:24
10K
1. Jeremy Rea            38:12
2. Luis Navarro          39:54
3. Phil Lang             40:26
4. Marc Hermstein        40:38
5. Michael Hagan         42:34
6. Gregg Ford            42:49
7. Chad Burger           44:30
8. Sarah Lebro           44:33
9. Paul Eyes             44:54
10. Michael Mbugi        46:28
11. Bill Farrell         46:33
12. Vicki Lang           47:45
13. Piriya Pinit         47:59
14. Robert Blanco        48:01
15. Jeffrey Ward         48:23
16. Mike Fleming         49:05
17. Jim Rogers           49:38
18. Steve Knoll          49:47
19. Tim Techathuvanan    50:32
20. Tim Lynch            50:34
21. Scott Lawler         54:26
22. James Koo            56:03
23. John Kueffner        56:52
24. Amy Summers          57:54
25. Roger Calvert        58:04
26. Jack McMahon         58:58
27. Emily Howe           59:20
28. Faye Weaver          59:27
29. Ed Beach           1:00:44
30. Amanda Idstein     1:03:23
31. Monica Beck        1:06:51
32. Sarah Beach        1:18:28
15K
1. Karsten Brown         57:18
2. Charles Bowles        57:52
3. Brian Fleming         59:00
4. Greg Hogan            59:31
5. Steve Bohse         1:04:42
6. Leonard Supsic      1:05:21
7. John Way            1:08:15
8. Billy Meredith      1:12:27
9. Becky Holtz         1:26:46.4
10. Greg Lepore        1:26:46.6
11. Sarah Tokar        1:29:08
12. Pat Brooks         1:31:34
13. Amanda An          1:32:46.0
14. Chris Farmer       1:32:46.5

 

Operation Iceberg Series Awards

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114 runners came out to the Howard County Striders winter weekly series race at Atholton High School on a beautiful last day of winter. Karsten Brown and Caroline Bauer both won their races with barnburning finishes. This race also served as the graduation race for the hibernation to 5k program which had been meeting on wednesday mornings. Congatulations to all the 1st time finishers!

Race Lead:  Pat Wilkerson

Volunteers:  Melissa Burger, Donnie Chapman, Nicole Dawson, Sharlene Deskins, Brian Fleming, Eliana Hogan, Tasha Hogan, Amanda Loudin, Steve Radant, Alan Tominack, John Way

5K
1. Karsten Brown         16:54.2
2. Kyle Graves           16:54.6
3. Greg Hogan            17:13
4. James Blackwood       17:17
5. Mark Buschman         17:18
6. Luis Diaz             18:08
7. Mark Loeffler         18:13
8. Weems McFadden        18:19
9. David Mikulis         18:34
10. Luis Navarro         18:46
11. Michael Dusenbery    18:51
12. David Jun            18:54
13. Gregg Ford           19:14
14. John Chall           19:16
15. Greg Schuler         19:26
16. Bob Burns            19:39
17. Mike Hagan           19:46
18. Caroline Bauer       20:02
19. Sarah Lebro          20:03.3
20. Greg Nelson          20:03.7
21. Kevin Flynn          20:07
22. Leonard Supsic       20:45
23. Bill Stahr           20:49
24. Chad Burger          20:56
25. Jeffrey Ward         21:15
26. Alison Suckling      21:19.3
27. Bruce Worley         21:19.6
28. Michael Kroeker      21:39
29. Bill Andrews         21:43
30. Karen Young          22:00
31. Bromley Lowe         22:14
32. Scott Koenig         22:18
33. Mike Fleming         22:23
34. Marc Burger          22:32
35. Chris Farmer         22:40
36. Vicki Lang           22:46
37. Anders Chattin       22:53
38. Chris Chattin        22:54
39. Louis Tomsic         23:08
40. Marsha Demaree       23:15
41. Tammy Hermstein      23:19.0
42. Marc Hermstein       23:19.4
43. Brian Belk           23:36
44. Tim Lynch            23:37
45. Amanda An            23:41
46. Eric Johnston        23:50
47. Alan Murray          23:51
48. George Kroeker       23:52
49. Lisa Ngai            23:53
50. Charles Blum         24:21
51. Caitlin Hester       24:36
52. Rebekah Clearman     24:39
53. Ken Alms             24:49
54. Bill Arbelaez        24:51
55. Rachel Stanley       25:04
56. Ron Weber            25:08
57. James Koo            25:28.6
58. Joe Pavao            25:28.9
59. Howard Feinberg      25:43
60. Pat Brooks           26:03
61. Leonard Guralnick    26:10
62. Lorey Navarro        26:16
63. Faye Weaver          26:18
64. Debbie Sharp         26:22
65. Jon Palks            26:23
66. Karen Harvey         26:35
67. Linda Alms           26:41
68. Judith Weber         26:59
69. Roger Calvert        27:06
70. Emily Howe           27:13
71. Amir Hammad          27:18
72. Erin Dorrien         27:19.1
73. Alicia Brooks        27:19.6
74. Katie Cashin         27:20
75. Sari Chapman         27:33
76. Stephanie Crispell   28:01
77. Kirk Gordon          28:11
78. Adam Loudin          28:17
79. Jackson Pittman      28:19
80. Julie Phillips       29:19.5
81. Meredith Kefauver-Olson 29:19.7
82. Amanda Idstein       29:20
83. Stacy Doherty        29:23
84. Phyllis Rich         30:02
85. Lori Hatfield        30:24
86. Amanda Gorski        30:25.2
87. Rob Lehman           30:25.6
88. Barbara Brand        30:46
89. Mark Young           30:57
90. Monica Beck          31:01
91. Loretta Farb         31:22
92. Erica Bloomer        31:25
93. Kelli Shemabukuro    32:14
94. Stephanie Kandel     32:15
95. Jess Stein           32:16
96. Jackie Crispell      32:22
97. Tami Graf            32:29
98. Paula Stehle         33:01
99. Hector Rosado        33:26
100. Xiaolin Zheng       34:02
101. Bill Snelling       34:03
102. Margaret Barry      34:19
103. Dan Duplantier      34:31
104. Arleen Dineen       34:39
105. Jaquisha Kearson    34:43
106. No Card             34:57.1
107. Christine Merenda   34:57.4
108. Sarah Rigsbee       35:00
109. Cindy Wray          35:01
110. Keith Cleveland     36:23
111. David Cleveland     36:33
112. Barbara Calvert     39:16
113. Christine Dowd      47:17
114. Melinda Krummerich  47:18

 

Operation Iceberg Series #6

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Exactly 100 runners came out on a chamber of commerce Sunday afternoon to run the Howard County Striders weekly race at Thunder Hill Elementary. Rick Hughey and Vicki Lang won the two mile, Jeremy Rea and Sarah Lebro won the 10k, and Greg Hogan and Karen Young paced the 15k run.

Race Lead:  Paul Goldenberg

Volunteers:  Charlie Brown, Karsten Brown, Eric Johnston, Glenda Rodriguez, Hector Rosado, Glenn Scimonelli, Hafiz Shaikh, Julie Trapp, Judith Weber

2M
1. Rick Hughey          12:43
2. Braeden Rose         12:57
3. Bill Andrews         13:58
4. Vicki Lang           14:00
5. Ryan Moss            14:01
6. Shane McGovern       14:16
7. Alison Suckling      14:24
8. Adam Sachs           15:09
9. Chris Kirk           15:12
10. No Card             15:17.1
11. Alan Murray         15:17.8
12. Lee Wilk            15:26
13. Jared Belke         15:41
14. Alan Tominack       15:48
15. Charles Blum        16:03
16. Ryan Kirk           16:12
17. Dee Nelson          16:26
18. Karen Harvey        16:45
19. Leonard Guralnick   16:46
20. Kevin Rose          16:48
21. Mateo Pacheco       17:13
22. Faye Weaver         17:27
23. Lorey Navarro       17:28
24. Robin Mayhew        17:51
25. Robert Lande        19:42
26. Zoe Reading         19:43
27. Chris Reading       19:49
28. Christoph Shipley   20:03
29. Kara Blaine         20:32
30. Monica Beck         20:39
31. No Card             22:03.1
32. No Card             22:03.8
33. Melinda Krummerich  22:43
34. Steve Reading       23:14
35. Arleen Dineen       24:14
36. Barbara Calvert     25:26
37. Melissa Burger      25:33
38. Nora Blanco         31:21
39. Robert Blanco       31:22
10K
1. Jeremy Rea           38:45
2. Jay Sweet            39:47
3. Michael Dusenbery    40:59
4. Jeffrey Engorn       41:14
5. James Blackwood      41:28
6. Luis Navarro         41:52
7. Mick Slonaker        42:17
8. Sarah Lebro          44:01
9. Paul Eyes            44:48
10. Mark Worley         46:00
11. Rosendo Molina      46:20
12. Ben Becker          46:35
13. Leonard Supsic      46:37
14. David Horrocks      47:35
15. Chad Burger         47:42
16. Marc Burger         48:21
17. Bill Stahr          49:01
18. Tim Lynch           49:18
19. David Weber         51:03
20. No Card             52:34
21. Rebekah Clearman    53:47
22. Howard Feinberg     56:25
23. James Koo           56:26
24. Cathy Ronning       57:58
25. Roger Calvert       58:11
26. Linda Alms          58:21
27. Emily Howe        1:04:15
28. Pat Brooks        1:07:00
29. Amanda Gorski     1:13:08
30. Carina deCastro   1:19:57
31. Bill Snelling     1:21:14
32. Jessica Kluth     1:22:30
33. Gretchen Hergenroeder 1:30:00
15K
1. Greg Hogan           58:32
2. Luis Diaz          1:07:29
3. John Way           1:08:13
4. Jeffrey Ward       1:13:29
5. Marc Hermstein     1:14:59
6. Karen Young        1:16:25
7. Nick Levintow      1:17:11
8. Tim Techathyvanan  1:17:36
9. Mike Fleming       1:19:11
10. Evan Calvert      1:19:36
11. Dwight Mikulis    1:21:54
12. Greg Lepore       1:22:12
13. David Kaufman     1:24:25
14. Marsha Demaree    1:24:29
15. Rachel Stanley    1:25:33
16. Terry  Delprete   1:28:54
17. Ericka Hergenroeder 1:29:18
18. No Card           1:29:31
19. Keith Spillane    1:30:50
20. David Knell       1:31:21
21. Amelia Mullican   1:31:50
22. Annie Farber      1:32:19
23. Jay Wang          1:33:06
24. Marion Garcia     1:33:17
25. J J Kowal         1:33:59
26. Carla deCastro    1:36:59
27. Amanda Idstein    1:37:07
28. Ronald Schmidt    1:51:51

 

Operation Iceberg Series #5

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78 runners came out on a wet Sunday afternoon to run the Howard County Striders Winter series race at Swansfield Elementary on 3-6-11. Ryan Hermstein and Izabela Nemcheva won the 1 mile race; while Greg Hogan and Tammy Liu Hermstein won the 5k event.

Race Lead:  Donnie Chapman

Volunteers:  Hafiz Shaikh, Caroline tripp, Jeff Garstecki, John Bratiotis, Karen Harvey, Nicole Dawson, Alan Tominack, Marsha Demaree, Dave Weber, Brian Fleming, Julie Trapp, Robert Blanco

1M
1. Ryan Hermstein           5:35
2. John Way                 5:50
3. Bill Andrews             6:07
4. Alan Murray              6:27
5. Anders Chattin           6:32
6. Chris Chattin            6:33.1
7. Eric Johnston            6:33.8
8. Nathan Gears             6:48
9. Chris Kirk               6:52
10. Izabela Nemcheva        7:10.2
11. Jane Tripp              7:10.6
12. Kevin Hermstein         7:15
13. Eric Hermstein          7:21
14. Ryan Kirk               7:30
15. Dee Nelson              7:39
16. Carina Chattin          7:57
17. Mats Chattin            7:58
18. William Tripp           8:10
19. Jason Tripp             8:11
20. Kit Miller              8:16
21. Natalia Diaz            8:33
22. Brian Lawton            8:43
23. Tina Guan               9:37
24. Alex Ecklund            9:38
25. Kinsley Wargo           9:57
26. Stephen Sine           10:25
27. Diron Sine             10:26
28. Eileen Wilson          10:57
29. Alex Holtz             11:12
30. Carson Wargo           11:57
31. Steve Wargo            11:59
32. Barbara Calvert        12:11
5K
1. Greg Hogan              17:45
2. Dustin Sweeney          17:49
3. Karsten Brown           18:26
4. Mark Loeth              18:56
5. Daniel Rau              19:00
6. Charles Bowles          19:20
7. John Chall              19:22
8. Marc Hermstein          19:35
9. Michael Dusenbery       20:05
10. Gregg Ford             20:08
11. Rick Hughey            20:41
12. Luis Diaz              20:59
13. Jeremy Michelke        21:03
14. Paul Eyes              21:43
15. No Card                22:47
16. Tammy Liu Hermstein    22:59
17. Les Raymond            23:23
18. Mike Fleming           23:34
19. Evan Calvert           24:11
20. J. Rogers              24:19
21. Nick Levintow          24:25
22. Tim Techathuvanan      24:26
23. Dwight Mikulis         25:33
24. Rebekah Clearman       25:37
25. James Scarborough      25:41
26. Charles Blum           26:02
27. Emily Howe             27:19
28. Debbie Sharp           27:31
29. Roger Calvert          27:33.5
30. Garret McCormick       27:33.8
31. Ken McComb             27:46
32. Ronnie Wong            27:47
33. Leonard Guralnick      28:45
34. Robin Mayhew           29:02
35. Faye Weaver            30:05
36. Ruth Aurbach           31:11
37. Amanda Idstein         32:03
38. Amanda Gorski          32:36
39. Jeffrey Ward           32:37
40. Tiffany Loviano        34:39
41. Mischa Vallegotti      34:40
42. Melinda Krummerich     35:14
43. Bill Snelling          37:42
44. Doug Holtz             41:44
45. Becky Holtz            41:46

RRCA Club Challenge 10M

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2011 RRCA Club Challenge Overall Results

2011 RRCA Club Challenge Team Results

Last year Dave Berdan won the Annual 10 Mile Challenge in an amazingly fast time of 51:43. At this year’s race, Ryan McGrath, captain of the Falls Road Running team offered a bonus of $100 to his teammate Alexander Battaglino if he could better that time. Having every intention of collecting, Battaglino bolted from the start and immediately assumed a commanding lead. “He went out so fast that we thought he’d fade and we’d reel him in,” said Carlos Renjifo, captain of the Howard County Strider/Feet First racing team. Battaglino kept a relentless pace, however, and slowed down only slightly in the hilly section of the course around six miles. “I never looked back,” he said, “so I really didn’t know how far ahead I was.” He finished nearly two minutes ahead of Matt Barresi in second place. Battaglino clocked 51:34 – nine seconds ahead of Berdan’s time— so he earned his bonus.

Falls Road may have claimed the top finisher, but they placed only six in the top 20 finishers, while the home team from Howard County placed seven in the top 20. This was enough for the locals to win the men’s team trophy. The top 12 men scored, with the next 80 serving as “displacers”.

Howard County’s Kara Waters won the woman’s race in 1:01:55 by a margin similar to that of Battaglino. She ran the race as an independent last year, but signed on with the Striders this year and ran several minutes faster, mostly competing against the men. “There were some good hills,” Kara said about the course. Her time and margin of victory were all the more amazing since she had just finished the Rock ‘n Roll Marathon (Arizona) a month ago in 2:52:31. She plans to improve her time by doing some speedwork in the near future.

Kara’s valiant effort wasn’t enough for the Strider women, however, to beat back the women’s team from Falls Road. Lead by Denise Knickman, the Falls Road women collected the next five places behind Waters and swept to a resounding victory in the women’s team challenge. “It was the best race I’ve had in a while,” Knickman said. The top six women on a team scored.

The mixed or coed team victory was decided by a scoring system as complicated as the NFL’s tie-breaker rules. Fortunately, the scoring was handled by a computer, which eventually determined that the boys and girls of Falls Road had also won the mixed team championship. By dint of its two team victories, Falls Road also took the overall championship. They retained the ancient trophy, which dates to 1980. Battaglino and Waters also took home trophies for their individual victories, and the men’s, women’s, and mixed teams received trophies. But there were no more awards, since this was purely a team challenge race. All finishers did receive the trademark painter’s gloves.

The race was directed by Richard Bernstein, who received support from dozens of Howard County Strider volunteers and the Boy Scouts. The Howard County police not only provided traffic control, they also gave Battaglino a motorcycle escort all through his 10-mile jaunt. The Striders also wish to thank Steve Musselman and the Howard Community college, which served as the venue for the race and allowed use of its gymnasium for post-race ceremonies.

Ten complete teams from all over central Maryland and the District of Columbia competed in the 10 Mile Challenge, which is an official RRCA Championship race. The Challenge race also represents the first race in the Maryland RRCA Grand Prix Championship series. Although 800 signed up for the race, only 564 finished. The registration of the 800 individuals marked the largest field ever for the 10 Mile Challenge and the first time the event ever closed out.

by Jim Carbary

Operation Iceberg Series #4

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106 Runners came out on a pleasant winter day to run the Howard County Striders Operation Iceburg weekly series race at Burleigh Manor middle school on Sunday 2-20-11. Kevin Wegner and Marquel Bowler won the 2 mile race, while new dad Greg Hogan and Caroline Bauer paced the 5 miler.

Race Lead:  Dwight Mikulis

Volunteers:  Chris Farmer, Sari Chapman, Alan Tominack, Ron Weber, Judith Weber, Susan Montoya, John Bratiotis, Kim Damewood, Mike Damewood, Sharlene Deskins

2M
1. Kevin Wegner                11:07
2. Dave Berardi                11:13
3. Rick Hughey                 12:01
4. John Way                    12:24
5. Marquel Bowler              12:49
6. Jim Gross                   12:52
7. Bill Andrews                13:10
8. Vicki Lang                  13:20
9. Jim Carbary                 13:34
10. David Karlheim             14:13
11. Anders Chattin             14:18.2
12. Chris Chattin              14:18.8
13. Franco Dupuy               14:25
14. Alan Murray                14:26
15. Dawn Rudolph               14:35
16. Eric Johnston              14:41
17. Charles Blum               15:02
18. Kenny Walker               15:13
19. Simon DeBruin              15:16
20. Mike Elkonoh               15:26
21. Leonard Guralnick          15:33
22. Christine Josey            15:48
23. Roger Calvert              16:02
24. Paul Rabinovich            16:23
25. Debbie Sharp               16:39
26. Emily Elkonoh              16:48
27. Karen Harvey               16:54
28. Bill Wood                  16:55
29. Ann Goodwin                17:39
30. Yvonne DeBruin             17:44
31. Kit Miller                 18:36
32. Cienna Moss                18:56
33. Mats Chattin               19:05.1
34. Carina Chattin             19:05.8
35. Caroline Manas             19:10
36. Tim Rich                   19:18
37. Brian Lawton               19:34
38. Anne Gugel                 19:45
39. Nancy Burger               20:37
40. Steve Reading              20:59
41. Amanda Gorski              21:32
42. Karen Feinberg             22:05
43. Barbara Calvert            24:22
44. Georgia Martin             26:17
45. Amanda Higgins             26:18
46. Sam Martin                 30:38.2
47. Chris Martin               30:38.7
5M
1. Greg Hogan                  29:24
2. Brian Fleming               29:50
3. Jeremy Rea                  30:07
4. Victor Cretella             30:16
5. Mark Thomas                 30:33
6. Luis Navarro                30:46
7. Dustin Sweeney              31:09.1
8. Charles Bowles              31:09.8
9. James Blackwood             31:17
10. Weems McFadden             31:23
11. David Goldberg             31:53
12. John Chall                 32:03
13. Marc Hermstein             32:39
14. Gregg Ford                 32:52
15. Greg Schuler               33:13
16. Mike Dusenbery             33:24
17. Chris Toleman              33:43
18. Steve Bohse                33:48
19. Sean Costello              33:51
20. Chad Burger                35:08
21. Ben Becker                 35:10
22. Robert Blanco              35:16
23. Paul Eyes                  35:26
24. Caroline Bauer             35:27.2
25. Max Power                  35:27.8
26. Steve Wright               35:28
27. Jeffrey Ward               37:28
28. Bromley Lowe               38:15
29. Tiara Padran               38:26
30. Mike Fleming               38:46
31. Evan Calvert               39:10
32. Scott Koenig               40:14
33. Jim Rogers                 40:37
34. Marc Burger                40:58
35. Tim Techathurnan           41:05
36. Amanda An                  42:35
37. Kwang Soo Jeon             42:50
38. Dave Sames                 42:51
39. Rachel Stanley             43:16
40. Adam Kulikowski            43:30
41. Pat Rooney                 43:32
42. James Koo                  44:01
43. David Kaufman              44:02
44. Jim Bitgood                44:28
45. Pat Brooks                 46:33
46. Adam Mueller               47:41
47. J.J. Kowal                 48:04
48. Howard Feinberg            48:20
49. Carla deCastro             48:59
50. Kevin Spaulding            49:07
51. Terry Storms               49:20
52. Soo Jeon                   49:29
53. Faye Weaver                49:30
54. Miyeon Jeon                49:46
55. Lori Hatfield              51:16
56. Carina deCastro            57:01
57. Jose Camacho               57:02
58. Rebekah Clearman         1:01:37
59. Donna Clearman           1:01:38

 

Operation Iceberg Series #3

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121 runners came out on a very comfortable February afternoon to run the Howard County Striders weekly race at Longfellow Elementary. Remus Medley and Marquel Bowler won the 2 mile race. Dustin Sweeney and Sarah Lebro won the 10k race. Karsten Brown and Karen Young paced the 15k race.

Race Lead:  Brian Fleming

Volunteers:  Robert Blanco, Marc Burger, Melissa Burger, Mike Fleming, Glenn Scimonelli, Julie Trapp, Jocelyn Wright, Steven Wright

2M
1. Remus Medley          	11:15
2. Ted Poulos                   11:32
3. Maurice Pointer              11:40
4. John Way                     13:04
5. Michael Hagan                13:25
6. Marquel Bowler               13:57
7. Vicki Lang                   14:12
8. Bill Andrews                 14:22
9. Anders Chattin               14:31.1
10. Chris Chattin               14:31.6
11. Jim Carbary                 14:36
12. Chris Reading               15:03
13. Ronnie Wong                 15:11
14. Alan Murray                 15:52
15. Eric Johnston               16:12
16. Alex Davis                  16:47
17. Simon DeBruin               16:56
18. Charles Blum                16:58
19. Christine Josey             17:14
20. Cynthia Evans               17:18
21. Dee Nelson                  17:20
22. Roger Calvert               17:34
23. Ann Goodwin                 18:15
24. Debbie Sharp                18:32
25. Bill Brandenstein           18:37
26. Faye Weaver                 18:48
27. Karen Harvey                19:10
28. Carina Chattin              19:11
29. Mats Chattin                19:13
30. Yvonne DeBruin              19:26
31. Ken Reading                 19:54
32. John Wheatland              20:13
33. Robert Gurtler              20:39
34. Pat Brooks                  20:48
35. Brian Lawton                20:55
36. Tim Rich                    21:24
37. Jose Camacho                21:37
38. Tabatha Kanney              21:39.1
39. Kathleen Hrinkevich         21:39.7
40. Melinda Krummerich          21:57
41. Dwight Bowler               22:18
42. Steve Reading               22:54
43. John Quigley                23:14
44. Thomas Goubeaux           	24:12.2
45. Katie McDonough             24:12.5
46. Tim Ramsey                  24:42
47. Jane McDonough             	24:49
48. Barbara Calvert             25:09
49. William Quigley             25:49
50. Diane Quigley               26:13
51. Jess Stern                  31:52
52. Beth Dunbar                 32:04
53. Roxanne Hughes-Wheatland  	34:36
10K
1. Dustin Sweeney           	39:32
2. John Chall                   40:00
3. Marc Hermstein               40:35
4. Gregg Ford                   41:27
5. David Jun                    42:06
6. Greg Schuler                 43:44
7. Bill Stahr                   44:23
8. Rick Hughey                  44:28
9. James Blackwood             	44:52
10. Luis Diaz                   44:55
11. Sarah Lebro                 45:04
12. Paul Eyes                   45:21
13. Ben Becker                  48:23
14. Chris Farmer                49:50
15. Frank Quigley               50:23
16. Bob Alexander               54:43
17. James Koo                   55:14
18. Rachel Stanley              55:18
19. Amanda An                   55:22
20. Jim Tyrrell                 55:32
21. Gaby Mazzola                56:31
22. David Kaufman               57:06
23. Hayley  Hontos              57:16
24. Len Guralnick               57:57
25. Dan Dunham                  59:53
26. Lora Shell                  1:02:24
27. Virginia Sine               1:02:43
28. Diron Sine                  1:02:46
29. Bob Johnson                 1:03:19
30. Christine Johnson          	1:07:46
31. Amanda Gorski             	1:08:19
32. Jill Dunham                 1:08:41
33. John French                 1:12:00
15K
1. Karsten Brown             	55:21
2. Greg Hogan                   58:49
3. Phil Lang                    59:26
4. Mark Thomas                  59:47
5. Charles Bowles               1:00:34
6. David Phipps                 1:02:31
7. Joerg Schroeder              1:02:51
8. Joseph Haber                 1:03:02
9. David Goldberg               1:05:34
10. Steve Bohse                 1:05:46
11. Steve Meininger             1:06:14
12. Chris Perrault              1:06:45
13. Hugh Harris                 1:07:13
14. Michael Dusenbery         	1:07:59
15. Greg  Lepore                1:08:19
16. Xinhua Xu                   1:08:58
17. Hafiz  Shaikh               1:10:20
18. Chris Teleman               1:10:44
19. Chad Burger                 1:12:23
20. Jeffrey Ward                1:13:22
21. Karen Young                 1:13:59
22. Tiara Padron                1:14:49
23. Matt Webster                1:14:58
24. Kirk Gordon                 1:19:28
25. James Moreland              1:19:51
26. James Scarborough         	1:22:00
27. Jen Medillin                1:22:51
28. Marsha Demaree             	1:24:20
29. Christopher Puin            1:26:04
30. Jim Bitgood                 1:27:09
31. Jen Evans                   1:30:19
32. Wendy Turner                1:30:20
33. Norma Walker                1:32:16
34. Amelia Mullican             1:32:18
35. Amanda Idstein              1:50:14

 

Penguin Pace 5K

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2011 Penguin Pace Overall Results

2011 Penguin Pace Awards

There was no snowstorm to foil this year’s Penguin Pace 5k, but there was just enough ice to make the race interesting. Winner Mark Buschman (17:21) had little trouble beating the men’s field, including Ultra-Runner of 2010 Karsten Brown, whom he dispatched after the first mile, but he did actually have to slow down a little to keep his footing. In the last mile, he was watching the outgoing runners coming toward him and missed a patch of ice on the right side of the road. “I slowed down a little,” Mark said. But he didn’t slow down enough for Karsten to catch him.

In the women’s race, Robyn Humphrey (20:37) really did slow down when the course turned right onto Hesperus from Longfellow, where a big patch of ice had not yet succumbed to the salt thrown on it. “Then it was mine, mine, mine,” she enthused about the remainder of the race. Robyn wasn’t racing the women, though, as much as the men, and confessed she was really trying to beat grandmaster John Chall. She didn’t, but John conferred his own slogan after taking third place among the 50-59 men: “It was slow down or fall down.”

The Great Snowstorm of ’10 dumped a foot of snow of the course last year, and the Penguin Pace was cancelled, but this year the course was snow-free and ice-free– except for a couple places. Course volunteers liberally salted these spots and warned approaching runners, so no one fell down or anything. The course was pretty hilly, too. Neither the ice nor the hills prevented at least one person from setting a personal 5k record. A new-runner of the year for 2010 from the Howard Country Striders for 2011, Donna Wecker not only set a personal record (21:19), she also finished second among the 40-49 women and she wasn’t wearing racing shoes, either!).

Paul Goldenberg served as the effective race director for the Penguin Pace 5k, which draws its inspiration and its name from the Runner’s World articles of John Bingham. The event raises funds for the Florence Bain Senior Center in Columbia, MD. Overall winners Buschman and Humphrey received gift certificates from Road Runner Sports, as well as the signature knit caps stating “I placed at Penguin Pace 2011.” Age group winners just received the caps. The Howard County Striders provided race management, results, and course volunteers for the race. Afterwards, runners and volunteers gathered at the Bain Center for a sumptuous brunch catered by the Elkridge Furnace Inn. 377 finished the race.

Operation Iceberg Series #2

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A record 114 runners came out on a bitterly cold Sunday afternoon to run the Howard County Striders Weekly Series 5k race at Burleigh Manor middle school. Adam Wytko led the men while Caroline Bauer paced the women runners.

Race Lead:  Marsha Demaree

Volunteers:  John Bratiotis, Chad Burger, Michael Dusenbery, Chris Farmer, Tasha Hogan, Denise Hyde, Eric Johnston, Dwight Mikulis, Glenda Rodriguez, Debbie Sharp, Alan Tominack, Julie Trapp

5K
1. Adam Wytko                           16:48
2. Mark Buschman                        17:04
3. Karsten Brown                        17:07
4. Jason Tripp                          17:23
5. Jeremy Rea                           17:28
6. Greg Hogan                           17:30
7. Ted Poulos				17:49
8. James Blackwood                      17:57
9. Pekka Stenholm                       18:06
10. Silas Hagerty                       18:13
11. David Phipps                        18:20
12. Joseph Haber                        18:27
13. Weems McFadden                      18:28
14. Patrick Maynard                     18:38
15. David Goldberg                      18:44
16. John Chall                          18:49
17. Luis Diaz                           19:23
18. Gregg Ford                          19:26
19. Wayne Cottrell                      19:30
20. John Way                            19:45
21. Bryan Drake                         19:49
22. Steve Meininger                     20:04
23. Stephen Porter                      20:06
24. Rick Hughey                         20:13
25. Caroline Bauer                      20:15
26. Xinhua Xu                           20:18
27. Hafiz Shaikh                        20:22
28. Perla Rodriguez                     20:38
29. Robert Blanco                       20:41
30. Greg Lepore                         20:48
31. Steve Wright                        20:49
32. Bill Stahr                          21:07
33. Marquel Bowler                      21:11
34. Bill Farrell                        21:28
35. Bjorn Moreau                        21:32
36. Joe Linsenmeyer                     21:33
37. Paul Eyes                           21:46
38. Bill Andrews                        22:09
39. Jim Carbary                         22:17
40. Tiara Padron                        22:27
41. Karen Young                         22:44
42. Mike Fleming                        22:52
43. Nick Levintow                       22:54
44. Marc Burger                         23:05
45. Alan Murray                         23:44.1
46. Katie Millet                        23:44.4
47. Kevin Quail                         23:44.7
48. Lindsay Cronin                      23:45
49. Dave Weber                          24:03
50. Mike Elkonoh                        24:17
51. James Scarborough                   24:24
52. Amanda An                           24:36
53. Brian Crabtree                      24:39
54. James Koo                           24:46
55. Dave Sames                          25:05
56. Kwang Soo Jeon                      25:17
57. Jayme White                         25:20
58. Simon DeBruin                       25:28
59. Sarah Haldeman                      25:29
60. Dee Nelson                          25:32
61. Maddie Bell                         25:48
62. Tim Kvech                           26:02
63. Shaleen Nier                        26:04.0
64. Amber Koroscil                      26:04.7
65. Amelia Mullican                     26:24
66. Miyeon Jeon                         26:27
67. Roger Calvert                       26:31
68. Rae Margvant                        26:34.7
69. Ann Goodwin                         26:34.9
70. Caroline Jova                       26:42
71. Charles Blum                        26:50
72. Jim Bitgood                         26:59
73. Karen Harvey                       	27:01
74. Jack McMahon                    	27:12
75. Jesse Reeves                      	27:19
76. Howard Feinberg                  	27:23
77. Ben Shaw                           	27:30
78. Lisa Maco                           27:34
79. Karim Glkorang                   	27:48.3
80. Mary Keegin                       	27:48.7
81. Sharlene Deskins                	27:53
82. Kevin Spaulding                  	28:43
83. Christine Johnson               	28:52
84. Bob Sommerville                 	28:55
85. Emily Elkonoh                    	29:04
86. Ryan Kirk                           29:16.3
87. Chris Kirk                          29:16.8
88. Jodi Trautman-Phelps          	29:41
89. Lorey Navarro                     	30:10
90. Chris Brahim                      	30:25
91. Amanda Idstein                  	30:44
92. Barbara Flynn                     	30:47
93. Lori Hatfield                       30:53
94. William Tripp                       31:05
95. Lauren Keene                      	31:19
96. Andrew Launder                   	31:25.4
97. Kara Laing                          31:25.8
98. Chris Caravoulias                	31:35
99. Robert Gurtler                     	31:48
100. Terry Storms                    	33:52.0
101. Kathleen Hrinkevich          	33:52.3
102. Amy Korman                    	35:43.6
103. Trisha Mclean                   	35:43.8
104. Melinda Krummerich         	35:48
105. Lee Jeon                          	36:00
106. Jeff Ward                          36:01
107. Amanda Gorski                 	36:02
108. Suzanne Ludicke               	36:32
109. Arleen Dineen                    	36:51
110. Tim Ramsey                       	38:08
111. Hector Rosado                   	38:27
112. Liz Stroud                         39:38
113. Jennifer Jun                       40:45
114. Melissa Burger                  	41:26

 

Operation Iceberg Series #1

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95 runners came out on a sunny but cold winter day to participate in the first Howard County Striders weekly series race of 2011. Michael Wegner and Vicki Lang won the 2 mile race, while Karsten Brown and Marsha Demaree paced the 6 miler.

Race Lead:  Chad Burger

Volunteers:  Melissa Burger, Sari Chapman, Len Guralnick, Tasha Hogan, Brian Lawton, Kit Miller, Erin Rickard, Julie Trapp, Faye Weaver

2M
1. Michael Wegner		10:22
2. Luis Navarro            	11:36
3. Mark Loeffler                12:23
4. Kevin Wegner                 12:45
5. Bryan Drake                  12:51
6. Rick Hughey                  12:59
7. Bill Andrews                 14:26
8. Vicki Lang                   14:34
9. John Elliott                 14:42
10. James Carbary               15:05
11. Eric Johnston               15:06
12. Chris Reading               15:33
13. Alan Murray                 15:35
14. Marc Burger    		15:45
15. Mike Elkonoh                16:02
16. Simon DeBruin               16:24
17. Alex Davis                  16:52
18. Dee Nelson                  16:56
19. David Rapavi                17:02
20. Alan Tominack               17:11
21. Debbie Sharp                17:16
22. Ann Goodwin                 17:19
23. Karen Harvey                17:30
24. Yvonne DeBruin              18:23
25. Emily Elkonoh               18:26
26. No Card  			18:39
27. Ed Beach                    18:41.1
28. No Card                     18:41.5
29. Christine Johnson           18:59
30. Kevin Murray                19:39
31. Lori Hatfield               19:55
32. Lorey Navarro               20:00
33. Jose Camacho                20:21
34. Christina Caravoulias       20:58
35. Lee Jeon                    21:36
36. Denise Hyde                 21:43
37. Jennifer Elkonoh            22:04
38. Caleb Haber                 22:13
39. Steve Reading               22:41
40. Cynthia Wark                23:02
41. Hector Rosado               23:08
42. Tim Ramsey                  23:10
43. Sarah Beach                 23:20
44. Mike Malamphy               23:33
45. Kathleen Hrinkevich         23:39
46. Amanda Gorski               23:44
47. Amy Korman                  24:04
48. Suzanne Ludicke             24:45
49. Georgia Martin              25:06
50. Randi Malamphy              25:17
51. Ming Nelson                 29:24
52. Robert Nelson               29:27
53. Brian Tresp                 29:49
54. Sam Martin                  33:00
55. Amanda Higgins              33:00
56. Hannah Haber                39:30
6M
1. Karsten Brown		35:56
2. Greg Hogan                   36:22
3. James Blackwood              37:19.5
4. Paul Gillham                 37:19.6
5. Graham Barker-King           38:18
6. David Phipps                 38:30
7. John Chall                   39:08
8. David Goldberg               39:33
9. Joe Haber                    39:41.2
10. David Jun                   39:41.5
11. Steve Bohse                 39:44
12. Gregg Ford                  40:06
13. Michael Dusenbery           40:11
14. John Way                    41:11
15. Steve Meininger             41:33
16. Yasuo Oda                   41:43
17. Bobby Gessler               41:48
18. Hafiz Shaikh                43:14
19. Robert Blanco               43:47
20. Steve Wright                45:55
21. Jeffrey Ward                46:42
22. Mike Fleming                48:04
23. Michael Mbugi               48:40
24. Bromley Lowe                49:57
25. Marsha Demaree              50:08
26. Dave Weber                  50:28
27. James Koo                   53:06
28. Kwang Soo Jeon              55:15
29. Steve Alpin                 55:26
30. Chris Martin                56:10
31. Miyeon Jeon                 56:53
32. Amelia Mullican             56:56
33. Emily Howe                  57:00
34. Kevin Spaulding             58:39
35. Eric Katkow                 59:56
36. Amanda Idstein              1:05:28
37. Betsy Moon                  1:12:06.4
38. Ashley LeFave               1:12:06.6
39. Becky Somerville            1:12:06.9