Big Racing Weekend

Well it was a big racing in Pennsylvania. With two huge meets going on different ends of Route 45. One is at Penn State, the Penn State National Invitational, and the other was at Buckenll, the Bison Open. There were fast times Firday at Saturday at both meets.

Andy Mazur got the weekend started off to a great start by finishing in fourth place in the Nittany Valley Mile with a 4:58.11. It was an 8-second improvement from his race two weeks ago.

Next up was Miesha Marzell in the invitational section in of the 5000m. She kept the fourth place feeling going as she turned in strong time of 17:06.27.

After Miesha, Artie Gilkes toed the line in the men's invitational section of the 5000m. After his strong performance in the First Night 5k, Artie raced to a 9th place finish in 14:55.80.

Now to Saturday's racing which included an array of fast 3ks and miles at both places. At the Bison Open, the Deep Six Racing team had a strong day in which many athletes turned in season's bests performances. Watch the videos and see the results from the team. Since there are videos to watch, I will not spoil you with the results from their races.

Back to the Penn State meet. Rebecca Donaghue kept her impressive season by bringing home a victory in the women's invitational 3k. She ran 9:22.46 to win by 17 seconds.

Dan Mazzocco also turned in stellar perfromance in the invitational 3k by running 8:16.76 for 5th place.

Ryan Olkowski had a strong second day of the heptathlon and just missed his facility record with a score of 5724 to win the event by almost 600 points. With his effort he qualified for the US Indoor Combined Events Championship on March 3-4. The event is being held at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The performance of the day was turned in by Matt Lincoln as he won the mile in 3:59.39. It was his first sub-4 performance.

Congratulations and thanks to all the athletes for putting on many strong performances throughout the weekend.

Women's Results
Men's Results

Donaghue runs ...At New Balance Invite

Rebecca Donaghue eastablished a new pr in the mile with her 4:41.27 at the New Balance Games held at the Armory in New York. The video of the race shows Donaghue attacking from the gun and working hard to get her new pr.

Marzell, Mazur run well at PSU

Big racing weekend at Penn State this weekend in the Penn State Open. In the Nittany Valley Mile, Andy Mazur raced to seventh place finish.

While in the the fast heat of the women's mile, Miesha Marzell finished in second place.

Tegenkamp Talks about his Winter Training

Matt Tegenkamp discusses his winter training, married life, and his plans for the upcoming season.

Tegenkamp Talks

Donaghue heads to NYC

Rebecca Donaghue will be racing the mile at the New Balance Games on January 20th at the Armory. This will be her first race since her record setting performance at the First Night 5k. She will be battling a very strong international field. Good luck Rebecca and keep up the excellent season!

Women's Field
21. Carmen Douma - Canada
22. Sara Hall - USA
23. Hilary Stellingwerff - Canada
24. Amy Mortimer - USA
25. Megan Metcalf - Canada
26. Katrina Wooton - England
27. Mary Cullen - Ireland
28. Marina Muncan - Bulgaria
29. Aziza Aliyu - Ethiopia
30. Roisin McGettigan - Ireland
31. Keira Carlstrom - USA
32. Rebecca Donaghue - USA
33. Nikeya Green - USA

US Half Marathon Championships brings new American Record for Ryan Hall

Ryan Hall won the U.S. Half Marathon Championship on Sunday in Houston. His time of 59:43 established a new American Record by more than 70 seconds (old record: Mark Curp- 1:00:55, Philadelphia, 1985). He was by himself for pretty much the whole race.


Video of the race and other festivities from the weekend are courtesy of FloCasts. Here is a photo gallery of his performance.

USATF Bio
Wikipedia Bio
HS Interview

Gulden Relays

Well the first meet has come and gone. Here are the videos from the meet. We had a solid first day and it gave us a lot to build on for the next meet in two weeks. Everyone is progressing very well.

Men's Results
Women's Results

Matt in the 3k
Rick in the 3k
Katherine in the Mile
Alex, Jake, and Ian in the Mile

First Night 5k Resolution Run

State College's fastest couple, Artie Gilkes and Rebecca Donaghue, torched the roads on New Year's Eve in the First Night 5k Resolution Run. Artie and Rebecca finished first and second, respectively, in the race overall. With their efforts, they established two new course records, Artie in 15:15 and Rebecca in 16:29. Rebecca also established a new event. Congratulations to them and all of the other participants for racing well and bringing in the New Year fast and in style.