July 2010 News

Skirt Chaser 5k Race Series Expands to Vancouver, WA

July 12, 2010

From Press Release Skirt Chaser 5k Race Series presented by Skirt Sports (www.skirtsports.com) expands to Vancouver on Saturday, August 7, 2010 at Esther Short  Park. For the benefit of The Arc of Clark County, the inaugural Vancouver event will begin at 5:00 p.m. with the women’s start. Three minutes later, men are invited to “catch them if they can.” The top three finishers take home cash prizes, regardless of gender.  The race finishes with a …more »

Chris Harig of Issaquah, WA Earns USAT Long Course Duathlon National Title

July 12, 2010

From USAT Press Release Chris Harig (Issaquah, Wash.) and Kirsten Chapman (Edmond, Okla.) outdistanced the field to claim overall national titles Saturday at the 2010 USA Triathlon Long Course Duathlon National Championship, which was held in conjunction with the Draper Lake Duathlons. Chapman, who also captured the women’s 45-49 age group crown, held off fellow 45-49 competitor Julie Deery (Bala Cynwyd, Pa.) to win the 10k-69k-10k event in a time of 3 hours, 28 minutes, …more »

Race Report: 2010 Hagg Lake Olympic Triathlon

July 12, 2010

Submitted by Dave Campbell The Hagg Lake Triathlon remains to me the quintessential Northwest Triathlon. Scenic, tough, unique, and seemingly all the tri heroes of each era have had their day here, since it has been around such a long time! Over the past three decades, this venue has hosted Bud Light series races, national championships, and in its most recent incarnation…the TRI NorthWest Regional Olympic Distance Championship. I think I have raced on this …more »

Pre Classic Wrap: Kiprop Leads 20 Under Four Minutes in Bowerman Mile

July 3, 2010

By David Monti (c) 2010 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved On a magnificent day of middle distance running at the 36th Prefontaine Classic, Olympic 1500m champion Asbel Kiprop of Kenya won the Bowerman Mile, the fastest of 20 men in two races to dip under the four-minute barrier here today. Today’s meet was the sixth stop of the 2010 Samsung Diamond League series, and the second and final meeting of the series in the …more »