Course Records for Carlson and Douma-Hussar at Midnight Run in NYC

Posted January 1st, 2008 at 11:30 AM by David Monti

Section: News & Results

andrew carlson houston 2007 team usa minnesota Andrew Carlson and Carmen Douma-Hussar made their first appearances at the Emerald Nuts Midnight Run memorable, shattering the event’s course records in their respective divsions.

Leading a field of about 5000 athletes at the stroke of midnight, Carlson, 25, who runs for Team USA Minnesota/adidas, scorched the hilly four mile course in 18 minutes and 12 seconds, well under Christian Hesch’s event record of 18:28 set in 2004. Well behind was Macharia Yuot of Philadelphia in second place (18:33), and Demesse Tefera of Ethiopia and the Westchester Track Club in third (18:35). The first eight men broke 19 minutes, a record for this race.

In the women’s race, Douma-Hussar, 30, representing New Balance and Canada, just nipped defending champion Aziza Aliyu of Ethiopia and the Westchester Track Club by a step at the line. Both women were timed in 20:54, a big improvement over Amy Rudolph’s 21:16 course record set in 2004. Douma-Hussar also won the Continental Airlines Fifth Avenue Mile here last September. Sara Slattery, representing adidas, finished third in 21:41.

Both Carlson and Douma-Hussar earned $700 in prize money and time bonuses.

The race was held in a festive atmosphere in comfortably cold conditions, accompanied by a spectacular fireworks show which lasted more than 20 minutes. It was the 29th edition of the popular race founded and organized by the New York Road Runners.

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