Operation Iceberg Series #1

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55 runners came out to run the first race of the Howard County striders winter weekly series at Longfellow Elementary school. James Blackwood and Laura Calvert were the 2 mile winners. Luis Navarro and Faye Weaver led the 10k runners. Karsten Brown and Terri Wytko won the 15k race.

Race Lead: John Bratiotis

Volunteers: Melissa Burger, Mark Eagles, Amanda Idstein, Kendra Smith, Daniel Smolyak, Gary Smolyak, Julie Trapp.

2 mile
1. James Blackwood      11:47
2. Devin Rowell         12:13
3. Harry Rowell         13:59
4. David Jun            14:01
5. Chad Burger          14:30
6. Eric Johnston        14:40
7. Laura Calvert        15:05
8. Evan Calvert         15:06
9. Robert Blanco        15:43
10. Talia Tracton       16:10
11. Erika Mosley        16:55
12. Ronnie Wong         17:27
13. Lauren Loeffler     17:55
14. Melinda Krummerich  20:19
15. Kirk Gordon         22:33
16. Jose Camacho        23:16
17. Margaret Barry      23:55
18. Jack Arrington      23:56
19. Tessa Dress         25:42
20. Michael Martyn      28:37.1
21. Joellyn Martyn      28:37.7
22. Stanley Way         32:55
23. Erika Ohsfeldt      33:10
24. Chris Farmer        33:11
25. Aimee Goldman       33:22
10k
1. Luis Navarro           43:49
2. Gregg Ford             44:39
3. Alan Mulindwa          47:31
4. Jim Pontius            50:50
5. Ben Hall               51:41
6. Mike Fleming           52:05
7. Marc Burger            52:20
8. Scott Woods            53:27
9. Faye Weaver            54:48
10. Cecelia Murach        54:58
11. Rick Repasky          55:20
12. Cindy Cohen           55:59
13. Dave McSherry         56:08
14. Christine Merenda     57:30
15. Subramanian Rashavan  1:01:08
16. Roger Calvert         1:03:49
15k
1. Karsten Brown       55:15
2. Leonard Supsic      1:04:26
3. Steve Bohse         1:05:36
4. Mike Bohse          1:05:46
5. Stephen Mang        1:06:52
6. Jason Graselle      1:08:42
7. Sheldon Degenhardt  1:08:50
8. Terri Wytko         1:14:53
9. John Way            1:15:11
10. Karen Harvey       1:41:24
11. Jennifer Dress     1:41:31
12. Tom Green          1:42:25
13. Lisa Pellgrino     1:43:42
14. David Ikels        1:45:22

Legends of the Fall Series Awards

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56 runners came out to Burleigh Manor middle school to run the Howard County striders fall weekly race this past Sunday. This was the awards race in which runners who qualified with enough points througout the fall series were given running night lights. Devin Rowell and Faith Meininger were the 2 mile winners. Mark Eagles and Terri Wytko won the 5 mile race.

Race Lead: Jessica Stern

Volunteers: John Bratiotis, Melissa Burger, Denise Hyde, Kendra Smith, Julie Trapp, John Way, Faye Weaver, Jeffrey Weaver, Matthew Weaver.

2 mile
1. Devin Rowell        11:47
2. Ted Poulos          12:34
3. Noah Kim            12:57
4. Chad Burger         13:03
5. Gregg Ford          13:14
6. Harry Rowell        13:48
7. Logan Kim           14:14
8. Faith Meininger     14:22
9. Lisa Pisanic        14:38
10. Eric Johnston      14:48
11. Luke Meininger     15:09
12. Mats Chattin       15:24
13. Talia Tracton      15:45
14. Carina Chattin     17:39
15. Susan Kim          17:41
16. Lauren Loeffler    18:07
17. Roger Calvert      18:26
18. Alexa Mullican     19:15.1
19. Amelia Mullican    19:15.8
20. Anna Griffiths     21:14.3
21. Richard Griffiths  21:14.7
22. Vivienne Gilmore   23:10
23. James Gilmore      23:11
24. Susie Montoya      25:09
25. Tim Ramsey         25:38
5 mile
1. Mark Eagles          30:10
2. Karsten Brown        31:50
3. Nate Timm            32:08
4. Sean Costello        34:06
5. John Chall           34:51
6. Steve Meininger      35:28
7. Alan Mulindwa        36:09
8. Steve Knoll          36:33
9. Terri Wytko          36:36
10. Boo Radley(Anders Chattin)    36:49
11. Atticus Finch(Chris Chattin)  36:50
12. Ken Sevik           37:26
13. Kirk Gordon         37:59
14. Bill Stahr          38:05
15. Ronnie Wong         39:04
16. Evan Calvert        39:54
17. Marc Burger         40:01
18. Karen Young         41:01
19. James Adrian        41:18
20. Jim Pontius         41:40
21. Bill Arbelaez       43:09
22. Mike Fleming        43:10
23. Hans Meurer         43:23
24. Marsha Demaree      44:08
25. David Ikels         46:29
26. Karen Harvey        49:49
27. Cindy Cohen         49:50
28. Glenn Kuenzig       55:04
29. Ginger Rowley       56:24
30. Melinda Krummerich  56:46
31. Amanda Cranfill     1:01:20

Legends of the Fall Series #5

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55 runners enjoyed a pleasant fall day while running the Howard County striders weekly series race at Thunder Hill Elementary school. Ted Poulos and Celine Pisanic were the two mile winners. Karsten Brown and Terri Wytko paced all 10k runners.

Race Lead: John Bratiotis

Volunteers: Marc Burger, Melissa Burger, Donnie Chapman, Tasha Hogan, Julie Trapp, John Way, Faye Weaver, Jeffrey Weaver, Matthew Weaver, Rebecca Weaver.

2 mile
1. Ted Poulos           12:19
2. Lochlann Boyle       12:20
3. Evan Calvert         13:14
4. Celine Pisanic       13:28
5. Dan Laukzemis        14:38
6. Lisa Pisanic         14:41
7. Rick Hughey          14:55
8. Mike Fleming         15:42
9. Talia Tracton        15:57
10. Bill Arbelaez       16:13
11. Rob Weaver          16:25
12. Logan Kim           16:31
13. Mats Chattin        16:55
14. Anders Chattin      16:56
15. Lola Jemibewon      17:23
16. Tim Wassell         17:33
17. Eric Johnston       18:00
18. Karen Harvey        18:10
19. Chris Farmer        18:16
20. Carina Chattin      18:17
21. Lucy Howe           18:31
22. Emily Howe          18:42.1
23. Roger Calvert       18:42.8
24. Evan Poulos         19:55
25. Ginger Rowley       19:57
26. Brigid Wassell      20:31
27. Melinda Krummerich  20:40
28. Clint Henderson     24:05
29. John Wassell        25:29
30. Mary Wassell        25:32
31. Michelle Weaver     25:33
32. Tim Ramsey          25:37
33. Stanley Way         34:31
10k
1. Karsten Brown       37:16
2. Mark Eagles         37:32
3. James Blackwood     40:00
4. Greg Hogan          42:42
5. Sean Costello       42:57
6. Steve Knoll         45:02
7. Ken Sevik           45:23
8. Terri Wytko         45:36
9. John Chall          47:41
10. Bob Alexander      47:45
11. Bromley Lowe       48:18
12. Noah Kim           48:33
13. Doug Dixon         49:11
14. Ronnie Wong        49:46
15. James Adrian       51:50
16. Susan Kim          52:41
17. Brad Pudner        52:51
18. Karen Young        53:32
19. Marsha Demaree     53:33
20. Hans Meurer        53:55
21. James Scarborough  54:26
22. Cindy Cohen        1:00:26

Legends of the Fall Series #4

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38 runners came out on a pleasant fall afternoon day to run the Howard County striders weekly race at Clarksville Elementary. Eric Johnston, and Natalie Smolyak were the two mile winners. Mark Eagles and Faye Weaver led the five mile runners.

Race Lead: Donnie Chapman

Volunteers: Alyssa Burger, Melissa Burger, John Chall, Daniel Smolyak, Julie Trapp, John Way.

2 mile
1. Eric Johnston           14:58
2. Natalie Smolyak         15:39
3. Ben Stein               16:04
4. Peter Blank             16:49
5. Roger Calvert           18:27
6. Kenny Walker            18:48.0
7. Fin Stein               18:48.3
8. Jessica Stern           20:23
9. Melinda Krummerich      21:10
10. Amanda Cranfill        23:00
11. Vivienne Page-Gilmore  23:37
12. James Gilmore          23:38
13. Tim Ramsey             25:57
14. Jennifer Goldstein     27:54
5 mile
1. Mark Eagles       31:11
2. Steve Bohse       33:19
3. Nickolaus Mueller  33:36
4. Mike Bohse        34:26
5. Mike Woodward     34:50
6. Daniel Sebring    35:50
7. Ken Sevik         36:02
8. Gregg Ford        36:13.5
9. Chad Burger       36:13.9
10. Steve Knoll      36:40
11. Bill Stahr       37:00
12. James Moreland   38:39
13. Evan Calvert     39:54 *started 2 1/2 min late
14. Jim Pontius      40:03
15. Neal Kraft       40:30
16. James Adrian     42:26
17. Faye Weaver      43:39
18. Hans Meurer      43:44
19. Marc Burger      44:22
20. Mike Fleming     46:45.2
21. Marsha Demaree   46:45.7
22. Cindy Cohen      47:59
23. Ginger Rowley    54:03
24. Kirk Gordon      59:26 *ran long off course

Legends of the Fall Series #3

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36 runners came out to the Howard county striders weekly race at Jeffers Hill Neighborhood center. Lola Jemibewon and Roger Calvert were the 2 mile winners. Luis Navarro and Marsha Demaree paced the 10k runners. Mark Eagles and Faye Weaver led the way in the 15k race.

Race Lead: Bill Arbelaez

Volunteers: John Bratiotis, Melissa Burger, Kendra Smith, Daniel Smolyak, Julie Trapp, John Way.

2 mile
1. Lola Jemibewon   18:06
2. Roger Calvert    18:12
3. Lauren Loeffler  18:15
4. Karen Harvey     18:28
5. Denzel Chin      20:03
6. Mary Niland      20:14
7. Clint Henderson  25:23
8. John Winkert     26:33
9. Sharyn Gordon    26:57
10. Marty Niland    31:08
11. Stanley Way     33:16
Brian Allen         off course
Brendan Dulaney     off course
Mike Dulaney        off course
Mindy Niland        off course
Affan Osman         off course
Gregg Ford          off course
10k
1. Luis Navarro    41:44
2. Steve Knoll     45:19
3. Eric Johnston   48:12
4. Kirk Gordon     50:00
5. Jeff Vohn       50:10
6. Marc Burger     50:52
7. Neal Kraft      54:12
8. Marsha Demaree  54:57
9. Dave McSherry   55:37
10. Ronnie Wong    56:48
15k
1. Mark Eagles        1:01:48
2. Sean Costello      1:05:31
3. Bromley Lowe       1:13:50
4. Alan Mulindwa      1:14:33
5. Faye Weaver        1:21:06
6. Allan Krueger      1:23:47
7. James Scarborough  1:24:14
8. Hans Meurer        1:24:50

Legends of the Fall Series #2

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61 runners came out to run the difficult Swansfield courses at the Howard County Striders fall weekly series race. Mark Eagles and Lisa Pisanic were the 1 mile winners. Karsten Brown and Terri Wytko paced all 5k runners.

Race Lead: Kendra Smith

Volunteers: Marc Burger, Melissa Burger, Loretta Farb, Amanda Idstein, Andrea Misner, Pat Murphy, Julie Trapp, John Way.

1 mile
1. Mark Eagles          5:02
2. Affan Osman          6:10
3. Alan Mulindwa        7:02
4. Nathan Pisanic       7:15
5. Patrick Agbu         7:35
6. Lisa Pisanic         7:50
7. Talia Tracton        8:22
8. Samuel Dickover      8:36.2
9. Abigail Pisanic      8:36.9
10. Cindy Cohen         8:51
11. Kandice Dickover    8:57
12. Melinda Krummerich  9:00
13. Jack Arrington      9:12
14. Ilan Tracton        9:57
15. Rebecca Weaver      9:58
16. Margaret Barry      10:01
17. Matthew Weaver      11:39
18. No Card             12:19
19. Elli Kautman        12:21
20. Lillian Loeffler    12:22
21. Sharyn Gordon       13:15
22. No Card             13:30
23. No Card             13:32
24. Jeffrey Weaver      15:13
25. Rob Weaver          15:14
26. Eleanor Loeffler    19:47
27. Mark Loeffler       19:48


5k
1. Karsten Brown       20:10
2. Chad Burger         21:49
3. Stephen Mang        22:15
4. Kenneth Sevik       22:25
5. Steve Knoll         23:03
6. Terri Wytko         23:17
7. Gregg Ford          23:38.7
8. Eric Johnston       23:38.9
9. Jeff Vohr           24:35
10. Kirk Gordon        24:46
11. John Bratiotis     25:07
12. Natalie Smolyak    25:33
13. Ronnie Wong        26:46
14. Ben Stein          26:54
15. James Adrian       27:19
16. Craig Dickover     27:21
17. Marsha Demaree     27:45
18. Faye Weaver        27:47
19. James Scarborough  27:51
20. Tyler Dickover     29:06
21. David Ikels        29:25
22. Michelle Weaver    30:29
23. David Koralov      30:34
24. Roger Calvert      30:52
25. Karen Harvey       32:01( 2 min late start)
26. Lauren Loeffler    32:20
27. Bill O'Hare        33:37
28. Fin Stein          33:43
29. Jack McMahon       35:21
30. Jose Camacho       37:51
31. Robbie Genzel      43:19.1
32. Drake Genzel       43:19.3
33. Tim Ramsey         44:06
34. Haydee Herrera     47:05

Legends of the Fall Series #1

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57 runners came out on a pleasant Sunday afternoon to Northfield Elementary School to run the 1st fall weekly series race on the Striders Weekly Series schedule. Karsten Brown and Tasha Hogan were the winners of the 5k race. Congratulations also to recent zero to weekly participants who were using this as their graduation race.

Race Lead: John Bratiotis

Volunteers: Chad Burger, Marc Burger, Melissa Burger, Jeff Garstecki, Eric Johnston, Hans Meurer, Kendra Smith.

5k
1. Karsten Brown        17:34
2. Mark Eagles          18:31
3. Mark Loeffler        18:34
4. Lochlann Boyle       19:59
5. Ryan Hermstein       20:05.3
6. Tasha Hogan          20:05.7
7. Mark Hermstein       20:09
8. Sean Costello        20:13
9. Evan Calvert         21:04
10. John Chall          21:12
11. John Way            21:22
12. Alan Mulindwa       21:35
13. Kenneth Sevik       21:59
14. Gregg Ford          22:21
15. Carrie Anderson     22:28
16. Terri Wytko         22:31
17. Bram Arrington      22:36
18. Mark Niland         24:01
19. Cary Jacobson       24:22
20. Bill Stahr          24:34
21. Ronnie Wong         24:56
22. Ben Stein           24:59
23. Mike Fleming        25:13
24. James Adrian        25:24
25. Tammy Liu           25:35
26. Cindy Cohen         26:50
27. Emily Howe          27:23
28. Lola Jemebiwon      28:22
29. Roger Calvert       28:54
30. Michael Martyn      29:22
31. Bruce Levine        30:40( started ~ 4 min late)
32. Ginger Rowley       31:15
33. Glenn Kucnzig       31:32
34. Loretta Farb        32:47
35. Chuck Lazelle       33:44.7
36. Claudia Lazelle     33:44.9
37. Steven Rogan        33:59
38. Mary Niland         34:01
39. Ed Beach            34:03
40. Ajoke Akintade      34:36
41. Jose Camacho        35:27
42. Lekha Nair          35:43
43. Margaret Barry      36:37
44. Daniel Hall         37:42
45. Arnea Lazelle       37:59
46. Germaine Glaser     38:02.3
47. Erika Kane-Lyons    38:02.5
48. Amanda Idstein      38:07
49. Julius Akintade     39:43
50. Tim Ramsey          39:57
51. Joanna Zeissel      40:41
52. Sarah Beach         40:42
53. Wendy Hall          43:03
54. Laura Yingling      49:01
55. Melinda Krummerich  49:04
56. Marty Niland        53:48
57. Mindy Niland        DNF(off course)

Vernal Velocity Series Awards

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41 runners enjoyed a beautiful spring day while running the paths at Lake Elkhorn/Savage trail. Karsten Brown and Carrie Anderson led the way in the 5k race. Season series point winners were also presented with a running hat.

Race Lead: John Bratiotis

Volunteers: Chad Burger, Michael Smolyak, Julie Trapp, John Way.

5k
1. Karsten Brown         18:04
2. Gary Smolyak          18:12
3. Mark Eagles           18:27
4. Mark Loeffler         18:58
5. Ryan Detter           19:24
6. James Cooper          19:55
7. Jeffrey Garstecki     20:22
8. John Chall            20:31
9. Steve Bohse           20:35
10. Mike Bohse           20:40
11. Robert Blanco        22:25
12. Marc Burger          22:57
13. David Jun            23:32
14. Carrie Anderson      23:33
15. James Moreland       23:36
16. Faye Weaver          23:51
17. Kirk Gordon          23:56
18. Eric Johnston        24:05
19. Patrick Williams     24:22
20. Karen Young          24:39
21. Ronnie Wong          24:58
22. Marsha Demaree       25:09
23. Bill Stahr           25:18
24. Michele Emerman      25:20
25. Mike Fleming         25:26
26. Natalie Smolyak      25:51
27. Tim Prestel          26:24
28. Ed Beach             26:39
29. David Ikels          26:49
30. Emily Howe           26:53
31. Larry Pike           26:58
32. Angeline Prestel     27:02
33. David Matthews       27:21
34. James Scarborough    27:36
35. Hans Meurer          28:49
36. Michelle Weaver      29:11
37. Karen Harvey         29:58.2
38. Cindy Cohen          29:58.5
39. Sarah Beach          31:09
40. Mikail Ocasio        32:12
41. Melinda Krummerich   33:27

Vernal Velocity Series #5

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51 runners came out on a warm spring day to run the Howard County striders weekly series race at Burleigh Manor middle school. Mark Eagles and Carina Chattin led the way in the 2 miler, while Karsten Brown and Karen Young were the 5 mile winners. Special shout out to all the Moms who were able to run this Mother’s day.

Race Lead: Susie Montoya

Volunteers: John Bratiotis, Nathan Chapelle, Denise Hyde, Kendra Smith, Julie Trapp, Jeffrey Weaver, Matthew Weaver, Rebecca Weaver, Rob Weaver.

2 mile
1. Mark Eagles         11:17
2. Anders Chattin      12:58.4
3. Chris Chattin       12:58.7
4. John Way            13:25
5. Eric Johnston       14:19
6. Affan Osman         14:34
7. Mike Fleming        15:43
8. Ben Stein           15:46
9. Carina Chattin      17:20
10. Steve Alpern       17:23
11. Dee Nelson         17:39
12. Dora Emaze         18:01
13. Michelle Weaver    18:22
14. Kenny Walker       21:04
15. Daniel Walker      21:05
16. Finley Stein       21:07
17. Diana Solana       22:11
18. Nicole Wakefield   23:11
19. Ajoke Akintade     25:27
20. Lola Jenibewon     25:29
21. Eni Akintade       25;30
22. Tim Ramsey         26:27
23. Stanley Way        30:23
24. Missy Burger       31:43
1. Karsten Brown         29:20
2. Adam Wytko            31:26
3. James Gilmore         32:46
4. Jeff Garstecki        33:32
5. Marc Hermstein        34:11
6. Steve Bohse           35;39
7. Franz Vergara         36:38
8. Chad Burger           36:45
9. Steve Knoll           38:19
10. Stephan Mulrain      38:29
11. Bill Stahr           38:43
12. Robert Blanco        38:48
13. Chris Farmer         40:07
14. Karen Young          40:43
15. Faye Weaver          42:10
16. Kirk Gordon          42:33
17. Emily Howe           45:49
18. James Scarborough    47:17
19. Bruce Levine         47:49
20. Marc Guerrasio       48:29
21. Roger Calvert        48:50
22. Marc  Burger         49:03
23. Hans Meurer          50:52
24. Bethany McGee        50:55
25. Ginger Rowley        59:25
26. Melinda Krummerich   59:40
27. Paula Shepherd       1:01:24

Vernal Velocity Series #4

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66 runners enjoyed perfect spring conditions at the Howard County Striders weekly series race at Jeffers Hill Neighborhood center. John Way and Natalie Smolyak led the way in the 2 mile run. Adam Wytko and Beth Hannon were the 10k winners. Special shout out to longtime participant Pat Brooks, running her last race as a Maryland resident.

Race Lead: Bill Arbelaez

Volunteers: John Bratiotis, Karsten Brown, Marc Burger, Melissa Burger, John Chall, Sharlene Deskins, Eric Johnston, Kendra Smith, Julie Trapp, Faye Weaver, Jeffrey Weaver, Matthew Weaver, Michelle Weaver, Rebecca Weaver.

2 mile
1. John Way              13:00
2. Natalie Smolyak       15:44
3. Cindy Cohen           16:32
4. Michael Martyn        17:27
5. Talia Tracton         17:36
6. Tevia McNeil          18:52
7. Michael McNeil        18:53
8. Glenn Bell            19:21
9. Lola Jemibewou        21:12
10. Rico Ashab           21:13
11. Kalada Nemiaboka     21:18
12. Denzel Chin          21:23
13. Devon Boyle          21:53
14. Lochlann Boyle       21:54
15. Tara Costello        22:45
16. Melinda Krummerich   22:46
17. Akintade Ajoke       23:16
18. Nathan Capelle       24:01
19. Quinny Boyle         24:14
20. Kathy Boyle          24:19
21. Bridget Eichmiller   24:32
22. Arleen Dineen        24:43
23. Marcia Bell          25:15
24. Whitney Robinson     26:05
25. Cetera Deas          26:06
26. Stanley Way          29:12
27. Yon Sik Meurer       31:32
10k
1. Adam Wytko           38:08
2. Tom McGee            39:11
3. Mark Eagles          39:50
4. Sheldon Degenhardt   39:58
5. Jeff Garstecki       41:22
6. James Blackwood      42:29
7. Jason Eichmiller     42:49
8. Evan Calvert         43:54
9. Steve Bohse          44:11
10. Franz Vergara       45:10
11. Scott Goldblatt     45:29
12. Steve Knoll         46:04
13. Leonard Supsic      46:34
14. Chad Burger         46:50
15. Robert Blanco       47:00
16. Kelvin Hong         47:04
17. Beth Hannon         47:06
18. Joe Bowman          48:21
19. Bill Stahr          49:32
20. Jim Pontius         50:28
21. Kirk Gordon         51:21
22. James Moreland      51:35
23. Mike Fleming        54:21
24. David Ikels         54:44
25. Marsha Demaree      55:28
26. James Scarborough   58:27
27. Roger Calvert       59:11
28. Emily Howe          59:23
29. Karen Harvey        1:01:41
30. Bethany McGee       1:02:22
31. Hans Meurer         1:03:14
32. Pat Brooks          1:09:04
33. Nadia Wasserman     1:09:05
34. April Lee           1:09:06*
35. Sean Fao            1:09:33.5*
36. Lisa Lowe           1:09:33.8
37. Amanda Idstein      1:14:28
38. Ginger Rowley       1:14:29
39. Kristen Fokmwalt    1:18:05*
*started 5 min late.