Kanayo Anekwe:

Director of Operations.  Kanayo has been an active runner since high school. Kanayo Graduated from Quince Orchard High School in June of 2001. He ran Cross Country, indoor, and outdoor track during his sophomore, junior, and senior years. From there, Kanayo attended Mount Aloysius College in Cresson, PA. Kanayo graduated from Mount Aloysius in May of 2005 where he received his Associates’s degree in Accounting and his Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration.

Kanayo also ran Cross Country during his junior and senior years at Mount Aloysius. Kanayo joined the Fleet Feet team in November of 2005 and has loved every minute of it. He enjoys meeting new and exciting people who love to run. Kanayo knows that running takes a lot of determination and wishes all runners in the local area the best of luck in their athletics. Kanayo hopes to see all of you visit Fleet Feet Sports very soon.

Melissa Barber:

 Melissa attends Montgomery College, where she majors in Exercise Science.

Her goal is to become a personal trainer.

Melissa has been running since kindergarten. She has participated in various sports, such as basketball, tennis, softball, and soccer.

Melissa is always smiling in the store and even though she looks very young, she knows the FIT process for both footwear and sports bras as well as anyone. 

Maddie Bell:

Director of Marketing/Customer Aquisition.  Maddie Bell is a native of Gaithersburg and attended Northwest High School where she ran cross country and track.

The highlight of her high school running career was winning the 2002 Maryland state cross country team title. Maddie went on to run cross country and track for Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia and graduated with a degree in marketing. 

Stephanie Blozy:

 Stephanie has been running in the Gaithersburg area since she moved here in 1997 to become a meteorologist at WeatherBug where she covered hurricanes, blizzards and severe weather. Recently, she has retired her crystal ball in order to pursue her masters in exercise science from George Washington University. Stephanie is also a certified personal trainer and coaches for Girls on the Run.

Stephanie became addicted to running at the age of 5 when she beat a local radio personality during a fun run in her hometown of Cincinnati. Last year she completed her first triathlon and found that cross training makes her a faster runner. Her favorite running memory is completing the Marine Corps Marathon with her Dad and sister in 2002. She dreams of one day being able to break 20 minutes for 5k and qualifying for the Boston Marathon.

Stephanie will be going up north soon to open up her own Fleet Feet Sports store in CT.

Jessica Cromwell:

Jessica, NSCA-CPT is from the Gaithersburg area.  She graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in Information Systems.  She left her software consulting job to pursue a career in personal training.  Jessica is a certified personal trainer and certified group instructor, spin instructor, and core instructor.  She is currently personal training in conjunction with working at Fleet Feet Sports.  Jessica has been running since high school and is passionate about overall health and fitness.  Tennis, yoga, weight lifting, and traveling are just a few of her interests.  She currently resides with her husband in Germantown, MD and is available for personal training.  If you would like to use her services, she can be reached by phone at (301) 523-1896 or by email at
jmcromwell@gmail.com

Neal Darmody: 

Neal currently runs for the Quince Orchard High School Cross Country and Track teams and was on the State Championship Cross Country team for two years runnning. 

He also won the High School State Champion race for the 3,200 meters in the 2007 Spring Track season and 1,600 meters and 3,200 meters in the 2008 Indoor Track Season.   

Neal also can be seen running road races with his father, Pete Darmody, who is a very fast runner himself and a member of the Montgomery County Road Runners Club.

Neal has received several hours of biomechanic training and can fit shoes with the best of them.  He will be going to High-Point Iniversity in North Carolina in the Fall.

Jenn Gill:

Jenn is originally from New York where her running career began at the age of 12. Sibling rivalry was what really started Jenn's running career. Jenn was determined to beat her older brother's sprint times when she joined the track team in 8th grade. What she learned was she could run longer and harder than her brother ever could (and still does!). After high school, Jenn went to George Mason University. She transferred to Tempe, AZ where she graduated from Arizona State University with a degree in Microbiology. Jenn moved back to the D.C. area and, after years of doing laboratory research with The Institute for Genomic Research and the American Red Cross, she gave it up to pursue a Masters of Public Health from George Washington University.

Since middle school, Jenn has competed in numerous races from 5K to marathon distance and she just started competing in triathlons. Jenn lives in Germantown with her husband John and their marathoner-in-training son, Keller. Currently, Jenn is the Head Coach and Coordinator of the running programs at Fleet Feet Sports. And, in addition to working at Fleet Feet Sports, Jenn is also the Co-founder and Program Director for Girls on the Run of Montgomery County. Girls on the Run is a non-profit educational program that uses running and training for a 5K as a means to educate and prepare elementary school girls for a lifetime of self-respect and healthy living. You can learn more at http://www.girlsontherunofmoco.org.

Rhonda Leib:

Rhonda brings 15+ years of retail as well as military experience to Fleet Feet Sports.

She is currently taking classes and soon will be a certified personal trainer.  She has also received several hours of FIT training on footware and sports bras and is very happy to help you get into the right equipment for you.

Rhonda is an avid runner and can be seen running 5K races in the area.  She hopes one day to train up for a 1/2 marathon. 

Bob Marshall:

Born, raised, still lives in the Gaithersburg area. 1965 graduate of Gaithersburg High School. 7 years in banking, 7 years in the office products industry, 23 years of commercial credit/collections work. Last 5 years have been spent in the fitness industry, primarily as a personal trainer. Loves all sports especially basketball. In my spare time I am a volunteer football and basketball coach at Clarksburg High School working primarily with the Junior Varsity teams. My 2007-08 JV basketball team finished the season with a record of 16-1.  Signed up for the No Boundaries program and looking forward to running my first (at the age of 61) 5K.

Seann Pelkey:

Seann (shown with two of his student/athletes) is the coach of the Cross Country and Track teams at Quince Orchard High School as well as the teacher for AP World History.

His teams have won numerous state championships.

He is an avid runner and can be seen at many local races. 

Edoardo Rincon: 

Director of Sales & Training.  Originally a native of Baranquilla, Edoardo, is a runner and the founder of United Runners.Org, now lives in the United States with his wife, Marcia, and daughter, Isabella. 

Edoardo trains and runs 5 and 10K races throughout the year.  Edoardo's love of running has transformed his life and he hopes through this organization, he can give the gift of running to other young Colombians.