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Macharia Yuot, Josh Moen Join Team USA Minnesota

Posted August 27th, 2008 at 12:27 PM by Adam Jacobs

Section: News & Results, Marathons, Track & Field, Road Racing

Two Division III standout runners, who have already made significant strides in their distance running careers, have joined the Team USA Minnesota Distance Training Center. They are Macharia Yuot, who competed for Widener University in Chester, Pennsylvania, and Josh Moen, who ran for Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa.

Yuot, 26, is one of the “Lost Boys of Sudan” who arrived in the United States in 2000 [Note: Among the “Lost Boys” is 2008 1500m U.S. Olympian Lopez Lomong]. At West Philadelphia Catholic High School he ran track and then ran track and cross country at Widener, where he was a 14-time All American and six-time NCAA Division III National Champion.
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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 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.
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