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Lead Stories: Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Kastor wins USA Women’s
10 km Championship

Posted October 8th, 2007 at 6:16 PM by Martin Kennedy

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

2004 Olympic marathon bronze medalist Deena Kastor (Mammoth Lakes, Calif.) cruised to victory at the 2007 USA Women’s 10 km Championship, running 32:01 today at the Tufts Health Plan 10K for Women in Boston.

Kastor and two-time defending women’s 10 km champion Katie McGregor (Minneapolis, Minn.), pulled away from the field during the opening 800 meters and by the first mile mark, Kastor passed in 5:00 with a five-second lead over McGregor.

A second 5:00 mile propelled Kastor to a 15-second lead. As she continued her tour of Memorial Drive, Kastor steadily built her lead, reaching the finish 40 seconds ahead of McGregor, who finished in 32:41.

The race for third saw 2007 USA Half-Marathon champion Elva Dryer (Gunnison, Colo.), outrun 2007 USA 20 km champion Alicia Shay (Flagstaff, Ariz.), and Rebecca Donaghue (State College, Pa.), Dryer was timed in 32:53 with Shay and Donaghue finishing in 33:05 and 33:09, respectively.
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Star-studded field set for USA Women’s 10 km Championship on Monday in Boston, MA

Posted October 5th, 2007 at 12:28 PM by Jamal Walker

Section: News & Results

2004 Olympic marathon bronze medalist Deena Kastor (Mammoth Lakes, Calif.); two- time defending women’s 10 km champion Katie McGregor (Minneapolis, Minn.); and defending U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Women’s Marathon champion Colleen De Reuck (Boulder, Colo.) will lead the field for Monday’s USA Women’s 10 km Championship in Boston, Mass. The Championship will be hosted for the 13th time by the Tufts Health Plan 10K for Women.

As McGregor looks to win her third consecutive 10 km road title she will face challenges from Kastor, and De Reuck, but the trio also will see competition from a 2007 USA Half-Marathon champion Elva Dryer (Gunnison, Colo.) and 2007 USA 20 km champion Alicia Craig (Flagstaff, Ariz.).

The USA Women’s 10 km Championships is the final race on the women’s 2007 USA Running Circuit (USARC). The USARC is a USA Track & Field road series, featuring USA Championships from 5 km to the marathon and attracts the best U.S. distance runners. The thirteenth edition for the men and twelfth for the women, the 2007 circuit has nine events for men and seven for women.
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Hussein, Runyan Win USA Marathon Championship at Twin Cities Marathon

Posted October 2nd, 2006 at 4:12 PM by Martha Jones

Section: News & Results, Marathons

Last year’s men’s champion, Mbarak Hussein, and two-time Olympian, Marla Runyan won, won the men’s and women’s field, respectively, this past weekend at the The Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Twin cities marathon was also the host of this year’s USA Marathon Championships, the sixth time that it has done so.

Hussein, with a time of 2:13:52, successful defended his overall and master’s titles. On the women’s side, Marla Runya won in a time of 2:32.15 - almost two minutes faster than the next best finisher. Both winners were awarded $39,000 in prize money.

Believe it or not, Runyan gave birth to a baby girl just 13 months ago! Read the rest of this entry »

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