Howard County Striders Racing Team Members Excel in First Quarter Events

The Howard County Striders Racing Team has clocked some impressive performances so far this year! Tackling the notoriously roller-coaster steep hills in the cold, pouring rain, many racing team members had strong finishes in the RRCA Club Challenge 10 Miler. Held on February 24 at Howard County Community College, this annual race draws tough competitors from all the running clubs in the Maryland/DC area. There were a lot of no-shows due to the cold driving rain, so just showing up meant you had to be tough, which we were! The Howard County Striders Racing Team came in second of all clubs represented on both the women's and men's side.

Highlights included:

• Julia Roman-Duval took first among all women with a time of 58:59, while Hannah Cocchiaro took second at 1:00.54.
• Carlos Renjifo came in 11th among all men with a time of 54:40.15, and Andrew Madison took  13th with a time of 55:55.08.
• Erin Chamberlain was first female master with a time of 1:08:29.19.
• Jason Tripp was second male master with a time of 58:04.15
• Tammy Liu was 8th in the female grandmaster category with a time of 1:20:22.80.
• Ed Wilson was 4th male grandmaster with a time of 1:04:02.93.

Other team scorers not previously mentioned included, in the overall co-ed category:

Brent Frissora
Mark Buschman
Eric Schuler
Adam Sachs
Nathaniel Dordai
William Tripp
Craig Lebro
Zach Valentine
Tasha Hogan
Callie Betman
Amanda Beal
Faye Weaver

In the master category:

Lifeng Pu
Richard Reinhardt,
Faye Weaver

Yan Zhang
Huifei Chen
Quana Frost

And in the grandmaster category:

Ed Wilson

Stephen Bohse
Akintunde Morakinyo,
Dave Berardi

Tammy Liu

Linda Alms
Deborah Cohen
Pamela Yao

Louise Valentine also scored in the under 40 female category (all other under 40 males and females who scored in this category have already been noted in other categories).

In March, Striders racing team representation--and performance--was phenomenal at the Under Armour Kelly Shamrock 5k in Baltimore March 9th, with the following results:

• Hannah Cocchiaro took first among all women with a time of 17:16.
• Callie Betman came in first in the 25-29 age group and 5th overall female with a time of 18:47.
• Amanda Beal came in 3rd in the 35-39 age group and 10th overall female with a time of 19:17.
• Faye Weaver was first female master and 21st overall female with a time of 20:20.
• Julia Skinner came in 1st in the 40-44 age group and 28th overall female with a time of 21:02.
• Andrew Madison took 1st in the 30-34 age group and 6th overall male with a time of 15:51
• Kevin Ford was second in the 30-34 age group and 10th overall male with a time of 16:28.
• Jason Tripp was first male master and 11th overall with a time of 16:32.
• Akintunde Morakinyo took first in the 55-59 age group with a time of 18:23.
• Dave Berardi came in 3rd in the 55-59 age group with a time of 19:14.
• John Chall came in 1st in the 60-64 age group at 19:59.

Other outstanding performances included Rachel Collins, 20:14; Lindsay Pickett, 20:38; Eric Schuler, 15:58; Craig Lebro, 16:38; James Blackwood, 17:20; Jicheng Liu, 20:22; and Ed Montgomery, 20:55.

Other race highlights from January 1 to March 15 included:

• Erin Chamberlain ran 3:06 in the Tokyo Marathon.
• Julia Roman-Duval came in first woman overall in the D.C. Rock'n Roll Half Marathon with a time of 1:14:33.
• Kevin Ford came in 13th in the Hampton Half Marathon at 1:19:31.
• Rachel Collins came in second in the Towson Frostbite 5K at 21:54.
• Eric Schuler came in first in the Little Patuxent River Trail Half Marathon with a time of 1:24:34.
• Ed Montgomery took first place in the 50-59 age group in the Little Patuxent River Trail 10K at 54:30.
• At the Penguin Pace 5K, men's racing team members Adam Wyko, Mark Landree and Mark Eagles took 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places with times of 18:07, 18:12; and 18:32, respectively.
• In the ultra category, Faye Weaver earned 3rd female master at the Mid-Maryland 50K with a time of 5:40:24.

Way to go Striders!!!!!