Howard County Striders Fall Series 15K/10K/2M

Columbia, MD, September 23, 2001

Results courtesy of the Howard County Striders.

An equipment malfunction which wasn't discovered & corrected until after the 2 miler's finished, only allowed us to record finish times for the 10K & 15K racers. The few times shown below for the 2 milers were recorded by the runners themselves. The finish order is correct. Our apologies. We'll take steps to hopefully keep this from happening in the future. Here's the recap. Kerrie Bowes and Ted Poulos won the 2 mile race. New weekly runner, Kimberly Houston, took an impressive 3rd place behind Melodie Bowler (2nd in the women's event). Gerry Clapper, afflicted with some kind of bug, won the 10K. Ellie Bateman, seen at recent bagel runs, won the women's race in 46:21(5th overall), an excellent time for this hilly course. Keep an eye out for Doug Kuderna, who won the 15K. He's talking about including speedwork in his future training. Ronnie Wong, who just turned 55, brought a bag of pears and tomatoes to share with his fellow runners. Originally signed up for the 10K, Ronnie took a wrong turn and completed the 15K instead. Mikie Nard, usually a short distance runner, completed the 15K distance and came in smiling.

2 mile results

1. Ted Poulos 11:23 2. Stephen Olenick 3. Siddhartha Murthy 4. Mark Grgurich 5. Kerrie Bowes 6. Bruce Worley 7. Chuck Raper 8. Mark Worley 9. Melodie Bowler 10. John Worley 11. Kimberly Houston 12. Maria Kuderna 13. John Neal 14. Dave Campbell 15. Debbie Reese 16. Marquel Bowler 17. Helenor Mesias 18. Sue Watson 19:15 19. Jo Hornburg 20. Debbie Lange 21. Betsy Grgurich 22. Ann Worley 23. Gail Bailey 24. Barbara Calvert 23:42 25. Anne Brooker-Grogan

10K Results

1. Gerry Clapper 38:59 2. Seth Brown 40:27 3. Jason Tripp 41:08 4. Mike Ward 45:59 5. Ellie Bateman 46:21 6. Tom McManuels 47:04 7. Brad Speierman 47:46 8. Ed Curtis 49:45 9. Jack Collins 49:52 10. Seth Pfaff 50:19 11. Johnna Esposito 50:35 12. Bill Elzinga 51:21 13. Roger Calvert 51:24 14. Joey Esposito 53:37 15. Al Greuter 53:49 16. Joseph Esposito 56:47 17. Phil Heiliger 59:38

15K Results

1. Doug Kuderna 57:34 2. Ronnie Wong 1:06:57 3. Dan Laukzemis 1:09:29 4. Karsten Brown 1:15:09 5. Steve Alpern 1:28:07 6. Mikie Nard 1:43:46