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Cassandra Henkiel gets ready for the 2005 USA 8K Championships. |
2004 Olympic bronze medalist Deena Kastor trys to stay warm before the race. |
Kastor would be opening her 2005 season here. |
Nicole Aish of Colorado tries to stay warm... |
...as does Amy Mortimer of Massachusetts. |
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Sylvia Mosqueda. |
2004 U.S. Olympian Carrie Tollefson. |
L-R: Collette Liss, Amy Rudolph, and Nicole Hunt. |
Kastor fittingly wears bib #1. |
Kastor's competitors applaud as she is introduced. |
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The race would start with approximately 500 meters on the brand new Icahn Stadium track. |
The beautiful facility would host many track meets beginning in the spring of 2005 and hopes to attract some major events. |
The runners wait for the start of the race. |
They're off. The race included approximately 40 runners. |
This was the first time since 2001 that there was a USA Women's 8K Championship race. |
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The field included #28 Christina Blackmer, #10 Laura O'Neill, and #14 Melissa Cook. |
Cook leads #26 Carmen Troncoso, #24 Carrie Messner, and #30 Cassandra Henkiel. |
Also in there is #21 Ann Gaffigan and #40 Andrea Haver. |
Approximately 400 meters into the race, Jenny Crain, Sylvia Mosqueda, and Deena Kastor were setting the pace. |
Also up there, from left to right, are Ann Marie Brooks-Schwabe, Nicole Aish, Jen Rhines (between Crain and Mosqueda), and Amy Rudolph (between Mosqueda and Kastor). |
