Gatorade Honors Male XC Preps
- Nathan Weitz at Foot Locker (pic by Colleen Collins) Northwest runners were honored by Gatorade as part of its selection of male athlete of the year for 2010. Nathan Weitz of Shadle Park, who placed third in the nation at Foot Locker topped the list for Washington, while Travis Neuman of Summit, the Oregon 5A champion, headed the Oregon guys. Travis placed 7th in the Northwest Regional. Dallin Farnsworth, a two-time Idaho State champion from Highland & an eleventh place Foot Locker National runner led the way in that state. Miles Knotek of Seward won the 3A Alaskan championship. Knotek & Neuman are juniors and will return next year. Following is the company announcement for all four runners.
Livingston 500 NR! Cheserek US#2 AT 4:02.21! Nadel 9:31 3k. Blankenship 17-4.5 Vault
At the Armory on Saturday Strymar Livingston set the 500m NR with a time of 1:01.68 with Najee Glass under the record as well with a 1:02.16! Edward Cheserek scored a US#2 All-Time clocking of 4:02.21. (Photo by Kyle Brazeil)Olympic Trials Marathon
There were numerous ahtletes with Northwest ties in last weekends US Marathon Trials covered in the article, For the men former Centennial runner Ryan Vail placed 11th in 2:12;43, Max King of Bend placed 19th - 2:14, Ryan Bak, also from Bend 23 - 2:15, Craig Leon of Eugene 26 - 2:15.42, Mikhail Sayenko of Bellevue 30 - 2:16.40 & Juan Carolos Trujillo of Idaho 58 - 2:20. Kenyon Neuman, whose brother Travis is the current 5A XC champion from Summit, placed 72nd in 2:22.33, while former West Linn star Dan Browne finished 82nd in 2:42. Browne represented he US in the 2004 Olympics in both the marathon and the 10K. Women with local ties include Jeannette Faber of Portland, who was 21st in 2:36, Amanda Rice of Portland 50 - 2:41, Christina Overbeck of Portland 108 - 2:48, Mattie Suver of Washington 123 - 2:50.23, Wendy Terris of Milwaukie 126 - 2:51.36, Hallie Jansen of Portland 2:53, Rachel JAten of Spokane 136 - 2:53.46, Meghan Arbogast of Corvallis 143 - 2:58.53 & Liana Bernarde of Medford 147 - 3:01.14. Former Olympians, who raced, include Deena Kaster (6 - 2:0.40, Magdalena Lewy Boulet (10 - 2:33.42), Jen Rhines 21 - 2:43.35 plus Katie McGregor, who has not been an Olympic athlete but has represented the US a number of times (11 - 2:34.01.
Northwest Girls Honored by Gatorade
Emily Nist Katie Knight at Northwest Regional Allie Ostrander of Alaska, Emily Nist of Idaho, Katie Knight of Washington and Sara Tsai of Oregon have been named as thier state's top harriers for the Fall 2011 Cross Country season. They now share nominatins with young ladies from the other 50 States, as potential American Athlete of the Year, who Gatorade will name later.
Northwest Runners Nominated for Inland Awards
Katie Knight leads the way at Border Clash (pic by Angela Collins) A number of Northwest runners have been nominated for the Inland Northwest Youth Awards, which will be anounced in mid-February. Included on the list are: Kinsey Gomez - the Coeur d' Alene runner, who now runs for Oregon State, won Idaho 5A titles in the 1600 & 3200 Katie Knight - the North Central star set a course record in winning the 3A XC championship in 17:10.6 and was third at Nike & now 4th at BUPA International. Baylee Mires - the Mead runner, who is now at the University of Washington, won the 4A 800 Meters in 2:10 & was 2nd in the 400M (57.44) Kenji Bierig - the Lewis & Clark star won 4A titles in the 3200M & 1600M. Nathan Weitz - the Shadle Park star earned his second trip to the presitgious Foot Locker meet, where he placed third in the nation. He was 2nd in 3A XC. Others nominated include Anande Egland - 1A Pole Vault record of 11-06, Austin Pruit - 200M wheelchair winner in the International Paralympiscs, Jon Knight - coach five time North Central, which won its 5th straight 3A crown,. One wonders how Andrew Gardner of Mead was left off the list after placing sixth in the nation at Foot Locker but that is another story.
Gardner and Knight place in top 5in Scotland
Andrew Gardner, Nathan Weitz & Katie Knight before heading to Scotland Northwest runners Andrew Gardner & Katie Knight were two of the America 's best in Scotland on Saturday.
Foot Locker Reflections 2011
Nathan Weitz focuses on Jake Leingang & Tony Smoragiewicz on his way to third (picture by Colleen Collins) This year offered two fine racesto add to the over three decade tradition of the Foot Locker National Championships. Northwest harrier fans had much to like as well with Nathan Weitz, Andrew Gardner & Dallin Farnsworth all placing in the top eleven. For the girls Washington's Jordan McPhee and Idaho's Emily Nist represented the region.
Weitz, Gardner & Knight Named to US Junior Squad
Andrew Gardner & NAthan Weitz at Hotel Del Coronado Nathan Weitz, Andrew Gardner & Katie Knight were included on the list of US ahtletes, who will compete on the US Junior Squad. The meet, which will include European runners, is the Bupa Great Edinburgh Cross Country race. The race takes on added significance this coming year in only it's second edition, because there will be no World Championship in 2012. We have noted that this was a truly impressive year in Washington and the inclusion of three runners to the national team underscores the fact. Nathan Weitz, who recently placed third in the Foot Locker National Championship, will be joined by Andrew Gardner, who placed sixth in that event, as a member of the Junior Men's Team. Katie Knight, who blew away the Washington State meet record (17:11) in Pasco and then followed that performance with a third place effort at NXN, will be a member of the Junior Women's squad. It's nice to see Katie finally receiving the national attention that she has deserved for some time.
The Fit Runner - Episode 2: Healthy Meal Ideas
In this second episode of The Fit Runner our host is Tara Gidus, aka the "Diet Diva" and nutritionist to the Orlando Magic. She gives us some solid meal and hydration ideas for before, after, and during a run. This is the latest episode in our series on being a fit runner.2011 Foot Locker National Championships
The 2011 Foot Locker races offered two completely different styles of racing for fans to comtemplate but in the end the result was two high quality races with very deserving champions. Runners from the Northwest represented WA and ID well.
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