Team USA Monterey Bay's Carney Places Fourth at U.S. 10K Championships;
Nagelkerke Joins Team
MONTEREY, Calif. - (November 6, 2004) - Team USA Monterey Bay's James
Carney earned a fourth-place finish at today's Food World Senior Bowl
Charity Run in Mobile, Ala. Ryan Bak, also of Team USAMB, placed 33rd in
30:33. The event served as the USA National Road 10K Championship for USA
Track & Field for the fifth consecutive year. Carney's finished in 29
minutes flat, three seconds behind New Mexico's Chad Hubbard on the flat
and fast road course.
Carney, 26, of Marina, Calif. earned his highest placing to date in a
U.S. championship race. Last July, he placed sixth in the 10,000-meter
event at the USA Track & Field Olympic Team Trials in Sacramento. Carney
was ranked 17th in the U.S. at 10,000m during the 2004 outdoor track
season during which he ran a 28:31.16 personal best.
Carney and Bak competed in a strong field in Mobile that included nine
men who have run under 28:30 for 10K. Chad Pearson of Raleigh, NC was
crowned the men's U.S. 10K Champion, finishing first overall in 28:33.
Recent Stanford University standout Adam Tenforde of Palo Alto, Calif.
was second in 28:50.
A recent graduate of North Carolina State, Pearson entered the race with
a plan to make his move at 4 miles, and he did just that. He pulled away
from a lead pack that included Carney. Running at just over 4:30 per mile
pace, the group passed 4 miles in 18:32. Pearson then put in a strong
surge that quickly separated him from his competitors. A purse of $25,000
was up for grabs among Americans in the men's championship race, with
$7,500 going to first, $5,000 for second and $3,500 for third. Prize
money was distributed through the top 15 places. For more, see the USA
Track & Field web site, www.usatf.org.
Nagelkerke Joins Team
Also, Team USA Monterey Bay announced today that Scott Nagelkerke has
been selected by Head Coach Bob Sevene as an addition for its men's team.
Nagelkerke, 23, joins Carney, Bak, and Fasil Bizuneh as a full-time
resident at the team's training headquarters at California State
University, Monterey Bay.
At Colorado's Western State College, Nagelkerke won two NCAA Division II
indoor 5,000-meter titles (2003, 2004) and was a two-time (2003, 2004)
NCAA II indoor mile runner-up. Outdoors, he was the NCAA II 5,000-meter
champion in 2003. This year, Nagelkerke set a personal best of 13:48.91
for 5,000 meters at the Cardinal Invitational at Stanford University on
April 30. His additional personal records include 3:48.30 for 1500-meters
(outdoors) and 4:04.23 for one mile (indoors). For Team USA Monterey Bay,
Nagelkerke will compete for the first time as a post collegian this
winter in cross country and on the indoor track.
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REMINDER: Pick up the 2005 wall calendar "Strength and Grace: Monterey
Bay Women Athletes" and contribute to Team USA Monterey Bay's fall/winter
fundraising drive. Go to csumb.edu/teamusa on the web for details.
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Team USA Monterey Bay, Inc. a 501(c)(3) nonprofit public benefit
organization, operates a year-round training center at California State
University, Monterey Bay to develop, support, and promote U.S. distance
runners capable of winning medals in Olympic and World Championship
competition. The organization is also committed to creating role models
for the general community who promote physical fitness and a positive and
productive lifestyle for people of all ages. On the Web: csumb.edu/teamusa
