Weekly Series – Page 4 – Howard County Striders

2023 Legends of the Fall #2 Results

September 24, 2023/in Race Results, Weekly Series

28 runners braved the tail end of a tropical depression to run the Howard County Striders weekly series race at Patuxent Valley Middle School. Lochlann Boyle and Devon Boyle paced the 2 milers. Andrea Carrizales and Stephen Senick were the 4 mile winners.

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

Reporting by: Marc Burger

2 Mile

Place	Runner	Finish
1	Lochlann Boyle	13:58
2	Devon Boyle	14:23
3	Ted Poulos	16:50
4	Roger Calvert	21:50
5	Joanne Harrington	24:08
6	Jules Conway	28:52
7	Desi Conway	28:52
8	Tim Ramsey	42:27

4 Mile

Place	Runner	Finish
1	Andrea Carrizales	24:28
2	Stephen Senick	24:59
3	Christian Carrizales	28:21
4	John Way	29:04
5	Jonathan Harrington	31:07
6	Josiah Williams	31:08
7	Kendra Smith	31:34
8	Joshua Harrington	31:39
9	Steve Meininger	32:24
10	Tony Rogers	33:15
11	John Ramsey	33:41
12	Kirk Gordon	34:08
13	Scott Holz	34:19
14	Dylan Walker	37:27
15	James Scarborough	37:57
16	Linda Alms	38:20
17	Alan Mulindwa	38:55
18	Marc Burger	39:39
19	Jim Harrington	41:42
20	Ronald Schmidt	45:28

2023 Legends of the Fall #1 Results

September 17, 2023/in Race Results, Weekly Series

35 runners came out for the first Howard County Striders fall weekly series race at Hammond Middle School. Alexandra Carrizales and Vincent Martucci led the 1 mile runners. Mark Eagles and Linda Alms paced the 5k runners.

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

Reporting by: Marc Burger

1 Mile

Place	Runner	Finish
1	Alexandra Carrizales	5:10
2	Vincent Martucci	5:17
3	John Way	6:19
4	Lochlann Boyle	6:31
5	Kendra Smith	7:01
6	Ted Poulos	7:49
7	Cayllum Otero	8:00
8	Max Wassell	8:46
9	Jim Harrington	9:17
10	Joanne Harrington	11:02
11	Brian Celedon	12:12.1
12	Bridget Celedon	12:12.8
13	Kate Kandel	12:30
14	Allison Kandel	12:43
15	James Moreland	12:53
16	Stephanie Kandel	12:55
17	Jeremy Kandel	13:01
18	Jeanette Novak	15:23

5 Km

Place	Runner	Finish
1	Mark Eagles	18:10
2	Stephen Senick	19:17
3	Richard Reinhardt	21:09
4	Luis Navarro	21:35
5	Steve Meininger	24:45
6	John Ramsey	25:59
7	Tony Rogers	26:18
8	Kirk Gordon	27:17
9	James Scarborough	27:50
10	Linda Alms	27:55
11	Mike Tracton	28:06
12	Alan Mulindwa	29:53
13	Marc Burger	30:54
14	Mike Elkonoh	31:39
15	Roger Calvert	33:34
16	Haydee Herrera	36:17
17	Melinda Krummerich	(dnf)

2023 Meet of Miles Results

July 19, 2023/in Race Results, Weekly Series

41 runners of came out for the Howard County striders annual meet of miles races at Oakland Mills High School. Coralyn Renjifo led the 5 and under runners in the 100 meter dash. Floralei Renjifo led the older kids in a 400 meter dash. Mark Eagles and Samantha Merkel paced all the mile runners.

Volunteers: Bill Arbelaez (race lead), Marc Burger, Melissa Burger

Reporting by: Marc Burger

100 Meter

Place	Runner	Finish
1	Coralyn Renjifo	22.65
2	James Merkel	29.51
3	Ezra Rea	31.58
4	Conley Reich	43.35
5	Miles Hencke	01:07.30

400 Meter

Place	Runner	Finish
1	Floralei Renjifo	1:32
2	Natalia May	1:39
3	Kingsley Kochman	2:26
4	Georgie Kochman	2:36

1 Mile

Place	Runner	Finish
1	Mark Eagles	4:36
2	Carlos Renjifo	4:38
3	Graham Peck	4:40
4	Sean Caskey	4:59
5	Jacob Englander	5:05
6	Sean Napier	5:06
7	George Kochman	5:20
8	Jeremy Rea	5:25
9	James Winter	5:26
10	Jicheng Liu	5:27
11	Pete Merkel	5:34
12	Qiang Tian	5:35
13	Samantha Merkel	5:50
14	Richard Reinhart	5:55
15	John Stanmore	5:56
16	Michael Bohse	6:03
17	Shangdi Mo	6:04
18	Devon Boyle	6:09
19	Sadie Sentman	6:19
20	Lochlann Boyle	6:21
21	Shannon Sentman	6:22
22	Eric Johnston	6:33
23	Atticus Sentman	6:44
24	Tony Rogers	6:45
25	John Ramsey	6:47
26	Paul Ryan	6:49
27	Deb Hicks	6:57
28	Kevin Hencke	7:01
29	Dylan Walker	7:12
30	Aimee Goldman	8:12
31	Floralei Renjifo	10:01
32	Amanda Idstein	10:46

2023 2 Person 5 Mile Results

June 28, 2023/in Race Results, Weekly Series

14 teams of two runners came out for the Howard County Striders annual 5 mile 2 person relay. Runners run 10 alternating quarter mile laps until 5 miles are reached. The team of David Wang and Varun Dhondi finished 1st.

Volunteers: Bill Arbelaez (race lead), Marc Burger, Melissa Burger

Reporting by: Marc Burger

Teams

Place	Runner 1	Runner 2	Time
1	Daniel Wang	Varun Dhondi	25:38
2	Xuesong Wang	Matt Leibowitz	28:16
3	Shangdi Mo	Qiang Tran	28:44
4	Terri Wytko	Adam Wytko	29:21
5	Yan Zhang	Jicheng Liu	29:24
6	Tammy Hermstein	Marc Hermstein	29:48
7	Mark Eagles	N/A	30:04
8	Aimee Goldman	Jacob Englander	30:33
9	Faye Weaver	Jeffrey Weaver	31:36
10	Huifei Chen	Qian Zhang	31:44
11	Lincoln Wytko	Simon Wytko	33:10
12	Tricia Cecil	James Scarborough	34:33
13	Yan Liu	John Ramsey	36:07
14	Stan Cohen	Michele Cohen	46:23

2023 Vernal Velocity #6 Results

June 18, 2023/in Race Results, Weekly Series

17 runners came out on Father’s day to run the Howard County Striders weekly series race at Hammond High School. A few of the runners ran long but Jack Kammerer and Linda Alms led the 5k, John Way paced the 10k runners.

Volunteers: Bill Arbelaez(race lead), Melissa Burger, Joan Chall, John Chall, Amanda Idstein, Kendra Smith

Reporting by: Marc Burger

5K

Place	Runner	Finish
1	Jack Kammerer	27:38
2	Eric Johnston	27:51
3	Tony Rogers	28:38
4	Ted Poulos	30:47
5	John Ramsey	30:58
6	Marc Burger	32:02
7	Alex Le	34:28
8	Linda Alms	40:27
9	Mary Niland	40:28
10	Yakup Muratnazorov	45:26
11	Ronnie Wong	1:00:47
12	Jeanette Novak	1:01:25
13	Tim Ramsey	no time 2.75 miles

10 Km

Place	Runner	Finish
1	John Way	48:41
2	Kirk Gordon	57:02
3	James Scarborough	57:08
4	Alan Mulindwa	59:17

2023 Vernal Velocity Standings – FINAL

June 4, 2023/in Race Results, Weekly Series

Congratulations to the following runners who qualified for an award during the Spring series. Please come out to Hammond High on June 18th to be recognized.

Minimum Points Required: 40

Reporting by: Marc Burger

Men

Place	Runner	Points
1	Eric Johnston	88
2	John Way	84
3	Alan Mulindwa	76
3	Ted Poulos	76
5	John Chall	75
6	Marc Burger	73
7	John Ramsey	68
8	Tim Ramsey	65
9	James Scarborough	64
10	Kirk Gordon	62
11	Roger Calvert	59
12	Ronnie Wong	55
13	Bill Arbelaez	52
14	Lincoln Wytko	49
15	Mark Eagles	44
16	Mark Landree	43
16	Steve Meininger	43
18	Colin Myers	41
18	Eric Myers	41
18	Tony Rogers	41
21	Lochlann Boyle	40

Women

Place	Runner	Points
1	Iris Mars	104
2	Mary Niland	98
3	Jeanette Novak	91
4	Kendra Smith	86
5	Linda Alms	85
6	Amanda Idstein	80
7	Alexandra Carrizales	66
8	Joan Chall	62
9	Terri Wytko	60
10	Melissa Burger	42
11	Haydee Herrera	40

2023 Vernal Velocity #5 Results

June 4, 2023/in Race Results, Weekly Series

29 runners enjoyed a comfortable sunny day at the Howard County Striders weekly series race at Elkhorn/Savage trail. Mark Eagles and Alexandra Carrizales were the two mile winners. Joy Lewis and Gregg Ford led the 10k runners.

Volunteers: Bill Arbelaez(race lead), Marc Burger, Melissa Burger, Joan Chall

Reporting by: Marc Burger

2 Mile

Place	Runner	Finish
1	Mark Eagles	10:54
2	Alexandria Carrizales	11:25
3	John Way	13:23
4	Lochlann Boyle	13:32
5	Kendra Smith	15:15
6	John Ransey	15:36
7	Jim Disciullo	16:26
8	Ted Poulos	18:31
9	Roger Calvert	20:30
10	Iris Mars	20:44
11	Amanda Idstein	25:14
12	Ronnie Wong	28:09
13	Jeanette Novak	31:03
14	Tim Ramsey	33:25

10 Km

Place	Runner	Finish
1	Joy Lewis	41:35
2	Gregg Ford	45:51
3	Steve Meininger	49:28
4	Tony Rogers	52:38
5	Eric Johnston	53:17
6	Kirk Gordon	56:39
7	Nick Atkins	57:55
8	James Scarborough	1:00:03
9	Linda Alms	1:14:04 (ran long)
10	Bill Snelling	1:14:54
11	Mary Niland	1:15:09 (ran long)
12	Haydee Herrera	1:17:12 (ran long)
13	Emily Howe	1:17:13 (ran long)
14	Eileen Sullivan	1:19:27 (ran long)
15	Claudia Eckstrom	1:19:28 (ran long)

2023 Vernal Velocity Standings

June 4, 2023/in Race Results, Weekly Series

Minimum Points Required: 40

Reporting by: Marc Burger

Men

Place	Runner	Points
1	Alan Mulindwa	76
2	John Chall	75
3	Eric Johnston	69
4	Marc Burger	63
4	John Way	63
6	Ted Poulos	59
7	Tim Ramsey	51
8	Lincoln Wytko	49
8	John Ramsey	49
10	James Scarborough	48
11	Kirk Gordon	44
12	Mark Landree	43
12	Roger Calvert	43
14	Bill Arbelaez	42
15	Colin Myers	41
15	Eric Myers	41
17	Ronnie Wong	40
18	Steve Bohse	38
19	Adam Wytko	33

Women

Place	Runner	Points
1	Iris Mars	84
2	Mary Niland	78
3	Jeanette Novak	73
4	Kendra Smith	65
5	Linda Alms	64
6	Amanda Idstein	61
7	Terri Wytko	60
8	Joan Chall	52
9	Alexandra Carrizales	44
10	Lucy Wytko	36
11	Melissa Burger	32

2023 All-Fruit Relay Results

May 28, 2023/in Race Results, Weekly Series

9 teams of four or less competed in the Howard County Striders All-fruit relay; in which a piece of fruit is carried as a baton, and the punnier the team name the better. Teams ran 4 laps of two miles for a total of eight miles. Team Lemon Fresh led all teams in a time of 54:29.

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

Reporting by: Marc Burger

8 Mile (4x2mi)

Place	Team Name	Finish	Runner 1	Runner 2	Runner 3	Runner 4
1	Lemon Fresh	54:29	Mark Eagles	Mark Eagles	Eric Johnston	Tony Rogers
2	Slaughtermelons	58:47	Alan Tominack	Stu Pulliam	John Ramsey	Kendra Smith
3	Simply the Zest	59:26	Greg Lepore	Greg Lepore	Hafiz Shaikh	Hafiz Shaikh
4	The Gourd of Directors	1:03:33	Marsha Demaree	Larry Stern	Matt Bevan	Bill Brown
5	Orange Crush	1:08:20	Oliver Leung	Tun-Han Leung	Anne Seller	Mauricio Blondet
6	Orange Crushers	1:13:41	Linda Alms	Mary Niland	Marc Burger	Ben Stein
7	Kiwi Run	1:26:50 (ran long)	Andrew Falk	Joelle Chall	John Chall	Tammy Hermstein
8	Orange you Glad?	1:33:20	James Scarborough	James Moreland	Jeanette Novak	Iris Mars
9	When life gives you limes, run away!	1:36:05	Zoe Leung	Tobey Leung	Ellie Leung	Mira Hotait

2023 Vernal Velocity #4 Results

May 21, 2023/in Race Results, Weekly Series

17 runners enjoyed sunny warm conditions at the Howard County Striders spring weekly series race at Longfellow Elementary School. Kendra Smith and Steve Meininger were the 2 mile winners. John Way and Linda Alms paced the 10k runners.

Volunteers: Melissa Burger, Joan Chall, Eric Johnston

Reporting by: Marc Burger

2 Mile

Place	Runner	Finish
1	Kendra Smith	14:55
2	Steve Meininger	15:06
3	Anthony Rogers	15:27
4	John Ramsey	16:10
5	Roger Calvert	20:20
6	Iris Mars	21:09
7	Mary Niland	22:14
8	Amanda Idstein	28:18
9	Jeanette Novak	33:13
10	Tim Ramsey	38:47

10 Km

Place	Runner	Finish
1	John Way	44:31
2	Alan Mulindwa	53:32
3	John Chall	55:27
4	Linda Alms	55:55
5	Kirk Gordon	57:01
6	James Scarborough	57:59
7	Marc Burger	1:08:16