IAU World 100K

Following days of confusion on the heels of the IAU World 100K, held Saturday, September 9 in Winschoten, The Netherlands, the official results of the World Title national team competition have been released.  (Of course, we all know that 100 K is 62 miles, give or take a few yards.) 

In the final tally, the U.S. men have moved up a notch in the standings, and have been awarded silver medals, behind France and ahead of South Africa.

And, for the second time in 6 years, the American women have joined their male teammates on the flag stand, nabbing the bronze behind Germany and France.

USA national ultra teams have now amassed one of the most impressive World competition records in American history:

MEN 1) France (Fetizon, Diehl, Guichard: 6:23:15, 6:41:35, 6:41:35 = 19:46:25) 2) USA (Held, Nippert, Garcia: 6:33:12, 7:04:08, 7:08:22 = 20:45:42) 3) RSA (Wright, Kelehe, Mteto: 6:46:10, 7:09:42, 7:09:42 = 21:01:32) WOMEN 1) Germany (Wagner, Hiebl, Botzon: 7:39:35, 7:54:32, 8:05:21 =23:39:28) 2) France (Maggiolini, Beaulieu, Brionne: 7:46:05, 7:52:50, 8:27:36 = 24:06:31) 3) USA (Bollig, Park, Cherniak: 8:08:03, 8:24:59, 8:29:59 = 25:03:01)

       *World Champion (set world 100K record)

barry

Tuesday, May 20, 2008 04:42 PM