by Clay Shaw with Photos by Karen Mitchell ATLANTA, GA, February 29, 2019—Galen Rupp of Portland, OR repeated as U.S. Olympic Team Trials Marathon champion in 2:09:20. Rupp won the same event in Los Angeles in 2016, and earned the… Read More ›
Race Coverage
Top Competitors Ready for Game Time, U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Marathon
by Clay Shaw ATLANTA, GA, FEBRUARY 27, 2020—-At a well-attended press conference, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms addressed the media saying that as she’s traveled the world, she has found there are three things Atlanta is known for by Internationals:… Read More ›
Mid-Atlantic Runners Take a Road Trip to Atlanta
by Clay Shaw and Karen Mitchell Those of us in the running community look forward to an amazing and wonderful event called the U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Marathon. Occurring only once every four years, it is *the event* that… Read More ›
Gezahegn, Merachi Win 48th Annual Houston Marathon
by Clay Shaw HOUSTON, TX, JANUARY 19, 2020—Askale Merachi of Ethiopia has always been one of my favorite athletes. She was one of my invited athletes for the Lancaster Race Against Racism 5K, was a house guest before her win… Read More ›
City Island Race Attracts Runners from Upper Midwest at USRR New Year’s Day Races
by Clay Shaw HARRISBURG, PA, JANUARY 1, 2020—A cool thing about races in the holiday season, is that many folks from faraway places might be in Central Pennsylvania for the holidays. Runners from North Dakota, Minnesota, Illinois, as well as… Read More ›
Triathlete Pearson Wins Club XC Open Race in Downpour
By Clay Shaw BETHLEHEM, PA, DECEMBER 14, 2019—Morgan Pearson of Tinman Elite was the strongest man, as the weather really got wicked for the final race of the day. Pearson, of Boulder, CO. won in 29:54 and was only man… Read More ›
Cuffe Wins Open Women 6K Club Championships
By Clay Shaw BETHLEHEM, PA, December 14, 2019—Aisling Cuffe, from Croton-On-Hudson, NY, and running for Saucony won the Open Women 6K in 20:07. Cuffe, now 26, was once a HS running prodigy, having won the 2010 Foot Locker XC national… Read More ›
Scott Takes Top Honors at USATF Club XC Masters Women 6K
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… Read More ›
Sallberg Wins Masters Title; Hammer First Over 50 at USATF XC Champs
By Clay Shaw BETHLEHEM, PA, DECEMBER 14, 2019—Jacques Sallberg of the Cal Coast Track Club won the 10K that had 444 Masters runners between the ages of 40 and 59. Sallberg ran the muddy course at Lehigh University in 32:55. … Read More ›
Sherran Wins 60-Plus Masters Men Race by 52 Seconds
By Clay Shaw BETHLEHEM, PA, DECEMBER 14, 2019—Joe Sherran, 62, of Club Northwest easily won the Masters 60-and-up men’s 60-plus at the USATF XC Championships in 28:42. Days of rainy weather led to a muddy and slippery 8K course at… Read More ›
European XC 2019: Great Britain Wins Mixed Relay
by Clay Shaw Led by Sarah McDonald, James McMurray, Alexandra Bell, and Jonny Davies, the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team won in 17:55. McMurray, and Bell had the fastest laps in their stages. Belarus was second, with Katsiaryna Karneyenka… Read More ›
European XC Championships 2019 Lisbon Senior Races: Can Wins 4th Straight Women’s Title; Fsiha Wins In Debut
by Clay Shaw LISBON, PORTUGAL, DECEMBER 8, 2019—Robel Fsiha of Sweden, who was the first European finisher at the World XC Championships in Aarhus, won his Euro XC debut in 29:59. Fsiha was born in Eritrea, and fled to Sweden… Read More ›
Kaminski and Roman-Duval are Victors in the 2019 Celtic Solstice 5-Miler
by Karen Mitchell Baltimore, MD, December 14, 2019—-We’ve been covering this race for many years, likely as long as the event has been around. In the early years we ran it. It’s always well-organized by Karen Menge and Jim Adams… Read More ›
Gressier, Moller Repeat as Champs with Strong Final Laps in Euro XC U23 Races
by Clay Shaw LISBON, PORTUGAL, European Athletics SPAR Cross Country Championships, DECEMBER 8, 2019—Jimmy Gressier of France put the hammer down on the final lap, which gave him the opportunity to celebrate on the home stretch. Gressier won in 24:17,… Read More ›
Ingebrigtsen and Battocletti Repeat as U20 Champions
by Clay Shaw European Athletics SPAR Cross Country Championships, Lisbon, Portugal, December 8, 2019—Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway won his fourth European Junior (U20) cross country title, with another convincing win on the hilly course at Bella Vista Park in Lisbon. … Read More ›
