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Shalane Flanagan defended her title, and in the process lead to the creation of one of our most talented women’s cross country teams ever for the World XC upcoming in Spain in March!
On the men’s side, Brent Vaugh, aka dadvaughn, after a tough dnf at the recent USA half marathon champs, won the USA senior mens XC champs, leading to a fascinating Men’s team, again one of the best in years. More on the teams later today!
Flanagan Vaughn surprises men’s field
SAN DIEGO – Olympic Bronze medalist and American record holder Shalane Flanagan (Portland, Ore.) dominated the women’s field to win her fifth USA Cross Country title, while Brent Vaughn (Blackhawk, Colo.) surprised the men’s field to win his first USA title Saturday at the 2011 USA Cross Country Championships. In addition to the national titles up for grabs in San Diego, In the women’s 8 km, Flanagan took an early lead and never After 6 km, Flanagan led by 40 seconds while Koll pulled even In the men’s 12 km, a large pack ran together through 6 km Over the final two laps, Bumbalough, Tegenkamp, Moran, True, Cuffe powers to convincing win in junior women’s race Much as she did two months ago at the Foot Locker National Championships across town, high school senior Aisling Cuffe (Cornwall On Hudson, N.Y.) steamrolled past her opposition to decisively win the junior women’s 6 km championship. Cuffe opened up a substantial gap on the field early, and was In the battle for second, Grabill, a senior in high school, tussled with University of Washington freshman Katie Flood Sierra Vega (Santa Ana, Calif.) finished fourth in 22:00, while Julie Nacouzi (Santa Rosa, Calif.) of the Buffalo Chips Running Club took fifth in 22:17. Hannah Valenzuela Olson wins junior men’s title Stanford University freshman Erik Olson In a race that had no clear cut favorite Heralded high schooler Craig Lutz (Highland Village, Texas) took third in 25:06, with Justin Vilhauer (Visalia, Calif.) fourth in 25:09. Ryan Poland of (Westminster, Colo.) was fifth in 25:16, and in an identical scenario to last year’s race in Spokane, high school senior Ammar Moussa (Arcadia, Calif.) grabbed the sixth and final spot to the world championships, finishing in 25:20. Masters Championships National championships were also decided for masters men and Masters ace Pete Magill (South Pasadena, Calif.) claimed the overall masters men’s title in 26:17 and Colleen De Reuck (Boulder, Colo.) took the women’s in 28:47. Magill and Kathryn Martin (Northport, N.Y.) claimed the masters age-graded titles. Webcast Information Video highlights of the USA Cross Country Championships are available in cooperation with RunnerSpace.com at www.USARunningCircuit.com. Athlete Quotes Brent Vaughn: I like to race aggressively. When you get the lead and you get a gap, all of a sudden your mind gets pretty strong. Shalane Flanagan: Aisling Cuffe: Erik Olson: Colleen De Reuck: Pete Magill: For more information on the 2011 USA Cross Country Championships visit www.usatf.org. |
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Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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