More Exposure for Trevor

After a busy weekend in Virginia Beach where Trevor was presented with his USATF Youth Athlete of the Year award, he got interviewed by his local news station. You can view the video here.



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Trevor Makes History

Last week USATF announced the Youth Athlete of the Year and to our excitement, TEAM member, Trevor, has been named this years recipient. This is an incredible achievement as Trevor is the first ever racewalker to be given this award. You can view the full article here.

We are so proud of Trevor! He is so very deserving of this award as he has had such an amazing season. We look forward to even bigger and better things to come from his this coming year.

Please go pick up the latest (December 6th edition) Sports Illustrated magazine as Trevor is currently listed as one of this month's "Faces in the Crowd".

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TEAM Dominates Awards

Recently the USA Racewalk Awards were announced for the top Senior and Junior Racewalkers of the year. This year the list was filled with our TEAM members. The winners are as follows:

Ron Zinn Outstanding Male - Trevor Barron

Ron Zinn Outstanding Female - Maria Michta

2010 Henry Laskau Outstanding Junior Male - Trevor Barron

2010 Henry Laskau Outstanding Junior Female - Nicolette Sorensen



2010 USA Race Walking Grand Prix - OPEN MEN
1st Place Male - Dave McGovern
2nd Place male - Dan Serianni
3rd Place Male - Tim Seaman

2010 USA Race Walking Grand Prix - OPEN WOMEN
1st Place Female - Teresa Vaill
2nd Place Female - Maria Michta
3rd Place Female - Erin Taylor-Talcott

010 USA Race Walking Grand Prix - JUNIOR MEN
1st Place Junior Male - Alejandro Chavez
2nd Place Junior Male - Jonathan Hallman
3rd Place Junior Male - Tyler Sorensen

2010 USA Race Walking Grand Prix - JUNIOR MEN
1st Place Junior Female - Abby Dunn
2nd Place Junior Female - Rachel Phillips
3rd Place Junior Female - Nicolette Sorensen

This week at the USATF Convention, the awards will be handed out to all of the winners. Congratulations to the members of our TEAM that are receiving awards.

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Exciting Additions to the TEAM

We have big and exciting news about 5 new TEAM members joining Champions International. Now with a grand total of 17 athletes with the TEAM, we will be even more of a force around the USA and Canada. The new additions are Americans Amber Antonia Budahn, Janelle Brown and Rachel Zoyhofski and Canadians Bruno Carriére and Shannon Willford. All of these athletes have a lot of talent and have already accumulated a lot of accomplishments and are looking for more to come.

Only just a few years ago Amber Antonia Budahn was one of the top racewalkers in the US with a personal best time for 20k of 1:35:59. That time today would make her the top woman in the US and that is where she is hoping to get back to. Amber took a break from racewalking for a few years to focus on her personal goals of opening a fitness centre and doing some personal training. At only 31 years old, she now wants to make a comeback and give racewalking her all to get on the 2012 Olympic Team.





As one of the top collegiate racewalkers in the USA, Janelle Brown has made big improvements over the last year. She has dropped her best times dramatically while competing at Cornerstone University in Michigan. This past year she was All-American in both indoor and outdoor NAIA Nationals and qualified for the USATF Outdoor National Championships. With just one more year left at Cornerstone, we are looking forward to even more accomplishments to come.







In 2010, Rachel Zoyhofski was one of the top Juniors in the USA. She finished first at the World Racewalking Cup Trials and 3rd at the USATF Junior National Championships. She is currently attending Rochester Institute of Technology and is in her Sophomore year. This year she will be competing as a Senior for the first time. Rachel has so much potential and will look to qualify for the 2012 Olympic Trials over the next few years.






Bruno Carriére is the 2010 Canadian Junior Champion and represented Canada at the World Junior Track and Field Championships in Canada this past summer. Bruno still has one more year as a Junior left and is looking to drop his personal best times considerably with this new system of training. He has already seen big improvements in the 2 months since training under the TEAMS system.











Shannon Willford is pretty new to racewalking. She lives in beautiful Kelowna, Bristish Columbia, Canada and is looking to get more serious with her racewalking to get to the next level. Shannon has a very active background and she likes to run, bike and cross country ski. We look forward to seeing Shannon grow this year as she dedicates herself towards racewalking.











Our TEAM has had a very successful 2010 season with several National Championship Champions and medallists. We look forward to growing upon that in the coming year and watch everyone improve to become the best racewalker they can be. Keep reading our blog as we update you on how our TEAM is doing.

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Tyler Prepares for a New Season

TEAM member Tyler Soresen was interviewed recently about this past season and the new season to come. We are looking forward to another successful season for Tyler!

You can view the whole article here.

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Maria 2nd at 30km Championships

Yesterday in New York at the USA 30km Racewalk Championships, TEAM member Maria Michta finished in 2nd place and a new personal best. She walked her own pace throughout the whole 30k and unfortunately had to walk alone the whole time but she walked very consistent splits. She finished in 2:39:35, a PB by almost 6 minutes from last years championships. First place went to veteran Teresa Vail finishing in a new American record of 2:31:30! Very impressive for the soon to be 48 year old.

Next up for the TEAM is the 20km Master's Championships in Florida where Yandy Alvarez will look to do a good time in preparation for the 50k in January.

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Trevor Inspires Others

The Children's Hospital of Pittsburg, PA has written a story and video on TEAMmate Trevor Barron about his recovery from epilepsy. His story is very inspiring. You can view the video here:



And read the article here.

This Sunday morning, Maria will be competing for the 30km National Championship in New York. She is the defending champion. Good luck!

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Coach Tim gets Inducted into the UWP Hall of Fame

This past weekend in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the leader of Champions International, Coach Tim, was inducted into his college (University of Wisconsin-Parkside) athletics hall of fame. This is a big honor for Tim and something he has waited for since he graduated 15 years ago. At UWP Tim was the schools first 4-time NAIA Champion. Since graduating from UWP, Tim has been on two Olympic Teams and has broked 12 American Records both on the track and road.

Here is a picture of the plaque that will now hang in the halls of the UWP athletic walls.


Next up for the TEAM is the 30km National Championships on October 31st in New York where Maria will look to defend her title.

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Start of The New Season Begins

Now that the whole TEAM has taken some well deserved time off after a long season, it is now time to start some early racing. Today Maria and Lauren competed in the USA National 1-Hour Championships. Both went into the race with open minds and no real big expectations. They were just hoping to give a good effort since they have only been doing base work and no speed at all.

A lot of America's top women came out today to see who could walk the furthest in an hour. The gun went off and Teresa pushed the pace from th beginning. Maria went out in her own pace and was very conservative walking 1:57-1:58 per lap. She held a good pace of 24:36 for 5km's and then started to have stomach issues and slowed slightly to a great 49:15 split for 10km's. Maria finished in a strong 2nd place covering 12,163m's in an hour with Teresa finishing in 1st in 12,813m's. Lauren was next for the TEAM and she had some company with Loretta McGovern and Erin Talcott forming a little group. They stayed together for most of the race but as the race came close to an end, Erin fell off first and then Lauren with Loretta prevailing to come 3rd in 11,597m's. TEAM member Lauren finished 4th in her best performance over an hour at this time of the season in 11,436m's. Both women did a great job!

Next up for the TEAM we will have Maria competing at the USA 30km Championships on October 31st in New York.

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Trevor Finishes the Season with a BANG!

On Saturday, September 4th Trevor competed in his first real 20km race ever in Tuusula, Finland. The race was held on a track and it was the Nordic Championships. Coach Tim gave Trevor a goal of breaking 1:26 but Trevor decided that that would not be good enough for him. Trevor started off very conservatively in 4:25 for the 1st kilometer. He went through the first 5km's in 21:22 in the perfect conditions of 10 degrees celcius. He continued to feel good but was still being careful going through the 2nd 5km's in 21:12 (42:44 for 1st 10km's). He then decided to put the hammer down and dropped the pace considerably. His 5km split between 10-15km's was 20:32. This is when TEAM friend Andreas Gustafsson called Coach Tim at just past 2am PST to tell him that he was under B standard pace. He told Coach Tim that he would call him back in 20mins and tell him how he finished up. Unbelievably, Trevor did a ridiculous 20:33 last 5km's to finish up the 20,000m in 1:23:49 (41:05 last 10km and PR by 45seconds). This is not only a huge PR for Trevor (by 8 minutes) but its also an American Jr. Record by over 18 minutes!!!! To put his performance even more into perspective, Trevor is now only 9 seconds off of Coach Tim's American 20,000m Record! This time has put shockwaves around the world. Everyone is so impressed with his performance and he is only 17, 3 weeks shy of his 18th birthday. This time is a B standard for the World Championships next year, however, it will not count because there were not enough IAAF judges for it to count. We all know that Trevor will be more than capable of doing this time again next year or better to officially qualify him for the World T&F Championships in Korea in September next year.

Trevor will now stay in Europe for a few months to take in some European culture and train with some Italian racewalkers. We all look forward to some great things for him next year.

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Tyler 10th at Youth Olympics!

On Sunday, August 22nd, 2010, Tyler competed in Singapore at the first ever Youth Olympic Games in the 10,000m walk. In very tough hot and humid conditions, Tyler started off very conservatively to be cautious in the extreme weather. Even trying to be very careful, Tyler's heart rate skyrocketed to levels we hadn't ever seen from him in any race or training session all season, almost right from the beginning. By 4-5km's Tyler was forced to slow down due to the heat. Tyler fought hard to the finish and in the end it was worth it. He finished in 10th place in 47:07.77. He had a great experience at the very first Youth Olympic Games ever and is looking forward to one day hopefully competing at the Big Show! For now, Tyler will be taking some much deserved time off and will be starting the cross country season in a few weeks.

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Lots of Updates

First up after the World Junior Championships for the TEAM was the USA vs. Canada Dual Meet. We had two TEAM members competing this year, brother and sister duo Tyler and Nicolette Sorensen. Both were looking to capture the titles after their strong performances at Nationals.First up was Tyler in the boys race. Since Tyler's best time was several minutes better than the rest of the field, the plan for him was to try and walk a 5km PR enroute to the 10km. He went out and pushed hard from the beginning and went through 5km's in 20:45. Unfortunately since he was pushing the limit, he picked up 2 red cards by 5km's and eventually got DQ'd by 6km's. It definitely was a risk to push so hard like that but this is how racewalking is. Sometimes you need to take a chance. Since Tyler was DQ'd, another American Josh Haertel won in 48:58.

Next up was Nicolette in the girls race. After she was the surprise winner at the US Junior Nationals, we knew that Nicolette would be really strong going into the Dual Meet. She started off in the lead pack and very quickly too the lead. She pushed maybe a little bit too early and ended up fading a bit. She did a very strong performance but unfortunately finished in 2nd with a time of 26:45. This was Nicolette's first time wearing the U.S.A on her chest. First place went to Maite Moscosa in a time of 26:36.

Earlier that morning was the Canadian Senior Championships 20km on the track. The TEAM had Coach Tim, Rachel and Maria competing. The plan for all three of them was for Coach Tim to pace Rachel to a 1:36:XX and for Maria to hold on to them for as long as possible. They started off really well and were looking good going through the first 5km's in 24:08. Maria fell off the pace around 6km's and from there she walked solo as Tim and Rachel continued to walk on goal pace. Tim and Rachel went through 10km's in 48:10 and were looking good through 12km's then Rachel started to have a lot of pain in her legs and from there on just couldnt maintain the pace anymore. She struggled to the finish in a disappointing 1:38:48 (a new Canadian Track Record) with Coach Tim finishing a few seconds before her. Maria pushed through to the end finishing in her 3rd best time ever in 1:40:29.


This past weekend in Minneapolis, Katie competed in the US 15km Racewalk Championships. This was Katie's first time doing a 15km race and 2nd longest race ever. She finished in a very strong 4th place among some of the US's best racewalkers. She walked 1:22:23 and won $625. The winner was veteran Teresa Vail in a time of 1:11:47.

Next up for the TEAM is Tyler at the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore on Sunday. He races at 7pm local time, 7am EST and 4am PST. He will walk a 10,000m on the track and is ranked 6th. You can see information about the games here.

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Double T's Excel at World Juniors

On Friday, July 23rd, Trevor and Tyler competed in Moncton, Canada at the World Junior Track and Field Championships over 10,000m's. The race started at 12:20pm in hot and humid conditions. Both boys started off the race very smart and went at a conservative pace, following their race plan. They had Coach Tim trackside telling them their lap splits as they went by.

Trevor was about 40m's from the leaders, keeping them in his sights so that he was able to pick people off as they started to fall back. Trevor continued to get stronger and stronger as the race progressed and seemed to have been in a good position to be able to strike against the leaders but the top 3 boys put in a big surge and Trevor simply couldnt respond and catch some of the other boys infront of him. He finished in a very impressive performance of 41:50 and 7th place, a new American Junior Record by 32 seconds the highest placing ever for the US at World Juniors.

Tyler started off almost at the very back of the field and just started to inch his way up the field with very consistent splits. Tyler got into a very good groove and managed to stay in it and keep picking off the field. He finished in a very impressive 1:35 last lap to finish in 43:55, only 2 seconds off his PB and in 15th place.

The boys did GREAT and we are all so proud of them! Both of them have had really strong international performances this year.

Next up we have the Canadian Track and Field Championships on Friday, July 30th where Rachel will look to defend her National title, Maria will try to put out a good effort over 20km's and Tyler and Nicolette represent the USA over Canada at the Junior Dual meet.

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Silver for Lauren at NACAC U-23

This past weekend in Miramar, Florida TEAM member Lauren Forgues represented the USA at the North American, Central American and Caribbean U-23 Championships. On Saturday morning in very brutal weather conditions she walked 10km's on the track. She started off the race in second place with a Mexican walker bursting into first. Lauren came through 5k in 24:59. In the second half of the race, Lauren and the lead Mexican walker were walking the same pace but since the Mexican girl had gotten such a big lead in the first 5k, Lauren simply couldnt catch her. Lauren ended up finishing a very strong 2nd place.

Event 41 Women 10000 Meter Race Walk
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NACAC: @ 44:30.10 5/15/1992 Alison Baker, CAN
Name Team Finals
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Finals
1 Erandi M. Uribe Mexico 50:12.27
2 Lauren Forgues United States 51:06.38
3 Lizbeth Silva Mexico 52:31.78
4 Miranda Melville United States 53:03.30


Next up for the TEAM is the World Junior Track and Field Championships in Moncton, Canada where Trevor Barron and Tyler Sorenson will be representing the USA. Coach Tim will also be travelling to Moncton to help the boys in their race which takes place on July 23rd.

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New Book: Be Excellent like the TEAM

Coach Tim and Jeff Salvage have come out with their latest book called "Racewalk Faster by Training Smarter". This book has been designed to teach you as an athlete or coach how to train at any age and ability level. This book has been written based on the philosophy that Coach Tim coaches the whole TEAM with. Become just like the TEAM by reading "Racewalk Faster by Training Smarter". You can buy the book at Racewalk.com. You can also go to a clinic with Tim and Jeff and learn everything right from them firsthand. You can register for a clinic at RacewalkClinic.com.

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Seniors Continue Success on 2nd Day

On day 2 of the racewalks at Nationals four more TEAM members were hoping to emulate the Juniors success from the day before. Unfortunately the weather was the same as the day before, pouring rain and lightning. The rain had stopped by the time everyone started warming up but unfortunately the lightning was still striking. The race had to be postponed by 15 minutes but luckily for the athletes the temperature was cool and perfect for racing.

First up was the men. Leading the TEAM was Coach and still active athlete, Tim Seaman. With hopes to continue the winning streak of the TEAM, Tim started off in the lead pack and looked very comfortable with the pace. After a few kilometers Tim and John Nunn separated from the rest of the group and it looked like it was going to be a fight for first between these two men. Unfortunately for Tim, he received 2 red cards by 6km's and was forced to tell John that the judges decided that John was going to be the winner today and Tim had to slow down to avoid disqualification. Luckily Tim was well ahead of 3rd place that he was able to just keep an easy pace to maintain his 2nd place. Tim finished in an easy 1:33:10 in 2nd place.



Three minutes after the men took off, it was the women's turn. Representing the TEAM was Maria, Lauren and Katie. Time was not the goal today, the goal for the ladies was to race hard and to finish as high as possible. As usual, Teresa Vail took off going into the lead right from the gun trying to push the pace. Maria just stayed smart and walked with Joanne Dow trying to stay relaxed and comfortable for as long as possible so that she would have the strength to push when the time came. After 3km's Teresa started struggling and stepped off the course. Once Maria caught up to where Teresa was, Teresa jumped back into the race going with Maria and trying to give herself another chance to try and win this race. Unfortunately for Teresa but fortunately for Maria, it just wasnt Teresa's day and Teresa decided to step off the course for a 2nd and final time. At this point Maria was leading Joanne and it looked like as long as Maria could manage not to crash that she was going to be the winner. Maria held on and pushed to the end and won the event in her 2nd best time ever of 1:39:46, the clear winner by just over 3.5 minutes.



Coming in next for the TEAM was Lauren. Lauren started off in the lead of the 2nd pack of women. Lauren was definitely the strongest of the group and after a few laps it was just her and Oregonian Erin Gray. From about 5km's on Lauren led Erin Gray, pushing the pace and Erin just drafted off of Lauren the whole way. Lauren determined not to loose after doing all of the work and Erin doing nothing to help, Lauren kept pushing and trying to make Erin suffer. Lauren managed to drop Erin at around 16-17km's and pushed till the end. Lauren finished in an impressive 3rd place in a time of 1:44:37.

Katie rounded off the TEAM for the day completing her very first 20km's ever. She had never covered the distance in a workout or a race before but since Nationals was in her home state of Iowa, Katie was willing to take on the challenge. Katie smashed the challenge and walked a super strong race. She finished in 1:51:23 and even had a big negative split. She wasnt too far off of her 10km personal best in both of her splits, very impressive! She finished in 8th place, a great showing at her first Nationals.

You can watch our TEAM's strong performances here courtesy of Runnerspace.com





Awesome job TEAM as we came away with five medals! Next up for the TEAM will be the NACAC Track and Field Champonships where Lauren will be racing over 10,000m's in Miami, Florida.

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Juniors Dominate Nationals

This past Saturday, June 26th in Des Moines, Iowa the Juniors on the TEAM were set to start off the weekend of races for Champions International. The day started off with heavy rain and thunder and lightning. The boys race which was first up for the morning was postponed by 30 minutes because there was still lightning striking too close to the start time.

Once the weather cleared up, the boys were up. The gun went off and Trevor and Tyler took off from the rest of the boys immediately. Both boys were pushing hard trying to fulfill their own personal goals. After a few kilometers we could tell that Trevor was struggling to get onto his goal pace. Even though he was in the lead by 200m's he was still hoping to break his own American Jr. Record. Trevor had been very tired from the training he has done over the last few weeks and not tapering for this race. He still finished a very strong 42:58. Tyler on the other hand continued his very strong season and walked a very tough race alone and managed to finish in a personal best time of 43:53, 5 seconds better than his time from earlier this year. With Trevor and Tyler finishing 1st and 2nd, they confirmed their spots on the USA team to compete at the World Junior Track and Field Championships in Moncton, Canada on July 23rd at 12:20pm.







Next up was the girls and as soon as they stepped on the line the sun came out and the humidity started to climb. Both girls were told to be very careful the first few laps since we knew the rest of the girls would shoot out of the starting line. Both girls followed the instructions and walked the first few laps together about 10-20m's back from the lead pack. Nicolette then moved up and caught up to the the lead pack. She stayed with the girls as Abby Dunn kept doing little spurts of sprints. Nicolette didnt mind Abby trying to make little moves and just stayed calm and kept thinking of just racing her own race. After each of Abby's little spurts, the girls always caught up to her. Nicolette decided to make a move and Abby went with her. As both girls moved away from the other's Abby still kept trying to make little moves but these moves didnt worry Nicolette. After awhile Abby could no longer make those little moves and Nicolette just got stronger. Nicolette made her final move which brought her to the finish line first in 56:25, winning the event by 33 seconds. At just 14 years old, Nicolette may be the youngest ever to win the 10km racewalk at Jr. Nationals. Following Nicolette was her TEAMmate Molly who pushed really hard throughout the race in really tough conditions. Even though she was struggling, she never gave up. Molly finished in 9th place in 59:54, a great time in these conditions.







Great job TEAM!

One BIG post!

Im sorry that we have been a little slow with updated the blog but I swear after this BIG post, it will be updated more frequently again like it was. Here we go in order of events past.

May 15th in Chihuahua, Mexico: Trevor and Tyler lead the USA team to very strong finishes at the IAAF World Racewalk Cup finishing in 9th and 18th place. They had the highest finishes out of the whole USA contingent and made us all very proud.

May 28th in Marion, Indiana: Katie raced at the NAIA Collegiate Nationals where she was striving to better her 2nd place finish from the Indoor NAIA's this past winter. In very hot conditions, Katie battled to a 4th place finish. Although she was hoping to medal, Katie capped off a very successful first year with the TEAM and looking forward to even better results next year.

May 23rd in Maine: Lauren put on her own race in Maine to try and get in a good effort over 20km's before she headed to Nationals. She had her brother Matt helping her out the whole race and shocked everyone by walking a stunning 1:40:52, a 5 minute PR.

May 30th in Toronto, Canada: Rachel and Maria headed to Canada to race at the Art Keay Memorial Walk to race 20km's. The conditions were perfect and Maria raced to a very strong 1:38:20 setting a new PR by 3 minutes. Unfortunately, Rachel was unable to race after being in a car accident earlier that morning (no one was hurt, Rachel was just very shaken up). This race sets Maria up very well to fight for the USA title at Nationals coming up.

June 6th in San Diego, California: Lily racewalked the marathon at the San Diego Rock 'N' Roll Marathon. She finished super strong coming through the finish line in 4:57. Lily has had some great training and exceeded her goal of going under 5 hours. Great job!

June 13th in San Diego, California: Tim, Trevor, Rachel, Katie and Lily all raced at Cuyamaca College over 5000m's all with different goals. Trevor was attempting the US Junior Record, Katie was trying to get the qualifying time for Nationals and Tim, Rachel and Lily were just trying to walk a season/personal best. Three out of the five succeeded at their goals. Trevor broke his own US Junior Record by 44 seconds walking 20:06 and Katie beat the qualifying time by 23 seconds walking 25:37. Lily walked a very strong race after just racewalking a marathon 6 days earlier and finished the 5,000m in 29:13. Tim struggled to keep up with Trevor and dropped back with a few laps to go finishing in 20:45 and Rachel finished up in 22:45.

June 20th Long Island, New York: Molly walked a 1500m's as a part of the Empire State Games qualifying meet. She won the race in very hot conditions with a time of 7:28. Great warm up for her as Nationals is just a week away.

Up next: In a week we have 8 TEAM members competing at the USA National Championships in Des Moines, Iowa. Nicolette, Molly, Trevor and Tyler will all be competing in the junior 10,000m race on Saturday and Tim, Maria, Lauren and Katie will all be competing on Sunday over 20km's. Lets wish them all luck as we hope to bring lots of medals home from the meet.

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Tyler Selected for Youth Olympic Games!!!

Yesterday TEAM member, Tyler Sorensen, was notified that he was selected to represent the USA at the Youth Olympic Games that will take place in Singapore in August. We are all so proud of Tyler. He has worked so hard for this and now the fun starts as he is entering into the championship season.

Tyler will next be competing in Chihuahua, Mexico in just over a week at the IAAF World Racewalk Cup. The USA has a very strong Junior Men's team as fellow TEAMmate Trevor Barron will also be competing. We wish both of them luck!

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Big Improvements by Yandy!

This past Sunday, TEAM member Yandy Nelson competed in a 5000m race in Florida. Yandy did incredibly well in his first 5000m race back after a long hiatus, especially since it was 90 degrees out! Yandy finished the race in 24:44.45. It was a very good start and we all know that he is capable of a lot more if he gets in a race with better weather conditions. Next Yandy will race in California at a 15km race where he will look to qualify for the USA Outdoor Nationals.

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PRs Smashed at Penn Relays

This past Saturday five of our TEAMmates competed at the Penn Relays. Tyler Sorensen started off the day for the TEAM competing in the men's 10,000m race. Tyler led right from the start with Dan Serianni on his heels for the first 6km's. Tyler broke away and finished really strong in just over a minute PR and he walked under the World Junior T&F Championship standard of 44:05 by walking 43:58. He will be the youngest racewalker that the US has ever sent to World Jrs. Tyler has a very exciting future ahead of him. First Tyler will compete at the World Racewalk Cup in Chihuahua, Mexico on May 15th.

The women were up next. Rachel Seaman, Maria Michta, Lauren Forgues and Molly Josephs all competed in the women's 5000m race. Rachel went into the lead right from the gun and may have pushed the pace too hard too soon. She was followed closely by Joanne Dow till a lap to go and Joanne went by Rachel and Rachel couldnt respond. Joanne took the win with Rachel in 2nd place in a new 18 second PR of 22:30. Maria followed next walking most of the race alone. She walked a very strong race finishing in a 40 second PR of 22:55 for 3rd place. Next was Lauren who also walked alone most of the race. She finished in a 45 second PR of 23:28 and finally the youngest TEAM member Molly who walked her 2nd fastest time with a 27:37 and 4th place amongst the juniors.

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TEAM races at Penn Relays on Saturday

On Saturday, we have Tyler Sorenson, Rachel Seaman, Maria Michta, Lauren Forgues and Molly Josephs competing at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia. They are all ready for some fast times on the track.

You can view two stories about the racewalking events for the race this weekend here and here.

The men walk a 10,000m at 7am and the women walk a 5,000m at 8am.

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Nice Article on Trevor

Trevor Barron who is one of America's greatest hopes on the international racewalking scene is making a name for himself. A story has been written about him after his successful race on Sunday. On Thursday Trevor will be flying to the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs where he will do a month of altitude training before the IAAF World Racewalking Cup in Chihuahua, Mexico on May 15-16.

You can check out the story here.

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TEAM Takes Top Spots on Long Island

Yesterday on Long Island, New York, eight of our TEAM members competed at the USA World Racewalk Cup Trials. We had perfect weather conditions and the event held by Gary Westerfield was very well done as always. The whole TEAM did very well despite the poor race course conditions. To say the course was tough is an understatement but instead of racing for time the TEAM was racing for top placings.

In the junior men's race we had Trevor Barron and Tyler Sorensen vying for a spot on the US team that will be competing in Mexico at the World Racewalk Cup next month. Both athletes represented the TEAM well as they placed 1st and 2nd. While Trevor was well off of what he is capable of walking, he still managed to break the US Junior 10km Road Record! Tyler still managed to set a personal best time by 20 seconds on the rough course.

In the senior men's race we had only one competitor from the TEAM, Coach Tim Seaman. While Tim still placed 2nd, he was concentrated on all of the TEAM members that he became more of a spectator/coach in the race. While Tim has qualified for the US team, he has chosen to decline his position due to obligations with his job.

In the junior girl's race we had Nicolette Sorensen and Molly Josephs. Nicolette was a little bit off of what she would have liked to have walked but she walked away with 2 red cards. In the end she managed to finish 2nd and was the youngest girl in the field. Molly walked very strong against a great group of girls. She placed 5th in her second best time ever. These results show a lot of promise to qualify for the USA vs. Canada that will take place in Toronto in August.

In the U-23 women's race we had Lauren Forgues and Katie Burnett. Lauren had a goal of improving on her time from 4 weeks ago that she walked in Huntington Beach. After a really good block of training in San Diego she was ready for a big drop in her PB. With the tough course conditions, Lauren managed to walk a good enough time to put her at the top, finishing in 1st place. Katie however had a different goal in mind, qualifying for her first Outdoor Nationals that will be held in her home state. Katie walked a very smart race and came so close to her goal of 54:00 minutes and finished just shy of qualifying for Nationals with a time of 54:19, good enough for 3rd place. She will have other opportunities this spring to qualify for Nationals and we are sure that she will be able to achieve her goal as yesterday was only her first 10km ever.

In the senior women's race we had Rachel Seaman and Maria Michta. Both hoping to make big improvements in their PBs ended up struggling with the course as well. Both were off to a good start through the first 8km's then the course started to put a big toll on their bodies. Rachel went into the lead of the race after only 4km's and raced alone from there. She managed to hold onto the leave and come away as the winner. Maria made her way through the field and walked along for most of the race as well. Maria finished 4th overall but took top American honors. Maria will not be attending the World Cup in order to attend a race where she will have a greater opportunity to walk a fast time instead of race in the heat and altitude in Mexico. Sometimes a personal goal is more important than representing your country.

You can view the full results here.

Here are some pictures of our TEAM members from the race yesterday courtesy of Courtney Williams of the Maine Racewalkers :)











































Next we will have Rachel, Maria, Lauren, Molly and Tyler all competing at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia, PA on April 24th.

Stay tuned!

TEAM

Tyler Dominates at Youth Olympic Trials

Yesterday in Arlington, Texas, Tyler Sorensen competed at the USA Youth Olympic Trials. Tyler took the lead right from the beginning and completely dominated the field winning by 13 minutes. Tyler finished the 10,000m track race in 45:52. Unfortunately, it was a typical hot day in Texas and it didnt help at all that they placed the race at 3:30pm in the afternoon. As of right now we do not know if this will qualify Tyler for the USA team that will compete at the Youth Olympics in Singapore.

Tyler will race in a week on Long Island where he will be looking to improve on his time from yesterday and hope to qualify for the USA team that will compete in Mexico at the World Race Walk Cup in May.

Stay tuned!

TEAM

Tim Races Well at Home

Sunday at the San Diego Invite it was a race between training partners. Tim and training partner Andreas Gustafsson raced a 10,000m on the track at University of California- San Diego. After having a very busy and stressful week of work, Tim went in with a simple goal, just try and walk a decent time and feel good. Andreas and Tim started the race together but on the 3rd lap Andreas dropped the next 200m's down to 45 seconds and Tim just couldnt keep up. From there on, they walked separately. Andreas went on to walk a new personal best time by almost a minute walking 40:46. Tim finished off the race after being a little unmotivated in the middle of the race. He negative split and finished in a time of 42:20.

Next, Tim will be racing with the rest of the TEAM on Long Island in a week and a half.

Stay tuned!

TEAM

Katie Qualifies for NAIA Outdoor Championships

In her first outdoor race of the season, TEAM member Katie Burnett qualified for the NAIA Outdoor Championships in the 5000m RW in a time of 27:25.00. This is a new personal best by almost a minute. Here are the full results:


Women 5000 Meter Race Walk
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1 Peters,Tina SR Goshen 26:13.58
2 Brown,Janelle JR Cornerstone 26:57.39
3 Malinowski,Katie SR Cornerstone 27:00.62
4 Burnett,Katie SO William Penn 27:25.00
-- Kent,Candice SO Spring Arbor DQ

Next Katie will race her first ever 10km's at the World Cup trials with the rest of the TEAM in 2 weeks.

Stay tuned!

TEAM

Confidence Booster for Maria

Today Maria Michta jumped into a local 10km road running race on Long Island to test her fitness before she races at the USA World Racewalk Cup trials that are just 2 weeks away. Maria went for it right from the gun and managed 3 new personal bests along the way. Yes 3...how is that you may be thinking, well she PB'd her first 5km with a 23:35 and her 2nd 5km was 22:51 another new 5km PB and then the 3rd PB was her final 10km time in 46:26, very impressive! You can find the final results here.

We look forward to seeing how Maria does in her first 20km race of the season and many other TEAM members that will also be competing on Long Island in just 2 weeks.

Stay tuned!

TEAM

Lauren Breaks 50 Minute Barrier!

On Sunday March 14th in Huntington Beach, California, Lauren Forgues raced a 10km in hopes of breaking 50 minutes for the first time. Only a few days after coming down from a very successful altitude training camp in Flagstaff, Arizona Lauren was ready for a strong race. She managed to race very even splits, walking by herself to finish up in 49:52, a personal best by 38 seconds and her first time breaking the 50 minute barrier. This is a very promising performance so early in the season with many more racing to come. Next Lauren will race at the USA World Racewalk Cup Trials on Long Island, NY where she will have many people to walk with to try and walk even faster.

Stay tuned!

TEAM

Success Again at National Scholastic Indoor Championships

Tyler Sorensen, Molly Josephs and Nicolette Sorensen continued their successful weekend of racing. The day after the NIN they raced at the National Scholastic's in New York City. Tyler started off the morning by almost setting another personal best. He was only 2 seconds off his time from the NINs. Tyler defended his title from last year by beating 2009 NIN Champion Alex Chavez. Molly and Nicolette continued their friendly rivalry. Just like at the NIN they ended up finishing one after the other with Molly coming out on top again. Both had great times, not too far off their personal bests from the day before. Now all the high schoolers are done with their indoor seasons. Stay tuned as they will all race at the USA World Racewalk Cup Trials on April 11th on Long Island, NY where they will be vying for a spot on the USA racewalk team that will compete in Chihuahua, Mexico in May.



Boys 1 Mile Race Walk High School
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National HS: * 6:11.00 1990 Paul Tavares, Centereach, NY
Meet: # 6:11.90 1995 Kevin Eastler, MA
Name Year School Finals
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1 Sorensen, Tyler 10 Lafayette, CA 6:23.62
2 Chavez, Alejandro -- Pharr, TX 6:27.55
3 Forgues, Matthew 12 Boothbay, ME 7:04.67
4 Vincent, Evan 12 Readfield, ME 7:18.81
5 Randall, John 12 Beavercreek, OH 7:23.52
6 Swerdlow, Charlie 12 Falmouth, ME 7:54.32
7 Hanby, Jacob 11 Gorham, ME 9:19.54
-- Flores, Geraldo 8 Pharr, TX DNF



Girls 1 Mile Race Walk High School
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National HS: * 7:00.90 1998 Lisa Kutzing, Port Jefferson, NY
Meet: # 6:59.90 1989 Marina Crivello, CA
Name Year School Finals
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1 Dunn, Abby 10 Auburn, ME 7:33.42
2 Cheung, Amy 12 NY, NY 7:35.03
3 Tillman, Crosby 11 Lincolndale, NY 7:41.10
4 Josephs, Molly 10 Garden City, NY 7:46.43
5 Sorensen, Nicolett 9 Lafayette, CA 7:46.85
6 Thuotte, Jenny 11 Gorham, ME 8:01.05
7 Cheng, Sandi Brooklyn, NY 8:06.56
8 Court-Menendez, Ni 10 Lewiston, ME 8:16.60
9 Borok, Amanda 11 Yorktown, NY 8:18.77
10 Williams, Courtney 11 Waterville, ME 8:19.99
11 Catherall, Amanda 10 NY, NY 8:24.85
12 Keetley, Meghan -- Pearl River, NY 8:28.60
13 Hazel, Kayla 11 Kings Park, NY 8:31.81
14 Maranchuck, Kelly 10 NY, NY 8:38.27
15 Macaluso, Donna 11 Hauppauge, NY 8:39.58
16 Lochala, Abigail 9 Farmington, ME 8:40.91
17 Lardaro, Caitlin 10 Pearl River, NY 8:43.11
18 Reed, Emily 11 Farmington, ME 8:51.02
19 Flores, Diana -- Pharr, TX 8:52.47
20 Kuhn, Lisa 10 Amherst, NY 8:53.08
21 Weintraub, Ashley 11 Grahamsville, NY 8:53.31
22 Mcnutt, Michelle 12 Grahamsville, NY 8:53.33
23 DeNisco, Alyssa 12 Slate Hill, NY 8:53.34
24 Michta, Katie 8 Lake Ronkonkoma, NY 8:58.92
25 Connor, Catherine 11 New Rochelle, NY 9:02.74
26 Flanders, Katie 10 Gorham, ME 9:15.03
27 Hoffberg, Kathryn 12 Harrison, NY 9:16.33

Boys Impress at Nike Indoor Nationals in Boston

Trevor Barron and Tyler Sorensen both competed in the 1 mile racewalk at the Nike Indoor Nationals. Trevor was attempting to break his own National record that he set at the Millrose Games a few months earlier. After having a fairly heavy week of training before the race, he was unable to break his record however he was only a few seconds off and still broke the Senior record. Tyler who had been suffering from a hamstring pull earlier in the week still managed to break his personal best by 8 seconds. Tyler's result was also a sophomore record that was previously held by 2 x Olympian Kevin Eastler from 17 years ago. It was a great day for the boys.


1 2352 Barron, Trevor 10 New York AC 6:06.13$ (5:39.58)
2 2743 Chavez, Alejandro 11 South Texas 6:19.35R (5:55.64)
3 2989 Sorensen, Tyler 12 Una-Ca-Lafay 6:21.57R (5:54.77)
4 2123 Forgues, Matthew 10 Maine Racewa 6:57.45 (6:28.46)
5 2126 Vincent, Evan 11 Maine Racewa 7:16.54 (6:45.43)
6 2125 Swerdlow, Charles 10 Maine Racewa 7:56.18 (7:23.55)
7 2745 Flores, Geraldo 13 South Texas 8:14.46 (7:43.92)
8 1752 Hanby, Jacob 11 Gorham TC 9:35.38 (8:55.64)
9 1750 Baillargeon, Ryan 12 Gorham TC 10:29.84 (9:47.19)
- 2238 Randall, John 10 Miami Valley DQ Technique (~)

Girls Battle at Nike Indoor Nationals

Molly Josephs and Nicolette Sorensen both competed in the girls race at the Nike Indoor Nationals and it ended up being a battle of the teammates. Both girls managed to break their personal bests and raced very smart. Looks like a good outdoor season is to come.

1 Lalane, Destiny 10 Bay Shore TC 7:29.31 (7:00.93)
2 Cheung, Amy 10 Connetquot T 7:30.18 (7:01.31)
3 Tillman, Crosby 11 Somers TC 7:32.57 (7:05.20)
4 Dunn, Abby 12 Edward Litte 7:38.78 (7:10.20)
5 Josephs, Molly 12 Garden City 7:41.63 (7:12.60)
6 Sorensen, Nicolett 13 Una-Ca-Lafay 7:41.98 (7:12.83)
7 Tylock, Rachael 11 Penfield TC 7:42.60 (7:13.16)
8 Halloran, Jennifer 11 Bay Shore TC 7:48.82 (7:12.77)
9 Kubus, Christine 10 Penfield TC 8:08.77 (7:37.53)
10 Wilkins, Elizabeth 13 Penfield TC 8:09.05 (7:35.99)
11 Opatovsky, Daniell 11 Shoreham Wad 8:09.30 (7:38.28)
12 Thuotte, Jennifer 11 Gorham TC 8:10.31 (7:38.38)
13 Caplan, Jaymee 12 Una-Ny-Henri 8:14.05 (7:39.43)
14 Court-Menendez, Ni 12 Lewiston TC 8:20.06 (7:45.72)
15 Williams, Courtney 11 Maine Racewa 8:24.95 (7:50.65)
16 Moore, Julianna 11 Penfield TC 8:32.49 (7:58.74)
17 Irwin, Rebecca 11 Una-Ny-Webst 8:33.38 (8:02.33)
18 Reed, Emily 11 Mt Blue TC 8:47.78 (8:10.87)
19 Flanders, Katie 12 Gorham TC 9:08.82 (8:32.98)
-- Flores, Diana 12 South Texas DQ Technique (>)
-- Ward, Barbara 11 Massapequa T DNS
-- Lochala, Abigail 13 Maine Racewa DNS
-- Ortiz, Claudia 11 South Texas SCR

High School Indoor National Championships this Weekend!

This weekend there is the annual two High School Indoor National Championships. The first one, Nike Indoor Nationals is in Boston, MA on Saturday and the second one, National Scholastic Indoors, is in New York, NY on Sunday. Four of our TEAMmates (Trevor Barron, Tyler Sorensen, Molly Josephs and Nicolette Sorensen) will be competing. Tyler is the defending champion from the National Scholastics while Trevor recently set the high school national record at the Millrose Games in January that had stood for 20 years. Last year Molly was 3rd at NIN and 5th at NSIC and Nicolette was 4th and 8th.

Wish our TEAM luck as they go into the weekends championships.

Stay tuned!

TEAM

Molly Places 4th at the New York State Championships

Today at the New York State T&F Championships, Molly Josephs placed 4th as a 10th grader against a really strong group of girls. It was her best race so far this season as she started the race off really smart staying behind the main group and walked a smart and conservative first lap. We are so proud of Molly!

Here are the results:

State Record: # 6:28.20 1998 Lisa Kutzing, Port JeffersoName Year School Finals===============================================Finals
1 Destiny Lalane 12 Bay Shore 7:06.94
2 Amy Cheung 12 Connetquot 7:11.70
3 Crosby Tillman 11 Somers 7:13.10
4 Molly Josephs 10 Garden City 7:16.45
5 Suzy Farber 10 Northport 7:18.16
6 Rachael Tylock 11 Penfield 7:25.03
7 Diana Quinde 11 HS Health Prof. 7:30.89
8 Jaymee Caplan 10 Rush Henrietta 7:38.11
9 Sandi Cheng 12 Brooklyn Technical 7:43.39
10 Sally Holt 12 Hilton 7:46.06
11 Amanda Borok 11 Yorktown 7:49.24
12 Rachel Deppa 10 Sullivan West 7:54.21
13 Courtney Garrison 12 Newburgh 7:54.25
14 Barbara Ward 11 Massapequa 7:59.31
15 Lisa Kuhn 10 Williamsville North 8:12.45
16 Jennifer Mooney 12 Williamsville South 8:18.74
17 Laura Flood 11 Watkins Glen 8:34.74
18 Alexis VanOsdol 9 Elmira 8:40.59
19 Micaela Barker 12 Lansingburgh 9:24.62
20 Kelly Cooney 12 Cohoes 9:26.21
21 Dana Rinaldi 10 Cicero-NS 10:51.46
-- Avery Share 11 Jamesville-Dewitt DNF

Next weekend Molly will be racing at the Nike Indoor Nationals and the National Scholastic races that are held in Boston and New York City respectively. We wish her luck!

Stay tuned!

TEAM

Video of Katie's NAIA Race from Yesterday

Track and Field Videos on Flotrack

Klaus Finishes up the World Masters with a 4th Place

Today Klaus raced in the final racewalk event of the World Master's Indoor T&F Championships in Kamloops, BC, Canada. In the 10km RW race he finished in 56:22.5, good enough for 4th place. He was trying to help his German teammates medal in the team portion of the competition but unfortunately one of his teammates was disqualified. Here are the full results:

2010 WMA World Indoor Championships - 3/1/2010 to 3/6/2010

                Kamloops, Canada   

Event 433  M55 10000 Meter Race Walk ============== 
55 WMA: R 43:59.80                                                   
Name                    Year Team                 Finals  
1 Dragomir, Gerald      M58 Canada              52:31.10    
2 Harper, Steve         M59 United States       55:58.40           
3 Charrois, Henry       M58 Canada              56:13.00   
4 Thiedmann, Klaus      M55 Germany             56:22.50        
5 Bruegel, Juergen      M56 Germany             59:11.10    
6 Tsujitani, Shinichiro M57 Japan               1:02:56.80         
7 Domizi, Sergio        M56 Italy               1:05:28.50  
8 Harmse, Albert        M55 Canada              1:06:04.60 
9 Davis, Gary           M55 Canada              1:09:20.40   

Katie Wins Silver at NAIA Championships!

Today at the NAIA T&F Collegiate Championships, TEAMmate Katie Burnett from William Penn University placed second place in the women's 3000m RW in a time of 14:35.29. This was a huge personal best time and her first time medaling at these championships. Here are the full results:

NAIA Indoor Track & Field Championships - 3/4/2010 to 3/6/2010     

            Memorial Center in Johnson City, TN                    

    Event 32  Women 3000 Meter Race Walk =================

 Championship: N 13:56.06  2002        Amber Antonia, Wisconsin Parkside        

 2009 Champ: * 14:58.96  3/7/2009    Tina Peters, Goshen                        

Name                    Year School                  Finals  

1 Ching, Jessica          SO Lindenwood           14:25.38*  

2 Burnett, Katie          JR William Penn         14:35.29*  

3 Lo, Alex                JR McKendree            14:38.81*   

4 Peters, Tina            SR Goshen               14:44.11*   

5 Furnish, Megan          JR Lindsey Wilson       14:44.13*   

6 Brown, Janelle          JR Cornerstone          15:04.35   

7 Johnson, Amanda         SR Lindsey Wilson       15:19.36   

8 Malinowski, Katie       SR Cornerstone          16:11.57 

9 Conway, Chelsea         FR Lindsey Wilson       16:14.26   

10 Gutterman, Alexis      JR Lindenwood           16:27.33     

11 Spann, Courtney        SO Culver-Stockton      16:27.67 

12 Mancha, Mercedes       FR St. Xavier           17:59.60  

13 Eichmeyer, Carissa     JR Hannibal-LaGrange    18:13.72  

-- Hansen, Emily          SR Concordia (Neb.)DQ   lifting    

-- Steinberg, Jade        SO Mount Marty    DQ   bent knee 

Men's 5000m RW Video from the USATF Indoor T&F Championships

Watch our TEAM dominate in the Men's race at the USATF Indoor T&F Championships.

Stay tuned!

TEAM

Bronze for Klaus at World Masters Indoor Championships

Today Klaus walked a very successful race finishing in third place at the World Master's Indoor T&F Championships in Kamloops, BC, Canada. He walked the 3000m race in 16:02.34. Here are the full results:

2010 WMA World Indoor Championships - 3/1/2010 to 3/6/2010 Kamloops, Canada

Event 427 M55 3000 Meter Race Walk =======================================

WMA: R 13:09.00

Name Year Team Finals

1 Alfons Schwarz M55 Germany 15:37.36

2 Gerald Dragomir M58 Canada 15:42.36

3 Klaus Thiedmann M55 Germany 16:02.34

4 Steve Harper M59 United States 16:06.90

5 Juergen Bruegel M56 Germany 16:55.09

6 Hypolito DA Silveira M57 Brazil 16:56.50

7 Shinichiro Tsujitani M57 Japan 17:57.04

8 Sergio Domizi M56 Italy 18:24.85

9 Albert Harmse M55 Canada 19:04.96

10 Gary Davis M55 Canada 19:22.24

-- Henry Charrois M58 Canada DNF

-- Christopher Penoyar M57 United States DQ Rule 230.1

-- Jan Rolstad M59 Norway SCR

-- Fabian Monna M55 Columbia SCR

On Friday he will compete in the 10km racewalk outdoors. You can see the full results of the meet here. 

Stay tuned!

TEAM

Runner's Space Interview with Maria

Yesterday we had equally as much success with the women as we did with the men on Saturday. Maria Michta raced really smart and won her first major National Championship winning the race in 13:51. Our TEAMmate Lauren Forgues also competed and had a very strong race finishing 4th in 14:11, only 2 seconds off 3rd place. It was a very successful weekend for the TEAM. Watch Maria's interview:

This week we will have Klaus Thiedmann will be competing at the World Masters Indoor Championships in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. Also, Katie Burnett will be competing at the NAIA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Johnson City, Tennessee.

Stay tuned!

TEAM