Maiyo Top American At World 1/2 Marathon; Alisha Williams 3rd at US 10-Mile & Mattie Suver PR's with a 7th-place at the US 10K
(Colorado Springs, CO) Augustus Maiyo (US Army/WCAP) led Team USA to a fourth-place finish at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in Kavarna, Bulgaria, on Saturday. Maiyo, who posted a personal best of 62:33 despite hot conditions and a criterion loop course composed of continuous hairpin turns, finished 15th overall, the highest finish by an American male since Dathan Ritzenhein's bronze finish in 2009. Team USA also had their highest team finish ever supported by Luke Puskedra who was two spots behind Maiyo. Results are at: http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/whm12/index.aspx
At Sunday's US 10-Mile Championships in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, Alisha Williams (adidas/BRC) challenged for the lead throughout the race with 2012 US Olympians Janet Ceberon-Bawcom, Kara Goucher and Jullie Culley. Williams ended up third behind Cheberon-Bawcom's win and 12-seconds off of Goucher with a personal best time of 54:08. Wendy Thomas (adidas/BRC) and Christie Foster (adidas/BRC) finished 11th and 14th, respectively. In a deep men's field, Robert Cheseret (US Army/WCAP) was hampered by the 30-degree temperatures and finished 22nd. Results are here: http://www.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?event_id=2520&year=2012&do=info
In Monday's US Women's 10k Championships hosted by Tufts Health Plan 10k For Women in Boston, MA, Mattie Suver (Brooks) ran to a personal best of 32:59.4 to take 7th place, her highest finish in a US championship. Results can be found here: http://www.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?event_id=2522&year=2012&do=info
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ADP To Host American Distance Summit In Charlotte Featuring Coaches Frank "Gags" Gagliano and Ryan Ponsonby
(Charlotte, NC) - The American Distance Project has announced they will once again host the ADP American Distance Summit in Charlotte, NC, January 5-6, 2013. The fifth year edition of the Summit will have a focus on middle distance events and will feature Frank "Gags" Gagliano and Ryan Ponsonby, as well as Bart Sessa.
Gagliano, a legend in the sport, is currently the coach of the New Jersey/New York Track Club, but his career has spanned decades starting out at Roselle Catholic High School in New Jersey, then moving on to coach in college at Rutgers and Georgetown Universities before founding the Nike Farm Team and then heading up the resurgent Oregon Track Club. Gags has produced over 140 NCAA All-Americans in addition to countless World Championship and Olympic team members. A few of his current and former charges include Olympians Nick Symmonds (800), Jullie Cullie (5k), Erin Donohue (1500), Christian Smith (800) and Nicole Teter (800).
Ryan Ponsonby, coaching for the Austin Track Club alongside legendary coach John Cook, is a brilliant young coach who guided Leonel Manzano to the Silver Medal in the 1500m at the 2012 London Olympics. While Ponsonby is the personal coach of Manzano and Jacob Hernandez, he also assists with the Austin club's roster that includes Shannon Rowbury, David Torrence, Trennier Moser and Pablo Solares.
Bart Sessa is the long-time coach at Syosset High School (N.Y.) His 2005 4x800-meter team won the Penn Relays Championship of America and broke the National High School Indoor Record for that event. Under Sessa's direction, Syosset has a 4x800m school record of 7:35. His current team includes a sophomore-only 4x800 relay that posted a mark of 7:47 last spring. In addition to the three headliners, additional speakers will be announced over the next month.
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ABOUT AMERICAN DISTANCE PROJECT
The American Distance Project is a non-profit organization whose primary goal is the development of American distance runners to be internationally competitive. The ADP is located on the front range of the Rocky Mountains, taking advantage of incredible training resources in and around Colorado Springs and Woodland Park. The ADP is coached by Renato Canova and Scott Simmons. For more information, visit www.AmericanDistanceProject.com
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