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Spitfire Field Hockey Club
Four Spitfire Field Hockey Club teams will be playing in USA Field Hockey National Indoor Tournaments next month. The club, run by University of Maryland Coaches and former USA National Team players Barb Weinberg and Dina Rizzo, has players from 11 of the 12 Howard County high schools and, along with The Gaels of Severna Park, is one of only two clubs in the state invited to send four teams to the prestigious tournament.
U-19 players include Arielle Abrams (Howard), Alexandra Barrett (Reservoir), Courtney Barnwell (Howard), Emily Bishop (Mt. Hebron), Gabriella D'Angelo (Mt. Hebron), Lindsey Dewey (Mt. Hebron), Didi Ertenu (Wilde Lake), Nicole Grabowski (Long Reach), Brianna Hanlon (Marriotts Ridge), Heather Jenney (Paint Branch), Kelly Johnson (Glenelg Country School), Cassie Malane (South Carroll), Celine Manneville (Oakland Mills), Megan Minarcin (Oakland Mills), Maddie Price (North Harford), Madeline Schroeder (Howard), Julia Sergent (Mt. Hebron), Casey White (Howard), Rylie Whiting (Marriotts Ridge), Jessica Slingluff (Damascus) and Mckenzie Williams (Long Reach).
The U-16 team includes Rachel Baca (North Harford), Meghan Bennett (Catonsville), Emily Blanchard (Reservoir), Beatrice Chaudoin (Severna Park), Noelle Frost (Glenwood Middle), Riley Gentner (Mt. de Sales), Juliana Keagle (Catonsville), Molly Milani (Glenelg), Emily Penn (Howard), Lexi Rieu (Glenelg Country) and Dani Schwab (River Hill).
The U-16 team placed second in the most competitive (A) pool at last weekend's Maryland Club Championship, falling to the Washington Wolves, 2-1, in the championship game. The team scored 19 goals and gave up only three in five games. Schwab (five goals), Chaudoin (two unassisted goals), Baca, Blanchard, Gentner, Keagle and Penn found the back of the net,
Milani contributed several assists and Bennett played solid defense.
Howard County's Sarah Holliday (Bullis) and Morgan Philie (Glenelg) played outstanding defense for the Wolves.
Spitfire's U-14 Inferno team placed third in the President's Day Big Apple invitation-only tournament in Pennsylvania, and will send the following players to the national tournament: Natalie Adamez, Ashley Caldwell, Leanne Duncan, Noelle Frost, Marybeth and Megan Nemecek, Marissa Penn, Taylor Reed, Zoe Summa and Delaney Treacy.
Spitfire's U-14 Firecrackers team won the B pool in the Maryland Club Championship. Bringing home the gold medal were Ashley Bates, Savannah Cheuvront, Jennifer Gabelman, Madeline Land, Megan and Marybeth Nemecek, Emma Walsh, Abby Williams and Madison Zehring.
Spitfire's U-14 Flames took home second place in the C pool at the Maryland Club Championship. That team consists of Mary Margaret Baldy, Allison Campbell, Samantha Dinoto, Annette Jaroz, Mia Moshang, Bailey Schwab, Maggie Sullivan and Peyton Taylor.
Howard County Striders
Brooks Ward and Alison Suckling were the one-mile winners and Steve Prinzivalli and Kendra Smith led the way in the 5k race Feb. 19 at the Howard County Striders winter series races at Swansfield.
One-mile results: 1. Brooks Ward, 5:21; 2. Ted Poulos, 5:52; 3. Anders Chattin, 6:09.2; 4. Chris Chattin, 6:09.7; 5. Alison Suckling, 6:13; 6. Bill Andrews, 6:15; 7. Leonard Supsic, 6:17; 8. Eric Johnston, 6:33; 9. Michael Dusenbery, 6:43; 10. Alan Murray, 6:48.
11. Mike Ward, 7:18; 12. Alan Tominack, 7:21; 13. Eric Hermstein, 7:23; 14. David Rowe, 7:44; 15. Kash Hartz, 7:51; 16. Frederick Rowe, 8:02; 17. Mats Chattin, 8:06; 18. Carina Chattin, 8:10; 19. Natalia Diaz, 8:48; 20. Pam Rowe, 8:57.
21. Martha Rowe, 9:00; 22. Susan Ward, 9:17; 23. Evan Griffiths, 9:18; 24. Richard Griffiths, 9:19; 25. Ginger Rowley, 10:10; 26. Steve Reading, 10:20; 27. Angelos Diaz, 10:39; 28. Annie Sarlin, 11:35; 29. Jennifer Sarlin, 11:36; 30. Barbara Calvert, 11:44.
31. Melissa Burger, 11:57; 32. Alex Harris, 12:45; 33. Tim Orman, 13:12; 34. Pat Huffman, 13:13.
5k results: 1. Steve Prinzivalli, 16:54; 2. Brian Keane, 18:43; 3. John Chall, 19:06; 4. Steve Muchnick, 19:14; 5. John Way, 19:50; 6. Michael Mbugi, 19:55; 7. Luis Diaz, 20:07; 8. Kendra Smith, 20:08; 9. Bob Burns, 20:13; 10. Lochlann Boyle, 20:22.
11. Xinhua Xu, 20:29; 12. Robert Blanco, 20:45; 13. Chad Burger, 21:27; 14. Amanda An, 22:23; 15. Marc Stegall, 22:25; 16. Louis Tomsic, 22:28; 17. James Moreland, 22:56; 18. Chris Farmer, 23:22; 19. Marsha Demaree, 23:31; 20. Amy Floyd, 23:55.
21. Jen Pullen, 24:36; 22. Angelina Hein, 25:03; 23. Michael Huddleston, 25:08; 24. Scott Woods, 25:11; 25. Marc Burger, 25:26; 26. Nathan Siu, 25:44; 27. Susan Kim, 25:48; 28. Tom Stewart, 25:57; 29. Mitzi Goodwin, 26:10; 30. Emily Howe, 26:28.
31. Roger Calvert, 26:32; 32. Anna Chien, 26:49; 33. Karen Harvey, 27:07; 34. Tim Prestel, 27:28; 35. Ed Beach, 27:48; 36. Frances Fisher, 28:01; 37. Jon Palks, 28:06; 38. Bob Lande, 28:07; 39. Bill Brandenstein, 28:51; 40. Sharlene Deskins, 29:05.
41. Brian LeCompte, 30:22; 42. Jaquisha Kearson, 30:29; 43. Melinda Krummerich, 30:41; 44. John Eckstrom, 30:45; 45. Robert Gurtler, 32:37.0; 46. Martha Waugaman, 32:37.5; 47. Braden Huntoon, 32:48; 48. K. Court, 33:31; 49. Tracy Day, 33:34; 50. Kate Flack, 35:24.
51. Amanda Transparenti, 35:28.4; 52. Lisa Williams, 35:28.6; 53. Sarah Beach, 36:55; 54. Julie Klawiter, 38:13.
Columbia Clippers
Members of the Columbia Clippers swim team participated in two recent meets — one was at the Monocacy Aquatic Club and the other at the Community College of Baltimore County.
Monocacy Aquatic Club Meet
Placing in the top 10:
6B: Tyler McGill: 3. 50 free; 3. 25 backstroke.
7G: Rachel Soubier: 3. 25 free; 3. 50 backstroke; 3. 100 free; 3. 50 free; 3. 100 IM; 6. 50 breaststroke. Sydney Corley: 8. 25 breaststroke; 9. 25 free; 9. 100 free. Jasmine Kwok: 5. 50 backstroke; 8. 100 free; 6. 25 butterfly. Leah Williams: 6. 100 IM; 7. 25 butterfly; 7. 50 backstroke; 9. 50 free; 10. 50 breaststroke. Olivia Porter: 3. 25 backstroke; 5. 100 IM; 9. 50 breaststroke.
7B: Alan Lutz: 7. 50 breaststroke; 9. 25 free; 9. 25 breaststroke; 9. 50 free; 10. 25 backstroke. Andrew Zhong: 5. 50 backstroke; 7. 25 breaststroke; 8. 100 free. Charles Kluckhuhn: 6. 50 backstroke. Bryan Kaden: 5. 50 free; 5. 50 breaststroke.
8G: Isabelle Rowe: 7. 50 butterfly. Sara Emig: 4. 50 breaststroke. Tanith Thorogood: 9. 100 IM.
8B: Richard Wu: 4. 50 backstroke; 7. 25 backstroke; 8. 25 free; 9. 25 breaststroke. Connor Walls: 10. 25 breaststroke; 10. 100 free.
9G: Jada Knight: 7. 100 breaststroke.
9B: Eddie Chi: 7. 100 backstroke; 9. 100 breaststroke; 10. 50 butterfly; 10. 100 IM. Lucas Baglione: 9. 100 backstroke. Shane Hou: 10. 100 backstroke. William Lee: 5. 100 breaststroke.
10G: Megan Li: 9. 100 backstroke. Bridgette Kim: 8. 100 IM.
10B: Nataiel Arocho-Nieves: 9. 50 backstroke; 10. 50 butterfly. Ryan Cavey: 7. 100 breaststroke.
GBSA Last Chance Meet (at CCBC)
Clippers placing in the top 8:
10-UG: Alexa Porter: 7. 200 free. Nora Wilson: 7. 100 butterfly. Bridgette Kim: 2. 100 breaststroke.
10-UB: Cameron Adams: 2. 200 IM; 5. 100 butterfly; 7. 50 breaststroke; 2. 100 IM. Alan Wang: 4. 50 backstroke; 4. 100 fly; 4. 100 IM; 6. 100 breaststroke. Jordan Jones: 6. 100 butterfly. Matthew Takacs: 7. 50 butterfly. Adam Loudin: 5. 100 breaststroke; 7. 100 free.
11-12G: Renee Yang: 2. 200 IM; 3. 50 free; 3. 200 free; 5. 500 free; 5. 100 butterfly; 6. 50 butterfly. Morgan Liberto: 4. 50 backstroke; 5. 50 butterfly. Taylor Spillman: 2. 100 free; 3. 100 butterfly; 7. 50 breaststroke. Kayla May: 3. 200 backstroke.
11-12B: Greg Costello: 1. 400 IM; 1. 100 backstroke.
13-14G: Jennifer Hess: 8. 400 IM. Isabella Lennon: 4. 200 butterfly; 6. 500 free; 8. 200 breastroke. Kaleigh Hanson: 1. 100 backstroke; 5. 100 breaststroke. Anita Amin: 7. 100 backstroke; 7. 200 backstroke. Anna Latzko: 7. 200 IM; 8. 200 backstroke. Tiffany Nguyen: 8. 200 IM; 6. 100 butterfly.
13-14B: Sam Sisney: 1. 400 IM; 1. 100 butterfly; 2. 200 IM; 4. 100 free 6. 500 free; 7. 50 free.Cole May: 3. 200 IM; 5. 100 backstroke. Taye Baldinazzo: 1. 200 IM; 5. 50 free; 5. 100 butterfly. evin Costello: 5. 200 IM; 5. 200 free.
15+G: Ila Jackson: 5. 400 IM; 6. 200 IM. Alicia Bazell: 7. 100 backstroke; 8. 100 breaststroke. Neha Amin: 7. 100 butterfly.
15+B: Lihan Shang: 4. 200 butterfly. Ben Costello: 4. 200 breaststroke.
Top Flight Gymnastics
The Top Flight Gymnastics team participated in the the USAG-sanctioned 5th annual Unique Classic in Waldorf, MD.
Level 6/Senior B Division: Holly Lakin: 1. floor; 2. beam.
Docksiders Gymnastics
Docksiders Gymnastics Level 8 gymnast Maria Ramsey, of Columbia, competed at the Sweethart Invitational at North Carolina State University Feb. 12 and the Dutch Classic Invitational in Reading, PA on Feb. 18. Her results were:
Sweethart Invitational
Age 12: 3. vault (8.975); 3. beam (9.325); 3. floor (9.45); uneven bars (9.0); 3. all-around (36.75).
Dutch Classic
Age 10-12: 1. vault (9.45); 2. uneven bars (9.325); 3. floor (9.3); 4. beam (9.2); 2. all-around (37.3).