By Clay Shaw and Karen Mitchell Bathurst, Australia, February 18, 2023, World Athletics World Cross Country Championships—Three men with big resumes were in serious contention for the senior men’s race (10K) title. Jacob Kiplimo of Uganda had won the junior race… Read More ›
By Clay ShawPhotography by Clay Shaw and Karen Mitchell Bathurst, Australia, February 18, 2023, World Cross Country Championships at the Mount Panorama Motor Racing Circuit—Emilio Young from Newbury Park, CA who won in Richmond, VA, was the first non-East African… Read More ›
By Clay ShawPhotography by Clay Shaw and Karen Mitchell Bathurst Australia, February 18, 2023, World Cross Country Championships 2023—Four high school runners from the USA ran like seasoned vets and helped earned USA their first team medal in World XC… Read More ›
By Clay ShawPhotography by Clay Shaw and Karen Mitchell Bathurst, Australia, February 18, 2023, World Cross Country Championships, Mount Panorama Motor Racing Circuit—The Mixed Relay was the first of the main events in the 2023 edition of World Cross Country… Read More ›
By Clay ShawPhotography by Clay Shaw and Karen Mitchell Bathurst, Australia, February 18, 2023, World Athletics Cross Country Championships Bathurst 23—Beatrice Chebet of Kenya was seemingly resigned to a second-place finish in the senior women’s 10K. (Note to readers: ‘Senior’… Read More ›
by Clay ShawPhotography by Clay Shaw and Karen Mitchell Bathurst, Australia, February 17, 2023—It’s really far away, and it’s been a long wait. We lost a day flying to Australia from Philadelphia. Covid-19 postponed the event from 2021 to 2022,… Read More ›
By Clay ShawPhotography by Clay Shaw and Karen Mitchell Mechanicsville, VA, January 21, 2023, USATF Cross Country Championships—Ten minutes prior to the start of the men’s master 8K race at Pole Green Park, Ben Bruce was a proud dad watching… Read More ›
By Clay ShawPhotography by Clay Shaw and Karen Mitchell Mechanicsville, VA, January 21, 2023, 2023 USA Cross Country Championships—April Lund, 40, of Bismarck, North Dakota was an easy winner of the master’s women 6K. She finished in 22:03, leading from… Read More ›
By Clay ShawPhotography by Clay Shaw and Karen Mitchell Mechanicsville, VA, January 21, 2023, USATF Cross Country Championships 2023—Emilio Young, 17, of Newbury Park, CA won the Men’s U20 8K in 23:46.8 at Pole Green Park. Young and his twin… Read More ›
By Clay ShawPhotography by Clay Shaw and Karen Mitchell Mechanicsville, VA, January 21, 2023, USATF Cross Country Championships 2023 Richmond—Irene Riggs of Morgantown, WV led the way, as high school athletes dominated the U20 6K race at Pole Green Park… Read More ›
By Clay ShawPhotography by Clay Shaw and Karen Mitchell Mechanicsville, VA, January 21, 2023, USATF Cross Country Championships 2023 Richmond—Emmanuel Bor is a second lieutenant and chief of environmental health at Fort Huachuca in Arizona. On the last lap of… Read More ›
By Clay ShawPhotography by Clay Shaw and Karen Mitchell Mechanicsville, VA, January 21, 2023, USATF Cross Country Championships—Ednah Kurgat broke away from the six-woman pack on the final 2K lap at Pole Green Park in Mechanicsville, Virginia, to easily win… Read More ›
by Clay ShawPhotos by Clay Shaw and Karen Mitchell New York NY, November 6, 2022, 51st TCS New York City Marathon—Sharon Lokedi of Kenya was patient in her marathon debut, waiting until mile 25 to make her winning move, finishing… Read More ›
By Clay Shaw World Athletics Championships Oregon 22, Women’s Marathon, July 18, 2022–Gotytom Gebreslase of Ethiopia made it an Ethiopian sweep of gold with a 2:18:11 victory in Eugene, Oregon. Gebreslase ran behind, or one step to the side of,… Read More ›
By Clay ShawPhotos by Michael Scott Eugene, OR, July 17, 2022, World Athletics Championships Oregon 22—Tamrat Tola of Ethiopia made the winning move at 34K and went on to win the marathon without a challenge. He had put in a… Read More ›
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