Relive the 2014 USATF Outdoor Track & Field Championships!
Presented by The Pacific Association/USATF and the Sacramento Sports Commission
HELPFUL LINKS
NEWS
Updated July 8, 2014
- Links to Videos of Championships Action
- Spectacular Slide Show of Championships Action from Sacramento Sports Commission Photographer Bryan Patrick
- Capitol Shot Put Men’s Final; Entire Event
- Capitol Shot Put Women’s Final
- News 10 Interview with Michelle Carter
- FloTrack Results and Interviews
- Bernard Lagat 5,000m Win
- Conley/Hasay 10,000m Battle
- Galen Rupp’s 10,0000m Win
- Huddle takes on Rowbury for the 5,000m Win
- Highlights of Men’s and Women’s 100m. Michael Rodgers and Tianna Bartoletta win.
- 2014 USA Track & Field Outdoor Championships Overview
- Day 2 Report from KCRA News
- Is Sac on Track for more Track & Field? by Alice Voisin, courtesy of the Sacramento Bee
- Day 5: Tarmoh finally earns 200 meter title. by Mark Winitz
- Is Sac back on track for more events? courtesy of the Sacramento Bee
- Kori Carter wins first national title in 400-meter hurdles courtesy of the Sacramento Bee
- Sacramento Bee Final News & Notes featuring PA’s Stephanie Brown Trafton’s Return to Competition
- Day 5 News & Notes courtesy of the Sacramento Bee
- Photo Galleries courtesy of the Sacramento Bee
- Day 4: Day Four Yields Solid Performances at 2014 USA Track & Field Outdoor Championships. by Mark Winitz
- Day 4 News courtesy of the Sacramento Bee
- Day 3: Huddle and Rowbury Wage Memorable Duel for 5,000 meter crown. by Mark Winitz
- Golden West Invitational Results
- Echo Summit Dedication Press coverage
- KCRA Video: “Paying tribute to Olympic heroes in Echo Summit”
- Mountain Democrat: “Protest duo at documentary showing”
- Tahoe Daily Tribune: “Olympians return to Echo Summit”
- USATF News: “1968 Olympians Return to Echo Summit”
- Day 2: Conley and Rupp Garner 10,000 meter Titles. by Mark Winitz
- Kim Conley wins W10,000m: Press Release from John Schumacher
- Juniors Star in Decathlon on Day 2: Press Release from Fred Baer
- Michelle Carter at the Capitol Shot Put from Joe Davis, Sacramento Bee
- Day 1 – Capitol Shot Put: In Depth Article by Mark Winitz
- Pacific Association Athletes Competing at the US Outdoor TF Championships List
- Californians Competing at the US Outdoor TF Championships List (courtesy of Mark Winitz)
- Sacramento Bee’s very helpful Guide to 2014 USA Track & Field Outdoor Championships
- Event schedule for the US Outdoor TF Championships is posted: Check it out!
- Event schedule for the US Outdoor TF Championships is posted: Check it out!
- Local favorite Kim Conley will compete in the 10,000m. Run the Billy Mills 10K (7 pm, 6/26) and then stay to cheer her on! Entry to the Billy Mills 10K includes a ticket for the Nationals June 26 events.
- Echo Summit Track Dedication to be held the morning of June 27. Press Release
- “Capitol Shot” will kick off Championships… at the State Capitol on June 25! Read more.
- 2-Day TF Champs Tickets Are Now Available
- TF Outdoor Champs to host Billy Mills 10K on June 26, 7 pm, before the TF Champs 10,000m event. Entry includes TF Champs ticket!
- 55th Annual Golden West Invitational will be held in conjunction with National Outdoor TF Championships on Saturday, June 28.
- Click HERE for online ticket sales.
- Tickets are available!
- Official USATF Press Release
- FloTrack.com Report
- KCRA News Report
- Sacramento Bee Report
► PA USATF Assoc. Newletter with important information about membership renewals, 2017 National Convention and more!
► XC Matt Yeo Aggies XC Open: Air Quality Update
The race will be run. With the wind off of the Delta river, the smoke is not a problem. There is a chance of a light rain Thursday night. This will definitely improve the air quality index. Looking forward to seeing everyone at the race on Saturday, 10/21!
► RR Important notice regarding the Humboldt Redwoods Half Marathon
Due to the wildfires/natural disasters in northern California creating unforeseen hazardous and unsafe travel conditions, the PA LDR executive committee has decided that the Humboldt Redwoods Half Marathon will NOT be a Championship event in 2017, and will NOT be scored for either team or individual points. There will also be no PA dedicated prize money awarded for PA teams or individuals. The event will be effectively dismissed from the 2017 Grand Prix schedule.
Please note that the event is not cancelled, and athletes may decide to continue to compete in the event, but it is by their own decision.
► RR PA-connected Jordan Hasay sets Personal Best at Chicago Marathon
Jordan Hasay from San Luis Obispo/Arroyo Grande was a USATF Junior Olympic top performer as she matured into her collegiate and post-collegiate running career. Check out this report from Race Results Weekly about her outstanding performance at the Chicago Marathon yesterday. PHOTO: Jordan Hasay finishes third at the 2017 Bank of America Chicago Marathon in 2:20:57 to become the second-fastest American woman of all time (photo by Jane Monti for Race Results Weekly)
RUPP, DIBABA DOMINATE AT BANK OF AMERICA CHICAGO MARATHON
By David Monti, @d9monti
(c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved
CHICAGO (08-Oct) — With powerful second half performances, Galen Rupp and Tirunesh Dibaba won the Bank of America Chicago Marathon here handily, overwhelming strong fields on a warm and sunny day that saw some of the world’s best runners drop out. They recorded times of 2:09:20 and 2:18:31, respectively, in what was the 40th edition of America’s second-largest marathon. Also, Rupp became the first American man to win here since Khalid Khannouchi in 2002.
Close behind Dibaba in third place, American Jordan Hasay ran a sensational 2:20:57 in just her second marathon, making her the second-fastest American woman of all time behind only Deena Kastor. She topped Joan Samuelson’s USA course record here of 2:21:21 set back in 1985.
SLOW START FOR THE MEN
In the third consecutive edition of this race with no pacemakers, none of the top men were keen to push the pace in the early kilometers. American Aaron Braun, who wanted to run in the 2:11 to 2:12 range, led a 27-man lead pack through 5 km in a tepid 15:43, a 2:12:37 pace. That pack stayed largely intact through halfway and things barely picked up with a half-marathon split 1:05:49. That was fine with Rupp.
“Coming in, taking to my coaches, my plan was to be invisible for the first 20, 22 miles,” Rupp told reporters after the race. “Here I think it was really important for me to sit back, relax and conserve energy.”
Although the temperature was a comfortable 15C at the start, the sun was out and Chicago’s open course offers very little shade. The top athletes started to glisten with sweat, and some of the top names in the field were having trouble keeping up and had to drop out. Stanley Biwott, the 2015 TCS New York City Marathon champion, was with the leaders at 25 km, but wouldn’t make it to the 30 km checkpoint. World record holder Dennis Kimetto was leading at halfway, but soon after was seen by race spotters limping on the side of the course and never made it to 25 km.
Rupp, however, was feeling comfortable and was content to wait.
“You know, I hadn’t really planned out when I was going to go,” he said in his post-race television interview. “I definitely wanted to wait, at least 20 miles, 22 miles. The longer the better. I’ve made the mistake in the past of going too hard, too soon; you’ve still got a long way to go, several miles. So, I really wanted to wait.”
At the 30 km checkpoint, ten men were still in contention: Rupp, defending champion Abel Kirui, Bernard Kipyego, half-marathon world record holder Zersenay Tadese, Ezekiel Chebii, Chris Derrick, Olympic silver medalist Feyisa Lilesa, Sisay Lemma, Sam Chelanga and Stephen Sambu. Rupp decided to wait for the 35th kilometer before upping the tempo, and the race got serious in a hurry. The 35th kilometer went down in 2:50, and by the 35 km checkpoint only Rupp, Kirui, Lemma, Kipyego and Sambu were left. Rupp decided it was time to go for the kill.
“At that point, you have to be all in,” Rupp explained. “You can’t think you’re going to go and back off. You have to drive all the way to the finish line.”
Rupp ran the five kilometers through 40 km in 14:25, easily the fastest 5 km segment of the race, putting the race out of reach. For good measure, he ran the 41st kilometer in 2:38, the fastest kilometer of the race. He ran his second half in 1:03:30.
“It’s just incredible,” Rupp said of the feeling of breaking the finish line tape here in the city where his father grew up. “You know, you train so hard year-in and year-out, day-in and day out. To have a race like this where it all comes together and be able to win in a city which is such a special place for me given that my dad grew up here. Words can’t describe the feeling of crossing the line, seeing my family, my coach.”
Kirui was a clear second in 2:09:48, and Kipyego passed Lemma to take third, 2:10:23 to 2:11:01. Sambu, who made his debut here last year, finished fifth in 2:11:07. Back in ninth place, American Chris Derrick made a successful marathon debut in 2:12:50, and Lilesa finished 14th in 2:14:49.
DIBABA ON CRUISE CONTROL
Dibaba, who made an exceptional marathon debut at the Virgin Money London Marathon last April in 2:17:56 –the fifth-fastest performance of all time– was the leader of the women’s race from the gun. She was intent on running fast first, then would worry about sorting out the top places later.
“I actually wasn’t running against anyone, but was just running to improve my personal best,” Dibaba told reporters later with the help of an interpreter.
Dibaba ran the first four 5-kilometer segments in 16:08, 16:20, 16:34, and 16:33, and hit halfway in 1:08:48. Four other women managed to hold that pace: defending champion Florence Kiplagat, Brigid Kosgei, Valentine Kipketer, and Hasay. The group was running at a 2:18:22 pace, and Hasay decided that she should try to hang on, despite running well under American record pace.
“One of the reasons I went with the lead pack today is that I wanted to be up there,” Hasay explained. “I could have run my own pace today (but), I think it’s important to show we can compete with them. Obviously, it can be really intimidating.”
Dibaba’s next three 5-kilometer segments just couldn’t be matched by her competitors: 16:24, 16:29, and 16:22 through 35-K. Kiplagat never made it to 30-K and dropped out. Kosgei managed to stay close through 30-K, but then had to let go and would finish second in a personal best 2:20:22. Kipketer struggled, slowed badly, and ended up fifth in 2:28:05.
Hasay, in perhaps her most determined effort of her career, hung on and talked her way through the final kilometers. She said she thought of her late mother and the hard workouts she had done under coach Alberto Salazar. Positive self-talk was the key, she said.
“The whole last part was really tough,” Hasay admitted. She continued: “I just tried to go mile by mile.”
Hasay’s 2:20:57 was extraordinary. She had only run her marathon debut last April in Boston in an impressive 2:23:00, and to drop that time by over two minutes was surprising, especially for the 26 year-old athlete who is originally from Arroyo Grande, Calif.
“I’m really grateful,” Hasay said. “I always hoped I’d be great at the marathon.” She continued: “For this to go so well, this is in some ways a relief.”
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