Summer Sizzler Series #6

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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

Summer Sizzler Series #5

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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)

Summer Sizzler Series #4

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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

Summer Sizzler Series #3

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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

Summer Sizzler Series #2

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Sixty-seven runners turned out for the second race in the Howard County Striders’ Summer Weekly Series at Jeffers Hill, July 15. Jeremy Rea and Brittany Lang won the 2 mile race. Karsten Brown and Janeth Scott won the 10K race.

Race Lead:  Mike Fleming

Volunteers:  Hillary Bierce, Weems McFadden, Ed Beach, Sarah Beach

2M
1. Jeremy Rea 			11:00
2. Luis Navarro 		11:06
3. Jason Tripp 			12:05
4. John Chall 			12:29
5. Seth Gersuk 			12:44
6. Robert Blanco 		13:09
7. Brittany Lang 		13:33
8. David Karlheim 		13:37
9. Paul Eyes 			13:46
10. Vicki Lang 			14:29
11. Ed Silverman 		14:31
12. Dave Hogue 			14:45
13. Lazara Ramos 		15:24
14. Alan Tominack 		15:58
15. John Kuncaitis 		16:17
16. Anna Hogue 			16:21.3
17. Greg Lepore 		16:21.9
18. Roger Calvert 		16:26
19. Len Guralnick 		17:15
20. Josh Oliver 		17:26
21. James Koo 			17:28
22. Kevin Lawton 		18:17
23. Zach Oliver 		19:30
24. Lori Hatfield 		19:39
25. Shelli Kamaka 		19:57
26. John Neal 			20:06
27. Jessica Stern 		20:43
28. Brian Lawton 		21:26
29. Justice Ramos 		21:34
30. Clark Demaree 		22:01.5
31. Marsha Demaree 		22:01.9
32. Steve Reading 		22:30
33. Montaro Ramos 		22:39
34. Barbara Calvert 	        22:48
35. Janice Orlik 		22:53
36. Melissa Burger 		23:23
37. Mareencita Ramos 	        23:25
38. Cameron Oliver 		27:25
39. Lindsay Dusenbery 	        39:02
40. Pam Levell 			39:35
10K
1. Karsten Brown 		36:58
2. David Blades 		40:43
3. Michael Dusenbery 	        42:22
4. Bill Stahr 			42:46
5. Sean Costello 		43:22
6. Steve Bohse 			43:24
7. James Blackwood 		43:42
8. Donnie Chapman 		43:43
9. David Jun 			44:44
10. Marc Burger 		45:59
11. Ronnie Wong 		46:45
12. Ken Sevik 			46:54
13. Chad Burger 		47:03
14. Chris Farmer 		47:04
15. John Rudmin 		47:14
16. Rick Mitchell 		47:20
17. Janeth Scott 		47:33
18. Marquel Bowler 		47:42
19. Karen Young 		50:07
20. Doug Sullivan 		50:32
21. Cary Jacobson 		50:53
22. Craig Valentine 	        51:18
23. Kim Oliver 			52:03
24. Kevin Spaulding 	        57:35
25. Debbie Sharp 		57:57
26. Ellen Rabe 			58:03
27. Clint Henderson 	      1:00:41

Women’s Distance Festival 5K

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2009 Women’s Distance Festival Overall Results

2009 Women’s Distance Festival Awards

2009 Women’s Distance Festival Team Results

Ethiopian Yihunish Delelecha, the first woman to finish this year’s Columbia Women’s Distance Festival 5k, spoke no English, but she did speak the language of speed. Within the first mile, which were mostly downhill or flat, she pulled ahead of fellow Ethiopian Almaz Megersa and NCAA Division III cross country champion Esther Erb, and had opened a lead of about 20 yards on them by the half way mark. Delelecha cruised through the remaining distance, and left Megersa and Erb in a very tight battle for second place. Megersa literally out-leaned Erb at the finish, taking second place by less than 0.3 second, or about as fast as finish line scorers could click the timer. “She was just hungrier than me,” said Esther, who resides in Vienna, Austria. Both Delelecha and Megersa have become well-known on the DC running scene this spring, and winner Delelcha owns a 2:46 marathon time.

Robyn Humphrey claimed the top spot for a local Howard Countian, placing first among the 45-49 women (20:05), but falling far short (about a minute) of winning the overall master’s title, which went to Baltimore’s Denise Knickman. Pat Wilkerson (20:51) retained some measure of glory for Howard County by winning the grandmaster award.

The WDF also featured 19 mother-daughter teams divided into young-daughter (12 and under) and old-daughter (over-12) groups. Peculiarly, the top mother-daughter teams in each division tied for total number of points, so we’ll have to wait until next year for real closure on the team issue.

The top three women won cash awards — a sure way to bring those DC speedsters out to Columbia. Age group winners earned plaques, and all girls 12 and under received medals. All participants got custom-designed tank-tops, too. The race drew a field of 332, making it the largest all-woman sporting event in Howard County.

The race was directed by Tacy Feliciano and Dorothy Beckett, who enjoyed the assistance of the Howard County Stridermen on the course and at the finish line. “We couldn’t have done it without their support,” Dorothy said. The race directors also wish to thank the Howard County Police and the Howard Community College, which provided a venue for the event. The race directors also want to thank the Howard County General Hospital, as well as other sponsors, for their generous support.

by Jim Carbary