By David Monti (c) 2012 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved, used with permission Running in only her second marathon, Shalane Flanagan showed a mastery of the distance in winning the USA Olympic Marathon Trials here today. Flanagan, 30, who is coached by Jerry Schumacher within the Nike-sponsored Oregon Track Club Elite, ran with the leaders from the gun, but saved enough energy to pull away from her primary rival, Desiree Davila, at the 40-K …more »
Race Reports
Oregon’s Bak Named USATF Athlete of the Week After Running 2:14:17 at California International Marathon
December 7, 2011From USATF Press Release – Bak finished second overall and well under the U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Marathon standard of 2:19:00. Bak ran a near even race as he came through the halfway point in 1:07:17. “I was elated and very happy to finish second and run as fast as I did,” Bak said. “I hit halfway and felt very comfortable. As each mile clicked off I felt great. With 10 km to go, …more »
Oregon’s Max King Wins Fourth Straight XTERRA Trail Run World Title, Idaho’s Morgan Arritola Tops Women’s Field
December 5, 2011From XTERRA Press Release – King, 31, won the XTERRA Trail Run World title for the fourth consecutive year, this time topping a record field at Kualoa Ranch, Oahu, Hawaii, on Sunday, December 4. More than 2,000 runners from around world participated in the event, and in keeping with the tradition, none of them came close to King. King, an Olympic marathon hopeful from Bend, Oregon, completed the 21.9-kilometer course (13.6 miles) in 1 hour, …more »
Preliminary 2011 TRI NorthWest Triathlon and Duathlon Rankings Now Posted
October 3, 2011The preliminary TRI NorthWest Triathlon and Duathlon rankings for the 2011 season are now posted online. Congratulations to the athletes from across the Pacific Northwest who competed in this year’s rankings. If you feel that your overall rankings score is incorrect or your name has been omitted from the rankings, please email Jon Atherton prior to Friday, October 21. Please review the ranking criteria on the TRI NorthWest website prior to contacting Jon to ensure …more »
Oregon’s Max King Win’s U.S. 50k Trail Running Title and XTERRA Trail Run National Championship in Single Weekend
September 26, 2011From XTERRA Press Release – King capped an amazing weekend of racing by winning the 2011 XTERRA Trail Run National Championship on Sunday, Sept. 25, at Snowbasin Resort near Ogden, Utah. It was the fourth consecutive XTERRA National Championship for King, but his first at Snowbasin. His previous three titles came when the event was held in his hometown of Bend, Ore. He completed the 21-kilometer trail course in 1 hour, 17 minutes, 59 seconds. …more »
Northwest Athletes Among Top Finishers at Duathlon World Championship
September 26, 2011From USA Triathlon – Team USA athletes impressed on the world multisport stage Sunday by claiming 14 age group world championship titles and 29 total medals at the 2011 ITU Duathlon World Championships. In addition to the 14 gold medals, U.S. athletes combined for eight silver and seven bronze medals in the sprint- and standard-distance run-bike-run events. Eight Americans were victorious in the 10-kilometer run, 38.4-kilometer bike, 5-kilometer run standard-distance world championship. An additional six …more »
Oregon’s Galen Rupp Shatters 10,000m American Record in Brussels
September 16, 2011From USATF Press Release – Galen Rupp shattered the existing 10,000-meter American record while Walter Dix ran the second fastest 200m time in American history and four other American athletes secured Diamond League crowns at the Brussels Diamond League meet Friday. Rupp’s third-place time of 26 minutes, 48.00 seconds crushed Chris Solinsky’s time of 26:59.60, which he ran in 2010. Rupp, a two-time USA champion in the event, previously held a personal best of 27:10.74. …more »
USA Strikes Double Gold at World Mountain Running Championship, Oregon’s King Crowned World Champ
September 12, 2011From Nancy Hobbs, USATF MUT (Courtesy Running USA Wire #73-09-11) – At the 27th World Mountain Running Championship, held on Sunday in Tirana, Albania, the USA set the bar with historic gold medal performances by Huntingdon, Vermont’s Kasie Enman and Bend, Oregon’s Max King. “In my nine years as team leader, I’ve never been more proud of our athletes than I am today,” said Richard Bolt. “Kasie and Max’s performances blew me away. They made …more »
Race Report: 2011 StumpTown Long Course Triathlon
September 4, 2011Submitted by Craig Dean – The inaugural running of the StumpTown weekend of multi-sport endurance racing kicked off Saturday, September 3 with the long course triathlon and duathlon in Fairview, OR. Roughly 130 triathlete’s readied themselves for a plunge in the tranquil waters of Blue Lake. There was a nip in the early morning air, but the sun bursting from the eastern shore promised of an appreciable temperature gain throughout the day. A very small …more »
