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In this edition:
Trafeh Three-Peats USA 15K Title at Gate River
Olympic Hopefuls Curtis, Thompson Headline Athlete Additions in NYC Half
Big Sur's Mud Run a Military Experience
Operation Homefront Georgia, Kilometer Kids Charity Partners of AJC Peachtree Road Race
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SunTrust Rock 'n' Roll USA Marathon, Washington, DC, March 17
CareFirst Rock 'n' Roll USA 1/2 Marathon, Washington, DC, March 17
Irish Sprint 10K, Quantico, VA, March 17
Yuengling Shamrock Towne Bank 8K, Virginia Beach, VA, March 17
St. Patrick's Irish Traditions 5K, St. Paul, MN, March 17
Luck of the Irish Run, Hartland, WI, March 17
Canyonlands Half-Marathon, Moab, UT, March 17
Honda LA Marathon & LA Big 5K, Los Angeles, CA, March 17-18
NYC Half-Marathon, New York, NY, March 18
Yuengling Shamrock Marathon & Half, Virginia Beach, VA, March 18
Publix Georgia Marathon & Half, Atlanta, GA, March 18
Allstate Life Insurance 13.1 New York, NY, March 24
35th ZKS Winter Park 10K & 2 Mile, Winter Park, FL, March 24
Atlanta Women's 5K, Atlanta, GA, March 24
Great Race of Agoura Hills 10K, Agoura Hills, CA, March 24
Big Sur's Mud Run, Seaside, CA, March 24
Oakland Running Festival Weekend, Oakland, CA, March 24-25
Trafeh Three-Peats USA 15K Title at Gate River
Cherobon-Bawcom, women's national champion, wins Equalizer Bonus; Team USA Minnesota, adidas McMillanElite team titlists
By Katie Landry, USATF
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - (March 10, 2012) - At the USA 15K Championships hosted by the 35th Gate River Run, Mo Trafeh (Duarte, Calif.) and Janet Cherobon-Bawcom (Rome, Ga.) dominated the men's and women's fields Saturday morning.
Trafeh ran 43 minutes, 23 seconds to win his third straight USA 15K title, while Cherobon-Bawcom clocked 49:41 to win her first 15K crown. The national championships were hosted for the 19th time by the Gate River Run, the country's largest 15K with more than 16,300 finishers. In addition to the $60,000 individual prize structure, the event featured a gender competition in the form of a $5000 Equalizer Bonus as well as a $20,000 team competition, the TenBroeck Cup.
With unusual clouds and wind, the U.S. professional women started at 8:23am with the men and the rest of the field following 7 minutes later. Cherobon-Bawcom, 33, started quickly, but by the first mile (5:15) a pack of seven had separated themselves from the field. Along with Cherobon-Bawcom, Molly Huddle (Providence, R.I.), Lindsey Scherf (Raleigh, N.C.), Maegan Krifchin (Ithaca, N.Y.), Clara Grandt (Morgantown, W.V.), Alisha Williams (Boulder, Colo.) and Adriana Nelson (Boulder, Colo.) bucking the wind together.
At three miles Huddle and Scherf moved to the front with Cherobon-Bawcom close behind. Scherf then began to push the pace doing much of the work with the chase pack 22 seconds behind.
By four miles Cherobon-Bawcom, Scherf, Huddle and Krifchin were a four-pack. At mile six Huddle and Cherobon-Bawcom pulled away from field and by the seventh mile the order of finish was set with Huddle, Krifchin and Scherf following.
In the men's race, Trafeh, 26, once again staked his claim to the U.S. 15K title with a 4:27 first mile, leading the men's pack by twelve seconds. He followed with a 4:28 second mile that extended his lead to 28 seconds. By the third mile, he was ahead of pace to break Todd Williams' longstanding U.S. record of 42:22 as he began his chase after the women's field and the Equalizer Bonus. Even as Trafeh started to reel in the women's field in rapid succession the wind was taking its toll on the soloist and it was apparent that the Equalizer would go to the women's champion this year for only the second time since 2004.
Trafeh scored an unchallenged 1:14 victory and $12,000 over Christo Landry (Ann Arbor, Mich.), while Tim Ritchie (Brighton, Mass.) took third in 44:41.
The TenBroeck Cup team championship was the closest ever on the women's side as Team USA Minnesota - Katie McGregor, Emily Brown and Meghan Peyton - won by seven seconds over the Boulder Running Company. It was the third Cup for the Minnesota training group. On the men's side, adidas McMillanElite defended their 2011 title with Ben Bruce, Scott Smith and Nick Arciniaga capturing the team title and $6000.
The Gate River Run was the third stop on the 2012 USA Running Circuit (USARC), a road race series consisting of national championships held throughout the year at distances from the street mile to the marathon.
35th Gate River Run: USA 15K Championships
Jacksonville, FL, Saturday, March 10, 2012
MEN
1) Mo Trafeh (CA), 43:23, $12,000
2) Christo Landry (MI), 44:37, $5000
3) Tim Ritchie (MA), 44:41, $3000
4) Ben Bruce (AZ), 44:47, $2000
5) Joseph Chirlee (CO), 44:51, $1000
6) Jeff Schirmer (IL), 44:54, $900
7) Charlie Serrano (CA), 44:57, $800
8) Scott Smith (AZ), 45:00, $700
9) Sean Houseworth (CO), 45:03, $600
10) Matt Llano (MN), 45:38, $500
WOMEN
1) Janet Cherobon-Bawcom (GA), 49:41, $17,000*
2) Molly Huddle (RI), 49:57, $5000
3) Maegan Krifchin (NY), 50:44, $3000
4) Lindsey Scherf (NC), 51:08, $2000
5) Adriana Nelson (CO), 51:37, $1000
6) Alisha Williams (CO), 51:48, $900
7) Clara Grandt (WV), 52:08, $800
8) Sarah Porter (NC), 52:30, $700
9) Clara Peterson (CA), 52:47, $600
Clara (Horowitz) Peterson (Head-Royce HS, Oakland 2002; Duke 2006) 2002 State 3200m champion in 10:31.01
10) Brianne Lippoldt (CO), 52:50, $500
*includes $5000 Equalizer Bonus for first runner across the finish line
Full results and more at: www.gate-riverrun.com
Olympic Hopefuls Curtis, Thompson Headline Athlete Additions in NYC Half
Two-time World Marathon Majors series champion Liliya Shobukhova withdraws from field due to injury; race to be broadcast live on WABC-TV and streamed live at tv.nyrr.org beginning at 7:00am
NEW YORK - (March 7, 2012) - Former NCAA champion and U.S. Olympic 10,000 meter hopeful Bobby Curtis and 2011 NYRR Dash to the Finish Line 5K champion and British Olympic hopeful Chris Thompson lead a talented group of additions to the professional field for the NYC Half on Sunday, March 18, it was announced by New York Road Runners officials.
Two-time World Marathon Majors series champion Liliya Shobukhova of Russia was forced to withdraw from the race due to a hamstring injury. Shobukhova, an early favorite for the Olympic Marathon in London this summer, was set to open her 2012 season at the NYC Half.
Curtis, 27, of Ardmore, PA, became the 7th fastest American of all-time at 10,000 meters when he ran 27:24.67 to finish second at the Stanford Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational in April 2011. He is a two-time Team USA member for the IAAF World Cross Country Championships and won the 2008 NCAA Championship at 5000 meters in 13:33.93. Curtis made his marathon debut at the ING New York City Marathon 2011, finishing 15th in a time of 2:16:44. He has a half-marathon best of 1:01:52, set in September 2011.
Thompson, 30, of Great Britain, was the 10,000m silver medalist at the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona. At the 2011 Stanford Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational, he ran 27:27.36 for 10,000 meters, the third-fastest time in British history. Thompson won the 2011 NYRR Dash to the Finish Line 5K during ING New York City Marathon weekend. The NYC Half will be his debut at the distance.
Additional athletes on the men's side include:
Collis Birmingham, 27, of Australia, a former Australian 10,000m record-holder and 2012 London Olympics hopeful. The NYC Half will be his half-marathon debut.
Ben St. Lawrence, 30, the Australian 10,000m record-holder and a recently announced member of his nation's 2012 Olympic team. Like his training partner Birmingham, he will be making his half-marathon debut.
Michael Shelley, 28, of Australia, the 2010 Commonwealth Games marathon silver medalist
Additional athletes in the women's field include:
Freya Murray, 28, of Great Britain, who is currently vying for the third and last spot on the British Olympic women's marathon team.
Diane Nukuri-Johnson, 28, of Burundi, a 2000 Olympian and holder of several national records. She was a star runner at the University of Iowa.
Irvette Van Blerk, 24, of South Africa, who finished ninth at the NYC Half 2011 in a personal best time of 1:10:56.
Karolina Jarzynska, 30, Poland's best women's distance runner and a likely member of her country's Olympic marathon team
Lisa Weightman, 33, of Australia, a 2008 Olympian and the 2010 Commonwealth Games bronze medalist in the marathon
NYRR's flagship half-marathon, in its seventh running, will feature a race-record field of 15,000 runners and a thrilling new course. Also new this year, WABC-TV will be airing the NYC Half live, beginning at 7:00am, as part of NYRR's recently announced comprehensive television agreement with ESPN / WABC-TV. The race will also be broadcast live on the New York Road Runners website. Viewers can tune in at 7:00-9:00am EDT on Sunday, March 18 to tv.nyrr.org to watch the race coverage. The NYC Half will again offer a prize purse of $100,000 - the largest half-marathon purse in the United States. The men's and women's champions will each earn $20,000. The race continues to attract prominent professional athletes and recreational runners from around the world.
The previously announced men's field includes three world class Americans: 2012 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials champion Meb Keflezighi, two-time Olympian Dathan Ritzenhein, and 2011 World Championships 10,000m runner Scott Bauhs. Also announced were Moroccan Olympian Abderrahime Bouramdane; Kenyan Peter Kirui, who competed in the 10,000 meters at the 2011 IAAF World Championships in Daegu, South Korea; Canadian Olympian Eric Gillis; Kenyan Wesley Korir, runner-up at the 2011 Bank of American Chicago Marathon; Ethiopian Olympian Deriba Merga, the 2009 Boston Marathon champion, and Kenyan Samuel Chelanga, the NCAA 10,000m record-holder.
The women's pro field includes previously announced top American runners Kara Goucher and Desiree Davila (both members of this year's U.S. Olympic Marathon team), Janet Cherobon-Bawcom, Julie Culley, Jeannette Faber and Stephanie Pezzullo. Molly Pritz, the top American female finisher in the ING New York City Marathon 2011, was forced to withdraw from the race due to illness. Also announced were Mexican Olympian Madaí Pérez, British Olympian Jo Pavey, Dutch Olympian Hilda Kibet and Claire Hallissey, a contender for the British Olympic marathon team.
The NYC Half will offer runners a spectacular tour of Manhattan as they race through Central Park, Times Square, the Hudson River waterfront, and lower Manhattan, en route to the scenic South Street Seaport finish line. At the Post-Race Festival Presented by Poland Spring, there will be refreshments, entertainment by Irish rockers Black 47 and the Shinbone Alley Stilt Band, treatments supplied by the Swedish Institute of Massage, and much more. The Festival is free and open to the public.
For more information, go to: www.nyrr.org
Big Sur's Mud Run a Military Experience
7th edition set for Saturday, March 24 at Cal State University Monterey Bay campus
MONTEREY, Calif. - (March 1, 2012) - A military flavor sets the stage for the 7th Mud Run, presented by the Big Sur International Marathon in cooperation with the U.S. Army Garrison-Presidio of Monterey (Morale, Welfare and Recreation) and Cal State University Monterey Bay. This year's event will take place on Saturday, March 24, beginning at 8:00am for the individual competition, followed by the team competition at 10:00am.
The race course encompasses five miles of road, trails, mud pits, walls and other obstacles throughout the CSUMB campus and former Ft. Ord lands in Seaside, California. The event begins and ends at CSUMB's Freeman Stadium. A increased field of 3,000 runners is expected for the 2012 event, competing in both individual and team competitions.
"Our runners love being treated like a soldier for a day in this fun event," said race director Wally Kastner, a former U.S. Marine Lt. Col. "We have a large military presence from our local installations, the Presidio of Monterey and the Naval Postgraduate School, making our race one of the few fully military-oriented adventure races in the country."
Patterned after the popular mud run at Camp Pendleton, Army and Marine drill sergeants bark orders to motivate participants along the way. Military volunteers will help with course set up as well as encouraging runners through mud pits, over five-foot walls, and manning exercise stations with pushups, squats and more. Many military teams will also compete in the event.
The 2012 Mud Run is on track to sell out in early March, but spectators are welcome at the race finish area which features the final mud pit with runners forced to "low crawl" under camouflage netting. Fees are $50 for individuals and $250 for a 5-person team entry, with a $10 discount for active military participants and students. Race proceeds benefit the Presidio's Morale, Welfare and Rec division, the athletic programs of Cal State University Monterey Bay and the Big Sur Marathon's youth fitness program, JUST RUN.
For more information, visit www.bigsurmudrun.org or call (831) 625-6226.
Operation Homefront Georgia, Kilometer Kids Charity Partners of AJC Peachtree Road Race
Race participants for 2012 event encouraged to raise money for official charities, as well as other charities of their choice, through CrowdRise platform
ATLANTA - (February 29, 2012) - The Atlanta Track Club, organizer of the AJC Peachtree Road Race, has announced that Operation Homefront Georgia Inc. and Kilometer Kids have been named the official charity partners of the 2012 AJC Peachtree Road Race. This is the first year that the Atlanta Track Club will have charity partners for the AJC Peachtree Road Race.
Operation Homefront Georgia provides emergency assistance to military families and wounded veterans in Georgia. The organization is based in East Cobb and serves approximately 1,000 families each month. Money raised through the 2012 AJC Peachtree Road Race will fund emergency financial grants to provide food and housing for Georgia military families in financial crisis.
"We are honored and excited to be chosen by the Atlanta Track Club to be the official charity partner for the 2012 AJC Peachtree Road Race," said Kimberly Scofi, president of Operation Homefront Georgia Inc. "Operation Homefront Georgia and the Atlanta Track Club are similar in that we both strive to be an inspiration to others while engaging those in the communities we serve."
The Atlanta Track Club's Kilometer Kids is an incentive-based youth running program that empowers children with the knowledge they need to make smart lifestyle choices. The program launched in 2007 with one location serving 38 kids. Today, Kilometer Kids impacts more than 2,800 kids from 53 schools in at-risk communities throughout the Atlanta region. The money raised through the 2012 AJC Peachtree Road Race charity program will allow the organization to broaden its impact in the Atlanta community.
"With 60,000 participants, the AJC Peachtree Road Race is an incredible platform to help raise funds for well-deserved charities like Operation Homefront Georgia and Kilometer Kids," said Tracey Russell, executive director of the Atlanta Track Club. "Through our official charity partner program as well as CrowdRise, we'll be able to see what a positive impact this event can have on the metro Atlanta community and beyond."
Event participants are encouraged to raise money for the two official charity partners, as well as any charities of their choice, through the Atlanta Track Club's partnership with CrowdRise. CrowdRise, an impact site designed to make fundraising easy and fun, offers a custom built platform and "game theory"' that has proven to be a huge asset to runners' and charities' fundraising efforts. Through CrowdRise, the AJC Peachtree Road Race charity campaign will be executed on one unifying platform making it easier to track, coordinate and optimize the campaign while sharing the philanthropic story of the event in the most compelling way.
Charities interested in raising funds through the AJC Peachtree Road Race on CrowdRise should email Peachtree@CrowdRise.com with the following information by Thursday, March 15:
Charity Name
Contact Information (including email)
Charity's Mission
Commitment to use CrowdRise as a fundraising platform
The 43rd running of the AJC Peachtree Road Race will take place on Wednesday, July 4, 2012. Additional details regarding the 2012 AJC Peachtree Road Race including registration information, start wave placement details and specifics on the Peachtree Health and Fitness Expo are available at: peachtreeroadrace.org
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