2014 USATF Outdoor Open Track & Field Championships

 Pacific Association 2009 Summer All Comers Series

All ages and skill levels welcome!

First Timers, Old Timers, Little Ones, Big Ones, Speedsters and Turtles

This is truly a “Come One, Come All” All-Comers Meet

Bring the whole family!

More special and more fun with Age Graded Scoring!

Dates:

• Thursday, June 25
• Thursday, July 2
• Thursday, July 9
• Thursday, July 16
• Thursday, July 23

Event Location:
Natomas High School, Sacramento
3301 Fong Ranch Road (formerly Rosin Blvd), Sacramento, CA
Driving Directions

Time:  5:30 pm (registration) / 6:00 pm (running & field events begin;
except pole vault – it begins at 5 p.m. with registration at 4:30 p.m.)

Cost:  $5 (cash only) per week; unlimited events / Spectators are free

Scoring: Age Graded Grand Prix Scoring!

Snack Bar:  Available at meet

Timing:  Fully Automatic Timing (About Timing)

Running Events:
* 4x100m relay (bring your baton)
* 1500m
* Short Hurdles (80m, 100m/ 110m)
* 400m
* 100m
* 800m
* 200m
* 3000m

Field Events:
* Pole Vault (5 p.m.)
* Shot Put
* Turbo Javelin (300g / 600g)
* Pole Vault
* Long Jump (open pit)
* Triple Jump (open pit)
* High Jump

Meet Director:  Efrem McCrimmon @ 916-519-5337 or [email protected]

Proceeds to benefit the Natomas High School Track & Field team.

From: Jeff Salvage <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2009 2:57:07 PM
Subject: [racewalking] Please Read: Simple way to help grow race walking
NARI – Give a Book Program

While the numbers of elite race walkers in America has dwindled for some time, a spotlight was placed on the problem at our recent 50K National Championships where only three competitors finished the race. While there are a great many factors that contributed to this light turnout, there is no question that we need to rebuild race walking in the United States if our sport is to continue.

Currently, there are many efforts throughout the country to try to revive race walking. Racewalk.com would like to help, so we’ve teamed up with NARI (North American Race Walking Institute) to help provide learning materials for youth and high school programs. In the past racewalk.com donated hundreds of “Walk Like an Athlete” books and a number of video sets to be distributed to coaches and athletes by NARI.

Now we are asking your help. The “Give a Book Program” is designed to help NARI fund and distribute additional books to coaches and young race walkers throughout the United States. Initially, our goal is to raise money to distribute 200 books between Maine, Texas and California. We picked these areas as they are areas where youth race walking is showing promise.

We ask that you make a donation so that books can be purchased at 1⁄2 the cover price and given to those who have the biggest impact on our sport; those coaching and learning it. Racewalk.com is making the books available at a considerable discount. For a tax deductible donation of $12, you can put a book (Race Walk Like a Champion, Full Color Edition) in the hands of a potential future Olympian. For $24, you double the chances. Please donate whatever you can to this worthy cause and help us turn the tide on our decreasing numbers.

Thanks,
Jeff Salvage
www.racewalk.com

Full results available online at:
www.runraceresults.com and www.runsfm.com

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – (July 26, 2009) – Andrew Cook, 28, of Flower
Mound, Tex. and Japan’s Yoko Shibui, 30, scored dominant victories at The
San Francisco Marathon(TM) today. Cook topped the men’s field in a
finishing time of 2 hours, 26 minutes, and 32 seconds for his third win
in this race. He also won in 2006 and 2007. Shibui won the women’s race
in 2:46:34 as she successfully tuned up for the marathon at the IAAF
World Championships in Berlin, Germany on August 23.

A record turnout of over 21,000 entrants participated in the marathon
(26.2 miles) and two accompanying half marathon (13.1 miles) races, plus
a 5K run/walk. Ideal, overcast conditions, with temperatures in the low
to mid 50s greeted the throng. Runners from all 50 U.S. states and 26
countries came to the City by the Bay for its world-famous marathon.

Both Cook’s and Shibui’s wins were convincing. By the 8-mile point on the
hilly, city-wide loop that includes an out-and-back segment over the
Golden Gate Bridge, Cook shed co-leader Allen Wagner (Huntington Valley,
Penn.) and then proceeded alone to the finish line near the Ferry
Building on the Embarcadero.

“It’s awesome to be a three-time winner here,” said Cook, who is a
history teacher and cross country coach at Flower Mound (Tex.) High
School. “But, mentally it was hard running most of the race alone. You
just want to try and push yourself and stay mentally tough. I kind of
fell apart a little over the last 10 miles. I was very happy to come out
on top today because Allen (Wagner) is very experienced.”

Wagner, whose personal best marathon of 2:18:25 is over a minute better
than Cook’s, faded to fifth place after making several porta-pottie
stops. 45-year-old Guillermo Gonzalez (Mexico/Pasadena, Calif.) captured
second place and the masters (age-40-and-over) men’s victory in a distant
2:33:55. Fritz Van de Kamp, 28, of Salt Lake City, Utah was third in
2:34:01. San Francisco’s Daniel Feldman, 26. was fourth in 2:35:15.

Japan’s Shibui demonstrated why she is the all-time seventh fastest
female marathoner in the world, with a blazing 2:19:41 personal best on
her resume. Despite using the race as a long training run in preparation
for the World Championships Marathon in Berlin, the Japanese star’s
margin at the finish line was 13 minutes ahead of former Santa Rosa High
School and Stanford University standout Julia Mallon (nee Stamps).
Mallon, who now resides in Miami, Fla. was second woman in 2:59:32.
Mexico’s Ligicz Ortega, 26, finished third in 3:02:29.

Shibui and her team of coaches and trainers have made Flagstaff, Ariz.
their training base for the past two months in preparation for the IAAF
World Championships marathon race. She wanted to briefly come down from
Flagstaff’s 7,000-foot altitude to test her fitness at sea level, but,
she found more variances in altitude than she expected in San Francisco.

“This is a very hard course,” Shibui commented through an interpreter
about the up-and-down San Francisco Marathon route. “It’s the toughest
course that I’ve ever run. It was much more hilly than I expected, but
overall it was a very good tune-up for me. I think if I was in top
condition, like I will be in a month, I would have run with the lead man
today.”

Women training at altitude for the World Championships also dominated the
competitive 2nd Half Marathon, which runs over the second half of San
Francisco’s marathon route. Tera Moody, 28, of Colorado Springs, Colo.
topped the women in 1:13:37 followed by second-placer Fiona Docherty, 33,
of New Zealand, who spends half the year training in Boulder, Colo.
Docherty finished in 1:17:25. Both Moody and Docherty will face each
other again as members of their respective USA and New Zealand national
teams in Berlin. Jessica Minty, 24, of Blowing Rock, N.C. made a
successful debut at the half marathon distance by placing third in
1:17:48. Masters standout Sylvia Mosqueda, 43, of Los Angeles was fourth
in 1:18:20.

Abiyot Endale, 23, an Ethiopian athlete who resides in New York, topped
the 2nd Half Marathon men in 1:07:36 followed by Miguel Nuci, 29, of
Turlock, Calif. in 1:07:58.

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About The San Francisco MarathonTM
The San Francisco Marathon enjoys success as the premier summertime
marathon in the U.S. San Francisco’s blend of natural beauty, big city
charm, and perfect mid-summer running temperatures, make marathon running
in San Francisco a truly magical experience. Race events include a full
marathon, two half marathons (choose a half), 5K, and Progressive
Marathon. The event’s unique Cause to Run program has raised over $10
million for local non-profit organizations since 2003. The San Francisco
Marathon’s Youth Run4Fun running program allows San Francisco’s
underprivileged youth, ages 7 to 17, to train for, and participate in,
the marathon’s events without cost.
The 2009 San Francisco Marathon is sponsored by CytoSport, Gu Energy
Gel, and Organs ‘R’ Us. Our partners include Committed 2 Community, The
San Francisco Marathon Training Program, Youth Run4Fun, The Big Rumble,
and the San Francisco Amateur Radio Club.

A special entry form for the CIM has been set up for PA runners who received 2009 Grand Prix comped entries
for the PA”s Long Division Grand Prix races

Please download the special entry posted at:

http://www.runcim.org/data/cim09specialentry.pdf

Fill it out and send it to the CIM office, per the instructions in the form.

Open women do not qualify for comped entries since the 2009 CIM
is a Grand Prix race for Open Men and Masters Men and Women only.

By Bob Burns