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USATF News & Notes
Volume 3, Number 99 October 14, 2002
Runyan (former Camarillo HS star) wins USA 10K road title at
Tufts
Two-time U.S. 5,000-meter track champion Marla Runyan took the
lead from the
start and turned back a fast finish to win the USA 10K Championship Monday
at the Health Plan 10K for Women in Boston.
Runyan withstood a charge from Teresa Wanjiku of Kenya to win
the overall
title in 31:46, earning $3000 for the race victory and $6000 for the U.S.
championship. Wanjiku also was timed in 31:46.
Amy Rudolph placed third and was the second American in 32:04, winning
$4400
total, and 2001 Tufts Champion Colleen DeReuck was sixth overall and the
third American in 31:28,earning $2000. A force on the roads this year,
DeReuck won the overall 2002 Women’s USA Running Circuit, which
reached its
finale at Tufts.
The 2002 U.S. 5K champion on the roads, Runyan went through the
first mile
in 5:18 and picked it up the pace from there. The 2000 Olympic finalist
at
1,500m will continue her march up the distance ladder when she makes make
her marathon debut at the New York Marathon on November 3.
For complete results from the 2002 USA Women’s 10K Championship,
visit
www.usatf.org
Dunn turns in top U.S. performance at IAAF Race Walking World Cup
Team USA’s men placed 12th in 20-kilometer team competition and
Phillip Dunn
walked a personal-best time of 3 hours, 56 minutes and 13 seconds to place
13th in the 50km, leading the Americans at the IAAF World Race Walking
Cup
October 12 and 13 in Turin, Italy. Russia swept all three team titles
in the
competition.
Team USA was 12th among 19 teams in the men’s 20km with 149 points.
Russia
won with 24 points with Belarus second with 28 and Italy third with 34.
Kevin Eastler was the top American in 31st (1:28:18), with Sean Albert
51st
(1:32:08) and Theron Kissinger in 67th (1:37:03) to round out scoring.
Matthew Boyles was 74th (1:39:02) as the final American. 1996 Olympic
gold
medalist Jefferson Perez of Ecuador won the individual title in 1:21:26.
The U.S. women’s team scored 173 points to place 14th out of 15
teams in the
women’s 20km. Joanne Dow led the U.S. in 50th place (1:41:00), followed
by
Susan Armenta in 54th (1:42:14) and Jill Cobb in 69th (1:47:35). Russia
placed second, third and fourth to score 9 points and dominate the
competition, with Italy second (26) and Romania third (42). Italian Erica
Alfridi thrilled the partisan crowd with her win in 1:28:55.
The men’s 50km team did not place after Curt Clausen and Tim Seaman
did not
finish and Steve Quirke was disqualified. John Sochek was 59th for Team
USA
in the race in 4:48:02. Russia again flexed its race walk muscle by placing
first (Aleskey Voyevodin, 3:40:59), second and fourth to score 7 points,
well ahead of second-place France (59) and third-place China (78).
Burke to enter San Jose Hall of Fame
Three-time Olympic hammer thrower Ed Burke will be inducted into
the San
Jose Sports Hall of Fame on November at the Compaq Center in San Jose,
Calif.
Originally a football player at San Jose State University, Burke
made the
U.S. Olympic Team in 1964, 1968 and 1984, when he was flagbearer for the
U.S. delegation at Opening Ceremonies in Los Angeles. Coached by his wife,
Shirley, Burke was a three-time U.S. champion in the hammer from 1966
to
1968 and threw an American record of 235 feet, 11 inches at the ’67
Championships. His personal best of 243-11 came at Stanford University
in
1984.
In its eighth year, the San Jose Sports Hall of Fame recognizes
great
athletes and coaches of San Jose and Santa Clara County. Burke will join
Betty Hicks (golf), Dennis Awtrey (basketball), Craig Morton (football)
and
Carney Lansford (baseball) in being part of the Class of 2002. A bronze
relief of each inductee will be permanently displayed on the concourse
of
Compaq Center at San Jose.
Presented by the Private Banking Group of Comerica Bank, in cooperation
with
FOX Sports Net Bay Area, SBC Pacific Bell, Hewlett-Packard Company, and
San
Jose Magazine, a portion of the event proceeds will benefit the Silicon
Valley Region of Special Olympics.
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