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Race Walking News & Notes March 9, 2007



Race Walking News & Notes - First EditionIn an effort to better communicate with the Race Walking community, USATF will be sending out periodic e-mails to its members with news and updates on race walking. You are receiving the first edition of Fast Forward Express - Race Walking because you have race walking indicated in your USATF member profile.

USA Team Trials - Pan American Cup Entry Reminder
Entries are now being accepted for the USA Team Trials - Pan American Cup in Palmetto Bay, Florida, on Saturday, March 17th. On-time (on or before March 9) entry fee is $20. Late entry (prior to March 11, 11:59 pm ET) is $70. No day of meet entry.

Pan American Race Walk Cup Update
We should be getting a lot more information about the Pan Am RW cup itself soon. Please note that the location has been changed from Rio de Janerio to a city some 1000 kilometers further south. The new location is Balneário Camboriú in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. The weather should be much more favorable there for long distance competitions. The dates of the competition remain the same - April 21st and 22nd, 2007. The times for the races are listed below:

Saturday, April 21st:
13:45 - Men's 20 km
15:30 - Women's 20 km
17:30 - Junior Men's 10 km

Sunday, April 22nd:
6:00 - Men's 50 km
10:30 - Junior Women's 10 km

Team Size Change - Information received recently from Brazil indicates that the official team size for all countries will be 4 for the men's 50k and 4 men and 4 women for both 20 km races. Junior team sizes will remain 3 each for both the junior men and junior women.

CW Post University Honors Race Walkers
CW Post, an NCAA division II affiliated institution in Long Island NY, honored two of America's top race walkers at the half time of their Basketball game with St. Thomas Aquinas College. Maria Mitcha received a commemorative CW Post ring in honor of her past achievements as USATF Junior Champion.

Jenna Monahan , a senior at Sachem East H.S., in Holbrook, NY, was awarded the NYSPHSA Section XI (Suffolk County, LI) MVP award as the best girls indoor track athlete. Jenna is undefeated with two meets left in her indoor track season (3/2/7 at the New York State Champs, and the following week at the New Balance H.S. nationals). Jenna is ranked #1 in the country at 1500m and 1 mile for high school girls. This is the second time in the history of Section XI that a race walker has been so honored by the coaches of indoor track in Suffolk County. The first was Mitcha, also from Sachem H.S.

NAIA Collegiate Indoor Track & Field Nationals
Johnson City, Tennessee, Friday, March 9

The collegiate NAIA Indoor Nationals in the race walk are this Friday, March 9th, at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee. Start time for the walks is 12 noon. The men's and women's races will be contested separately. The qualifying time for each walker is also listed.
 Meet website: Men  Women
Entry List:       Men  Women 
   
Nike HS Indoor T&F Championship
Landover, Maryland, Saturday, March 10

Girl's 1 Mile Walk Start List:
1) 2010 Leah Buletti 09 East Moriches, NY
2) 1404 Olivia Lapham 08 Penfield, NY
3) 1406 Eileen (Meg) Patterson 07 Penfield, NY
4) 1535 Miranda Melville 07 Rush, NY
5) 81 Christie Bernier 10 Auburn, ME
6) 1405 Carly O'Keefe 07 Rochester, NY
7) 1951 Melissa Syzmanowski 08 West Seneca, NY
8) 1578 Michelle Ganbaum Somers TC
9) 1579 Anna Windman Somers TC
10) 605 Allison Snochowski 08 Fair Lawn, NJ
11) 577 Chelsea Conway 07 Rochester, NY
12) 1945 Danielle Kozub 07 Orchard Park, NY
13) 1600 Jessica Reybal 11 McAllen, TX
14) 1598 Nicole Gomez 11 McAllen, TX
15) 1599 Ariana I Guzman 11 Mission, TX
16) 1597 Reyna Gallegos 11 San Juan, TX
17) 1596 Diana Lee Flores 11 Pharr, TX
18) 1853 Sarah Wilcox 07 West Henrietta, NY
19) 1171 Allison Chin 10 Tipp City, OH
20) 1053 Sara Adams 08 Lisbon Falls, ME
21) 1536 Rachel Zoyhofski 09 Pittsford, NY
22) 1054 Kelley Baickle 08 Lisbon, ME


Boy's 1 Mile Walk Start List:
1) Ricardo Vergara (08 - South Texas Walking Club, McAllen, TX)
2) Roberto Vergara (08 - South Texas Walking Club, McAllen, TX)
3) Christoph Rochinsky (08 - Washington HS, Washington Court House, OH)
4) Trevor Barron (10 - South Park TC, Bethel Park, PA
5) Matthew Forgues (10 - Boothbay HS, Boothbay Harbor, ME)
6) Brian Andrew Adams (10 - Spartanburg HS, Spartanburg, SC)
7) Abraham Villarreal (08 - South Texas Walking Club, McAllen, TX)
8) Patrick Shaffer (08 - Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon, OH)
9) Tyler Campbell (09 - Maine Racewalkers, Farmington, ME)
10) Taylor Burns (07 - Maine Racewalkers, Scarborough, ME)
11) Alejandro Chavez (11 - South Texas Walking Club, McAllen, TX)

New Balance National Scholastic Indoor T&F Championships
New York City, Sunday, March 11, 2007
 Race Walk Entries 
Girl's 1 mile Walk:
1 203 Adams, Sara JR Lisbon Falls, ME
2 893 Albrecht, Kalie SR Lagrangeville, NY
3 215 Baickle, Kelley JR Lisbon, ME
4 401 Bernier, Christie FR Auburn, ME
5 370 Burglund, Kelsey JR wheatley heights
6 315 Conroy, Marissa SR Staten Island, NY
7 228 Conway, Chelsea SR Rochester, NY
8 1955 Davis, catie SO Peekskill, NY
9 1389 Dutkoski, Mary JR West Nyack, NY
10 2432 Flores, Diana 8 McAllen, TX
11 2436 Gallegos, Reyna 8 McAllen, TX
12 272 Glass, Rebecca SR Yorktown Heights
13 2438 Gomez, Nicole 8 McAllem, TX
14 2433 Guzman, Ariana 8 McAllen, TX
15 345 He, Dan Ping SO New York, NY
16 38 Hoffberg, Elizabeth SR Harrison, NY
17 1880 Lalane, Destiny FR Bay Shore, NY
18 994 Mccann, Kelly JR Queens, NY
19 1470 Meade, Sara SR PearlRiver, NY
20 381 Michaels, Jessica SO Farmingville, NY
21 219 Michaels, Shayna SR Farmingville, NY
22 208 Monahan, Jenna SR Holbrook, NY
23 431 Plotkin, Natasha SR Bronx, NY
24 2434 Reybal, Jessica 8 McAllen, TX
25 156 Snochowski, Allison JR Fair Lawn, NJ
26 173 Stevens, Nikole SR Blue Point, NY
27 51 Vaskyte, Emilija FR FranklinSquare,NY
28 463 Yang, Nina SO Fresh Meadow, NY
Boy's 1 Mile Walk:
1 367 Adams, Brian Andrew FR Spartanburg, SC
2 243 Burns, Taylor SR Scarborough, ME
3 256 Campbell, Tyler SO Lisbon, ME
4 2439 Chavez, Alejandro 8 McAllen, TX
5 242 Forgues, matthew FR boothbay, ME
6 2431 Vergara, Ricardo JR Edinburg, TX
7 2435 Vergara, Roberto JR Edinburg, TX
8 2437 Villarreal, Abraham JR Donna, TX

Recent Race Walk Results from around the Country
 
Heart of America Athletic Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships
Graceland University - Feb 23rd & 24th, 2007
 
Men's 3000 Meter Race Walk
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1 Stroupe, Patrick  Central Meth     13:34.23    10  
2 Conrey, Kevin     Missouri Val     15:28.89     8  
3 Karhoff, Geoff    Central Meth     15:37.49     6  
4 Ferreira, Thiago  Missouri Val     16:16.61     5  
5 Carnell, Seth     Midamerica N     18:11.10     4  
6 Van Sickle, Mark  Midamerica N     21:30.45     3  
- Stoops, Patrick   Benedictine      DQ  
 
Women's 3000 Meter Race Walk
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1 Riordan, Susan    Benedictine      30:00.00    10  
2 Giffee, Katie     Benedictine      30:01.00     8  
3 McKinney, Janell  Missouri Val     30:02.00     6  
University of Wisconsin - Parkside T&F Meet
UWP Petretti Field House - Friday, March 2, 2007

1 mile race walk:
1. Le'erin Voss (Frosh) U of Wisconsin Parkside - 7:27.4
2. Samantha Cohen (29F) Parkside Athletics Club - 7:28.0
3. Stephen Quirke (25-29M) PAC - 7:28.5
4. Lynn Tracy (54F) PAC - 8:17.3
5. Ron Winkler (56M) PAC - 9:36.6
6. Brian Ozlewski (50M) PAC - 10:55.6
7. Kate Marrs (79F) PAC - 11:36.9
8. Dorene Mangan (65F) PAC - 11:42.4


47th Mason-Dixon Games
Louisville, KY - March 2, 2007


1500 Meter Racewalk
1. Evan Crowdus - 16 - Morganfield, KY - 7:07.05

3000 Meter Racewalk (Mixed)
1. Douglas Johnson - 46 - Morganfield, KY - 14:19.26
2. Amanda Johnson - 18 - Lindsey Wilson College - 16:20.99
3. Jeff McClung - 51 - unattached - 18:23.67
4. Caitlin Ambrose - 18 - Berea College - 19:31.67


USATF MICHIGAN Association 3,000m Indoor RW Champ. Eastern MI University - March 3, 2007

Women's 3000 Meter Race Walk
1 Debbie Topham W54 - 17:08.99
2 Lynette Heinlein W50 - 18:09.36
3 Joan Berman W69 - 22:22.55
4 Susan Lolli W54 - 22:23.03
5 Jo Mandy W36 - 24:42.32

Men's 3000 Meter Race Walk
1 Jan Klas (Poland) M47 - 14:24.94
2 Bill Reed M54 - 15:30.57
3 Gary Morgan M47 - 16:36.34
4 Jeffery Heath M45 - 16:57.47
5 Don Knight M60 - 17:41.04
6 Marshall Sanders M66 - 18:44.92
7 John Thomas M51 - 20:22.96


USATF NJ & Metropolitan Association Indoor T&F CHAMPIONSHIPS Jersey City, NJ - Sunday, March 4, 2007

3000 meter Race Walk - Men
1. Rich Luettchau, Stockton College (NJ), 13:11.55
2. John Soucheck, Shore AC, 14:18
3. Dave Talcott, Shore AC, 15:27
4. Bill Vayo, Walk USA, 15:53
5. Manny Eisner, Shore AC, 18:39;
6. Tom Hartman, Shore AC, 21:02
7. Joe LaBruno, North Jersey Masters, 22:13.

3000 meter Race Walk - Women
1. Allison Snochowski, unattached (NJ HS), 16:40.28
2. Dana Vered, unattached (Northeastern U.), 17:19.00
3. Panse Geer, Shore AC, 18:08.39.


New York State High School Indoor Track & Field Championships Barton Hall, Cornell University - March 3, 2007

Girls - 1500 Meter Race Walk
1 Leah Buletti 10 Westhampton Beach 6:46.66
2 Jenna Monahan 12 Sachem East 7:05.96
3 Emilija Vaskyte 9 Valley Stream North 7:15.63
4 Olivia Lapham 11 Penfield 7:15.85
5 Mary Dutkoski 11 Clarkstown South 7:19.11
6 Elizabeth Giorgio 12 Northport 7:33.47
7 Miranda Melville 12 Rush Henrietta 7:40.48
8 Kalie Albrecht 12 Arlington 7:42.79
9 Mary Kelly 12 Garden City 7:52.50
10 Kelly McCann 11 Townsend Harris 8:12.01
11 Marissa Conroy 12 McKee-SI Tech 8:13.50
12 Krystal Walsh 11 Clarence 8:23.04
13 Jenny Mooney 9 Williamsville South 8:34.87
14 Courtney Garrison 9 Newburgh 8:42.10
15 Malarie Tillman 12 Columbia 9:19.88
16 Leah Rossettie 12 Corning 9:21.83
17 Sara Pick 12 Westmoreland 10:05.09
18 Jenny Devaney 12 Fayetteville-Man 10:31.11
-- Erin Montrello 10 Niskayuna DQ
-- Olivia Sonnefeld 11 Corning DQ
-- Chelsea Conway 12 East Irondequoit DQ
-- Nina Pasquarelli 11 Washingtonville DQ


PSAL Freshman/Sophomore Championship
New York City Armory - March 4, 2007

1500 meter Race Walk - Sophomore
1 amy cha - Townsend Harris HS - 8:36.77
2 erica chiu - Fiorello H Laguardia - 8:55.65
3 liwei mao - Stuyvesant HS - 9:12.94
4 valerie piro - Stuyvesant HS - 9:16.29
5 folasha ogunbodede - Boys & Girls - 9:20.55
6 wanyin liang - Fiorello H Laguardia - 9:21.25
7 samanth frascati - Curtis - 10:06.95
8 lena chen - Stuyvesant HS - 10:08.93
9 jiyun chung _ Fiorello H Laguardia - 10:18.9
10 jasmine woodard - Forest Hills - 10:37.71
11 cindy chen - Fiorello H Laguardia - 11:04.9
12 angela ng - Fiorello H Laguardia - 11:05.03
-- connie cheng - Stuyvesant HS - DQ
-- lucia hsiao - Stuyvesant HS - DQ
-- michell tso - Stuyvesant HS - DQ

1500 meter racewalk Results - Freshman
1 yangche dolma - HS Profession Services - 9:14.43
2 jaclyn vendittelli - Susan Wagner - 9:14.87
3 anastas lubensky - Brooklyn Technical - 9:24.19
4 anne dong - Townsend Harris - 9:30.19
5 amanda denny - Clara Barton - 9:34.27
6 alexand dominianni - Townsend Harris - 9:39.73
7 szeyin lee - Stuyvesant - 9:54.14
8 colleen galvin - Curtis HS - 10:24.77
9 nathali campos - Fiorello H Laguardia - 10:24.99
10 elisa atamian - Townsend Harris - 10:25.85
11 madelei french - Townsend Harris - 10:28.29
12 stephan de frank - Grover Cleveland HS - 10:28.47
13 evelyn garcia - Susan Wagner HS - 11:45.08
14 peggy chen - Tottenville HS - 12:00.95
-- yousena compere - Clara Barton - DQ
-- christi vega - Susan Wagner - DQ
-- sarah bauch - McKee/Staten Island Tech - DQ

On the Calendar

USA Masters Indoor T&F Championships

March 23-25

Boston. MA

USA Youth Outdoor T&F Championships

July 3-8

Lisle, IL

USA Masters Outdoor T&F Championships

Aug 3-5

Orono. ME

World Masters Athletics Championships
Sept. 4-15
Riccione, Italy


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