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2022 Vernal Velocity #1 Results

38 runners came out in cool, brisk weather to run the Howard County Striders weekly race at Meadowbrook Park.  Mark Eagles and Kendra Smith led the way in the 5k race. Stephen Senick and Tammy Liu were the 10k winners.

Volunteers: Bill Arbelaez (race lead), Rene Alonso, Melissa Burger, Joan Chall, Amanda Idstein

Reporting by: Marc Burger

5K

PlaceRunnerFinish
1Mark Eagles18:47
2Bill Brown21:44
3Paul Tomayko22:54
4Ted Poulos22:57
5John Way23:41
6Alan Mulindwa23:56
7Tom Christofili24:11:00
8Kendra Smith24:22:00
9Ronald Schmidt28:43:00
10Lisa Lowe28:46:00
11Ming Tomayko32:09:00
12Matthias Gobbert32:45:00
13David Tomayko32:58:00
14Marc Burger33:23:00
15James Moreland35:11:00
16Roger Calvert35:33:00
17Iris Mars35:50:00
18Maurice Haskins II44:58:00
19Malachi Haskins44:59:00
20Malia Haskins45:57:00
21Kim Haskins45:58:00
22Maurice Haskins52:19:00
23Matthias Haskins52:28:00
24Jeanette Novak53:11:00

10K

PlaceRunnerFinish
1Stephen Senick40:20:00
2Vincent Martucci42:17:00
3Richard Aarons42:31:00
4John Chall44:20:00
5Tammy Liu50:20:00
6Kirk Gordon51:11:00
7James Scarborough51:33:00
8Eric Johnston52:47:00
9Linda Alms58:51:00
10Karen Young58:51:00
11Mary Niland1:03:42
12Joanne Lee1:06:17
13Monica Beck1:06:45
14Jason Tripp1:06:48
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2022 Operation Iceberg #6 Results

Cool but nice weather, 66 runners came out for a 2Mile run and 10K

Volunteers: Bill Arbelaez (race lead), Melissa Burger

Reporting by: Marc Burger

2 Mile

PlaceRunnerFinish
1MARK EAGLES11:26
2FRITZ ORLOFSKY11:51
3TYLER BROWN12:07
4VINCENT MARTUCCI12:15
5DWANE MORGAN12:23
6ETHAN BROWN12:50
7JOSIAH WILLIAMS12:54
8SHANNON SENTMAN12:55
9CAMERON MARTINEZ13:07
10JONATHAN HARRINGTON13:13.1
11CLAIRE SIVITZ13:13.8
12BRIAN SIVITZ13:14.5
13GARRETT BURNS13:24
14JOSHUA HARRRINGTON13:33
15TED POULOS13:56
16TOMOKI WEDDINGTON13:58
17JOHN WAY14:02
18ALEXANDER YOU14:02
19GREG ORLOFSKY14:03
20SADIE SENTMAN14:10
21KAYLEE BEAL14:13
22GRIFFIN ELLINGHAUS14:21
23NATE CRAMER14:29
24FRANCES HAARD14:47
25TOM HAARD14:48
26JACK ARRINGTON15:36
27TYLER SIVITZ15:43
28JAYDEN BROWN15:56
29CHARLIE ARRINGTON16:19.1
30BRAM ARRINGTON16.19.8
31REEGAN HOWELL16:28
32JASON WEDDINGTON16:40
33BEN STEIN16:44
34JIM HARRINGTON19:03
35RONALD SCHMIDT19:49
36MARY NILAND20:26
37ROGER CALVERT20:55
38GREGG BROWN21:13
39XU ZHANG21:27
40JOANNA HARRINGTON22:07
41JAMES MORELAND23:19
42IRIS MARS23:26
43ALAN EAST23:53
44KAREN YOUNG25:28:00
45MASON PROSCIA26:14:00
46JENNY MCFARLANE26:14.8
47JOE PROSCIA26:17:00
48LOGAN AARONS26:42:00
49RICHARD AARONS26:43:00
50CHARLIE RIESZ27:24:00
51JEANETTE NOVAK32:02:00
52TIM RAMSEY33:08:00

10K

PlaceRunnerFinish
1CHRISTOPHER WITHEE43:06:00
2STEVE TURNER43:31:00
3BILL BROWN45:15:00
4JOHN CHALL45:58:00
5STEVE MEININGER50:29:00
6KIRK GORDON51:15:00
7MARSHA DEMAREE51:35:00
8LINDA ALMS51:57:00
9ERIC JOHNSTON53:07:00
10JAMES SCARBOROUGH54:39:00
11SIMON WYTKO01:03.0
12LINCOLN WYTKO01:03.1
13TERRI WYTKO01:03.1
14LARRY STEIN ??
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2022 Operation Iceberg Awards

Congratulations to the following runners who qualified for a weekly series award. Please come out to Longfellow on March 20th to be recognized. The winter series was very well attended with 179 men/women/boys/girls participating in at least one race.

Minimum Points Required: 40

Reporting by: Marc Burger

Men

PlaceRunnerTotal Points
1Stephen Senick107
2Steve Turner94
3Christopher Withee90
4John Way83
5Fritz Orlofsky80
6Vincent Martucci79
7John Chall77
8Greg Orlofsky69
9Eric Johnston67
10Bill Brown64
11Jonathan Harrington63
11Joshua Harrington63
11Mark Eagles63
14Bill Arbelaez62
15Tyler Brown61
16Dwane Morgan59
16Richard Aarons59
18Kirk Gordon58
19Shannon Sentman57
20Jack Arrington56
21Bram Arrington55
22Ted Poulos54
23David Morgan53
24James Moreland52
25Ethan Brown51
26Lincoln Wytko50
26Simon Wytko50
26Zachary Morrissey50
26Tyler Sivitz50
30Cameron Martinez49
30Tomoki Weddington49
32Garrett Burns47
33James Scarborough44
33Alex You44
35Griffin Ellinghaus41
36Charlie Arrington40
36Marc Burger40
36Ronnie Wong40
36Steve Knoll40
36Brian Sivitz40

Women

PlaceRunnerTotal Points
1Kaylee Beal106
2Amanda Beal100
3Sadie Sentman99
4Terri Wytko84
5Marsha Demaree83
6Mary Niland75
7Linda Alms70
8Joy Lewis66
9Iris Mars64
10Joan Chall62
11Anna Griffiths59
12Jeanette Novak55
13Amanda Idstein54
14Melissa Burger52
15Rene Alonso49
15Emily Howe49
17Ruth Taylor44
17Claire Sivitz44
19Joanne Harrington40
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2022 Operation Iceberg #5 Results

106 runners enjoyed unseasonable warm weather while competing in the Howard County Striders weekly series race at Oakland Mills Middle School.  Mark Eagles and Claire Sivitz led the one mile runners.  Gary Smolyak and Joy Lewis won the 5k race.

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

Reporting by: Marc Burger

1 Mile

PlaceRunnerTime
1Mark Eagles4:59
2Tyler Brown5:27
3Vincent Martucci5:30
4Fritz Orlofsky5:31
5Dwane Morgan5:39
6David Morgan5:47
7Tomoki Weddington6:07
8Claire Sivitz6:08
9Brian Sivitz6:09
10John Way6:19
11Cameron Martinez6:21
12Garrett Burns6:22
13Tom Haard6:30
14Alexander You06:32.3
15Griffin Ellinghaus06:32.9
16Jack Arrington6:33
17Kaylee Beal6:35
18Amanda Beal6:36
19Natalie Morrissey6:38
20Nate Cramer6:42
21Jayden Brown06:43.1
22Sadie Sentman06:43.9
23Tyler Sivitz6:48
24Ted Poulos6:49
25Zachary Morrissey6:51
26Greg Orlofsky6:52
27Atticus Sentman7:11
28Frances Haard7:21
29Leah Barsky7:29
30Annabel Arrington7:37
31Bram Arrington7:38
32Charlie Arrington7:45
33Cole Pickett7:46
34Evelyn Flynn7:48
35Cato Ponds7:50
36Jessica Ponds7:51
37Connor Pickett8:23
38Lindsey Pickett8:24
39Olivia Murphy9:04
40Mason Proscia9:34
41Jenny McFarlane9:35
42Roger Calvert9:39
43Juliet Collins10:45
44John Collins10:46
45Aubrey Zugibe10:51
46Fiona Pelszynski11:38
47Michelle Pelszynski11:39
48Devon Ponds11:42
49Riker Ponds11:43
50Iris Mars11:47
51Margaret Barry12:21
52Dana Skinner12:36
53Logan Aarons12:37
54Amanda Idstein13:09
55Nikki Proscia13:20
56Tyler Proscia13:21
57Jackson Flynn13:41
58Tim Ramsey15:41
59Lucy Wytko17:03.2
60Adam Wytko17:03.2

5K

PlaceRunnerTime
1Gary Smolyak18:04
2Stephen Senick18:43
3Richard Aarons19:26
4Joy Lewis20:03
5Steve Turner20:04
6Bill Brown20:08
7Shannon Sentman20:11
8Ethan Brown20:45
9Christopher Withee21:00
10Gregory Speake21:12
11Henry Hwu21:15
12Daniel Smolyak21:20
13Alan Mulindwa21:30
14John Chall21:40
15Sarah Bergdahl21:42
16Terri Wytko21:45
17Zach Sivo22:43
18Steve Burns22:50
19Marsha Demaree24:01:00
20Evan Calvert24:57:00
21James Scarborough25:34:00
22Tim Hwu25:40:00
23Kirk Gordon26:16:00
24Debbie Ellinghaus26:30:00
25Bob Hemler27:19:00
26Simon Wytko27:50:00
27Andrew Ellinghaus27:55:00
28Lincoln Wytko28:11:00
29Emily Howe28:31:00
30Jacob Hwu28:40:00
31Natalie Smolyak28:54:00
32Steve Knoll28:58:00
33Marc Burger28:59:00
34Ronnie Wong29:14:00
35Vladi Basch29:54:00
36Emily Mintman30:09:00
37Linda Alms30:23:00
38Mary Niland31:38:00
39Sue Zhang34:55:00
40Matthew Sebring38:18:00
41Daniel Sebring38:19:00
42Daniela Silva39:02:00
43Mohd Ishaune Hussain39:21:00
44James Moreland42:29:00
45Charlie Riesz44:46:00
46Jeanette Novak48:33:00
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2022 Operation Iceberg Standings pre-Race #5

Standings after first four races in this weekly series! 

Minimum Points Required: 40

Reporting by: Marc Burger

Men

PlaceRunnerCumulative Points
1Stephen Senick86
2Steve Turner75
2Christopher Withee75
4John Way69
5John Chall67
6Jonathan Harrington63
6Joshua Harrington63
8Fritz Orlofsky61
9Greg Orlofsky59
9Vincent Martucci59
11Bill Arbelaez52
12Kirk Gordon48
13Bill Brown46
13Jack Arrington46
15Bram Arrington45
15Eric Johnston45
17Ted Poulos44
18James Moreland42
19Dwane Morgan41
19Mark Eagles41
21Lincoln Wytko40
21Shannon Sentman40
21Simon Wytko40
21Tyler Brown40
21Zachary Morrisey40
21Tyler Sivitz40
27Richard Aarons39
28David Morgan36
28Cameron Martinez36
30Ethan Brown35
30Garrett Burns35
32James Scarborough34
32Josiah Williams34
32Alex You34
35Tomoki Weddington33
36Griffin Ellinghaus31
36Richard Griffiths31
38Charlie Arrington30
38Jim Harrington30
38Marc Burger30
38Ronnie Wong30
38Steve Knoll30
38Jason Weddington30
38Reegan Howell30
38William You30
38David Frommer30

Women

PlaceRunnerCumulative Points
1Kaylee Beal85
2Sadie Sentman81
3Amanda Beal80
4Marsha Demaree64
4Terri Wytko64
6Mary Niland62
7Anna Griffiths59
8Linda Alms56
9Iris Mars54
10Joan Chall52
11Rene Alonso49
12Amanda Idstein44
12Jeanette Novak44
12Joy Lewis44
12Ruth Taylor44
16Melissa Burger42
17Joanne Harrington40
18Beatrice Withee36
19Emily Howe32
19Lisa Cheung32
19Sarah Sivitz32

2022 MD-DC RRCA 10 Mile Club Challenge

Thank you to everyone that came out for the 2022 MD-DC RRCA 10 Mile Club Challenge.  We appreciate each and every one of you and hope you had a great race!

Newly appointed Maryland-DC RRCA Representative Ndegwa Kamau crossing today’s finish line

2022 emergence from the pandemic had 15 member clubs participate, resulting in 681 qualified runners, and 564 finishers. Click the image below to view number of runners, by club and category

2022 Individual Results

TEAM Coed Overall

Male OverallFemale Overall
Male Under 40Female Under 40
Male MastersFemale Masters
Male Grand MastersFemale Grand Masters

2022 Race Photos

Official race photos by Ben Sussman Photography
With special thanks to George Banker and Lou King for their contributions

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2022 Operation Iceberg #1 Results

85 runners came out for the Howard County Striders Weekly series race at Hammond Middle School.  It served as the graduation race for the Hibernation to 5k program. Congratulations to these new runners!  Mark Eagles and Claire Sivitz were the 1 mile winners.  Adam Wytko and Joy Lewis led the 5k runners.

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

Reporting by: Marc Burger

1 Mile

PlaceRunnerFinish
1Mark Eagles5:23
2Vincent Martucci5:32
3Dwane Morgan5:35
4Fritz Olofsky5:51
5David Morgan5:54
6Joshua Harrington6:01
7Jonathan Harrington6:07
8Claire Sivitz6:12
9Brian Sivitz6:13
10Bill Brown6:15
11John Way6:17
12Garrett Burns6:21
13Cameron Martinez6:27
14Kaylee Beal6:35
15Amanda Beal6:36
16Tomoki Weddington6:37
17Alex You6:40
18Griffin Ellinghaus6:46
19Ted Poulos6:54
20Sadie Sentman7:00
21Zachary Morrisey7:05
22Greg Orlofsky07:06.0
23Tyler Sivitz07:06.9
24Jason Weddington7:18
25Atticus Sentman7:22
26Shannon Sentman7:23
27Keegan Howell7:41
28William You7:56
29Charlie Arrington8:04
30Braden Seeley8:25
31Bram Arrington8:50
32Grant Wytko10:00
33Dan Wytko10:01
34Brooks Wytko10:04
35Fiona Pelszynski10:21
36Charlotte Cecil12:01
37Tricia Cecil12:09
38Elliot Burkhart12:20
39Michelle Pelszynski12:22
40Margaret Berry12:29
41Jeanette Novak15:19
42Riker Ponds16:55
43Lucy Wytko16:56
44Terri Wytko17:34
45Jessica Ponds17:35

5K

PlaceRunnerFinish
1Adam Wytko17:52
2Stephen Senick19:20
3Christopher Withee20:23
4Joy Lewis20:25
5Steve Turner20:55
6Richard Aarons22:15
7John Chall22:48
8Steve Burns23:54
9Kirk Gordon24:41
10Marsha Demaree25:25
11Jack Arrington25:30
12Eric Johnston25:48
13Matt Bevan26:30
14James Scarborough27:53
15Anna Griffiths28:14
16Richard Griffiths28:16
17Marc Burger29:35
18Emily Howe29:53
19Linda Alms30:00
20Jim Harrington30:37
21Rene Alonso30:51
22Ronnie Wong30:52
23Mohd Ishmaone Hassain32:10
24Joanne Harrington32:16
25Simon Wytko32:19
26Lincoln Wytko32:30
27Iris Mars33:53
28Mary Niland35:01
29Sue (Xu) Zhang35:16
30Paula Stehle35:34
31James Moreland39:14
32Amanda Idstein39:22
33Laurence Cheatham39:23.1
34Amanda Cranfill39:23.9
35Jose Camacho39:26
36Karen Young40:41
37Jeff Levitt41:08
38Melinda Krummerich41:09
39Lisa Cheung44:00
40Kathy Ryan48:58
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2022 Operation Iceberg #4 Results

56 runners came out on a chilly Super Bowl Sunday to run the Howard County Striders weekly series race at Northfield Elementary. Jason Tripp and Joy Lewis led the way in the 5k race. 

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

Reporting by: Marc Burger

5K

PlaceRunnerFinish
1Jason Tripp               18:35
2Stephen Senick             18:39
3Fritz Orlofsky             18:40
4Christopher Withee         19:31
5Joy Lewis                 19:34
6Tyler Brown               19:39
7Vincent Martucci           19:48
8Steve Turner               20:31
9Ethan Brown               20:59
10Greg Orlofsky             21:05
11Jonathan Harrington       21:06
12Joshua Harrington         21:22
13Garrett Burns             21:23
14Ted Poulos               22:01
15John Chall               22:07
16David Jun                 22:19
17Cameron Martinez         22:30
18Steve Burns               22:39
19Kaylee Beal               22:54
20Amanda Beal               22:55
21Jeff Withee               23:01
22Sade Sentman             23:25
23Shannon Sentman           23:26
24Kirk Gordon               24:27
25Eric Johnston             24:36
26Tyler Sivitz             24:42
27Brian Sivitz             24:53
28Jayden Brown             24:49
29Zachary Morrissey         24:53
30Josiah Williams           25:26
31Jack Arrington           25:43
32Bram Arrington           25:44
33Bill Stahr               25:47
34Anna Griffiths           25:59
35Richard Griffiths         26:00
36Thomas Trunk             26:19
37Jewel Devries             26:30
38James Scarborough         27:13
39Chris Trunk               28:28
40Lincoln Wytko             29:15
41Simon Wytko               29:18
42Terri Wytko               29:20
43David Frommer             30:05
44Marc Burger               30:49
45Mi Sun Pak               31:05
46Joanne Lee               31:06
47Gregg Brown               32:26
48Iris Mars                 32:45
49Mary Niland               33:47
50Blair Beal               34:51
51Joanne Harrington         35:03
52James Moreland           36:19
53Amanda Idstein           37:34
54Karen Young               40:24
55Jeanette Novak           49:04
56Tim Ramsey               52:48
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2022 Operation Iceberg #3 Results

2M and 5M results from the 1/30/2022 Howard County Striders Weekly at Burleigh Manor Middle School. 

Volunteers: Bill Arbelaez (finish cards), Rene Alonso (water stop), Marsha Demaree (water stop), Joan Chall (sign up and results), John Chall (timers), Bill Brown (course marshal), Wytko family (course marking)

Reporting by: Bill Arbelaez

2M

5M

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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