World Cross Country Championships
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Team USA Junior Men Take 9th

• Team USA 9th of 15 teams with 178 points
• Collegian Kiel Uhl is first from Team USA in 36th (25:31) out of 98 starters.
• KY prep Michael Eaton is 60th (26:39). Other team finishers include Andrew Bumbalough 41st (25:41), Scott MacPherson 49th (26:13), Jordan McDougal 52nd (26:26). Chris Barnicle did not finish.
• With the 1-2 finish of Mangata Kimai Ndiwa (23:53) and Leonard Patrick Komon (23:54) , coming from behind to beat Tariku Bekele (23:56; Kenenisa's brother), KEN edges ETH, 16-24 for team title.
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Team USA Junior Women Finish 8th - Go to Women's Page

• Team USA 8th of 12 teams with 146 points
• In a field of 78, collegians McKayla Plank (32nd-21:15) and Erin Bedell (35th-21:20) lead the way, followed by preps Kauren Tarver CA (39th-21:26), Nicole Blood CA (40th-21:28), and Marie Lawrence NV (53rd-22:05), and collegian Madeline McKeever (68th-22:52).
• Kenya goes 1-2-3-4 to win with 10 points, followed by Ethiopia (29) and Japan (58).
• Pauline Chemning Korikwiang of Kenya wins in 19:27 for 6k.

Feature by Paul Merca on Team USA Preps

US Senior Men 4k Flash Report

• Team USA 5th of 21 teams (first non-African team), led by Adam Goucher 6th 11:02.
• More Team USA: Ryan Hall 19th 11:18, Jorge Torres 27th 11:21, Dan Lincoln 28th 11:21, Ian Dobson 33rd 11:25, Luke Watson 57th 11:35 in field of 130.
• Kenenisa Bekele ETH wins again 10:54 to Issac Songok KEN 10:55, but Kenya wins team title, 21-48 over ETH.

US Senior Women 8k Flash Report

• Team USA 5th of 15 teams (first non-African team), led by Blake Russell 11th 26:23.
• More Team USA: Katie McGregor 21st 26:46, Sara Slattery 26th 26:51, Colleen DeReuck 33rd 27:07, Renee Metivier 49th 27:37, Sharon Dickie-Thompson 59th 27:54.
• Favorite Tirunesh Dibaba ETH overcomes a side-stitch and comes from behind to top Lornah Kiplagat NED, 25:21-25:26. ETH easily wins team title with 16 points to KEN's 39.

4 high school runners are on Team USA

Nicole Blood, who won the US Nationals in New York (right), leads the US junior women, along with two other high school runners, Marie Lawrence of Nevada and Kauren Tarver of California. The lone high school runner on the US junior men's team is Michael Eaton.   photo by Vic Sailer / PhotoRun

Marie Lawrence, Nicole Blood and Kauren Tarver work out in Fukuoka

photo by Mike Scott

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