HCS Atholton High School 5K
Columbia, MD
Sunday, April 28, 2002
Conducted by Howard County Striders
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The clouds parted for the runners during this warm, humid race. Top runners ran closely for the first mile and a number of fast times were recorded from this elite crew. Bobby Van Allen won by a considerable margin. Julie Thienel won the women's race after running a 23 mile training run the day before. Julie is planning on running the Vermont City marathon in the near future. Tunde Morakinyo, recently returning from the Boston Marathon posted a possible 5K PR at 18:28. New weekly runner, John Jagela, Sr. ran an impressive 18:46. John says he's been a "strider" for a while and thought he'd try out one of the weekly races with his sons, John, Jr. (25:42) and Bobby. Bobby Jagela misjudged the start however and was out warming up when the race started. Steve Zelenak says he had just painted the course 15 minutes before he got there. Who would have thought you could paint on water.
Julie Thienel's time of 19:37 sets a new women's record for this course, beating Pat Keating's 19:52 set in 1999.
33 Finishers
1. Bobby Van Allen 16:44
2. Ted Poulos 17:17
3. Doug Kuderna 17:28
4. Steve Olenick 17:36
5. Jason Tripp 17:50
6. Seth Brown 18:13
7. Tunde Morakinyo 18:28
8. John Jagela 18:46
9. Daniel Jonas 19:07
10. Julie Thienel 19:37
11. James Moreland 20:07
12. Ed Curtis 20:11
13. Scott Dagley 20:16
14. Craig Lebro 20:51
15. Eric Bell 20:56
16. Paul Hsiao 21:13
17. Chuck Raper 21:57
18. Steve Zelenak 22:35
19. Tom Dagley 22:56
20. Scott Ritz 23:09
21. Roger Calvert 23:18
22. Phil Heiliger 24:23
23. Melodie Bowler 24:25
24. John Worley 25:00
25. Al Greuter 25:05
26. Dwight Bowler 25:08
27. John Jagela, Jr 25:42
28. Maria Kuderna 26:21
29. Bill Brandenstein 26:33
30. Marquel Bowler 28:04
31. Glenn Bell 29:36
32. Arleen Dinneen 31:36
33. Chris Caravoulias 31:39