2012 U.S. National Club Championships, from Walt Murphy, note by Larry Eder

The U.S. National Club Championships for Cross Country is one of the events that makes a difference with our sport. The masters’ events and elite events are well attended and have some pretty stiff competition.

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U.S. NATIONAL CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS

Masterson Station Park–Lexington,KY, 12-8.
Results
http://tinyurl.com/2012ClubChamps
USATF Release
http://www.usatf.org/News/Riley,-Suver-claim-individual-titles-at-club-cross.aspx
All-Americans Jake Riley(Stanford) and Mattie Suver(Oregon) were the individual winners at the U.S. Club Championships, while Hansons-Brooks Distance Project(men) and Team USA Minnesota(women) won the team titles.
MEN
TEAMS
     1.     Hansons’Brooks Dist.Proj.     50     6.     Boulder TC     166
     2.     Asics Aggies Running Club     77     7.     Boston A.A.     179
     3.     Boulder Running/adidas     106     8.     Team Ohio     196
     4.     New York A.C.     122     9.     Western Mass.Dist.Proj.     319
     5.     Playmakers Elite/NB     157     10.     Wisconsin Runner     327
11.Dave’s Racing Team 347, 12.New Balance Boston 399, 13.New Balance Silicon Valley 411, 14.Run N Fun “B” 347, 15.West Valley TC 486, 16.Columbus Running Co. 494, 17.The Georgetown Running Co. 512, 18.Bryn Mawr Running Club 549, 19.Club Northwest 557, 20.Garden State TC 563, 21.Central Park TC/NB 564, 22.Team Nebraska 587, 23.San Diego TC 60, 24.Genesee Valley Harriers 610, 25.Sports Warriors TC 620, 26.Run N Fun 633, 27.Greater Boston TC 745, 28.Carrboro Athletics Clun 882, 29.Playmakers Elite/NB “B” 903, 30.Richmond T&F Club 920, 31.Falls Road Running 923, 32.Garden State TC “B” 945, 33.ARE Racing Team 977, 34.En Fuego TC 978, 35.Atlanta TC 984, 36.Bull City TC 1009, 37.Chattanooga TC 1048, 38.Runners Plus Elite 1059, 39.The Georgetown Running Co. “B” 1117, 40.Berry Run Club 1202, 41.Dick Pond Fast Track Racing Team 1223, 42.Genesee Valley Harriers “B” 1264
Individuals(10k)
     1.     Jake Riley     Hansons-Brooks Distance Project     29:58
     2.     Craig Forys     New York A.C.          30:04
     3.     Elliot Krause     unattached          30:05
     4.     Matt Forys     New York A.C.          30:17
     5.     Jonathan Peterson     Team USA Minnesota          30:25
     6.     Sean Quigley     Boulder TC          30:26
     7.     Alan Webb     Nike          30:26
     8.     Phillip Reid     Asics Aggies Running Club          30:29
     9.     Joe Moore     Twin Cities TC          30:30
     10.     Zach Ripley     Playmakers Elite          30:33
     11.     Andrew Wacker     Boulder Running Co./adidas          30:36
     12.     Jeremy Criscione     Hansons-Brooks Distance Project     30:37
     13.     Michael Reneau     Twin Cities TC          30:38
     14.     Gian-Paul Caccia     New York A.C.          30:44
     15.     Stephen Furst     adidas Raleigh          30:47
     16.     Ethan Shaw     Hansons-Brooks Distance Project     30:47
     17.     Michael Eaton     unattached          30:55
     18.     Mike Morgan     Hansons-Brooks Distance Project     30:51
     19.     Kenyon Neuman     unattached          30:55
     20.     Paul Limpf     Club Northwest          30:56
     21.     Brian Medigovich     Asics Aggies Running Club          30:57
     22.     Eric Ashe     Boston A.A.          30:59
     23.     Sandy Roberts     unattached          31:03
     24.     Patrick Rizzo     Mizuno/Hudson          31:05
     25.     Brendan Gregg     Hansons-Brooks Distance Project     31:08
(338 finishers)
WOMEN
TEAMS
     1.     Team USA Minnesota     70     6.     Central Park TC/NB     168
     2.  &nbsp
; Boulder Running /adidas     92     7.     Club Northwest     170
     3.     New Balance Boston     97     8.     NB-Silicon Valley     217
     4.     adidas/Team Rogue     100     9.     Impala Racing Team     228
     5.     Boulder TC     142     10.     Run N Fun     271
11.The Georgetown Runnig Co. 327, 12.Greater Boston TC 338, 13.John’s Run/Walk Shop 338, 14.Garden State TC 363, 15.Atlanta TC 425, 16.Genesee Valley Harriers 467, 17.Bull City TC 470, 18.Columbus Running Company 472, 19.Playmakers Elite/New Balance 510, 20.Team Nebraska 517, 21.West Valley TC 637, 22.Eastern Buckeye TC 639, 23.Columbus Running Co. “B” 666, 24.Berry Run Club 754.
Individuals(6k)
     1.     Mattie Suver     Boulder Running Co.          20:01
     2.     Brianne Nelson     Boulder Running Co.          20:12
     3.     Katherine Mackey     Club Northwest          20:13
     4.     Meghan Peyton     Team USA Minnesota          20:26
     5.     Ladia Albertson-Junkans     Team USA Minnesota          20:30
     6.     Addie Bracy     Hudson Training          20:32
     7.     Jamie Cheever     Team USA Minnesota          20:36
     8.     Allison Grace Morgan     John’s Run/Walk          20:38
     9.     Sarah Boyle     unattached          20:40
     10.     Laura Thweatt     Boulder TC          20:41
     11.     McKenzie Melander     Team USA Minnesota          20:47
     12.     Stephanie Price     Twin Cities TC          20:51
     13.     Kara Lubieniecki     Hudson Training          20:54
     14.     Mary Kate Champagne     New Balance Boston          20:55
     15.     Ellie Keyser     Boulder TC          20:56
     16.     Suzanne Jakes     Nike Team Run LA          20:58
     17.     Angela Bizzarri     Brooks          21:00
     18.     Tia Kool     adidas/Team Rogue          21:02
     19.     Katie DiCamillo     New Balance Boston          21:03
     20.     Brielle Chabot     Boston A.A.          21:04
     21.     Ann Detmer     John’s Run/Walk          21:05
     22.     Kristina Vega     adidas/Raleigh          21:07
     23.     Rolanda Bell     Central Park TC          21:09
     24.     Juliane Masciana     adidas/Team Rogue          21:10
     25.     Allison Mendez     adidas/Team Rogue          21:11
(222 finishers)

MASTERS
MEN
TEAMS(3 score)
(40+)-1.Atlanta TC 31, 2.Greater Springfield Harriers 88, 3.Run N Fun 122, 4.Baltimore-Washington A.C. 137, 5.Chattanooga TC 157(18 teams)
(50+)-1.Cal Coast TC 20, 2.Club Northwest 73, 3.Front Line Racing Team 111, 4.Colorado Racing Club 125, 5.Genesee Valley Harriers 148(14 teams)
(60+)-1.tlanta TC 15, 2.Ann Arbor TC 24, 3.Boulder Road Runners 31; (8 teams).
(70+)-1.Atlanta TC 6, 2.Clifton Road Runners Club 19, 3.Ann Arbor TC 24.
Individuals(10k)
     1.     Malcolm Campbell(41)     Atlanta TC          32:47
     2.     Simon Guttierrez(48)     Team Colorado          32:53
     3.     Frederic Kieser(41)     Team Ohio          32:55
     4.     Tracy Lokken(47)     unattached          33:16
     5.     Ray Pugsley(43)     Baltimore-Washington AC          33:16
     6.     Jef Scott(40)     John’s Run-Walk Shop          33:18
     7.     Eric Stabb(44)     Atlanta TC          34:07
     8.     John Gardiner(40)     Cal Coast TC          34:14
     9.     Chad Newton(43)     Atlanta TC          34:17
     10.     Francis Burdett(47)     Greater Springfield Ha
rriers          34:18
WOMEN
TEAMS(3 score)
(40+)-1.Club Northwest 8, 2.The Janes Elite Racing 21, 3.Team runcoach 30, 4.Impala Racing Team 36, 5.Atlanta TC 40 (10 teams)
(50+)-1.Impala Racing Team 10, 2.Club Northwest 15, 3.Atlanta TC 30,(8 teams)
(60+)-1.Genesee Valley Harriers 9, 2.Playmakers Elite/NB 12, 3.Bluegrass Runners 30
Individuals(6k)
     1.     Gwen Lapham(42)     Club Northwest          22:17
     2.     Linda Huyck(40)     Club Northwest          22:52
     3.     Nancy Meck(40)     Atlanta TC          23:03
     4.     Kirsten Leetch(46)     The Janes Elite          23:11
     5.     Lyudmila Vasilyeva(43)     Club Northwest          23:18
     6.     Cate Fenster(41)     unattached          23:30
     7.     Magdalena Visser     Team Runcoach          23:34
     8.     Tania Fischer(46)     The Janes Elite          23:40
     9.     Carmen Ayala-Troncoso(53)     Team Rogue          23:48
     10.     Christine Kennedy(57)     Team Runcoach          23:51
(91 finishers)

Author

Larry Eder
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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