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Keflezighi, Huddle take USA 7 Mile titles in Davenport
DAVENPORT - 2004 Olympic Marathon silver medalist Meb Keflezighi (San
Diego, Calif.) took his third U.S. title of 2009, running 32:25 at the USA
7 Mile Championships Saturday in Davenport, Iowa. Molly Huddle
(Providence, R.I.) bested the women's field as she won her second career
U.S. road title in 37:39. The championships were hosted by the Quad-Cities
Times Bix 7.
Opening with a 5:01 uphill mile, Keflezighi, the 2009 half marathon and
cross country champion led wire to wire as he out-paced 2009 15 km champion
Anthony Famiglietti (Knoxville, Tenn.). Into the downhill second mile,
Keflezighi unleashed a 4:08 that left him clear of the field as he cruised
to the 31 second win over Famiglietti.
James Carney (Boulder, Colo.) took third in 33:17, while Brian Olinger
(Columbus, Ohio) and Antonio Vega (Saint Paul, Minn.) rounded out the
top-five in 33:30 and 33:35 respectively.
The women's race saw 2008 USA 10 km champion Huddle battle with Serena
Burla (Ellisville, Mo.) and 2008 Olympic marathoner Magdalena Lewy Boulet
(Oakland, Calif.) through six miles. Going up the final hill Huddle made
her move and pulled away from the pair and ran to a five second win over
Burla. Boulet held on for third, running 37:46 as Ilsa Paulson (New York,
N.Y.) and Sally Meyerhoff rounded out the top-five in 37:54 and 38:04
respectively.
About the USARC
The USA 7 Mile Championships is the sixth stop for men and the fifth for
women on the 2009 USA Running Circuit (USARC) and will pay $45,000 in U.S.
prize money with $10,000 going to the respective men's and women's
champions. The 2009 USARC is a USA Track & Field road series featuring USA
Championships from one mile to the marathon and attracts the best U.S.
distance runners. The 2009 USARC has ten events each for men and women.
The first ten U.S. runners earn points at each USARC race (15 for first, 12
for second, 10 for third, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1), with a final $12,500
grand prix purse ($6,000, $4,000, and $2,500) for the top three men and
women point scorers overall. The USARC points at the USA Marathon
Championships will be doubled.
The mission of the USA Running Circuit is to showcase, support, and promote
U.S. runners. Since its inception in 1995, the USARC and its races have
provided over $6 million dollars to U.S. distance runners.
For more information on the 2009 USA 7 Mile Championships visit
www.usatf.org.
About USA Track & Field
USA Track & Field (USATF) is the National Governing Body for track and
field, long-distance running and race walking in the United States. USATF
encompasses the world's oldest organized sports, some of the most-watched
events of Olympic broadcasts, the #1 high school and junior high school
participatory sport and more than 30 million adult runners in the United
States.
For more information on USATF, visit www.usatf.org
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