2025 Vernal Velocity #1

29 runners came out on a sunny day for the first Howard County Strides Spring race at Burleigh Manor Middle School.  Lochlann Boyle and Anastasia Stepanova paced the 2 mile runners.  Karsten Brown and Marsha Demaree led the 5 milers.

Volunteers: Bill Arbelaez(race lead), Melissa Burger, Joan Chall, Denise Hyde.

2 Mile

PlaceStriderTime
1Lochlann Boyle14:07
2Ted Poulos16:06
3Sam Martin16:35
4Anastasia Stepanova17:08
5Robbie Ramsey18:00
6John Ramsey18:01
7Elena Talanova19:41
8Mary Niland21:07
9Annabelle Woods21:38
10Scott Woods21:39
11Roger Calvert23:45
12Amanda Idstein24:23
13Ted Kircher26:41
14James Moreland29:24
15William Kamenoff30:13
16Jeanette Novak35:34
17Anabelle Farmer38:40
18Chris Farmer38:41

5 Mile

PlaceStriderTime
1Karsten Brown36:14
2Gregg Ford36:24
3John Way38:56
4John Chall40:15
5Kirk Gordon40:26
6Nick Atkins44:02
7Chris Martin45:22
8James Scarborough48:44
9Eric Johnston48:50
10Marsha Demaree49:20
11Marc Burger55:16

2025 Operation Iceberg #7

53 runners came out for the final winter Strides race at Clarksville Elementary School. Runners who scored enough points during the series were given Dunkin donuts gift card. Mark Eagles and Charlotte Flanigan were the two mile winners. Gregg Ford and Linda Alms led the 5 milers.

Volunteers: Bill Arbelaez (race lead), Nick Atkins, Melissa Burger, Joan Chall, Marsha Demaree, Iris Mars

2 Mile

PlaceStriderFinish
1Mark Eagles11:56
2Derek Jiao12:11
3Mike Zaron12:12
4Colin Campbell12:32
5Adam Wytko12:42
6Lincoln Wytko12:43
7Danny Cohen13:03
8Atticus Sentman13:07
9Shannon Sentman13:08
10Charlotte Flanigan14:02
11Sophie Serre14:03
12Emma Flanigan14:08
13Anya Subramniam14:09
14William Zaron14:22
15Christopher Blackwood14:23
16James Blackwood14:54
17Sophia Esposito15:11
18Sadie Sentman15:14
19Ted Poulos15:32
20J.P. Blackwood16:21
21John Ramsey16:45
22Alison Flanigan16:48
23Jack Flanigan17:08
24Anastasia Stepanovaukn
25Heidi Feng17:53
26Mark Cohen18:25
27Emily Ambinder18:43
28Isaac Ambinder18:44
29Emerson Craig20:11
30Jessica Craig20:12
31Ben Reisner22:34
32Kendra Reisner22:38
33Roger Calvert23:40
34James Moreland27:04
35Amanda Idstein31:00
36Mary Niland31:03
37Annabelle Farmer31:14
38Chris Farmer31:16
39Steve Moran31:23
40Jeanette Novak32:05
41Bill Brown32:10
42Marty Niland34:04

5Mi

PlaceStriderFinish
1Gregg Ford37:41
2John Way39:48
3Kirk Gordon42:06
4John Chall42:38 (ran long)
5Eric Johnston42:45
6Linda Alms43:51 (ran long)
7James Scarborough46:43
8Marc Burger47:16
9Kam Yee47:25 (ran long)
10Shawn Johnson1:09:10 (ran long)
11Charlie Riesz1:15:16
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2025 Operation Iceberg Final Standings


Congratulations to the following runners who qualified for an award during the Winter Sunday strides race series. Please come out to Clarksville Elementary Sunday 3-30 to be recognized. This series saw 94 men and 63 women compete in at least one event.

(Points needed = 50)

Reporting by: Marc Burger

Men

PlaceStriderPoints
1Mark Eagles109
2Stephen Senick105
3Eric Johnston92
4Adam Wytko88
5Derek Locktish85
6Marc Burger79
7Caleb Crow76
7Elwin Bizimana76
9John Ramsey75
10Shannon Sentman73
11Nick Atkins72
12Derek Jiao68
13Jathan Crow66
13Greg Orlofsky66
15Danny Cohen65
16Stephen Olenick63
17Julius Olenick60
17Lincoln Wytko60
17John Way60
20Alex You58
20Dominic Mandile58
20Chris Farmer58
20Kirk Gordon58
24Kam Yee57
25Jeffrey Weaver55
25Ethan Becker55
27Josiah Williams53
27James Scarborough53
29Bill Arbelaez52
29Lochlann Boyle52
31Ted Poulos51
32Brady Rogers50
32Jack Flanigan50
32Michael Zaron50
32Tim Ramsey50
32William Zaron50
32Marc Cohen50

Women

PlaceStriderPoints
1Sophie Serre128
2Anya Subramaniam91
2Harper Ruprecht91
4Charlotte Flanigan86
5Jasmin DeSimone80
6Amanda Idstein77
7Mary Niland75
8Anastasia Stepanova74
9Sadie Sentman69
9Linda Alms69
11Alison Flanigan67
11Sophia Esposito67
13Emma Flanigan62
14Marsha Demaree60
15Faye Weaver52
15Iris Mars52
15Melissa Burger52
15Emilie Serre52

2025 Operation Iceberg #6

50 runners came out for the Howard County Striders Winter strides race at Patuxent Branch Trail. Mark Eagles and Alexandra Carrizales were the 2 mile winners. Stephen Senick and Linda Alms led the 5k runners. This was the graduation race for the Couch to 5k program, congratulations to all the new finishers.

Volunteers: Bill Arbelaez(race lead), Rene Alonso, Nick Atkins, Melissa Burger, Iris Mars, Jen Storch

2 Mile

PlaceRunnerFinish
1Mark Eagles11:14
2Derek Locktish11:23
3Ethan Becker12:03
4Alexandra Carrizales12:09
5Christian Carrizales13:43
6Danny Cohen14:00
7Elwin Bizimana14:07
8Marcel Guzman14:15
9John Way14:34
10George Locktish14:47
11Lochlann Boyle14:59
12No card15:20
13Sophie Serre15:22.0
14Jasmine DeSimone15:22.5
15Harper Rupprecht15:23
16Emilie Serre17:03
17Greg Orlofsky17:04
18Ted Poulos17:37
19Javier Guzman17:54
20Mark Cohen19:43
21Mary Niland22:20
22Kara Locktish24:18
23Roger Calvert24:32
24Teresa Wethington-Guzman27:19
25Alyssa Dooley27:20
26Ping Toledano29:29
27Steve Moran34:59
28Bill Brown36:07

5K

PlaceRunnerFinish
1Stephen Senick19:11
2Kam Yee22:44
3Kirk Gordon24:33
4Robert Geisler24:42
5Chris Farmer26:28
6Linda Alms26:41
7Jade Traiger26:43
8John Ramsey27:33
9James Scarborough27:53
10Anastasia Stepanova28:07
11Maria Grafov28:08
12Jenny Guilfuss28:27
13Claudia Eckstrom28:42
14Marc Burger30:35
15Eric Johnston34:26 (started 8 min late)
16Yessica Gagliuff37:21
17Scott Ryan40:34
18Jose Camacho40:51
19Amanda Idstein43:22
20Christine Pyers49:04
21Melinda Krummerich49:05

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2025 Operation Iceberg Standings 5 of 6 Races


The following runners have qualified for an award for the 2025 Howard County Striders winter weekly series. 

(Points needed = 50)

Reporting by: Marc Burger

Men

PlaceRunnerPoints
1Adam Wytko88
2Mark Eagles87
3Stephen Senick83
4Eric Johnston78
5Caleb Crow76
6Shannon Sentman73
7Derek Jiao68
8Jathan Crow66
9Derek Locktish64
9Marc Burger64
11Stephen Olenick63
12Nick Atkins62
13Julius Olenick60
13Lincoln Wytko60
15Elwin Bizimana59
16Alexander You58
16John Ramsey58
16Dominic Mandile58
19Jeffrey Weaver55
20Greg Orlofsky54
21Josiah Williams53
22Brady Rogers50
22Jack Flanigan50
22Mike Zaron50
22Tim Ramsey50
22William Zaron50
27Danny Cohen47
28John Way45
29Bill Arbelaez42
29Brian Sivitz42
31Tyler Sivitz41
32Chris Farmer40
32Jacob Collier40
32Lloyd Collier40
32Mark Cohen40
32Ted Poulos40
32Graham Kemph40
38Lochlann Boyle39
38Zach Cratin39
40Kirk Gordon38
41James Scarborough37
42Kam Yee36
42Luke Hennigan36
44Ethan Becker35
44Michael Tracton35
46Cameron Martinez34

Women

PlaceRunnerPoints
1Sophie Serre107
2Anya Subramaniam91
3Charlotte Flanigan86
4Harper Ruprecht72
5Sadie Sentman69
6Allison Flanigan67
6Sophia Esposito67
8Amanda Idstein62
8Emma Flanigan62
10Jasmine DeSimone60
10Marsha Demaree60
12Mary Niland58
13Anastasia Stepanova54
14Faye Weaver52
15Katy Cannon48
16Debbie Collier47
16Linda Alms47
18Deb Hicks44
19Iris Mars42
19Joanne Harrington42
19Melissa Burger42
22Clara Curtis40
23Emilie Serre34
23Audra Hennigan34

2025 Operation Iceberg #5

53 runners came out on a chilly windy day for the Howard County strides race at Northfield Elementary School. Mark Eagles and Charlotte Flanigan were the 5k leaders.

Volunteers: Bill Arbelaez(race lead), Marc Burger, Joan Chall, Joanne Harrington, Amanda Idstein, Iris Mars, Faye Weaver, plus 3 junior strider parents–thank you!

5K

PlaceRunnerFinish
1Mark Eagles18:02
2Stephen Olenick18:06
3Stpehen Senick18:41
4Derek Jiao20:22
5Julius Olenick20:32
6Daniel Cohen20:55
7Caleb Crow21:09
8Shannon Sentman21:13
9Elwin Bizimana21:18
10Charlotte Flanigan21:49
11Jathan Crow22:11
12Adam Doll22:18
13Sophie Serre22:35
14Harper Rupprecht22:43
15Jasmine DeSimone22:55
16Anya Subramaniam22:56
17Josiah Williams23:08
18Sophia Esposito23:11
19John Chall23:14
20Graham Kemph23:15
21Matt Kemph23:24
22Eric Johnston23:31
23Ted Poulos25:08
24Scott Holz25:13
25Brady Rogers25:23
26Marsha Demaree25:29
27Linda Alms25:32
28Clara Curtis25:46
29Ayla Sanderoff25:52
30William Zaron25:56
31Mike Zaron25:57
32Sadie Sentman26:09
33Kirk Gordon26:19
34Emilie Serre26:34
35Greg Orlofsky26:35
36Nick Atkins26:41
37Emma Flanigan27:47
38Michael Tracton27:51
39Fred Jurgensen28:15
40James Scarborough29:36
41Heidi Feng29:41
42John Ramsey29:52
43Jack Flanigan30:18
44Mark Cohen30:23
45Mary Niland33:20
46Emerson Gray33:21
47Isaac Ambinder33:24
48Emily Ambinder33:25
49Jessica Gray33:26
50Roger Calvert38:29
51Charlie Riesz48:16
52Steve Moran53:13
53Tim Ramsey53:30 (started early)

2025 Operation Iceberg #4

61 runners came out For the Howard County Striders Strides race at Thunder Hill Elementary.  Stephen Olenick and Charlotte Flanigan led the 2mile runners.  Adam Wytko and Marsha Demaree pace the 10k/6mile runners.

Volunteers: Marc Burger(race lead), Joanne Harrington, Amanda Idstein, Faye Weaver.

2 MILE

PlaceRunnerFinish
1Stephen Olenick11:32
2Jeffrey Weaver12:33
3Julius Olenick 13:10
4 Luke Hennigan13:14
5Caleb Crow13:16
6Derek Jiao13:24
7Eric Myers13:33
8Elwin Bizimana13:49
9Greg Orlofsky13:51
10Jathan Crow13:53
11Brian Sivitz13:58
12Tyler Sivitz13:59
13Charlotte Flanigan14:00
14Sophie Serre14:03
15Colin Myers 14:18
16Emma Flanigan14:22
17Alison Flanigan14:25
18Adam Doll14:28
19Graham Kemph14:29
20Daniel Cohen14:30
21Anya Subamaniam14:31
22John Way14:41
23Harper Rupprecht14:43
24Sadie Sentman14:49
25James Blackwood14:52
26Sophia Esposito15:00
27Simon Wytko15:16
28Lincoln Wytko15:17
29Lochlann Boyle15:21
30Mike Zaron15:35
31William Zaron15:39
32Brady Rogers15:42
33Katy Cannon15:56
34Audra Hennigan16:23
35 Jack Flanigan16:42
36Clara Curtis16:43
37Emilie Serre16:45
38Jacob Collier16:59
39Ted Poulos17:16
40Nick Atkins17:47
41Linda Alms17:53
42Mark Cohen19:11
43Lula Pieck22:14
44Mike Pieck22:15
45Mary Niland22:40
46Kaia Yang22:46
47Jasmine Yang24:31
48Tim Ramsey31:46
49Lloyd Collier33:09
50Jeanette Novak35:11
51Debbie Collier48:15(ran long)

10K/6 Mile (Choice)

PlaceRunnerFinish
1Adam Wytko37:19
2Stephen Senick39:05
3Shannon Sentman44:53
4Eric Johnston51:08
5Robert Geisler51:23
6Marsha Demaree53:27
7 Chris Farmer56:54
8James Scarborough1:05:43
9John Ramsey1:05:46
10James Moreland1:33:24

2025 Operation Iceberg #3

79 runners came out for the third Howard County Strides race at Oakland Mills Middle School.  Mark Eagles and Sophie Serre were the 1 mile winners.  Adam Wytko and Linda Alms paced the 5k runners.

Volunteers: Bill Arbelaez(race lead), Nick Atkins, Bill Brown, Melissa Burger, Amanda Idstein, Eric Johnston, Faye Weaver.

1 MILE

PlaceRunnerFinish
1Mark Eagles5:05
2 Derek Locktish5:10
3Stephen Olenick5:24
4 Alexander You5:31
5Jeffrey Weaver5:39
6Cameron Martinez5:48
7Josiah Williams5:59
8Colin Campbell6:00
9Caleb Crow6:04
10Jathan Crow6:13
11Phil Rogers6:15
12Derek Jiao6:18
13Julius Olenick6:19
14Elwin Bizimana6:20
15Andrew Steib6:21
16Sophie Serre6:23
17Jasmine Desimone6:24
18Charlotte Flanigan6:26
19Tyler Sivitz6:33
20Brian Sivitz6:34
21Max You6:35
22 Mike Zaron6:36
23Adam Doll6:37
24Danny Cohen6:38
25 Graham Kemph6:39
26Harper Rupprecht6:40
27Sophia Esposito  6:41.0
28Anya Subamaniam6:41.4
29Brandy Rogers6:44
30Allison Flanigan6:46
31Rory Stallings6:50
32Ayla Sanderoff 6:55
33John Way7:00
34Clara Curtis7:07
35Atticus Sentman 7:19.3
36William Zaron7:19.8
37Greg Orlofsky7:21
38Jacob Collier 7:27
39Emma Flanigan7:34
40George Locktish7:35
41Emilie Serre8:10
42Sadie Sentman 8:11
43Mark Cohen8:23
44Brian Campbell8:29
45Catherine Campbell8:34
46 Jack Flanigan8:36
47Teak Ramdial 8:37
48Ted Poulos8:42
49Kacee Ramdial9:25
50Mary Niland10:17
51Lucinda Wytko11:14
52Terri Wytko11:15
53Piper Flanigan11:57
54Susan You11:58
55Koa Ramdial12:07
56Peter Ramdial 12:08
57Kara Locktish12:45
58Helen Kottis13:52
59Tim Ramsey14:39
60Debbie Collier 15:52
61 Lloyd Collier15:54
62Lakshmi Srinivasan16:30
63Steve Moran17:04

5K

PlaceRunnerFinish
1Adam Wytko18:02
2Stephen Senick18:38
3Shannon Sentman20:34
4Lincoln Wytko20:36
5Dominic Mandile20:53
6Luke Hennigan21:25
7Kam Yee21:51
8Ronald Schmidt 22:00
9Kirk Gordon 25:34
10Linda Alms 25:43.0
11Audra Hennigan 25:43.9
12John Ramsey 26:10
13Anastasia Stepanova 26:38
14Conor Kehoe27:00(ran long)
15James Scarborough29:18
16Marc Burger 29:28

2025 Operation Iceberg #2

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69 runners came out for the Howard County Striders Sunday Strides race at Swansfield Elementary School. The 5k course was altered due to snow/ice on the trail. Derek Locktish and Sophie Serra led the 1 mile runners.  Adam Wytko and Deb Hicks were the 5k winners.

Volunteers: Bill Arbelaez(race lead), Nick Atkins, Melissa Burger, Deb Hicks, Amanda Idstein, Iris Mars.

1 MILE

PlaceRunnerFinish
1Derek Locktish5:03.0
2Mark Eagles5:03.4
3Zach Cratin5:05
4 Alexander You5:14
5Ethan Becker5:28
6Cameron Martinez5:30
7Josiah Williams5:49
8Fritz Orlofsky5:54
9 Jathan Crow5:56
10Caleb Crow5:57
11Colin Campbell6:00
12Derek Jiao6:11
13 Greg Orlofsky6:16
14Elwin Bizimana6:18
15Tyler Sivitz6:19
16Brian Sivitz6:20
17Andrew Steib6:22
18Tyler Sivitz6:28
19Matt Kemph6:29
20Sophie Serre6:30
21Phil Rogers6:31
22John Way6:33
23Brady Rogers6:31
24Mike Zaron6:36
25 Allison Flanigan6:38.2
26Anya Subramaniam6:38.4
27William Zaron 6:41
28Emma Flanigan6:55
29George Locktish6:57
30Katy Cannon7:01
31Serena Lao 7:04
32Jacob Collier7:21
33 Harper Rupprecht 7:26
34Sadie Sentman7:33
35Ted Poulos 7:34
36John Ramsey7:36
37Jack Flanigan7:46
38Brian Campbell9:56
39Catherine Campbell 9:57
40Jim Harrington10:29
41Lucinda Wytko10:48
42Terri Wytko10:49
43 Annabelle Farmer13:45
44Chris Farmer13:46
45Tim Ramsey13:47
46Lloyd Collier14:30
47Joanne Harrington14:40
48Phil Lang17:49

5K

PlaceRunnerFinish
1Adam Wytko17:49
2Dominic Mandile20:51
3Kam Yee20:58
4Lochlann Boyle21:47
5David Koralov21:54
6Deb Hicks21:57
7Eric Johnston23:14
8Marc Wenson 24:34
9Simon Wytko25:22
10Lincoln Wytko 25:23
11Michael Tracton27:16
12Anastasia Stepanova27:19
13Marc Burger28:30
14Bill Stahr 28:59
15Karen Young29:36
16Leonid Koralov 30:17
17Haydee Herrera32:10
18Mary Niland32:59
19Debbie Collier33:24
20Ronald Schmidt33:59
21Conor Kehoe 35:01

2025 Operation Iceberg #1

67 runners came out for the first race of the Howard County Strides series at Hammond High School.  Mark Eagles and Charlotte Flanigan led all the 5k runners.  Adam Wytko and Marsha Demaree paced the 10k runners.  The course was modified due to snow on the trail.  Most runners ran about .4 miles short at the finish line; others continued on to hit actual mileage.  These results are based on place of finish. Also we had more times than finisher cards, so this is a best guess scenario.   

Volunteers: Bill Brown(race lead), Nick Atkins, Melissa Burger, Joan Chall, Amanda Idstein, Faye Weaver.

5K

PlaceRunnerFinish
1Mark Eagles16:00
2Derek Locktish 16:04
3Alexander You16:12
4Zach Cratin16:13
5Nate Cramer16:34
6Ethan Becker16:41
7 Jeffrey Weaver17:05
8Caleb Crow 18:21
9Wes Zaron18:22
10Jathan Crow18:37
11 Julius Olenick18:41
12Charlotte Flanigan18:43
13Max You18:44
14Sophie Sarre18:46
15 Jasmine DeSimone18:51
16Alexandra Carrizales19:00
17Christian Carrizales19:02
18Tyler Sivitz19:09
19Brian Sivitz19:10
20Lochlann Boyle19:26
21Anya Subramaniam19:27
22Elwin Bizimana19:33
23Derek Jiao19:46
24Sophia Esposito19:47
25George Locktish21:03
26Eric Johnston21:17.1
27Katy Cannon21:17.2
28Danny Cohen21:24
29Brady Rogers21:25
30William Zaron21:33
31Phil Rogers21:37
32Atticus Sentman21:39
33Mike Zaron21:41
34Sadie Sentman21:52
35John Stanmore22:09
36Greg Orlofsky23:36
37Elizabeth Cannon23:52
38Anastasia Stepanova24:22
39Jacob Collier24:27
40Marc Burger24:32
41Susan Kim25:01
42Jack Flanigan25:54
43Allison Flanigan25:55
44Jinjuan Feng25:59
45Mark Cohen26:50
46Cindy Cohen27:12
47John Ramsey27:13
48Iris Mars28:32
49Deb Collier30:15
50Mary Niland30:56
51Josiah Williams41:54
52Phil Lang41:55
53Lloyd Collier42:01
54Tim Ramsey48:33

10K

PlaceRunnerFinish
1Adam Wytko33:39
2Stephen Senick34:10
3Luis Navarro38:20
4Dominic Mandile38:52
5 Shannon Sentman38:59
6 Lincoln Wytko39:48
7John Chall41:06
8 John Way43:30
9Kirk Gordon46:53
10Marsha Demaree47:18
11Chris Farmer47:32
12Michael Tracton48:09
13Chris Martin49:12