The USATF National Club Championships were held on Friday and Saturday at New York City's Icahn Stadium on Randall's Island.
Caroline Occean followed up her win in the regional championships by placing 4th at nationals with an outstanding time of 2:09.92, which is a PR for the Newton North grad, I believe. Also in the race was ex-Brookline athlete Vanessa Mazandi, now competing with Nike Central Park TC, who placed 15th in 2:24.20.
Occean also anchored the Greater Boston Track Club's 4x800 (2nd in 9:14.86) and 4x400 relays (3rd in 3:58.73). What a day!
In the men's 800m, Josh Seeherman ran 2:00.31 to finish 24th out of 32 competitors. Josh improved his time from the regionals by 3 seconds, and seems to be back in top form after knee surgery last year. Josh also ran on GBTC's 4x800 relay, which placed 5th in 7:58.58.
Dave Cahill ran 56.81 in the 400m hurdles to place 17th out of 22. Dave's day was only beginning, as he also ran the opening legs for Greater Boston's 4x100 and 4x400 relays.
Results of USATF National Club Championships
Newton North's Adam Bao won the triple jump in the Bay State Games on Sunday, leaping 43.50. It looks like the Tigers will have a state title contender in 2008!
Newton North's David Plotkin (10:11.28) finished 3rd, and Newton South's Clif Barger (10:19.47) finished 4th in the 3000m.
Dedham's Phil Weltman was 2nd in the 200m, running 22.67.
Bay State Games Results
I was looking forward to the race between "blades" and "Shades" in the 400m at the the Norwich Union meet in Sheffield, england yesterday. Unfortunately, Jeremy "shades" Wariner stumbled out of the blocks and abandoned the race after 10m. Out in lane 8, Oscar Pistorius (aka "blade runner") ran out of his lane on the final turn and was disqualified.
I'm searching for a video, but haven't found one yet.
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Waldron, the Club Champs are 2 days . . . relays on the second day along with finals of the 100 & 200 (plus hurdles and steeple).
This would explain how Occean ran 2:09 in the open, 2:11 in the 4x800, and 56.9 in the 4x400. Additionally of course, Occean's time begs the question whether anyone from NNHS has ever broke 2:10 (Jenny Martin ?). Lizzie Fulton certainly was headed that way, but she seems to have completely vanished. Perhaps Caroline the Younger (Ranti) has a shot at being the 2nd.
Considering her limited fall training and ongoing heart concerns, Occean's 2:09 was a tremendous effort - she deserves all the praise she gets. It was awesome to watch.
Ah, of course. It was a two-day meet. Thanks for the explanation and the further data on Caroline's performances there.
And good run yourself!
The last time I talked to Lizzie Fulton she was thinking about spending at least a semester in China.
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