USA XC Championships

Well the USA XC Championships in Boulder lived up to its billing. It was a great day of racing. The Deep Six Racing Post-Race Interviews will be posted soon. Here is a coverage from a variety of sources.

In the Junior Women's 6k race Katherine Ward finished in 39th place to start out our day. Next up was the Junior Men 8k, the Deep Six Racing team finished in third place. We were led by Rick Koubek in 51st, and then followed by Matt Kisenwether in 55th, Alex Krichels in 65th, and Jake Reddington in 66th. Next up was Miesha Marzell who finished an impressive 22nd in the Senior Women's 8k. And lastly in the Senior Men's 12k, James Carney finished in 8th place, while losing his shoe in the last 400m, to qualify for national team to represent the US at the World XC Championships, and Ian McLaren finished in 128th.

Results

ESPN video footage of the Junior Men and the Senior Women
ESPN video footage of the Junior Women and Senior Men
Flocasts coverage of the USA XC Championships, complete with race footage, pre- and post-race interviews.
Photos from the championship on the usatf.org site.

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

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.