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Noel Whitall. |
Briana Torres. |
Emily Bryans of the Willow Street Athletic Club. |
After dropping the rest of the field in the first mile, Deena Kastor ran alone the whole way, with only a timing truck to chase. |
Heading back into the stadium, she had about 500 meters more to run on the track. It was apparent... |
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...that she was going to be very close to Lynn Jennings' American record of 25:02. Though she had the victory sealed up... |
...it became a race against the clock. Kastor fell just shy of the record, running 25:05 but winning the USA 8K title. |
One week later, Kastor destroyed the 8K record, running 24:36 in Chicago. |
Jen Rhines had put some distance on her competitors by the 5K mark (through which she passed in 16:06)... |
...and she held on to that lead through the finish line. Rhines finished second in 25:54. |
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Rhines represented the U.S. in the marathon at the 2004 Olympic Games. |
Heading around the track, with less than 200 meters to go, Amy Rudolph led Katie McGregor by a slight margin. |
Rudolph, a Providence College alum who still resides in Providence, Rhode Island, and trains... |
...under her college coach, Ray Treacy, held off McGregor to take third in 26:02. |
McGregor, a University of Michigan alum who now trains in Minnesota... |
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...finished fourth in 26:03. |
The course only featured a couple of small climbs, but it wasn't a blazing fast course, as was evidenced by Kastor's time improvement one week later in Chicago. |
Jenny Crain had caught up to Carrie Tollefson by the 5K mark... |
...and she held on to fifth place, finishing in 26:24. |
Crain runs for the Wisconsin Runner Racing Team. |
