USATF Club Cross Country Championships recent news Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:56:56 +0000 ross@runnerspace.com (Ross) 60 USATF Club Cross Country Championships recent news http://www.runnerspace.com/members/images/73/6144.jpg News - More on XC Nationals

Video of the Men's Race

http://www.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?do=videos&pg=1&event_id=16&video_id=8082&folder_id=-2&offset=0#video

Video of the Women's Race

http://www.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?do=videos&pg=1&event_id=16&video_id=8081&folder_id=-2&offset=0#video

Video of the Master's Race

http://www.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?do=videos&pg=1&event_id=16&video_id=8078&folder_id=-2&offset=0#video

Max King Interview

http://www.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?do=videos&pg=1&event_id=16&video_id=8091&folder_id=701&offset=3#video

BAC Men Interview

http://www.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?do=videos&pg=1&event_id=16&video_id=8087&folder_id=701&offset=6#video

Runners Space Show including report on XC Nationals

http://www.runnerspace.com/video.php?do=view&video_id=8114

Post Race entertainment courtesy of Messers Holts and Deal

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]]> Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:33:51 +0000 News - BAC Perform Well At Nationals (Men get 2nd, Masters 3rd) The conditions were terrible (20 degrees, some snow, 0 degree wind chill), but that did not stop the races from going off.

The Master's team placed 3rd out of 21 teams with 102 points. The team was comprised of:

Bret Kimple 9th, Danny Gonzalez 10th, Damien Baldovino 15th, Robert Julian 21st, 47th Mike BLACKMORE, 57 Timothy VANDERVLUGT, 61 Charlie CASE 69 Kevin PAULK.

 

The top Women's team placed 9th out of 21 teams with 257 points, individually...

21 Lauren JOHNSON, 33 Carre JOYCE, 54 Joanna MURPHY, 57 Michelle KVERNMO, 67 Danielle QUATROCHI, 79 Sara SCHAAF, 83 Tara CROWLEY, 86 Allie GRUNER 23 6:26.4 24:01, 89 Susan BARTH, 93 Carla MCHATTIE, 104 Erin SKOURTES, 114 Jamie HORD, 122 Andi CAMP,128 Olivia POBLACION

On the Men's side the BAC beat a few professional teams to place 2nd out of 40 teams with 67 points.

3 Max KING, 10 Bret SCHOOLMEESTER, 15 Kirby DAVIS, 16 Michael NICKS, 20 Brett HOLTS, 66 Brian MCGOVERN, 73 Danny Mackey 124 Patrick WERHANE, 130 Greg COSTELLO, 143 Brian DEAL, 156 Jeffrey MATSON, 175 Sean DUFFY, 197 Kenny MACKEY, 223 James LEVINS, 237 Jason KNIGHT, 241 Hossein BAGHDADI

Here is a link to the results:

http://www.usatf.org/events/2008/USATFClubXCChampionships/schedule.asp

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]]> Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:38:19 +0000 News - Ritzenhein, Brown enter USA Cross Country Championships - usatf.org
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Thursday, January 22, 2009
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Ritzenhein, Brown enter USA Cross Country Championships  
INDIANAPOLIS - Two-time Olympian Dathan Ritzenhein (Eugene, Ore.) and top U.S. finisher at last year's World Cross Country Championships Emily Brown (Minneapolis, Minn.), have entered the 2009 USA Cross Country Championships, USA Track & Field announced Thursday.  The championships will be hosted by the Montgomery Country Road Runners Club at the Agriculture Farm Park in Derwood, Maryland on February 7.
 
In addition to the national titles up for grabs in Derwood, open and junior men and women will qualify to represent Team USA at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships March 28 in Amman, Jordan.
 
The runner-up at last weekend's USA Half Marathon Championships, Ritzenhein will be seeking his third USA Cross Country title. He will face competition from fellow Beijing Olympians Jorge Torres (Boulder, Colo.) and Anthony Famiglietti (Knoxville, Tenn.). 
 
Also vying for men's team positions will be 2008 NCAA 5,000 meter champion Bobby Curtis (Ardmore, Pa.), along with 2007 NCAA Cross Country All-Americans Brent Vaughan (Boulder, Colo.) from the University of Colorado and Sean Quigley (Philadelphia, Pa.) from LaSalle University.
 
Brown, who finished third at the 2008 championships and was 18th at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in leading the U.S. women to a fourth-place team finish, will join 2008 Olympian at 10,000 meters Amy Yoder-Begley (Portland, Ore.) and training mate Katie McGregor (St. Louis Park, Minn.) in the race for the women's title.
 
Highlights of the 2009 USA Cross Country Championships will be televised on February 15 during ESPN coverage of the Tyson Invitational.  The championships will consist of six cross country championship races for men's and women's categories with national titles on the line for junior, masters and open divisions.  The nation's premier cross country event, the Championships will feature $47,000 in prize money.
 
For more information on the 2009 USA Cross Country Championships visit www.usatf.org.
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USATF Club Cross Country Championships

 

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Recap:

 

Saturday, December 13, 2008

McMillan Elite takes men's team title; Boulder Running Co./adidas wins women's title at USATF National Club Cross Country Championships

SPOKANE - McMillan Elite and Boulder Running Company/adidas easily took the respective men's and women's titles Saturday at the USATF National Club Cross Country Championships at Plantes Ferry Recreation Park in Spokane, Wash.

Saturday's races were held under windy and blustery conditions, with a light dusting of snow that accumulated the night before. Temperatures were in the high 20s with the wind chill making it feel at least 10 degrees colder for the 900+ participants representing America's top post-collegiate club teams vying for top honors and bragging rights as the nation's top cross country team.

As the afternoon progressed, the wind picked up dramatically, and the temperature dropped to the mid-teens by the conclusion of the open men's 10-kilometer race.

Two-time NCAA Division II cross country champion Scott Bauhs, representing Transports adidas Racing Team eased his way into the lead in the open men's ten kilometer race, then held off a late challenge by Andrew Carlson of McMillan Elite to win his first national championship as a professional, clocking 30:47 to Carlson's 30:49.

Bauhs, an Olympic Trials qualifier this year at 10000 meters, and a member of this year's world cross country championships squad, took the lead shortly after the mile mark, while hotly pursued by several members of the winning McMillan Elite squad.

As the wind gusted up to speeds hovering around 30 miles per hour at times during the race, Bauhs began to extend his command over the rest of the field, except for Carlson, who hung on gamely to Bauhs through the final lap.

Carlson's runner-up finish, combined with Brett Gotcher and Gilliat Gebray's 4-5 finish led McMillan Elite to their first national title, as the Flagstaff-based squad scored 47 points, defeating the Bowerman Athletic Club by 17 points. Four-time men's team champions Hansons-Brooks finished third with 107 points.

In what can be best described as a race of attrition, Rebecca Donaghue survived the heavy winds and the early challenge of a group of four runners, including Toni Salucci, Kara June, Alisha Williams, and Jennifer Donovan to win the national title in a time of 21:38. The five women were the only ones to break 22 minutes for the 6-kilometer course.

Despite Donaghue's overall win, last year's third place team Boulder Running Company/adidas dominated the team competition with 69 points, defeating the women of New Balance Boston by 31 points. Three-time team champions Boston Athletic Association took third with 128 points.

In the day's opening race, Carmen Ayala-Troncoso of Austin, Texas, representing Rogue Running, won yet another masters championship, after taking an early lead over former Team USA cross country team member Liz Wilson of the Eastside Runners, extending the lead over the final lap.

Wilson won the individual age-group title in the 40-44 division. Other age-group winners included Regina Joyce (50-54); Suzanne Ray (55-59); and, Patty Foltz (60-64).

Team champions included Club Northwest (40-49) and the Impala Racing Team (50-59).

Simon Gutierrez of Alamosa, Colorado used a strong surge on the final lap of the race to break away from runner-up Dan Franek of the Dirigo RC to win his first national cross country title, running 33:50.

Gutierrez and 2006 champion Tracy Lokken were part of the lead group that broke away early from a chase pack that included the Fluffy Bunny TC trio of David Schumacher, last year's national champion Peter Magill, and Christian Cushing-Murray.

Other individual age-group titles went to Magill (45-49); Bob Winn (50-54); Mark Billett (55-59); Terry Delph (60-64); Doug Goodhue (65-69); Thom Weddle (70-74); and Mel Preedy (75-79).

Team titles were won by the Fluffy Bunny TC (40-49); Club Northwest (50-59); Boulder Road Runners (60-69); and the Snohomish TC (70+).

Clubs competed for a total prize purse of $24,000, with $19,000 going to the top open teams.

For more information about the USATF National Club Cross Country Championships, please visit www.usatf.org.

RACE QUOTES:

Scott Bauhs: I ran in snow at the NCAA D-II meet a few weeks ago, but this was worse.

I wanted to get out reasonably hard, then take the lead and go from there. I thought that I could hold off Andrew Carlson (on the final stretch). I wasn't completely confident with the conditions, but I felt that I could hold him off at the end.

Rebecca Donaghue: Truthfully, these were the worst conditions I've ever run in. I can't feel my face; I can't feel my fingers. The wind blew me over at about a mile and a half. I drafted off of other people, as the wind was absolutely brutal.

I ran in the NCAA cross country championships a few years ago where it was this cold, but never that windy. This is real cross country weather.

Carmen Ayala-Troncoso: I knew I was in great shape going into today. Liz Wilson and I have raced against each other for a long time, and she just move up into the masters category, so I'm going to have to train harder to keep up with her.

I originally planned to wear half tights, but when I got here and felt the wind, I decided to change my mind and wear as much stuff as I can and feel comfortable, even if that were the difference between losing seconds during the race. The footing wasn't bad; it was the wind.

Simon Gutierrez: I thought I would make a hard push in the fifth mile. I threw a couple of surges in the middle of the race to see how everyone else was feeling. People warned me not to let guys like (former champions) Tracy Lokken and Peter Magill near me towards the end because they're such good kickers.

I live in Alamosa, Colorado, and so the conditions were not that bad. The cold didn't bother me, and I was used to the hard surface.

 

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December 13, 2008 Results
9:30 a.m. Community 6 km Individual Team
10:30 Masters Women's 6 km Individual Team
11:30 Masters Men's 10 km Individual Team
12:45 p.m. Open Women's 6 km Individual Team
1:30 Open Men's 10 km Individual Team

Division: Open Men Reg: 360 DNS: 34 DNF: 12 DQ: 0

PL No Name Age Representing Total Time Back Pace

1 (1) 312 BAUHS, Scott 22 TRANSPORTS ADIDAS RACING TEAM 30:47 0:00 4:57.0
2 (2) 227 CARLSON, Andrew 26 MCMILLAN ELITE 30:49 0:02 4:57.2
3 919 BRADEN, Forest 25 BROOKS ID 31:00 0:13 4:59.0
4 (3) 120 KING, Max 28 BOWERMAN ATHLETIC CLUB 31:03 0:16 4:59.6
5 (4) 229 GOTCHER, Brett 24 MCMILLAN ELITE 31:05 0:18 4:59.8
6 (5) 228 GHEBRAY, Giliat 24 MCMILLAN ELITE 31:07 0:20 5:00.1
7 (6) 197 JANKOWSKI, David 24 HANSONS-BROOKS DISTANCE PROJECT 31:10 0:23 5:00.7
8 (7) 244 TRAFEH, Mohamed 23 NIKE TEAM RUN LA 31:15 0:28 5:01.5
9 (8) 73 REYES, Sergio 27 ASICS AGGIE RUNNING CLUB 31:19 0:32 5:02.1
10 (9) 330 NIGHTINGALE, David 23 ZAP FITNESS 31:21 0:34 5:02.4
11 (10) 123 SCHOOLMEESTER, Bret 24 BOWERMAN ATHLETIC CLUB 31:29 0:42 5:03.8
12 (11) 329 MORGAN, Thomas 27 ZAP FITNESS 31:30 0:43 5:03.8
13 (12) 131 GRAY, Joseph 24 CLUB NORTHWEST 31:33 0:46 5:04.3
14 (13) 203 SELL, Brian 30 HANSONS-BROOKS DISTANCE PROJECT 31:34 0:47 5:04.5
15 (14) 226 BURRELL, Ian 22 MCMILLAN ELITE 31:36 0:49 5:04.8
16 (15) 118 DAVIS, Kirby 24 BOWERMAN ATHLETIC CLUB 31:36 0:49 5:04.9
17 (16) 122 NICKS, Michael 27 BOWERMAN ATHLETIC CLUB 31:39 0:52 5:05.3
18 (17) 115 NEAL, Tommy 25 BOULDER RUNNING COMPANY/ADIDAS 31:46 0:59 5:06.5
19 (18) 111 DAHLBERG, Scott 24 BOULDER RUNNING COMPANY/ADIDAS 31:48 1:01 5:06.8
20 21 CLARK, Matt 23 MCMILLAN ELITE 31:49 1:02 5:06.9
21 (19) 135 SAYENKO, Mikhail 24 CLUB NORTHWEST 31:50 1:03 5:07.1
22 (20) 119 HOLTS, Brett 27 BOWERMAN ATHLETIC CLUB 31:51 1:04 5:07.2
23 (21) 198 JELLEMA, Paul 24 HANSONS-BROOKS DISTANCE PROJECT 31:52 1:05 5:07.5
24 (22) 230 HORN, Jordan 24 MCMILLAN ELITE 31:53 1:06 5:07.5
25 124 THORNE, Joe 24 BOWERMAN ATHLETIC CLUB 31:54 1:07 5:07.7
26 (23) 318 TORRENCE, David 23 TRANSPORTS ADIDAS RACING TEAM 31:56 1:09 5:08.0
27 (24) 213 HEFFERON, Paul 22 KANSAS CITY SMOKE 31:57 1:10 5:08.1
28 (25) 331 PECK, Nate 24 ZAP FITNESS 31:58 1:11 5:08.4
29 (26) 258 ROBISON, Grant 30 PLAYMAKERS RACING 32:04 1:17 5:09.4
30 (27) 72 REID, Phillip 23 ASICS AGGIE RUNNING CLUB 32:07 1:20 5:09.8
31 (28) 68 FREEMAN, Crosby 24 ASICS AGGIE RUNNING CLUB 32:07 1:20 5:09.9
32 (29) 269 SCOTT, Jared 26 RUN FLAGSTAFF MIZUNO 32:12 1:25 5:10.6
33 (30) 199 JOHNSON, Chad 32 HANSONS-BROOKS DISTANCE PROJECT 32:13 1:26 5:10.8
34 (31) 231 RODRIGUEZ, Celedonio 28 MCMILLAN ELITE 32:15 1:28 5:11.1
35 (32) 116 REINDL, Greg 24 BOULDER RUNNING COMPANY/ADIDAS 32:16 1:29 5:11.3
36 (33) 94 ROSARIO, Ben 28 BIG RIVER RUNNING COMPANY 32:17 1:30 5:11.4
37 (34) 114 MICHEL, Paul 26 BOULDER RUNNING COMPANY/ADIDAS 32:17 1:30 5:11.4
38 (35) 110 BATLINER, Payton 24 BOULDER RUNNING COMPANY/ADIDAS 32:19 1:32 5:11.7
39 (36) 271 WATKINS, Seth 26 RUN FLAGSTAFF MIZUNO 32:19 1:32 5:11.8
40 (37) 200 KILBURG, Michael 23 HANSONS-BROOKS DISTANCE PROJECT 32:20 1:33 5:11.9
41 (38) 133 MANDI, Mark 25 CLUB NORTHWEST 32:22 1:35 5:12.3
42 (39) 87 MAMMONE, Chris 25 BELLMORE STRIDERS 32:23 1:36 5:12.4
43 22 LUTZ, Justin 28 NEW BALANCE BOSTON 32:26 1:39 5:12.9
44 (40) 71 MORA, Jameson 24 ASICS AGGIE RUNNING CLUB 32:30 1:43 5:13.5
45 41 HALLINAN, Stephen 22 UNATTACHED 32:35 1:48 5:14.3
46 16 PETERS, Kevin 25 GREATER BOISE RUNNING CLUB 32:38 1:51 5:14.8
47 (41) 202 RIZZO, Patrick 25 HANSONS-BROOKS DISTANCE PROJECT 32:39 1:52 5:14.9
48 (42) 268 GOMEZ, Chris 26 RUN FLAGSTAFF MIZUNO 32:39 1:52 5:15.0
49 (43) 273 HARTMARK, Eric 30 RUN-N-FUN 32:41 1:54 5:15.2
50 (44) 186 HOLTSCHULTE, Neal 24 GENESEE VALLEY HARRIERS 32:42 1:55 5:15.4
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Open Women Reg: 207 DNS: 21 DNF: 1 DQ: 0
PL No Name Age Representing Total Time Back Pace
1 (1) 830 DONAGHUE, Rebecca 32 NEW BALANCE BOSTON 21:38 0:00 5:48.0
2 700 SALUCCI, Toni 23 ADIDAS RALEIGH TRACK CLUB 21:46 0:08 5:50.1
3 (2) 748 JUNE, Kara 26 ASICS AGGIE RUNNING CLUB 21:51 0:13 5:51.6
4 (3) 778 WILLIAMS, Alisha 26 BOULDER RUNNING COMPANY/ADIDAS 21:55 0:17 5:52.5
5 (4) 831 DONOVAN, Jennifer 26 NEW BALANCE BOSTON 21:59 0:21 5:53.7
6 (5) 832 DROMGOOLE, Erin 29 NEW BALANCE BOSTON 22:06 0:28 5:55.4
7 (6) 855 STORAGE, Kara 27 RUN OHIO - SECOND SOLE RACING TEAM 22:08 0:30 5:56.1
8 (7) 774 MOODY, Tera 27 BOULDER RUNNING COMPANY/ADIDAS 22:10 0:31 5:56.5
9 (8) 763 ENMAN, Kasie 29 BOSTON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION 22:10 0:32 5:56.6
10 (9) 854 DANIEL, Leigh 30 RUN OHIO - SECOND SOLE RACING TEAM 22:11 0:33 5:56.8
11 (10) 836 HIGGINS, Lesley 28 NEW YORK ATHLETIC CLUB 22:19 0:41 5:59.1
12 (11) 838 CONLON, Aileen 26 NIKE CENTRAL PARK TRACK CLUB 22:22 0:44 5:59.9
13 731 CRETTI, Caroline 24 UNATTACHED 22:24 0:45 6:00.2
14 (12) 772 KORB, Danielle 24 BOULDER RUNNING COMPANY/ADIDAS 22:27 0:48 6:01.0
15 (13) 718 RAFFERTY, Michelle 24 NEW YORK ATHLETIC CLUB 22:27 0:48 6:01.0
16 705 BARKER-MCCURRY, Andrija 28 EASTSIDE TC 22:29 0:51 6:01.6
17 (14) 856 STORAGE, Tara 27 RUN OHIO - SECOND SOLE RACING TEAM 22:31 0:53 6:02.2
18 (15) 799 WETZEL, Rose 26 CLUB NORTHWEST 22:32 0:54 6:02.5
19 (16) 853 CONVERSE, Melissa 31 RUN OHIO - SECOND SOLE RACING TEAM 22:35 0:56 6:03.1
20 732 FICKEN, Cassandra 25 UNATTACHED 22:38 1:00 6:04.1
21 714 GUYETTE, Rebecca 24 MCMILLAN ELITE 22:39 1:01 6:04.3
22 (17) 715 ANTABLIN, Abbi 27 NEW YORK ATHLETIC CLUB 22:40 1:02 6:04.7
23 (18) 850 PAASO, Kris 37 PENINSULA DISTANCE CLUB- BROOKS 22:42 1:04 6:05.3
24 (19) 881 OLSON, Johanna 29 THE SPOKANE SWIFTS - BROOKS 22:43 1:05 6:05.4
25 (20) 765 HOLBROOK, Mariko 27 BOSTON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION 22:43 1:05 6:05.5
26 (21) 782 JOHNSON, Lauren 29 BOWERMAN ATHLETIC CLUB 22:46 1:08 6:06.2
27 (22) 793 HUNTER, Vanessa 33 CLUB NORTHWEST 22:49 1:10 6:06.9
28 (23) 777 ROY, Kara 28 BOULDER RUNNING COMPANY/ADIDAS 22:49 1:11 6:07.1
29 734 HOUCHIN, Mary 30 BROOKS 22:51 1:13 6:07.6
30 (24) 776 OCCHI, Amanda 31 BOULDER RUNNING COMPANY/ADIDAS 22:52 1:13 6:07.7
31 728 JOYCE, Monica 50 TORTOISE AND HARE ATHLETIC CLUB 22:52 1:14 6:07.9
32 (25) 870 FISCHER, Tania 42 SEE JANE RUN 22:55 1:17 6:08.6
33 (26) 794 JOHNSON, Megan 27 CLUB NORTHWEST 22:57 1:19 6:09.1
34 (27) 820 DONAHUE, Sara 28 GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB 22:57 1:19 6:09.2
35 (28) 762 ELY, Brett 29 BOSTON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION 23:02 1:23 6:10.4
36 (29) 789 MARTELL, Vanessa 25 BROCKPORT DISTANCE PROJECT 23:04 1:26 6:11.1
37 (30) 814 DANNER, Katherine 35 GENESEE VALLEY HARRIERS 23:09 1:31 6:12.4
38 (31) 769 SPOLIDORO, Julie 27 BOSTON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION 23:10 1:32 6:12.6
39 (32) 868 DAMICO, Cambria 30 SEE JANE RUN 23:10 1:32 6:12.6
40 (33) 783 JOYCE, Carre 27 BOWERMAN ATHLETIC CLUB 23:11 1:33 6:13.0
41 (34) 802 CAREY, Elizabeth 24 CORVALLIS RUNNING PROJECT 23:12 1:34 6:13.2
42 (35) 876 COLLAR, Janet 36 THE SPOKANE SWIFTS 23:14 1:35 6:13.6
43 742 CAMPBELL, Nicole 26 WEST VALLEY TRACK CLUB, INC. 23:15 1:37 6:13.9
44 (36) 837 LENIHAN, Stephanie 22 NEW YORK ATHLETIC CLUB 23:16 1:38 6:14.3
45 (37) 747 GIBSON, Heather 29 ASICS AGGIE RUNNING CLUB 23:18 1:40 6:14.9
46 710 MAUZERALL, Cynthia 34 GREATER BOISE RUNNING CLUB 23:19 1:41 6:15.0
47 (38) 808 ASHLOCK, Susan 30 EASTSIDE RUNNERS 23:20 1:42 6:15.3
48 (39) 834 KENNEDY, Laura 26 NEW BALANCE BOSTON 23:23 1:44 6:16.0
49 (40) 848 HANIFAN, Jinny 26 PENINSULA DISTANCE CLUB- BROOKS 23:23 1:45 6:16.3
50 (41) 768 PROULX, Mary 28 BOSTON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION 23:25 1:46 6:16.6
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