The U.S. Army’s World Class Athlete Program had a big day yesterday.
Army runners Leonard Korir and Shadrack Kipchirchir were first and third respectively at USA Track & Field Cross Country Championships in Bend.
In Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the U.S. Army’s Paul Chelimo won the 3,000 meters at the Camel City Elite Races, finishing four seconds in front of runner-up Lee Emanuel.
The experts at LetsRun.com write about both the USATF Cross Country Championships and Chelimo’s performance in their six takeaways from a busy day of racing.
I did this story last year on the distance runners in the Army’s World Class Athlete Program.
http://www.oregonlive.com/trackandfield/index.ssf/2016/06/world_class_athlete_program_di.html
At that point, Chelimo and Kipchirchir were training under U.S. Olympian and West Linn High School graduate Dan Browne, and using the Nike campus as a training base.
Since I wrote that, and while my attention was diverted during the college football season, Chelimo and Kipchirchir apparently relocated to Colorado Springs.
Other athletes with local connections who made the medal stand at the USTF Cross Country Championships were Chris Derrick of the Bowerman Track Club and ex-University of Oregon runner Trevor Dunbar, who were fifth and sixth respectively in the men’s race, and the BTC’s Courtney Frerichs, fourth in the women’s race.
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Korir and Aliphine Tuliamuk and win muddy USATF cross country titles.
Korir and Tuliamuk survive the mud and ice to win USATF titles in Bend.
American Distance Project runners sweep the top four spots in the senior men’s race at the USATF Cross Country Championships.
Aliphine Tuliamuk wins the women’s race at the USATF Cross Country Championships; the Bowerman Track Club’s Courtney Frerichs finishes fourth.
Paul Merca reports from the USATF Cross Country Championships.
The Bowerman Track Club’s Muhammad Ahmed speaks out against President Trump’s immigration order.
Olympic bids by Los Angeles and Paris both deal with uncomfortable truths.
Liam Morgan for Inside the Games: Shackles are off in the battle for the 2024 Olympics.
Eunice Jepkirui Kirwa and Callum Hawkins win the Kagawa-Marugame Half Marathon. the Bowerman Track Club’s Amy Cragg is second. Shalane Flanagan is a late scratch.
Ajee’ Wilson and Sammy Watson clock impressive 600s at the Armory Track Invitational.
Usain Bolt wants to take the Nitro Athletics concept world wide.
Both Bolt and his meet come up winners.
British stars Laura Muir and Andrew Pozzi shine at the Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe.
Chris Chavez of Citius Mag: We don’t talk enough about Muir’s brilliance.
Larry Eder of RunBlogRun: Muir is 23, and the world is at her feet.
Muir wins, takes down the European record in the process.
The front page for LetsRun.com.
The links package from Track & Field News.
The links from Duck Sports Now.
The links from Beaver Sports Now.
— Ken Goe
kgoe@oregonian.com | @KenGoe
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