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Brian Sell Wins Third USA 25km Championship

Posted May 10th, 2008 at 1:45 PM by Adam Jacobs

Section: News & Results, Road Racing

brian sell 2006 boston marathon Brian Sell (Rochester Hills, Mich.) successfully defended his men’s national title running 1:15:08 while Paige Higgins (Littleton, Colo.) won her first USA road title in 1:30:49, Saturday at the USA 25 km Championships in Grand Rapids, Mich.

Sunny skies and ideal conditions of 42 degrees and calm winds met athletes for the 15th running of the championships with the Fifth Third River Bank Run as Sell and 2006 champion and 25 km American Record holder Fernando Cabada (Boulder, Colo.) led a lead pack of 11 men including open division contenders Wellay Weldegiyorgis (ETH) and Rueben Chebii (KEN) through the first mile in 4:58.
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U.S. names marathon team for IAAF World Champs in Osaka

Posted May 16th, 2007 at 7:45 AM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Marathons

USA Track & Field named their marathon squads for the 2007 IAAF World Championships in Osaka in August (with personal best times):

MEN -
Mbarak Hussein (Albuquerque, N.M.), 2:08:10, Seoul, 2004
Simon Sawe (Albuquerque, N.M.), 2:13:33, Grandma’s, 2005
Fernando Cabada (Bristol, Va.), 2:12:27, Fukuoka, 2006
Mike Morgan (Rochester Hills, Mich.), 2:15:11, Chicago, 2006
Kyle O’Brien (Rochester Hills, Mich.), 2:15:13, Chicago, 2006

WOMEN -
Mary Akor (Gardena, Calif.), 2:33:50, Twin Cities, 2006
Zoila Gomez (Alamosa, Colo.), 2:35:26, Twin Cities, 2006
Ann Alyanak (Bellbrook, Ohio), 2:38:55, Boston, 2007
Kristin Price (Raleigh, N.C.), 2:38:57, Boston, 2007
Samia Akbar (Hendon, Va.), 2:34:14, New York City, 2006
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