Rec sports
The deadline for submitting sports copy is 9 a.m. on Mondays. We prefer email (howardcountysports@patuxent.com). We do not accept results by phone. When two Howard County teams play, players from both teams (first and last names) must be mentioned in the write-up. Questions? Call 410-332-6578.
Soccer
Thunder Soccer Club
The Thunder Soccer Club Tormenta (U-15 girls) earned finalist medals in the Elite Division of the SAC United Columbus Day Tournament, Oct. 8-9, at Harford Polo Grounds. On the weekend, the girls tallied nine goals, while allowing only two, and recorded two shutouts in four games. Tormenta advanced as the No. 1 seed from pool play, then won the semifinal match, 4-1, against the McLean (Va.) Force Gold.
The final was well played and ended in a draw, 1-1, against CSA Spirit from Calvert County, MD. CSA took home championship medals after a penalty-kick shootout.
Soccer Association of Columbia
The SAC Barca (U-10) boys beat Bethesda, 1-0, to avenge an earlier loss and with the Columbus Day Tournament championship.
Running
Howard County Junior Striders
The beautiful weather on Oct. 9 brought out 85 Howard County Junior Striders for the youth cross country meet at Kemptown Park in Monrovia. The 6-and-under girls and 7-8 boys teams won, while Peter Keating, Britt Lang and Corey Hamilton won their individual races.
6-U Girls (1k): 3. Erika Mosely, 5:00; 4. Jackie Esquivel, 5:07; 6. Emma Koech, 5:25; 11. Nicole Mejia-Barringer, 6:02; 12. Emily Woolford, 6:05; 13. Nellie Kay Squirlock, 6:45.
6-U Boys (1k): 1. Peter Keating, 4:53; 4. Connor Kovach, 4:57; 10. Reid Thomas, 5:46; 16. Ilan Tracton, 6:50; 17. Joshua Pennsy, 7:20; 18. Dominic Delpo, 7:28.
7-8 Girls (2k): 3. Haley Glassburn, 10:08; 6. Olivia Tedsco, 11:05; 11. Isabel Sinnott, 11:21; 12. Talia Tracton, 11:22; 18. Caroline Barrett, 12:46; 21. Romy Delpo, 14:37; 22. Madelynn Hildebrand, 14:50; 23. Elise Mejia-Barringer, 15:14.
7-8 Boys (2k): 2. Andrew Fritz, 8:51; 4. Liam McCaffrey, 9:09; 6. Connor Croft, 9:45; 8. Bryce Johnson-Dendy, 9:52; 9. Jeremiah Windsor, 10:05; 14. Logan Kim, 10:41; 15. Mats Chattin, 10:42; 16. Colin Krause, 11:23; 20. Joey Squirlock, 12:09; 27. Matthew Cheruiyot, 12:50; 29. Joey Pensy, 13:05.
9-10 Girls (3k): 10. Zoe Reading, 13:34; 20. Claire Warman, 16:02; 27. Kyria Windsor, 16:35; 28. Gabriella Esquivel, 16:45; 30. Bridget Keating, 17:15.
9-10 Boys (3k): 11. Diego DelaCruz, 12:53; 12. Camren Kovach, 13:00; 16. Collin Dempsey, 13:06; 18. Liam Sullivan, 13:22; 24. Connor Malone, 13:50; 25. Tyler Richardson, 13:56; 26. Philip Allen, 14:18; 33. Andrew Dworski, 15:17; 35. Ben Roseman, 15:23; 36. Jacob Orloff, 15:27; 47. Ryan Rose, 17:22; 50. Rocco Delpo, 17:49; 51. Spencer Thomas, 18:07; 53. Michael Cheruiyot, 18:45; 55. Noah Kim, 19:09.
11-12 Girls (3k): 5. Megan Prescott, 12:25; 7. Natalie Perkins, 12:40; 17. Olivia Poirier, 13:39; 18. Courtney Mann, 13:42; 19. Grace Chaverini, 13:42; 21. Haley Krause, 13:52.
11-12 Boys (3k): 4. Ben Oldhouser, 11:29; 6. Kevin Reynolds, 11:40; 10. Anders Chattin, 12:10; 12. Ben Rosicky, 12:23; 13. Thomas McCarty, 12:23; 21. Brendan Fitzgerald, 13:51; 30. Joshua Krutz, 15:02; 33. Lucas Kaiser, 15:15; 35. Billy Bott, 16:03; 39. Seth Papp, 16:14; 40. Mikie Allen, 16:20; 41. David Polefrone, 16:20.
13-14 Girls (4k): 1. Britt Lang, 15:40; 5. Kara Taylor, 16:40; 6. Eileen Ying, 17:39; 13. Abigail Hines, 18:27; 15. Katarini Krutz, 19:22; 23. Stephanie Crispell, 21:04; 25. Sierra Johnson-Dendy, 22:28; 30. Alicia Shread, 28:36; 31. Emma Groman, 28:56; 32. Summer Skerritt, 30:03; 33. Simone Skerritt, 30:07.
13-14 Boys (4k): 1. Corey Hamilton, 13:51; 2. Kevin Wegner, 14:40; 11. Shane McGovern, 16:12; 14. Trent Rose, 17:22; 17. Jason Vanisko, 18:12; 18. Jake Ricker, 18:50.
Howard County Striders
There were 53 runners that came out on a surprisingly warm Sunday afternoon to run the Howard County Striders' weekly series race at Longfellow Elementary School. Hafiz Shaikh and Marquel Bowler won the 2 miler. Joseph Haber and Caroline Bauer led the 10k race. Karsten Brown led the men in the 15k, while it was a three-way tie for first between Amanda An, Marsha Demaree and Grace Tran in the ladies 15k.
2-mile race: 1. Hafiz Shaikh, 12:38; 2. Marquel Bowler, 14:19; 3. Tammy Hermstein, 14:30; 4. Alan Murray, 15:03; 5. Ronnie Wong, 15:26; 6. Eric Johnston, 15:51; 7. Kenny Walker, 16:10; 8. Karen Harvey, 17:05; 9. Roger Calvert, 17:10; 10. Ed Beach, 17:39.
11. Kash Hartz, 17:44; 12. Bill Brandenstein, 18:28; 13. Melinda Krummerich, 20:26; 14. Sarah Beach, 22:37; 15. Barbara Calvert, 24:36; 16. Melissa Burger, 25:11; 17. Elizabeth Colvin, 25:38; 18. Caleb Haber, 28:43; 19. Hannah Haber, 33:06.
10k race: 1. Joseph Haber, 41:08; 2. Lochlann Boyle, 42:24; 3. Ken Sevik, 43:32; 4. Caroline Bauer, 45:17; 5. Xinhua Xu, 46:16; 6. Bram Arrington, 48:45; 7. Chris Farmer, 51:08; 8. Mike Fleming, 53:03; 9. Jen Pullen, 55:47; 10. Amelia Mullican, 1:02:22.
11. Sue Emerson, 1:07:25; 12. Julie Mackel, 1:08:48; 13. John Wheatland, 1:09:54.
