Lots of good racing from this past weekend:
Megan Zavorka won the Wayne St. Alumni 5K XC, a course pr on the hills and over the dales. Andrew Jacob pr’d at 13.1 finishing 5th overall in 1:13:21 at the Sioux Falls Half Marathon. Tony Sorrentino ran 1:13:49 at the Peak to Peak 10 Miler, for the 55-59 age group win. At the Buffalo Run in Lincoln Matt Seiler took 3rd overall in the 5 Mile classic with 27:33. Shannon Mauser-Suing was 4th female in 32:35. At Friday night’s Omaha Midnight Run 5K, Cory Logsdon repeated as champ in 15:52 ($400!) , mate Anthony Oberle was next across the line in 16:25 and took home the $100 2nd place prize. In the same race Joy Shulz was 2nd overall female in 20:20 for her Benjamin, some good cash for the mates.
Always a Mate Peter van der Westhuizen continues his fall campaign racing the Minnesota Mile and finishing 3rd in 4:03.90.
Always a Friend, Bryan Sypal was also at the Sioux Falls Marathon and turned in a big pr of 3:04:43 to nail down a BQ. In the same race 51 year old Matt Ebiner of Covina, California ran an amazing 2:37:51 for 3rd overall, wow!
Going to be some hot racing this coming weekend too. Omaha Corporate Cup 10K and I’m being awfully quiet this year. Haven’t heard a peep from me about Tim Dooling’s 1988 course record of 30:22 being challenged. I would suggest however that Peter is in great shape given his 4:03 from this weekend… $500 for the win and another $500 for the course record, no David Adams to push him this year but that is a mighty big carrot, 4:54 pace just might be doable. And let’s not forget about Misters Luka Thor and Matt Pohren. In the women’s race Kaci Lickteig and our mates Megan Zavorka and Natalie Como will be challenged by Amanda Lee of Boulder, CO. Last year’s champ Bridget Easley is with child and will not defend her title.
And as always, you never know who will show up on race morning.
There will be some great competition in the community division with Team Nebraska, Lincoln Running Co. Racing and Ndorfnz Racing all fielding teams. Fall is here and the racing is good!
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