THE CONNING TOWER by Keith Conning: Feb. 22, 2015 KOROLEV WINS PAN AM CROSS COUNTRY Stanford runner makes U.S. debut BARRANQUILLA, Colombia – Running for the first time in a United States national team singlet, Stanford’s Maksim Korolev won the inaugural Pan American Cross Country Cup on Sunday. Korolev kicked past the field with a late surge to win the 10-kilometer (6.2-mile) race in 28:21, earning a 10-second victory over runner-up Gilberto Silvestre Lopes of Brazil. The U.S. won the team title in a meet organized by the Association of Panamerican Athletics. The meet doubled as the NACAC Championships, deciding the champions of the Western Hemisphere. A graduate student in management science and engineering, Korolev placed fourth at the NCAA Championships in November and will compete in the outdoor track and field season for Stanford. Korolev had qualified for the U.S. team through his sixth-place performance at the U.S. Championships on Feb. 7 in Boulder, Colorado. He also will run in the IAAF World Championships in Guiyang, China, on March 28. In Colombia, Korolev paced the U.S. team to three top-five finishes and five among the top 10. The U.S. scored 15 points to earn a commanding victory over runner-up Ecuador, with 52. For more information, contact: David Kiefer Assistant Athletic Communications Director Stanford University dkiefer@stanford.edu (650) 759-0258, cell

Monday, February 23, 2015

Feb. 22, 2015 KOROLEV WINS PAN AM CROSS COUNTRY Stanford runner makes U.S. debut BARRANQUILLA, Colombia – Running for the first time in a United States national team singlet, Stanford’s Maksim Korolev won the inaugural Pan American Cross Country Cup on Sunday. Korolev kicked past the field with a late surge to win the 10-kilometer (6.2-mile) race in 28:21, earning a 10-second victory over runner-up Gilberto Silvestre Lopes of Brazil. The U.S. won the team title in a meet organized by the Association of Panamerican Athletics. The meet doubled as the NACAC Championships, deciding the champions of the Western Hemisphere. A graduate student in management science and engineering, Korolev placed fourth at the NCAA Championships in November and will compete in the outdoor track and field season for Stanford. Korolev had qualified for the U.S. team through his sixth-place performance at the U.S. Championships on Feb. 7 in Boulder, Colorado. He also will run in the IAAF World Championships in Guiyang, China, on March 28. In Colombia, Korolev paced the U.S. team to three top-five finishes and five among the top 10. The U.S. scored 15 points to earn a commanding victory over runner-up Ecuador, with 52. For more information, contact: David Kiefer Assistant Athletic Communications Director Stanford University dkiefer@stanford.edu (650) 759-0258, cell

Feb. 22, 2015

KOROLEV WINS PAN AM CROSS COUNTRY

Stanford runner makes U.S. debut

BARRANQUILLA, Colombia – Running for the first time in a United States national team singlet, Stanford’s Maksim Korolev won the inaugural Pan American Cross Country Cup on Sunday.

Korolev kicked past the field with a late surge to win the 10-kilometer (6.2-mile) race in 28:21, earning a 10-second victory over runner-up Gilberto Silvestre Lopes of Brazil. The U.S. won the team title in a meet organized by the Association of Panamerican Athletics. The meet doubled as the NACAC Championships, deciding the champions of the Western Hemisphere.

A graduate student in management science and engineering, Korolev placed fourth at the NCAA Championships in November and will compete in the outdoor track and field season for Stanford. Korolev had qualified for the U.S. team through his sixth-place performance at the U.S. Championships on Feb. 7 in Boulder, Colorado. He also will run in the IAAF World Championships in Guiyang, China, on March 28.

In Colombia, Korolev paced the U.S. team to three top-five finishes and five among the top 10. The U.S. scored 15 points to earn a commanding victory over runner-up Ecuador, with 52.

For more information, contact:

David Kiefer

Assistant Athletic Communications Director

Stanford University

dkiefer@stanford.edu

(650) 759-0258, cell