NATIONAL RUNNING NEWS

 

 

CVS MARATHON 
April 29, 2001

 

Men's Marathon Results

1st  Edilson Da Saliva 2:12:43
2nd Luis Fonsesca 2:12:59
3rd Ronnie Hollassie 2:13.03
4th Aleksey Korobov 2:13:19
5th Genilson Da Salvia 2:22:02
6th Kefah Keraro 2:26:34
7th Tesfaye Amenu 2:27:37
8th Tony Banovich 2:28:55
9th Zachariah Nyambaso 2:29:11
10th Jason Warick 2:30:07


Women's Marathon Results

 

1st Elvira Kolakova 2:42:06
2nd Tatiana Titova 2:43:37
3rd Magvalena Lewy 2:44:57
4th Monica Sariento Rodriguez 2:48:56
5th Renate Baldyga 2:49:58
6th Kelli Lusk 2:55:49
7th Eileen Meisler 2:58:49
8th Carloyne Silvey 3:06:35
9th Monica Joyce 3:07:37
10th KAtherine Stephens-Borgar 3:11:11

 

American Runner Medals in World Cross Championships
On March 25th Dathan Ritzenheim ran at the world cross country championships in Ostend, Belgium. He finished 3rd in the race running a 25:46, receiving a bronze medal.  He is the first American to medal in 20 years.

 

Records keep falling!!
Long Beach Wilson high school set the all-time indoor sprint medley relay(400, 200, 200, 800) record for girls at the National Scholastic Indoor Championships with a time of 3:53.17, breaking the old record by 3.5 seconds, splits were 53.3, 25.0, 25.1, and 2:09.5.

 

Another Record Falls by Alan Webb

 Alan Webb broke the national indoor record for the 1000m run, he ran it in 2:23.68, breaking the old record of 2:23.85.  

                                                From Bryan Harmon

 

Wow!!!!!!!!

 Alan Webb ran an impressive 3:59.86 in an indoor meet in New York, he is the first high school student to break 4 min in the indoor mile and the fourth American to do it since Marty Liquori in 1967 for a regular mile.

From Chris Hine

 

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