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USATF News & Notes
Volume 4, Number 29 April 3, 2003
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In this edition:
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- De Reuck, Hennessy headline USA Women's Marathon
Championship
- Broe defends USA 8 km title against strong field
- 76th annual Relays ready to roll in Texas
- Titans Games merchandise slashed to 50 % off
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De Reuck, Hennessy headline USA Women's Marathon Championship
Three-time Olympian Colleen De Reuck and 2002 USA 25 km champion Jeanne
Hennessy headline the 30th USA Women's Marathon Championship Saturday in
St. Louis, Mo. Some of America's finest will have their first peek at
the St. Louis course, which will serve as host to the 2004 Olympic
Trials for the women's marathon.
De Reuck, 38, finished 8th at the World Cross Country Championships
March 29 in Lausanne, Switzerland, is a favorite in a strong field of 50
top U.S. distance runners. In 2002, De Reuck won an 8 km bronze medal
at the World Cross Country Championship and two U.S. road titles (7
miles and 20 km) and broke the U.S. 12 km record (38:53) at Lilac
Bloomsday. Her marathon personal record is 2 hours, 26 minutes, 35
seconds from the 1996 Berlin Marathon.
In 2002, the 25-year-old Hennessy won the 25 km national title at the
Fifth Third River Bank Run and set a personal record of 2:35:53 at the
LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon.
Other recent sub-2:40 marathoners and likely contenders in the field
include Kelly Keane (Manchester, NH), Beth Old (Douglasville, GA),
Stacie Alboucrek (Ft. Lauderdale, FL), Katie Blackett (Boulder, CO),
Mary Coordt (Elk Grove, CA), Kelly Flathers (Huntington Beach, CA),
Marie Boyd (Albuquerque, NM) and Mimi Corcoran (Mendon, MA). Rising U.S.
star Sara Wells of Team USA Minnesota will make her marathon debut, and
she enters the competition with a half-marathon PR of 1:12:50 set last
December in Dallas.
The national championship prize purse is $50,000 that goes 10 deep
($15,000 first prize. Results will determine spots on Team USA's
marathon team for the 2003 World Outdoor Track & Field Championships in
Paris, France this August.
For more information, visit www.usatf.org
Broe defends USA 8 km title against strong field
The USA Men's 8 km Championship will be held Saturday morning in New
York City's Central Park. Tim Broe of Ann Arbor, Mich., returns as the
defending champion against a strong field including Meb Keflezighi, Abdi
Abdirahman, Dan Browne, Robert Gary, Nick Rogers, Mark Croghan, Chad
Johnson, Ryan Shay, Ryan Kirkpatrick, Brian Sell and Clint Verran.
Along with the national championship, the competitors will vie for a
$20,000 prize money purse awarded to the top 15 finishers with the U.S.
champion taking home $5,000. There will be a $25,000 bonus offered to
the winner if he breaks the U.S. 8 km record of 22:04, set by Alberto
Salazar in 1981.
For more information on the USA Men's 8 km Championship, please visit:
www.usatf.org
76th annual Relays ready to roll in Texas
The 76th Texas Relays being held from April 2 through Saturday, April 5
is featuring world-class sprinting in addition to its traditionally
strong collegiate competition in Austin, Texas.
The four-day event features some of the nation's finest athletes,
including former Olympians, NCAA champions and national high school
record holders. More than 5,000 athletes are expected to compete in 125
events at this year's Texas Relays.
HSI will feature its own men's 4x100 relay team, consisting of Maurice
Greene, Ato Boldon, Jon Drummond and Kaaron Conwright. They will be
competing against a pool of elite athlete relay teams as well as some of
the top college teams in the country.
On the women's side, Inger Miller, Angela Williams and Torri Edwards
will compete in the 4x100 relay as part of the USA relay team.
Titans Games merchandise slashed to 50 % off
Titan Games memorabilia merchandise can now be purchased for 50% off.
This sale is the remaining inventory from the Games held February in San
Jose, California. To order, visit at http://store.usolympicteam.com
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