Relive the 2014 USATF Outdoor Track & Field Championships!
Presented by The Pacific Association/USATF and the Sacramento Sports Commission
HELPFUL LINKS
NEWS
Updated July 8, 2014
- Links to Videos of Championships Action
- Spectacular Slide Show of Championships Action from Sacramento Sports Commission Photographer Bryan Patrick
- Capitol Shot Put Men’s Final; Entire Event
- Capitol Shot Put Women’s Final
- News 10 Interview with Michelle Carter
- FloTrack Results and Interviews
- Bernard Lagat 5,000m Win
- Conley/Hasay 10,000m Battle
- Galen Rupp’s 10,0000m Win
- Huddle takes on Rowbury for the 5,000m Win
- Highlights of Men’s and Women’s 100m. Michael Rodgers and Tianna Bartoletta win.
- 2014 USA Track & Field Outdoor Championships Overview
- Day 2 Report from KCRA News
- Is Sac on Track for more Track & Field? by Alice Voisin, courtesy of the Sacramento Bee
- Day 5: Tarmoh finally earns 200 meter title. by Mark Winitz
- Is Sac back on track for more events? courtesy of the Sacramento Bee
- Kori Carter wins first national title in 400-meter hurdles courtesy of the Sacramento Bee
- Sacramento Bee Final News & Notes featuring PA’s Stephanie Brown Trafton’s Return to Competition
- Day 5 News & Notes courtesy of the Sacramento Bee
- Photo Galleries courtesy of the Sacramento Bee
- Day 4: Day Four Yields Solid Performances at 2014 USA Track & Field Outdoor Championships. by Mark Winitz
- Day 4 News courtesy of the Sacramento Bee
- Day 3: Huddle and Rowbury Wage Memorable Duel for 5,000 meter crown. by Mark Winitz
- Golden West Invitational Results
- Echo Summit Dedication Press coverage
- KCRA Video: “Paying tribute to Olympic heroes in Echo Summit”
- Mountain Democrat: “Protest duo at documentary showing”
- Tahoe Daily Tribune: “Olympians return to Echo Summit”
- USATF News: “1968 Olympians Return to Echo Summit”
- Day 2: Conley and Rupp Garner 10,000 meter Titles. by Mark Winitz
- Kim Conley wins W10,000m: Press Release from John Schumacher
- Juniors Star in Decathlon on Day 2: Press Release from Fred Baer
- Michelle Carter at the Capitol Shot Put from Joe Davis, Sacramento Bee
- Day 1 – Capitol Shot Put: In Depth Article by Mark Winitz
- Pacific Association Athletes Competing at the US Outdoor TF Championships List
- Californians Competing at the US Outdoor TF Championships List (courtesy of Mark Winitz)
- Sacramento Bee’s very helpful Guide to 2014 USA Track & Field Outdoor Championships
- Event schedule for the US Outdoor TF Championships is posted: Check it out!
- Event schedule for the US Outdoor TF Championships is posted: Check it out!
- Local favorite Kim Conley will compete in the 10,000m. Run the Billy Mills 10K (7 pm, 6/26) and then stay to cheer her on! Entry to the Billy Mills 10K includes a ticket for the Nationals June 26 events.
- Echo Summit Track Dedication to be held the morning of June 27. Press Release
- “Capitol Shot” will kick off Championships… at the State Capitol on June 25! Read more.
- 2-Day TF Champs Tickets Are Now Available
- TF Outdoor Champs to host Billy Mills 10K on June 26, 7 pm, before the TF Champs 10,000m event. Entry includes TF Champs ticket!
- 55th Annual Golden West Invitational will be held in conjunction with National Outdoor TF Championships on Saturday, June 28.
- Click HERE for online ticket sales.
- Tickets are available!
- Official USATF Press Release
- FloTrack.com Report
- KCRA News Report
- Sacramento Bee Report
► Sam Blake 2009 JO XC Championships
Samuel Blake
2009 Midget Boys JO XC National Champion!
Midget Boys runner, Samuel Blake, awins teh Midget Boys race with a late race surge.
by Bob Burns
Link to Top PA Midgets Photos and Finish Times
Sam Blake has few peers when it comes to multi-tasking. He juggles straight A’s in middle school with overlapping schedules of swimming and running. His mother sometimes catches him watching YouTube clips of Olympic track on his computer while polishing off a math or history assignment. No sweat.
Sam particularly enjoys watching the tactics used by the great Ethiopian runner, Kenenisa Bekele.
“I like the way he waits until everyone else is fading and then just takes off,” Sam said. “He’s pretty much unbeatable.”
It might be a bit soon to compare him to Bekele, but Sam Blake has few peers at his age level when it comes to distance running. He clocked a 4:56 mile last spring as an 11-year-old. He won the Midget Boys title at the 2009 USATF National Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships in Reno, outracing a field of 233 finishers in a snowstorm.
Blake covered the 3,000-meter course at Rancho San Rafael Regional Park in 10 minutes, 12 seconds, imitating Bekele’s late-race surge to win by 13 seconds. It was the second national championship for Blake, a Campbell resident who competes for the Los Gatos Athletic Association Track Club. Despite being a year younger than most of the top challengers, he won the 2008 Junior Olympic title in Virginia by a three-second margin.
“Last year I tried to raise my arms up as I finished but I was too tired to lift them,” said Blake, who turned 12 on Nov. 18. “I was able to raise them this time. It was really fun.”
Sam’s mother wonders whether he was born to run.
“I have four kids, and his was the only pregnancy when I kept running,” Susie Blake said. “He was running as soon as he could walk. He’d have to run up and down the hallway before he could get to sleep.”
For the time being, at least, running must give way to swimming. Sam is an excellent swimmer who, because of a fortuitous birthday, hopes to clean up in the pool this spring. This fall, he mixed in three or four swim practices a week while running about the same amount. Rather than compete in the 2010 Junior Olympic Track and Field Championships in Sacramento, he plans to concentrate on swimming and the Far Western Regionals.
When he finished one recent cross country race and his mom said he must be exhausted, Sam said it was nothing compared to a hard workout in the pool.
“The pain you feel in running comes from breathing,” Sam explained. “It’s not really physical pain like you feel in swimming, when your whole body is tired.”
Susie Blake, a former professional triathlete, coaches Sam in both sports. She stopped competing when she had the third of her four children (Sam is the second-oldest).
“We have the philosophy that we want to save him so he he’s running well when he’s 17 or 18,” Susie Blake said. “I think he’ll eventually choose running, but we’re a swimming family, and he enjoys doing both sports. He’s only 12.”
Normally, as defending champion, Blake would have been considered the favorite, but Sam said that wasn’t necessarily the case.
“I felt like I had the potential to win, but most of the kids in the race didn’t know me since I didn’t run JO track last spring,” Sam said.
Two feet of snow fell on the day of the race. Blake said the cold caused his chest to hurt in the first half of the race, but it didn’t keep him from making a decisive move going up a hill with about 700 meters to go. He finished 13 seconds ahead of the runner-up, Ryan Alexander of Southern California’s Equalizers.
“It was really cold and there wasn’t really a designated trail because there was so much snow on the ground,” Sam said.
In addition to winning the 2008 national midget title, Blake braved snowy conditions to finish fifth in the Bantam Boys class at the 2007 National Junior Olympics in Lawrence, Kansas.
“Two of his three national races had inclement conditions, so I guess it doesn’t bother him too much,” said Sam’s father, John Blake.
With Blake and teammate Steven Sum finishing 1-3 in Reno, Los Gatos finished second in the team battle with 38 points, just five points behind the first-place Southern California Roadrunners.
“I like the team aspect of cross country,” Blake said. “On the starting line, you can be nervous along with other people you know.”
While he’ll trade his running shoes for a swim suit this spring, Sam figures he’ll eventually concentrate on track.
“In the end, I’ll probably be better at running,” he said. “My goal is to make it to the Olympics in track. After the Olympics, if I make it, my goal is to do the Ironman Triathlon. I always feel happy when I do something really hard. I like the more strenuous sports because you can push yourself.”
► 2009 JO XC Pacific Association/USATF Region 16 Championships
Pacific Association / USATF2009 Junior Olympic Region 16Youth Cross Country ChampionshipsSunday, November 29, 2009 Rancho San Rafael Park (Reno, Nevada) Meet Director: Bob Shor at (707) 539-6787 or [email protected] This is the Pacific Association’s ONLY qualifying meet for the National USATF Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships. The National meet will be held two weeks later on December 12, 2009 on this same course.
Meet Entry Information
LATE REGISTRATION WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED THIS YEAR Race Day Timeline (November 29)
Races are contested youngest age group to oldest age group; girls then boys. Races will start shortly after the last finisher in the previous race crosses the finish line. If there are less than 21 runners in each of the Intermediate and Young age groups these races will be combined and contested at the same time. Based on pre-registration it will be announced in the morning coach’s meeting if these age groups will be combined.
Advancement from the Region 16 Junior Olympics to National USATF Junior Olympics The first twenty (20) finishers in each age group qualify for the Nationals. If a top 20 finisher decides not to advance to nationals, the athlete who placed 21 cannot go in their place. In addition to the individual finishers, the first three (3) teams in each age group will qualify for the Nationals. A team may have 5, 6, 7 or 8 runners and must be registered to compete as a team before the competition begins. At the start of each race, the Regional Coordinator will walk the starting line to validate that each runner is present and if a club is running more than one age group team in a single division they will be documented at that time (i.e., A, B, or C team). Do not leave this meet until you have paid your $20 advancement fee and turned in your Junior Olympic individual and team declaration forms. You cannot compete in the National meet unless this is done the day of this competition. Advancement fees can be paid as soon as results are available. If you are part of a club, then a club coach or designate is requested to submit team entries per age group. Coaches can also advance their entire team at the close of the Young Men competition.
Course Description The course is primarily rough grass with some gravel, a few drainage ditches, a few wooden bridges, several concrete walkways to cross and some long, gradual hills. Spectators will be able to see most of the race. This is the exact course that you will be running at the USATF Junior Olympic Cross Country Nationals. Awards The first twenty (20) finishers in each age group will receive a Regional USATF Junior Olympic medal.
Directions to the Park From California take I-80 East to Reno. Once in Reno take the Virginia Street exit. Turn left on Virginia Street to 9th Street. Turn left on 9th Street for one block. Turn right on Sierra Street. Go up the hill for about ½ mile and take a left into Rancho San Rafael Park. |
► 2009 Region 16 Volunteers Notice
Region 16 Volunteers
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► Pacific Association Youth Shine in the Snow at 2009 USATF National Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships
Pacific Association Youth Shine in the Snow!2009 USATF National Junior Olympic Cross Country ChampionshipsReno, NV
2009 JO Cross Country Championships Slideshow
National JOXC Championships Pacific Association Winner Profiles by Bob Burns
PA Youth Individuals and Clubs Shine through the Snow at the 2009 National Junior Olympics XC Championships |
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► 2009 USATF National Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships
Pacific Association Youth Shine in the Snow!
2009 USATF National Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships
Reno, NV
2009 JO Cross Country Championships Slideshow
National JOXC Championships Pacific Association Winner Profiles by Bob Burns
Christine Bayliss (Midget Girls Winner)
Samuel Blake (Midget Boys Winner)
Pleasanton Heat (Youth Boys Team Winner)
Buffalo Chips RC “Buffalo Babes” Team (Young Women Team Winner)
PA Youth Individuals and Clubs Shine through the Snow at the 2009 National Junior Olympics XC Championships
(updated 1/4/10 with photos of top finishers)
Courtesy of Maura Kent; photos courtesy of Scott Taggert, gentlearc.com
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► Julia Bounds 2009 JO XC Championships
Buffalo Babes
2009 Buffalo Chips Running Club Girls’ Team wins Young Women’s National Junior Olympic XC title
Kelsey Smith of South Lake Tahoe led the Buffalo Babes, placing fourth in the 5,000-meter race in 19 minutes, 27.2 seconds. She was followed closely across the line by teammates Breanna Lewis (fifth in 19:28.3) and Hayley Scott (sixth in 19:30.4).
by Bob Burns
Link to Top PA Young Women and Young Men Photos and Finish Times
If their name doesn’t grab your attention, their uniforms will.
The Buffalo Babes were even easier to spot than usual at the USATF National Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships in Reno. With a snowstorm blanketing the course and visibility reduced by the whiteout, their bright pink jerseys stood out like a series of flashing beacons.
“It’s really easy to spot our runners in a crowd,” said team manager Joe Hartman.
The Buffalo Babes backed up their flashy name and color with a gritty showing Dec. 12 at the Junior Olympics, claiming seven of the top 15 spots in the Young Women’s (ages 17 and 18) race to win the national title with 26 points, comfortably in front of runner-up Team Idaho ‘s 51-point total.
Kelsey Smith of South Lake Tahoe led the pink charge in Reno, placing fourth in the 5,000-meter race in 19 minutes, 27.2 seconds. She was followed closely across the line by teammates Breanna Lewis (fifth in 19:28.3) and Hayley Scott (sixth in 19:30.4).
Michelle Mowry (10th in 19:43.8) and Katherine McFarren (13th in 20:05.9) rounded out the top five scorers. The Buffalo Babes’ depth was such that their “B” team placed fourth in the team standings.
“You could interchange them, they’re all so talented,” said Nekota Kay, the Vacaville High School cross country coach who serves as the Babes’ primary coach. “I’m in awe that they were able to run so well in a blizzard. The girls really wanted it.”
The Babes are the high school division of the Buffalo Chips, a Sacramento-based running club. Comprised of juniors and seniors from the Sac-Joaquin Section and Northern Nevada, the young women’s group joined forces following the 2009 prep cross country season to form an all-star lineup.
Smith is a three-time Nevada AAAA state champion in cross country for South Tahoe High School. Scott, an Oak Ridge senior, won the Sac-Joaquin Section Division I title. Lewis, a Sheldon senior, placed second at the section meet. Mowry finished fourth in the Nevada AAAA championships for Carson High School, and McFarren was second in the same race for Reno’s Bishop Manogue.
When high school competition concluded in mid-November, Kay organized informal workouts three times a week. Even though they spent much of the fall racing against each other, the runners gelled as a team as they prepared for the Junior Olympics. Smith traveled from the South Shore to Sacramento on weekends to train with her fellow Babes in more hospitable weather.
“We make sure that high school remains the focus,” said Hartman, whose duties include recruiting. “We have the high school coaches to thank for our success. Our whole goal is to give them different running experiences.”
The Junior Olympic race certainly qualified as a different experience.
“It was tough because the snow was coming down so hard, the visibility was horrible,” Smith said. “It just happened that we all ran awesome and managed to win it.”
At least Smith is accustomed to snow, living at Lake Tahoe. For the Sacramento-area runners, it was a novel experience.
“I had never even trained in snow before,” Scott said. “It was challenging, but it was fun.”
The Buffalo Babes were formed in 2000, and one of the club’s first runners was Caitlin Chalk, the former Granite Bay standout. At first, Thornton wasn’t sure what sort of reaction their name would receive.
“The girls love it,” he said. “They wouldn’t have it any other way.”
When he was assembling this year’s team, Hartman considered Reno’s altitude.
“It’s tough to go from sea level to 4,700 feet,” Hartman said. “That’s why I tried to get some Nevada girls on the team.”
Hartman, a Postal Service worker who lives in Rancho Cordova, cooked up the idea of outfitting the team in pink jerseys and headbands about a year ago. Again, his intuition was rewarded.
“I love ‘em,” Lewis said. “It’s our color and it’s bright.”
“It’s our tradition,” Scott said. “It’s fun to run in pink.”
The Buffalo Babes had a strong showing across the board in Reno, finishing second in the Girls Intermediate (15-16) race and eighth in Youth Girls (13-14 years old).
“John Mansoor and Bob Shor of the Pacific Association did an incredible job organizing the event,” Hartman said. “I know they must have been thinking, ‘I didn’t sign up for this,’ but they did a great job considering. It made for an unforgettable event.”
Surely Smith, the Tahoe recruit, felt right at home in snowy conditions, right?
Not really.
“I skied when I was younger, but not much anymore,” she said. “It’s too cold.”
► 2009 Cross Country Standings
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► 2009 RETC XC meet Update
Sunday, 15 November
2009
William Jessup
University
333 Sunset Blvd.,
Rocklin, CA 95765
What do you need to know?
- Registration:
- Roseville PAL is paying to have an automatic timer at this meet. For this to work you need to
pre-register.
Thank you! - Registration requested by midnight Wednesday, November 11
- Register by sending
an e-mail to [email protected] that contains:- Title of e-mail:
Nov 15 RPAL Express XC – athlete’s name, school name or club name - Body of e-mail:
Athlete’s Name, Date of Birth, Sex, USATF # (or state doesn’t have
one); use form below if club or school
- Title of e-mail:
- Check the RPAL Express
website (www.eteamz.com/RosevilleExpress) to confirm unattached, school or
club entries have been received
- Register by sending
- Same day registration
is acceptable, but your name will not show up in same day results …
only later in online results
- Roseville PAL is paying to have an automatic timer at this meet. For this to work you need to
- Cost:
- $6 per athlete (send
your registration fees to RPAL Express, 1442 Deerfield Circle, Roseville,
CA 95747) - There will be no
refunds so ensure your entries are correct
- $6 per athlete (send
- Awards:
Top 3 in each age division will receive a medal; participant ribbon
to all who place 4th and beyond in each race - Results:
Results will be posted within 30-minutes after each event is over and
on the PA/USATF website within 2-days after the meet is completed - Snack Bar:
RPAL Express will provide a concession stand beginning at 8 am - Volunteers:
RPAL Express will provide all volunteers to conduct races - Questions:
Contact Maura Kent @ [email protected] or (916) 786-7288
Meet Timeline
- Packet pick-up /
race day registration can begin 8:00 am - Course walk through
(occurs for all @ same time) 9:00 am - Sub-Bantam race
begins 10:00 am- If small # of Sub-Bantams,
Bantams will race @ same
- If small # of Sub-Bantams,
time but each age group
running their respective distance
- Order of competition
(distance of race)- Sub-Bantam (2K)
- Bantam / Midget
/ Youth Girls (3K)- Race together but
score separately
- Race together but
- Bantam / Midget
/ Youth Boys (3K)- Race together but
score separately
- Race together but
- Intermediate / Young
(5K) (will compete as one age group)- Same age division
girls & boys will run together but score separately - Last race of day:
only Intermediate/Young will earn awards … but parents, siblings &
coaches are invited to join in this race … cost is $6 per person
- Same age division
Age Groups
Age Group | Birth Year | Age Group | Birth Year | |
Sub-Bantam | 2001 or later | Youth | 1995-1996 | |
Bantam | 1999-2000 | Intermediate | 1993-1994 | |
Midget | 1997-1998 | Young | 1991-1992 |
Driving Directions
- From Reno
Take I-80 East to Rocklin. Take Highway 65 North (exit 106) toward
Lincoln/Marysville. Stay on Highway 65 for 4.9 miles. Turn
right on Sunset Blvd. (stop light intersection … major construction
on off ramp). Move to left lane. Turn left onto Atherton
Road (stop light entrance into college campus). Once into the
campus, turn left in front of the first building and circle around to
the back of the campus to park. - From San Francisco
Take I-80 West to Sacramento,
just as you finish crossing the Yolo Causeway (long low bridge between
Davis and West Sacramento) move to the right side of the freeway and
take the I-80 East to Reno exit. Follow directions above from
Highway 65 North to the college
- From Modesto
Take I-99 to Sacramento.
As you enter the Sacramento downtown area stay to the far left and take
the Business I-99 loop towards Reno. Merge onto I-80 East to Reno.
Follow directions in Reno from Highway 65 North to college.
Name of School, Club:
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Athlete
Name |
Athlete
Birth Date |
Age Group
(i.e., Midget) |
Sex (Male or Female) | USATF # (or don’t have one) |
► PA/USATF Youth XC RPAL Express Meet 2009 Results
Roseville PAL Express Track ClubUSATF – CROSS COUNTRY INVITATIONALSunday, 15 November 2009 William Jessup University, Rocklin, CA
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► VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! 2009 Region 16 Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!Pacific Association / USATF Region 16 Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships Those that are working as Course Monitors and Bikers have been requested to do the same for the national USATF race as well. You will be given a volunteer T-shirt for your efforts. To volunteer contact Maria Castillo at [email protected] Sunday, November 29, 2009 Rancho San Rafael Park, Reno, NV This will be the one and only qualifier for the USATF National Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships. By now you may have heard that our Pacific Association (PA) Cross Country Chair, Bob Shor, recently discovered he had lung cancer. His surgery was November 4 and the doctor believes they were successful at removing the cancer. In the meantime, the PA is responsible for hosting this meet. Each club who will be competing in the Region 16 meet will be expected to provide volunteers. To volunteer, email Maria Castillo (PA Vice Chair / Co-Meet Director) at [email protected] If a club does not sign up for a volunteer role one will be assigned to the club. We are a volunteer run organization and this meet will not be successful if everyone doesn’t step up to do their part.
Region 16 Volunteers We still need the following volunteers:
4K – Above the Grade (Steve Martin) 5K – San Luis Distance Club (parent) |
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Bikers (ride lead or trail bike for each race … suggestion is to have two teams of two riders that alternate each race) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club Team 1: Curtis Lindsay, Los Gatos TC Club Team 2: Bob Blake, Los Gatos TC: Club Team 3: Susie Blake, Los Gatos TC Club Team 4: Tom Whitman, Colleen Chicoine, Pleasanton Heat Club Teams 5, 6, 7: Silver State Striders 8. 9. 10. |
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Back-up timer (bring your own hand-held timing machine) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Umoja (Blanca Fonseca) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finish Chute volunteers to ensure runners are in proper finish order | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pleasanton Heat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stringers (collect tear off tags from bottom of bib number … stand at end of finish chute) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results Posting (@ meet and online) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Award Distribution | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Palo Alto Lightning | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Advancement to National Meet | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Region 14 Coordinator, David Lawrence |