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Keflezighi and Huddle Win USA 7 Mile Titles

Posted July 25th, 2009 at 6:06 PM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Road Racing

Meb Keflezighi and Molly Huddle won today’s USA 7 mile road racing titles at the Quad City Times Bix 7 in Davenport, Ia. Both athletes picked up $10,000 each for their victories.

For Keflezighi, 34, of Mammoth Lakes, Calif., it was his third USA title of the year and his second national 7-mile title. Opening the race with a grinding 5:01 uphill mile on Brady Street, the former UCAL Bruin scorched the downhill second mile in 4:08, opening an insurmountable lead over his key rivals, Anthony Famiglietti of Knoxville, Tenn., and James Carney of Boulder, Colo. Keflezighi rolled to the finish line in 32:25, 31 seconds up on Famiglietti. Carney got third in 33:17.

Huddle, 24, of Providence, R.I., won a three-way battle against reigning national half-marathon champion, Magdalena Lewy Boulet of Oakland, Calif., and NYRR New York Mini 10-K runner-up Serena Burla of Ellisville, Mo. The trio were together through the first six miles, then Huddle made her bid for victory in the final uphill before the finish. Her move was strong enough to produce a five-second victory in 37:39 over Burla. Lewy Boulet finished third in 37:45.

For the soft-spoken Huddle it was her second career USA road racing title. She won the 10 km title last October in Boston.

The last time the a USA 7 mile national championship was held was in 2002 when Keflezighi won in 32:36 (he was 11 seconds faster today), and Colleen De Reuck won the women’s race (37:44).

The USA 7 Mile Championships were the sixth stop for men, and the fifth for women, on the 2009 USA Running Circuit (USARC) and paid $45,000 in USA prize money. The 2009 USARC has ten events each for men and women. The next stop on the circuit is the women’s 10 mile championship in Flint, Mich., on Aug. 22. The men’s series resumes in New Haven, Conn., on Sept. 7, with the 20 km championship (also for women).

keflezighi | keflezighi said:

[…] Keflezighi and Huddle Win USA 7 Mile TitlesMeb Keflezighi and Molly Huddle won today’s USA 7 mile road racing titles at the Quad City Times Bix 7 in Davenport, Ia. Both athletes picked up $10,000 each for their victories. For Keflezighi, 34, of Mammoth Lakes, Calif., it was his third USA title of the year and his second national 7-mile title. Opening the race with a grinding 5:01 uphill mile on Brady Street, the former UCAL Bruin scorched the downhill second mile in 4:08, opening an insurmountable lead over his key rivals, Anthony Famiglietti of Knoxville, Tenn., and James Carney of Boulder, Colo.http://www.thefinalsprint.comBix 7Keflezighi wins the Bix 7 – Quad City Times Watch as runners start the Quad-City Times 35th annual Bix 7 Road Race in Davenport. Meb Keflezighi was the run away winner of the 35th annual Quad-City …. Longtime Bix 7 race director immortalized in bronze – Quad City Times Sandy Froehlich unveils a statue of her husband, Bix 7 race director Ed Froehlich at the Bix sponsorship dinner on St. Ambrose University’s campus, ….http://www.mallbo.comTop Americans To Compete at Bix 7 TomorrowIt may be an odd distance, but it is undoubtedly one terrific race. For the 35th time, the Quad-City Times Bix 7 Mile will be held tomorrow in Davenport, Ia., and for the second time the event will hold a USA road racing championship for the seven mile distance, just .728 kilometers short of 12 km. USA titles will be awarded to both men and women, and a $45,000 prize money purse will be distributed. “This is just what we needed to help us celebrate our 35th anniversary,” said race director Ed Froehlich when the championship was announced back in January.http://www.thefinalsprint.com […]
November 1st, 2009 at 4:47 pm
bondage said:

wow, that is very impressive.
November 24th, 2009 at 1:52 pm