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FLRC Newsletter - May 2005 |
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Katie Danner, the two-time women's champion of the Twin Tiers Race for the Cure 5K, has been selected as one of the grant recipients in the USA Track & Field's Association Athlete Developmental Program (AADP).
An Elmira native who now lives in Mecklenburg, the 31-year-old Danner is a USATF member in the Niagara Association, which encompasses most of Central New York, and is a member of the Finger Lakes Runners Club.
One year ago, Danner was the first American female finisher at the Country Music Marathon in Nashville. She ran a personal-best time of 2:59:02.
The AADP has a goal of developing the next generation of great American marathoners and long-distance runners. Selected athletes receive elite athlete status at a designated national-level road race, a comped entry fee, hotel accommodations, ground transportation, meals and a stipend that is matched by the USATF Niagara Association.
One male and one female in the Niagara Association will compete in one of six 2005 USATF National Championships.
Danner, and Rochester Runner of the Year Ryan Pauling, will represent the Niagara Association on May 14 at the Third Bank River Run 25K in Grand Rapids, MI. The race is designated the US 25K national championship.
For more information on the Niagara Association AADP program, contact committee chairman Peter Glavin at pglavin@rochester.rr.com. Pennsylvania runners belong to the Mid-Atlantic Association of USATF, and should contact their officers regarding those respective AADP grants. (Go to www.usatf.org for contact information.)
The following three men were selected from eight nominees to be inducted into the Long-Distance Running Hall of Fame during Boilermaker Weekend (July 9–10). The ceremony will be held at 5 pm., July 9, the Saturday evening before the 15K race. The ceremony is free and open to the public.
The announcement was made during the Boston Marathon weekend. And the winners are...
Don Kardong: Former Road Runners Club of America president, author and senior writer for Runner's World. Finished fourth in the marathon at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal.
Greg Meyer: Set two world records (15K and 10 miles); last American man to win the Boston Marathon. Owned 10 national records in distances of 8K, 10K, 25K, and 10 miles.
Bob Schull: Won the 5000-meter title at the 1964 Olympics, held five national records and one world record. Coach for 30 years.
Hal Higdon has a new book out, Masters Running, which pays homage to Jim Hartshorne and his west coast counterpart David Pain. Higdon writes about the Cornell Masters Mile, now known as the Hartshorne Memorial Masters Mile. [Higdon did compete in the Cornell Masters Mile in its early years.]
The Cayuga Lake Triathlon (CLT) will be held on Sunday, Aug 7, 2005, at the gorgeous Taughannock Falls State Park in Trumansburg, NY. The CLT features both Short and Intermediate distance races for both individual participants and relay teams (event capped at 600 participants). Athletes swim in beautiful Cayuga Lake, the longest of New York State's Finger Lakes, bike along rolling hills on the recently designated Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway, and run within Taughannock Falls State Park along the Gorge Trial, which features a 215' single-drop waterfall that is taller than Niagara Falls! The race is located just 8 miles north of Ithaca. For more information, visit www.ithacatriathlonclub.org.
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