Q+A WITH JOSH McADAMS: Josh McAdams is the 2006 NCAA Champion, 2007 U.S Champion, and 2007 Pan-American Champion in the 3000m Steeplechase, and placed 3rd in that event in the 2008 Olympic Trials, grabbing a spot on the U.S Team for the Olympic Games in Beijing. McAdams began his collegiate career at Belmont University in Nashville before transferring to BYU after his two-year Mormon mission to Thailand. McAdams now lives in Cordova. [more]

Q+A WITH HAZEL CLARK-RILEY: Hazel Clark-Riley is a 4-time U.S outdoor Champion, two time U.S indoor Champion, and a 3-time Olympian in the 800 meters. She is arguablythe most consistent female two-lapper America has produced since her sister-in-law, Jear Miles-Clark, and her older sister, Joetta Clark, before her. Demonstrating great consistency and longevity like her sister and sister-in-law, Hazel has run under 2 minutes for 800 meters during seven of the last 10 outdoor seasons, clocking her PR of 1:57.99 in 2005. [more]

06.27: Fatherhood 5K - Nashville

06.20: RC Cola & Moon Pie 10-miler - Bell Buckle

06.13: Ellie's Run 5K - Nashville

06.06: Music City Distance Carnival - Nashville

06.06: Shoney's Run 5K - Nashville

05.30: Scott & Erin's Wedding Day 5K - Nashville

05.25: Memorial Day Dash 5K - Nashville

05.23: Expo 10K - Knoxville

05.23: Expo 5K - Knoxville

05.16: Strawberry Stride 5K - Portland

05.09: Girls on the Run 5K - Nashville

05.02: Run for the Deaf - Knoxville

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE RUPP-BASHERS by Dave Milner | Aside from Kenyan import Bernard Lagat, Galen Rupp is arguably America’s best hope for a distance running medal at the World Championships, and is definitely the most exciting prospect to emerge from the collegiate ranks for quite some time... Last night, Rupp, still just 23, added his first U.S National title, outkicking Dathan Ritzenhein with consummate ease over the last lap, in front of a raucous Hayward Field crowd. And yet, he still is the target of anonymous verbal assaults on message boards like letsrun.com. These are reactions from some of the cowards hiding behind ironic screen names who are somehow bitter because the youngster didn’t lead the race and go hell-bent for the U.S record. [more]

U.S CHAMPIONSHIPS DISTANCE PREVIEW: A total of eight Tennessean distance runners will be in action this week at the U.S Junior Championships in Eugene,OR. Cordova's Josh McAdams will compete in the men's 3000m Steeplechase. From Knoxville, former UT runner, Andrew Dawson, will run the men's 800m, and Anthony Famiglietti, another former Vol, will run the men's 5000m. Hazel Clark (the reigning U.S champion) and Treniere Clement will run the women's 800m and 1500m respectively. Recent ETSU grad, Heidi Dahl, who resides Johnson City is also in the women's 1500m, and runs in Clement's preliminary heat. Among current collegians, Signal Mountain's Phoebe Wright (a junior at UT) will also tackle the women's 800m, and Brentwood's Andrew Bumbalough (a junior at Georgetown) will run the men's 5000m. Action involving these eight kicks off tomorrow (Thursday) evening. On the line will be spots on the U.S team for the World Championships in Berlin, Germany in August. [more]

06.28.09: CLARK WINS 5TH NATIONAL TITLE AT 800 IN EUGENE, WRIGHT PRs IN THIRD: Knoxville's Hazel Clark won her fifth U.S outdoor title in the women's 800m, leading a thrilling 2-lapper at the historic Hayward Field track from gun to tape. In a race that saw 8 of the 9 runners finish within a second of each other, Clark, who won the 2000, 2005, 2006, and 2008 titles, clocked 2:00.79 to win (splitting 59.42 and 1:29.48 en route). The real surprise package, though, was Signal Mountain's Phoebe Wright, who place 3rd, just behind NCAA champion Geena Gall (2:01.01). Wright, a junior at UT who walked on as a talented, but not sectacular graduate of Red Bank High School, clocked a big PR of 2:01.12 in 3rd place, and now has an opportunity to represent the U.S at the World Championships in Berlin in six weeks' time. But first, she will have to race in Europe and chase the qualifying standard of 2:00.00. While Wright's goal will be to make it to Berlin, Clark's goal is to make the final. "It's time to get a medal," she said in the post-race interview below. "I Can't sleep until I get a medal, and then I can move on!"

In the junior men's 5000m, the very last race of the meet, Brentwood's Sean Keveren, a freshman at University of Virginia, racing for just the second time this year, placed an impressive 2nd. The former Brentwood High star clocked 14:38.20 in a race, won by Oklahoma State frosh Colby Lowe, that went out at 15:00 pace and then gathered steam in the last 2 kilometers. Keveren (interviewed, right) will now have the opportunity to represent the U.S at the Pan-Am Junior Championships in Trinidad & Tobago next month. "I was excited to finally be in a kicker's race," he said. "Honestly, it's a shock that I'm even here, and to qualify [for Pan-Ams] is just icing on the cake." [schedule & results | race videos, Flotrack.org]

06.27.09: McADAMS WINS NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE TITLE #2 IN EUGENE: Cordova's Josh McAdams (interviewed by TR just last week) confidently outkicked the field in the men's 3000m Steeplechase final at the U.S Championships in Eugene,OR and stamped his ticket to Berlin for the World Championships in August. In a race that opened up in relatively pedestrian fashion, McAdams, who was U.S Champion in 2007, pulled away on the last ciruit of Hayward Field to win in 8:29.91. In the women's 1500m final, Knoxville's Treniere Clement was still boxed when Christin Wurth made a decisive move, and appeared to lack the ability to shift gears effectively. She rallied on the last lap to place 5th, clocking 4:09.10, though. Johnson City's Heidi Dahl ran very well to chisel 3 seconds off the PR she set in Thursday's prelims, clocking 4:11.58 in 7th. [schedule & results | race videos & live online coverage, Flotrack.org]

06.27.09: DAY, WOLSKI OVERALL WINNERS AT COVE LAKE 5K: Jeff Day and Kathy Wolski were the overall male and female winners at the Cove Lake 5K, leading 280 runners through Caryville. Day cruised in with Patrick Gildea, clocking 16:42, while 43-year-old Kathy Wolski edged Katie Flaute by seven seconds, clocking 18:47. Eric Vandervort, 42, of Clinton won the male masters title, clocking 17:52. [results]

06.27.09: MULVANEY LEADS FIELD HOME AT RUN FOR FATHERHOOD: Franklin's Benjamin Mulvaney and Nashville's Keli Benton were the first male and female finishers at the Run for Fatherhood 5K held in Nashville's Shelby Park. Mulvaney clocked 17:04, while Benton clocked 21:15. Mark Pierret, 49, and Melanie White, 48, picked up the masters wins, clocking 18:58 and 24:50 respectively. [results]

06.26.09: WRIGHT AND CLARK ADVANCE TO 800 FINAL, DAWSON JUST MISSES OUT: Phoebe Wright and Hazel Clark looked good running in the first of two semi-finals of the women's 800m, both advancing to the final, finishing just inches apart in 2:02.11 and 2:02.12, behind Geena Gall's 2:01.99. Wright's time shaved 0.04 seconds off her PR, and she will make her first U.S Championship final appearance. But the former UT walk-on is shooting for a berth on the U.S team for Berlin (click here for her post-race interview on Flotrack). In the men's 800m semi-finals, Knoxville's Andrew Dawson ran courageously, but two tactical errors in the last 200 meters left him running out of gas with just 30 meters or so remaining, as he was overhauled by 2008 Olympian, Christian Smith. Dawson clocked 1:48.53, and was the first runner not to make the final. In the men's 5000m final, Tennessee's two representatives, Knoxville's Anthony Famiglietti and Brentwood's Andrew Bumbalough had disappointing runs. Fam, one of the pre-race favorites led for the first half of the race, but struggled over the last mile, and could only muster 8th place in 13:33.63. Bumbalough, up as high as 9th at the half-way point in the race, faded badly and wound up 20th in 14:15.95. In an exciting finish, Matt Tegenkamp won in 13:20.57. [schedule & results | race videos, Flotrack.org]

06.25.09: TENNESSEANS SIX FOR SIX IN PRELIMS IN EUGENE: All six of the Tennesseans running in preliminary heats of the U.S Championships in Eugene,OR safely advanced to their respective semi-finals (for the 800 runners) and finals. Knoxville's Hazel Clark and Signal Mountain's Phoebe Wright comfortably advanced to the semi-finals of the women's 800m, clocking 2:04.39 and 2:04.66 respecctively. “It felt good," Said Clark, who won her heat. "I hate rounds, I just like to get out there and run, it feels choppy. My goal was to get top four.” In the men's 800m, Knoxville's Andrew Dawson, who only just made it into the meet, ran very well, also advancing to the semi-finals with a 1:48.85 clocking to nab the last of 16 qualifying spots. In the women's 1500m prelims, Knoxville's Heidi Dahl and Treniere Clement both cruised through to the final on Saturday, clocking 4:14.00 (a PR for Dahl) and 4:14.05 respectively. And in the last prelim of the day involving a Tennessean, Cordova's Josh McAdams, content to sit in the back for the first half of the race, moved up in the last 500 and did just enough to advance to the men's 3000m steeplechase final, clocking 8:34.97. In the 10,000m finals, there were no Tennesseans competing, but Galen Rupp and Amy Yoder-Begley, both of whom live and train in Oregon, won their first U.S titles, clocking 27:52.53 and 31:22.69 respectively. [schedule & results | start lists | Junior start lists | race videos, Flotrack.org]

06.25.09: JACK DANIELS ON FAM: Jack Daniels weighs in on one of his best friends and advisees, Knoxville's Anthony Famiglietti. Fam, who is coached by George Watts, but spends much of his time training at altitude under the watchful eye of Jack Daniels, will run in the 5000m at the U.S Championships this weekend. He starts as one of the favorites. "Fam," says Jack, "wants nothing more than to get more young kids involved in the sport of running." [more, Flotrack.org]

06.24.09: EIGHT TENNESSEAN DISTANCE RUNNERS TO COMPETE IN U.S CHAMPIONSHIPS: A total of eight Tennessean distance runners will be in action later this week at the U.S Junior Championships in Eugene,OR.Cordova's JoshMcAdams will compete in the men's 3000m Steeplechase. From Knoxville, former UT runner, Andrew Dawson, will run the men's 800m, and Anthony Famiglietti, another former Vol,will run the men's 5000m. Hazel Clark (the reigning U.S champion) and Treniere Clement will run the women's 800m and 1500m respectively. Recent ETSU grad, Heidi Dahl, who resides Johnson City is also in the women's 1500m, and runs in Clement's preliminary heat. Among current collegians, Signal Mountain's Phoebe Wright (a junior at UT) will also tackle the women's 800m, and Brentwood's Andrew Bumbalough (a junior at Georgetown) will run the men's 5000m. Action involving these seven kicks off tomorrow (Thursday) evening. On the line will be spots on the U.S team for the World Championships in Berlin, Germany in August. Be sure to check out TR's pre-meet interviews with Josh McAdams, Hazel Clark, and Treniere Clement.

In the U.S Junior Championships beig held in conjunction, Brentwood's Sean Keveren is the sole Tennessean distance runner. The University of Virginia freshman will compete in the 5000m on Sunday night. If he finishes in the top 2, he will be eligible to represent the U.S at the Pan-Am Junior Championships in Trinidad & Tobago next month. [schedule | start lists | Junior start lists | live online coverage, Flotrack.org]

06.22.09: UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COMBINES TRACK & CROSS-COUNTRY PROGRAMS, ANNOUNCES J.J. CLARK HEAD COACH FOR BOTH GENDERS: J.J. Clark (right), who led the Lady Volunteers to a pair of NCAA National Championships and six Southeastern Conference titles during his seven seasons as head coach, has been chosen to lead a combined men's and women's track & field/cross country program at the University of Tennessee, Director of Men's Athletics Mike Hamilton and Director of Women's Athletics Joan Cronan announced jointly on Monday. The merger makes Tennessee the ninth school in the conference to utilize the combined approach, and it marks the first sport at UT to move in that direction. [more | Clark's comments]

06.20.09: FEROWICH'S MILE HIGHLIGHTS TENNESSEE DISTANCE PERFORMANCES AT NIKE OUTDOOR NATIONALS: Caryville's Megan Ferowich produced the best result by a Tennessean distance runner on the final day of the Nike Outdoor Nationals meet in Greenboro,NC. The Knoxville Catholic 9th grader, who won the girls' mile at the Music City Distance Carnival two weeks earler, sliced another four tenths of a second from her PR, clocking 5:01.04 to win the freshman girls' 1 mile race. Brentwood's Ford Bell lowered his season's best to place 7th in the boys' emerging elite 800m, clocking 1:55.35. [results]

06.20.09: WILSON AND BARROW LEAD HOME FIELD AT MOON PIE10-MILER: Jordan Wilson and Amy Barrow were the first male and female finishers at the RC Cola & Moon Pie 10-miler in Bell Buckle, leading a field of 899 runners around the challenging rural course. Wilson, 22, of Franklin, clocked 57:56 to win by 41 seconds, while 51-year-old Amy Barrow of Nashville led the women home in 1:09:09, 51 seconds clear of Molly Brown-Boulay. Antioch's Timothy O'Leary, 46, led the male masters home, clocking 1:03:16. [results]

06.19.09: CHATTANOOGA SWEEP OF DEUCES HIGHLIGHTS TENNESSEE PREP PERFORMANCES AT NIKE OUTDOOR NATIONALS: The results from the Nike Outdoor Nationals in Greensboro,NC were a mixed bag of highs and lows, with several unheralded runners making big breakthroughs, in oppresive weather, at what is essentially the defacto National Championships for high school age runners. The hot, humid conditions in Greensboro,NC made it tough going for distance runners, but Signal Mountain's Claire Turner, a junior at Red Bank High School, ran her second PR in 24 hours, winning the Emerging Elite section of the girls' 2 miles in 11:06.29, after clocking an 18:28.31 PR in the 5000m the previous night, and Hixson's Brandon Lord, a junior at the Baylor School, won the boys' Emerging Elite 2 miles, clocking 9:25.50, making it a Chattanooga sweep! In Section 2 of the Invitational boys' 2 miles, Knoxville West senior, though, Matt Sonnenfeldt finished a close 2nd to Georgia junior Kirubel Erassa, clocking 9:17.66, with Maryville High junior, Clint McKelvey a few strides back in third, clocking 9:19.22. And in the morning, the Ensworth High school quartet cracked 8 minutes in the Emerging Elite boys' 4 x 800m relay, clocking 7:59.40 to win their heat. [results]

06.13.09: WRIGHT 5TH IN 800, DAHL 6TH IN 1500 AT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: Signal Mountain's Phoebe Wright placed 5th in the women's 800m final at the NCAA Div.I National Championships in Fayetteville, AR. Wright, the UT junior who went into the final as one of the favorites, clocked 2:03.57 in a race won by Michigan's Geena Gall in a PR of 2:00.80. The former Red Bank High runner was 3rd with 200 meters remaining, but faded in the home stretch. She will surely be disappointed with that finish, having beaten both Gall and 3rd placed Latavia Thomas of LSU at Regionals two weeks earlier, but she has the U.S Championships two weeks from now on which to focus. Johnson City's Heidi Dahl, a senior at ETSU, placed 6th in the women's 1500m final, clocking 4:15.03, as Florida State's flying Dutchwoman, Susan Kuijken, comfortably outpaced the field on the last lap, clocking 4:13.05 for the win. In two exciting team competitions, that were not cediced until the 4 x 400m relays, Texas A&M completed a sweep, with both their men's and women's teams overhauling Oregon's squads to win. In the men's competition, MTSU finished tied for 32nd, with Tennessee only 48th. In the women's competition, Tennessee fared much better, placing 10th, while ETSU (courtesy of Dahl's 1500 run) placed 58th. [results & schedule]

06.13.09: WILSON, PILKINGTON LEAD THE PACK AT ELLIE'S RUN: Jordan Wilson and Whitney Pilikington were the overall male and feale winners at Ellie's Run for Africa, a 5K race held on the challenging Vaughn's Gap cross-country course in Nashville. Wilson clocked 17:25, while Pilkington clocked 20:46. First male and female masters finishers were 45-year-old John Schanel and 41-year-old Liza Zacarelli, clocking 19:14 and 26:12. [results]

06.12.09: SNELLEN CRACKS 14-MINUTE BARRIER IN OREGON: After a close call at Stanford last month, Nashville's Ryan Snellen cracked the 14-minute barrier for 5000m at the Portland Track Festival in Portland,OR. The former Belmont runner rounded twelve and a half laps of the Lewis & Clark College track in 13:57.68 to place 4th in a race won by Ed Moran in 13:43.50. [results | video, runnerspace.com]

06.12.09: BARGIACHI 11TH IN 5000 AT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: Memphis' Denise Bargiachi, a former stand-out for St Benedict, placed 11th in the women's 5000m final at the NCAA Div.I National Championships in Fayetteville, AR. The University of Arkansas senior, running for the last time for the Lady Razorbacks, clocked 16:49.40, struggling somewhat in a race won by pre-race favorite, Angela Bizarri of Illinois in 16:17.94. [results & schedule]

06.11.09: WRIGHT, DAHL CRUISE INTO FINALS AT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: Signal Mountain's Phoebe Wright clocked an impressive 2:02.56 in her semi-final heat of the women's 800m at the NCAA Div.I National Championships in Fayetteville, AR. Wright, a UT junior, will face off against Michigan's Geena Gall, the fastest qualifier with 2:02.28 in Saturday's final. Johnson City's Heidi Dahl, running for ETSU, sliced four seconds off her season's best in winning her heat of the women's 1500m prelims. The Buc senior clocked 4:14.92 to post the fastest qualifying time of the day and will face off, on Saturday, against Wright's teammate, Sarah Bowman of UT, in the final. [results & schedule | post-race interviews: Wright | Dahl]

06.10.09: WRIGHT SAFELY ADVANCES TO SEMIS AT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: Signal Mountain's Phoebe Wright, a junior at UT, comfortably advanced to tomorrow's semi-finals of the women's 800m at the NCAA Div.I National Championships in Fayetteville, AR. Wright, leading almost the whole way, won her heat in 2:04.86, the fastest time of the day. Oak Ridge 's Emerson Peacock, a freshman at UT, ran disappointingly in the men's 800 prelims, finishing 7th in his heat in a time of 1:52.61. In the women's 5000m prelims, Memphis' Denise Bargicachi advanced safely into Friday night's final, clocking 16:20.35 in placing 6th in her heat. [results & schedule]

06.06.09: BUMBALOUGH CLOCKS 3:58 MILE TO HIGHLIGHT MUSIC CITY DISTANCE CARNIVAL: Brentwood's Andrew Bumbalough won the men's Invitational Mile to provide an exciting end to some great distance running action at the Music City Distance Carnival, held this year in Murfreesboro. Bumbalough (right) clocked 3:58.78. holding off a home stretch challenge from Illinois runner, Dan Strackeljahn, who clocked 3:59.77. Another Brentwood runner who ran very well was former Brentwood High star, Sean Keveren, now a freshman at University of Virginia. Keveren clocked 14:19.33 in the Invitational men's 5000m, placing 2nd to Kenyan Augustus Maiyo, who ran 14:13.81. Four runners, including Bumbalough and Strackeljahn, hit U.S Championship qualifying marks.

In the high school Invitational Mile races, Knoxville provided both winners, eaching scoring a PR. Recent West High graduate and UK signee, Matt Sonnenfeldt, won the boys' race in 4:14.66, and Knoxville Catholic freshman winning the women's race in 5:01.46. [results | photos | video, flotrack.org]

06.06.09: SNELLEN AND SCOTT PICK UP OVERALL WINS AT SHONEY'S 5K: Nashville's Ryan Snellen and Michelle Scott of Bowling Green,KY were the overall male and female winners at the Shoney's 5K held in downtown Nashville, each picking up $500. Snellen held off a strong challenge from Mississippi State stand-out Robert Scribner to win by six seconds in a time of 14:33 (albeit in a course that may have been a tad short). Scott, 39, clocked 17:41 to beat Nashville's Melissa Begin by six seconds. Doug Murphy and Shannen Miller were the first male and female masters home, clocking 19:51 and 23:32 respectively. [results]

06.06.09: NEWTON, ARMSTRONG WINNERS AT JACKIE LONG MEMORIAL 5K: Chad Newton and Kelsey Armstrong were the male and female winners at the Jackie Long Memorial 5K in Morristown. Newton, 39, of Pisgah Forest,NC, clocked 15:48 to win comfortably ahead of Andrew Press, while Armstrong, just 20, of Talbott, clocked 18:41 to win by 24 seconds from Morristown's Haley Moody. Greeneville's Phil Roberts, 46, and Marsha Morton, 43, of LaFollete, nabbed masters honors, running times of 18:14 and 20:23. [results]

06.03.09: WRIGHT WILL LEADS TENNESSEAN QUINTET AT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: Signal Mountain's Phoebe Wright, a junior at UT, will lead the quartet of Tennessean middle distance and distance runners that made it to the NCAA Div.I National Championships in Fayetteville, AR. Wright goes into the women's 800m with the fastest time of the year so far, with 2:02.15, while Nashville's Krishna Curry (a UCLA junior) is the #15 qualifier at 2:06.01. In the women's 1500m, Johnson City's Heidi Dahl, a senior at ETSU, goes in ranked #11 with her 4:18.08 clocking. And Memphis' Denise Bargiachi, a senior at Arkansas, is ranked #14 in the women's 5000m, having clocked 16:11.56 at Stanford early in the season. On the men's side, Oak Ridge's Emerson Peacock is the sole representative from the Volunteer State. The UT frosh goes into the men's 800m ranked #12, with his 1:48.34 clocking last month. [final declared lists: men | women]

05.30.09: CURRY MOVES ON TO NATIONALS AT NCAA WEST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS: Nashville's Krishna Curry automatically advanced to the NCAA National Championships in two weeks time by placing 4th in the women's 800m at the NCAA West Region Championships in Eugene,OR. The UCLA junior, who was a stand-out half-miler while prepping at USN, clocked 2:07.34 in a race won by NCAA Indoor Champion, Lacey Cramer of BYU in 2:06.63. [results]

05.30.09: SORRELL 6TH IN 1500 AT NCAA MID-WEST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS: Memphis' Rob Sorrell narrowly missed out on making it to the NCAA National Championships in placing 6th in the men's 1500m at the NCAA Mid-West Region meet in Norman,OK. Sorrell, a sophomore at Oklahoma University clocked 3:47.66, just 0.40 seconds away from 5th place and the last automatic qualifying spot. The former Bolton High stand-out is very unlikely to make it to nationals as an at-large qualifier. Oklahoma State's German Fernandez won the race, clocking 3:43.09. [results]

5.30.09: WRIGHT, DAHL WINNERS OF 800 & 1500 AT NCAA MID-EAST REGIONALS: Signal Mountain's Phoebe Wright and Johnson City's Heidi Dahl both left the NCAA Mid-East Regional Championships in Louisville,KY with an individual title and a nice confidence boost going into the NCAA National Meet in Arkansas in a fortnight. Wright, a junior at UT, was the pre-race favorite, having, two weeks earlier, won the SEC outdoor title and clocking the #1 collegiate time in the nation. She didn't disappoint, just missing her PR with a 2:02.20 clocking to edge Michigan's Geena Gall in a tight finish. In the women's 1500m final, Wright's UT teammate (and roommate), Sarah Bowman, was the overriding favorite, but an unnecessarily fast run in the prelims may have cost her as she was overhauled by ETSU senior, Heidi Dahl, who clocked 4:22.61 to win over Bowman by half a second. Memphis' Rita Jorgensen placed 9th for Vanderbilt, clocking 4:30.52. In the men's 800m, Oak Ridge's Emerson Peacock placed 6th in the men's 800m final, clocking a disappointing 1:51.94, but will be a surefire bet, after his fine running earlier in the season, to secure an at-large berth for Nationals. [results]

05.30.09: BUMBALOUGH CHISELS 1500 PR DOWN TO 3:38 AT REEBOK NYC GRAND PRIX: Brentwood's Andrew Bumbalough knocked almost two seconds off his PR to place 8th in the men's 1500m race at the prestigious Reebok NYC Grand Prix Meet in New York. The 22-year-old former Brentwood Academy star, currently a redshirt at Georgetown, clocked 3:38.23 (58.3, 57.8, 58.1, 44.0) to take several notable scalps, including Alan Webb, in a race won by Leonel Manzano in 3:34.14. In the women's 1500, Knoxville's Treniere Clement placed 6th, clocking 4:09.57 in a race won by Kristin Wurth-Thomas in 4:03.96. In the women's 800m, Knoxville's Hazel Clark ran well to post a season's best of 2:00.09, but still found herself a few strides short of Jamaica's Kenia Sinclair and surprise package, Anna Willard, who shattered her PR with a 1:59.29 clocking. Clement's and Clark's next race will be at the Prefontaine Classic next Sunday in Eugene,OR, while Bumbalough will run the Mile at the Music City Distance Carnival, taking place in Murfreesboro next Saturday. [results | videos, flotrack.org]

05.30.09: HARMON AND PHILLIPS WINNERS AT RUN 4KIDS 5K: Columbia's Brandon Harmon and Franklin's Sydney Phillips, just 18, were the ovverall winneres at the Run 4 Kids 5K held at Tennessee Baptist Children's Home in Brentwood. Harmon, 24, won in convincing fashion, clocking 16:34 over the challenging 5K course. Phillips clocked 20:56. First male and female masters home were 51-year-old John Lovell and 48-year-old Collyn Groose, clocking times of 17:57 and 21:19 respectively. [results: 5K | Kids' Mile]

05.30.09: BUCKMAN AND CODINGTON WINNERS AT SCOTT & ERIN'S WEDDING 5K: Jacob Buckman of Kentucky and Libby Codington were the overall male and female winners at Scott & Erin's Wedding 5K, held in Nashville's Centennial Park. Buckman, 23, a 14:10 5K runner while at Belmont University , did just enough to hold off Chris Demetra, cruising to a 15:51 clocking and a 3-second win. Libby Codington won the women's race by a whopping 2 minute margin, clocking 18:27. First male and female masters across the line were Mark Peters, 47, and Donna England, 45, clocking 20:16 and 25:05 respectively. The race was a part of the celebrations before the wedding of former Belmont assistant coach, Scott Bennett (who placed 6th in the race in 17:22). [results]

05.29.09: CURRY ADVANCES TO 800 FINAL AT NCAA WEST REGION CHAMPIONSHIPS: Nashville's Krishna Curry comfortably advanced to tomorrow's women's 800m final the NCAA West Region Championships held in Eugene,OR. The UCLA junior (who prepped at USN) clocked 2:07.55 to place 2nd in her preliminary heat and post the third fastest qualifying time of the day. [results]

05.29.09: SORRELL MOVES ON TO 1500 FINAL AT NCAA MID-WEST REGION CHAMPIONSHIPS: Memphis' Rob Sorrell ran well to move on to tomorrow's men's 1500m final at the NCAA Mid-West Region Championships, held on the track he trains on in Norman,OK. The Oklahoma University sophomore, a former state champion while at Bolton HS, clocked 3:45.88 to place 4th in his heat and qualify automatically. In the final he will face NCAA Indoor Mile Champion, Lee Emmanual of New Mexico and also NCAA Indoor Mile Record holder, German Fernandez of Oklahoma State. [results]

05.29.09: BARGIACHI STAMPS TICKET TO NATIONALS AT MID-EAST REGION CHAMPIONSHIPS: Memphis' Denise Bargiachi booked her spot in the women's 5000m at the NCAA Championships in two week's time by placing 4th in that event at the Mid-East Regional Meet held in Louisville,KY. The University of Arkansas senior, who prepped at St Benedict, clocked 16:25.38 in a race won by pre-race favorite, Illinois junior Angela Bizarri, in 16:11.00. Earlier in the day Signal Mountan's Phoebe Wright (right) and Oak Ridge's Emerson Peacock advanced to tomorrow's women's and men's 800m finals. Wright, a UT junior, commanded her heat, leading from start to finish and clocking 2:04.06 (the 2nd fastest qualifing mark of the day). Peacock, a UT freshman, struggled in the last 200m after setting a searing pace at the front over the first lap. He qualified, clocking 1:50.22, good for 3rd place in his heat. [results]

05.29.09: EDELMAN STRUGGLES IN 5000 AT NCAA EAST REGION MEET: Memphis' Nate Edelman, a sophomore at Cornell, dropped out of the men's 5000m at the NCAA East Region Championships, held in Greensboro,NC. [results]

05.25.09: BARROW 4TH MASTER AT COTTON ROW RUN: Nashville's Amy Barrow placed in the money again at the Cotton Row Run 10K in Huntsville,AL. The 51-year-old covered the hilly course in 39:57 to pocket $200 for her morning's work, as Kenyans Ernest Kebenei and Janet Cherobon sped around the course in 29:19 and 34:35 respectively to notch overall wins and collect $1200 each. [results]

05.25.09: CARRIGAN, STREI WINNERS AT MEMORIAL DAY DASH: Jacob Carrigan and Melissa Strei were the first male and female runners across the line at Nashville's Memorial Day Dash held at Greer Stadium. Carrigan clocked 17:16, while Strei ran 19:17. Antioch's Timothy O'Leary and Brentwood's Sue Ann Guzik picked up the masters wins, clocking 17:56 and 19:44 respectively. [results]

05.23.09: KENYANS SWEEP AT EXPO 10,000: Kenyans swept the male and female overall titles at the 32nd annual Tennessee Sports Medicine Expo 10,000, held in downtown Knoxville. Georgia-based Ernest Kimeli and Caroline Kiptoo clocked 30:30 and 36:29 respectively to win and pocket $300 apiece. Knoxville's Michael Mentz and Knoxville's Kathy Wolski, 43, were the first male and female Tennesseans home, clocking 33:39 and 37:31 respectively. Wolski easily won the female masters title, while Chattanooga's Tim Ensign won the male masters title in 34:52. In the accompanying 5K, Oak Ridge's Ed Wright was first home, clocking 17:04, while Knoxville's Whitney Holmes led the ladies in 19:45. Jimmy Stringham and Kumi Alderman picked up the masters titles, clocking 18:48 and 21:36 respectively. [results: 10K | 5K]

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