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Lead Stories: Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Megan Metcalfe Third in Manchester Road Race

Posted November 27th, 2007 at 1:34 PM by Martha Jones

Section: News & Results

Canadian and Pan Am Games Champion Megan Metcalfe (CAN/New Balance) finished third at the 71st running of the Manchester Road Race in Manchester, CT on Thanksgiving Day. Metcalfe, who lowered her 5k best in 2007 to 15:15.73, crossed the line in 24:53, one second shy of 2nd place. In the men’s race, 2007 Canadian 5000 meter champion Reid Coolsaet (CAN/Rbk) used the race to break up his winter training and finished 7th.

In other road race action, American record holder Nicole Teter (USA/Nike Oregon Track Club) stepped way up in distance at the Silicon Valley 5k to finish 6th overall in a new personal best, while Melissa Cook (USA/New Balance) ran to an easy victory in Houston’s Run Thru the Woods 5-miler.
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Top Talent Headed to Thursday’s Manchester
Road Race

Posted November 22nd, 2007 at 10:00 AM by David Monti

Section: News & Results

America’s most venerated Thanksgiving Day running race, the Manchester Road Race, will celebrate its 71st edition on Thursday in Manchester, Conn., with some top talent at the front.

In the men’s race, last year’s champion Ian Dobson, the former Stanford star, will try to become the first American to defend his title at Manchester since steeplechaser John Gregorek won two in a row in 1988 and ‘89. In cold and rainy conditions last year, Dobson prevailed by just one second over Canadian Simon Bairu.

Dobson’s key competition will likely come from a pair of Ethiopian Olympians, Dagne Alemu and Girma Tola. Alemu has won three consecutive races since winning the York White Rose Run on Nov. 11; Tola won the Baltimore Half-Marathon on Oct. 13 and the Boston Mayor’s Cup Cross Country on Oct. 28. Also in the mix will be 2002 Manchester champion, Andrew Letherby of Australia; New Zealand Olympian Michael Aish; Canadians Reid Coolsaet and Dylan Wykes; Irishman Martin Fagan; steeplechasers Dan Huling and Brian Olinger; and milers Rob Myers and Grant Robison.
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