MICHIGAN RUNNING NEWS

October 31, 2001

LOWER PENINSULA CROSS COUNTRY FINALS AT SPEEDWAY SATURDAY Treat yourself to a day of fun and colorful cross country racing at the Michigan International Speedway Saturday. Individual and team state titles of all four Lower Peninsula divisions will be up for grabs in Brooklyn. Divisions 3 and 4 race in the morning beginning at 10:00 am. Last race begins at 11:30. Divisions 1 and 2 race in the afternoon at 1:30 with the last race beginning at 3:00 pm.

NEW YORK CITY MARATHON HOSTS USATF CHAMPIONSHIPS How fitting it is that the 2001 New York City marathon is the USATF marathon championship race for both men and women. This Sunday, November 4, Jeff Campbell and Clint Verran of Hansons Team USA Training Center program are among the contenders for the national title. Californian Milena Glusac, who holds the River Bank Run USATF 25K title, hopes to add the marathon to her string of 2001 victories. See a photo and an interview with Clint on the New York City Road Runners site: http://www.nyrrc.org/nyrrc/mar01/athletes/interviews/clintverran.html .
Whether you are going to New York to run the marathon or to be crowd support, be sure to enter the Continental Airlines International Friendship Run, Saturday morning, 8:00 am. This fun run, which begins at the United Nations and ends at the Tavern on the Green, attracts most of the International runners who run with the flags of their countries. Among the very small group of Americans who will be running will be the press and a contingent of marines from last week's Marine Corps Marathon. NBC will telecast the marathon at 3:00 pm EST.

MICHIGAN RUNNER TV ARCHIVES: ADIDAS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS While Michigan Runner TV is currently showing the Detroit Free Press/Flagstar Bank International Marathon, you can also check the Michigan Runner TV archives for last June's Adidas Outdoor Championships in high school track and field at http://michiganrunner.tv/2001AOC/. See the Rockford girls 4 x 800 relay, Dathan Ritzenhein's last high school run and Alan Webb's anchor of the exciting 4 x 800 relay.

THE HERO WITHIN US; MCCLELLAN'S HISTORY OF MICHIGAN TRACK & FIELD As high school and college cross country teams wind up their seasons in the next couple of weeks, we find ourselves comparing today's records, performances and races with those who came before. Keith McClellan has given those of us who care about that history a tremendous gift. His book, "The Hero Within Us; a History of Track and Field in the Twentieth Century from a Michigan Perspective" was published earlier this year. The book includes over 400 pages of stories and photographs of more than 250 Olympians, national champions and other record holders. To order, contact Keith at 248.398.3429.

EAGLES MEN WIN MID AMERICAN CONFERENCE WITH RECORD SCORE Boaz Cheboiywo led the Eastern Michigan University cross country team to the Mid American Conference title, led the team to a meet record score of 30, ran a meet record time of 24:11 on the muddy course and let us know that this was a slow race for him. Michigan members of the team included Jordan Desilets (3), Steve Crane (9), Joey Borg (13) and Paul Pobursky (14). Central Michigan's Jake Flynn was second in 25:12.

MICHIGAN STATE WOMEN WIN BIG 10 CROSS COUNTRY TITLE Ann Sommerville (2), Michelle Carson (4), Jamie Krzyminski (6), Katie Anderson (9) and Cindy Durocher (14) all ran under 18:00 to win the Big 10 Conference Title. Our reporter Carter Sherline reports on Alan Webb's individual win: "Webb stayed back through the first half, and then stayed on leader Matt Tegenkamp's (freshman at Wisconsin) tail until about 100m to go, going by Tegenkamp like he was standing still for the win."

ANN ARBOR TURKEY TROT: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18 The Ann Arbor Turkey Trot 5K Run/Walk is Sunday, November 18, not Thanksgiving Day as several calendars reported earlier. The race begins at 9:30 am at Ann Arbor's Huron High School, Fuller Road and Huron Parkway. This year the race includes a kids 400 meter dash.

LORI STICH ZIMMERMAN WINS MARINE CORPS MARATHON Former Michigander Lori Stich Zimmerman won last Sunday's Marine Corps Marathon; her husband Paul Zimmerman, led most of the race, then faded with a tight hamstring in the final miles. The Zimmermans are moving to Austin, Texas from their Beaverton, Oregon home.

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