I like to deliver any type of variety I can into this column, and this week we’re doing it with a combination that features the USATF 50k Street Championships, the NCAA Indoor Observe & Discipline Championships, and ski mountaineering’s Pierra Menta two-person race.
USATF 50k Street Championships – East Islip, New York
The championship occasion was once more held on a ten-loop course at Heckscher State Park, with a $3,000 money purse that despatched $500 to every winner.
Girls
Andrea Pomaranski, a 2:33 marathoner, led the entire manner and crushed it with a 3:07 end that simply missed the grasp’s world document. The mark bettered Emily Harrison‘s 3:15 occasion document, and Pomaranski pocketed a $1,000 money bonus for that. Her 5k laps went as quick as 18:20 (Lap 2) and none slower than 19:15 (Lap 9). Pomaranski’s win additionally places her on the U.S. crew that can race the 50k World Championships in India in November 2023.
Second-place Brittany Charboneau additionally went underneath the outdated race document with a 3:13 end, and Melissa Tanner was third in 3:21.
Andrea Pomaranski, the 2023 USATF 50k Street Championships ladies’s winner. Picture courtesy of Kayla Shapiro.
Males
2020 race winner Kallin Khan overtook early chief Charles Smogoleski close to halfway and went for a 2:52 first-place end. Khan’s earlier win got here in a time of two:57.
Smogoleski stayed shut for a 2:55 runner-up end. He ran 2:26 on the February 2023 Mercedes Marathon as a part of his coaching. Mike Katsefaras was closing laborious, too, for a third-place 2:55, solely 39 seconds again of Smogoleski.
Full outcomes.
Kallin Khan, the 2023 USATF 50k Street Championships males’s winner. Picture courtesy of Kayla Shapiro.
Pierra Menta – Arêches-Beaufort, France
Courting again to 1986, the massive ski occasion goes as a two-person crew contest, sometimes for 4 days. This yr’s third stage was canceled as a result of poor climate.
Girls
There isn’t a ski mountaineering leaderboard with out Axelle Mollaret (France) on the prime. Right here she teamed with Emily Harrop (France) to complete because the first-place crew in a mixed 6:38.
Candace and Léna Bonnel (France) had been second in 7:10, and Martina Valmassoi (Italy) and Elena Nicolini (Italy) had been the third-place crew in 7:30.
Males
Davide Magnini (Italy) and Michele Boscacci (Italy) teamed as the boys’s winners in 5:40, and it was shut. French pairs Xavier Gachet and William Bon Mardion and Samuel Equy and Matheo Jacquemond had been second and third. Gachet and Mardion had been simply behind in 5:42, and Equy and Jacquemond took third in 5:43. Solely eight seconds break up these two podium groups.
Full outcomes.
Further Races and Runs
Extremely Path Amizmiz – Marrakech, Morocco
Host nation runners Hassna Hamdouch and Jamal Ait Ifraden received the two-day stage race totaling 105k in 17:33 and 12:44, and 74k leaders Aziza El Amrany and Hammou Moudouji completed in 9:51 and eight:21. Full outcomes.
NN CPC Loop Den Haag Half Marathon – The Hague, Netherlands
Nienke Brinkman (Netherlands) went tremendous quick and received in 1:07.44. For perspective, Emily Sisson‘s U.S. document is 1:06.52. Brinkman’s working in the direction of subsequent month’s Boston Marathon. Full outcomes.
Soiled Duo – North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Snow pushed a planned-for 50k all the way down to 32k in distance. Andrea Lawson and Benjamin Hughes had been race winners in 3:20 and a couple of:42. Full outcomes.
Deception Cross Marathon – Oak Harbor, Washington
Jenny Quilty and Wealthy Lockwood each set new course data in 3:25 and three:08. Full outcomes.
Siuslaw Dunes 50k – Florence, Oregon
Dawn Racing noticed race native Lindsey Ulrich and Peter Kesting win in 5:19 and 4:14. Full outcomes.
NCAA Observe and Discipline Indoor Championships – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Final fall Lauren Gregory was racing on the U.S. crew on the World Mountain Working Championships, however now she’s ending up her collegiate profession on the College of Arkansas. On Friday, Gregory ran 4:39.46 within the indoor mile preliminary spherical. She anchored her crew’s distance medley relay to a second-place end that very same evening too, after which got here again with a 4:34.24 second-place end within the indoor mile last. Full outcomes.
Chanoko 50k – Rocklin, California
Michelle Corridor and Jacob Huston ran the quickest with 5:35 and three:42 marks. Full outcomes.
Michelle Corridor, the 2023 Chanoko 50k ladies’s winner. Picture: Invoice Driskill
Jacob Huston, the 2023 Chanoko 50k males’s winner. Picture: Invoice Driskill
Griffith Park Path Marathon – Los Angeles, California
Rachel Weber and Joe Angelo completed first in 5:16 and 4:14. Full outcomes.
Previous West Path Runs – Julian, California
Jessica Schnier clocked 4:27 for the ladies’s win and a brand new course document, and males’s winner Tanner Hallihan was simply forward in 4:23. Full outcomes.
Catalina Island Marathon – Avalon, California
Katya Meyers and Trevor Pai had been race winners in 4:06 and three:27. Full outcomes.
Mesquite Canyon – Waddell, Arizona
Aravaipa Working’s newest occasion topped Deserae Clarke and Jeff Browning as 50-mile winners in 11:29 and eight:47, and Courtne McIntosh and Nicolas Caruso had been 50k greatest in 6:23 and 4:31. Full outcomes.
Antelope Canyon Ultras – Web page, Arizona
The posted outcomes present simply three 100-mile finishers and a bunch of drops, in all probability as a result of heavy rain that left a number of the course muddy and in chilly climate. Wataru Iino (Japan) was the primary man in 21:47, and there have been no feminine finishers. Amber Throop and Amos Desjardins had been tops within the 50 miler in 10:27 and 9:10, and Megan Drake and Jaime Scott received the 55k in 4:58 and 5:06, respectively. Full outcomes.
Run By Time Marathon – Salida, Colorado
Imogen Ainsworth led the ladies’s group towards a 3:55 end. Lauren Puretz and Kim Dobson had been second and third in 3:56 and 4:02. Males’s winner Morgan Elliott got here by in 3:03, and Taylor Stack and Jeshurun Small adopted in 3:07 and three:12, respectively. Full outcomes.
Prickly Pear 50k – San Antonio, Texas
Shannon Beutler and Jared Rothlauf took the highest spots in 4:55 and three:39. Full outcomes.
Shannon Beutler (proper), the highest girl on the 2023 Prickly Pear 50k, with Sharron Fisherman, RRCA Texas State Rep. Picture: Prickly Pear 50k
Jared Rothlauf, the 2023 Prickly Pear 50k males’s champion. Picture: Prickly Pear 50k
Land Between the Lakes 50 Mile – Grand Rivers, Kentucky
Savannah Rose and Conner Parsons had been greatest on the water world course in 8:27 and 6:54, and Stephanie Hill and Walker Yane received the 60k in 5:38 and 4:44. Full outcomes.
Tremendous Bull Path Championship 50k – Wooster, Ohio
The race’s seventh operating noticed Christine Partain and Bruce Baker go 5:07 and 4:07 for the wins. Full outcomes.
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Land Between the Lakes, Antelope Canyon, and Catalina Island, there are some fairly spots on this week’s group! Which of those spots have you ever run in? What different occasions are you able to share with us from this weekend?
