FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Abdirahman Wins Third USA Men's 10 KM Title
ATLANTA - Three-time Olympian Abdi Abdirahman (Tucson, Ariz.), won his
third straight USA Men's 10 km Championship Saturday at the 40th running of
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta, Georgia.
Abdirahman ran 28:11, placing him sixth overall in the international field
which saw Kenya's Sammy Kitwara win decisively in 27:21.
Abdirahman pulled away from fellow Olympian Anthony Famiglietti in the
final mile for the U.S. title. Famiglietti finished eighth overall in
28:15. James Carney (Boulder, Colo.) finished ninth overall to take the
third U.S. position in 28:19. Ian Burrell (Flagstaff, Ariz.) and Patrick
Smyth (Salt Lake City, Utah), rounded out the top-five U.S. finishers in
28:42 and 28:49 respectively.
About the USARC
The USA 10 km Championship was the fifth stop for men on the 2009 USA
Running Circuit (USARC) and paid $30,000 in U.S. prize money with
Abdirahman collecting $10,000 for the U.S. title. 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. Famiglietti currently leads the men's
circuit with 27 points and Magdalena Boulet leads the women with 27 points.
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 10 km 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
###
|
