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Running

Howard County Striders

The third race in the Howard County Striders' Winter series was held at Atholton High School Jan. 18. Luis Diaz was the men's winner of the 5k race. Julie Gessler, one of five Gesslers running, was the women's winner.

5k results: 1. Luis Diaz, 17:26; 2. Sheldon Degenhardt, 17:28; 3. Chris Chattin, 17:36; 4. Chris Appel, 17:41; 5. Karsten Brown, 17:44; 6. John Chall, 18:18; 7. Weems McFadden, 18:28; 8. Michael Dusenbery, 19:37; 9. Bobby Gessler, 19:53; 10. John Way, 19:56.

11. Keith Levasseur, 20:14; 12. Yasuo Oda, 20:16; 13. Hugh Harris, 20:21; 14. LeRoy Wenstrom, 20:27; 15. Thomas Orzechowski, 20:30; 16. Julie Gessler, 20:39; 17. Dan Laukzemis, 20:50; 18. James Moreland, 21:00; 19. Nick Lampron, 21:14; 20. Steve Wright, 21:17.

21. Heather Ferron, 21:19; 22. Marshall Demaree, 21:21; 23. David Jun, 21:23; 24. Chad Burger, 21:30; 25. Marc Burger, 21:35; 26. Larry Appel, 21:39; 27. Judson Lincoln, 21:43; 28. Bill Arbelaez, 22:23; 29. Ed Silverman, 22:32; 30. Gary Smolyak, 21:35.

31. Katie Gessler, 22:45; 32. Adam Sachs, 22:55; 33. Mike Fleming, 22:59; 34. Joshua Brunner, 23:00; 35. Michael Smolyak, 23:01; 36. Amy Gessler, 23:08; 37. Marsha Demaree, 23:15.5; 38. Natalie Smolyak, 23:15.9; 39. Eric Johnston, 23:30; 40. Alex Bishop, 23:55.

41. Leah Davidson Wolf, 24:11; 42. Mike Elkonoh, 24:18; 43. Alan Tominack, 24:25; 44. Bjorn Moreau, 24:33; 45. Megan Larko, 24:39; 46. Hanuman Gowda, 25:25; 47. Ginger Rowley, 25:47; 48. Becky Gessler, 25:48; 49. Anders Chattin, 25:53; 50. Heidi Vecera, 26:12.

51. Kevin Spaulding, 26:22; 52. Mark Pierson, 26:54; 53. Sharlene Deskins, 28:12; 54. Anne Kulesza, 28:14; 55. Amelia Mullican, 28:46; 56. Hiroko Kunimoto, 30:18; 57. Kazumi Spatz, 30:19; 58. Mary LaCount, 31:29; 59. Joe Broderick, 34:07.

Gymnastics

Top Flight Gymnastics

Top Flight Gymnastics level 4-6 girls competed in the 2008 Candy Cane Classic in Baltimore County Dec. 6-7. The Level 5 and 6 teams each took first place.

The Level 4-7 boys competed in the first district qualifing meet Dec. 6-7 in Annapolis.

The individual results:

Level 6 (age 7-10): Olivia Clemens: 1. vault, beam and floor; 2. bars; 1. all-around. Jaclyn Peffall: 1. bars, 2. vault; 5. floor; 6. beam; 2. all-around. Kateri Wess: 2. beam; 4. bars; 6. vault; 3. all-around. Peyton Fuller: 3. floor; 4. vault; 5. beam and all-around. Camryn Allen: 3. bars; 4. beam; 5. vault.

Level 5 (age 7-8): Alexandra Banham: 1. beam and floor; 4. vault; 1. all-around. Julianna Capone: 5. vault. Age 9: Alexandra Sirasky: 1. beam; 2. floor; 4. vault; 6. bars; 2. all-around. Maria Ramsey: 3. vault; 5. bars; 6. all-around. Alex Fleece: 5. vault; 6. beam. Age 10: Hannah Williams: 1. bars and beam; 3. floor and all-around.

Level 4 (age 6-7): Megan Tavares: 3. bars and beam. Age 8: Kaitlin Dabney: 1. beam and floor; 5. bars; 1. all-around. Natalie Gochar: 1. bars; 5. floor. Maghan Jarvies: 4. vault.

Level 7 boys (age 12+): A.J. Beal: 1. floor, pommel horse, rings, parallel bar, high bar and all-around. Ryan Cullum: 1. parallel bars and high bar; 2. all-around. Johnny Folea: 1. floor, pommel horse, rings, vault and all-around. Andrew Meade: 1. vault; 3. all-around.

Level 6 boys (ages 10-11): Dillon Cutaiar: 3. high bar; 5. floor and pommel horse. Samuel Penn: 1. floor and high bar; 2. pommel horse, rings and vault; 4. parallel bars; 1. all-around. Jason Schuler: 1. parallel bars; 3. floor; 4. rings; 5. all-around.

Age 8-9: Griffin Kasemeyer: 1. pommel horse, rings, parallel bars and high bar; 2. floor and vault; 1. all-around. Marcus Valiente: 1. vault; 2. high bar and all-around.

Level 5 boys (age 9-12): Ian Chalk: 4. vault. Jamie Cotton: 1. pommel horse; 5. vault; 6. parallel bars; 3. all-around. Dean Drumheller: 1. pommel horse and high bar; 2. rings; 4. parallel bars; 3. all-around. Christopher Shea: 3. high bar; 5. parallel bars.

Level 4 boys (ages 6-7): Noah Beyers: 1. floor, vault and parallel bars; 2. pommel horse and high bar; 1. all-around. Matthew Mohabir: 2. parallel bars; 4. pommel horse, vault and high bar; 5. rings; 3. all-around. Age 8-9: Justin Hotchkiss: 4. high bar.

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