Upcoming Running Event in Kent County - Saturday, September 27, 2008

Photo of Fallfest 1-kilometer from: http://www.mainstayrockhall.org/fallfest


The Rock Hall Fallfest 1-kilometer (approximately 1,000-meter) Fun-Run for kids in Rock Hall, Maryland. This is scheduled for Saturday, September 27, at 1:30 P.M. The race is a kids race for ages 5-13, according to a reliable source. For more information, please check out:


http://www.rockhallmd.com/weekend.php
http://www.mainstayrockhall.org/fallfest/

Also, check out Rock Hall, Maryland's webpage at: http://www.rockhallmd.com

All those going, have fun and bring the youngin's!!!!!

27th Annual Rock Hall Flat Five - Friday, July 4, 2008

Friday, July 4, 2008


Rock Hall, Maryland


The 27th Annual Rock Hall Flat Five drew what could very well have been its largest crowd of participants in its history. Perhaps it was the scenic quaint Chesapeake Bayay side town and flat terrain that drew local and tourist runners, or the sub-eighty-degree weather that brought runners out to this reputably "hot-as-blazes" five-mile race. Either way, great times were run and great times were had as Rock Hall continued to its Fourth of July tradition with the Flat Five race in the morning followed soon after by a parade and other holiday festivities.

The women's race was pretty tight among the younger ladies. Drew Sanclemente narrowly finished seventh overall and won the female division with a time of 35:13. Just behind her, Ashley Smith finished second among the females and eighth overall with 35:14, and she won the junior women age-group category. Courtney Chipouras was the third female finisher and tenth overall, not too far behind Sanclemente and Smith in a time of 36:39. Chipouras also won the open women age category.

"It was a great day for a race, the weather was perfect," said Susan Schweers, who finished second in the open women age-group category and 34th overall with a time of 41:24. "The town support made it even better."

Jim Lancaster, Coach of Seton Keough's running programs in the Baltimore, MD area, won the race in a time of 29:58, pacing himself well throughout. It has been several years since anyone has cracked a half-hour at this race; great work Coach Lancaster! A good ways back was Noah Wood, who finished second in 32:31 after going the wrong way briefly near the center of town and the finish line area shortly after the race started. Not far behind was third place finisher, Chris Wilde, with a time of 33:42 and winning the sub-masters age category.

"It wasn't too bad this year; not too hot, not too humid," said male finisher Henry Pechin, who took second in the sub-master men age category and 16th overall with a time of 38:02. "A great turnout."

Among the finishers was Dale Wood, who has run the Rock Hall Flat Five every year it has occurred, which has been at least since 1982. In addition, he has a greater running accomplishment in a couple of other Kent County races. He has run the Chestertown Tea Party Distance Classic 10-Miler every year for the past 32 years (never opting to do the shorter 5-kilometer option). Plus, he has done the Still Pond-to-Betterton Beach Tree Run every year that they have had it (and according to him, that event has been around almost as long as the Rock Hall Flat Five). There were a couple of years recently where that event did not officially take place, but he and a few of his friends and family members got together and ran the course anyway from Still Pond to Betterton Beach; post-race party and all!

"The years go by faster, but the miles go by a whole lot slower," Mr. Wood said cleverly about his race.

Though, Dale Wood could hardly be considered a slow runner. Back in his forties, he did the Chestertown Tea Party Distance Classic 10-miler in under an hour-and-ten minutes, meaning he averaged under a seven-minute-per-mile pace for ten miles. At the Flat Five, he placed 89th overall with a time of 59:28

In addition Tim Olinick, who won the Still Pond to Betterton Tree Run earlier in April, placed 37th overall with a time of 41:55. The Tree Run has been one of Kent County's races that have been around for a while (apparently almost as long as the Flat Five) and it is a unique distance of about 3.6 miles.

I would like to thank Dennis Herrmann for helping to put on the race and getting the results together, in addition to anyone else who helped out!

There were different age-group categories awarded and they were broken down like so:

Women

Junior Women = 25 years-old and younger

Open Women = 26-39 years

Master Women = 40 years and over



Men

Junior Men = Under 20 years-old

Open Men = 21-35 years

Sub-Master Men = 36-49 years

Master Men = 50 years and over



Photos coming soon hopefully! Please leave me a comment or send me an e-mail at noahwood@juno.com if you see anything that needs correcting. I apologize in advance if I misspelled anyone's name or did not accurately record anyone's time. Thank you all very much!

Place Name Age Age Group Finish Time 1 Jim Lancaster 31 Open Men 29:58:00 2 Noah Wood 25 Open Men 32:31:00 3 Chris Wilde 36 Sub-Master Men 33:42:00 4 Ray Ng 27 Open Men 34:33:00 5 Mark Shaw 16 Junior Men 34:52:00 6 Chris Henry 45 Sub-Master Men 35:00:00 7 Drew Sanclemente 11 Junior Women 35:13:00 8 Ashley Smith 15 Junior Women 35:14:00 9 James Wiltrenn 19 Junior Men 36:20:00 10 Courtney Chipouras 32 Open Women 36:39:00 11 Kevin Stetson 16 Junior Men 37:19:00 12 Curt Wallace 27 Open Men 37:33:00 13 Jen Campbell 25 Junior Women 37:55:00 14 Paul Kaus Junior Men 37:58:00 15 Connor Henry Junior Men 37:59:00 16 Henry Pechin 39 Sub-Master Men 38:02:00 17 Jason Croon 28 Open Men 38;47:00 18 George Carrigan 59 Master Men 38:55:00 19 Ryan Kasmider 36 Sub-Master Men 38:58:00 20 Michelle Mitchell 35 Open Women 39:02:00 21 Dan Rath 45 Sub-Master Men 39:14:00 22 Jonathan Margolis 46 Sub-Master Men 39:32:00 23 Lori Armstrong 45 Master Women 39:34:00 24 Jordan Klunder 14 Junior Men 39:52:00 25 Kaitlyn Moore 18 Junior Women 40:25:00 26 Gary Lorgus 51 Master Men 40:35:00 27 Frank MacCartney 40 Sub-Master Men 40:37:00 28 Richard Russo 54 Master Men 40:45:00 29 Henry Scales 13 Junior Men 40:51:00 30 Kyle Smith 12 Junior Men 40:53:00 31 Mark Mayher 43 Sub-Master Men 40:55:00 32 Mark VanSant 46 Sub-Master Men 41:05:00 33 Steve Russell 41:12:00 34 Susan Schweers 28 Open Women 41:24:00 35 Peggy Vorhees Master Women 41:50:00 36 Pam Duke Master Women 41:55:00 37 Tim Olinick Open Men 41:55:00 38 Lauren Sadler Junior Women 42:04:00 39 Chris Jaeger Open Women 42:07:00 40 Paul Nickless Master Men 42:13:00 41 Richard Cookerly Master Men 42:25:00 42 James Porter Sub-Master 42:27:00 43 Kelley Moore Open Women 43:08:00 44 Terry Armstrong Sub-Master 43:21:00 45 Amy Moredock Open Women 43:42:00 46 J. Szwajkowski Sub-Master 43:48:00 47 Lori Elburn Open Women 43:50:00 48 Mickey Dulin Master Men 43:51:00 49 Sarah Aufderheide Open Women 43:54:00 50 Jennifer Backer Master Women 43:57:00 51 Gwen Murphy Master Women 44:03:00 52 Stacey Hickman Master Women 44:04:00 53 Nicole Smith Open Women 44:08:00 54 Scott Little Sub-Master 44:10:00 55 Samantha Hastler Junior Women 44:11:00 56 Jamie Fleetwood Open Women 44:40:00 57 Erin Hopewood Open Women 44:45:00 58 Rob Mitchell Sub-Master 45:34:00 59 Bob Campbell Master 45:49:00 60 Cori Snyder Junior Women 45:52:00 61 Marti Sanclemente Master Women 46:14:00 62 Richard Snyder Sub-Master Men 46:24:00 63 Anne Lancaster Junior Women 46:27:00 64 Christopher Heck Sub-Master Men 47:28:00 65 Renee Rucinski Open Women 48:16:00 66 Joanne Henry Master Women 48:20:00 67 Amanda Naugle Open Women 48:23:00 68 Diane Szwajkowski Master Women 48:27:00 69 Brian Jones Open Men 48:34:00 70 Joe Nickless Junior Men 49:50:00 71 Jackie Nordhoff Open Women 49:55:00 72 Andrew Campbell Open Men 50:38:00 73 Meghan Straub Open Women 50:45:00 74 Ann Huessner Master Men 50:58:00 75 Steve Scales Sub-Master Men 51:10:00 76 Charlie Scales Junior Men 52:10:00 77 Mike Carlano Sub-Master Men 52:16:00 78 Melissa Bones Open Women 52:17:00 79 Margaret Newell Open Women 52:46:00 80 Grace Crockett Master Women 55:15:00 81 Melody Moore Master Women 57:25:00 82 Greg Pettinaro Sub-Master 57:29:00 83 Monica Mizgard Master-Women 58:31:00 84 Abby Prior Open Women 58:34:00 85 Caitlin Jones Open Women 58:40:00 86 Robert Bromber Master Men 59:12:00 87 Alicia Johnson Junior Women 59:13:00 88 Dennis Guard Master Men 59:18:00 89 Dale Wood Master Men 59:28:00 90 Erin Kussmider Open Women 59:42:00 91 Jen Mobley Master Women 59:49:00 92 Katie Garnett Master Women 1:00:01 93 Bernie Finneson Master Men 1:00:18

Sassafras River Association's 3rd Annual Galena Dogwood Days 5K Run/Walk for Our Riverkeeper - Saturday, May 10, 2008

Saturday, May 10, 2008

Colchester Farm, Galena, MD

Saturday morning saw a handful of runners show up at Colchester Farm for a cross-country-style 5-kilometer run; an event that is part of Galena's Dogwood Festival. This festival also honored Galena's 150th anniversary too, as the theme for this year's festival was "One Hundred and Fifty Years of Galena!" In addition, it helped benefit efforts to have a river keeper for the Sassafras River (which was successful as Kascie Herron became the first Sassafras riverkeeper). In the past, this race has gone from Galena, over a drawbridge, into Cecil County, and then back to the Galena area. However, this year the course was changed and it occurred only within Kent County on the Colchester Farm property area. This change seemed to be successful and many strong times were run.

For starters, El Gitney was the female winner with a time of 23:40. She was followed by second place female, Rachel Crabill (26:20), who had a significant lead over Jessie Bonass (31:26). There were twelve female finishers at this event.

Alan Buckingham was the male winner with a time of 20:50. Not far behind was Timothy Olinick in 21:29. Olinick had a significant lead over third place finisher, Darryl Calloway (23:02). There were ten male finishers at this event.

I would like to thank John Burke, John Vail, and everyone else involved within and without the S.R.A. (Sassafras River Association) who helped put this event on, compiled the results, and posted them.


Overall Results

1. Alan Buckingham - Male - 20:50

2. Timothy Olinick - Male - 21:39

3. Darryl Calloway - Male - 23:02

4. Richard LeBeau - Male - 23:23

5. Dennis Herrmann - Male - 23:42

6. Henry Pechin, SR - Male - 24:13

7. El Gitney - Female - 24:40

8. Greg Weddel - Male - 25:53

9. Rachel Crabill - Female - 26:20

10. Tyler Russo - Male - 26:59

11. Greg Muennich - Male - 29:05

12. Jessie Bonass - Female - 31:26

13. Karen Neihaus - Female - 32:28

14. Diane Bansbach - Female - 32:28

15. Annette M. Walls - Female - 33:01

16. Katy Weddell - Female - 33:20

17. Henry Pechin, Jr. - Male - 34:49

18. Jennifer Walters - Female - 37:01

19. Ashley Pechin - Female - 37:07

20. Andrea Connolley - Female - 39:21

21. Jane Garver - Female - 41:12

22. Agnes Pechin - Female - 44:45



Female Results

1. El Gitney - 24:40

2. Rachel Crabill - 26:20

3. Jessie Bonass - 31:26

4. Karen Neihaus - 32:28

5. Diane Bansbach - 32:28

6. Annette M. Walls - 33:01

7. Katy Weddell - 33:20

8. Jennifer Walters - 37:01

9. Ashley Pechin - 37:07

10. Andrea Connolley - 39:21

11. Jane Garver - 41:12

12. Agnes Pechin - 44:45




Male Results

1. Alan Buckingham - 20:50

2. Timothy Olinick - 21:39

3. Darryl Calloway - 23:02

4. Richard LeBeau - 23:23

5. Dennis Herrman - 23:42

6. Henry Pechin, SR - 24:13

7. Greg Weddell - 25:53

8. Tyler Russo - 26:59

9. Greg Muennich - 29:05

10. Henry Pechin, JR. - 34:49