Vernal Velocity #2

61 runners; most in green, came out on a pleasant St. Patrick’s day to participate in the Howard County striders weekly series race at Oakland Mills Middle School.  Mark Eagles and Frankie Moore were the 1 mile winners.  Stephen Senick and Marsha Demaree led the 5k runners.

Volunteers: Bill Arbelaez (race lead), Melissa Burger, Joan Chall, Tammy Liu. Kendra Smith.

1 Mile
1. Mark Eagles                         4:50
2. Shannon Sentman                     6:24
3. Frankie Moore                       6:30
4. Josh Formwalt                       6:32
5. Israel Archuletta                   6:46
6. Roswitha Otazo                      7:35
7. Ted Poulos                          7:50
8. Samantha Otazo                      8:01
9. Eliana Hogan                        9:40
10. Ben Aldrich                        9:51
11. Christopher Blackwood              10:06
12. Roger Calvert                      10:23
13. Victoria Otazo                     10:24.1
14. Marcos Otazo                       10:24.9
15. Sharlene Deskins                   10:40
16. Greg Hogan                         10:48
17. Veronica Galindo                   10:55
18. Naomi Kargus                       11:09
19. Jeanette Novak                     12:43
20. J.P. Blackwood                     14:50
21. Erin Blackwood                     14:52
22. Abby Aldrich                       15:36
23. Andrea Aldrich                     15:37
24. Roger Kargus                       15:38
25. Jen Kargus                         15:59
26. Tim Ramsey                         16:00
27. Tasha Hogan                        16:15
28. Stephen Hogan                      16:16
29. Joseph Hogan                       17:03
30. Sam Jacobson                       17:46.0
31. Cary Jacobson                      17:46.8
5K
1. Stephen Senick                      17:52
2. Marc Hermstein                      20:43
3. John Chall                          21:00
4. John Way                            21:30
5. Nick Anderson                       21:36
6. Robert Walker                       22:02
7. Vincent Martucci Bond               22:09
8. Aldrin Piri                         22:56
9. Marc Burger                         24:16
10. Marsha Demaree                     25:15
11. James Scarborough                  25:35
12. Matt Gilman                        25:39
13. Eric Johnston                      25:55
14. Josh Elser                         26:05
15. Alyssa Mitchell                    26:55
16. Ben Stein                          26:57
17. John Bratiotis                     27:08
18. Emily Howe                         27:21
19. Chris Moore                        28:13
20. Ronnie Wong                        29:43
21. Mary Niland                        30:22
22. Ronald Schmidt                     30:55
23. Charles Blum                       31:57
24. Anaya Calhoun                      32:09
25. Kirk Gordon                        33:14
26. Melinda Krummerich                 33:27
27. Derrick Calhoun                    34:15
28. Amanda Idstein                     35:50
29. Ethan Jacobson                     ran short
30. Matt Jacobson                      ran short

Vernal Velocity #1

50 People braved the cold and snow to run the Burleigh Manor 2M & 5M weekly race on 3/3/19. Winners of the 2M were Josh Geesaman and Kiley Mann. 5M were Mike Geisler and Marsha Demaree.

Volunteers: John Bratiotis (race lead), Tammy Liu, Carrie Anderson, Joan Chall, Melissa Burger

2 Mile
1.  Josh Geesaman             12:39.2
2.  Evan Quinn                12:39.8
3.  Stuart Pineo              13:19
4.  Vincent Martucci Bond     13:20
5.  David Mann                13:34
6.  Kiley Mann                13:44
7.  Joshua Harrington         13:49
8.  Quinlan Ballou            14:08
9.  Josh Formwalt             14:23
10. Jack Hayden               14:24.2
11. Fritz Orlofsky            14:24.7
12. Arnav Gowda               14:25
13. John Way                  14:26
14. Liam O'Connor             14:34
15. Jeffrey Weaver            14:57.4
16. Michelle Weaver           14:57.8
17. Ted Poulos                14:59
18. Johnathan Harrington      15:04
19. Matthew Weaver            15:14
20. Rob Weaver                15:17
21. Josiah Williams           15:18
22. Greg Orlofsky             15:19
23. Frankie Moore             15:51
24. Camille Shoemaker         15:55
25. Griffin Ellinghaus        16:00
26. Frances Haard             16:06.3
27. Tom Haard                 16:06.9
28. Ronnie Wong               16:18
29. Eric Johnston             16:20
30. No card                   16:57
31. No card                   18:40
32. Bruce Shaffer             20:17
33. Rebecca Weaver            21:32
34. Faye Weaver               21:33
35. Crystal Farrare           22:08
36. Roger Calvert             23:02
37. Sharlene Deskins          23:07
38. Amanda Idstein            24:26
39. No card                   24:50
40. No card                   24:51
41. Jeanette Novak            28:40
42. Tim Ramsey                33:21
5 Mile
1. Mike Geisler          35:00
2. John Chall            35:59
3. Marc Hermstein        36:48
4. James Scarborough     43:03
5. Alan Mulindwa         43:39
6. Marsha Demaree        46:16
7. Eileen Wilson         54:41
8. Charlie Riesz         1:07:03

Operation Iceberg Series Awards

76 runners came out on a chilly Sunday afternoon to run the Howard County striders weekly series race at Meadowbrook Park. Evan Quinn and Mary Gorsky led the 5k runners. Adam Wytko and Sarah Capostagno were the 10k winners.

Volunteers: Kendra Smith (race lead), Rene Alonso, Melissa Burger, Marsha Demaree, Amanda Idstein, Eric Johnston, Tammy Liu.

5k
1. Evan Quinn                20:04
2. Mark Eagles               20:07
3. Joshua Harrington         21:18
4. Vincent Martucci Bond     21:21
5. John Way                  21:59
6. Shannon Sentman           22:14
7. Marc Hermstein            22:17
8. Jonathan Harrington       22:21
9. David Mann                22:22
10. Mary Gorsky              22:24.0
11. Kiley Mann               22:24.8
12. Quinlan Ballou           22:29
13. Fritz Orlofsky           23:17
14. Jake Hayden              23:18
15. Arnav Gowda              23:21
16. Liam O'Connor            24:25
17. Robert Quinn             25:12
18. Griffin Ellinghaus       25:25
19. Josiah Williams          25:27
20. Frances Haard            25:32
21. Tom Haard                25:33
22. Thomas Trunk             25:55
23. Camille Shoemaker        26:14
24. Erika Mosley             26:46
25. Chris Trunk              26:58
26. Cindy Cohen              27:27
27. John Bratiotis           28:11
28. Hailey Mitchell          28:58
29. Tory Mitchell            28:59
30. Lynne Powers             29:28
31. Sue Hale                 30:16
32. Debbie Ellinghaus        30:24
33. Kaydian Bennett          30:54
34. Branden Mueller          31:00
35. Mary Niland              31:14
36. Ginny Olson              31:42
37. Bruce Shaffer            31:43
38. Aleida Velasquez         32:23
39. Emily Quinn              32:48
40. Emily Murphy             33:05
41. Melinda Krummerich       33:13
42. Roger Calvert            35:55
43. Sharlene Deskins         37:10
44. Jeanette Novak           42:58
45. Charlie Riesz            43:54
46. Tim Ramsey               59:40
10k
1. Adam Wytko                37:19
2. Zach Valentine            38:06
3. Stephen Senick            40:12
4. Gregg Ford                41:15
5. Karsten Brown             43:46
6. John Chall                44:31
7. Kirk Gordon               48:58
8. Sarah Capostagno          49:18
9. Steve Knoll               50:03
10. Aldrin Piri              50:24
11. Terry Shin               50:50
12. Linda Alms               51:29
13. Audessa Vaught           52:36
14. Matt Gilman              53:07
15. Robert Walker            53:38
16. James Scarborough        54:07
17. Josh Elses               55:52
18. Alan Mulindwa            56:25
19. Bill Brown               56:55
20. Joanne Lee               57:16
21. Jason Tripp              57:17
22. Fin Stein                58:20
23. Ben Stein                58:21
24. Melanie Clatchey         58:45
25. Jess Stern               59:14
26. Jim Roberts              1:01:30
27. Genevieve Sogn           1:02:08.4
28. Dwight Mikulis           1:02:08.7
29. Allie Downey             1:06:34
30. Eileen Wilson            1:06:37

Operation Iceberg #5

86 runners enjoyed a reasonbly warm January race while running the Howard County Striders winter weekly series race at Longfellow Elementary. Mark Eagles and Mary Gorsky were the two mile winners. Adam Wytko and Michelle Weaver led the 10k runners.

Volunteers: John Bratiotis (race lead), Melissa Burger, Joan Chall, Eric Johnston

5k
1. Mark Eagles                11:04
2. Stuart Pineo               12:45
3. Evan Quinn                 12:54
4. Greg Lepore                13:06
5. Joshua Harrington          13:16
6. Ted Poulos                 13:22
7. John Chall                 13:28
8. Henry Hopper               13:29
9. Vincent Martucci Bond      13:30
10. John Way                  13:36
11. David Mann                13:42
12. Greg Orlofsky             13:43
13. Dan Laukzemis             13:47
14. Mary Gorsky               13:48
15. Mike Hopper               13:50
16. Kendra Smith              13:51
17. Jake Hayden               13:57
18. Kiley Mann                13:58
19. Robert Walker             14:22
20. Liam O'Connor             14:30
21. Arnav Growda              14:31
22. Fritz Orlofsky            14:32
23. Jonathan Harrington       14:34
24. Laura Calvert             15:52
25. Alan Mulindwa             16:00
26. Frances Haard             16:02
27. Griffin Ellinghaus        16:04.4
28. Tom Haard                 16:04.8
29. Marc Burger               16:25
30. Erin Romero               17:01
31. Josiah Williams           17:14
32. Erika Mosley              18:00
33. Alyssa Mitchell           18:19
34. Cindy Cohen               18:38
35. Paul Hayden               18:47.2
36. Chloe Hayden              18:47.5
37. Allie Downey              18:48
38. Michelle Pelszynski       20:03
39. Kaylee Beal               20:11.3
40. Amanda Beal               20:11.7
41. Bruce Shaffer             21:02
42. Erin Mitchell             21:16.2
43. Emily Murphy              21:16.6
44. Jim Bitgood               21:42
45. Sara Jones                22:47
46. Roger Calvert             24:38
47. Amanda Idstein            24:44
48. Sharlene Deskins          25:37
49. Jeanette Novak            28:02
50. Christopher Blackwood     28:40
51. Emily Kusmaul             28:52
52. J.P. Blackwood            29:00
53. Nancy Kusmaul             29:01
54. James Blackwood           29:02
55. Jack Behle                30:12
56. Barbara Bitgood           31:25
57. Maggie Orlofsky           31:55
58. April Orlofsky            33:11
59. Tim Ramsey                33:51
10k
1. Adam Wytko               37:00
2. Crosby Taymore           37:22
3. Zach Valentine           40:13
4. Steve Turner             40:17
5. Gregg Ford               40:26
6. Michael Bohse            44:59
7. Stephen Wills            45:21
8. Steve Knoll              46:49
9. Ed Wilson                47:00
10. Kirk Gordon             47:20
11. Aldrin Piri             48:09
12. Jim Roberts             49:08
13. Shannon Sentman         49:33
14. Michelle Weaver         49:39
15. Faye Weaver             50:12
16. Josh Elger              50:27
17. Matt Gilman             50:59
18. Marsha Demaree          51:27
19. Sarah Capostagno        52:33
20. Paul Holliday           53:20
21. Nick Anderson           53:58
22. James Scarborough       57:36
23. Martin Flajnik          59:33
24. Debbie Plescia          1:01:28
25. Eileen Wilson           1:02:13
26. Caree Vander Linden     1:14:36
27. James Hendershot        1:15:58

Operation Iceberg #4

57 runners were up against chilly temps and a strong breeze while participating in the Howard County Striders winter weekly series race at Northfield Elementary School. The 5k winners were Mark Eagles and Sarah Capostagno.

Volunteers: John Bratiotis (race lead), Melissa Burger, John Chall, Amanda Idstein, Tammy Liu

5k
1. Mark Eagles                18:18
2. Zach Valentine             18:35
3. Adam Wytko                 18:54
4. James Blackwood            19:23
5.Ted Poulos                  21:51
6. Sarah Capostagno           22:01
7. Marc Hermstein             22:10
8. Mark Landree               22:14
9. Joshua Harrrington         22:18
10. Mike Hopper               22:24
11. Vincent Martucci Bond     22:26
12. David Mann                22:45
13. Henry Hopper              23:12
14. Aldrin Piri               23:28
15. Kendra Smith              23:37
16. Shannon Sentman           23:44
17. John Way                  23:55
18. Audessa Vaught            24:10
19. Liam O'Connor             24:13
20. No Card                   24:28
21. Mark Gorsky               24:43.7
22. Kiley Mann                24:43.9
23. Kirk Gordon               24:51
24. Fritz Orlofsky            25:07
25. Jonathan Harrington       25:24
26. Faye Weaver               25:27
27. Jake Hayden               25:38
28. Erin Hopper               25:43
29. Tom Haard                 25:51.3
30. Frances Haard             25:51.7
31. James Scarborough         25:52
32. Joanne Alme               26:24
33. Amy Eschman               26:39
34. Erin Romero               26:44
35. Josh Elses                27:42
36. Megan Cossa               28:10
37. Marc Burger               28:50
38. Georgia Briggs            29:02.6
39. Erika Mosley              29:02.8
40. Sue Hale                  29:13
41. No card                   29:39
42. Marcie Burkhart           29:49      
43. No card                   30:04
44. Maria Ferrucci            30:19
45. Josiah Williams           30:29
46. Greg Orlofsky             30:30
47. Briana Jones              30:35
48. Allie Downey              30:36
49. Eileen Wilson             32:40
50. No card                   33:40
51. Melinda Krummerich        35:16
52. Lynda Allera              35:20
53. Jim Bitgood               36:20
54. Sharlene Deskins          38:35
55. Jeanette Novak            43:12
56. Faye Liberatore           48:39
57. Tim Ramsey                53:56

Operation Iceberg #3

This race was cancelled due to winter weather.

Operation Iceberg #2

34 runners braved a cold rain while participating in the Howard County Striders weekly series race at Thunder Hill Elementary. Mark Eagles and Sopha Hwu were the two mile winners. Shanhnon Sentman and Tammy Liu led the 6 mile/10k runners. Zach Valentine and Linda Alms led the 15k/ 8 mile runners.

Volunteers: John Bratiotis (race lead), Marc Burger, Melissa Burger, Akintunde Morakinyo, Kendra Smith.

2 mile
1. Mark Eagles           11:19
2. Nick Anderson         13:25
3. Ted Poulos            13:41
4. John Chall            13:50
5. Dan Laukzemis         14:14
6. John Schlehr          15:24
7. Eric Johnston         15:40
8. John Riley V          16:28
9. John Riley IV         16:30
10. Sophia Hwu           20:00
11. Tim Hwu              20:01
12. Anna Chien           20:02
13. Ronald Schmidt       20:03
14. Melinda Krummerich   20:25
15. Roger Calvert        22:20
16. Jeanette Novak       39:42 (ran long)
6 mile
1. Shannon Sentman     44:30
2. Michael Bohse       47:41 (10k)
3. Aldrin Piri         47:46
4. Tammy Liu           48:08
5. Bobby Gessler       48:09
6. James Scarborough   51:24
7. Renata Sanders      56:47
8 mile
1. Marc Hermstein           57:18
2. Linda Alms               1:06:01
3. Sharon Edelson-Mammell   1:08:56
4. Danielle Crump           1:15:22
15k
1. Zach Valentine     1:01:26
2. Karsten Brown      1:01:50
3. Richard Reinhart   1:06:46
4. Aaron Ellison      1:06:47
5. Casey Richardson   1:09:02
6. Steve Bohse        1:13:28
7. John Way           1:14:24

Operation Iceberg #1

57 runners enjoyed seasonably warm temperatures while running the Howard County striders weekly series race at Hammond Middle School. Mark Eagles and Eliana Hogan were the 1 mile winners. Zach Valentine and Sarah Capostagno led the 5k runners.

Volunteers: John Bratiotis(race lead), Marc Burger, Melissa Burger, Joan Chall, Amanda Idstein, Kendra Smith.

1 mile
1. Mark Eagles                4:55
2. John Way                   6:49
3. Jack Arrington             8:02
4. Eliana Hogan               8:52
5. Charlie Arrington          9:38.4
6. Bram Arrington             9:38.9
7. Christopher Blackwood      9:44
8. Cayllum Otero             10:04
9. Jesse Otero               10:04
10. J.P. Blackwood           10:06
11. James Blackwood          10:07
12. Megan Walker             10:32
13. Roger Calvert            10:51
14. Analise Otero            11:36.2
15. Lisa Otero               11:36.9
16. Joseph Hogan             13:58
17. Tasha Hogan              14:01
18. Naomi Kargus             14:27
19. Jen Kargus               14:32
20. Tim Ramsey               15:44
21. Sam Jacobson             18:57.1
22. Cary Jacobson            18:57.7
5k
1. Zach Valentine            19:04
2. Steve Bohse               20:26
3. Nick Anderson             20:50
4. Gregg Ford                20:54
5. John Chall                21:36
6. Casey Richardson          21:46
7. Evan Griffiths            21:57
8. Richard Griffiths         21:58.2
9. Marc Hermstein            21:58.9
10. Sarah Capostagno         22:39
11. Michael Bohse            23:18
12. Aldrin Piri              23:33
13. Shannon Sentman          23:37
14. Robert Walker            24:47
15. John Schlehr             24:57
16. Emma Williams            26:00
17. Steve Lockhart           26:15
18. Kirk Gordon              26:19
19. Eric Johnston            26:31
20. Rick Hughey              26:45
21. James Scarborough        26:48
22. Michael Tracton          27:18
23. Gavin Buzby              27:23
24. Tim Buzby                27:24
25. Pamela Yao               27:25
26. Gabriela Aguilera        28:13 
27. Michelle Pelszynski      28:14
28. Cindy Cohen              29:06
29. Bruce Levine             29:17
30. Ronald Schmidt           31:35
31. Ethan Jacobson           34:46.0
32. Matt Jacobson            34:46.7
33. Ray Oberg                35:24
34. Jeanette Novak           42:46
35. Melinda Krummerich       42:47

Legends of the Fall Series Awards

53 runners came out to participate in the Howard County striders fall weekly series awards race at Clarksville Elementary.  Mark Eagles and Gabrielle Shord were the two mile winners.  Stephen Senick and Terri Wytko led the five milers.

Volunteers: John Bratiotis (race lead), Marc Burger, Melissa Burger, Joan Chall, Sharlene Deskins, Kendra Smith.

2 mile
1. Mark Eagles                     10:47
2. Ted Poulos                      13:01
3. Gabrielle Shord                 13:07
4. John Way                        13:16
5. John Chall                      13:19
6. Greg Orlofsky                   13:44
7. Fritz Orlofsky                  13:57
8. Adam Davis                      14:03
9. Dan Laukzemis                   14:41
10. Melissa Garcia                 17:26
11. Annabel Arrington              17:33.6
12. Bram Arrington                 17:33.9
13. Amy Sohman                     17:55
14. Chris Farmer                   17:59
15. Thomas Harsham                 18:08
16. Allie Downey                   18:25
17. Ronnie Wong                    18:28
18. Eliana Hogan                   18:43
19. Tasha Hogan                    18:44
20. Glenn Bell                     18:51
21. Maria Ferrucci                 18:52
22. Sophia Hwu                     19:18.0
23. Henry Hwu                      19:18.8
24. Jack Arrington                 20:30
25. Lola Jemibewon                 20:41
26. Stacy Shord                    20:47
27. Melinda Krummerich             20:59
28. Lilian Hwu                     21:23
29. Tim Hwu                        21:24
30. Ajoke Akintade                 21:31
31. Megan Walker                   21:53
32. Christopher Blackwood          23:22
33. James Blackwood                23:23
34. Roger Calvert                  23:51
35. Charlie Arrington              26:11
36. Jeanette Novak                 26:32
37. Margaret Barry                 26:33
38. Tim Ramsey                     37:13
5 mile
1. Stephen Senick                  30:00
2. Zachary Shord                   32:59
3. Gregg Ford                      33:17
4. Marc Hermstein                  33:25
5. Casey Richardson                34:41
6. Eric Bell                       35:18
7. Steven Burns                    36:07
8. Terri Wytko                     37:00
9. Tammy Liu                       37:39
10. Kirk Gordon                    39:49
11. Alan Mulindwa                  41:17
12. Eric Johnston                  42:53
13. Robert Walker                  43:14
14. Alyssa Mitchell                45:03
15. Cindy Cohen                    48:13

Legends of the Fall Series #5

72 Runners came out for the Howard County Striders fall weekly series race at Swansfiled Elementary. Mark Eagles and Cindy Cohen led the way in the 1 mile, Jeremy Rea and Terri Wytko won the the 5k.

Volunteers: Dwight Mikulis(race lead), Bill Arbelaez, John Bratiotis, Melissa Burger, Ali Ezzeldin, Hamza Ezzeldin, Hussein Ezzeldin, Mariam Ezzeldin, Bud Hunt, Amanda Idstein, Ginny Olsen.

1 mile
1. Mark Eagles                4:55
2. John Way                   6:00
3. Eric Bell                  6:09
4. Fritz Orlofsky             6:17
5. Greg Orlofsky              6:18
6. Eric Johnston              7:02
7. Jonathan Harrington        7:03
8. Cindy Cohen                7:44
9. Tyler Wells                8:08
10. Anna Chien                8:14
11. Ryan Wells                8:28
12. Eliana Hogan              8:35.2
13. Sophia Hwu                8:35.7
14. Tasha Hogan               8:36
15. Glenn Bell                8:44
16. Jim Harrington            8:53
17. Anthony Cao               9:11.0
18. Ethan Jacobson            9:11.2
19. Nicholas Cao              9:12
20. Christian Cao             9:19
21. Maggie Orlofsky           9:53
22. Jayden Ward               10:09.5
23. Justin Ward               10:09.8
24. Simon Wytko               10:21
25. Jacob Hwu                 10:30
26. Riley Goldman             10:37
27. Aimee Goldman             10:38
28. Roger Calvert             10:42.2
29. Link Wytko                10:42.6
30. Adam Wytko                10:43
31. James Blackwood           10:59
32. Christopher Blackwood     11:01
33. April Orlofsky            11:19
34. Jeanette Novak            11:49
35. Yoo Jin Lee               12:15
36. Warren Lee                12:19
37. Sophia Cao                12:20
38. Kelly Cao                 12:22
39. Jessica Lomax             12:55
40. Thomas Lee                13:22
41. Noah Chang                13:25
42. Vivian Lee                13:27
43. Erik Griffiths            14:04
44. Richard Griffiths         14:05
45. J.P. Blackwood            14:32
46. Anastasiya Babkova        14:33
47. Tim Ramsey                15:33
48. Hyung Chang               16:22
49. Dylan Chang               16:35
5k
1. Jeremy Rea              20:11
2. Gregg Ford              21:14
3. Joshua Harrington       22:19
4. Steven Burns            22:35
5. John Chall              23:20
6. Terri Wytko             23:32
7. Dwane Morgan Jr.        24:05
8. David Morgan            24:06
9. Michael Bohse           24:12
10. Kirk Gordon            24:37
11. Robert Walker          24:40
12. Tim Hwu                24:47
13. Jake Hayden            24:53
14. Griffen Ellinghaus     25:23
15. Linda Alms             25:37
16. Cary Jacobson          26:08
17. Marsha Demaree         26:28
18. Alan Mulindwa          26:38
19. Alyssa Mitchell        27:20
20. Debbie Ellinghaus      28:14
21. Paul Hayden            30:06
22. Chloe Hayden           30:14
23. Len Guralnick          31:07