Members of the team are Alayna Pagnotta, Alexis Marciontte, Eva Pearson, Kelly Colegrove, Maisi Biranne, Carrie Hesen, Olivia Docal, Alyssa Arnold, Natalie Malette, Caroline Esmond, Allie Noyes, Julia Sheehan, Ryleigh Ahearn, Courtney Shumaker, Caroline Kwon, Courtney Renehan and Leanne Duncan.
Running
Howard County Striders
The Howard County Striders' weekly race series drew 70 runners to Thunder Hill Elementary School June 5. Ted Poulos and Pat Huffman led the way in the 2-mile race. Mark Thomas and Tasha Hogan won the 10k race.
2-mile results: 1. Ted Poulos, 11:50; 2. Michael Dusenbery, 12:16; 3. Mark Eagles, 12:18.2; 4. John Chall, 12:18.5; 5. Shane McGovern, 13:46; 6. Darnell Smith, 14:04; 7. Steve Weber, 14:54; 8. Alan Murray, 15:06; 9. Ben Stein, 15:25; 10. Joseph Grikis, 15:45.
11. Charles Blum, 16:00; 12. Kash Hartz, 16:26; 13. Bob Lande, 16:29; 14. Pat Huffman, 16:35; 15. Leonard Guralnick, 16:54; 16. Dee Nelson, 17:02; 17. Karen Harvey, 17:09; 18. Roger Calvert, 17:12; 19. Sari Chapman, 18:25; 20. Michelle Lehmkuhl, 19:07.
21. Jack Edwards, 19:24; 22. Seth Papp, 20:12; 23. Patty Swank, 20:36; 24. Melinda Krummerich, 20:47; 25. Peggi McGovern, 20:58; 26. Tim Ramsey, 22:10; 27. Scott Thompson, 22:32.5; 28. Don Thompson, 22:32.8; 29. Steve Reading, 22:39; 30. Margaret Barry, 23:01.
31. Jennifer Jun, 23:08; 32. Myrtle Hughes, 23:28.4; 33. Bev Byron, 23:28.7; 34. John Wheatland, 23:36; 35. Tracy Day, 23:48; 36. Ania Grodsky, 24:57; 37. Marylynn Doff, 25:22; 38. Bridget Thompson, 26:15; 39. Mary Thompson, 26:16; 40. Ania Lunt, 27:30; 41. Gosia Grodsky, 27:31.
10k results: 1. Mark Thomas, 39:29; 2. Leonard Supsic, 41:06; 3. James Blackwood, 41:08; 4. John Way, 42:21; 5. Michael Mbugi, 44:08; 6. Abdelillah Razah, 44:31; 7. Paul Eyes, 44:32; 8. Jeffrey Ward, 45:20; 9. Tasha Hogan, 45:51; 10. David Jun, 46:24.
11. Sarah Lebro, 46:32; 12. Jay Jacob Wind, 46:34; 13. Debbie Young, 46:37;14. David Horrocks, 46:57; 15. Ken Sevik, 47:29; 16. Donnie Chapman, 47:47; 17. Chris Farmer, 49:01; 18. Evan Calvert, 49:18; 19. Todd Crooks, 49:28; 20. Tim Techathuvanan, 50:34.
21. Ronnie Wong, 53:35; 22. James Scarborough, 53:48; 23. Gaby Mazzola, 54:25; 24. Amanda An, 58:33; 25. Erin Rickard, 58:53; 26. Howard Feinberg, 58:59; 27. Dwight Mikulis, 59:39; 28. Karsten Brown, 1:05:14; 29. Amanda Gorski, 1:11:30.
Damien's 5k
Local favorites Karsten Brown and Doug Mock knew they were running for second place when the lead runner bounded away from the start of the 13th annual Damien's Run for Recovery 5k June 12.
"He was gone so fast that we didn't even see him!" Mock said of Bihanu Alemu Feysa, the front-runner. With a $300 bonus awaiting anyone who broke the course record of 14:32 (set in 2009 by Tefera Demesse), Feysa of Silver Spring thought he would try for the record. Unfortunately, he was running all by himself and, in spite of his lightning speed, came up four seconds short of the record mark.
Baltimore's Tezata Desalgn Dengersa, a native of Turkey, had similar designs on shattering the women's course record (16:37, set in 2001 by Naoke Ishibe). Not only did Tezata crush the women's field, she also beat all but the top three men and finished fourth overall. But she, too, came up a few seconds short of the record with a time of 16:41.
Mock's time of 16:47 earned him the prize for first master man. Two master women, Robyn Humphrey and Kelly Westlake, waged a spirited battle for third place among the females, and Westlake out-jumped Humphrey at the finish line by 0.26 seconds. The story might have been different except Humphrey pulled her hamstring rounding the last turn.
The first man and woman received cash awards while age group winners received a running bag and a stainless steel bottle.
The race was directed by Ralph Massella and staged by the Howard County Striders at the Columbia Gateway business park. Proceeds benefit Damien's Recovery Inc, an organization dedicated to overcoming teen drug abuse through education and outreach. There were 247 finishers in this year's race. Overall results can be found at striders.net.
Age group winners:
Overall male: 1. Birhanu Alemu Feysa, 14:36; 2. Josh Olsen, 16:31; 3. Karsten Brown, 16:38. Overall female: 1. Tezata Desalgn Dengersa, 16:41; 2. Stefanie Commins, 18:54; 3. Robyn Humphrey, 19:54.
Master male: 1. Doug Mock, 16:47. Master female: 1. Kelly Westlake, 19:54.
