Coach Tim Headlines USA 50km RW Champs

This weekend is the USA 50km Racewalk Championships in Tustin, California. Coach Tim has been preparing for this race for several months now and will look to put in a good race this Sunday over 50kms. This will be his first 50km race in 4 years and hes feeling good about it. You can view USATF's preview of the race here.

This weekend there will also be many other TEAM members competing. In the 20km race we will have Rachel Seaman and Tyler Sorensen. This will be Tyler's first 20km race ever and he will be looking to get the qualifying standard for the 2012 USA Olympic Trials. In the 10km race we will have Bruno Carriere and Nicolette Sorensen. Both are looking to open their season with strong performances.

You can view the results here when they become available.

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Tyler Excited about 2011

Here is an article about TEAM member Tyler Sorensen. Tyler and his family are making the move to San Diego this weekend and Coach Tim is looking forward to having him and his sister Nicolette around more often. You can view the article here.

This weekend Tyler and fellow TEAM members Nicolette Sorensen, Bruno Carriere, Rachel Seaman and Coach Tim will all be competing at the USA 50km Racewalk Championships over several different distances.

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Tyler Named USATF Athlete of the Week

After Tyler's very impressive race this past weekend, he has been recognized by USATF as this week's USATF Athlete of the Week. His result is a new high school record beating the previous record of 12:19.57 held by Tristan Ruoss. You can view the whole release here. Congratulations Tyler!

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Story on William Penn Star, Katie Burnett

Here is an article on TEAM member and William Penn University athlete, Katie Burnett. Read how Katie has evolved into a 4-time All American Racewalker here.

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Lots of Results to Report

Many of our TEAMmates have been racing over the last month. In order of events, here are the results:

December 28th: Maria Michta placed 1st at the Armory Holiday Classic over 3,000m indoor RW in 13:35.06.

December 30th: Lauren Forgues placed 1st at an indoor meet in Maine over 3,000m RW in 14:20.

December 31st: Six TEAM members raced at the Texas Largest 1 Mile RW, here are the results:

1 Mile Team Results
1- Rachel Seaman (24F) Canada 6:50.6
3- Katie Burnett (22F) William Penn Univ. 7:23.4
5- Janelle Brown (22F) Cornerstone Univ. 7:29.2
8- Molly Joshephs (16F) Garden City HS, NY 7:48.7
9- Rachel Zoyhofski (19F) R.I.T., NY 7:59.2

3,000m Team Results
1- Tim Seaman (38M) NYAC 12:08.9

January 1st: Six TEAM members raced at the Texas Largest 5km RW, here are the results:

Men's TEAM results:
1- Tim Seaman (M38) New York AC 22:07.5

Women's TEAM results:
1- Rachel Seaman (F24) Canada 22:48
4- Katie Burnett (F22) William Penn U., Iowa 24:49
7- Janelle Brown (F22) Cornerstone U (Mich) 25:38
8- Rachel Zoyhoski (F19) R.I.T. (NY) 26:56
9- Molly Josephs (F16) Garden City HS, NY 27:53

January 7th: Katie Burnett walked 3,000m's at an indoor collegiate race in Illinois in 15:22 and finished 1st.

January 8th: Molly Josephs walked 1500m's at an indoor high school race on Long Island in 7:14 for 2nd place.

January 8th: In Los Gatos, CA Tyler Sorenson raced 3,000m's on an outdoor track in a new pending high school record of 12:03 and his sister Nicolette walked a new PR over a mile in 7:39, both finished 1st in their races.

Here are some pictures from the races in Texas at the USA Junior Racewalk Camp:






















































































































































Photos Courtesy of Tish Hanna, thanks!

Up next for the TEAM is the USA 50km RW Championships where Coach Tim will race for the first time in 4 years over 50k. Also competing at the 50k over shorter distances is Rachel Seaman, Bruno Carriere, Tyler Sorenson and Nicolette Sorenson. 5 days later at the Millrose Games on January 28th many other TEAM members will compete(list of athletes is still being decided).

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