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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 minnesotaAndrew 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.
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