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2007 Race Information Race Description:The Energy Solutions Junior 10K race run in conjunction with the Deseret Morning News 10K is run on Tuesday, July 24 - Utah’s biggest day of the year – Pioneer Day. Pioneer Day commemorates when the Mormon Pioneers first came into the valley with the races and a huge parade. The 10k has been run since 1983 and the marathon, that is run on the same day, has been run on Pioneer Day since 1970. The course is run in front of 200,000 people along the parade route. Last year the race directors provided uniform tops for the "Utah", World, and USA teams. This year the race directors will be doing state teams with Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado and possibly other state teams represented if other state teams get involved as well as high school teams and individuals. The elite junior entrants will be given elite status in the front of the race at the start. 2006
Race Coverage 2006 Race Recap: by Marc Davis
After an evening of stormy showers, some of the top high school harriers from around the Mountain and Pacific Northwest Regions gathered on an early holiday morning in Salt Lake City to do battle over 10,000 meters on the roads. The race started prompty at 6am, with temperatures still hovering around 80+ degrees (it had been over 100+ degrees the last several days for a high). With the sun just barely coming up over the Wasatch Mountain range, the Energy Solutioins Junior 10k Road Championships got under way. In the men's field, recent 2-mile Nike Outdoor Champion runner-up Matt Tebo went out with the leaders; which had a few open elite athletes competing, including recent NCAA Steeplechase Champion Josh McAdams (BYU). With an elevation drop of 700 feet – 4900 feet to 4200 feet - mile splits were reaching down in the low 4:30's. Only Tebo and Adam McDonald could keep up with the torrid downhill pace, as Dan Geib and Ben Sitler laid off the pack about 50 meters. Once the course leveled off around the 4 to 5 mile markers, even Tebo could not keep up with the finishing stride of overall winner Miles Batty (29:47). Second place went to Patrick Smyth (29:54), while Tebo finished first for high schoolers (30:09), with Adam McDonald in fourth (30:39) and Dan Geib at 5th (31:08). "Yeah, most of us have already shut it down for the season. I took some time off, and will now just get ready for the upcoming cross country season", said Tebo. The New Mexico star is expected to be one of the leading contenders for the 2006 edition of the Foot Locker National Championships. In the men's team competition, Team USA (Matt Tebo, Dan Geib, Ben Sitler, and Richard Medina) ran away with the crown; scoring just 8 points (top 3 score). They were followed by Team Utah (Adam McDonald, Connor Kamm, and Kyle McKenna) with 13 points. And Team Idaho (Bennett Grimes, Chio Lopez, Geoff Williams, and Ben Larsen) finished up third overall with 27 points. The women's race saw Kim Quinn (Bingham High School - UT) a clear victor in a time of 36:28; almost a minute up on second place finisher Kacee Hildebrnadt (37:20) (unattached). Erin Fuller from Team Utah was almost another minute back in 38:11, while Lauren Spence (39:38) (unattached) and Samantha McMillan (39:41) (Team Utah) rounded out the top 5 places. "This was a real fun race. I will do another road race in a few weeks, and then get ready for the fall", said Quinn. The team competition in the womens field had Team Utah (Erin Fuller, Samantha McMillan, and Krystal Harper) running away with the title at 15 points. While Team Idaho (Anne Lovelace, Stephanie Johnson, Erica Wendt, and Sarah Olesen) finished in 2nd place, and Team Wyoming (Ashlen Nimmo, Wendy O'Lexey, Jenna Allais, and Annie Zancanella) in 3rd with 25 points. SEE THE VIDEO - CLICK HERE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Race Preview - CLICK HERE Startlist - CLICK HERE
Course description: Very fast, downhill point-to-point course with only the last mile flat. (Start is at 4900 feet with the finish at 4200 feet.) There are three aid stations over the course. This is an opportunity to run a very fast 10k. The race starts at Research Park at the University of Utah and finishes at Liberty Park. Parking is abundant at Research Park and there will be shuttles taking athletes back to their car from the finish. Race Description:The Energy Solutions Junior 10K race run in conjunction with the Deseret Morning News 10K is run on Monday, July 24 - Utah’s biggest day of the year – Pioneer Day. Pioneer Day commemorates when the Mormon Pioneers first came into the valley with the races and a huge parade. The 10k has been run since 1983 and the marathon, that is run on the same day, has been run on Pioneer Day since 1970. The course is run in front of 200,000 people along the parade route. Last year the race directors provided uniform tops for the "Utah", World, and USA teams. This year the race directors will be doing state teams with Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado and possibly other state teams represented as well as high school teams and individuals. The elite junior entrants will be given elite status in the front of the race at the start.
Time of Race: 6 am Typical Race Temperatures: High 60’s to the low 70’s to rise a few degrees by the end of the race. Awards: Beautiful trophies will be presented to the top three high school team in each gender. Medals will presented to the top 10 boys and top 10 girls. The awards ceremony will be at the finish area at Liberty Park immediately following the race. Entry Fees: Entry is $27 per athlete and $22 per athlete registered with a team. For each team entered, the race director will waive the entry fee for the coach if he wants to run and his team will get be able to register for $22.00 instead of $27.00. It is necessary for a team to send in their money and entries together and register with Sam Wood ([email protected]) or call him at 801-580-8326 rather than register through the website. For More information, go to http://www.desnews.com/run or
email the race directors, Bob Wood at [email protected] or
call 801-333-7473 or Sam Wood at [email protected] or
call 801-580-8326 The field for the 2006 Energy Solutions Junior 10k will include the following runners (early committments):
Other Top Runners scheduled to compete individually for their respective high schools:
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(Please note that the 2005 junior race consisted
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