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Running
The annual Penguin Pace 5k race was held on Feb. 1 in Columbia. The top finishers were:
1. Karsten Brown, 18:06.60; 2. Alexander Whittaker, 18:19.84; 3. Justin Russell, 18:37.93; 4. Nick Grossi, 18:43.17; 5. David Andrew Phipps, 18:52.55; 6. Brian Daugherty, 19:10.70; 7. Gregory Matthew Hogan, 19:44.45; 8. Andrew Hill, 20:06.29; 9. John W. Chall, 20:19.16; 10. Carter Williams, 20:28.71.
11. Sean M. Costello, 20:35.87; 12. Michael Bohse, 20:42.78; 13. Joshua Marsh, 20:48.31; 14. Cash Costello, 20:59.94; 15. Rebecca Walker Hemler, 21:03.00; 16. Gregg Ford, 21:12.18; 17. Nicholas Anderson, 21:29.52; 18. Brittany Tegeler, 21:32.35; 19. Jicheng Liu, 21:34.83; 20. Steve Meininger, 21:37.27.
21. Michael Runge, 21:44.00; 22. Adrienne Davidson, 21:45.30; 23. Alex Kvech, 21:49.97; 24. Dennis M. Albright, 21:54.87; 25. Christopher Souweine, 22:00.25; 26. Eric Tucker, 22:17.16; 27. Lenore Studt, 22:23.83; 28. Jake Ferentz, 22:27.15; 29. Daniel Vasquez-Cardona, 22:28.88; 30. Howard Krasilovsky, 22:30.70.
31. Rachel Collins, 22:31.32; 32. Eric Johnston, 22:33.11; 33. Mike Brown, 22:33.88; 34. Juliette Whittaker, 22:34.00; 35. Tommy Maloney, 22:38.86; 36. Ronald Gallant, 22:49.39; 37. Scott Asheley Habicht, 22:54.97; 38. Olivia Kelly, 22:58.57; 39. Christopher Rogers, 23:05.27; 40. Michael Viscardo Jr., 23:05.97.
41. Steve Knoll, 23:10.09; 42. Elizabeth Marsh, 23:18.42; 43. Jose Pacheco, 23:20.23; 44. Chris Young, 23:23.72; 45. David Jun, 23:28.68; 46. Bridgette Kim, 23:33.65; 47. Ronnie Wong, 23:34.48; 48. Brian Clark, 23:43.90; 49. Bradley Murphy, 23:48.64; 50. Steven Razzaque, 23:50.07.
Volleyball
The Columbia Volleyball Club Falcons 12U squad won gold at the MDJR's 12's Open Tournament in Jessup on Feb. 8. After earning silver in their last two tournaments, the Falcons went into the MDJR finals undefeated and having lost only one set the entire day. The team ended up placing first out of eight teams from Maryland, Virginia and Delaware.
Members of the team are: Rachel Odonkor (Bethel Christian Academy), Brooke Watts (Chesapeake Science), Hannah Carroll (St. Louis School), Ryan Rorls (Murray Hill Middle School), Ingrid Chang (Clarksville Middle School), Caroline Pearce (Patapsco Middle School), Brenna O'Reilly (St. Louis School), Alyssa Kelly (St. Louis School), Madison Mayer (St. Louis School) and Mary Grace Goyena (St. Louis School).