Teresa McWalters finished second

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Team USA finishes eighth in International Chiba Ekiden

INDIANAPOLIS - Team USA took eighth place at the 2008 International Chiba Ekiden Monday in Chiba, Japan, finishing in 2:11:54. Ethiopia dominated the event with a course record of 2:05:27, defeating host team Japan by 1:12. Russia was third in 2:08:04.

Team USA was led off by 2007 Pan American Games 5,000 meter gold medalist Ed Moran (Williamsburg, Va.) who ran the opening 5 km in 13:47 to finish fifth on his leg. Carrie Messner Vickers (Vail, Colo.), ran the second 5 km leg in 16:16, handing off to Sean Quigley (Braintree, Mass.), who ran the 10 km third leg in 29:00. After Quigley's leg, Team USA stood in sixth place as Allison Grace (Blowing Rock, N.C.), ran the 5 km fourth leg in 16:46, putting Team USA in eighth.

On the fifth leg, 2004 Olympian Dan Browne (Portland, Ore.) turned in a 31:10 10 km with Team USA in ninth as he turned the sash over to Tera Moody. Moody ran 24:55 for the final 7.195 km leg, crossing the line eighth.


Now in its 20th year, the format of the race featured mixed teams of men and women running six alternating legs totaling 42.195 km as follows: 1st leg, Men 5 km; 2nd leg, Women 5 km; 3rd leg, Men 10 km; 4th leg, Women 5 km; 5th leg, Men 10 km; 6th leg, Women 7.195 km.

David Jankowski (Rochester Hills, Mich.) and Teresa McWalters (Cambridge, Mass.) each finished second in the respective men's and women's alternate's races.

For more information on the 2008 Chiba International Ekiden visit www.usatf.org.




Teresa McWalters

Class:
Graduated

Hometown:
San Francisco, CA

High School:
Home Schooled

Event:
Distances

Honors:
Three-Time All-American







** Five-Time All-American **


Collegiate Career Bests
1,500 Meters: 4:27.25
3,000 Meters: 9:09.19i
5,000 Meters: 15:53.89
5,000 Meters: 16:33.03i
10,000 Meters: 35:10.62


Stanford: A competitive leader for both the cross country and track & field squads, she has garnered five All-American honors ... Has helped lead the Cardinal distance squad to back-to-back titles at the NCAA Cross Country Championships ...Will continue to inspire the distance squad with a tenacious attitude during the 2008 season.

2007 Track & Field Season (Junior): Earned All-American honors after running a career-best 15:53.89 in the 5000 meters at the NCAA Championships for a sixth place finish ... Captured the 5000 meter title at the NCAA West Regional to qualify for the NCAA Championships ... Captured the 10,000-meter title at the Pac-10 Championships with a career-best 35:10.62 ... Took second in the 3,000 meters at the MPSF Indoor Championships.

2006 Track & Field Season (Sophomore): Ran a season-best 16:27.78 in the 5,000 meters at the Big Meet, also recording a season-best 4:30.51 in the 1,500 meters ... Indoors, finished fifth in the 5,000 meters at the NCAA Championships to earn All-American honors ... Logged a season-best 9:09.19 in the 3,000 meters at the Washington Invitational.

2005 Track & Field Season (Freshman): Earned All-American honors with a third-place finish in the 5,000 meters at the NCAA Outdoor Championships ... Finished second in the 5,000 meters at the NCAA West Regional ... Ran a season-best 16:33.41 in the 5,000 meters at the Stanford Invitational ... Did not compete indoors.

2004 Track & Field Season: Redshirted the outdoor season ... Indoors, ran NCAA provisional qualifying times of 16:33.03 in the 5,000 meters and 9:33.08 in the 3,000 meters.

High School: A talented student-athlete who was home-schooled for 12 years ... Attended classes at San Francisco State, University of San Francisco and City College of San Francisco, as well as independent study ... Trained with the Impalas running group.

Cardinal Catalogue: Art History major ... Parents are Mike and Jeanne McWalters ... Named to the 2006 and 2007 USTFCCCA All-Academic Track and Field Team ... 2005 Pac-10 All-Academic track and field selection, as well as a 2006 and 2007 Pac-10 All-Academic Honorable Mention choice in track and field ... Earned Pac-10 All-Academic honors during the 2004, 2005 and 2006 cross country seasons.

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