Team Circuit Leaders Look to Widen Gaps at Brian Kraft Memorial 5K

Open Division leaders Run N Fun (women) and GEAR Running Store (men) will try to widen their slim leads in the USATF - Minnesota Team Circuit when action resumes at the Brian Kraft Memorial 5K at Lake Nokomis tomorrow.

Both squads sport two-point leads over their nearest rivals after three of the circuit's eight events.

The Run N Fun women line up for Kraft with a squad that looks tough to beat. Amy Lyons, Angie Voight, Erin Ward, Elaine Eggleston and masters standouts Bonnie Sons, and Kelly Keeler are expected to power the squad, based on the line-up captain Melissa Gacek shared with DtB.

The RNF women lead GEAR 29-27 in the standings after beating their rivals in the last two legs of the circuit.

The circuit-leading GEAR men's team plans to line up their own formidable squad in order to widen their lead. GEAR men's captain Kurt Decker lists Joey Keillor, Pat Russell, Kenny Miller, Jeremey Essler, Tony Myers, Scott Fiskdal, and David Helm among his Brain Kraft platoon.

GEAR leads RNF 57-55 in Open Men's competition.

Full Team Circuit standings -- including those in the Masters and Grand Masters divisions -- can be found HERE.