en-us Copyright 2006-2008 Flocasts Inc Mon, 1 Dec 2008 23:58:13 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/assets/portal/simple30/images/logos/flotrack-logo.gif http://www.flotrack.org/videos/play/86985 Flotrack http://www.flotrack.org/videos/play/86985 Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:53:26 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/videos/play/86905 We talk with Ryan Carney about the most anticipated race of the year: The Lynbrook Fly with the Owls 4 mile road race. He tells us about his preparations for the race and what it's like being the underdog. He also shares with us information about the new training group based out of Long Island: The Bennu Distance Project. Does Ryan have what it takes to pull off the upset? We'll see in just 6 short days. Flotrack http://www.flotrack.org/videos/play/86905 Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:19:48 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/videos/play/86816 Just a test Flotrack http://www.flotrack.org/videos/play/86816 Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:19:08 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/videos/play/86650 2007 Bloomfield Hills Lahser Cross Country: Season Slideshow Flotrack http://www.flotrack.org/videos/play/86650 Mon, 01 Dec 2008 06:56:28 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/videos/speaker/2048-rene-paragas Rene Paragas is the coach of the #1 high school girl's team in the US. This past weekend he lead his girls to another state title, setting a new course record at Woodward Park. With less than a week to go, Saugus is preparing to win a national team title at NXN, but will have to go through some tough teams like NY's Fayetteville Manlius. Flotrack's David Williams sat down with him the week of CIF Finals. Flotrack http://www.flotrack.org/videos/speaker/2048-rene-paragas Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:41:00 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/videos/play/86470 2003 Bloomfield Hills Lahser Cross Country: Coaches Corner Skit Flotrack http://www.flotrack.org/videos/play/86470 Sun, 30 Nov 2008 23:04:45 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/photos/album_assoc/183153 Pictures from the 2008 Footlocker South East Championships by Brian Dowling/Tracknewswire.com Flotrack http://www.flotrack.org/photos/album_assoc/183153 Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:37:02 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/photos/album_assoc/183133 Pictures from the 2008 Footlocker Midwest Championships by Victah Sailer/Photorun.net Flotrack http://www.flotrack.org/photos/album_assoc/183133 Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:43:11 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/photos/album_assoc/183132 Pictures from the 2008 Footlocker South Championships by Victah Sailer/Photorun.net Flotrack http://www.flotrack.org/photos/album_assoc/183132 Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:27:34 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/videos/coverage/view/234356-nike-cross-nationals-08-northeast-region-and-new-york-region Flotrack http://www.flotrack.org/videos/coverage/view/234356-nike-cross-nationals-08-northeast-region-and-new-york-region Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:28:54 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/videos/speaker/2041-mohammed-ahmed By far the closest finish at the 2008 AGSI Canadian XC Championships. A finish no one expected. Flotrack http://www.flotrack.org/videos/speaker/2041-mohammed-ahmed Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:57:00 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/videos/speaker/2041-mohammed-ahmed Flotrack http://www.flotrack.org/videos/speaker/2041-mohammed-ahmed Sun, 30 Nov 2008 11:39:00 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/videos/speaker/898-ryan-fenton Flotrack http://www.flotrack.org/videos/speaker/898-ryan-fenton Sun, 30 Nov 2008 09:28:00 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/videos/speaker/1739-kendra-schaaf Flotrack http://www.flotrack.org/videos/speaker/1739-kendra-schaaf Sun, 30 Nov 2008 01:00:00 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/videos/coverage/view/234354-national-long-distance-meet Flotrack http://www.flotrack.org/videos/coverage/view/234354-national-long-distance-meet Sat, 29 Nov 2008 07:56:42 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/articles/view/672-andrew-baker-kwik-e Butler Bulldog senior Andrew Baker recently took 40th at the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships. He's finished 28th at said meet before and looks for fast indoor track and outdoor track seasons. Can give me the play by play of how YOUR race played out at NCAAs? I got out OK we were in box 29, I got to the front but then by the end of the straight the two sides of the field swamped the middle a little and I found myself a little further back than I wanted to be. My plan was to get to 5k in the mix and then try and move through. I was in a decent position at 5k but still a little far back maybe 40th – 50th. I tried moving through which I successfully did until 7k and then I fell off the group I was running with and the last 3k was just a grind. Coming down the home straight I knew I was around about an all American spot (luckily they changed the rule this year), Matt Withrow came by me and I just got the lad from Iona to get 40th spot. Were you happy with your place? Not really to be honest. I felt I had a legitimate shot of finishing 15-20th, my finishing position wasn’t bad but I felt I was in a lot better shape than last year where I finished 28th. Saying that I am sure if you ask anyone other than (Galen) Rupp if they were happy with their position they would say they could have finished a few spots higher.Sam Chelanga obviously took the pace out very quickly? As a runner, how do respond to that sort of thing happening in the front of the race? I think most people expected Sam to take it out hard, for a guy in my position there is not a lot you can do. It would be suicidal to go with it; you just have to run your own race and hope a few guys go with him and then fall off so you can pick up the pieces, unfortunately for me that didn’t happen.Now that it's over, what do you now before indoor? I’m taking a couple days off and then going to try and build my mileage high again until at least the New Year before doing any quicker stuff.Can you explain how this year's Thanksgiving is going to go? I’m spending this years Thanksgiving (only my second ever) in Chicago at my girlfriend's house, we have a big Thanksgiving meal planned tomorrow where I am meeting all the relatives that I have yet to meet, hopefully I will come out of that alive. I am a big fan of what Thanksgiving is all about, especially the food and the football. Friday, we are going to cut a Christmas tree down and Saturday I think we are going to spend a day downtown. Back to Butler on Sunday for another dose of reality.What can we expect from you in the indoor season?I’m not big on predictions but I am obviously hoping to qualify for indoor nationals, something which I didn’t do last year. Coach Roe and I haven’t fully discussed our plans yet but I’m sure it will involve some 3k’s and some 5k’s with possibly a cheeky mile in there as well. How did you find/choose Butler in the first place? I was recruited to Butler by Joe Franklin (now New Mexico coach), with Tommy Davies. We had a friend out here, Alex Hains, who basically persuaded Coach Franklin to take a shot at us. Both Tommy and I were pretty much just shots in the dark, my PB’s were 3:47 and 14:39 and Tommy’s were similar. We weren’t what you’d call stellar recruits, luckily Coach Franklin took a risk on us and we both progressed massively last year (I ran 13:49 and Tommy 14:10 for 5k). Butler was an easy choice as basically no one else wanted us. Shortly after being recruited Coach Franklin left and Coach Roe came in. There was an uneasy couple weeks as we didn’t know whether Coach Roe would still want us; again, luckily his options were limited and he kept us. I’m really glad we got the opportunity to run in the NCAA’s and at Butler, I don’t think I would change it for the world.Did you have any trouble adapting to running in the United States? My transition to running in the states wasn’t problem free but it was smoother than the transitions of other Brits I know. I instantly got along with and behind everything Coach Roe was about, my only real problem was that I came in with an iron deficiency which led to a 97th finishing performance at Notre Dame last year, not a good way to impress your new coach. Once that was sorted though I had a really good cross season, eventually surprising everyone including coach and myself by finishing 28th at nationals. My indoor and outdoor season then went really well until I fell apart at the end of outdoor last year. I put this down to the lack of serious mileage year long which I hadn’t had in previous years. We are trying to learn from that this year and hopefully I will hold on a lot better. It's a long term goal, but are you going to try to run for Great Britain in the 2012 London Olympics? I think that is the goal for any serious athlete from Great Britain at the moment. It is obviously a long way off in terms of times and performance but it is definitely something which is at the back of my mind. It would be silly to focus everything on achieving that goal right now, in order to get there I will have to achieve many “stepping stones”. At the moment I am just trying to achieve these stepping stones in order to progress to where I want to be in 3.5 years time. How would you spend a weekend if you don't have to worry about training, running, or school? This is a tough question which I’m sure my girlfriend will scrutinize me on. If I was at home I think it would start off with a nice pub lunch and then a trip to see a Premiership football match with some mates on Saturday. On Sunday I would take my girlfriend, maybe for a picnic and a walk on the moorlands followed by the beach (providing its not raining of course), no where fancy but just a day together. I would obviously slip a cheeky run in (I wouldn’t worry about it though so technically it counts).What's the hardest workout you've ever done? For me every workout is tough but I would probably have to say in and out 600’s. We did this session last year where you do 200 at 27/8 then 200 at 37 then 200 at 27/8 we did 7 of them off 2 minutes recovery. Coming in to the last few your legs are just jelly and all you want to do is be sick, you know you are in trouble when the 37’s begin to feel quick. Can you give me a crazy running related story? On my first Sunday at Butler which was only three days after I arrived in the states, we had an unofficial long run. It was before official practice and there were probably about ten of us. We went out to this park; we set off down this thin twisty path, after about a mile and a half I fell and tried bracing myself with my left arm unfortunately in doing so I dislocated my shoulder. I was now in a predicament, no one really new where we were, so in order to get back I had to walk the way we came. I tried putting the shoulder back in myself; I can tell you it is not as easy as it looks in the movies. I couldn’t get it back in so just had to walk back with it still out, I was in a lot of pain and it probably took me about 30 minutes to get back to the car. Once in the car no one knew where a hospital was but as we were driving out of the park we saw some fireman, we asked them if they could put it back in but they weren’t allowed to. It had now been out for about an hour and a half. The fireman kindly said they would take me to the nearest hospital (neglecting to tell me they would charge me $700 for the privilege), I then got to the hospital and it took them at least 45 minutes before they put it back in. In total it had been out for about 2.5 hours, it was so bad they had to put me out to put it back in place. I was very naïve at the time and didn’t realize that the US didn’t have a national health system for the following year I was receiving letter after letter of how much I owed everyone. I was told to have at least two weeks without running but a day on the elliptical was all I could take and it was back to running on day two. Tony Casey http://www.flotrack.org/articles/view/672-andrew-baker-kwik-e Fri, 28 Nov 2008 01:00:00 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/articles/view/671-agsi-2008-canadian-cross-country-championships (C) - Copyright - Christopher Kelsall - 2008 AGSI Canadian Cross Country Championships – Saturday, Nov 29 2008. - For the AGSI Canadian National Cross Country Championships there is currently a few centimeters of snow on the course and the forecast is for temperatures to hover around the freezing mark. For best results long spikes are advised. There are 739 confirmed entrants to date from across the country, most however, are from the Province of Ontario. Some of the top seeds contesting the Men’s senior race are: Dylan Wykes, ON Steve Osaduik, BCSimon Bairu,  SaskEric Gillis, NSJoel Bourgeois, NBJames Gosselin, ONRyan McKenzie, BCAlex Hutchison, ONGitah Macharia, ONTaylor Milne, ONDerek Nakluski, ONKris Swanson, BC Mathew Normington, ABRob Watson, ONChris Winter Simon Bairu owns personal bests of 27:50 10, 000m, 13:25 5000m 7:49.20 3000m. As an alumni of the NCAA Div 1 Wisconsin Badgers, Bairu won the NCAA Cross Country Championships twice and owns 7 All American certificates. He also has 5 consecutive Canadian Cross Country Championships to his credit. The consecutive streak was broken due to injury. He is currently tied with 5-time winner Paul McCloy who turned the trick from 1983 to 1987. 2007 winner Reid Coolsaet is out due to injury. Also watch for Ontario native and Providence Friar alumni Dylan Wykes who owns a marathon personal best of 2:15:16 from Fortis Rotterdam Marathon 2008 and has IAAF World Cross Country Championships experience.   Eric Gillis a maritimer is another runner to watch as he also has IAAF World Cross Country experience and competed in the 10, 000m at the Beijing Olympics. His 10, 000, personal best is 28:07 and 13:36 for the 5, 000m The women’s race is literally wide open as incredibly none of the top 10 finishers from 2007 are registered as of November 27. Watch for the Tina Turner of Canadian varsity running, Victoria’s very own Marilyn Arsenault to run well. Marilyn recently place decently at the CIS Cross Country Championships despite a possible tactical situation, which may not have been in her favour.  No team declaration for 2008, top 4 athletes across the line score.   The complete (as of November 27, 2008) entry list of juniors, masters and seniors is available here. SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 9:45AM      Community/Open WINTER CROSS (non championship) 5km10:45AM    Masters Men & Women Championship (ages 30 & up) 8km11:45AM    Children's Fun Run (non championship) 1km12:00PM    Junior Women Championship (1988 or later) 5km12:45PM    Junior Men Championship (1988 or later) 8km1:30PM      Senior Women Championship 7km2:15PM      Senior Men Championship 10km Participation in the Ontario Canadian Cross-Country Championships is expected for athletes wishing to qualify or be considered for the 2009 National Cross Country team. Participation in the NACAC Saturday, March 7, 2009 in Orlando, Florida is also required as well as the entire cross-country program, unless the athlete has a pre-approved competitive conflict. According to Athletics Canada, “Significant funding can be earned in participation through placing at the Trials.” 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships take place in Amman, Jordan March 28, 2009. ________________________________________________       Christopher Kelsall is sponsored by Island Runner Footwear, located in Victoria, BC - Check out the store's site: Island Runner.   This article was made possible through the support of Synergy Health Clinic When visiting Victoria, rent from Chris' favorite RV place CampRVChris is a member of the Lydiard FoundationContact: chriskelsall@flocasts.org  Christopher Kelsall http://www.flotrack.org/articles/view/671-agsi-2008-canadian-cross-country-championships Thu, 27 Nov 2008 15:20:00 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/videos/coverage/view/234350-topic-thursdays Flotrack http://www.flotrack.org/videos/coverage/view/234350-topic-thursdays Wed, 26 Nov 2008 23:51:44 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/blogs/blogger/Scott Bauhs/5172-nationals-and-whats-next I had more fun at this national championships than I have at any others. The Chico team seemed much more relaxed and we were able to just have a good time all week as well as on race day. We had our lowest point total ever as well as our most All-Americans ever. We also got to tour Pittsburg on Thursday and take over a bowling alley the night after the race. I'm a firm believer that Cross-Country should cover all surfaces and conditions. I think that the National Championships should rotate all over the country and that the World Championships should take place in every corner of the globe. I think the spirit of Cross-Country is to challenge yourself to every aspect of running whether its a golf course or a mud course. Obviously some people are going to have advantages and disadvantages from course to course but overcoming adversity is what Cross-Country is all about and it is what we train for. That said, it was really cold in Slippery Rock. My face and feet went numb every time I went outside and it was very hard to breath after a fast start up a hill. I had a great race and did the best I could not to let the cold get to me, but I'm happy I wont have to race in the snow that much. Winning a Cross-Country title was an amazing experience. It is something that I was hoping to do from the moment I got to Chico and to see it actually happen was almost unbelievable. I can't believe how far I have progressed in my time at Chico and winning the race that I finished 23rd and 29th in my first two years is something really special. To get Third as a team was really cool as well. Angel finally got his Cross-Country All-American, Michael Recovered from a mid-season bout with Mono for a great race, Beau was All-American in his first national Championships and Brendan raced through a hamstring injury and held on to be our 5th runner and run fast enough to get us 3rd place. So now I guess I'm kind of a pro athlete. Audrey won't let me consider myself pro until I sign a shoe contract because I won't be making a living until that happens but I can make money now. Speaking of shoe contracts, I know a lot of you are really curious to see what brand I will be representing but hold your horses. Right now we are at the beginning stages of the process and the various shoe companies are going to be bidding for my services hopefully in the next few weeks. I don't anticipate announcing what company I will be with until 2009. But, just because I don't have a shoe contract doesn't mean I won't be racing. I will be running a 5k tomorrow in San Jose against a pretty good field. There is an article on the front page of letsrun dubbing it as an American record attempt. I suppose I'm going to go out there and if a record is in the cards I'm going to go for it but don't be too dissapointed if I fall short... I have no idea how my legs are going to feel after a very hard 10k on Saterday and while I think I was capable of 13:24 or better during the track season, I don't know what that translates to on this road course. Either way its going to be a fun race. My parents are running in the Turkey Trot portion and Pat (Boivin), Jimmy (Elam) and Aisha (Kamala) from Chico are running as well. On December 13 I will be running Club Cross for the Adidas Transports. The Transports are the closest club to my home town and it will be fun to travel with those guys to Spokane. I started my training for Cross-Country a bit late so I figured that I would try to extend my peak for these races before I took a break and got ready for Track. Scott Bauhs http://www.flotrack.org/blogs/blogger/Scott Bauhs/5172-nationals-and-whats-next Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:10:00 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/articles/view/674-adidas-and-iaaf-announce-eleven-year-historic-partnership Monte-Carlo, Monaco - adidas and the IAAF formally announce today a11-year partnership agreement granting adidas the world-wide sponsorship rights for all IAAF World Athletic Series events until 2019. Under the agreement, adidas will be the official IAAF athletic sponsor and licensee product supplier for the next decade.  The partnership incorporates every aspect of athletics, from product creation, to grassroots development and retail distribution.  Among the highlights of the deal, adidas will be the Official Sponsor of the 2009 IAAF World Championships next summer in Berlin, August 15 through 23rd. The partnership was announced during a press event in Monaco supported by CEO and Chairman of adidas AG, Herbert Hainer, and IAAF President, Lamine Diack.  Also present were a host of track and field stars representing adidas including 2008 Olympic gold medallists Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS), Dayron Robles (CUB) and Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR). adidas has a longstanding history in athletics dating back to 1928 when their founder, Adi Dassler, supplied Lina Radke with a handmade pair of spikes to wear during the Olympic Games in Amsterdam.  Lina set a world record in the 800 meters and became the first Olympian to win gold in adidas.  Many more heroes of athletics have followed wearing adidas including Jesse Owens, Emil Zatopek, Al Oerter, Bob Beamon, Daley Thompson, Grete Waitz, Heike Henkel, Haile Gebrselassie and Yelena Isinbayeva. “The heritage of the adidas brand is closely linked with the legacy of athletics and the IAAF" said Herbert Hainer, Chairman and CEO of adidas AG.  “Therefore, we are very proud to announce our new partnership with IAAF and we are looking forward to shaping the future of athletics together at all levels in the coming years." The IAAF President Lamine Diack also welcomed the agreement and said: “adidas is more than just a major business corporation. It is a company which has deep roots in the sport of athletics and has also been a good partner of the IAAF in the past. I am delighted that we are re-signing with adidas, a brand that understands and loves the sport of athletics.” adidas will continue supporting the IAAF development and continental programmes by providing the most advanced adidas athletics apparel, footwear and accessories. The IAAF Continental Programme enables the IAAF to expand support to its continental regions and adidas will make a very significant contribution to this programme.   IAAF   Link to Article: http://www.iaaf.org/aboutiaaf/news/newsid=48385.html Flotrack http://www.flotrack.org/articles/view/674-adidas-and-iaaf-announce-eleven-year-historic-partnership Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:46:00 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/articles/view/669-fukuoka-marathon-remembering-dave-reed-cis-cross-country-championships (C) - Copyright - Christopher Kelsall  - 2008  62nd Fukuoka International Open Marathon Championship Sunday, December 7, 2008 David Jackson and Jon Brown both of Victoria, British Columbia will be competing in the 62nd Fukuoka International Open Marathon Championship in Japan. Three-time Olympian Jon Brown will likely be looking to achieve the Athletics Canada A+ qualification standard in this race, which is 2:12:38. Jon Brown owns a personal best of 2:09:32. He currently holds the UK 10, 000m record of 27:18 and has finished fourth in two Olympic Marathons both at Sydney and Athens. Brown’s second half split in both marathons was faster than any other runner’s first or second half split in each event. Jon Brown currently is coaching David Jackson. Run By Common Sense, Jon Brown’s coaching company now has several runners under his tutelage including 40-year-old varsity runner, the opera singing, Marilyn Arsenault. David Jackson will be looking to qualify for the IAAF World Track and Field Championships Marathon for Canada, which will require a new personal best and a sub 2:18 performance (See standards at bottom). Jackson has spent the previous two years on a marathon hiatus while running for the University of Victoria, earning his Masters degree in Education, majoring in sport psychology. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Missing Dave Reed: Many people from the Toronto, Vancouver and Victoria areas are remembering Dave Reed. Dave passed away last week originally suffering from a streptococcal infection, which worsened causing a series of strokes. Dave Reed (1954-2008) will be remembered for his running accomplishments and more for his infectious enthusiasm for all things running. From George Gluppe with BC Athletics: "It is with tremendous sadness that we announce the untimely passing of Dave Reed. Dave was well known and respected in the running community. He will be sorely missed. Dave passed away November 20th. His great heart finally quit. He was just too sick. We were hoping for the last two months that somehow he would recover.  He was a unique character; he loved running and other runners who shared his passion. He had a fantastic memory for races and workouts, even from 30 years ago. All who knew him will miss him, and all that he brought to our sport." -George Gluppe A few words from long time, top-level Canadian runner, Nancy Tinari: “George and I knew Dave for thirty years. We all know of Dave's infectious enthusiasm for running-something that was the leading passion of his life, and something that never flagged, as he got older…   …He had a child's ability to get lost completely in the joy and excitement of a moment of play, and he relived the high moments of races with the single-mindedness of a child. Dave also knew how to fully enjoy very simple things--a good meal, a single can of beer, the company of his running pals, rock music, lying on the beach or in our backyard on a sunny day…  …Dave was a superb athlete in many sports, some of his other favourites being hockey, baseball, and golf. He was truly a big kid who never entirely grew up.” -Nancy Tinari Some are measured by apparent quantifiable standards by what they achieve in education, career, business, family or in other ways. Dave will be remembered for his unabashed enthusiasm for sport. His gift to us is his unbridled, child-like love of running and personal generosity and that all else was secondary. Dave's happiness was easy to measure. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Canadian Inter-University 2008 Cross Country Championships (CIS) CIS Canadian Cross Country Championships – Quebec City, QC –  November 8, 2008 - The Guelph University Gryphons dominated the Canadian Interuniversity Championships. In three consecutive years, both the women and men won the titles, the women victorious in four straight years running. Only the University of Victoria and Western University have equalled the women’s four consecutive win streak. Megan Brown of Toronto won the gold medal in a time of 17:36, for her second title in as many years.  Followed by Catherine Cormier of Laval and Lindsay Carson of Guelph. Gueph’s Matt Brunsting breasted the tap with a 32:08 finishing time for gold 5 seconds over Kyle Boorsma also of Guelph and David Gerych StFX. Gryphons are coached by Dave Scott-Thomas. Results:  WOMEN'S RESULTS (5 km) Team standings1. Guelph, 77 points 2. Toronto, 118 3. Calgary, 126 4. McMaster, 132 5. Western, 158 6. Victoria, 164 7. Windsor, 204 8. Laval, 237 9. StFX, 243 10. Queen's, 247 Individual honours Athlete of the year: Megan Brown, Toronto Rookie of the year: Tamara Jewett, Toronto Student-Athlete Community Service Award: Tamara Jewett, Toronto Coach of the year: Dave Scott-Thomas, Guelph First all-Canadian team 1. 17:36.8 - Megan Brown, Toronto 2. 17:58.5 - Catherine Cormier, Laval 3. 17:59.3 - Lindsay Carson, Guelph 4. 18:03.3 - Paula Findlay, Alberta 5. 18:22.3 - Tamara Jewett, Toronto 6. 18:25.0 - Marilyn Arsenault, Victoria 7. 18:29.0 - Erin McClure, Toronto Second all-Canadian team 8. 18:33.3 - Heather Sim, Calgary 9. 18:34.6 - Véronique Fortin, Laval 10. 18:36.7 - Rachel Cliff, Guelph 11. 18:38.6 - Jillian Wyman, McMaster 12. 18:41.0 - Jessica Pearo, McMaster 13. 18:42.2 - Gina Stewart, StFX 14. 18:45.6 - Lisa Brooking, Windsor MEN'S RESULTS (10 km) Team standings1. Guelph, 27 points 2. StFX, 108 3. Windsor, 124 4. Toronto, 146 5. Calgary, 150 6. Victoria, 172 6. Western, 172 8. Sherbrooke, 205 T9. Alberta, 231 T9. Manitoba, 231 Individual honoursAthlete of the year: Matt Brunsting, Guelph Rookie of the year: Nyial Majock, Calgary Student-Athlete Community Service Award: Gavin Hamilton, CalgaryCoach of the year: Dave Scott-Thomas, Guelph First all-Canadian team 1. 32:08.3 - Matt Brunsting, Guelph 2. 32:13.6 - Kyle Boorsma, Guelph 3. 32:19.8 - David Gerych, StFX 4. 32:25.2 - Allan Brett, Guelph 5. 32:28.2 - Nyial Majock, Calgary 6. 32:32.9 - Derek Snider, Guelph 7. 32:42.2 - Geoff Martinson, Victoria Second all-Canadian team8. 32:46.7 - Gavin Hamilton, Calgary 9. 32:48.2 - Johannes Mallie,, Victoria 10. 32:59.9 - Kyle O'Neill, Western 11. 33:03.6 - Etienne Bredin, Toronto 12. 33:10.5 - Russell Christie, Dalhousie 13. 33:11.3 - Matt Sinclair, Windsor 14. 33:13.3 - Jamie Weikum, Alberta ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Canadian Standards (IAAF World Track and Field Championships - Marathon)  Canadian athletes will be selected until the team quota is filled (5 per team) based onperformances in the priority order listed below*. Only performances achieved between January1st, 2008 and May 24th, 2009 that meet IAAF criteria will be considered.1. Run under 2:12:38 (men)/2:29:08 (women) in the 2008 and/or 2009 Ottawa INGMarathon and/or the 2008 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon.2. The top-ranked athlete, within the AC qualifying period, with performance of 2:12:38(men)/2:29:08(women) in any other IAAF sanctioned marathon.3. Top Canadian finisher at the 2008 or 2009 Ottawa ING marathon and/or 2008 ScotiabankToronto Waterfront Marathon in under 2:15:00 (men)/2:34:00 (women).4. Other athlete with a performance under 2:12:38 (men)/2:29:08 (women) within the ACqualifying period at any other IAAF sanctioned marathon.5. The top Canadian finisher at the 2008 or 2009 Ottawa ING marathon and/or 2008 ScotiabankToronto Waterfront Marathon, with 2:18:00/2:43:00 achieved within the AC qualifyingperiod.6. Other athlete (no more than 1 man or woman) identified as a 'Rising Star' under the ACregular criteria.7. 2nd Canadian finisher at the 2008 or 2009 Ottawa ING marathon and/or 2008 ScotiabankToronto Waterfront Marathon in under 2:18:00 (men)/2:43:00 (women)8. 3rd Canadian finisher at the 2008 or 2009 Ottawa ING marathon and/or 2008 ScotiabankToronto Waterfront Marathon in under 2:18:00 (men)/2:43:00 (women)9. Performance of 2:18:00 (men)/2:43:00 (women) within the AC qualifying period  ________________________________________________     Christopher Kelsall is sponsored by Island Runner Footwear, located in Victoria, BC - Check out the store's site: Island Runner.   This article was made possible through the support of Synergy Health Clinic When visiting Victoria, rent from Chris' favorite RV place CampRVChris is a member of the Lydiard FoundationContact: chriskelsall@flocasts.org  Christopher Kelsall http://www.flotrack.org/articles/view/669-fukuoka-marathon-remembering-dave-reed-cis-cross-country-championships Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:49:00 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/articles/view/666-whats-to-see-in-d3-nationals-recap So Nationals came and went, and while I was unable to attend, there is some pretty good footage that was put up by a flotrack user...you may need to search for it, although as of press time it is on the front page under user videos.  As for the results, surprises were kept to a minimum for the most part for both genders individually and for the team scores. Here are your results http://finishtiming.com/2008/11-22/index.htm The Men's Podium featured first time Champion SUNY Cortland, followed by North Central, Williams and Steven's Point leaving Calvin off the podium for the first time since 1997. The Men's Champion was of little surprise, as Peter Kosgei of Hamilton continued his undefeated season. The Women's side saw Middlebury win their 5th title followed by Calvin, Williams and Wartburg. The individual title again not much of a surprise as it went to one of the "contenders"  - Bethel's Marie Borner. The season was an interesting one with a fair amount of surprises throughout the season, even though Nationals went close to as predicted (Williams Men being the only exception). Coming into the season it looked as though the women's defending champion Amherst would be heading back to hanover to defend their title, but after a tough season, they had to pull out a tough race at Regionals just to make it to nationals...Kudos to Elise Tropiano for her individual runner up performance. On the Men's side after losing 4 of its top 5 and 6 of its top 7, defending champion NYU looked like it would struggle just to return to the national championships....and then...they pull out all the stops, they win the UAA conference meet for the third consecutive year, finish runner up to Cortland in the Atlantic regional and finish 12th overall at nationals. Hat's off to Nick Mcdonough for getting it done...seems like this guy has some tricks up his sleaves (or a bunch of sub 9.20 2milers from Jersey, either one). The men of Haverford faced a number of challenges this season (for more info please read the NYTimes Article) and lost the Centenial Conference for the first time EVER, however they still pulled it together to make it to nationals finishing 16th overall, a disspointing finish compared to their second place in 2007 however given everything the Fords went through this season, it should be considered a success and a testiment to the strength of their program.  Williams climbed the ladder all season, culminating in a third place finish at Nationals. This came as little surprise to many, especially those who saw the Ephs earn their 17th trip to nationals in Dominating fashion at their home course. The Williams Women were not to upstaged by their male counterparts as they also finished third in their 17th championship appearance. Congrats to Peter Farwell on the best overall program in the country. Alleghany did what the always seem to do. They were ranked high preseason based on their finish at nationals in the previous year, dropped in the rankings as the season went on and they struggled/trained (depending on how you look at it) and then peaked appropriately with a runner up finish in the mid east region and a 10th place finish at nationals.  On the Women's side the most surprising finish (although perhaps not to those in the know/from the south) was Trinity (TX) 6th place finish. The highest finish for a women's team from the South EVER. The big surprise on the men's side was Trinity as well...however this time it was Trinity (CT). The Bantams, who finished 3rd at the New England regional, finished 7th at Nationals (2nd NE team) on the backs of All America performances from Sam Moorhead and Hunter Norte.  Congrats to all 64 of the teams and the 112 individuals who ran at Nationals, and to all other D3 runners on a great season. Over the next few weeks I will be trying to catch up on Interviews so that you still have something to read on Mondays (or other days if you do not catch the articles when they are first published). Then it will be back to updating you all during the Indoor track season. I may need some suggestions from you all, on how you would like me to cover indoor and outdoor track, as it clearly has much less of a team aspect to it than does cross country. Thank you all for making my first season of writing so rewarding, best of luck to everyone as you transition to the track.   Dan Suher http://www.flotrack.org/articles/view/666-whats-to-see-in-d3-nationals-recap Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:47:00 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/videos/coverage/view/234337-2008-ncaa-dii-championships Flotrack http://www.flotrack.org/videos/coverage/view/234337-2008-ncaa-dii-championships Sun, 23 Nov 2008 18:04:47 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/videos/coverage/view/234336-199th-nittai-univ-time-trials Flotrack http://www.flotrack.org/videos/coverage/view/234336-199th-nittai-univ-time-trials Sun, 23 Nov 2008 04:25:43 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/blogs/blogger/Scott Bauhs/5081-regionals-fiasco-and-one-more-race As many of you know there was quite a fiasco at the West Regional championships a few weeks ago. I'll do the best to give a short explaination from my perspective. About a mile and three quarters into the race we were supposed to make a sharp turn left and we didn't. I didn't even see the turn because the way we were supposed to go was blocked by fans and flags but after 20 or so seconds I knew something was wrong. I kept my composure and just figured that when my team was jogging the course the days before we had the course wrong. Then when I saw the leader of the race (Jordan Welling of Western Washington) and the lead bike coming I didn't hesitate for a second and I turned around and started my effort to get back to the front as soon as possible. It only took me around a minute or two to get back to the front and everything was sorted out for the most part. Then around a mile and a half later the UCSD coach was on the track halting the race. Then I started laughing. Of course we reran the race and the results of that race are what decided who went to nationals. Chico did a phenominal job of handling the day and dominating the race. Beau had a bit of a breakthrough and Michael had an amazing first race back from taking virtually the whole season off with Mono. Brenden had his first bad race of the season and ended the day nursing a sore hamstring but I'm pretty sure every team out there had some issues after the second race. I think that UCSD actually did a pretty good job dealing with the disaster. Given the circumstances I think the outcome was as fair as possible. Some individuals may have paid a price for being too agressive but for the most part the results seemed pretty normal. Maybe they shouldn't have restarted the race but its hard to say. Anyone that got reasonably close to qualifying to nationals would have filed a petition. Reruning the race curbed that a bit. On the other hand we are trained to run 10k, not 16k and running a second race in the midday heat was not the safest decision ever. Either way its time to look beyond it and to the biggest prize. Nationals is on Saturday and we will be leaving on Wednesday. Right now it is 68 degrees and sunny in Chico and 32 degrees and cloudy in Slippery Rock but thats not going to be a big deal. If you are ready to run, you are ready to run and conditions only make for a small difference in the outcome in my opinion (but they often make for a huge difference in excuses). Chico is ready to go and so am I. I'm not going to try to predict how the race is going to go but I am going to do everything in my power to make sure that I am having fun out there and so is my team. Nationals is a pretty special experience and I am lucky to be going to NCAA DII XC nationals for the 4th time. In the past we have gotten pretty fired up about proving how good we were and about beating certain teams and when it starts to hurt and we aren't beating those teams or whatever its not as fun. I think that if we are relaxed and we race like we have nothing to lose then we will be our best... but what do I know. This will be my last race as a Wildcat and I want to enjoy it. Scott Bauhs http://www.flotrack.org/blogs/blogger/Scott Bauhs/5081-regionals-fiasco-and-one-more-race Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:12:00 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/blogs/blogger/Ryan From Flotrack/5051-live-ncaa-regional-updates Its time for NCAA D1 Regional action and we are pumped!!! We'll be have a 2008 Highlight Reel going on throughout the day and a LIVE Show that will begin at 1pm (CT) at the start of the Women's West Regional. Check back throughout the day for live results (all times in Central Time). Here ya go: 9:00AM - report from Cara Hawkins in the South region: conditions at the course are "windy, soggy and 53 degrees. ?everything is running on time" 9:25AM South Region Results - in the women's race, Hollie Knight of Auburn sets the course record with Sarah Bowman (Tennessee) in second and Susan Kuijken (FSU) in third. Waiting on team results 9:37AM -report from Tristan Willey in the Mountain Region: "Woo! Regional Mania! We are out on the course! ?Conditions are sweet, it is beautiful!" 9:55AM South Region - flordia state looks to have won the women's title. ?waiting for the official results from the rest of the field 10:04AM South Region Men - still a large pack at 3 miles 10:13AM - from Cara is the men's south region: "thru 5 miles....race has spread out, two auburn followed by south alabama, followed by luke gunn of fsu" 10:20 South Men Results from Cara - "Auburn goes 1-2-3! Alabama 6-7-8.....Flordia State has 2 in the top 10." Unofficially for the women - Florida State, Florida, Tennessee round out the top three teams. 10:33AM Northeast Women from JP - "unofficially, providence women won and syrcause second. waiting for official results." 11:02AM Southeast Women from Ryan V - "Still no official results but fanning (Va Tech) 1st, Felnagle 2nd. UVA women appeared to have won!" 11:09AM Official South Region Men's Score - Alabama 49, Auburn 59, FSU 3rd. Auburn men go 1-2-3 and don't win! Their 4th man was 23rd 11:29AM - NORTHEAST RESULTS (times are slow, conditions are muddy and rainy) Northeast Men Update - Iona 46, Providence 88, Columbia 103, Dartmouth 118, Syracuse 156, Cornell 166, UMass-Amherst 231, Harvard 261 Individuals finishers- Mohammed Kharadroui (iona) 31:18, McCarthy (Prov), True (Dartmouth), Okuti (Iona), Ledwith (Iona), Chenoweth (Harvard), Richie (BC), Randell (Dartmouth), Miller (syracuse), Busby (Syracuse) Northeast Women (official) - Prov 36, Syrcause 90, BC 95, Stony Brook 118, Columbia 140, Cornell, Harvard, BU, New Hampshire, Brown Women Individual - Doetzel (Prov), Walkonen (BU), Champa (BC), Sang-Bender (Syrcause), DiCamillo (Prov), Douglas (Prov), Richardson (Harvard), Lagesse (BU), Listor (BC), Lessard (Columbia) 11:44AM Southeast Women: Results - Women?1 Virginia 105 6 7 9 28 55 75 97?Total Time: 1:47:28.80?Average: 21:29.76?2 Kentucky 126 10 15 31 34 36 118 166?Total Time: 1:48:34.40?Average: 21:42.88?3 North Carolina 154 2 4 32 53 63 94 111?Total Time: 1:47:33.00?Average: 21:30.60?4 Duke 171 26 29 37 39 40 73 92?Total Time: 1:49:42.50?Average: 21:56.50?5 William & Mary 204 22 30 45 49 58 66 96?Total Time: 1:50:18.40?Average: 22:03.68?6 Louisville 221 5 24 27 76 89 119 122?Total Time: 1:49:48.70?Average: 21:57.74?7 Virginia Tech 226 1 20 50 56 99 104 154?Total Time: 1:49:20.70?Average: 21:52.14?8 Richmond 230 14 33 57 59 67 85 107?Total Time: 1:50:37.10?Average: 22:07.42?9 Charlotte 259 8 43 44 80 84 125?Total Time: 1:50:56.10?Average: 22:11.22?10 Clemson 267 12 51 61 62 81 91 179?Total Time: 1:51:22.10?Average: 22:16.42 11:46AM Southeast Men - William & Mary wins by 1pt, Virginia takes second (OFFICIAL), NC State 3rd, Duke 4th Indiviuals - Chelanga wins by about 30 secs, Bobby Mack (NC State), Hieniken (UVA), Foster (UVA) Inidividual Qualifiers - Chelanga, Runner from Kentucky, Matt Llano (Richmond), Bo Waggoner (Duke) South Central Men - Shadrack Songok wins, Lamar athlete second, McPherson (Ark) 3rd; Texas A&M Men Win team title! 11:51AM Southeast Women 1 fanning, tasmin SR Virginia Tech 20:07.8 1 2 Felnagle, Brianna SR North Carolina 20:15.4 2 3 Jesang, Janet JR Western Kentucky 20:34.0 3 4 Holesh, Lauren JR North Carolina 20:39.4 4 5 McKay, Tarah JR Louisville 20:42.0 5 6 Dezubay, Lauretta SR Virginia 21:00.6 6 7 Gay, Morgane FR Virginia 21:02.7 7 8 Goetschius, Amanda SO Charlotte 21:04.6 8 9 Garcia, Stephanie SO Virginia 21:14.9 9 10 Ortman, Jessica SR Kentucky 21:22.3 10 11 Ricksecker, Rebekah SR Liberty 21:24.6 11 12 Baker, Jenna SO Clemson 21:27.0 12 13 Lordi, Megan JR Furman 21:28.3 13 14 Traynor, Nicol SO Richmond 21:29.1 14 15 Ortman, Jenna SR Kentucky 21:29.6 15 16 Pritt, Emily FR North Carolina St. 21:30.3 16 17 Copeland, Brittany SO East Carolina 21:31.0 17 18 Parris, Alison JR James Madison 21:32.8 18 19 Gaffney, Meghan SR Appalachian State 21:33.1 19 20 reddan, erin SR Virginia Tech 21:34.9 20 11:55AM Great Lakes Women: Results - Women 1 Nicole Bush SR Michigan State 20:48.5 1 2 Nicole Edwards SR Michigan 20:57.4 2 3 Gwen Jorgensen SR Wisconsin 21:01.1 3 4 Wendi Robinson JR Indiana 21:03.9 4 5 Kari Summers JR Ohio U. 21:16.3 5 6 Lisa Senakiewich SR Michigan State 21:21.0 6 7 Annie Beecham JR Ohio U. 21:23.5 7 8 Crystal Martinez SR Ipfw 21:26.8 8 9 Hanna Grinaker JR Wisconsin 21:29.2 9 10 Lindsey Ferguson JR Notre Dame 21:29.6 10 11 Jennifer Morgan JR Michigan 21:32.0 11 12 Crystina Martinez SR Ipfw 21:34.1 12 13 Sarah Pease SO Indiana 21:40.2 13 14 Marissa Treece SO Notre Dame 21:41.0 14 15 Emily Langenberg SO Michigan State 21:42.4 15 16 Danielle Tauro SO Michigan 21:44.7 16 17 Ashley Beutler FR Wisconsin 21:45.7 17 18 Lilian Jelimo SO Cincinnati 21:48.7 18 19 Caitlin Comfort FR Wisconsin 21:51.5 19 20 Larisa Arcip JR Akron 21:52.4 20 21 Geena Gall JR Michigan 21:52.8 21 22 Kelly Sampson JR Michigan 21:54.3 22 23 Kelsey McHugh JR Miami (Ohio) 21:54.5 23 24 Laura Rolf SR Valparaiso 21:56.2 24 25 Anna Weber JR Marquette 21:57.7 25 26 Carlie Green SO Michigan State 22:00.7 26 26 Kim Lorentz SO Akron 22:00.7 27 28 Sarah Foster JR Ohio State 22:01.3 28 29 Katie Morrical JR Purdue 22:02.3 29 30 Amanda Mirochna JR Miami (Ohio) 22:02.5 30 Results - Women 1 Michigan 72 2 11 16 21 22 40 58 Total Time: 1:48:01.20 Average: 21:36.24 2 Wisconsin 80 3 9 17 19 32 54 55 Total Time: 1:48:11.90 Average: 21:38.38 3 Michigan State 83 1 6 15 26 35 38 71 Total Time: 1:48:00.10 Average: 21:36.02 4 Notre Dame 125 10 14 31 34 36 49 68 Total Time: 1:49:29.11 Average: 21:53.82 5 Indiana 145 4 13 33 44 51 86 130 Total Time: 1:49:40.90 Average: 21:56.18 6 Miami (Ohio) 208 23 30 39 57 59 74 111 Total Time: 1:51:29.50 Average: 22:17.90 7 Marquette 221 25 42 45 53 56 77 93 Total Time: 1:51:48.10 Average: 22:21.62 8 Akron 284 20 27 46 81 110 128 133 Total Time: 1:52:43.90 Average: 22:32.78 9 Ipfw 288 8 12 83 89 96 169 177 Total Time: 1:52:19.60 Average: 22:27.92 10 Purdue 309 29 47 48 85 100 112 122 Total Time: 1:53:13.60 Average: 22:38.72 10 Ohio U. 309 5 7 76 97 124 139 150 Total Time: 1:52:26.10 Average: 22:29.22 ? 12:02PM? Mountain Region Women - race just underway about 1/2K in....Sally Kip & Badaru (Both texas tech) going 1-2? 12:08PM Mountain Women - Sally goes thru 5:00 at mile, next 5:09, pack at 5:13 12:20PM Great Lakes Men Results - Men 1 Patrick Smyth SR Notre Dame 31:06.4 1 2 Andy Baker SR Butler 31:12.5 2 3 Chris Lemon SO Dayton 31:31.6 3 4 Landon Peacock SO Wisconsin 31:33.3 4 5 Stuart Eagon SR Wisconsin 31:33.4 5 6 Christian Wagner SR Wisconsin 31:35.4 6 7 Craig Miller JR Wisconsin 31:35.6 7 8 Lex Williams SR Michigan 31:42.5 8 9 Ciaran O'Lionard SO Michigan 31:42.6 9 10 Sean McNamara JR Michigan 31:42.7 11 10 Craig Forys SO Michigan 31:42.7 10 12 Pat Sovacool SR Miami (Ohio) 31:46.6 12 13 Scott Keeney JR Indiana State 31:51.7 13 14 Matt Lemon SO Dayton 31:57.2 14 15 Kyle Saginus SR Marquette 31:57.4 15 16 Tom Boardman JR Butler 31:57.9 16 17 Matt Withrow SR Wisconsin 31:58.7 17 18 Justin Roeder SO Butler 31:59.0 18 19 Rob Mullett JR Butler 32:00.5 19 20 Joe Miller FR Notre Dame 32:01.8 20 21 Shamus Eaton SR Ohio U. 32:02.8 21 22 Timothy McLeod SR Indiana 32:03.4 22 23 Brennon Plotner SR Indiana 32:04.8 23 24 Seth Thibodeau SR Michigan 32:05.0 24 24 Taylor Williams FR Ohio State 32:05.0 25 26 Patrick Grosskopf JR Michigan State 32:06.5 26 27 Aiman Scullion JR Kent State 32:09.3 27 28 Dan Jackson SO Notre Dame 32:10.0 28 29 Spencer Beatty JR Michigan State 32:11.2 29 30 Mike Andersen SR Dayton 32:12.3 30 30 Daniel Clark SR Notre Dame 32:12.3 31 32 DeSean Turner FR Indiana 32:14.5 32 33 Kevin Silver JR Miami (Ohio) 32:16.3 33 34 Josh Karanja SR Eastern Michigan 32:18.2 34 35 Adam Sprangel SR Michigan State 32:18.4 35 36 Randy King SR Cincinnati 32:19.1 36 37 Caden Shields SO Purdue 32:19.2 37 38 Joseph Dimambro SO Michigan State 32:21.9 38 39 Sammy Kiprotich SO Central Michigan 32:23.2 39 40 Riak Mabil JR Central Michigan 32:23.3 40 41 Cole Hardacre SO Indiana 32:26.4 41 42 Ryan Gasper JR Wisconsin 32:28.4 42 43 Kyle Mena SR Eastern Michigan 32:28.6 43 44 Jake Walker JR Notre Dame 32:29.4 44 45 Adam Green FR Ohio State 32:29.8 45 46 David Brent SR Eastern Michigan 32:30.6 46 47 Tony Jordanek JR Kent State 32:30.8 47 48 Zack Jones JR Oakland 32:31.1 48 49 Kris Gauson JR Butler 32:33.3 49 50 Dustin Voss SR Michigan State 32:34.1 50 Results - Men 1 Wisconsin 39 4 5 6 7 17 42 70 Total Time: 2:38:16.40 Average: 31:39.28 2 Michigan 62 8 9 11 10 24 84 86 Total Time: 2:38:55.50 Average: 31:47.10 3 Butler 104 2 16 18 19 49 76 77 Total Time: 2:39:43.20 Average: 31:56.64 4 Notre Dame 124 1 20 28 31 44 57 67 Total Time: 2:39:59.90 Average: 31:59.98 5 Indiana 169 22 23 32 41 51 56 68 Total Time: 2:41:23.90 Average: 32:16.78 6 Michigan State 178 26 29 35 38 50 80 101 Total Time: 2:41:32.10 Average: 32:18.42 7 Eastern Michigan 234 34 43 46 53 58 63 83 Total Time: 2:42:35.10 Average: 32:31.02 8 Ohio State 253 25 45 54 60 69 74 Total Time: 2:42:53.00 Average: 32:34.60 9 Miami (Ohio) 257 12 33 64 66 82 85 128 Total Time: 2:43:08.80 Average: 32:37.76 10 Kent State 299 27 47 62 75 88 102 Total Time: 2:44:14.00 Average: 32:50.80 ? 12:25PM Mountain Women Team Results (UPDATED**) - Texas Tech wins , New Mexico 2nd, NAU 3rd, BYU 4th Individuals - Sally Kip 19:32 (TT) 1st, Badaru 20:12(TT) 2nd, Pohl (NAU) 3rd 12:29PM South Central Women Results - Women 1 Mericle, Nicole JR Rice 20:34.7 1 2 Bedell, Erin JR Baylor 20:41.4 2 3 Munoz, Christina JR Texas A&M 20:43.3 3 4 White, Catherine SO Arkansas 20:49.2 4 5 Jones, Nichole JR Baylor 20:53.6 5 6 Bradley, Danielle JR Baylor 20:56.8 6 7 Bargiachi, Denise SR Arkansas 20:57.1 7 8 Pye, Allison SO Rice 20:59.4 8 9 Waite, Lennie SR Rice 21:03.6 9 10 Kalmer, Christine SR Arkansas 21:04.9 10 11 Ronoh, Anne SO Tex. A&M-Corpus 21:05.4 11 12 Forish, Rachael SR SMU 21:07.0 12 13 Jimenez, Betzy Texas 21:08.8 13 14 Rosen, Jillian SO Arkansas 21:09.7 14 15 Fjortoft, Silje SO SMU 21:14.0 15 16 Perkins, Dacia SR Arkansas 21:14.5 16 17 Williams, Britany JR Rice 21:29.3 17 18 Hardwick, Claire FR SMU 21:30.8 18 19 Aldea, Stephanie FR Houston 21:31.9 19 21:31.83 20 Slaughter, Elizabeth JR Texas A&M 21:31.9 20 21:31.85 21 Barnes, Jessi SR Baylor 21:38.2 21 22 Salisbury, Lauren Texas 21:41.0 22 23 Mecke, Dana JR Texas-San Antonio 21:42.8 24 Kerth, Whitney SR Ark. Little Rock 21:43.4 23 25 Jackson, Megan JR Arkansas 21:50.3 24 26 Behm, Mia Texas 21:57.3 25 27 Wade, Becky SO Rice 21:57.8 26 28 Hulett, Jodi SR Baylor 22:01.9 27 29 Korra, Monika FR SMU 22:02.6 28 30 Selner, Danielle JR Texas Christian 22:02.9 29 31 Simmons, Jessa SR SMU 22:03.1 30 32 Determan, Tenley SR Texas State 22:06.2 31 33 Van Wyhe, Renae JR Baylor 22:06.4 32 34 Izzaguire, Carolina JR Texas-Pan American 22:06.7 35 Dawson, Kelly FR Texas Christian 22:08.1 33 36 Ganter, Stephanie FR Stephen F. Austin 22:09.4 34 37 Geyer, Larkin Texas 22:15.1 35 38 Pettigrew, Ilyssa SR SMU 22:17.5 36 39 Shaw, Katie SO Baylor 22:18.9 37 40 Montoyei, Everlyn SR SE Louisiana 22:21.4 38 41 Mojtabaeezamani, Laleh Texas 22:24.9 39 42 Learch, Samantha FR Arkansas 22:27.7 40 43 Anderson, Sierra SR SMU 22:29.6 41 44 Ivandic, Tanja SO Texas Christian 22:30.1 42 45 Johnson, Courtney SO Tex. A&M-Corpus 22:31.7 43 46 Phillips, Aubrey Tulane 22:36.5 44 47 McNorton, Kasey SO Texas A&M 22:37.6 45 48 Bullin, Heather JR Texas State 22:37.7 46 49 Shackleford, Amy SO Stephen F. Austin 22:40.0 47 50 Garcia, Starla FR Houston 22:40.7 48 Results - Women 1 Arkansas 51 4 7 10 14 16 24 40 Total Time: 1:45:15.40 Average: 21:03.08 2 Baylor 61 2 5 6 21 27 32 37 Total Time: 1:46:11.90 Average: 21:14.38 2 Rice 61 1 8 9 17 26 59 64 Total Time: 1:46:04.80 Average: 21:12.96 4 SMU 103 12 15 18 28 30 36 41 Total Time: 1:47:57.50 Average: 21:35.50 5 Texas 134 13 22 25 35 39 54 65 Total Time: 1:49:27.10 Average: 21:53.42 6 Texas A&M 186 3 20 45 50 68 Total Time: 1:51:01.00 Average: 22:12.20 7 Tex. A&M-Corpus Christi 222 11 43 55 56 57 84 Total Time: 1:52:11.90 Average: 22:26.38 8 Texas Christian 239 29 33 42 66 69 73 82 Total Time: 1:53:32.70 Average: 22:42.54 9 Stephen F. Austin 246 34 47 51 52 62 80 Total Time: 1:53:30.70 Average: 22:42.14 10 Houston 281 19 48 60 76 78 96 99 Total Time: 1:54:44.10 Average: 22:56.82 ? SOUTH CENTRAL MEN Results - Men 1 Songok, Shadrack SR Texas A&M 29:52.1 1 2 Kosgei, Samuel SR Lamar 29:55.5 2 3 MacPherson, Scott JR Arkansas 30:07.2 3 4 Kigen, Festus JR Texas Christian 30:35.0 5 Morse, Jake SR Texas 30:36.9 4 6 McNab, Kevin SR Texas A&M 30:43.7 5 7 Fernandez, Eric FR Arkansas 30:53.7 6 8 Kasagule, Francis JR Lamar 30:59.8 7 9 Ondrasek, Kevin SR Texas A&M 31:02.1 8 10 McClary, Andy SR Arkansas 31:08.1 9 11 Boyer, Lane SO Arkansas 31:12.6 10 12 Sauvageau, Joe JR Texas A&M 31:18.0 11 13 Campos, Idillio SR Texas-Arlington 31:18.4 12 14 Robson, Aaron SR Rice 31:18.5 13 15 Bible, Mitch JR Texas A&M 31:19.0 14 16 Simmons, Jacob SR LSU 31:26.3 15 17 Chinchar, Michael SO Arkansas 31:27.2 16 18 Bean, Drew SO Lamar 31:31.3 17 19 McClary, Alex SR Arkansas 31:37.9 18 20 Strong, Patrick SO North Texas 31:39.0 19 21 Luis, Nava SR Texas-Pan American 31:40.8 20 22 Berhane, Habben JR Texas 31:42.9 21 23 Rooney, David FR McNeese State 31:48.3 24 Samoei, Hillary JR Lamar 31:48.7 22 25 Rop, Henry SO SE Louisiana 31:48.8 26 Gras, Victor SR Texas 31:56.2 23 27 Elliott, Rick FR Arkansas 31:57.8 24 28 Kemboi, Kalphys SO SE Louisiana 32:01.9 29 Morris, Brad JR Rice 32:03.9 25 30 Bwambale, Frank SR Lamar 32:08.4 26 31 Dinnel, Kinsey SR Louisiana Tech 32:14.9 27 32 Hernandez, J.J. SR Texas-Pan American 32:19.6 28 33 Vance, Scott SO Tex. A&M-Corpus 32:23.1 29 34 Bucknell, Simon JR Rice 32:23.6 30 35 Rhodes-Davey, Brian FR Texas 32:24.2 31 36 Mahipala, Keith JR Stephen F. Austin 32:25.3 32 37 Simmons, Brock FR Texas 32:28.7 33 38 Burciaga, Eric SR Tex. A&M-Corpus 32:30.1 34 39 Sherman, Logan JR Texas A&M 32:32.5 35 40 Batey, Aaron JR Ark. Little Rock 32:33.7 36 41 Ramirez, Angel SO Texas-Pan American 32:36.0 37 42 Cook, Michael FR Texas-San Antonio 32:38.5 38 43 Florek, Michael JR LSU 32:39.2 39 44 Najera, Roberto SO Texas-Pan American 32:40.3 40 45 Maxwell, Justin SR Rice 32:46.2 41 46 Tunningley, Rory FR Texas 32:48.9 42 47 Chautin, Richard SO LSU 32:49.2 43 48 Giano, Billy SR North Texas 32:49.3 44 49 Alukuyang, Moses SO Arkansas-Pine Bluff 32:50.7 50 Yeats, Dennis SO Stephen F. Austin 32:51.7 45 Results - Men 1 Texas A&M 39 1 5 8 11 14 35 49 Total Time: 2:34:14.90 Average: 30:50.98 2 Arkansas 44 3 6 9 10 16 18 24 Total Time: 2:34:48.80 Average: 30:57.76 3 Lamar 74 2 7 17 22 26 60 100 Total Time: 2:36:23.70 Average: 31:16.74 4 Texas 112 4 21 23 31 33 42 71 Total Time: 2:39:08.90 Average: 31:49.78 5 Rice 164 13 25 30 41 55 69 88 Total Time: 2:41:47.80 Average: 32:21.56 6 Texas-Pan American 181 20 28 37 40 56 92 108 Total Time: 2:42:35.30 Average: 32:31.06 7 LSU 212 15 39 43 48 67 97 103 Total Time: 2:43:32.50 Average: 32:42.50 8 Stephen F. Austin 251 32 45 50 58 66 98 Total Time: 2:45:18.00 Average: 33:03.60 9 Tex. A&M-Corpus Christi 283 29 34 63 70 87 91 Total Time: 2:46:40.30 Average: 33:20.06 10 Baylor 288 52 54 59 61 62 68 72 Total Time: 2:46:33.40 Average: 33:12:39PM Northeast Men (Official) =========================================================================== 1 46 Iona 2:39:02.6 ( 7) =========================================================================== 1 Mohamed Khadraoui SR 31:11.6 5:01 4 Harbert Okuti SR 31:28.8 5:04 5 Andrew Ledwith SR 31:28.9 5:04 11 Chris Vizcaino JR 32:06.1 5:10 25 Alexander Soderberg SO 32:47.2 5:17 =========================================================================== 2 88 Providence 2:41:36.1 ( 7) =========================================================================== 2 David McCarthy SO 31:13.4 5:02 13 Richard Yeates SR 32:13.7 5:11 18 Hayden McLaren JR 32:29.3 5:14 27 Dominic Channon FR 32:49.4 5:17 28 Michael Anderson JR 32:50.3 5:17 =========================================================================== 3 103 Columbia 2:42:55.8 ( 7) =========================================================================== 17 Jeff Randall SR 32:23.2 5:13 19 Brendan Martin SO 32:32.8 5:14 21 Ross Turner SR 32:36.6 5:15 22 Tom Poland SO 32:38.5 5:15 24 Bobby Hartnett JR 32:44.7 5:16 =========================================================================== 4 122 Dartmouth 2:42:15.6 ( 7) =========================================================================== 3 Ben True SR 31:26.1 5:04 8 Glenn Randall SR 31:48.1 5:07 23 Chris Zablocki JR 32:40.2 5:16 42 Alex Hall JR 33:09.3 5:20 46 Kevin Treadway JR 33:11.9 5:21 =========================================================================== 5 161 Syracuse 2:43:52.4 ( 7) =========================================================================== 9 Brad Miller JR 32:01.2 5:09 10 Dan Busby JR 32:03.3 5:10 38 Tito Medrano FR 33:08.1 5:20 44 Steven Weeks SO 33:09.5 5:20 60 Patrick Dupont FR 33:30.3 5:24 =========================================================================== 6 172 Cornell 2:44:25.5 ( 7) =========================================================================== 12 Zac Hine SR 32:07.8 5:10 20 Adrien Dannemiller SO 32:34.2 5:15 43 Sam Luff SR 33:09.4 5:20 47 Peter Loy JR 33:15.4 5:21 50 Nate Edelman SO 33:18.7 5:22 =========================================================================== 7 238 UMass Amherst 2:46:15.0 ( 7) =========================================================================== 29 Nils Fischer SR 32:52.4 5:18 31 Jonathan Pierce JR 32:54.7 5:18 51 Jesse Regnier SR 33:18.7 5:22 57 Kevin Johnson SO 33:23.9 5:23 70 Andrew Mulvaney JR 33:45.3 5:26 =========================================================================== 8 276 Harvard 2:46:33.4 ( 7) =========================================================================== 6 Daniel Chenoweth SO 31:29.8 5:04 32 Chas Gillespie JR 32:57.5 5:18 69 Brandon Jarrett FR 33:44.8 5:26 84 Stephen Chester JR 34:09.7 5:30 85 Ryan Neely SO 34:11.6 5:30 =========================================================================== 9 283 New Hampshire 2:47:40.5 ( 7) =========================================================================== 37 Nicholas Decrescenzo SR 33:07.4 5:20 40 Benjamin Jenkins SR 33:09.1 5:20 45 Brent Powers SR 33:10.6 5:20 75 Wesley Dinnan JR 33:59.0 5:28 86 Joshua Kearns JR 34:14.4 5:31 =========================================================================== 10 294 Marist 2:47:46.7 ( 7) =========================================================================== 26 Girma Segni SR 32:49.1 5:17 33 David Raucci SR 32:59.6 5:19 58 William Griffin FR 33:26.2 5:23 82 Timothy Keegan SO 34:06.1 5:29 95 Conor Shelley JR 34:25.7 5:33 Northeast Men Individual: PLC Name CLS TIME PACE TEAM TEAM PLC PLC BIB ==== ============================ ==== ======= ====== ====== ==================== ===== ====== ===== 1 Mohamed Khadraoui SR 31:11.6 5:01 IONA Iona 1 1 613 2 David McCarthy SO 31:13.4 5:02 PROV Providence 2 1 692 3 Ben True SR 31:26.1 5:04 DART Dartmouth 3 1 551 4 Harbert Okuti SR 31:28.8 5:04 IONA Iona 4 2 616 5 Andrew Ledwith SR 31:28.9 5:04 IONA Iona 5 3 614 6 Daniel Chenoweth SO 31:29.8 5:04 HARV Harvard 6 1 581 7 Timothy Ritchie SR 31:44.0 5:07 BOST Boston College 7 1 451 8 Glenn Randall SR 31:48.1 5:07 DART Dartmouth 8 2 545 9 Brad Miller JR 32:01.2 5:09 SYRA Syracuse 9 1 766 10 Dan Busby JR 32:03.3 5:10 SYRA Syracuse 10 2 761 11 Chris Vizcaino JR 32:06.1 5:10 IONA Iona 11 4 621 12 Zac Hine SR 32:07.8 5:10 CORN Cornell 12 1 532 13 Richard Yeates SR 32:13.7 5:11 PROV Providence 13 2 696 14 Jon Anderson SR 32:14.0 5:11 ARMY Army 14 1 414 15 Duriel Hardy JR 32:17.4 5:12 BROW Brown 15 1 459 16 Tim Hodge JR 32:18.8 5:12 STON Stony Brook 16 1 755 17 Jeff Randall SR 32:23.2 5:13 COLU Columbia 17 1 519 18 Hayden McLaren JR 32:29.3 5:14 PROV Providence 18 3 693 19 Brendan Martin SO 32:32.8 5:14 COLU Columbia 19 2 516 20 Adrien Dannemiller SO 32:34.2 5:15 CORN Cornell 20 2 528 21 Ross Turner SR 32:36.6 5:15 COLU Columbia 21 3 520 22 Tom Poland SO 32:38.5 5:15 COLU Columbia 22 4 518 23 Chris Zablocki JR 32:40.2 5:16 DART Dartmouth 23 3 552 24 Bobby Hartnett JR 32:44.7 5:16 COLU Columbia 24 5 514 25 Alexander Soderberg SO 32:47.2 5:17 IONA Iona 25 5 620 26 Girma Segni SR 32:49.1 5:17 MARI Marist 26 1 653 27 Dominic Channon FR 32:49.4 5:17 PROV Providence 27 4 689 28 Michael Anderson JR 32:50.3 5:17 PROV Providence 28 5 685 29 Nils Fischer SR 32:52.4 5:18 UMAS UMass Amherst 29 1 774 30 Alex Felce JR 32:53.0 5:18 STON Stony Brook 30 2 752 31 Jonathan Pierce JR 32:54.7 5:18 UMAS UMass Amherst 31 2 782 32 Chas Gillespie JR 32:57.5 5:18 HARV Harvard 32 2 585 33 David Raucci SR 32:59.6 5:19 MARI Marist 33 2 652 34 Ryan Bloom SO 33:00.4 5:19 BUFF Buffalo 34 1 477 35 Jake Gallagher SR 33:02.0 5:19 YALE Yale 35 1 806 36 Josh Hibbs SO 33:06.2 5:20 IONA Iona 36 6 612 37 Nicholas Decrescenzo SR 33:07.4 5:20 NHAM New Hampshire 37 1 658 38 Tito Medrano FR 33:08.1 5:20 SYRA Syracuse 38 3 765 39 Chris Gaube JR 33:08.7 5:20 BING Binghamton 39 1 431 40 Benjamin Jenkins SR 33:09.1 5:20 NHAM New Hampshire 40 2 661 41 Ry Sanderson JR 33:09.1 5:20 CENT Central Connecticut 41 1 498 42 Alex Hall JR 33:09.3 5:20 DART Dartmouth 42 4 540 43 Sam Luff SR 33:09.4 5:20 CORN Cornell 43 3 535 44 Steven Weeks SO 33:09.5 5:20 SYRA Syracuse 44 4 769 45 Brent Powers SR 33:10.6 5:20 NHAM New Hampshire 45 3 668 46 Kevin Treadway JR 33:11.9 5:21 DART Dartmouth 46 5 550 47 Peter Loy JR 33:15.4 5:21 CORN Cornell 47 4 534 48 David Emerson SR 33:16.0 5:21 BOST Boston College 48 2 445 49 Chase Pizzonia SR 33:17.5 5:22 IONA Iona 49 7 618 50 Nate Edelman SO 33:18.7 5:22 CORN Cornell 50 5 529 12:47PM ?check out links to results here: http://www.flotrack.org/sc/2008xcD1regional 12:54 Midwest Men- Ok State, Minn, Tulsa, Iowa st, Missouri, Southern ILL, Iowa, Kansas Individual - Mead (Minn), Rombough (Minn), Kosgei (Ok ST), Beettie (Tusla), Fernandez (ok st), Vail (ok st), Chirchir (ok st), McFall (Iowa St), Schirmer (S. ILL), Davidson (tulsa) Midwest Women - Minnesota wins, Illinois, Nebraska, Iowa, OK St, Kansas St, Kansas, Missouri State, Iowa St, Missouri Individual - Marchand (Iowa), Bizzari (Ill), Cheruiyot (Missouri St), Duwell (Minn), Johnson (wichita st), ramos (kansas st), crawford (nebraska), charrizales (nebraska), ingel (ill), waters (oklahoma) Ryan From Flotrack http://www.flotrack.org/blogs/blogger/Ryan From Flotrack/5051-live-ncaa-regional-updates Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/blogs/blogger/Luke Humphrey/4603-a-new-york-minute-or-138-minutes-almost-139 I haven't blogged in a long time, letting my repsonsibilites lag. But, I haven't had a whole lot to talk about. In any case, I was a partcipant in the NYC marathon this past weekend and this is a condensed version of 2:18:38 of a hard run. ING NYC Marathon This year was my first real marathon in over two years, and what blew me away is how interested people were in this race. As many know, I was barely able to walk going into the 2007 Olympic Trials and the only reason I went was, well, it was the Olympic Trials. Upon my return to Michigan from the ING NYC Marathon, I was bombarded with congratulatory emails and requests for details of how it went. And, when Peggy asked me to share, I could only be happy to oblige. Hopefully, this story is interesting, but more importantly educational in the fact that elite athletes go through the same feelings as every other runner out there. Coming into this race, I was ready, no doubt about it. My fitness was the best it had ever been and I thought there was no way I would walk away without a personal best. On Sunday, November 2, 2008, I toed the line with some of the greatest marathoners ever. True, some are in the twilight of their careers, but they are still legends. They are still the best. The weather was cool, almost cold, sunny, and breezy. Of course, the wind was in our face for most of the race. However, I was calm and ready. I couldn’t believe that I wasn’t nervous. We blasted off to the ringing of cannon fire, but quickly fell into a very pedestrian pace. Granted, we were running up the side of the Verrenzano Bridge, but when we came through the first mile in 5:55 (goal pace was 5:03), we were a touch slow. The second mile was down the bridge and we came through two miles in 10:53. From there, a decent sized group took off and I ran the next mile in 4:59, but alone. The fourth mile was a repeat of the third, and by 20 minutes of racing, in a race of 40,000 people, I was alone in every sense of the word. This ended up being my race mistake. I had a choice to make, and I chose the wrong one. Instead of staying with the lead group, I chose to back off. Now, if I would have stayed in the group, I would have realized that everybody had settled down within the next couple miles and I would have been in the race that I wanted. Instead, I panicked and thought they were way too fast. So, from 4 miles to 26, I was left to fend for myself. It was hard because even by 10 miles I felt like I was running too hard. Maybe if I would have stuck with that second group, things would have felt a little easier. We'll never know and it's hard to speculate. I ground it out the best I could. With the wind in my face and no shelter, I just ran. At halfway, I was 1:07:32 and nobody in front or back. Listening to the crowd cheering, there were only cheers when I went by. I didn’t hear anything from people behind me and heard nothing in front of me. At 25k I saw my last mile split and it repulsed me, so I stopped looking at my watch and thought- just focus on people. I saw a small figure at about 17 miles, way off in the distance. That was my goal. I caught them within a mile. At 19 miles, I saw Kevin, who told me the next guy was Jim Carney. Again, I caught him within the next few minutes. This process repeated itself a couple more times as I weaved through the Bronx and back into Manhattan. When I hit 23 miles, my thoughts couldn’t keep me together any longer. I was too tired to be tough. I just wanted it to be over. I thought about retiring from running, getting a full time job, moving away, maybe just disappearing to the Montana countryside. Amazingly, I was still passing people. At 40k, I passed Hendrick Ramalla. When I did, I thought, “Oh no, I made a move to fast! He’s going to outkick me.” I laugh now at the thought of two turtles battling it out down the finish stretch. Could you imagine how painful that would have been to see? Making my left hand turn into the park, I saw it -the giant finish banner that would finally bring me peace. I tried to resemble a runner as I made my way home, but at that point, you have no pride. Your only thought is survival and luckily I did. Crossing the line met me face to face with Mary Wittenberg, the President of NYRR and race director. She gave me a hug and said, “Fantastic job, Luke! I think you were 10th (actually 11th). It was a tough day today.” I think I grunted my approval and my man Sam G. pulled me out of the finish area so I could get some dry clothes on. So, in the end, it was no grand re entrance onto the world marathon stage. On the other hand- I was 11th in the biggest marathon in the world. You can’t exactly complain about that. Behind were faster guys. Some Olympians had enough and dropped out. I guess that makes me feel better. It is hard though, because you train so hard to not have things go perfectly. But, what I did learn was that you control your destiny. If you want to do great things, then it is up to you to put yourself in position. It’s not just the training, but executing everything down to the smallest details, having faith, and just letting go of outside perceptions. So, another learning experience. At 27 I sometimes feel like I am over the hill, when in reality, I am a young marathoner with 6 marathons under my belt - 4 being under 2:19 and 2 being 2:15. I haven't nailed it yet, but I guess that's why we keep trying. Luke Humphrey http://www.flotrack.org/blogs/blogger/Luke Humphrey/4603-a-new-york-minute-or-138-minutes-almost-139 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:13:00 -0500 http://www.flotrack.org/blogs/blogger/Scott Bauhs/4498-3-weeks-300-miles I am nearing the end of the biggest training block of the season and I feel great. Two weeks ago I ran my first 100 mile week of the year. I structured it like this: Week 1: 5 am, 10 pm Monday; 15 pm Tuesday(3 mile warm up, 10 mile tempo, 2 mile cool down); 5 am, 10 pm Wednesday; 12 pm Thursday; 6 am, 12 pm Friday (workout); 10 am Saturday; 15 am Sunday Week 2: 12 am, 6 pm Monday; 5 am, 10 pm Tuesday (workout); 6 am, 10 pm Wednesday; 6 am, 6 pm Thursday(travel), 8 am Friday; 13 am Saturday (4 mile warm up, 5 mile race, 4 mile cool down); 18 am sunday Week 3: 6 am, 10 pm Monday; 4 am, 10 pm Tuesday (workout); 6 am, 12 pm Wednesday; and presumably 12 pm today; 4 am, 10 pm tomorrow; 10 am Saturday; 16 am Sunday My legs are responding very well to this volume and hopefully with a taper and some good workouts I will be as ready as ever to run at the NCAA championships. The Chico teams did amazing at conference as we dominated both the men's and women's races. Hopefully we can sweep the regional meet next weekend and be ready to kill the nationals in Slippery Rock. Scott Bauhs http://www.flotrack.org/blogs/blogger/Scott Bauhs/4498-3-weeks-300-miles Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:17:00 -0500