Sunday, September 22, 2013

All Minnesotans Finish in Top 11 at Fifth Avenue Mile; Meghan Peyton Seventh in USA 5K Championships

Garrett Heath led the Minnesota contingent at Sunday's Fifth Avenue Mile in the Big Apple with a third place finish in the men's race in 3:53.  Will Leer was fifth in 3:53.1 and Ben Blankenship finished 10th in 3:55.7.  TC Mile Champ Nick Willis won the race in 3:52.1.
Photo finish of men's mile


In the women's race Team USA Minnesota's Heather Kampf was eighth in 4:27.8 and her teammate Gabriele Anderson 11th in 4:29.  Full results are HERE. Picture of Heather and Gabe at the starting line is HERE.

Team USA Minnesota's Meghan Peyton came in seventh in the USA 5K Championships(eighth overall in the CVS Caremark Downtown 5K in Rhode Island) in 16:04.1.  Twin Cities Track Club's Joe Moore was 14th overall in 14:29.   Top  ten for men and women are HERE.
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2 comments:

  1. Unknown5:18 PM

    She was actually 7th in the USA Champs, but 8th overall b/c one person ahead of her wasn't American.

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  2. jdf8:03 PM

    You are correct. The fifth place finisher was Konjit Biruk, who finished second in the Philly Half Marathon last weekend.

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