Legends of the Fall Series #4

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Vernal Velocity Series #3

54 runners came out to run the Howard County striders spring weekly series race at Northfield Elementary. Adam Wytko and Faye Weaver led the way in the 5k race. This was also the graduation race for the zero to weekly program. Congratulations to all those who completed their first race!

Race Lead: Donnie Chapman

Volunteers: Carrie Anderson, John Bratiotis, Melissa Burger, Nathan Capelle, Amanda Idstein, Loretta Farb, Mike Fleming, Dwight Mikulis, Kendra Smith, Ben Stein, Finley Stein, John Way, Stanley Way.

5k.
1. Adam Wytko              17:37
2. Karsten Brown           17:46
3. Mark Loeffler           18:18
4. Mark Eagles             18:31
5. Charles Bowles          18:36
6. Shelden Degenhardt      19:29
7. Yasuo Oda               20:10
8. John Chall              20:18
9. Jeffrey Garstecki       20:19
10. Evan Calvert           21:22
11. Chad Burger            21:31
12. Liam McCaffrey         21:54
13. Faye Weaver            22:10
14. Bromley Lowe           22:36
15. Celine Pisanic         22:41.6
16. Michael McNeil         22:41.9
17. Stephan Mulrain        23:10
18. Juan Fernandez         23:25
19. Robert Blanco          23:36
20. Lisa Pisanic           24:00
21. Marc Burger            25:00
22. Eric Johnston          25:03
23. Cindy Cohen            25:10
24. Bob Hollis             25:31
25. Blake Hoskins          25:38
26. Ed McCaffrey           25:43
27. Emily Howe             26:42.1
28. Brian Lawton           26:42.5
29. Samuel Barry           26:42.8
30. Ed Beach               27:09
31. Michelle Weaver        27:46
32. Roger Calvert          27:52
33. Caroline McCaffrey     29:58
34. Jack McMahon           30:10
35. Bill O'Hare            30:28
36. Karen Harvey           30:43
37. Pat Brooks             31:15
38. Ginger Rowley          31:22
39. Ella Bower             31:46.5
40. Kim Mccaffrey          31:46.9
41. Sharlene Deskins       31:47
42. Melinda Krummerich     34:13
43. Tara Costello          35:59
44. Kathy Bayer            36:01
45. Sarah Beach            36:02
46. Gwen Goode             41:08
47. Tim Ramsey             43:28
48. Mayurika Ghosh         46:04
49. Laura Adams            50:10
50. Ana Romero             50:18
51. Karen Fernandez        50:19
52. Lydia Romero-Johnson   52:15.0
53. Maria Tolentino        52:15.3
54. Kristine Tuori         52:15.7

Vernal Velocity Series #2

53 runners came out and beat the latest snowmageddon event to run the Howard County striders weekly series race at Clarksville Elementary. Gary Smolyak and Celine Pisanic were the two mile winners. Karsten Brown and Karen Young paced the Five mile race.

Race Lead: Jess Stern

Volunteers: John Bratiotis, Melissa Burger, Nathan Capelle, Donnie Chapman, Kendra Smith, Paula Stehle, Julie Trapp, John Way.

2 mile
1. Gary Smolyak          11:46
2. Daniel Smolyak        11:57
3. Ted Poulos            12:25
4. Michel McNeil         13:38
5. Celine Pisanic        14:57
6. Patrick Williams      15:20
7. Natalie Smolyak       15:23
8. Nathan Pisanic        16:23
9. Lisa Pisanic          16:24
10. Eric Baker           17:05
11. Dee Nelson           17:23
12. Kathryn Baker        19:40
13. Melinda Krummerich   20:01
14. Amanda Idstein       20:12
15. Ginger Rowley        20:13
16. Luke Hessler         23:58
17. Jose Camacho         24:51
18. Yash Patel           25:55
19. Sarai Patel          26:02
20. Jimmy Hessler        27:27
21. Anya Hessler         27:28
5 mile
1. Karsten Brown         29:34
2. Adam Wytko            30:02
3. Mark Loeffler         30:15
4. Mark Eagles           31:50
5. Lochlann Boyle        31:54
6. Jeffrey Garstecky     32:56
7. Steve Bohse           33:09
8. Yasuo Oda             33:19
9. Ken Sevik             33:54
10. Mark Bohse           34:05
11. Bob Burns            35:00
12. Robert Blanco        36:02
13. Chris Handy          36:04
14. Chad Burger          36:51
15. James Moreland       37:22
16. Bill Stahr           38:37
17. Alan Mulindwa        38:52
18. Kirk Gordon          39:09
19. Karen Young          39:17
20. Marc Burger          40:14
21. Marsha Demaree       41:33
22. Eric Johnston        43:41
23. David Ikels          43:46
24. Bruce Levine         43:47
25. Bethany McGee        45:38
26. Patty Swank          49:14
27. Mikail Ocasio        49:56
28. James Scarborough    49:57
29. Ryan McCullough      50:11.0
30. Kristin McCullough   50:11.7
31. Karen Harvey         1:06:14(off course ran long)
32. Emily Howe           1:06:15(off course ran long)

Operation Iceberg Series #2

52 runners took part in the 1st official race offering of the Howard County Striders winter weekly series at Hammond High School.  Karsten Brown and Perla Rodriguez were the winners of the 5k race.

Race Lead:  Donnie Chapman

Volunteers:  John Bratiotis, Nathan Capelle, John Chall, Weems McFadden, Dwight Mikulis, Lynn Sanetrik, Julie Trapp.

5k
1. Karsten Brown          18:16
2. Mark Eagles            19:06
3. James Blackwood        19:27
4. Mark Loeffler          19:47
5. Sheldon Degenhardt     19:53
6. Lochlann Boyle         20:39
7. Tom Mammacos           20:44
8. John Way               21:20
9. Joe Haber              21:32
10. Evan Calvert          22:20
11. Perla Rodriguez       22:38
12. Chad Burger           22:48
13. Robert Blanco         22:51
14. Steve Wright          23:01
15. Kendra Smith          23:11
16. Michael McNeil        23:17
17. Harry Rowell          23:21
18. Bomley Lowe           23:33
19. Andrew Pontius        24:02
20. Alan Mulindwa         24:12
21. Jim Pontius           24:17
22. Terri Wytko           24:33
23. Jeff Carlson          24:46
24. Yasuo Oda             25:10
25. Mike Fleming          25:58
26. Adam Vander Herde     26:15
27. Shalyn Howard         26:28
28. Eric Johnston         26:45
29. Connor Croft          26:49
30. Mikie Allen           26:51
31. Brenda Allen          26:53
32. Ivan Croft            27:23
33. Cindy Cohen           27:45
34. Faye Weaver           27:58
35. Austin Dress          28:02
36. Holden Dress          28:03
37. Becca Pontius         28:08
38. James Scarborough     28:12
39. Chris Martin          28:44
40. Roger Calvert         29:18
41. Sari Chapman          29:54
42. Sebastian Silberman   30:06
43. Geoff Silberman       30:07
44. Mikail Ocasio         30:44
45. Peter An              30:48.2
46. Amanda An             30:48.8
47. Jack McMahon          31:47
48. Daniel Sanford        32:48
49. Melinda Krummerich    33:39
50. Ginger Rowley         33:54
51. Jennifer Dress        39:12
52. Tessa Dress           40:23