Rec sports
The deadline for submitting sports copy is 9 a.m. on Mondays. We prefer email (howardcountysports@patuxent.com). We do not accept results by phone. When two Howard County teams play, players from both teams (first and last names) must be mentioned in the write-up. Questions? Call 410-332-6578.
Running
Ragnar Relay
Run for Chocolate, a group of 12 Howard County women, won the Ragnar Relay, a 198-mile run from Cumberland, MD to the National Harbor. Each team member had to run three legs of varying distances and terrains, day and night. The team finished the relay in 25 hours, 52 minutes and placed eighth overall out of 262 teams, including all male and mixed teams.
The team beat its next closest female team by over three hours. The Run for Chocolate team is a competitive running group of women ranging in age from mid-thirties to mid-fifties. They have been running together for several years, and their running group, which is made of about 30 women, has participated successfully in several other running events.
Team members are Dorothy Beckett, Dena Brzezicki, Adrienne Davidson, Lisa Fichman, Patricia Keating, Vicki Lang, Janelle McIntyre, Ellie McManuels, Tacy Powers, Becky Ramsing, Julie Thienel and Donna Wecker.
Howard County Striders
Seventy-one runners came out on a beautiful fall day to run in the Howard County Striders' weekly race at Lake Elkhorn on Oct. 23. Ted Poulos and Cindy Cohen led the way in the two-mile race. Karsten Brown and Jen Pullen were the 10k winners.
2 mile results: 1. Ted Poulos, 12:24; 2. James Blackwood, 12:33; 3. Hafiz Shaikh, 12:49; 4. Leonard Supsic, 13:16; 5. Jim Gross, 13:27; 6. Eric Johnston, 15:17; 7. Alan Murray, 15:25; 8. Cindy Cohen, 15:42; 9. Bob Lande, 16:18; 10. Karen Harvey, 16:43.
11. Kash Hartz, 16:53; 12. Erin Rickard, 17:00; 13. Roger Calvert, 17:38; 14. Kate Haber, 17:44; 15. Michael Dusenbery, 17:55; 16. Ginger Rowley, 18:31; 17. Jen Lozier, 18:34; 18. Renee Seetoo, 19:03.2; 19. Kurt Seetoo, 19:03.4; 20. Sam Martin, 19:06.
21. Caleb Haber, 19:23.2; 22. Joseph Haber, 19:23.5; 23. Amanda Idstein, 19:29; 24. Cayla Seetoo, 21:43; 25. Georgia Martin, 22:41; 26. Chris Martin, 22:45; 27. Abby Doff, 22:48; 28. Stanley Way, 23:18; 29. Jennifer Jun, 23:48; 30. Elizabeth Colvin, 23:59.
31. Melissa Burger, 24:13; 32. Marylynn Doff, 24:50; 33. Olivia Seetoo, 24:56; 34. Jackie Seetoo, 24:58; 35. Hannah Haber, 25:09; 36. Barbara Calvert, 25:58.
10k results: 1. Karsten Brown, 35:25; 2. John Chall, 38:57; 3. Joerg Schroeder, 39:16; 4. Lochlann Boyle, 40:17; 5. Greg Schuler, 40:41; 6. Luis Navarro, 40:46; 7. Steve Bohse, 41:26; 8. Nikolas Harvan-Matisich, 41:39; 9. Pete Sloan, 41:49; 10. John Way, 42:15.
11. Ken Sevik, 42:57; 12. Xinhua Xu, 44:57; 13. Robert Blanco, 45:11; 14. Kirk Gordon, 46:30; 15. Chad Burger, 46:34; 16. Marc Burger, 48:18; 17. Tim Techathuvanan, 48:21; 18. Mike Fleming, 48:42; 19. Steve Knoll, 49:04; 20. Nick Levintow, 51:30.
21. Jen Pullen, 51:40; 22. Steve Alpern, 54:28; 23. Emily Howe, 55:30; 24. James Scarborough, 55:55; 25. Josef Johnen, 56:04; 26. Debbie Sharp, 56:06; 27. Ed Beach, 59:44; 28. Jack McMahon, 1:03:01; 29. Julie Mackel, 1:05:48; 30. Kelly Proctor, 1:10:37.4.
31. Beverly Johnston, 1:10:37.9; 32. Andrea Misner, 1:10:39; 33. Sarah Beach, 1:16:09; 34. Susan Gum, 1:19:24; 35. Sarah Moreau, 1:21:37.
Soccer
Thunder Soccer Club travel
TSC Napoli (U-12 boys) had another victory over Freedom SC Galaxy, 4-0. There was a lot of offensive momentum with Evan Yagel scoring the first and third goals of the game. The defense provided a tight barrier with Ethan Fox and Nick D'Anna not allowing the Carroll county team to score.
Jackson Hughes controlled the midfield, and Patrick Blackburn sealed the opposing team's fate by scoring two more goals.
Soccer Association of Columbia travel
SAC United Premier II (U-11 boys) traveled to Warrenton, Va., last weekend to take on FCSC United. Despite the early morning travel and field conditions, SAC was able to produce another quality match maintaining the run of play and coming up with a 6-1 win.
Justin Harris, Lyle Knepprath, William Vasilios and Gavin Yancey provided excellent defensive and offensive play from the backline and goalkeeper Nicholas Lara came up with five counter-attack saves. Assists came from Harris, Aaron Kaplan, Ryan Saunderson (two) and Vasilios (two). Goals were scored by Harris, Kaplan, Chase King, Brennan Reamer and Alex Smedley (two).
Field hockey
Howard Stampede
Howard Stampede Elite 7th/8th grade team traveled to play the undefeated Belair Elite team. In spite of outplaying Belair and holding a 5-2 advantage in corners, the game ended in a scoreless tie.
Stampede started out strong with several scoring chances in the first 10 minutes. The front line play of Carly Clark, Julia Sheehan, Megan Hooper, Natalie Fyock, Lexi Rieu and Gabby Cadoux created pressure and took six shots in the first half.
Maddie Zehring, Grace Olson, Bridgett Cavanaugh and Keally Ingersoll transitioned the ball and made several key tackles to thwart Belair rushes and get the ball back to attack.
Defensive clearing and key tackles inside the defensive 16 were handled by Denise Lin, Lexi Souder and Gillian Kramer. Noelle Frost notched her sixth shutout of the year in goal for Stampede. With this tie Stampede's record for the year stands at 4-1-2 with one game remaining.