By Clay Shaw

BETHLEHEM, PA, DECEMBER 14, 2019—Sascha Scott of the Syracuse Track Club had a strong race, winning the Masters women 6K in 22:26.  Margaret Brennan of Asheville Running Collective was second in 22:35.  Nancy James-Klinger of The Janes Elite Racing Club was third in 22:45. Casey Hire of Team Red Lizard was fourth in 22:49.  Brennan Liming of Bull City Track Club was fifth in 22:51.  Laura Latchford of nearby Palmyra, PA, running for the Pike Creek Valley Running Club, was the first runner in her 50s, finishing 9^th in 23:17.  Carmen Ayala-Troncoso was the first running in her sixties, placing 50^th in 25:19; she ran for Team Rogue.  Kathleen Allen of the Atlanta Track Club was the top seventies runner in 36:17.  The ever-young Heidi Moebius of Lancaster, PA and the Rosemont Running Club topped the eighty-year-olds, by twelve minutes, in 39:31.  288 Masters women finished the muddy course, with some wood chips helping to prevent slips at the slick turns.

The Janes Elite Racing placed first among the teams, led by Nancy James-Klinger, Grace Padilla, Gwendolen Twist, Cambria Wu, and Vivian Hyman.  Team Red Lizard placed second.  The Nittany Valley Running Club placed third.

Top Women

1. 22:26 Sascha Scott Syracuse Track Club
2. 22:35 Margaret Brennan Asheville Running Collective
3. 22:45 Nancy James-Klinger The Janes Elite Racing
4. 22:49 Casey Hire Team Red Lizard
5. 22:51 Brennan Liming Bull City Track Club
6. 22:55 Kelly Couch Impala Racing Team
7. 22:59 Kelly Griffin Unattached
8. 23:07 Sara Dunham Unattached
9. 23:17 Laura Latchford (51) Pike Creek Valley Running
10. 23:21 Olena Rozhko (46) Garden State Track Club
11. 23:26 Janet McDevitt (46) Club Northwest
12. 23:45 Hortencia Aliaga (48) Garden State Track Club
13. 23:48 Katie Famous Impala Racing Team
14. 23:50 Grace Padilla (48) The Janes Elite Racing
15. 23:54 Marisa Sutera Strange (56) Athena Track Club
16. 23:56 Gwendolen Twist The Janes Elite Racing
17. 24:00 Crystal Query Team Red Lizard
18. 24:04 Jill Braley Atlanta Track Club
19. 24:07 Cambria Wu The Janes Elite Racing
20. 24:10 Carly Shea Nittany Valley Running Club
21. 24:13 Janne Heinonen Team Red Lizard
22. 24:14 Vivien Hyman The Janes Elite Racing
23. 24:15 Hronn Gudmundsdottir (54) Impala Racing Team
24. 24:17 Kara Rubinich Athena Track Club
25. 24:24 Justyna Wilson Greater Philadelphia TC

Categories: Race Coverage

Tags: 2019, Club XC, featured, Lehigh, USATF, USATF Masters