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
► USATF Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships Highlights
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Grant High School 2009 All-Comers Track Meet
YOUTH DIVISION, HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION
OPEN DIVISION,MASTERS DIVISION, MEN AND WOMEN
DIRECTED BY Grant High School . ALL MEETS WILL BE HELD AT THE
GRANT HIGH SCHOOL Stadium. And will be timed by the Finish Lynx System
with results posted on http://www.dyestatcal.com.
DATES OF MEETS: February 7th, and 21st 2009
CHECK IN AT 9:00am
RUNNING EVENTS And FIELD EVENTS-11:00 A.M
OPEN – HIGH SCHOOL – SENIORS – AGE GROUP
400m relay
1500m
60HH/110 HH
400m
Shot Put
60/100m
Long Jump
800m
Pole Vault
300 IH
200m
Discus
2 mile
High Jump
1600m relay
Triple Jump
ENTRY – $5.00 PER ATHLETE & $2.00 PER SPECTATOR
ANYONE WHO ENTERS STADIUM
Please RSVP number of Athletes representing your organization along
with names and Events they will participate in,
Meet Information Contact: Lynn Reed (916) 397-3425 or Carl Reed 916-204-6319
E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
Grant High School
1400 Grand Ave. Sacramento, Ca 95838 Office 916-286-1000 Fax 916-286-1084
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PA’s Sorensen PR’s and Takes 2nd at Junior Nationals 10K Race WalkPacific Association’s Tyler Sorensen, Pleasanton Heat gets a PR and 2nd Place at the Junior Nationals in Eugene OR this past weekend competing in the 10,000m racewalk. Tyler walked an impressive 45:36.65 to secure himself on the Junior National Team at the age of 15 and the youngest on the team. Here’s a link to a great photo story, one to his flotrack.org interview, and you can view the race at this flotrack.org video. We shall see Tyler again when he goes for another Junior Olympic National title next month. He is the current national record holder for Youth Boy age record in the 3000m. Congratulations Tyler!!
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► North American Race Walking Institute “Give a Book” Program
North American Race Walking Institute “Give a Book” Program
From: Jeff Salvage <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2009 2:57:07 PM
Subject: [racewalking] Please Read: Simple way to help grow race walking
NARI – Give a Book Program
While the numbers of elite race walkers in America has dwindled for some time, a spotlight was placed on the problem at our recent 50K National Championships where only three competitors finished the race. While there are a great many factors that contributed to this light turnout, there is no question that we need to rebuild race walking in the United States if our sport is to continue.
Currently, there are many efforts throughout the country to try to revive race walking. Racewalk.com would like to help, so we’ve teamed up with NARI (North American Race Walking Institute) to help provide learning materials for youth and high school programs. In the past racewalk.com donated hundreds of “Walk Like an Athlete” books and a number of video sets to be distributed to coaches and athletes by NARI.
Now we are asking your help. The “Give a Book Program” is designed to help NARI fund and distribute additional books to coaches and young race walkers throughout the United States. Initially, our goal is to raise money to distribute 200 books between Maine, Texas and California. We picked these areas as they are areas where youth race walking is showing promise.
We ask that you make a donation so that books can be purchased at 1⁄2 the cover price and given to those who have the biggest impact on our sport; those coaching and learning it. Racewalk.com is making the books available at a considerable discount. For a tax deductible donation of $12, you can put a book (Race Walk Like a Champion, Full Color Edition) in the hands of a potential future Olympian. For $24, you double the chances. Please donate whatever you can to this worthy cause and help us turn the tide on our decreasing numbers.
Thanks,
Jeff Salvage
www.racewalk.com
► Twin Cities Marathon – 2009 USA Women’s Marathon Championships Minneapolis/St. Paul
Twin Cities Marathon – 2009 USA Women’s Marathon Championships
Minneapolis/St. Paul
October 4, 2009
Eight PA Women in Top 50 at Marathon Championships
Five Qualify for 2012 Olympic Marathon Trials; Mary Coordt 3rd Masters Woman
12 Brooke Wells San Francisco CA 2:40:07
24 Anne Bersagel Stanford CA 2:44:17
25 Mary Coordt Elk Grove CA 2:45:00 (3rd Masters)
26 Lisbet Sunshine San Francisco CA 2:45:11
32 Jaymee Marty Sacramento CA 2:46:29
37 Midori Sperandeo Folsom CA 2:47:15
50 Emily Bates San Francisco CA 2:50:39
► 2008 PAUSATF Road Standings
2008 PAUSATF Road Racing Standings
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► COOK AND SHIBUI WINNERS AT THE SAN FRANCISCO MARATHON
COOK AND SHIBUI WINNERS AT THE SAN FRANCISCO MARATHON
Mark Winitz
Media Coordinator, The San Francisco MarathonTM
Win-It!z Sports Public Relations
(650) 948-0618 – Direct
[email protected]The San Francisco Marathon
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Full results available online at:
www.runraceresults.com and www.runsfm.com
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – (July 26, 2009) – Andrew Cook, 28, of Flower
Mound, Tex. and Japan’s Yoko Shibui, 30, scored dominant victories at The
San Francisco Marathon(TM) today. Cook topped the men’s field in a
finishing time of 2 hours, 26 minutes, and 32 seconds for his third win
in this race. He also won in 2006 and 2007. Shibui won the women’s race
in 2:46:34 as she successfully tuned up for the marathon at the IAAF
World Championships in Berlin, Germany on August 23.
A record turnout of over 21,000 entrants participated in the marathon
(26.2 miles) and two accompanying half marathon (13.1 miles) races, plus
a 5K run/walk. Ideal, overcast conditions, with temperatures in the low
to mid 50s greeted the throng. Runners from all 50 U.S. states and 26
countries came to the City by the Bay for its world-famous marathon.
Both Cook’s and Shibui’s wins were convincing. By the 8-mile point on the
hilly, city-wide loop that includes an out-and-back segment over the
Golden Gate Bridge, Cook shed co-leader Allen Wagner (Huntington Valley,
Penn.) and then proceeded alone to the finish line near the Ferry
Building on the Embarcadero.
“It’s awesome to be a three-time winner here,” said Cook, who is a
history teacher and cross country coach at Flower Mound (Tex.) High
School. “But, mentally it was hard running most of the race alone. You
just want to try and push yourself and stay mentally tough. I kind of
fell apart a little over the last 10 miles. I was very happy to come out
on top today because Allen (Wagner) is very experienced.”
Wagner, whose personal best marathon of 2:18:25 is over a minute better
than Cook’s, faded to fifth place after making several porta-pottie
stops. 45-year-old Guillermo Gonzalez (Mexico/Pasadena, Calif.) captured
second place and the masters (age-40-and-over) men’s victory in a distant
2:33:55. Fritz Van de Kamp, 28, of Salt Lake City, Utah was third in
2:34:01. San Francisco’s Daniel Feldman, 26. was fourth in 2:35:15.
Japan’s Shibui demonstrated why she is the all-time seventh fastest
female marathoner in the world, with a blazing 2:19:41 personal best on
her resume. Despite using the race as a long training run in preparation
for the World Championships Marathon in Berlin, the Japanese star’s
margin at the finish line was 13 minutes ahead of former Santa Rosa High
School and Stanford University standout Julia Mallon (nee Stamps).
Mallon, who now resides in Miami, Fla. was second woman in 2:59:32.
Mexico’s Ligicz Ortega, 26, finished third in 3:02:29.
Shibui and her team of coaches and trainers have made Flagstaff, Ariz.
their training base for the past two months in preparation for the IAAF
World Championships marathon race. She wanted to briefly come down from
Flagstaff’s 7,000-foot altitude to test her fitness at sea level, but,
she found more variances in altitude than she expected in San Francisco.
“This is a very hard course,” Shibui commented through an interpreter
about the up-and-down San Francisco Marathon route. “It’s the toughest
course that I’ve ever run. It was much more hilly than I expected, but
overall it was a very good tune-up for me. I think if I was in top
condition, like I will be in a month, I would have run with the lead man
today.”
Women training at altitude for the World Championships also dominated the
competitive 2nd Half Marathon, which runs over the second half of San
Francisco’s marathon route. Tera Moody, 28, of Colorado Springs, Colo.
topped the women in 1:13:37 followed by second-placer Fiona Docherty, 33,
of New Zealand, who spends half the year training in Boulder, Colo.
Docherty finished in 1:17:25. Both Moody and Docherty will face each
other again as members of their respective USA and New Zealand national
teams in Berlin. Jessica Minty, 24, of Blowing Rock, N.C. made a
successful debut at the half marathon distance by placing third in
1:17:48. Masters standout Sylvia Mosqueda, 43, of Los Angeles was fourth
in 1:18:20.
Abiyot Endale, 23, an Ethiopian athlete who resides in New York, topped
the 2nd Half Marathon men in 1:07:36 followed by Miguel Nuci, 29, of
Turlock, Calif. in 1:07:58.
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About The San Francisco MarathonTM
The San Francisco Marathon enjoys success as the premier summertime
marathon in the U.S. San Francisco’s blend of natural beauty, big city
charm, and perfect mid-summer running temperatures, make marathon running
in San Francisco a truly magical experience. Race events include a full
marathon, two half marathons (choose a half), 5K, and Progressive
Marathon. The event’s unique Cause to Run program has raised over $10
million for local non-profit organizations since 2003. The San Francisco
Marathon’s Youth Run4Fun running program allows San Francisco’s
underprivileged youth, ages 7 to 17, to train for, and participate in,
the marathon’s events without cost.
The 2009 San Francisco Marathon is sponsored by CytoSport, Gu Energy
Gel, and Organs ‘R’ Us. Our partners include Committed 2 Community, The
San Francisco Marathon Training Program, Youth Run4Fun, The Big Rumble,
and the San Francisco Amateur Radio Club.
► 2009 CIM Comped Entry Information
PA/USATF Road Race Grand Prix
2009 California International Marathon Comped Entry Information
A special entry form for the CIM has been set up for PA runners who received 2009 Grand Prix comped entries
for the PA”s Long Division Grand Prix races
Please download the special entry posted at:
http://www.runcim.org/data/cim09specialentry.pdf
Fill it out and send it to the CIM office, per the instructions in the form.
Open women do not qualify for comped entries since the 2009 CIM
is a Grand Prix race for Open Men and Masters Men and Women only.
► Top Masters Sprinter Aaron Thigpen
Top Masters Sprinter Aaron Thigpen —
Looking Ahead to Sacramento’s 2010 & 2011 Masters Competitions
By Bob Burns
Helping people get faster is Aaron Thigpen’s business. He runs a training center for athletes in a variety of sports called Gamespeed. On his Web site, he says, “I live what I teach.”
That’s not some blustery ex-sprinter talking. A speedster at San Diego State who qualified for the 1992 U.S. Olympic Trials in the 200 meters, Thigpen, 44, has aged as well as any sprinter in the world. He holds the U.S. men’s 40-44 record in the 100 meters (10.73 seconds) and won the 60-meter dash by more than three-tenths of a second at the USA Masters Indoor Track & Field Championships in March.
“Speed is a skill,” Thigpen said. “It’s like anything else. Carpenters get older, but they still keep the skill. They might not be able to work as long as they used to, but they still know how to pound a nail. Athletes who don’t use that skill will lose it.”
Aside from a short break in his late 30s, Thigpen has never really stopped sprinting long enough to lose it. He clocked a remarkable 10.34 in the 100 meters when he was 38 years old – not all that far off his career best of 10.18.
“Once I got to 40, I knew there would be masters track,” Thigpen said. “Masters doesn’t demand as much time as professional track did. I just go on the track two days a week and the weight room once or twice a week. That’s enough to keep me competitive. On the flip side, my body can’t handle that volume any more.”
Thigpen took a leave of absence from his job running a construction personnel firm to take one last crack at making the Olympic Trials in 1995. He didn’t run fast enough to qualify for the Trials, but he did look at what he wanted to do with the next 10 or 20 years of his life. Since he had been coaching people since his days at San Diego State, he decided to start his own sports performance business.
“My niche is that I help raise the athleticism of people … their speed, power, agility and movement,” Thigpen said. “I take the specific sport into account when I customize a training program. For instance, speed for a baseball player doesn’t require a fast 40-yard dash, and speed for a catcher is different from speed for a middle infielder.”
While he understands the ins and outs of sprinting, Thigpen doesn’t have a ready answer for why he’s been able to maintain his speed for so long.
“If I knew, I’d bottle it,” he said. “I just love to compete, and it keeps me going.”
Bill Collins, the highly decorated sprinter who at 51 became the oldest man to break 11 seconds in the 100 meters, is glad to see Thigpen keep going.
“He’s one of the best up-and-coming masters athletes of my time,” Collins said. “You can tell Aaron loves what he does. Many athletes with his reputation feel that paying your way to a masters track meet is beneath him. We’re finally moving beyond that point, and it’s refreshing to see the younger runners with great ability continue.”
Thigpen holds Collins in something close to awe.
“I look at Bill Collins and I’m like, Wow. Part of what keeps me going is the challenge of setting records, but Bill keeps putting them out of reach,” Thigpen said. “He’s killing me.
“But it’s not just about records. They don’t last. I’m having more fun running masters than I ever did before. You leave behind the politics, the posturing and the drugs, hopefully. You run and hang out with your buddies. Track and field is a way for a bunch of guys to get together and have fun.”
Thigpen, who lives in Brentwood with his wife and two children, plans to skip this summer’s USA Masters meet in Wisconsin to gear up for three big meets in 2010 and 2011. The 2010 USA Masters Outdoor Championships will be held in Sacramento, as will the 2011 World Masters Association (WMA) Championships. The 2010 WMA Indoor Championships will be held in Kamloops, British Columbia.
“I’ve talked to guys who haven’t been racing for years who are interested in running in Sacramento,” he said. “I’m also looking forward to moving up to the 45-49 class. They get a lot of participation in that group.”
Thigpen says he plans to stay in top shape at least long enough to coach his son and daughter when they get to high school. Since they’re 11 and 8, respectively, it doesn’t sound as though Thigpen is planning to shut it down anytime soon.
“I’ve trained people this long, I’d at least like the opportunity to coach my kids,” he said.
He’ll lead them the say way he leads his business clients – by example.
► USATF Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships Highlights
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USATF to ramp up anti-doping education and testing for youth athletesUSA Track & Field will heighten anti-doping education initiatives at its three youth national championships in 2008 and will begin in-competition drug testing at the 2009 championship events. The programs are a partnership with the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency and are tied to USATF’s Zero Tolerance anti-doping initiative and Win With Integrity youth outreach program. At the 2008 USA Youth Outdoor Track & Field Championships, USATF National Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships and USATF National Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships, USATF will work with USADA to distribute educational materials on drug testing, will conduct town hall meetings for parents and coaches to learn more about anti-doping efforts, and will require athletes in the Youth, Intermediate, and Young divisions to view USADA’s Doping Control Process video which highlights the processes and procedures that occur during an in-competition drug test. USATF will also work with USADA to further promote USADA’s 100% Me, My Choices Matter campaign, which focuses on equipping young athletes with knowledge and skills to make responsible, ethical, and healthy choices. In 2009, formal drug testing at the USATF youth championships will be conducted for athletes in the Intermediate (15-16 years old) and Young Men/Woman (17-18) divisions. American athletes in the Intermediate and Young divisions have always been subject to drug testing when competing in the USA Junior Championships, IAAF World Youth Championships, and IAAF World Junior Championships. USATF hopes that by adding the educational programs and the drug testing at the youth events the athletes will be provided with the information and experience necessary to compete drug-free at the highest levels of competition and in life. “We are pleased to be moving forward with new education initiatives in partnership with USADA,” said USATF President/Acting CEO Bill Roe. “Athletes at younger and younger ages are feeling the pressure to enhance their performances by any means possible, and we need to let them, their coaches, and parents know that we are here to help them stay away from unethical and potentially dangerous choices.” “In keeping with USATF’s Zero Tolerance initiative, we felt that it is critical to send a strong message to our young athletes, their parents, and our youth club coaches that the use of drugs is wrong and will not be tolerated in our sport,” stated Lionel Leach USATF Youth Athletics Committee Chair. “We feel that a strong educational program that includes in-person education and more information distributed via e-mail and the internet would provide us with the foundation to move forward in 2009 with formal drug testing.” For more information on USATF’s youth, Zero Tolerance and Win With Integrity programs, visit www.usatf.org Contact:
Jill Geer Director of Communications USA Track & Field 317-713-4663 |