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2022 Operation Iceberg #2 Results

73 runners came out on a chilly Sunday afternoon to run the Howard County Striders weekly series race at Thunder Hill Elementary School. Brian Fleming and Kaylee Beal were the 2 mile winners. Stephen Senick and Ruth Taylor led the 10k runners.

Volunteers: Bill Arbelaez (race lead), Rene Alonso, Bill Brown, Michelle Paul Brown, Melissa Burger, Joan Chall, Fritz Orlofsky

Reporting by: Marc Burger

2 Mile

PlaceRunnerFinish
1Brian Fleming12:37
2Dwane Morgan12:49
3Eric Myers13:02
4Greg Orlofsky13:05
5David Morgan13:09
6Johnathan Harrington13:30
7Joshua Harrington13:31
8Bram Arrington14:05
9Ted Poulos14:31
10Tomoki Weddington14:32
11Garrett Barns14:33
12Alex You14:38
13Kaylee Beal14:39
14Sadie Sentman14:40
15Shannon Sentman14:41
16Amanda Beal14:42
17Griffin Ellinghaus15:01
18Eric Johnston15:33
19Josiah Williams15:36
20Tyler Sivitz15:52
21Zachary Morrisey16:52
22Jason Weddington                       16:53
23Lincoln Wytko                               16:54
24Simon Wytko                                 16:55
25Terri Wytko16:57
26M. Grace Dougherty17:06
27Jonah Just17:13
28Beatrice Withee17:27
29William You17:34
30Reegan Howell17:43
31Sarah Sivitz17:46
32Cole Pickett17:52
33Conner Pickett17:57
34Lindsay Pickett17:58
35Ethan Vecera18:04
36Kimberly Denn18:10
37Emily Howe18:18
38Andrew Ellinghaus18:29
39Dave Frommer18:50
40Marc Burger19:13
41Jack Arrington20:09
42Charlie Arrington 20:10
43Jim Harrington                                 20:20
44Faith Myers                                       20:26
45Colin Myers                                       20:28
46Ronnie Wong                                   20:46
47Iris Mars                                           21:25
48David Parasits                                   21:57
49Laura Just                                         22:18
50Joe Hanle                                         22:23
51Peter Kipsang                                   22:24
52Amanda Idstein                                 22:58
53Sue Xu Zhang22:59
54No name23:16
55Heidi Vecera   23:53
56Maya Vecera23:54
57Lisa Cheung25:56
58Jeanette Novak       30:44

10K

PlaceRunnerFinish
1Stephen Senick42:21
2Josh Weiss42:28
3Steve Turner43:11
4Phil Lang43:41
5John Chall45:16
6Christopher Withee46:02
7John Way46:54
8Steve Knoll53:40
9Ruth Taylor53:46
10Marsha Demaree54:51
11Michael Tracton56:42
12Kirk Gordon 1:05:52
13James Moreland 1:08:13
14Linda Alms 1:09:22
15Mary Niland 1:09:39
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Legends of the Fall Awards

26 runners came out on a chilly Sunday afternoon to run the Howard County Striders weekly series awards race at Burleigh Manor Middle. Mark Eagles and Lydia Fairfax were the 5k winners.

Volunteers: Melinda Krummerich (race lead), Rene Alonso, Bill Arbelaez, Melissa Burger, Conrad Orloff, Adam Wytko, Lucy Wytko.

5K

1 Mark Eagles20:31
2 Steve Turner20:51
3 Karsten Brown21:41
4 John Way21:58
5 Ted Poulos22:44
6 Lydia Fairfax22:57
7 Evan Griffiths23:29
8 Richard Griffiths23:30
9 Lochlann Boyle23:34
10 Steve Meininger24:21
11 Eric Johnston24:26
12 Kirk Gordon24:37
13 John Chall25:05
14 Marsha Demaree25:35
15 James Scarborough26:33
16 Lincoln Wytko30:36
17 Simon Wytko32:17
18 Terri Wytko32:18
19 Roger Calvert33:27
20 Iris Mars34:18
21 Ray Oberg34:39
22 Amber Barker40:04 (2 mile)
23 Angela Barker40:05 (2 mile)
24 Ronnie Wong43:44 (ran long)
25 Jeanette Novak48:39
26 Tim Ramsey53:18
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Legends of the Fall Race #5

36 runners came out on a cool December afternoon to run the Howard County Striders weekly series race at Oakland Mills Middle School.  John Way and Amber Barker led the 1 mile runners.  Adam Wytko and Lydia Fairfax were the 5k winners.

Volunteers: Melinda Krummerich (race lead), Melissa Burger, John Chall, Pattie Laun, Eileen Levitt, Jeff Levitt.

1 Mile

1 John Way6:19
2 Ted Poulos7:15
3 Nicholas Lipcon7:49
4 Carter Jackson7:50
5 Amber Barker9:26
6 Angela Barker9:27
7 April Devine9:33
8 Iris Mars10:02
9 Elizabeth Stepanek11:29
10 Mike Stepanek11:30
11 Amanda Idstein11:34
12 Meghan Stepanek11:35
13 Jeanette Novak14:25
14 Lucy Wytko14:37
15 Terri Wytko14:45
16 Tim Ramsey15:46

5K

1 Adam Wytko17:48
2 Richard Aarons20:09
3 Colin Myers20:12
4 Paul Woods20:58
5 Bruce Worley21:57
6 Mark Worley22:04
7 Lydia Fairfax23:14
8 Steve Meininger23:37
9 Eric Johnston24:39
10 James Scarborough25:30
11 Ankor Holz25:54
12 Scott Holz26:18
13 Kirk Gordon27:35
14 Marc Burger28:24
15 Simon Wytko30:01
16 Lincoln Wytko30:02
17 Katie Yarrish34:39
18 Anna Griffiths34:40
19 Richard Griffiths34:41
20 Luis DiazDNF
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Legends of the Fall Race #4

37 runners came out on a comfortable fall afternoon at Thunder Hill Elementary to run the Howard County Striders weekly series race.  Kudos to several well decorated Halloween themed houses along the route.  Mark Eagles and Eliana Hogan were the two mile winners.  Richard Aarons and Lydia Fairfax led the 10k runners.  Karsten Brown paced the 15k race.  

Volunteers: Melinda Krummerich (race lead), Bill Arbelaez, Liz Brock, Melissa Burger, Jewel Devries, John Way.

2 mile
1. Mark Eagles         11:25
2. James Blackwood     16:30.7
3. Luis Diaz           16:30.8
4. Alan Mulindwa       16:43
5. Eliana Hogan        18:52
6. Tasha Hogan         18:54
7. Ronnie Wong         20:39
8. Iris Mars           21:26
9. Amanda Idstein      24:11
10. Miles Mackel       30:34
11. Ken Mackel         30:36
12. Bryce Boslego      31:08
13. Ryan Boslego       31:09
14. Leslie Boslego     31:10
15. Jeanette Novak     31:49
16. Tim Ramsey         31:52
17. Lauren Tribe       33:00(8 min late)
18. Mark Tribe         33:01( 8 min late)
19. Lucas Mackel       33:58
20. Karai Mackel       34:34
21. Julie Mackel       34:40
10k
1. Richard Aarons      42:18
2. John Chall          44:13
3. Gregg Ford          44:21
4. Steve Knoll         47:01
5. Lydia Fairfax       49:35
6. Joel Williams       49:55
7. Marc Burger         50:09
8. Steve Meininger     52:41
9. Eric Johnston       53:40
10. Lincoln Wytko      1:03:48.1
11. Terri Wytko        1:03:48.8
12. Kerry Birney       1:10:28
15k
1. Karsten Brown         1:10:16
2. Kirk Gordon           1:16:29
3. James Scarborough     1:24:50
4. Matthew Bevan         1:39:15
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Legends of the Fall Race #3

21 runners came out on an actually fall like afternoon at Hammond Middle School.  Mark Eagles and Lydia Fairfax were the 5k winners.  

Volunteers: Melinda Krummerich(race lead), Bill Arbelaez, Matthew Beach, Sarah Beach, Amanda Idstein, Eric Johnston

5k
1. Mark Eagles          18:46
2. Bill Brown           21:09
3. John Way             21:39
4. John Chall           22:51
5. Ted Poulos           23:41
6. Lydia Fairfax        23:46
7. Steve Knoll          23:47
8. Marc Burger          24:30
9. Kirk Gordon          25:53
10. Marsha Demaree      26:04
11. Ben Stein           26:33
12. Samuel Koralov      29:10
13. Emily Howe          29:16
14. Tricia Katebini     29:53
15. Ray Oberg           33:10
16. Leonid Koralov      33:19
17. Haydee Herrera      37:16
18. Iris Mars           37:25
19. Libby Marchetti     38:25
20. Ronnie Wong         44:09
21. Jeanette Novak      50:02
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Legends of the Fall Race #2

31 runners enjoyed a comfortable sunny day at the Howard County Striders weekly series at Jeffers Hill Elementary. Mark Eagles and Natalia May led the 2 mile runners. Casey Richardson and Terri Wytko were the 10k winners.
Volunteers: Melinda Krummerich(race lead), Melissa Burger, Joan Chall.

2 mile
1. Mark Eagles               11:32
2. John Way                  12:55
3. Ted Poulos                14:29
4. Lincoln Wytko             15:33
5. Tyler Wells               17:10
6. Natalia May               19:37
7. Jill May                  19:38
8. Mary Niland               20:34
9. Ryan Wells                21:28
10. Amanda Idstein           23:04.5
11. Iris Mars                23:04.9
12. Ronnie Wong              23:27
13. Eric Lomax               23:59
14. Charlie Riesz            25:31
15. Angeline VanZeeland      26:18
16. Dori Ramsey              29:17
17. Jessica Lomax            30:17
18. Dawn Wells               30:23
19. Jeanette Novak           31:14
20. Tim Ramsey               32:04
21. Joseph Wells             35:59
10k
1. Casey Richardson          45:22
2. John Chall                45:56
3. Terri Wytko               46:10
4. Steve Knoll               49:24
5. Lydia Fairfax             51:31
6. Kirk Gordon               52:23
7. Marc Burger               53:55
8. James Scarborough         56:11
9. Eric Johnston             57:47
10. Marsha Demaree           58:39
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Legends of the Fall Race #1

Forty runners came to Northfield Elementary School for the first race of the Legends of the Fall series, despite the light rain and overcast skies. Fully half the field was comprised of graduates and coaches from the Striders’ Zero to Weekly beginning running program, who ran this as their graduation race. Mark Eagles took the men’s finish, and Terri Wytko ran a strong race to top the women. Volunteers: Melinda Krummerich (RD/Finish Line), Joan Chall (Signup/Finish Line), and our course marshals were Bill Brown, John Chall, Kenny Walker, John Way, Adam Wytko, and Lucy Wytko. Thank you, runners and volunteers!

5K
1.  Mark Eagles              19:12
2.  Richard Aarons           19:58
3.  Terri Wytko              22:45
4.  Lydia Fairfax            24:25
5.  Kirk Gordon              25:12
6.  Eric Johnston            25:20
7.  Lincoln Wytko            26:58
8.  Tyler Wells              27:50
9.  James Scarborough        27:51
10. Kendra Smith             27:58
11. Ed Beach                 28:11
12. Simon Wytko              28:52
13. Ben Stein                29:03
14. Ryan Boslego             32:03
15. Julie Mackel             32:03
16. Mary Niland              32:54
17. Ronnie Wong              34:13
18. Rui Sun                  37:13
19. Weimin Chen              37:46
20. Iris Mars                38:20
21. Steven Parsley           38:26
22. Andrea Aldrich           38:39
23. Angelo Diaz              39:04
24. Ryan Wells               39:05
25. Reggie Daye              39:28
26. Rashad Daye              39:29
27. Wei Zhang                40:28
28. Alexandra Liu            40:34
29. Ciara Washington         41:08
30. Ted Kirchner             42:23
31. Dawn Wells               48:35
32. Amanda Idstein           48:42
33. Jeanette Novak           48:47
34. Eric Lomax               49:33
35. Angeline Van Zeeland     50:30
36. Tim Ramsey               51:29
37. Jessica Lomax            51:52
38. Dona Marshall            52:23
39. Sarah Beach              52:24
40. Joe Wells                55:15

Vernal Velocity Race #1

83 runners enjoyed a nice late winter day while running the Howard County striders weekly series race at Oakland Mills Middle School. Mark Eagles and Frankie Moore won the 1 mile race. Max Crockett and Terri Wytko led the 5k runners.

Volunteers: Melinda Krummerich (race lead), Bill Arbelaez, Melissa Burger, Joan Chall, Tom Haard, Joanne Harington, Paul Hayden, Tracy Hayden, Amanda Idstein, Erika Landree, Mark Landree, Adam Wytko.

1 mile
1. Mark Eagles             5:25
2. Evan Quinn              5:27
3. Vincent Bond            5:30
4. Evan Tian               5:43
5. Joshua Harrington       6:08
6. Fritz Orlofsky          6:09
7. Arnav Gowda             6:10
8. Qiang Tian              6:16
9. Jonathan Harrington     6:18
10. Josiah Williams        6:19
11. Gavin Coons            6:30
12. Frankie Moore          6:38
13. Bella Boats            6:41
14. John Way               6:44
15. Ted Poulos             6:54
16. Griffin Ellinghaus     6:56
17. Jayden Brown           7:01
18. Amanda Beal            7:03
19. Kaylee Beal            7:04
20. Camille Shoemaker      7:09
21. Frances Haard          7:12
22. Hudson Beal            7:30
23. Chloe Hayden           7:48
24. Blair Beal             7:55
25. Anna Williams          8:01
26. Jerrod Williams        8:38
27. Michael Bencivenga     9:10
28. Joseph Bencivenga      9:11
29. Simon Wytko            10:01.8
30. Lincoln Wytko          10:01.8
31. Sharlene Deskins       10:58
32. April Orlofsky         11:14.1
33. Greg Orlofsky          11:14.8
34. Sam Jacobson           13:38
35. Matt Jacobson          13:40
36. Tim Ramsey             15:52
37. Logan Aarons           17:36.2
38. Richard Aarons         17:36.9
5k
1. Max Crockett            18:39
2. Karsten Brown           19:15
3. Lochlann Boyle          20:07
4. Gregg Ford              20:13
5. Chris Lebrun            20:39
6. Phil Lang               21:05
7. John Chall              21:30
8. Angelo Flores           21:48.5(ran long)
9. Terri Wytko             21:48.8
10. Marc Hermstein         21:50
11. Steven Burns           22:10
12. Steve Knoll            22:17
13. Gavin Lebrun           22:39
14. Tammy Liu              22:40
15. Preston Hong           22:52
16. Carlos Flores          22:54
17. Aditha Iyer            23:50
18. Marc Burger            23:55
19. Lucas Rempert          24:04
20. Marsha Demaree         24:21
21. Gopal Kollengode       24:22
22. James Scarborough      25:31
23. Alan Mulindwa          25:54
24. Chris Farmer           26:19
25. Jenifer Lebrun         27:16
26. Karen Young            27:35
27. Judith Weber           27:58
28. Ron Weber              27:59
29. Raymond Ohl            28:00
30. Debbie Ellinghaus      28:20
31. Heather Bencivenga     28:34
32. George Ohl             28:58
33. Ronnie Wong            30:09
34. Sureva King            30:49
35. Vladi Basch            30:59
36. Kevin Yant             31:17
37. Andrew Ryan            32:22
38. Scott Ryan             32:23
39. Yessica Gagliuffi      32:36
40. Hiroko Kunimoto        33:32
41. Karen Kautz            33:51
42. Ethan Jacobson         34:47
43. Cary Jacobson          34:51
44. Wendy Hall             35:47
45. Gail Marston Bailey    51:18

Winter Weekly Series Awards

95 runners came out for the Howard County striders winter series race at Meadowbrook Park. This was a graduation race for the Hibernation to 5k group….congrats to all first time finishers. Mark Eagles and Mary Gorsky were the 5k winners. Adam Wytko and Amanda Hill led the 10k runners.

Volunteers: Rene Alonso(race lead), Lynda Allera, Melissa Burger, Joan Chall, Sharlene Deskins, Amanda Idstein, Melinda Krummerich, Kendra Smith, Greg Thomas.

5K
1. Mark Eagles             18:11
2. Patrick Sullivan        18:21.5
3. Angelo Flores           18:21.8
4. Jason Tripp             18:28
5. Evan Quinn              19:20
6. Vincent Martucci Bond   19:54
7. Lochlann Boyle          19:58
8. Quinlan Ballou          20:16
9. Greg Orlofsky           20:21
10. Qiang Tian             20:38
11. Evan Tian              20:42
12. David Mann             20:44
13. Fritz Orlofsky         20:45
14. Mary Gorsky            21:03
15. Kiley Mann             21:05
16. Lucas Rempert          21:50.2
17. Phillip Chen           21:50.5
18. Ted Poulos             22:05
19. Jake Hayden            22:07
20. John Way               22:22
21. Jonathan Harrington    22:26
22. Steven Burns           22:29
23. Evan Tubb              22:54
24. Dan Laukzemis          23:05
25. Gavin Coons            23:25
26. Harry Rowell           23:35
27. Griffin Ellinghaus     23:45
28. Frankie Moore          24:24
29. Kaylee Beal            24:35
30. Amanda Beal            24:36
31. Jayden Brown           25:18
32. Eric Johnston          25:49.2
33. Josiah Williams        25:49.7
34. Joshua Harrington      25:50
35. Vicki Lang             26:13
36. Carol Ernst            26:18
37. Amy Tredway            26:39
38. Matt Bevan             26:41
39. Chris Trunk            26:57
40. Alan Mulindwa          27:06
41. Robert Geisler         27:08
42. Chloe Hayden           27:45
43. Joanne Lee             27:55
44. Eileen Murphy          27:56
45. Claudia Eckstrom       28:04
46. Bill Snelling          28:26
47. Mary Lou Henderson     29:28
48. Sue(Xu) Zhang          29:35
49. Andrea Csordas         29:51
50. Chris Moore            30:23
51. Miya Knippenburg       30:33
52. Thomas Trunk           31:37
53. Erin Harklerood        32:13
54. Jim Harrington         32:27
55. Cindy Cohen            32:54
56. Jim Bitgood            33:05
57. Kevin Yant             33:09
58. John Eckstrom          33:25
59. Erin Williams          35:06
60. Joanne Harrington      36:21
61. Andrew Ryan            38:16.3
62. Scott Ryan             38:16.9
63. Alex Tu                38:48
64. Patricia Franklin      39:35
65. Cody Knippenburg       41:24
66. Wendy Hall             41:57
67. Joyce Johnson          44:25
68. Anne Wood              44:26
69. Jeanette Novak         44:39
70. Gail Marston Bailey    49:31
71. Tim Ramsey             55:48
10k
1. Adam Wytko              36:34
2. Jesse Tubb              42:11
3. Phil Lang               42:48
4. John Chall              43:26
5. Karsten Brown           43:40
6. Amanda Hill             47:44
7. Carlos Flores           47:53
8. Richard Aarons          47:54
9. Steve Meininger         48:26
10. Aditha Iyer            49:27
11. Bridget Celedon        49:49
12. Kirk Gordon            50:27
13. Gopal Kollengode       52:04
14. Marsha Demaree         52:36
15. Eric Burris            52:43
16, John Bratiotis         53:09
17. Marc Burger            54:47
18. James Scarborough      55:32
19. John Ramsey            55:56
20. Anna Hogue             59:14
21. Emily Howe           1:02:19
22. Pamela Yao           1:02:20
23. Yessica Gagliuffi    1:03:31
24. Lisa Cheung          1:13:38 

Winter Weekly Series Race #5

73 runners came out for the Howard County striders weekly series race at Longfellow Elementary School. George Kochman and Kiley Mann were the 2 mile winners. Angelo Flores and Terri Wytko led the 10k runners.

Volunteers: Melinda Krummerich (race lead), Marc Burger, Melissa Burger, Joan Chall, Amanda Idstein, Tammy Liu, David Mann,  Marnie Mann, Kendra Smith, Greg Thomas.

2 mile
1. George Kochman          11:35
2. Mark Eagles             11:54
3. Evan Quinn              12:29
4. Evan Tian               13:06
5. Ethan Brown             13:12
6. Quinlan Ballou          13:16
7. Vincent Bond            13:39
8. Fritz Orlofsky          13:48
9. Phillip Chen            13:52
10. Ted Poulos             13:56.4
11. Josiah Williams        13:56.9
12. Jake Hayden            14:05
13. Kiley Mann             14:06
14. Dwane Morgan Jr.       14:10
15. Claire Sivitz          14:14
16. Brian Sivitz           14:15
17. John Way               14:29
18. Frankie Moore          14:36
19. Dan Laukzemis          14:55
20. David Morgan           15:04
21. Jayden Brown           16:03
22. Kaylee Beal            16:08
23. Lucas Ballou           17:41
24. Ben Stein              17:51
25. Chris Moore            18:06
26. Chloe Hayden           18:11
27. Paul Hayden            18:14
28. Blair Beal             18:29
29. Cindy Cohen            18:35
30. Jerrod Williams        20:14
31. Jim Bitgood            22:12
32. John Ramsey            22:33
33. Andrew Ryan            22:49
34. Scott Ryan             22:50
35. Sari Chapman           23:00
36. Sharlene Deskins       25:01
37. April Orlofsky         25:41
38. Katie King             26:48
39. Michelle Dickinson     26:49
40. Maggie Orlofsky        27:01
41. Greg Orlofsky          27:03
42. Matthew Sebring        27:25
43. Daniel Sebring         27:26
44. Jeanette Novak         29:14
10k
1. Angelo Flores           38:12
2. Zach Valentine          38:31
3. Jesse Tubb              38:49
4. Karsten Brown           41:07
5. John Chall              42:59
6. Josh Weiss              43:40
7. Terri Wytko             45:41
8. Steve Meininger         46:32
9. Steve Knoll             46:38
10. Carlos Flores          48:05
11. Harry Rowell           48:07
12. Xuesong Wang           48:12
13. Aditha Iyer            50:13
14. Lucas Rempert          50:56
15. Bridget Celedon        51:01
16. Bill Brown             51:05
17. Faye Weaver            51:15
18. Kirk Gordon            51:30
19. Gopal Kollengode       51:58
20. Yihua Zheng            52:06
21. Chris Farmer           53:16
22. Eric Burris            53:39
23. Scott Holz             54:01
24. Marsha Demaree         54:06
25. Alan Mulindwa          55:10
26. James Scarborough      55:32
27. Ronald Schmidt         1:03:50
28. Yessica Gagliuffi      44:37(ran short 4miles)