Vernal Velocity Series #2

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83 runners came out on a cloudy, breezy, but humid afternoon to the Howard County Strider Weekly series race at Jeffers Hill neighborhood center. Stephen Olenick and Brianna Walker won the two mile race. Peter Sloan and Rakel Tryggvadottir won the 10k. Karsten Brown and Tasha Hogan won the 15k race.

Race Lead:  Pat Wilkerson

Volunteers:  Nora Blanco, Reidar Blanco, Robert Blanco, Melissa Burger, Mike Fleming, Denise Hyde, Eric Johnston, Greg Lepore, Weems McFadden, Doug Sullivan, Alan Tominack, Faye Weaver, Michelle Weaver

 

2M
1. Stephen Olenick       11:16
2. Thomas Orzechowski    11:45
3. LeRoy Wenstrom        12:06
4. Michael Dusenbery     13:06
5. Paul Eyes             13:16
6. Al Salerno            13:30
7. David Jun             13:51
8. Mark Worley           14:00
9. James Blackwood       14:47
10. Luis Diaz            14:47
11. John Tokar           14:56
12. Alan Murray          15:10
13. Steve Dyer           15:30
14. Brianna Walker       15:37
15. Michael Martyn       16:04
16. Karen Harvey         16:49
17. Roger Calvert        17:14
18. David Guralnick      17:27:05
19. Len Guralnick        17:27:41
20. Bruce Shaffer        17:45
21. Sarah Tokar          18:52
22. John Wheatland       19:25
23. Elizabeth Koncki     19:42
24. Amy Korman           19:50
25. Natalia Diaz         20:10:03
26. Erin Rickard         20:10:36
27. Natalie Beach        20:43
28. Ed Beach             20:44
29. John Neal            21:18
30. Jen Blanco           21:22
31. Bryant Smith         21:33
32. Helena Solana        21:45:12
33. Pam West             21:45:72
34. John Worley          21:53
35. Brian Lawton         22:09
36. Sarah Beach          22:22
37. Trisha McLean        22:31
38. Ferne Kroeker        22:40
39. Jean Evansmore       23:15
40. Barbara Calvert      23:45
41. Melinda Krummerich   23:59
42. April Orlofsky       24:30
10K
1. Peter Sloan           40:53
2. John Chall            40:55
3. Scott Gierasch        44:13
4. Pete Poling           45:02
5. George Kroeker        45:09
6. Yasuo Oda             46:13
7. Rakel Tryggvadottir   46:20
8. Marc Burger           48:07
9. Jim Carbary           48:24
10. Kelly Hetzler        50:03
11. Dave Weber           50:30
12. Mike Yapp            51:33
13. Dave Hogue           53:08
14. John Palks           53:21
15. James Koo            54:25
16. Alan Borst           57:27
17. Bill O'Hare          58:49
18. Amelia Mullican      58:59
19. Nathan Gears         59:35
20. Lori Hatfield      1:04:39
21. Phyllis Rich       1:04:41
22. Jack Edwards       1:06:57
23. Loni Borst         1:11:31
24. Sarah Moreau       1:16:35
15K
1. Karsten Brown         56:52
2. Charles Bowles        58:06
3. Greg Hogan          1:02:20
4. Mike Hagan          1:04:16
5. Greg Schuler        1:04:29
6. Matt Crysler        1:06:13
7. Tasha Hogan         1:12:16
8. Chad Burger         1:13:11
9. Ken Sevik           1:14:19
10. Rick Smith         1:14:26
11. John Way           1:15:35
12. Chris Farmer       1:18:31
13. Bjorn Moreau       1:19:51
14. Christopher Puin   1:24:24
15. Kirk Gordon        1:25:42
16. Howard Feinberg    1:25:57
17. Kelly Dixon        1:26:32

Clyde’s 10K

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2010 Clyde’s 10K Results

2010 Clyde’s 10k Awards

Carlos Renjifo, captain of the Howard County Striders/Feet First racing team, had a unique strategy for running the 32th Annual Clyde’s 10k. He reckoned that if he started off fast enough, he could get so far ahead all the other runners would forget about him. “Out of sight, out of mind,” he explained. So he bolted through the first (uphill) mile in a mere 5:07 and took the early lead in the race. “That was probably a little faster than wanted to go.” By the second mile, Carlos had a substantial lead of 20 seconds on the second place runner and about all the trailing runners could actually do was forget about Carlos. Renjifo won going away in 32:49

The Striders’ top female runner, Tasha Hogan, might have had a similar strategy in mind, but she ran afoul of Kara Walters. The two raced up the first long hill on Little Patuxent Parkway, going through the mile in 6:15. “That was too fast for me!” Tasha admitted. Walters cruised through the remainder of the race, hardly slowing down on that long hill on Route 108 and finishing in 38:37. But Hogan’s effort of 39:34 was good enough to set a “major PR.” “I may not have won,” Tasha said, “but I was ahead of that little girl.”

The little girl was Avery Cunningham, an 11-year-old strong enough and fast enough to challenge the adult women. She ran the race last year and placed fifth among females, and this year she finished fourth in 41:14. Sponsored by the Annapolis Running Store, Avery wore a shirt emblazoned with “Run your ARS off.”

Running only 20 miles a week, Strider Robyn Humphrey somehow managed to win the female masters competition in 41:22, which was about the same as she ran last year. “Yeah, but the little girl beat me this year,” Robyn lamented. Avery did not beat the first master male, however. Strider Mike Colaiacovo, who won Clyde’s 10k in 2005, turned in the best performance among the over-40s with a 34:22

The overall winners received really big athletic bags, but age group winners won possibly the most unique awards in the history of running: collapsible beach mats. Each red or blue mat came with an embedded pillow and a carry case with the Clyde’s logo. “We’ll have to go to the beach now,” said Brian Fleming (2nd, 25-29M).

All finishers and volunteers enjoyed the sumptuous post-race brunch that Clyde’s has made a signature of the race. This year’s fare included veggie goulash, bean soup, either sausage or chicken pasta, yogurt and granola, and fresh California strawberries. Liquid refreshments included Amstel Light or Heinicken and various Coca-Cola products.

Dennis Albright directed the race, which is staged each Spring by the Howard County Striders and Clyde’s of Columbia. The race drew a field of 1292 finishers this year.

by Jim Carbary

Vernal Velocity Series #1

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73 runners came out on a sunny spring day to run the 1st weekly series race of the spring at Atholton High School. 5k winners were Karsten Brown for the men and Erin Rickard for the women.

by Marc Burger

Race Lead:  Brian Fleming

Volunteers:  Mike Fleming, Chris Farmer, Denise Hyde, Marsha Demaree, Eric Schuler, Eric Johnston, Michael Dusenbery, Alan Tominack, Robert Blanco, Nora Blanco

5K
1. Karsten Brown            16:24
2. Chris Chattin            17:23
3. Javier Rios              17:37
4. Stephen Olenick          17:52
5. Brian Keane              19:00
6. Peter Sloan              19:18
7. Greg Schuler             19:23
8. LeRoy Wenstrom           19:34
9. Jason McCaul             19:44
10. Bob Burns               20:00
11. Steve Bohse             20:12
12. Matt Crysler            20:50
13. John Chall              21:15
14. James Blackwood         21:19
15. Bill Farrell            21:26
16. Chad Burger             21:28
17. Paul Eyes               21:36
18. Donnie Chapman          21:40
19. Marc Burger             21:59
20. John Way                22:04
21. Lee Wilk                22:11
22. Scott Oaksmith          22:16
23. Derek Olsen             22:19
24. Bromley Lowe            22:50
25. Ed Silverman            23:03
26. John Tokar              23:35
27. Ronnie Wong             23:38
28. Bryce Kosicky           23:43
29. Alan Murray             23:58
30. Ben Stein               24:14
31. Jon Palks               24:21
32. Christopher Puin        24:35
33. Mike Martyn             24:45
34. Anders Chattin          24:53
35. Peter Blank             25:09
36. Erin Rickard            25:29
37. James Koo               26:09
38. Brianna Walker          26:16
39. Roger Calvert           26:19
40. Kelly Dixon             26:57
41. Ken Spaulding           27:23
42. Steve Sprecher          27:25
43. Len Guralnick           27:26
44. Nathan Gears            27:29
45. Dwight Mikulis          27:31
46. Jim Keane               27:38
47. John Rosicky            27:57
48. David Jun               28:05
49. Ralph Urgolites         28:06
50. Karen Harvey            28:17
51. Tonya Harrison          28:24
52. Amelia Mullican         28:54
53. Adam Suchs              29:02
54. Pat Brooks              29:10
55. Stephen McGovern        29:11
56. Kirk Gordon             29:27
57. Faye Weaver             29:41
58. Ann Goodwin             29:45
59. Carina Chattin          30:00
60. Kit Miller              30:13
61. Tabitha Kanney          30:31
62. Sharlene Deskins        30:43
63. Vijay Nallu             30:51
64. Sarah Tokar             31:18
65. John Neal               34:02
66. Helena Solana           34:05
67. Brian Lawton            35:10
68. Lauren Loeffler         35:16
69. Paula Shepherd          35:18
70. Steve Reading           35:57
71. Barbara Calvert         38:39
72. Melinda Krummerich      40:47
73. Melissa Burger          41:33

 

Operation Iceberg Series Awards

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Burleigh Manor Middle School

2M
1. Michael Wegner          9:55
2. Thomas Orzechowski     11:25
3. LeRoy Wenstrom         11:32
4. Kevin Wegner           11:50
5. Michael Dusenbery      11:59
6. Rob Genzel             12:08
7. Patrick Rotolo         12:12
8. Aldo Salerno           12:33
9. Greg Lepore            12:39
10. Liam Woo              12:43.2
11. Alison Suckling       12:43.5
12. Mark Romiti           12:55
13. Ryan Moss             13:01
14. Andrew Rotolo         13:07
15. Peter Janda           13:17
16. Catherine Lewis       13:25
17. Lee Wilk              13:42
18. Shane McGovern        13:54
19. Kathleen Wegner       14:19
20. Paul Wegner           14:34
21. Anders Chattin        15:29
22. Kate Reynolds         15:32
23. Roger Calvert         15:35
24. Kelly Dixon           16:17
25. Erin Rickard          16:46.5
26. James Blackwood       16:46.9
27. Terry Storms          16:57
28. Carina Chattin        17:00
29. Adam McNeil           17:20
30. Murphy Freal          17:27
31. Zoe Reading           17:30
32. Mats Chattin          17:31
33. Chris Chattin         17:37
34. Chris Reading         17:38
35. Mimi Gears            18:02
36. Natalia Diaz          18:19
37. Beth Blank            18:22
38. Peter Blank           18:23
39. John Wheatland        18:51
40. Kirk Gordon           18:55
41. Kit Miller            19:25
42. Bryant Smith          21:07
43. Lee Lowe              21:15
44. Bradley Lowe          21:16
45. Steve Reading         21:27
46. Joe Broderick         21:32
47. Michael McNeil        21:45
48. Tim Ramsey            22:01
49. Tevia McNeil          22:11
50. Sarah Moreau          22:44
51. Barbara Calvert       22:50
52. Melinda Krummerich    25:30
5M
1. Adam Wytko             30:42
2. Greg Hogan             31:41
3. John Chall             32:44
4. Greg Schuler           33:54
5. Steve Bohse            33:56
6. Richard Reinhardt      35.24
7. Kyle Clifford          35:27
8. Luis Diaz              35:45
9. Ed Reynolds            35:56
10. Isaac Mativo          36:59
11. Bill Stahr            37:22
12. Terri Wytko           38:02
13. Chad Burger           38:09
14. John Way              38:18
15. Ronnie Wong           38:46
16. Robert Blanco         38:51
17. Ken Sevik             39:10
18. Karen Young           39:29
19. Chris Farmer          39:58
20. Mike Fleming          41:11
21. Marc Burger           42:00
22. Bjorn Moreau          42:11
23. Jon Palks             42:12
24. Mike Elkonoh          43:08
25. Alan Murray           44:10
26. Vladi Basch           45:51
27. James Koo             45:54
28. Christoper Puin       46:38
29. Nathan Gears          47:17
30. Pat Brooks            47:29
31. Kevin Spaulding       47:59
32. Ann Goodwin           48:33
33. Faye Weaver           48:45
34. Eric Katkow           49:06
35. Stephen McGovern      49:07
36. Brianna Walker        49:23
37. Leonard Kioko         53:42
38. Phyllis Rich          54:17.06
39. Lori Hatfield         54:17.87
40. Vijay Nallu           55:43
41. Bernadette Flynn      56:28
42. Debi Collins          1:06:47
43. Jessica Hartranft     1:06:49
44. Bev Byron             1:08:20
45. Trisha McLean         1:08:22
46. Helena Solana         1:08:22
47. Debbie Tapper         1:17:30
48. Shuntae Royster       1:25:59.5
49. Kathleen Hrinkevich   1:25:59.9
50. Ava VanSickler        1:26:00
51. Sara Prymas           1:26:01
52. Tara Terry            1:26:02

Operation Iceberg Series #7

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For the final race of the Operation Iceberg 2010 series ninety six runners showed up to Thunderhill elementary school to participate in one of three races (2 Mile, 10K, and 15K). Conditions were cool and overcast. The winners of the two mile race were James Blackwood at 11:34 and Heather Ferron at 13:58. For the 10K, Andrew Towne at 37:02 and Tasha Hogan at 41:18 won. The winners of the 15K were Adam Wytko at 56:07 [Ed: new course record] and Halsey Sinclair at 1:04:28.

by Chad Burger

Race Lead:  Paul Goldenberg

Volunteers:  Karston Brown, Marc Burger, Eric Johnston, Brian Lawton, Kit Miller, Julie Trapp, Alan Tominack

 

2M
1. James Blackwood 		11:34
2. Thomas Orzechowski       	12:09
3. Hafiz Shaikh 		12:34
4. Michael Dusenbery 	        12:46
5. Robert Blanco 		12:51
6. Greg Lepore 			13:29
7. Marshall Demaree 	        13:48
8. Chad Burger 			13:56
9. Heather Ferron 		13:58
10. Bromley Lowe 		14:15
11. Ryan Moss 			14:16
12. Peter Janda 		14:17
13. Alan Murray 		14:54
14. Katie Gessler 		14:59
15. Dawn Rudolph 		15:11
16. Jim Gross 			15:12
17. Dee Nelson 			16:32
18. Anders Chattin 		16:36
19. Erin Rickard 		16:50
20. Javier Ramos 		16:51
21. Bill Wood 			17:08
22. Roger Calvert 		17:12
23. Dave Lyon 			18:46
24. Vijay Nallu 		18:58
25. Bryan Tapper 		19:21
26. Emily Elkonoh 		20:01
27. John Wheatland 		20:16
28. Audrick Brown 		20:39
29. Carina Chattin 		21:37.3
30. Mats Chattin 		21:37.8
31. Kathy Lyon 			22:27
32. Michelle Rockwell 	        22:29
33. Jack Elkonoh 		23:43
34. Jennifer Elkonoh 	        23:45
35. Barbara Calvert 	        24:27
36. Tim Ramsey 			24:44
37. Judy Feeney 		25:21
38. Melissa Burger 		25:26
39. Bebby Tapper 		27:48
40. Mary Erickson 		30:22
41. Ben Feeney 			DNF
10K
1. Andrew Towne 		37:02
2. Paul Chasen 			37:10
3. Thaddeus Arnold 		39:35
4. John Chall 			40:22
5. Tasha Hogan 			41:18
6. Bobby Gessler 		43:19
7. U'tonna Sherrod 		44:21
8. Kyle Clifford 		45:03
9. Delnora Erickson 	        45:59
10. Ed Reynolds 		46:37
11. Kevin Tapper 		49:21
12. Mike Fleming 		49:40
13. Mike Elkonoh 		51:56
14. Jon Palks 			53:11
15. Lorraine Seelaus 	        53:49
16. Pamela Jock 		54:15.5
17. Christine Berndt 	        54:15.7
18. Brianna Walker 		55:50
19. Howard Feinberg 	        57:50
20. Scott Feeney 		1:01:31
21. Ann Goodwin 		1:02:39
22. Faye Weaver 		1:02:44
23. Stephen McGovern 	        1:02:55
24. Curtis Zimmerman 	        1:03:18
25. Kris Zimmerman 		1:03:19
26. Shannon Erickson 	        1:11:39
27. Shuntae Royster 	        1:24:52
28. Melinda Krummerich 	        1:26:38
29. Karen Harvey 		1:30:27 **
30. Karen Denmark 		DNF
15K
1. Adam Wytko 			56:07
2. Greg Hogan 			59:17
3. Weems McFadden 		1:00:32
4. Luis Diaz 			1:04:18
5. Halsey Sinclair 		1:04:28
6. Donnie Chapman 		1:05:33
7. Richard Reinhardt 	        1:08:51
8. John Way 			1:09:21
9. Rick Smith 			1:12:16
10. Terri Wytko 		1:12:31
11. Patrick Rotolo 		1:16:46 *
12. Ashlyn Sinclair 	        1:17:05 *
13. Nick DelGroso 		1:17:33 *
14. Chris Farmer 		1:17:37 PR
15. Dave Orlik 			1:18:26 *
16. Srini Rao 			1:18:37 PR
17. Marsha Demaree 		1:18:50
18. Karen Young 		1:19:12
19. Tom Brown 			1:24:16
20. Dwight Mikulis 		1:24:33
21. Kelly Dixon 		1:24:44
22. Pat Brooks 			1:27:58
23. Matthew Benah 		1:28:54
24. Kirk Gordon 		1:34:18
25. Christopher Puin 	        DNF

Operation Iceberg Series #6

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Both Ashlyn Sinclair and Tasha Hogan ran times faster than the course record (40:30, set in 2002 by Vicki Lang), but Halsey Sinclair set the new women’s 6 mile standard in 39:19. Greg Hogan won the men’s race in 36:28, while Kyle Andrews and Madeleine Miller took their respective fields in the 2 mile. Sunny!

Race Lead:  Brian Fleming

Volunteers:  Julie Trapp, Dwight Mikulis, David Jun, Kelly Dixon, Sari Chapman, Chris Farmer, Mike Fleming, Denise Hyde



Oakland Mills Middle School
2M
1.  Kyle Andrews        10:59          
2.  Stephen Olenick     11:33
3.  Luis Diaz           11:56
4.  LeRoy Wenstrom      12:03
5.  Michael Dusenberry  12:48
6.  Robert Blanco       12:55
7.  Bill Arbelaez       13:28
8.  Paul Eyes           13:37
9.  Evan Calvert        13:44
10. James Allen         13:52
11. Madeleine Miller    14:06   (1st, Female)
12. Bill Andrews        14:31
13. Ethan Krause        14:42
14. Alan Murray         14:51
15. Kyle Miller         14:58
16. Joseph Grikis       15:19
17. Elizabeth Towner    15:34
18. Ronnie Wong         15:46
19. Andrews Chattin     15:47
20. Chris Chattin       15:48
21. John Rosicky        15:49
22. Michael Wegner      16:05
23. Marshall Demaree    16:06
24. Kevin Wegner        16:07
25. Paul Wegner         16:12
26. Kathleen Wegner     16:13
27. Huan Bui            16:25
28. Richard Griffiths   16:28
29. Ben Rosciky         16:33
30. Roger Calvert       16:39
31. Michael Segev       16:42
32. Kit Miller          16:51
33. Javier Ramos        17:10
34. Adam McNeil         17:17
35. Zoe Reading         17:18
36. Chris Reading       17:20
37. Mike Elkonoh        17:30
38. Marsha Demaraee     17:40
39. Joan Yuan           17:55
40. Ann Goodwin         18:00
41. Karen Harvey        18:03
42. Faye Weaver         18:04
43. Bryan Tapper        18:05
44. Mark Bowling        18:10.4
45. Eli Miller          18:10.9
46. Haley Krause        18:24
47. Eric Johnston       18:25
48. Michelle Miller     18:28
49. Jack Edwards        18:52
50. Kirk Gordon         19:09
51. Terry Storms        19:12
52. James Scott         19:19
53. Lori Hatfield       19:44
54. Dinesh Kumar        20:03
55. Kylie Tokar         20:11
56. Mats Chattin        20:59
57. Carina Chattin      21:00
58. Tevie McNeil        21:03
59. Michael McNeil      21:04
60. Emily Elkonoh       21:05
61. Seth Miller         21:11
62. Mark Miller         21:12
63. Trisa McLean        22:21.0
64. Helena Solana       22:21.2
65. Christine Matiro    22:27    
66. Mary Ellen Tokar    22:33.4    
67. John Tokar          22:33.9
68. Vanitha Gopal       22:38.1
69. Kathleen Hrinkerich 22:38.9    
70. Bryant Smith        22:59.0
71. Jessica Stein       22:59.8
72. Joe Broderick       23:06
73. Tim Ramsey          23:25
74. Sarah Moreau        23:34
75. Bjorn Moreau        23:35
76. Melinda Krummerich  23:45
77. Hannah Scott        24:10
78. Judy Feeney         24:18
79. Scott Feeney        24:19
80. Jayme Tokar         24:35
81. Sarah Tokar         24:37
82. Jennifer Jun        24:42
83. Jack Elkonoh        24:55
84. Jennifer Elkonoh    24:56
85. Colin Krause        25:14
86. Barbara Calvert     25:16
87. Alex Holtz          25:44.1
88. Becky Holtz         25:44.5
89. Debby Tapper        26:37
90. Julia Clearman      27:43


Oakland Mills Middle School
6M
1. Greg Hogan               36:28
2. James Blackwood          37:42
3. Weems McFadden           37:47   
4. John Chall               37:59
5. Halsey Sinclair          39:13 (1st, Female) (Course Record)
6. Ashlyn Sinclair          39:17
7. Greg Schuler             39:22
8. Steve Bohse              39:59
9. Cameron Bowling          40:09
10. Tasha Hogan             40:23
11. Donnie Chapman          41:37
12. Tomothy Bearer          42:08
13. Yasuo Oda               42:09
14. Geroge Neyarpally       42:28
15. Hafiz Shaikh            42:56
16. Richard Reinhardt       43:39
17. Noah Wood               43:55
18. Jeremy Daniel           43:58
19. Isaac Mativo            44:05
20. Corey Hamilton          44:07
21. Rick Smith              44:14
22. John Way                44:38
23. Nick Del Grosso         45:30
24. Karsten Brown           45:44
25. Fred Towner             45:49
26. Kevin Tapper            46:22
27. Ken Sevik               46:32
28. Katie Sacker            47:02
29. No Card!                48:08
30. No Card!                48:17
31. Bryce Rosicky           48:32
32. Grace Tran              50:13
33. Meredith Kefauver-Olsen 50:23
34. Phyllis Sevik           50:36
35. Nathan Gears            52:56
36. Ron Nemes               54:11
37. Christopher Puin        54:33
38. William Trapman         55:41
39. Pat Brooks              55:55
40. Erin Rickard            56:30
41. Maximo Rivarola         57:07.2
42. Daniel Aroms            57:07.5
43. Don Murphy              57:58
44. Mimi Gears              58:29
45. Ashley Palmitri         1:00:59
46. Gavin Coates            1:01:00
47. Stacy Coates            1:01:07
48. Tabatha Kanney          1:04:40
49. Vijay Nallu             1:07:17
50. Ava Van Sickler         1:21:11




RRCA Club Challenge 10M
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2010 RRCA Club Challenge Overall Results


2010 RRCA Club Challenge Team Results (Summary)


2010 RRCA Club Challenge Team Results (Coed)


Because of snow and other fowl weather, the Baltimore-Washington area had gone nearly three months without a major running race until today, when the Howard County Striders staged the 10 Mile Challenge. This event pitted ten local running clubs against each other for 10 mile championship of the Maryland chapter of the Road Runners Club of America. The runners threw all their winter frustration into the race. With a dominating performance, the Falls Road Running Club of (north) Baltimore swept the men’s, women’s, and combined competitions and handed the local Howard County team a crushing defeat. “We had a pretty strong team this year,” said Jim Adams, owner of the Falls Road Running Store and principal sponsor of the winning group.


Falls Road’s Dave Berdan took the early lead in the men’s race and never looked back. Striders Graham Bazell (state cross country champion) and Izzy Mehmedovic (Strider Runner of the Year) gamely pursued Berdan and managed at least keep him in sight for the first few miles, but when he passed the five mile mark in 25:00 flat, the race was essentially over. “The last three miles were a little slower,” Mr. Berdan admitted. “Only about 5:15 per mile.” By that point, Bazell and Mehmedovic weren’t trying to win, they were just trying to keep anyone else from passing them. They succeeded by finishing 2-3, but the flood of Falls Road Runners behind them snuffed out any hopes that the local men would win.


A similar story transpired in the women’s race. Falls Roads’ Susie Emond leapt to an early lead and “kept on hammering.” “Basically, I was racing the men,” she said. Susie not only won the women’s race, but she also set a personal record of 59:27 and was the only woman in the race to crack 60 minutes. “We race and train together,” said Melissa Majumdar, Susie’s team mate. “For me, it was a just a long training run until five miles, when it became a race.” Melissa pulled ahead of her other teammates and finished second in the women’s competition.


The top Strider women were well behind these leaders. “I didn’t even see them,” lamented Strider Tasha Hogan, whose 1:06:51 placed her ninth among all women. For Beth McCubbin, a recent addition to the Strider racing team, the Challenge marked her first 10 Mile race. “I didn’t know what to expect.” An 800m track runner, Ms. McCubbin used some of her track speed to finish in under 70:00.


The 10 Mile Challenge drew a field of over 700 runners, who were all glad to be running on bare pavement for a change. Richard Bernstein directed the race, and he enjoyed the support of the Howard County Police together with a small army of Strider volunteers at the finish line and along the course. The Striders also wish to thank Steve Musselman and the Howard Community College for use of their parking lot and gymnasium as the post-race venue. The actual route through Allview and Hickory Ridge neighborhoods was recently certified by RRCA measurement officials, meaning the distance was exactly 10 miles.


The Challenge Race served as the first event in the 2010 Maryland-RRCA Championship series of races.


by Jim Carbary


Operation Iceberg Series #5
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After two consecutive cancellations of weekly races 101 eager runners greeted by sunny skies and 40 degree temperatures showed up to the 3rd race of the Howard County Striders’ Operation Iceberg series at Longfellow Elementary. The courses were a two mile loop and and modified 6 mile course which consisted of three laps of the two mile loop. Daniel Miranda and Tasha Hogan won the six mile race and Stephen Olenick and Cindy Alms won the two mile race.


by Chad Burger


Race Lead:  Jim Carbary


Volunteers:  Robert Blanco, Mark Buschman, Len Guralnick, Glen Scimonelli, and Julie Trapp


2M
1. Stephen Olenick       11:26
2. Luiz Diaz             12:18
3. Thomas Orzechowski    12:19
4. Leroy Wenstrom        12:24
5. Michael Dusenbery     12:59
6. John Way              13:11
7. Evan Calvert          13:33
8. Cindy Alms            13:35
9. Heather Ferron        13:56
10. Alison Suckling      13:59
11. Bill Arbelqez        14:09
12. John Elliot          15:05
13. Mike Down            15:07
14. Sheri Ferron         15:12
15. Chris Reading        15:13
16. Alan Murray          15:15
17. Ken Alms             16:00
18. Laura Gidley         16:23
19. Roger Calvert        16:57
20. Linda Alms           17:03
21. Faye Weaver          17:53
22. Nathan Gears         18:09
23. Karen Harvey         18:39
24. Tabitha Kanney       19:16
25. Vijay Nallu          19:26
26. Mimi Gears           19:47
27. Ann Goodwin          20:15
28. Lori Hatfield        20:17
29. Helena Solana        22:20
30. Paula Shepherd       23:24
31. Melinda Krummerich   25:00
32. Sarah Moreau         25:01
33. Barbara Calvert      26:00
34. Melissa Burger       26:23
35. Jack Elkonoh         27:31
36. Mike Elkonoh         27:32
37. Debby Tapper         28:43
38. Yon Suk Meurer       28:55
39. Marshall Demaree     29:36


6M
1. Daniel Miranda        36:07
2. Adam Wytko            36:13
3. Brian Fleming         36:38
4. Greg Hogan            37:06
5. Matt Emery            38:32
6. Weems McFadden        38:51
7. John Chall            39:37
8. David Phipps          39:49
9. Gregg Ford            40:04
10. Swills               40:55
11. Conrad Fernandes     41:06
12. Tasha Hogan          41:16
13. Steve Bohse          41:21
14. Donnie Chapman       41:32
15. Bill Wheeler         41:48
16. Hafiz Shaikh         41:55
17. Patrick Rotolo       42:53
18. Michael Galey        43:11
19. Matt Crysler         43:15
20. Morgana Dattavi      43:48
21. Greg Schuler         43:53
22. Nick Del Grosso      44:35
23. Lou Shapiro    	 44:51
24. Kevin Tapper         45:29
25. Terry Wytko          45:42
26. Mike Hagan           46:49
27. James Moreland       46:52
28. Marc Burger          47:33
29. Ed Silverman         47:36
30. Andrew Rotolo        47:48
31. Kirk Gordon          48:20
32. Bromley Lowe         48:30
33. Mike Fleming         48:33
34. Eric Johnston        49:08
35. Marsha Demaree       49:12
36. Jack Clark           50:05
37. Chad Burger          50:28
38. Chris Farmer         51:26
39. Nelson Stritehoff    51:47
40. Adam Sachs           52:29
41. David Hogue          53:22
42. Matthew Beran        53:44
43. John Palks           53:55
44. Ben Stein            54:22
45. Kelvin Hong          55:29
46. Dwight Mikulis       55:39.1
47. April Lee            55:39.8
48. Doug Sullivan        55:53
49. Kelly Dixon          56:09
50. Becky Holtz          56:12
51. Bjorn Moreau         56:15
52. Christopher Puin     58:16
53. Pat Brooks           58.33
54. Thomas Green         58:59
55. Hans Meurer          59:31
56. Monika Serrano       1:00:15
57. Kirk Risinger        1:01:30
58. Caroline Manas       1:03:44
59. Irina Myers          1:11:39
60. Aron Myers           1:11:4
61. Christina Chapman    1:13:42
62. Jessica Stern        1:14:24




Penguin Pace 5K
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The 2010 Penguin Pace was cancelled due to inclement weather.


Operation Iceberg Series #2
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Eighty seven runners were greeted by cloudy skies and damp 40 degree air for the second race in the Howard County Striders’ Operation Iceberg series at Burleigh Manor Middle School. Karsten Brown and Tasha Hogan won for the five mile race and Stephen Olenick and Heather Ferron won the two mile race.


Race Lead:  Donnie Chapman


 Volunteers:  Sari Chapman, David Jun, Glenn Scimonelli, Michael Smolyak, Brian Lawton, Bill Stahr


Thanks to Chris Farmer for substituting as series director for this race.


2M
1. Stephen Olenick 	10:50
2. Ted Poulos 		11:06
3. James Blackwood 	11:15
4. Luis Navarro 	11:24
5. Luiz Diaz 		11:48
6. Leroy Wenstrom 	11:52
7. Gary Smolyak 	11:58
8. Michael Dusenbery 	12:03
9. Hafiz Shaikh 	12:08
10. John Way 		12:20
11. Thomas Orzechowski 	12:22
12. James Allen 	12:35
13. Marshall Demaree 	12:49
14. Heather Ferron 	12:50 (1st F)
15. Bill Arbelaez 	12:51
16. Brian Stricklen 	12:53
17. Danny Schofield 	13:12
18. Eric Haney 		13:20
19. Bjorn Moreau 	13:57
20. Kevin ODonnell-Zwaig 14:03
21. Mike Fleming 	14:22.4
22. Vicki Lang 		14:22.8
23. Alan Murray 	14:24
24. Kenny Walker 	14:46
25. Erika Lewis 	15:06
26. Dee Nelson 		15:22
27. Kit Miller 		15:50
28. James Koo 		15:53
29. Faye Weaver 	16:31
30. Karen Harvey 	17:06
31. Clint Henderson 	17:41
32. Adam McNeil 	18:02
33. Ann Goodwin 	18:41
34. Lori Hatfield 	18:45
35. Martha Razuri 	18:46
36. Cindy Sosa 		18:51.2
37. Ian Begger 		18:51.9
38. Caroline Manas 	18:57
39. Heidi Vecera 	19:46
40. Clark Demaree 	20:02
41. Tevie McNeil 	20:18.2
42. Michael McNeil 	20:18.8
43. Casey Fuller 	20:58
44. Joe Broderick 	21:14
45. Paula Shepherd 	21:41
46. Sarah Moreau 	22:29
47. Janet Miller 	22:47
48. Melinda Krummerich 	23:06


5M
1. Karsten Brown 	28:02
2. Adam Wytko 		29:22
3. Greg Hogan 		29:49
4. Matt Simonson 	30:45
5. John Chall 		32:01
6. Jason McCaul 	32:26
7. Tasha Hogan 		33:06
8. Conrad Fernandes 	33:15
9. Gregg Ford 		33:28
10. Sean Costello 	33:40
11. Phil Lang 		34:00
12. Morgana D'Ottavi 	35:22
13. Robert Blanco 	35:23
14. Paul Eyes 		36:25
15. Nick Del Grosso 	36:28
16. Kirk Gordon 	37:28
17. Chris Farmer 	37:51
18. Karen Young 	38:44
19. James Moreland 	39:32
20. Eric Johnston 	39:41
21. Marsh Demaree 	39:59
22. Nick Levintow 	40:00
23. John Palks 		40:33
24. Bromley Lowe 	40:51
25. Meredith Olsen 	42:23
26. James Scarborough 	42:36
27. Dwight Johnson 	44:12
28. Javier Ramos 	44:28
29. Pat Brooks 		44:53
30. Simon Debruin 	45:12
31. Bernadette Flynn 	46:46
32. Howard Feinberg 	47:28
33. Eric Katkow 	48:22
34. Leonard Gueralnick 	48:23
35. Christopher Puin 	48:48
36. Yvonna DeBruin 	49:13
37. Kathy Levintow 	49:20
38. Hillary Collins 	52:05
39. Vijay Nallu 	53:36