27 runners came out to the Howard County Striders weekly series race at Jeffers Hill. Colin Myers and Alexandra Carrizales were the two mile winners, Mark Landree and Kendra Smith led the 10k runners.
Volunteers: Bill Arbelaez (race lead), Melissa Burger, Joan Chall, Denise Hyde
23 runners came out for the Howard County Spring weekly series race at Hammond Middle School. Alexandra Carrizales and Ted Poulos led the 1 mile runners. Stephen Senick and Linda Alms paced the 5k.
Volunteers: Bill Arbelaez(race lead), Nick Atkins, Joan Chall, Amanda Idstein, Iris Mars
60 runners came out for the Howard County striders winter weekly series race at Clarksville Elementary. Mark Eagles and Claire Sivitz were the 2 mile winners. James Scarborough and Linda Alms led the 5 mile runners. Many runners ran long or off course.
Congratulations to the following runners who qualified for an award this winter season. This season 112 men and 67 women participated in at least one race.
Please come out to Clarksville Elementary Sun March 19th to be recognized.
82 runners came out for the Howard County Striders Winter weekly series race at Northfield Elementary School. It was the graduation race for the Hibernation to 5k group, Congrats to those runners. Alexandra Carrizales and Vincent Martucci were the 5k winners.
Volunteers: Bill Arbelaez(race lead), Rene Alonso, Brian Beck, Melissa Burger, Joan Chall, Iris Mars, Jayla Palacios, Jason Tripp, Faye Weaver
Thank you to everyone that came out for the 2023 MD-DC RRCA 10 Mile Club Challenge. We appreciate each and every one of you and hope you had a great race!
This year’s race had 15 member clubs participate, resulting in 740 qualified runners. 637 toed the start line and 634 crossed the finish line. Click the image below to view number of runners, by club and category
2023’s race saw cool weather but calmer winds than last year. A heavy timing equipment investment by the club plus a full volunteer roster paid dividends on race day with extremely smooth operations and outcomes.
This year saw the Female Course Record broken by Kerry Allen with a time of 58m03.31s, dethroning the previous FCR of 58m09.53s set by Hannah Cocchiaro in 2022.
Awards
We strive to post formal results and awards within 48 hours of the race finish. As an all-volunteer organization, work and any flagged results adjustments may delay posting.
69 runners came out for the Howard County striders weekly series race at Clemens Crossing Elementary School. Mark Eagles and Devon Boyle led the two mile runners. Jeffrey Weaver and Marsha Demaree were the four mile winners.
Volunteers: Bill Arbelaez (race lead), Anand Balakrishnan, Kaylee Beal, Joan Chall, Iris Mars, Claire Sivitz, Faye Weaver
65 runners came out for the Howard County Striders weekly series races at Thunder Hill Elementary. Mark Eagles and Claire Sivitz led the 2 mile runners. Jeffrey Weaver and Linda Alms paced the 4 milers. Adam Wytko and Marsha Demaree were the 6 mile winners.
Volunteers: Bill Arbelaez(race lead), Bill Brown, Michelle Brown, Melissa Burger, Joan Chall, Mark Herstein, Tammy Liu Hermstein, Iris Mars, Mary Niland
61 runners came out in a cold rain to participate in the Howard County Striders weekly series race at Longfellow Elementary. Mark Eagles and Claire Sivitz led the 2 milers. Stephen Senick and Kendra Smith were the 10k winners.
Volunteers: Bill Arbelaez(race lead), Melissa Burger, Joan Chall, Eric Johnston, Iris Mars, Faye Weaver