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Lead Stories: Tuesday, October 7, 2008

McDougal Concludes Busy Weekend with 7:57 3K

Posted December 2nd, 2007 at 10:28 PM by Martin Kennedy

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

Liberty senior Josh McDougal, seeking a second NCAA automatic qualifier in as many days at the Liberty Kickoff, fell just short on Sunday afternoon at the Tolsma Indoor Track Center. However, his official time of 7:57.90 set a facility record and earned provisional qualification to the national meet.

The race, which wrapped up the three-day, season-opening meet in Lynchburg, Va., was McDougal’s (Peru, N.Y.) third in the last two weeks. The stretch began with his NCAA National Cross Country Championship in Terre Haute, Ind., on Nov. 19 and also included a 13:45.16 5K performance on Saturday.

The 3K field included just two entrants, McDougal and Liberty student Sam Chelanga, who placed second in Saturday’s 5K. McDougal pushed the pace from the very beginning, with Chelanga in tow, and the duo clocked 2:34 for the opening kilometer. McDougal then started to break away from Chelanga just before the mile mark, which the senior crossed in 4:10.
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McDougal Concludes Busy Weekend with 7:57 3K

Posted December 2nd, 2007 at 10:28 PM by Martin Kennedy

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

Liberty University senior Josh McDougal, seeking a second NCAA automatic qualifier in as many days at the Liberty Kickoff, fell just short on Sunday afternoon at the Tolsma Indoor Track Center. However, his official time of 7:57.90 set a facility record and earned provisional qualification to the national meet.

The race, which wrapped up the three-day, season-opening meet in Lynchburg, Va., was McDougal’s (Peru, N.Y.) third in the last two weeks. The stretch began with his NCAA National Cross Country Championship in Terre Haute, Ind., on Nov. 19 and also included a 13:45.16 5K performance on Saturday.

The 3K field included just two entrants, McDougal and Liberty student Sam Chelanga, who placed second in Saturday’s 5K. McDougal pushed the pace from the very beginning, with Chelanga in tow, and the duo clocked 2:34 for the opening kilometer. McDougal then started to break away from Chelanga just before the mile mark, which the senior crossed in 4:10.
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After 15 Minutes of Fame, Wardian Back in Marathon Action Again

Posted November 17th, 2007 at 9:30 AM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Marathons

After leading the USA Olympic Team Trials - Men’s Marathon on Nov. 3, in New York City for the first five kilometers, marathoner Michael Wardian was back on the roads again, winning yesterday’s OBX Marathon in North Carolina in 2:24:16.

This was nothing unusual for the 33 year-old athlete from Arlington, Va., who has completed 13 marathons this year, five of them sub-2:30. In both March and April he ran two marathons just six days apart. He’s won four marathons this year.

At the Trials, Wardian was the race’s early leader, running alone through 5 km (16:20). He faded to finish 92nd in 2:30:54, running halves of 1:09:26 and 1:21:28.
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Awol Wins Closest-Ever Richmond Marathon;
Smith, Ackerly 1-2 for Women

Posted November 12th, 2007 at 6:53 AM by Emmy Stocker

Section: News & Results, Marathons

With a lunge at the tape, Mohamed Awol, an Ethiopian living in New York City, won the SunTrust Richmond Marathon here today in the most exciting finish in the event’s 30-year history.

“It took the most concentration of any marathon I’ve run,” said Awol, 29, who finished the 26.2-mile race in 2:20:20, one-tenth of a second ahead of David Cheromei, 28, a Kenyan, living in Lynchburg, VA.

Awol and Chermoei broke away from the pack and ran side by side for the last several miles, but it was Awol who claimed the $2,500 first place check. Wesley Chelule, 33, a Kenyan, living in Mobile, Alabama, was third at 22:22:56.
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Marine Corps Marathon buzz spreading through D.C.

Posted October 5th, 2007 at 4:12 PM by Megan Hueter

Section: News & Results, Marathons

The buzz is beginning to begin in the Washington, DC metropolitan area about an upcoming athletic event - the Marine Corps Marathon (MCM). As someone who resides in the area, I frequently see competitive runners and athletes out on the streets of DC, many lining trails along the Potomac as they train for the big upcoming event.

The Marine Corps Marathon will begin at 7:50 a.m. on Sunday, October 28, starting with the wheelchair and hand cycle participants. Runners will start at 8:00 a.m. and the MCM10K will kick off at 8:20 a.m.

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10-K in Richmond Breaks Entry Record

Posted February 21st, 2007 at 8:00 AM by David Monti

Section: News & Results

One of the fastest-growing road races in the United States has set an new entry record, with time to spare to grow even larger.

Ukrop’s Monument Avenue 10-K, scheduled for Saturday, March 31, in Richmond, Va., has recorded 20,400 entries as of this morning, according to Richmond Sports Backers, which organizes the event. That broke last year’s entry record of 20,119. The Sports Backers have capped entries at 24,000 in what will be the 8th annual edition of the race.

In terms of finishers –a more reliable indicator of event size– this race has grown from 11,333 in 2004, to 12,944 in 2005 to 16,460 in 2006, an increase of 45% in just two years. The individual most responsible for the growth, former race director Tracey Russell, left the Sports Backers at the end of last year to take over the executive director’s job at the Atlanta Track Club.
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