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Lead Stories: Thursday, January 8, 2009

Ritz, Abdi & Torres To Test Webb in Central Park Challenge

Posted February 21st, 2008 at 10:17 AM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Cross Country, Track & Field, Road Racing

dathan ritzenhein finishing 2007 u.s. olympic men's marathon trials Alan Webb, who hasn’t competed since winning the Continental Airlines Fifth Avenue Mile last September, will need to be extra sharp for his season opener on March 15, when he’ll face a legion tough competitors at the Central Park Challenge, the New York Road Runners event which is hosting the U.S. Men’s 8-K Championship.

It will be Webb’s old high school rival, Dathan Ritzenhein (Pictured) of Eugene, Ore., who will be leading the charge. Fresh off of his commanding 12-K victory at the U.S. Cross Country Championships last Saturday, “Ritz” is hoping to improve on his lifetime record of 5-2 over Webb.

The athletes first faced each other at the Foot Locker National High School Cross Country Championships in Orlando, Fla., in December, 2001 (Ritzenhein won and Webb was 8th), and their last meeting was at last year’s Prefontaine Classic over two miles (Ritzenhein was 4th in 8:11.74, Webb 9th in 8:23.97).
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Famiglietti wins U.S. 8-K title

Posted March 19th, 2007 at 8:00 AM by Hariz Siddiqui

Section: News & Results

Steeplechaser Anthony Famiglietti won today’s U.S. Men’s 8-K Championship in Central Park, his first victory at this event.

The 28 year-old New Yorker covered the three-loop criterium course in 22:35, six seconds ahead of second place Abdi Abdirahman of Tucson, Ariz. Bolota Asmerom of Oakland was third in 22:48.

Famiglietti, an Olympian, won $11,000 including a $1000 prime for being one of the top-3 athletes at the 5-K mark.
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