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THE LATEST RUNNING NEWS FROM ACROSS THE STATE, AND BEYOND.
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7.5.08:
DEVIN WILBER TAKES FREEDOM FEST 5K AND MAIN STREET MILE WITHOUT A CHALLENGE:
Clarksville's Devin Wilber started out his 4th of July weekend Saturday morning with an overall win in the 5K and two hours later he took the Main Street Mile race in Murray, KY without a challenge.
The race saw Devin Wilber letting the inexperienced runners take the pace out for the first mile then he took over the lead and ran off with it to finish with a time of 15:53 in the 5K, 2 minutes ahead of the runner-up.
Two hours later he let the race take the same course by giving the more inexperienced runners the lead for the first half mile then speeding past them with little effort to take the win in the Main Street Mile in 4:38.
The 5K also saw former South East Missouri State University runner, Lindsay Zeiler, take the win with a 19:15. She has put in little training and had no trouble taking the win.
These races are decades old and have been put on in Murray, KY by Briggs and Straton and the Lyons Club.
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Chuck Jones
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6.30.08:
MEN'S 800 METER OLYMPIC TRIALS:
After sprinting past the competition to a first and second place finish, Nick Symmonds and Andrew Wheating give a spectacular post race interview.--
Nick Symmonds chose to wait until the last 150 meters to destroy the competitors. He allowed the pace for the first lap to go through very slowly as he was licking his chops with the knowledge of having more speed than the rest of the crowd.
Content with an eighth place position Nick used his powerful stride to work his way through the pockets he was boxed into and leave the field with still 25 meters to go giving himself a definite trip to the Olympics.
He was followed by a fellow Oregon teammate Andrew Wheating with a second place finish and also a position on the U.S. Olympic team in Beijing. Only 20 years old this is Andrew's first Olympic team, but hopefully not his last.
Also on the Olympic Team, as well as an OTC teammate, Christian Smith will be going to Beijing thanks to his last ditch effort of diving across the line to just edge out Khadevis Robinson.
Although the times were not record breaking the race was one for the history books.
1 Nicholas Symmonds 1:44.10 OTC/Nike
2 Andrew Wheating 1:45.03 Oregon
3 Christian Smith 1:45.47 OTC/Nike
4 Khadevis Robinson 1:45.53 Nike
5 Lopez Lomong 1:45.58 Nike
6 Duane Solomon 1:45.78 Southern California
7 Jebreh Harris 1:46.21 Reebok
8 Jonathan Johnson 1:48.11 Reebok
World: W 1:41.11 8/24/1997 Wilson Kipketer, KEN
American: A 1:42.60 8/28/1985 Johnny Gray, Santa Monica T
OT: T 1:42.80 6/24/1992 Johnny Gray, Santa Monica T
Hayward: S 1:44.01 2008 Alfred Kirwa Yego, Kenya
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Chuck Jones
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6.21.08:
THOMPSON TAKES TWO AT WILMA RUDOLPH:
Merideth Thompson finished off a busy morning with an easy win in the Wilma Rudolph 5k (20:26) after winning the 10k earlier in the morning. Jacob Rainey took the men's honors rolling to a gun to tape win in 16:35.
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Devin Wilber
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6.21.08:
MEREDITH THOMPSON AND DEVIN WILBER WINNERS AT WILMA RUDOLPH 10K:
Meredith Thompson out distanced the female competition Saturday with a time of 39:49 on an unusually comfortable day for the Wilma Rudolph. She had the top position from the start of the race and continued to pull away from the female crowd with every step.--
Devin Wilber took the mens overall win with a time of 34:17 after leaving Zeek Rainey at the 3 mile and really cruising in for a comfortable win over the 800 meter runner. Devin let Zeek take the race out and the seasoned veteran easily took the lead to win.
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Chuck Jones
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3.31.08:
ELLINGTON WINS COVENANT HEALTH KNOXVILLE MARATHON:
Stewart Ellington defended his home turd in fine style in winning the men's overall title at the Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon. The 33-year-old former UT runner averaged a 5:40-per-mile clip over the challenging course to win in a time of 2:28:36, fifty seconds clear of runner-up, Justin Gillette of Niles,MI. Gillette's wife, Melissa, though, won the women's overall title, clocking 3:02:52, finishing comfortably ahead of second placed Andee Cranford of Mount Juliet, who clocked a PR of 3:04:15. First male and female masters finishers were 40-year-old Eric Vandervort of Clinton and Knoxville's Kathy Wolski, 42, who clocked times of 2:46:11 and 3:07:31 respectively.
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Dave Milner
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3.16.08:
HINE 4TH IN MILE AT NIKE INDOOR NATIONALS:
White Station High senior, Virginia Hine, ran very well on Day 2 of the Nike Indoor Nationals High School meet in Landover,MD, placing 4th in the girls' 1 mile race. Hine, a Duke signee, clocked 4:58.37. In the boys' 2 miles, Brentwood High's Sean Keveren struggled with a pre-existing injury and could only manage 10th place in 9:29.08. Baylor's Bill Matthews (who actually hails from Alabama) ran well to win the second heat of the boys' 1 mile, clocking 4:20.13.
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Dave Milner
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3.16.08:
KENYAN SWEEP AT GERMANTOWN HALF-MARATHON:
Kenyan runners took the overall honors at the 10th annual Germantown Half-Marathon. Hillary Kogo, a recent graduate of Arkansas-Little Rock, and Janet Cherobon, who also ran collegiately in Arkansas, at Harding University, appeared top have little trouble winning their respective overall titles. Kogo, 28, clocked 1:10:25 to win by half a minute from Dewayne Miner of Alabama. Cherobon, 29, was far more dominant, winning by almost five minutes over Camille Herron of Indiana (1:19:16) and clocking a course record, 1:14:29. Both Kogo and Cherobon won $425 for their wins, while Cherobon won an extra $500 for smashing the course record by seven minutes. The first male and female masters finishers were Germantown's Mark Newman, 45, and Cordova's Kris Huff, 44, clocking 1:16:00 and 1:29:52 respectively.
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Dave Milner
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3.15.08:
BUMBALOUGH 2ND IN 3,000 ON DAY 2 OF NCAA CHAMPS:
Bumbalough, only a sophomore, ran a strong race and finished second in the 3000m with a time of 8:02.22, while Arizona State senior Kyle Alcorn triumphed in 8:00.82. In a race that started off in pedestrian fashion, Bumbalough clocked 2:27 for his final kilometer.
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Dave Milner
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3.15.08:
WILBER, xx WINNERS AT RAIN-SOAKED TOM KING CLASSIC HALF-MARATHON:
Devin Wilber. The 5K race that preceeded the 'half' saw a far more competitive field assembled, with the first three male finishers all clocking under 16 minutes despite a wrong turn.
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Dave Milner
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3.14.08:
BUMBALOUGH SCORCHES 3:56 DMR SPLIT ON FIRST DAY OF NCAA CHAMPS:
One of three native Tennessean distance runners in action at the NCAA Division I Indoor Championships held in Fayetteville,AR, Georgetown University's Andrew Bumbalough (who preppred at Brentwood Academy) scorched a 3:56.14 1600-meter split on the first day. His leg, by far the fastest in the race, took the Hoyas from 8th place to 5th. Bumbalough runs in the men's 3000m tomorrow (Saturday). In the women's 5000m, Arkansas junior, Denise Bargiachi, who hails from Memhis, narrowly missed her PR, clocking 16:25.79 in 10th place.
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Dave Milner
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3.8.08:
BRYAN COLLEGE DUO, GOETZ & MOBLEY, EARN ALL-AMERICAN STATUS AT NAIA INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS:
On the final day of the NAIA National Indoor Championships held in Johnson City, a pair of Bryan College runners earned All-American status with great performances. Chattanooga's Daniel Goetz ran very well to place 4th in the final of the Men's Mile. Goetz, a sophomore, clocked 4:14.92 in a race won by Azusa Pacific's Aaron Rono in a time of 4:09.46. Then, in the men's 800m final, Ooltewah's Zach Mobley, a redshirt freshman and a former decathlete, had a great run to place 2nd, clocking 1:54.72.
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Dave Milner
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3.2.08:
BARGIACHI WINS SEC 5,000 TITLE:
Memphian, Denise Bargiachi, a junior at Arkansas, won the first SEC individual title of her career, when holding off a stiff challenge from Alabama's Betty Rotich to win the women's 5000m in a 16:25.34 PR. Bargiachi (right) has steadily improved over her three-year career at Arkansas, and courageously led this race from gun to tape. Fellow Memphian, Rita Jorgensen, a Vanderbilt freshman had a fine run in the women's mile, clocking 4:48.41 in 6th place, as Tennessee's Sarah Bowman won convincingly in 4:37.16. And in the women's 800m final, Chattanooga's Phoebe Wright, a sophomore at UT, ran exceptionally well to place 3rd in the women's 800m in a time of 2:07.61. Knoxville native, Yarrick Kincaid (a former Karns High stand-out), led the Tennessean charge on the men's side. The UT senior placed 4th on the men's 800m final, clocking a season's best time of 1:49.37, and followed that up with a 3:04.5 split on the UT Distance Medley Relay team that placed 4th.
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Dave Milner
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3.2.08:
BARGIACHI WINS SEC 5,000 TITLE:
Memphian, Denise Bargiachi, a junior at Arkansas, won the first SEC individual title of her career, when holding off a stiff challenge from Alabama's Betty Rotich to win the women's 5000m in a 16:25.34 PR. Bargiachi (right) has steadily improved over her three-year career at Arkansas, and courageously led this race from gun to tape. Fellow Memphian, Rita Jorgensen, a Vanderbilt freshman had a fine run in the women's mile, clocking 4:48.41 in 6th place, as Tennessee's Sarah Bowman won convincingly in 4:37.16. And in the women's 800m final, Chattanooga's Phoebe Wright, a sophomore at UT, ran exceptionally well to place 3rd in the women's 800m in a time of 2:07.61. Knoxville native, Yarrick Kincaid (a former Karns High stand-out), led the Tennessean charge on the men's side. The UT senior placed 4th on the men's 800m final, clocking a season's best time of 1:49.37, and followed that up with a 3:04.5 split on the UT Distance Medley Relay team that placed 4th.
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Dave Milner
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3.2.08:
SMITH WINS AGE-GROUP AT BARCELONA MARATHON WITH IMPRESSIVE 3:17 CLOCKING:
Sixty-seven year old Dallas Smith of Cookeville ran impressively at the Barcelona Marathon in Spain, winning the over-65 category. He finished in a time of 3:17:05, running negative splits of 1:38:49 and 1:38:16.
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Dave Milner
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3.2.08:
ELLINGTON, PASTOREK WINNERS AT WHITESTONE 30K:
Knoxville's Stewart Ellington and Jonesborough's Allison Pastorek were thw overall winners at the 7th annual Whitestone 30K, heldin in Kingston. Ellington, 33, averaged an impressive 5:33-per-mile clip to complete the 18.6-mile course in 1:44:17, five minutes up on runner-up and Runner's Market teammate, Bobby Holcombe. Pastorek held off a fast-closing Kathy Wolski to win the overall female title in 2:15:01 (7:15 pace). John Lawler and Woski claimed the masters titles, clocking times of 1:55:51 and 2:15:14 respectively.
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Dave Milner
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3.1.08:
TEENAGERS DOMINATE INAUGURAL SCENIC CITY HALF-MARATHON:
The Inaugural Scenic City Half Marathon and 5k was dominated by teenagers. The half marathon was won by 20 year old Josh Wheeler, of Boone, NC, in a time of 1 hour, 14 minutes, 56 seconds. Jan Gautier, 42, of Chattanooga, TN, was the half marathon female champion, covering the course in a time of 1 hour, 27 minutes, 48 seconds. The 5K champion was 18 year old Brian Mirrielees, of Fort Thomas, KY. Fourteen year old Catherine Ellise, of Lookout Mountain,GA, was the 5k female champion.William Warner, 54, of Ringold,GA, won the half marathon male masters division in a time of 1 hour, 22 minutes, 51 seconds. Madelyn Patton, 45, of Madison,AL, won the half marathon female masters division in a time of 1 hour, 38 minutes, 44 seconds.Jim Broyan, 55, of Ooltewah, won the 5k male masters division. Paula Cooper, 53, of Hixson, won the 5K female masters division.
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Dave Milner
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3.1.08:
FRONT RUNNERS GET MORE (MILES) THAN THEY BARGAINED FOR AT RACE JUDICATA:
Just over 500 runners enjoyed a gloriously sunny day, but a lack of competent course monitors caused some problems for the frontrunners in the Race Judicata 10K and 5K races held in Nashville's Percy Warner Park. In the 10K, the first two dozen runners ended up going off course and running closer to 10 miles than 10 kilometers. Spring Hill's Mitchell Jones and Devin Wilber of Murray,KY were leading the race, while Nashville's Tonya Lumphrey was leading the females when they went off course, leaving the door open for Wayne Flatt (43:02) and Lori Darnell (44:55) to nab overall victories amid the confusion. Clarksville's Chuck Jones and Mount Juliet's Andee Cranford were the overall winners of the 5K. Jones, despite being sent the wrong way by a course monitor mid-way through the race, won in 16:56, but not until after he was corrected by eventual second placer, Patrick Cooper. Jones had more than 100 meters to make up on Cooper, but reeled him in and then pulled away just after the 2-mile marker, clocking 16:56, while Cooper clocked 17:04. Andee Cranford clocked a very respectable 19:40 to win by over 40 seconds from runner-up, Lauren May. First male and female masters finishers were Murfreesboro's Eric Morrow and Brentwood's Susan Lambreth, clocking 18:54 and 24:13 respectively.
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Dave Milner
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2.24.08:
BUMBALOUGH NOTCHES TWO SECOND PLACE FINISHES AT BIG EAST MEET:
Brentwood's Andrew Bumbalough had a busy 24 hours at the Big East Conference Championships held in New York,NY. The former Brentwood Academy star racked up 16 individual points and helped his Georgetown quartet to 2nd place in the Distance Medley relay, but it wasn't enough to prevent UConn from winning their first ever conference title, adding to the women's title they won. In the men's mile, Bumbalough placed 2nd, timing in at 4:01.61, 1.50 seconds behind race winner, Kurt Benninger of Notre Dame. Bumbalough then, just 1 hour and 40 minutes later, turned in an additional second-place performance when he ran the 3000m in 8:04.81, an NCAA provisional qualifying time, and he was again the first of four Hoya performers in the event. Villanova's Bobby Curtis won that one, clocking 8:02.91. The previous evening he had clocked an impressive 2:55.1 opening leg for the Hoyas on a DMR team that clocked 9:33.60 - an NCAAA automatic qualifier - and finished just 0.70 seconds behind winners Villanova. Murfreesboro's Kelvin Hill made the final of the men's 800m for the Hoyas, clocking 1:53.65 in his heat, but placed last in the 9-man field, clocking a disappointing 1:56.96.
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