Striders

Moore wins women's 5KFriday night in Columbia, a record field of over 400 women assembled for the midnight start of the Women's Distance Festival 5K road race conducted by the Howard County Striders.Less than 18 minutes later, Donna Moore crossed the finish line to the cheers of spectators to win in an impressive time of 17:36. Moore, unaffected by the heat, took the lead at 1.5 miles and finished 13 seconds ahead of Louise Kelly.Last year's winner, Cathy Stanmeyer, was a close third in 17:53.

The deadline for submitting sports copy is 9 a.m. on Monday. 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 410-332-6606. Running There were 86 runners that came out Jan. 20 for the Howard County Striders winter weekly series race at Thunder Hill Elementary. Stephen Olenick and Joelle Chall were the top finishers in the 2-mile race, while Karsten Brown and Anna Holt-Gosselin won the 6-mile race.

Howard County Strider Jim Woods claimed two sub-40-minute 10-K performances last Sunday.At the Rudolph Red Nose 10-K at Rock Creek Park, Woods clocked a time of 37 minutes 56 seconds. Later in the morning at the Striders 10K race at Longfellow, Woods defeated his nearestcompetitor, Phil Lang, by 1 minutes in a time of 39:38.Additionally, Woods' victory in the final meet of the fall seriesgave him the lead in the overall race rankings.In the women's 10-K event, Vicki Avey notched a winning time of 43:21.

The deadline for submitting sports copy is 9 a.m. on Monday. 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 410-332-6606. Running There were 95 runners who turned out on a warm, foggy afternoon Jan. 13 to participate in the third Howard County Striders winter weekly series 5K race at Lake Elkhorn. Karsten Brown won the overall race and Kendra Smith was first among the women.

The Howard County Striders sent a team of seven women to the Nike Women's 8-kilometer race at Hains Point May 12.Sandy Ford led the team with a personal best time of 30 minutes, 32 seconds.Dolly Ginter, Ford's training partner, clocked a 31:12.Rounding out the Striders team were Nelda Clelland, 32:20; Priscilla Bottachi, 33:40; Debbie Kocay, 35:17; and Nadia Wasserman, 37:26.Vicki Avey dropped out of the race after two miles because of aknee injury.Several other county women competed in the race.

"We was robbed!" cried Dave Berardi, moments after the announcement of team results for the annual Brighton Dam 7-Mile Challenge Race.His shock was understandable: The Howard County Striders had put sixrunners in the top 10 against the Montgomery County Road Runners, but missed victory by 269 points.Montgomery County still had the winning low score with 1,989 points, while the Striders had 2,257.From Berardi's point of view, Howard County seemed in firm control of the race. Running for the Striders, Berardi overtook Montgomery's top runner, Dominuque Da Luz, on asteep hill at the 3 1/2-mile turnaround point.

EVEN THOUGH I had been to the grocery store earlier in the day, when the news of last week's impending snowstorm flashed across the television screen, I felt compelled to join my fellow citizens in the mid-Atlantic snow ritual.You know the routine: Find the last space in the parking lot, curtsy to the OPEN sign and take your place in the procession. Because there are no carts left, you must balance a jug of milk and two liters of Pepsi with three cans of chicken noodle soup without squishing the bananas.

Long distance enthusiasts will have plenty of opportunity to kick up their heels at the Howard County Striders' extravaganza this weekend at Howard High School.2 For information, call Beaty at (301) 596-6453.BrieflyEntries for the Annapolis Striders' 10-Mile Run are closed. Confirmations will be mailed out this week. . . . Steve Kartalia finished sixth and Gerry Clapper ninth in Sunday's Bon-Ton Five-Mile Race in York, Pa. . . The Race for the Cure's summer training program for women will continue Wednesdays at 7 p.m. and Saturdays at 8 a.m. Kartalia will write an individualized training program for each participant.

In spite of a chilly drizzle Sunday, 76 runners competed in the first race of the Howard County Striders winter series at Jeffers Hill.In the 15K race, Dave Brightwell outdistanced his nearest opponentsby four minutes in a time of 54 minutes, 42 seconds, a new course record.Chris Chasse withstood a late surge by Jim O'Brien to win the men's 10K event in 37:04. O'Brien clocked a 37:46. Judi Greenblatt captured the women's 10K in 45:09. This was Greenblatt's first Striders series victory.Rod Young started the new year by switching from thelong-distance races to the short-distance ones.

The Howard County Striders ended a four-year drought recently when they defeated the Montgomery County Road Runners 408 to 430, with the lowest score winning, in the annual Cross-Country Challenge Race between the two clubs.Chris Nugent led the Striders as he out-sprinted Montgomery's Dominique DaLuz to win the seven-mile event with a time of 38:29, two seconds ahead of his rival. A member of both clubs, Nugent was persuaded at the last minute to run for Howard County by Striders' president Paul Goldenberg.

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 410-332-6606. Running The Howard County Junior Striders cross country team competed in Middletown on Oct. 14, producing one gold medal, two silver medals and two bronze medals. The Striders results were: 6-UG (1K)

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 410-332-6606. Running There were 53 runners on hand for the second Howard County Striders fall weekly series race, held at Northfield Elementary School. Confusing paint markings on the course caused several participants to miss the turn on Dunloggin Road, leaving racers running various lengths ranging from 2.5 to 4.5 miles.

Submitting 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. Running Howard County Junior Striders Thirty-two Howard County Junior Striders competed at the USATF Cross Country Junior Olympics National meet in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Dec. 10. The 17-18 girls team earned an award by placing third and three individuals placed 25th or better and earned All-American status, They were Tiffany Lang (fifth)

1 Beasts of the East: Like Archie Bell and the Drells, the top of the American League East has been doing the tighten up. The Rays are in Boston tonight at 7:05. 2 Offense, offense: Last night, the Orioles fell three short of matching the Ravens' point total. But they apparently don't get to carry over any runs tonight (7:05, MASN2). 3 Pulling rank: The Baltimore Sun's third- and fourth-ranked boys soccer teams, Archbishop Curley and Mount St. Joseph, meet today at 4 p.m. at Curley.

Donald Eugene Heinicke Sr., a veteran runner and marathoner who had won a place on the 1940 Olympic team and later founded the Howard County Striders Club, died Wednesday of Alzheimer's disease at Catonsville Commons nursing home. He was 93. Mr. Heinicke, who was once described as "the Clark Gable of the curbstones" because of his strong chin and porcelain blue eyes, was born in Baltimore and raised on Braddish Avenue in the city's Walbrook neighborhood. Because he had suffered from tuberculosis as a youngster, Mr. Heinicke was told he couldn't take gym at Forest Park High School.

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Linda Lash made a last-minute - past Debbie Kocay to win the Howard County Striders women's 10K race in Jeffers Hill. Lash clocked a time of 51 minutes, 21 seconds, while Kocay finished nine seconds later.In the men's 10K, Jim Carbary fought off challenges from Bobby Gessler and Seth Brown. Brown seized an early lead, but Carbary pulled away from his two competitors at the midway point and cruised to an easy 36:09 victory.Patrick McPherron asserted his dominance in the men's 2-miler by breaking the 10-minute barrier with a time of 9:59.

With each season, Wilde Lake's cross country program builds a stronger reputation.Wilde Lake has won back-to-back county and regional championships, and finished second in the state Class 2A competition the past two seasons.Even though the Wildecats graduated four of their top five boys, that didn't stop the Columbia school from winning yesterday's Howard County Striders Invitational at Howard Community College.In the process, the youthful Wildecats left little doubt that again they are the team to beat for the Howard County title.

The Bay Bridge walk, a popular event that opens the span over the Chesapeake Bay to foot traffic one Sunday a year, will not be held next year or in 2009, the Maryland Transportation Authority said yesterday. The agency, which operates the state's toll facilities, said a bridge preservation project will take up space needed to stage the event. Because the walk was canceled this year because of weather, the decision means Maryland will go three straight years without holding an event that has attracted thousands of visitors to see the bay from a new perspective.

Striders -- Striders' Series Race 7 (2M, 10K, 15K) is to be run at 2 p.m. Sunday at Longfellow Elementary School in Columbia. Steve Zelenak, 410-884-9267; Melissa Burger, 443-325-0579, Marsha Demaree, 410-444-9796. The Thanksgiving Turkey Trot - Prediction Run (10K) is scheduled for Nov. 22. Registration is to begin at 9:30 a.m. at Jeffers Hill Elementary School in Columbia. The closest finish to 11 a.m. wins. Watches are not permitted. The winner gets a brass turkey trophy. Dave and Judy Tripp, 410-730-4499.