Vernal Velocity Series #4

66 runners enjoyed perfect spring conditions at the Howard County Striders weekly series race at Jeffers Hill Neighborhood center. John Way and Natalie Smolyak led the way in the 2 mile run. Adam Wytko and Beth Hannon were the 10k winners. Special shout out to longtime participant Pat Brooks, running her last race as a Maryland resident.

Race Lead: Bill Arbelaez

Volunteers: John Bratiotis, Karsten Brown, Marc Burger, Melissa Burger, John Chall, Sharlene Deskins, Eric Johnston, Kendra Smith, Julie Trapp, Faye Weaver, Jeffrey Weaver, Matthew Weaver, Michelle Weaver, Rebecca Weaver.

2 mile
1. John Way              13:00
2. Natalie Smolyak       15:44
3. Cindy Cohen           16:32
4. Michael Martyn        17:27
5. Talia Tracton         17:36
6. Tevia McNeil          18:52
7. Michael McNeil        18:53
8. Glenn Bell            19:21
9. Lola Jemibewou        21:12
10. Rico Ashab           21:13
11. Kalada Nemiaboka     21:18
12. Denzel Chin          21:23
13. Devon Boyle          21:53
14. Lochlann Boyle       21:54
15. Tara Costello        22:45
16. Melinda Krummerich   22:46
17. Akintade Ajoke       23:16
18. Nathan Capelle       24:01
19. Quinny Boyle         24:14
20. Kathy Boyle          24:19
21. Bridget Eichmiller   24:32
22. Arleen Dineen        24:43
23. Marcia Bell          25:15
24. Whitney Robinson     26:05
25. Cetera Deas          26:06
26. Stanley Way          29:12
27. Yon Sik Meurer       31:32
10k
1. Adam Wytko           38:08
2. Tom McGee            39:11
3. Mark Eagles          39:50
4. Sheldon Degenhardt   39:58
5. Jeff Garstecki       41:22
6. James Blackwood      42:29
7. Jason Eichmiller     42:49
8. Evan Calvert         43:54
9. Steve Bohse          44:11
10. Franz Vergara       45:10
11. Scott Goldblatt     45:29
12. Steve Knoll         46:04
13. Leonard Supsic      46:34
14. Chad Burger         46:50
15. Robert Blanco       47:00
16. Kelvin Hong         47:04
17. Beth Hannon         47:06
18. Joe Bowman          48:21
19. Bill Stahr          49:32
20. Jim Pontius         50:28
21. Kirk Gordon         51:21
22. James Moreland      51:35
23. Mike Fleming        54:21
24. David Ikels         54:44
25. Marsha Demaree      55:28
26. James Scarborough   58:27
27. Roger Calvert       59:11
28. Emily Howe          59:23
29. Karen Harvey        1:01:41
30. Bethany McGee       1:02:22
31. Hans Meurer         1:03:14
32. Pat Brooks          1:09:04
33. Nadia Wasserman     1:09:05
34. April Lee           1:09:06*
35. Sean Fao            1:09:33.5*
36. Lisa Lowe           1:09:33.8
37. Amanda Idstein      1:14:28
38. Ginger Rowley       1:14:29
39. Kristen Fokmwalt    1:18:05*
*started 5 min late.