TC Ten Mile ... Team USA Minnesota's Josh Moen gave three-time Olympian Abdi Abdirahman (pictured leading Moen) all he could handle in this morning's TC 10 Mile/USA Championship. Moen withstood Abdirahman's surges, surged on the six-time USA champion himself, and held the lead in the race's final mile ... but ultimately finished second -- 46:35 to 46:38 -- to the defending USA 10 Mile champ.
Kicking off a banner day for Team USA Minnesota, Patrick Smyth finished 3rd and Jason Lehmkuhle was 4th.
Rachel Booth of Mountain View, California won the women's TC-10 Mile (not a USA Championship for women) in 57:33.
Photo by Gene Niemi.
Men's Marathon ... At the 22-mile mark, 2004 Twin Cities Marathon Champion Augustus Kavutu of Kenya looked like he was in good position to win a second TCM title. But Jason Hartmann of Grand Rapids, Michigan (pictured) came off the pace to catch Kavutu and countryman John Njoroge, a Coon Rapids resident, and pull away for the win in 2:12:09.
Stillwater native Luke Watson finished 7th with a 2:15:29 debut; Team USA Minnesota's Antonio Vega was a place behind in 2:15:45.
Photo by Paul Phillips/Competitive Image.
Women's Marathon ... On a day many expected TCM to crown it's oldest champion -- 45-year-old Colleen De Reuck -- the race saw it's youngest winner ever as 20-year-old Ilsa Paulson (pictured) stole the show. De Reuck had a 1:40 lead on Paulson at 20 miles, but the elfin New York City resident motored by De Reuck on Summit Avenue and cruised to victory -- and a USA title -- in 2:31:49. De Reuck won the USA Masters title and finished second overall in 2:32:37.
Putting the exclamation point on the Team USA Minnesota effort was Kristen Nicolini Lehmkuhle who finished third with 2:35:06 debut..
Photo by Gene Niemi.
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It's just really great to see it all come together for the Team USA MN athletes - especially on their home course.
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