Tuesday, May 03, 2011

Team USA Minnesota, Busy and Successful

Team USA Minnesota's distance runners were active over the weekend -- its members competing in four separate competitions across the country.

Here's a run-down of their exploits:

Matt Gabrielson stayed closest to home and emerged victorious at the Get in Gear 10K on Saturday, becoming the first Minnesota man to win the event since Curt Kotsonas did so in 1996. Gabrielson, who will compete next at the USA 25K Championships in Grand Rapids Michigan on May 14, clocked 29:45.

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Former Team USA Minnesota athlete Michelle Frey won the Get in Gear women's 10K race in 34:49.

At the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Gabriele Anderson finished third in the invitational 1500-meter race in 4:12.35, just off her personal best of 4:12.06 set last June. Heather Kampf finished sixth in the event in 4:17.22. Both Anderson and Kampf plan to compete next at the USA 1 Mile Championships in Minneapolis on May 12.

In Spokane on Sunday, Josh Moen finished 10th at the Lilac Bloomsday 12K in 35:21. Moen was the top American runner in the race. Moen will join Gabrielson for the USA 25K in two weeks.

In the women’s field at Bloomsday, Emily Brown finished 12th overall and third American in 41:11, more than a minute faster than her 2010 time at the event.

At the Payton Jordan Invitational at Stanford Sunday night, Jamie Cheever ran a personal best of 15:56.77 in a heat of the women’s 5000 meters. Also posting a new personal best was teammate Meghan Armstrong, who won her heat of the women’s 10,000 meters in 32:59.11. Chris Rombough bettered his PR in the 10,000 as well, finishing in 28:46.73.

Megan Hogan, who was slated to compete in the women’s 10,000 meters at the meet, was ill and did not start the race.

Cheever and Armstrong plan to race next at the USA 1 Mile Championships.

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