ADP Athletes Garner Year-End Awards & Rankings

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January 04, 2014




ADP Athletes Garner Year-End Awards & Rankings


(Colorado Springs, CO) - The American Distance Project closed out 2013 with a myriad of annual awards and rankings.


Newcomer Joe Gray (Scott Sports) earned both USA Track & Field's Lyndon Ellefson Memorial Mountain Runner of the Year Award and Competitor Magazine's Trail Runner of the Year. He was also named USA Track & Field's Athlete of the Week for December 18th after winning the U.S. National Club Cross Country Championships.


Matt Elliott (Brooks) was ranked by Track & Field News magazine as the 7th best U.S. 1500-meter runner for 2013, while Mattie Suver (adidas/BRC) was ranked as the 7th best American in the 10,000-meters. Suver was also rated as the10th-best female Runner of the Year by Running Times magazine.


Teammate Brianne Nelson (adidas/BRC) was listed as 8th best in the 10,000-meters by TFN as well, with Alisha Williams ranking 9th in the 5,000-meters.


In addition, Suver and Daniel Tapia (Mizuno) were both awarded Road Runners Club of America's Roads Scholar Awards.




ADP athletes also secured a multitude of spots on the annual World, U.S., & Collegiate performance lists by year's end:




World - Men's 3,000m Steeplechase:
#17 - Nouredine Smail (France) 8:15.89


World - Women's 5,000m:
#32 - Alisha Williams (adidas/BRC) 15:09.73
#37 - Betsy Saina (ISU) 15:12.05


World - Women's 10,000m:
#15 - Betsy Saina (ISU) 31:37.22






U.S. - Men's 800m:
#22 - Dey Dey (adidas/BRC) 1:47.01


U.S. - Men's 1,000m:
#9 - Matt Elliott (Brooks) 2:20.39


U.S. - Men's 1,500m:
#15 - Matt Eliott (Brooks) 3:36.61
#37 - Mack McLain (adidas/BRC) 3:39.81


U.S. - Men's Mile:
#22 - Matt Elliott (Brooks) 3:57.16


U.S. - Women's 5,000m:
#8 - Alisha Williams (adidas/BRC) 15:09.73


U.S. - Women's 10,000m:
#11 - Mattie Suver (adidas/BRC) 32:29.14
#13 - Brianne Nelson (adidas/BRC) 32:33.05


U.S. - Men's 10,000m:
#16 - Robert Cheseret (USArmy/WCAP) 28:39.95
#28 - Joseph Gray (Scott Sports) 29:04.06


U.S. - Women's Half Marathon:
#9 - Mattie Suver (adidas/BRC) 71:56
#12 - Brianne Nelson (adidas/BRC) 72:23
#15 - Alisha Williams (adidas/BRC) 72:51
#20 - Wendy Thomas (adidas/BRC) 73:51


U.S. - Women's Marathon:
#16 - Wendy Thomas (adidas/BRC) 2:36:01


U.S. - Men's Marathon:
#13 - Daniel Tapia (Mizuno) 2:14:30






Collegian - Women's 3,000m:
#1 - Betsy Saina (ISU) 9:04.57


Collegian - Women's 5,000m:
#1 - Betsy Saina (ISU) 15:12.05
#54 - Rochelle Kanuho (NAU) 16:12.62


Collegian - Women's 10,000m:
#1 - Betsy Saina (ISU) 31:37.22
#34 - Rochelle Kanuho (NAU) 34:20.69
#86 - Brittni Hutton (OU) 34:56.38
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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 thanks its sponsors and donors including Action Potential Physical Therapy, New York City Road Runners, and USATF Foundation. For more information, visit www.AmericanDistanceProject.com


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