DAVID ADAMS

The lad gets his own column title today and deserves even more. For those of you that haven’t seen or heard yet David won the Stanford Invitational Steeplechase on Friday night. His time of 8:29.51 is remarkable on several accounts. Fastest time in the U.S. this year. Number 4 time in the world for 2012. USA Olympic Trials “A” Standard. Even if you are just a casual fan of our sport you’ve got to have a few goosebumps for this great kid. Give yourself a few minutes to check out the race. He assumes the lead with 800 to go by running a :68 lap and then destroys the field with a :64 final tour of the oval. This is the same David Adams that makes it to our Saturday morning runs and inspires his teammates with his mere presence, you’ll not meet a nicer, more humble guy. Our boy from York, NE!

Link to the race: http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/248549-2012-Stanford-Invitational/video/627538-M-3k-Steeple-H01

And his post race interview: http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/248549-2012-Stanford-Invitational/video/627629-David-Adams-with-surprise-829-to-win-steeple-at-2012-Stanford-Invitational

Moving on I want to give a big thanks to everyone that came out and supported the 6th Annual Ni-Bthaska-Ke Trail Run. Our numbers were down a little due to the Easter weekend and some early morning thunderstorms but the nearly 400 people that came out had a blast. If you were there you can be proud to call yourselves conquerors of the “Toughest Trail Run in the Midwest!”

Thanks again to our sponsors, Cabela’s, Upstream Brewing Company, and Subway.

And thanks most of all to the volunteers that worked Very Hard to make this event a success. A few that worked harder than me: Kelly Crawford, John & Cindy Tully, Danielle Galvin, Dan Knobbe & Agustin Delgado, Monte, Sara & Javier Garcia, Bob Harris & Erin Scroggins, David & Jodi Seevers, Dan & Carol Flynn. Some that worked just as hard: Michelle Riettz & Brandon Fenster, Justin Mollak, Cory Logsdon, Carole Swanson, Emily Kraus, Jaque Parker & Vicente, Dan Kunasek & Sandy.

Calm facade covering constant chaos. That is the best that I can describe putting on events. The better the volunteers though, the less the chaos, and I’m lucky to have such wonderful people supporting our Team Nebraska races.

Ivan Marsh once again proved to be the Very Best Trail Runner in Nebraska. A new event record was set by Kerrie Bruxvoort of Broomfield, CO. Her time of 1:02:25 was good enough for 6th overall, smashed the course record by almost 10 minutes, and she too can claim title to the Best Trail Runner in Nebraska (if not from Nebraska).

Full results can be found at onlineraceresults.com

Matt Schneider had some fun playing in the mud. One of our top Road/Track studs, he found the Ni-Bthaska-Ke to be something all together different.