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Golf

Turf Valley women

The Turf Valley Women's 18-Hole Group's spring match was hard fought in all three flights with tough competition and much dodging of rain drops. The winners were: Flight 1: Ginny Lamb, a newcomer; Flight 2: Janice Jennings; Flight 3: Mary Butera.

Soccer

Thunder Soccer Club

A week after falling to the Philadelphia Liberty, 2-1, for its first loss of the WPSL East season, the Thunder Soccer Club Maryland Pride defeated, the New York Athletic Club, 2-0.

Against New York, Anabel Jimenez continued her assault on opposing goalkeepers on Saturday, netting her third goal in as many games. Lisa Zanti also scored for the Pride on a free kick. Goalkeeper Bevin English, making her debut for TSC, included one point-blank stop among the four saves she had in the game.

Jimenez score on a penalty kick in the game against Philadelphia.

The Thunder Soccer Club Fury (U-14 boys) won the Blue Gray Cup championship in Gettysburg Memorial Day weekend. Led by goalkeepepr Chris Shepherd, the Fury did not give up a single goal the entire tournament. This was team's first win in a tournament and was well deserved. The Fury defeated the SAC Classic II, 1-0, in the finals.

Columbia Soccer Club travel

Max Mzhen put the CSC Rockin' Rollers (U-10 boys) on the NCSL scoreboard and in the lead with his goal in the 13th minute of a game against the MSC Mutiny. Just after the half, John Stark launched a score-tilting long pass for Cameron Coates to slip a shot past the keeper en route to the 2-1 victory.

Joshua Chroniger and the Roller defense stole passes, dispossessed attackers and won most 50/50 balls in the game.

Soccer Association of Columbia travel

The SAC United Premier (boys U-12) played two great games last weekend coming away with a win and a tie against Division I opponents.

Chad Strothers (two) and Joe Tolson scored as SAC defeated the Freestate Diplomats, 3-2. Max Dwyer and Tolson had assists. Freestate scored two goals in the second half which forced the SAC defense to fight hard to maintain the team's lead.

The second game was a 1-1 tie with the Baltimore Bays Juventus. SAC scored the first goal when Addison Testoff tapped the ball to Mike Heitzmann, who fired the ball into the net. The Bays responded later in the first half.

Softball

Maryland Stars

The Maryland Stars 16-U girls fastpitch team finished second at the Memorial Day Madness tournament played in New Cumberland, Pa.

The Stars went 5-0-1 in pool play then defeated the Lenape Valley Fury, 3-0, in the quarterfinals and the West Shore Attitude, 3-0, in the semifinals before losing to the Central PA Krunch in the championship match.

The Stars received dominant pitching from Haylie Goheen and Amanda Segrist. They gave up only eight runs and 17 hits in eight games prior to the final. They were aided by the strong play of infielders Chelsea Shockey, Erica Makar, Kylie Pritchard and Melanie Slayton and in the outfield by Kelsey Fuller, Erin Beane, Adrienne Carroll and Michelle Clapp. Catchers Kaitlyn Griffith and Chelsea Lucas, provided leadership behind the plate.

The Maryland Stars 14-U Red finished second in the silver bracket of the Memorial Day Madness tournament, earning a berth in the PONY Nationals in July.

In the championship round, the Stars beat the Maryland Chill, 5-4, the Elktown Outlaws, 9-0, and the Wyoming Valley Vipers, 5-4, before losing to the Vienna Stars, 12-2.

The Maryland Stars' deep roster, including pitchers Tori Brown, Alyssa Dixon, Taylor Simmons and Stacie Maring, kept the team going all the way to the championship game.

The Maryland Stars received outstanding defensive play from outfielders Courtney Hastings and Samantha Bost. Catchers Ashley Obrien, Natalie Gill and Hannah Drummond provided excellent defense behind the plate.

At second base, Shelby Cleveland made two backhand plays against the Riviera Beach Spirit, and shortstop Sarah Munsch helped turn five double plays.

Lacrosse

Howard County Lacrosse Program

Navy's successful season came crashing down with a 6-5 overtime loss to Duke in an HCLP Lightning Division playoff game. Top-ranked and undefeated Hopkins also lost.

Navy took a 5-2 lead into the fourth quarter before Duke rallied to send the game into overtime and then win it on the Blue Devils' first possession.

The Duke squad was led by Kyle Sutton, Jace Hull, Evin Moody, William Coakley, Garrison Ferrell, Andrew Lauer, Thomas Phipps, Daniel Benson, Mitchell Cassidy, Sam Dawes, Chris Meekins, Kyle Wiggens, Alexander Pellegrini, Conner Harvey and Kile Weller.

Navy was led by graduating league All-Stars Tyler Bond, Casey Brennan (goal), Christopher Simpson (two goals), Ryan Synk and Bennett Ellrich (goal). They received plenty of help from Herman Mills, Cade Dick, Terrell Credle, Matt Rueter, Kyle Roop, Matt Hulett, Noah Lyu, Ben Oldhouser, Ian Krynski, Michael Kozel and Colin Altman.

A week earlier, Syracuse defeated Navy, 3-2, on goals by Matthew Wingate, Tiger Lindsay and Tyler Holzman.

Bond got the lone Navy strikes, scoring once from the faceoff and again late in the fourth quarter.

Duathlon

DU2R

DU2R's Jeff Timm placed sixth in his age group in the Apple Duathlon in Sartell, Minn on May 24. He then traveled to California for the USAT long course duathlon championships May 31. There he won the 55-59 age group in 5 hours, 45 minutes, 54 seconds. He lead wire to wire. Along with Steve Ruckert winning the 60-64 age group at the USAT standard distance nationals in Richmond, DU2R has two national age group champs for 2009.

Seven club members have qualified for the duathlon world championships in September.

Running

Howard County Junior Striders

The Howard County Junior Striders competed in the first round of the USATF track and field Junior Olympic series at Magruder High in Rockville last Saturday. Placing were:

8-UB: Michael Swann: 5. 100-meter dash (17.46).

9-10B: Jelani Dula: 1. 100 (14.22); 2. 200 (30.51).

9-10G: Jordyn Tate: 1. 400 (1:11.5); 1. long jump (9-0.25).

11-12B: Joseph Keating: 2. 1,500 (5:05); 2. 3,000 (10:58). Benin Dula: 3. 100 (13.53); 3. 200 (27.75). Corey Hamilton: 5. 1,500 (5:33); 4. 3,000 (11.48). Kevin Wegner: 5. 3,000 (12:08).

11-12G: Kathleen Amstad: 3. 100 (14.11); 2. long jump (10-5). Tyler James: 4. 100 (14.20); 5. 200 (30.36).

13-14B: Michael Wegner: 1. 1,500 (4:40). Joey Pickens: 4. 1,500 (4:57).

13-14G: Sarah Brand: 5. 800 (2:47). Becky Gessler: 6. 400 (1:08.2); 6. 800 (2:47); 4. 1,500 (5:37). Amy Gessler: 2. 800 (2:43); 3. 1,500 (5:33).

Howard County Striders

Hot weather didn't deter 65 runners from turning out for the Howard County Striders' Spring Weekly Series at Oakland Mills Middle School June 7. Michael Dusenbery and Anna Hogue won the two-mile races; Jason Tripp and Ashlyn Sinclair won the six-mile races.

Two-mile results: 1. Michael Dusenbery, 12:18; 2. Weems McFadden, 12:19; 3. David Jun, 12:49; 4. Hafiz Shaikh, 12:58; 5. Dan Laukzemis, 13:02; 6. Chad Burger, 13:32; 7. Bromley Lowe, 13:36.3; 8. Robert Blanco, 13:36.7; 9. Rick Smith, 13:55; 10. Chris Farmer, 14:02.

11. Piriya Pinit, 14:07; 12. Paul Eyes, 14:08; 13. Dave Orlik, 14:31; 14. Alan Murray, 14:46; 15. Mike Fleming, 14:55; 16. Dave Weber, 14:59; 17. Doug Hawkland, 15:24; 18. Roger Calvert, 16:43; 19. Anna Hogue, 16:55; 20. Shirley Sameshima, 17:01.

21. Sari Chapman, 17:11; 22. James Koo, 17:14; 23. Bill Brandenstein, 17:55; 24. Ryan Levine, 18:23; 25. Len Guralnick, 18:24; 26. Elizabeth Konki, 19:44; 27. Brian Lintz, 20:25; 28. Jessica Stern, 20:34; 29. Brian Lawton, 20:39; 30. Jennifer Jun, 21:13.

31. Jeanne Larrison, 21:38; 32. Tim Ramsey, 22:31.4; 33. Adam McNeil, 22:31.9; 34. Pamela Gray, 22:50; 35. Angela Alston, 22:51; 36. Jean Evansmore, 22:54; 37. Sarah Moreau, 22:55; 38. Joe Broderick, 23:08; 39. Steve Reading, 23:44; 40. Tevia McNeil, 23:58.

41. Michael McNeil, 23:59; 42. Melinda Krummerich, 24:02; 43. Beverly Byron, 24:52; 44. Barbara Calvert, 26:20; 45. Deborah Fuller-Pittman, 30:00.

Six-mile results: 1. Jason Tripp, 38:12; 2. John Heslin, 38:33; 3. Peter Sloan, 41:15; 4. Greg Schuler, 42:01; 5. Steve Bohse, 42:37; 6. Seth Gersuk, 43:11; 7. Donnie Chapman, 43:36; 8. Bill Stahr, 44:05; 9. Ashlyn Sinclair, 44:30; 10. Kirk Gordon, 44:54.

11. Halsey Sinclair, 45:03; 12. Debbie Young, 45:17; 13. Ronnie Wong, 46:31; 14. Steve Dyer, 47:48; 15. Dave Hogue, 49:11; 16. Craig Valentine, 51:27; 17. Bjorn Moreau, 52:32; 18. Karen Young, 52:59; 19. Dwight Mikulis, 54:51; 20. Melissa Mulreany, 1:21:16.

Jump rope

Kangaroo Kids

Members of the Kangaroo Kids competition team competed in jump rope at an AAU tournament June 6 in Woodbridge, Va. There were 99 athletes participating in this tournament from teams in Maryland, North Carolina and Virginia. The top 10 overall competitors in each division qualify to compete at the AAU Junior Olympics this summer in Des Moines, Iowa.

Kangaroo Kids results:

Male Single Rope Events

One minute speed age 11-12: 2. Ryan McGuire; 4. Aaron Weingrad.

One minute power 11-12: 2. Ryan McGuire; 4. Aaron Weingrad.

Freestyle 11-12: 3. Ryan McGuire; 4. Aaron Weingrad.

Overall individual male medalists 11-12: 2. Ryan McGuire.

Female Single Rope Events

One minute speed 8-U: 11. Anna Lawson. Age 10: 4. Jessica Lawson; 8. Christina Kratzmeier; 9. Cara Nardone; 11. Taryn Aylward. Age 15-17: 5. Kristen Bork.

One minute power 8-U: 8. Anna Lawson. Age 10: 1. Christina Kratzmeier; 9. Jessica Lawson; 11. Cara Nardone; 13. Taryn Aylward. Age 15-17: 5. Kristen Bork.

Freestyle 8-U: 7. Anna Lawson. Age 10: 5. Jessica Lawson; 6. Cara Nardone; 7. Christina Kratzmeier; 8. Taryn Aylward. Age 15-17: 1. Kristen Bork.

Overall individual female medalists 15-17: 2. Kristen Bork.

Pairs Single Rope Events

Pairs speed 9-10: 2. Christina Kratzmeier and Cara Nardone. 11-12: 13. Taryn Aylward and Aaron Weingrad.

Pairs power 9-10: 3. Christina Kratzmeier and Cara Nardone. 11-12: 14. Taryn Aylward and Aaron Weingrad.

Pairs freestyle 9-10: 1. Christina Kratzmeier and Cara Nardone. 11-12: 12. Taryn Aylward and Aaron Weingrad.

Overall pairs medalists 9-10: 1. Christina Kratzmeier and Cara Nardone.

Double Dutch Events

Double Dutch single speed 12-U: 4. Anna Lawson, Jessica Lawson, Christina Kratzmeier and Cara Nardone.

Double Dutch 4x30 Relay 12-U: 6. Anna Lawson, Jessica Lawson, Christina Kratzmeier and Cara Nardone.

Double Dutch power 12-U: 8. Anna Lawson, Jessica Lawson, Christina Kratzmeier and Cara Nardone.

Double Dutch single freestyle 12-U: 6. Anna Lawson, Jessica Lawson, Christina Kratzmeier and Cara Nardone.

Double Dutch pairs freestyle 12-U: 7. Anna Lawson, Jessica Lawson, Christina Kratzmeier and Cara Nardone.

Group Routine

13-U: 1. Christina Kratzmeier, Anna Lawson, Jessica Lawson, Ryan McGuire, Cara Nardone and Aaron Weingrad.

Swimming

Columbia Clippers

The Columbia Clippers sent 44 swimmers to the NAAC "A" Buster Meet at the naval Academy. Placing in the top eight were:

8B: Greg Costello: 1. 50 backstroke; 2. 100 free, 50 butterfly and 100 breaststroke.

10G: Kaleigh Hanson: 2. 100 backstroke; 5. 100 IM, 50 free and 50 breaststroke. Isabella Lennon: 8. 100 breaststroke. Renee Yang: 5. 100 butterfly. Jennifer Zhang: 6. 100 backstroke.

10B: Calvin Chang: 2. 100 butterfly; 3. 100 backstroke; 8. 100 IM. Geoffrey Wang: 7. 50 free.

11G: Victoria Nelson: 2. 50 backstroke; 5. 200 free; 8. 200 IM and 100 free. Karen Ni: 8. 200 breaststroke and 100 breaststroke. Melanie Watt: 1. 50 butterfly; 2. 100 backstroke, 100 free and 200 free; 3. 100 IM and 100 butterfly; 4. 200 IM; 5. 50 breaststroke.

11B: Alexander Gliese: 5. 100 backstroke; 6. 100 butterfly. Riley Jongeneel: 6. 100 breaststroke and 200 free; 7. 100 free. Samuel Sisney: 8. 50 butterfly.

12G: Christine Abraham: 4. 100 breaststroke; 5. 200 IM; 8. 200 free. Evana Dipietro: 8. 50 butterfly. Nicole Vial: 7. 50 butterfly.

12B: Richard Mentle: 7. 50 butterfly. William Sherman: 7. 100 breaststroke. Michael Wegner: 3. 100 free and 100 breaststroke; 4. 200 free; 7. 50 backstroke.

13G: Ellen Hoyson: 1. 50 free; 2. 100 breaststroke, 200 IM and 200 backstroke; 4. 100 free, 5. 100 backstroke and 200 free. Marlee Thorogood: 2. 100 free; 3. 200 backstroke; 6. 100 butterfly; 7. 200 free. Helen Wang: 2. 50 free; 3. 100 breaststroke; 7. 100 backstroke.

13B: Ben Costello: 1. 200 breaststroke; 3. 100 free and 200 free; 4. 200 IM. William Fu: 3. 200 butterfly; 6. 50 free and 100 backstroke; 8. 100 breaststroke. Grant Harper: 6. 200 free; 7. 100 butterfly. Salim Manseur: 5. 50 free; 6. 100 butterfly and 200 IM; 8. 100 free.

14B: Michael Adamovich: 1. 100 breaststroke; 2. 100 backstroke, 100 IM and 200 breaststroke; 4. 200 free; 6. 200 backstroke. Yacine Manseur: 3. 100 butterfly; 5. 200 IM, 100 free and 200 backstroke. Joel Stenoien: 1. 50 free, 200 IM and 100 free; 2. 200 free; 3. 100 breaststroke and 100 backstroke; 4. 200 backstroke.

15G: Theresa Schwarzwalder: 2. 50 free; 3. 100 backstroke; 7. 100 breaststroke.

15B: Gilbert Vial: 2. 100 free and 50 free; 8. 100 butterfly.

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