Sixty-three runners turned out for the fourth race in the Howard County Striders’ Fall Series at Longfellow Elementary School October 11. Ted Poulos and Brittney Rooks won the two mile race. Luis Navarro and Sari Chapman won the 10K race. Karsten Brown and Jill Robinson won the 15K race.
Race Lead: Jim Carbary
Volunteers: Len Guralnick, Eric Johnston, Helena Solana, Bev Byron, John Chall, Bromley Lowe, Tonya Harrison, Denise Hyde
Beautiful weather greeted seventy-seven runners at the third race in the Howard County Striders’ Fall Series at Swansfield Elementary School October 4. Michael Dusenbery won the one mile race only hours after running a strong Army 10 Mile race. Newcomer Gabby Stegall was the women’s winner in the mile. Luis Navarro and Brittney Rooks won the 5K.
Race Lead: Carlos Renjifo
Volunteers: Bobby Gessler, Kevin Spaulding, Doug Sullivan, Natalie Smolyak, Michael Smolyak, Gary Smolyak, Lindsay Dusenbery
1M 1. Michael Dusenbery 5:13 2. Robert Blanco 5:15 3. Seth Gersuk 5:22 4. John Way 5:27 5. Chad Burger 5:41 6. Noah Wood 5:46 7. Al Salerno 5:55 8. Paul Eyes 6:00 9. Eric Johnston 6:16 10. Alan Murray 6:21 11. Nate Minnick 7:21 12. Bromley Lowe 7:45 13. Gabby Stegall 7:51 14. Daniel Smolyak 8:12:0 15. David Rowe 8:12.3 16. David Jun 8:22 17. Jennifer Jun 8:34 18. Marisa Conway 8:37 19. Jessica Stern 8:51 20. Kolleen Richardson 9:01 21. Stephen Stringer 9:08.3 22. Suzanne Stringer 9:08.8 23. Trisha McLean 9:11 24. Pam Rowe 9:25 25. Martha Rowe 9:27 26. Helena Solana 9:57 27. Evan Griffiths 10:10 28. Missy Burger 10:11 29. Richard Griffiths 10:12 30. Melinda Krummerich 10:30 31. Karen Denmark 10:48 32. Julianna Stegall 11:00 33. Marc Stegall 11:01 34. Kerry Stringer 11:18 35. William Murray 12:56 36. Diana Murray 13:33
5K 1. Luis Navarro 17:42 2. James Blackwood 17:47 3. Sheldon Degenhardt 18:17 4. John Chall 19:08 5. Greg Schuler 19:30 6. Andy McCoy 20:13 7. Mark Romiti 20:44 8. Marc Burger 20:48 9. Ben Minnick 20:55 10. Brittney Rooks 21:07 11. Steve Dyer 22:58 12. Amy Gessler 23:28.0 13. Becky Gessler 23:28.4 14. Kenny Walker 24:39 15. Vladi Basch 25:16 16. Roger Calvert 26:10 17. Sari Chapman 26:21 18. Karen Harvey 26:52 19. Faye Weaver 27:06 20. Kelly Dixon 27:08 21. Judy Comisky 27:14 22. Phyllis Sevik 27:15 23. Stephen McGovern 27:42 24. Tom Mateya 27:43 25. Ann Goodwin 38:32 26. Issel Lim 29:07 27. Natalie Beach 30:02.5 28. Ed Beach 30:02.8 29. Amy Korman 30:11 30. Lori Hatfield 30:28 31. Brian Lintz 30:38 32. Pat Brooks 31:13 33. Adam McNeil 32:16 34. Charlie Brown 32:26 35. Terry Storms 33:11.2 36. Joe Broderick 33:11.9 37. Tevia McNeil 34:23.7 38. Michael McNeil 34:23.9 39. Sarah Beach 35:00 40. Judy Blackwood 35:37 41. Barbara Calvert 36:06
Ninety-two runners turned out for the second race in the Howard County Striders’ Fall Weekly Series at Lake Elkhorn September 27. Ted Poulos and Tasha Hogan won the 2 mile race as Tasha set her second course record of the year. Karsten Brown and Morgana D’Ottavi won the 10K race.
Race Lead: Nadia Wasserman
Volunteers: Pat Brooks, Mike Fleming, Melissa Burger, Dwight Mikulis, Tracy Sinclair
2M 1. Ted Poulos 11:31 2. Luis Navarro 11:34 3. Michael Dusenbery 12:06 4. John Chall 12:18 5. Greg Hogan 12:20 6. John Way 12:37 7. Seth Gersuk 12:41 8. Tasha Hogan 12:44 9. Daniel Geldof 13:02 10. Robert Blanco 13:13 11. Stephen Lee 13:16 12. Greg Lepore 13:17 13. Chad Burger 13:29 14. Marshall Demaree 13:32 15. Shane McGovern 13:37 16. Kirk Gordon 14:11 17. Michael Smolyak 14:14 18. Josh Formwalt 14:25 19. Bromley Lowe 14:43 20. Eric Johnston 15:01 21. Natalie Smolyak 15:04 22. Griffin McNeill 15:35 23. Alan Murray 15:39 24. Dee Nelson 15:43 25. Elizabeth Towner 16:11 26. Benjamin Drgon 16:26 27. Jana Drgonova 16:27 28. Anders Chattin 16:36 29. Roger Calvert 16:41 30. Alan Tominack 16:49 31. Faye Weaver 17:29 32. Javier Ramos 17:36 33. Natalie Perkins 17:55.5 34. Cindy Perkins 17:55.9 35. Brian Lintz 17:59 36. Bjorn Moreau 18:38 37. Megan Shouse 18:41 38. Karen Shouse 18:42 39. Adam McNeill 19:26 40. Lori Hatfield 19:59 41. Jessica Stern 20:15 42. Amy Fitzpatrick 20:20 43. Jack Elkonoh 20:31.1 44. Mike Elkonoh 20:31.7 45. Charlie Brown 20:34 46. John Neal 20:50 47. Michelle Woods 21:04 48. Trisha McLean 21:06 49. Sharon Gordon 21:12 50. Tevis McNeil 21:22 51. Michael McNeil 21:23 52. Joe Broderick 21:51 53. Ellen Brown 22:46 54. Janice Orlik 22:47 55. Barbara Calvert 23:07 56. Daniel Smolyak 23:16 57. David Rowe 23:17.5 58. Megan Walls 23:17.9 59. Karen Denmark 26:17 60. Brian Perkins 26:38
10K 1. Dave Berardi 37:37 (short course) 2. Chris Chattin 38:15 (short course) 3. Karsten Brown 39:20 4. James Blackwood 42:53 5. Conrad Fernandes 42:56 6. Steve Bohse 43:34 7. Marc Burger 46:31 8. Morgana D'Ottavi 47:01 9. Calley Mayer-Marks 47:09 10. Rebecca Schwartz 47:22 11. Ronnie Wong 48:23 12. Fred Towner 49:13 13. Steve Dyer 49:58 14. Karen Young 50:25 15. Srini Rao 50:34 (PR) 16. Noah Wood 50:44 17. Marsha Demaree 51:55 18. Doug Sullivan 52:08 19. Dave Orlik 52:09 20. Kenny Walker 52:50 21. Dave Hogue 54:21 22. Conny Mayer 55:30 23. Sari Chapman 55:43 24. Don Vermillion 56:46 25. Len Guralnick 57:30 26. Kelly Dixon 58:01 27. Denise Hyde 59:52 28. Ann Goodwin 1:03:19 29. Lauren Swyers 1:04:43 30. Helena Solana 1:19:53 31. Kimberly Hunt 1:19:54 32. Sarah Moreau 1:21:39
Fifty-three runners turned out for the first race in the Howard County Striders’ Fall Series at Jeffers Hill September 20. Mike Dusenbery and Karen Harvey won the 2 mile race. Chad Burger and Sari Chapman won the 10K race. Karsten Brown and Ellie McManuels won the 15K race.
Race Lead: Greg Hogan
Volunteers: Tasha Hogan, Alan Tominack, Chris Farmer, Melinda Krummerich
2M 1. Mike Dusenbery 12:05 2. Robert Blanco 12:32 3. John Way 13:12 4. David Jun 13:22 5. Marc Burger 13:29 6. Paul Eyes 13:32 7. Al Salerno 13:34 8. Josh Fornwalt 13:48 9. Roger Calvert 16:16 10. Karen Harvey 16:30 11. Len Guralnick 16:38 12. Clint Henderson 16:55 13. Anna Hogue 17:47 14. Kirk Gordon 17:48 15. Brian Lintz 17:51 16. Ann Goodwin 18:05 17. Samantha Vermillion 18:39 18. Emily Elkonoh 18:44 19. Lori Hatfield 19:40 20. Jessica Stern 19:53 21. John Neal 20:12 22. Charlie Brown 20:29 23. Trisha McLean 21:47 24. Tevia McNeil 21:29.4 25. Michael McNeil 21:29.7 26. Kathleen Hrinkerich 21:47 27. Barbara Calvert 21:55 28. Jack Elkonoh 22:27.4 29. Jen Elkonoh 22:27.9 30. Nick Hrinkerich 22:28 31. Ellen Brown 22:43 32. M. Wilson 23:04 33. Melissa Burger 23:18
10K 1. Chad Burger 48:39 2. Eric Johnston 53:24 3. Vladi Basch 54:05 4. Sari Chapman 55:55 5. Kelly Dixon 56:33 6. Tom Mateya 57:33 7. Denise Hyde 1:00:04
15K 1. Karsten Brown 59:23 2. John Chall 1:02:00 3. Rick Smith 1:11:43 4. Ellie McManuels 1:12:30 5. Piriya Pinit 1:12:51 6. Dave Weber 1:18:41 7. Dave Hogue 1:19:23 8. Steve Dyer 1:20:53 9. Doug Hawkland 1:20:54 10. Michelle Willis 1:26:14 11. Mike Elkonoh 1:26:22 12. Don Vermillion 1:26:59 13. Mel Quecan 1:33:45
Series awards were handed out at the seventh and final race of the Howard County Striders’ Summer Series at Lake Elkhorn September 9. Ted Poulos and Catherine Lewis won the 2 mile race. Karsten Brown and Tasha Hogan won the 10K race.
Race Lead: Greg Lepore
Volunteers: Jan Orlik, Doug Sullivan, Eric Johnston, Alan Tominack
2M 1. Ted Poulos 11:49 2. Thomas Orzechowski 11:56 3. John Way 12:31 4. Robert Blanco 12:58 5. John Rudmin 13:20 6. Marc Burger 13:25 7. Catherine Lewis 13:30 8. Chad Burger 13:50 9. Alan Murray 15:25 10. Rick Mitchell 15:37 11. Nathan Gears 16:32 12. Sari Chapman 16:39 13. Clint Henderson 18:07 14. Denise Hyde 18:27 15. Vijay Nallu 18:42 16. Dylan Mitchell 18:57 17. Lori Hatfield 19:35 18. Shirley Sameshima 20:02 19. Jessica Stern 20:16 20. Trisha McLean 20:25.5 21. Helena Solana 20:25.9 22. Barbara Calvert 23:59 23. Bev Byron 24:39 24. Melinda Krummerich 24:47 25. Melissa Burger 24:48
10K 1. Karsten Brown 37:19 2. Luis Navarro 38:14 3. Greg Hogan 40:47 4. Tasha Hogan 40:48 5. James Blackwood 42:26 6. Bill Stahr 42:50 7. Philip Rupp 43:19 8. Steve Bohse 43:38 9. Michael Dusenbery 44:27 10. Donnie Chapman 44:45 11. James Germano 47:25 12. Fred Towner 48:15 13. Chris Farmer 49:25 14. Ronnie Wong 49:34 15. Ken Sevik 49:38 16. Jon Palks 51:37 17. Marsha Demaree 51:43 18. Seth Gersuk 51:44 19. Dave Hogue 53:18 20. Amelia Mullican 54:58 21. Len Guralnick 56:48 22. Kevin Spaulding 58:04 23. Charlie Riesz 1:02:54 24. Elizabeth Rupp 1:06:12
Cooler weather and a hilly course greeted 53 runners who turned out for the sixth race in the Howard County Striders’ Summer Weekly Series at Thunder Hill Elementary School September 2. Luis Navarro and Catherine Lewis won the 2 mile race. Adam Wytko and Rebecca Schwartz won the 6 mile race.
Race Lead: Greg Lepore
Volunteers: Brian Lawton, Dan Kirk-Davidoff, Isaac Kirk-Davidoff, Donnie Chapman, Jan Orlik
2M 1. Luis Navarro 11:03 2. Ted Poulos 11:44 3. Thomas Orzechowski 11:55 4. Michael Dusenbery 12:15 5. John Chall 12:24 6. Robert Blanco 13:05 7. Chris Farmer 13:30 8. Catherine Lewis 13:49 9. Paul Eyes 13:53 10. Rick Mitchell 13:55 11. Alan Murray 15:20 12. Eric Johnston 16:10 13. James Koo 16:18 14. Roger Calvert 16:22 15. Bruce Shaffer 17:12 16. Anna Hogue 17:33 17. Denise Hyde 18:33 18. Dylan Mitchell 19:21 19. Zoe Reading 19:36 20. Chris Reading 19:37 21. Jessica Stern 20:04 22. Helena Solana 20:48 23. Steve Reading 21:33 24. Melissa Burger 23:19 25. Barbara Calvert 24:04 26. Bev Byron 24:32
6M 1. Adam Wytko 34:31 2. Karsten Brown 34:43 3. Greg Schuler 39:22 4. Bill Stahr 40:19 5. Steve Bohse 40:50 6. Sean Costello 41:01 7. Philip Rupp 41:24 8. John Way 41:43 9. Seth Gersuk 41:47 10. Daniel Sebring 42:52 11. Marc Burger 43:31 12. Ronnie Wong 44:53 13. Rebecca Schwartz 45:21 14. James Moreland 46:07 15. Ken Sevik 46:20 16. Fred Towner 46:38 17. Craig Valentine 47:57 18. Terri Wytko 48:22 19. Jon Palks 48:41 20. Marsha Demaree 49:34 21. Richard Stahr 51:15 22. Leonard Guralnick 52:54 23. Lyron Baggerly 53:39 24. Kevin Spaulding 55:07 25. Pat Brooks 55:55 26. Casie Hall 59:39 27. Elizabeth Rupp 1:01:32
Heavy traffic delayed the start, and several runners, at the fifth race in the Howard County Striders’ Summer Series at Burleigh Manor Middle School. Ted Poulos and Sari Chapman won the 2 mile race. Karsten Brown and Tasha Hogan won the 5 mile race.
Race Lead: Heidi Vecera
Volunteers: Mary Jane Sacker, Vijay Nallu, Catherine Lewis, John Chall, Marsha Demaree
2M 1. Ted Poulos 11:01 2. Thomas Orzechowski 11:18 3. John Way 11:58 4. Robert Blanco 12:27 5. Marshall Demaree 12:59 6. Rick Mitchell 13:06 7. Dave Orlik 13:07 8. Paul Eyes 13:20 9. Alan Murray 14:15 10. Alan Tominack 14:40 11. Eric Johnston 15:03 12. Roger Calvert 15:21 13. Sari Chapman 15:24 14. Elizabeth Towner 15:29 15. Nathan Gears 15:44 16. Anders Chattin 15:50 17. Matthew Martyn 16:23 18. Kim Damewood 16:31 19. Ryan Mitchell 16:37 20. Dylan Mitchell 16:46.4 21. James Koo 16:46.9 22. Carina Chattin 17:08 23. Anna Hogue 17:46 24. Lori Hatfield 17:49 25. Tim Rich 18:27 26. Jennifer Jun 18:57 27. John Neal 18:58 28. Mimi Gears 19:28 29. Jessica Stern 19:39 30. Jennifer Lawrence 20:19 31. Janice Orlik 20:36 32. Trisha McLean 20:47 33. Steve Reading 20:54 34. Arleen Dineen 22:14 35. Helena Solana 22:15 (late start) 36. Barbara Calvert 23:11 37. John Martyn 25:05.1 38. Michael Martyn 25:05.7 39. David Jun 30:26 40. Lindsay Dusenbery 37:51
5M 1. Karsten Brown 29:25 2. Greg Hogan 30:36 3. James Blackwood 30:52 4. Bill Stahr 33:12 5. Tasha Hogan 33:43 6. Mike Dusenbery 34:00 7. Sean Costello 34:18 8. Seth Gersuk 34:27 9. Donnie Chapman 35:09 10. Greg Lepore 36:40 11. Marc Burger 37:12 12. Ronnie Wong 37:52 13. Katie Sacker 38:08 14. Janeth Scott 38:31 15. Karen Young 38:48 16. James Moreland 39:15 17. Chris Farmer 39:43 18. Ken Sevik 40:05 19. Jon Palks 40:53 20. Craig Valentine 42:21 21. Dave Hogue 42:22 22. April Lee 43:13 23. Len Guralnick 46:35 24. Rae Marquart 47:19 25. Kevin Spaulding 47:26 26. Hanuman Gowda 47:52 27. Pat Brooks 50:02 28. Robert Boblitz 50:08 (late start) 29. Sharon Kelly 53:00 (late start) 30. Carole Coggeshall 54:13 (late start) 31. Casie Hall 55:23 (late start)
Sixty-nine runners turned out on a hot, muggy night for the fourth race in the Howard County Striders’ Summer Weekly Series at Lake Elkhorn August 12. John Way and Tiffany Lang won the 2 mile race. Karsten Brown and Tasha Hogan won the 10K race.
Race Lead: Pat Wilkerson
Volunteers: Chris Farmer, Alan Tominack, Hafiz Shaikh, Eric Johnston
2M 1. John Way 13:04 2. Robert Blanco 13:21 3. Dan Laukzemis 13:30 4. David Jun 14:02 5. Rick Mitchell 14:24 6. Alan Murray 15:08 7. Tiffany Lang 16:10 8. Anders Chattin 16:13 9. Collin Fugate 16:24 10. Lyron Baggerly 16:35 11. Dennis Fugate 16:45 12. Roger Calvert 17:23 13. Anna Hogue 17:35 14. Kevin Ro 17:54 15. Carina Chattin 18:08 16. Dylan Mitchell 18:35 17. Molly Lepore 18:48 18. Vijay Nallu 19:22 19. John Neal 19:42 20. Bruce Shaffer 19:43 21. Jessica Stern 20:41 22. Jennifer Jun 21:28 23. Helena Solana 21:43 24. Mats Chattin 22:00 25. Chris Chattin 22:01 26. Janice Orlik 22:46 27. Jack Elkonoh 23:21 28. Jennifer Elkonoh 23:24 29. Melissa Burger 23:30 30. Trisha McLean 24:17 31. Barbara Calvert 24:41 32. Lori Hatfield 25:05 33. Chris Hatfield 25:08 34. Melinda Krummerich 25:13 35. Yon-Sik Meurer 31:48
10K 1. Karsten Brown 37:44 2. Greg Hogan 40:30 3. John Chall 42:13 4. Tasha Hogan 42:36 5. Steve Bohse 43:20 6. Bill Stahr 43:33 7. Seth Gersuk 44:04 8. Michael Dusenbery 44:42 9. Donnie Chapman 44:49 10. Matt Jacobson 45:55 11. John Rudmin 46:45 12. Ronnie Wong 47:20 13. Marc Burger 47:40 14. Greg Lepore 47:53 15. Vicki Lang 48:02 16. Patrick Rotolo 49:03 17. James Moreland 49:06 18. Chad Burger 49:40 19. Marquel Bowler 52:05 20. Dave Hogue 53:38 21. Cary Jacobson 53:52 22. Marsha Demaree 54:06 23. Bromley Lowe 54:10 24. Russ Owens 54:49 25. Srini Rao 55:14 26. Mike Elkonoh 55:41 27. Ben Nowak 56:09 28. Hans Meurer 56:55 29. Ellen Rabe 57:46 30. Mel Quecan 58:30 31. Denise Hyde 1:01:32 32. Mimi Gears 1:05:23 33. Nathan Gears 1:05:27 34. Len Guralnick 1:05:28
Several newcomers turned out for the third race in the Howard County Striders’ Summer Weekly Series at Swansfield Elementary School August 5. Robert Blanco and Natalia Diaz won the 1 mile race. James Blackwood and Catherine Lewis won the 5K race.
Race Lead: Dwight Mikulis
Volunteers: Sari Chapman, Marc Burger, Chris Farmer, Heidi Vecera
1M 1. Robert Blanco 5:28 2. David Jun 5:36 3. Alan Tominack 6:59 4. Dylan Mitchell 7:57 5. Natalia Diaz 8:21 6. Molly Lepore 8:28 7. Jennifer Jun 8:41 8. Steve Reading 9:19 9. Janice Orlik 9:57 10. Suzanne Ludicke 10:00 11. Melissa Burger 10:07 12. Shelly Kvech 10:16 13. Arleen Dineen 10:17 14. Molly Dyer 10:40 15. Steve Dyer 10:41 16. Yom Sik Meurer 13:02 17. Angelos Diaz 16:03 18. Lindsay Dusenbery 16:21
5K 1. James Blackwood 18:20 2. Tim McGee 18:24 3. John Chall 19:48 4. Luis Diaz 19:54 5. Mike Dusenbery 20:15 6. Philip Rupp 21:41 7. Ronnie Wong 21:59 8. Chad Burger 22:12 9. Ken Sevik 22:38 10. Catherine Lewis 23:18 11. Seth Gersuk 23:19 12. Rick Mitchell 23:25 13. Chris Reading 23:57 14. Eric Johnston 24:14 15. Jon Palks 24:56 16. Craig Valentine 26:37 17. Hans Meurer 27:13 18. Lyron Baggerly 27:19 19. Kevin Spaulding 27:26 20. Phyllis Sevik 27:38 21. Nathan Gears 28:11 22. Bruce Shaffer 28:35 23. Len Guralnick 29:52 24. Mimi Gears 30:50 25. Lori Hatfield 31:12 26. Elizabeth Rupp 32:06 27. Vijay Nallu 33:58 28. Jessica Stern 34:13 29. Denise McNiff 37:13