2023 MD-DC RRCA 10 Mile Club Challenge Results

Race Date Live Results


Race Date Final Results

Thank you to everyone that came out for the 2023 MD-DC RRCA 10 Mile Club Challenge.  We appreciate each and every one of you and hope you had a great race!

This year’s race had 15 member clubs participate, resulting in 740 qualified runners. 637 toed the start line and 634 crossed the finish line. Click the image below to view number of runners, by club and category

2023’s race saw cool weather but calmer winds than last year. A heavy timing equipment investment by the club plus a full volunteer roster paid dividends on race day with extremely smooth operations and outcomes.

This year saw the Female Course Record broken by Kerry Allen with a time of 58m03.31s, dethroning the previous FCR of 58m09.53s set by Hannah Cocchiaro in 2022.

2023 MD-DC RRCA 10 Mile Club Challenge Metrics

Awards

We strive to post formal results and awards within 48 hours of the race finish.
As an all-volunteer organization, work and any flagged results adjustments may delay posting.

Individual Results

TEAM Coed Overall

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

2023 Race Photos

Official race photos by Ben Sussman Photography

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

RRCA Club Challenge 10M

Update Feb. 25, 9:25am:
Results have been updated after the removal of some bad scan data. This impacted official finish times for runners between 1h15m and 1h18m. After correction, there was no change in team awards. Any questions can be emailed to the Race Director.

Special thanks to Pete Wergin and Casey Ahr for identifying the discrepancy.


2020 Club Challenge Individual Results

2020 Club Challenge Team Results:

Overall Coed

Overall Female

Overall Male

Under 40 Female

Under 40 Male

Masters Female

Masters Male

Grand-Masters Female

Grand-Masters Male


2020 Club Challenge Photos


2020 had 15 member clubs participate, resulting in 975 qualified runners, and 797 finishers. Click the image below to view number of runners, by club and category
Number of Runners, by Club, by Category

RRCA Club Challenge 10M

2019 Club Challenge Individual Results:

Individual Results with Team Name

Individual Results with Gun and Chip Times

2019 Club Challenge Team Results:

Team Results – Overall Coed

Team Results – Overall Female

Team Results – Overall Male

Team Results – Under 40 Female

Team Results – Under 40 Male

Team Results – Masters Female

Team Results – Masters Male

Team Results – Grand-Masters Female

Team Results – Grand-Masters Male

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2018 Club Challenge Individual Results

2018 Club Challenge Team Results – Overall Coed

2018 Club Challenge Team Results – Overall Female

2018 Club Challenge Team Results – Overall Male

2018 Club Challenge Team Results – Under 40 Female

2018 Club Challenge Team Results – Under 40 Male

2018 Club Challenge Team Results – Masters Female

2018 Club Challenge Team Results – Masters Male

2018 Club Challenge Team Results – Grand-Masters Female

2018 Club Challenge Team Results – Grand-Masters Male

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2017 Club Challenge Overall Results

2017 Club Challenge Team Results (Overall Coed)

2017 Club Challenge Team Results (Overall Female)

2017 Club Challenge Team Results (Overall Male)

2017 Club Challenge Team Results (Under 40 Female)

2017 Club Challenge Team Results (Under 40 Male)

2017 Club Challenge Team Results (Masters Female)

2017 Club Challenge Team Results (Masters Male)

2017 Club Challenge Team Results (Grand-Masters Female)

2017 Club Challenge Team Results (Grand-Masters Male)

Photos

RRCA Club Challenge 10M

2016 Club Challenge Overall Results

2016 Club Challenge Team Results (Elite Women)

2016 Club Challenge Team Results (Elite Men)

2016 Club Challenge Team Results (Elite Coed)

2016 Club Challenge Team Results (Women)

2016 Club Challenge Team Results (Men)

2016 Club Challenge Team Results (Female Age 0-39)

2016 Club Challenge Team Results (Male Age 0-39)

2016 Club Challenge Team Results (Female Age 40-49)

2016 Club Challenge Team Results (Male Age 40-49)

2016 Club Challenge Team Results (Female Age 50+)

2016 Club Challenge Team Results (Male Age 50+)

RRCA Club Challenge 10M

The 2015 Club Challenge was cancelled due to inclement weather.

RRCA Club Challenge 10M

2014 RRCA Club Challenge Overall Results

2014 RRCA Club Challenge Team Results (Women Overall)

2014 RRCA Club Challenge Team Results (Men Overall)

2014 RRCA Club Challenge Team Results (Coed)

2014 RRCA Club Challenge Team Results (Women 1-39)

2014 RRCA Club Challenge Team Results (Men 1-39)

2014 RRCA Club Challenge Team Results (Women 40-49)

2014 RRCA Club Challenge Team Results (Men 40-49)

2014 RRCA Club Challenge Team Results (Women 50-59)

2014 RRCA Club Challenge Team Results (Men 50-59)

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2013 Club Challenge Overall Results

2013 Club Challenge Team Results (Women)

2013 Club Challenge Team Results (Men)

2013 Club Challenge Team Results (Coed)

The Howard County Striders thought their chances for winning last Sunday’s 10-Mile Challenge went down the drain when racing team captain Carlos Renjifo pulled out of the race with an Achilles injury the week before. But Brian Harvey and Kyle Stanton stepped into the breach and delivered an astounding victory in the men’s team competition. Harvey and Stanton began the race in a tight contest with Dave Berdan from the nemesis Falls Road team. After a 4:40 first mile, the three of them were running neck and neck going across the bridge into the Allview community. When they came out of Allview, after running some serious hills, Harvey had taken complete control of the race. He cruised the remaining three miles all alone to win the race and set a course record of 51:00. Stanton bested Berdan by 14 seconds to capture second place, and the Strider men were on their way to beating the Falls Road Team for the first time in several years. The top 12 men from each of 10 local area running clubs scored in the men’s team competition.

A former all-American from Carnegie-Mellon, Harvey began his career at Centennial High School, while Stanton was an elite runner at Hammond High. Both won David L. Tripp scholarships as scholar-athletes. “It was lots of fun,” Mr. Harvey remarked about the race. “I’ve never really raced 10 miles before [only half marathons]!”

The Strider women also did something they had not done in many, many years: they beat the Falls Road women’s team. Master-runner-of-2012 Kelly Westlake spearheaded the effort by placing third among the women in a person record time of 1:05:02. She was actually leading the race for the first few miles, until Falls Road’s Christine Ramsey and Melissa Majumdar took over. The latter two ran the race in lock-step, finishing at virtually the same moment about two minutes ahead of Westlake. “After those hills,” Kelly said, “I’m looking forward to [flat] Cherry Blossom [10 Miler]. The winning Strider women’s team included new racing team member Jessica Ivy (fifth female), elite triathlete Suzy Serpico (sixth female), and half-marathoner Caroline Bauer (ninth female), who also set an improbable personal record. The top six women from each club scored.

The story was completely different, however, for the coed team competition. Somehow the Falls Road coeds pulled out a remarkable victory over Howard County. But the score was very close: 557 points to 559 (low score wins), with the point totals coming from adding up the finishing positions of the top 11 men and top 4 women. Race scorer Jim DiScuillo ran the tallies several times on the computer to guarantee accuracy. Falls Road might have had a better showing had some of their best runners not gone off to New Orleans to run a marathon or something.

The winning teams and the top male and female runners received trophies, but, to underscore the team nature of the race, there were no other awards. A new coed traveling trophy replaced the ancient (and ugly) 30-year-old trophy. The new trophy will reside at Falls Road Running Store – at least until next year.

This year’s Challenge enjoyed the nicest weather in the 33-year history of the event. Race-time temperatures were around 41F and the Sun was shining brightly. The only quibble might have been wet pavement. The weather was so fine that the post-race refreshments were served outside. Over 1000 runners registered for the race, and 739 finished, both of which are records.

The Howard County Striders stage the race every February. The race is the official 10-Mile Championship for the Maryland chapter of the Road Runners Club of America. The course runs south from the Howard Community College, circles through the hills of Allview, and returns through Hickory Ridge. Brad Murach made his premiere as race director. Although he had never directed a race before and isn’t even a runner, his day-job involves logistics, and he had no trouble organizing this baby. “He was calm and organized,” said his wife Cecilia. “I’m very proud of him.”

The Striders wish to thank Steve Musselman and the Howard Community College for allowing the College gym as the race venue. They also want to thank the Howard County Police for providing traffic control, and dozens of Howard County Striders who served as course marshals, course markers, and water stop volunteers.