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| Tuesday, January 26 2010 - Training Talk With Hilary Stellingwerff |
Hilary has an interview up on Newbalance.com, where she talks about her training philosophy, her weekly volume and gives some sample training weeks.
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| Sunday, January 24 2010 - Stellingwerff and Konoval's Runs Highlight Speed River Action In New York City |
A pair of fifth place finishes highlighted a solid day for the Speed River Track and Field Club at the New Balance Games. Hilary Stellingwerff got the day of to a strong start with her fifth place finish in the women's race. Stellingwerff recorded a time 4 minutes and 34.28 seconds to register her fourth top five finish at the always competitive New Balance Games. Hot on Hilary's heals was Speed River newcomer Amber McGown. McGown placed eighth overall in a lifetime best time of 4 minutes and 35.72 seconds, a performance that ranks her 11th all-time in Canadian history. Rounding out the Speed River competitors in the women's mile was Dana Buchanan who also recorded a life time best with her clocking of 4 minutes and 46.42 seconds.
Matching Stellingwerff's fifth place finish was Tim Konoval, who placed fifth in the men's race with a personal best performance of 4 minutes and 01.64 seconds narrowly missing the first sub four minute mile of his career. Konoval's Speed River teammate and University of Guelph senior Kyle Boorsma, broke his own University of Guelph record in the mile with his time of 4 minutes and 3.60 seconds. The mile record was not the only one of the day to fall for Boorsma as he also broke the school's 1500 metre record en route to the mile, as he passed the mark in 3 minutes 46.0 seconds.
Full results of the women's race are available here.
Full results of the men's race are available here.
Archive video of the races is available at armorytrack.com. The women's race is 59:20 into the coverage, with the men at 1:40:20.
Post Race Interview With Hilary
Track and Field Videos on Flotrack
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| Friday, January 22 2010 - Boorsma Looks To Make History In New York City |
University of Guelph senior Kyle Boorsma will try to make history tomorrow at the New Balance Games in New York City. Boorsma will try to become the first Canadian University (CIS) athlete to run a sub four minute mile in season. Boorsma, last year’s University of Guelph Male Athlete Of The Year and CIS Track Most Valuable Player, will face an outstanding field including Olympic Finalist Andy Baddeley of Great Britain and New Zealand Record Holder Adrian Blincoe. Also, in action will be Boorsma’s teammates with the Speed River Track and Field Club, Olympian Taylor Milne and Tim Konoval.
The women’s mile race will feature three Speed River athletes; newcomers Dana Buchanan and Amber McGown will be making their international debuts for Speed River. They will be joined by two time Canadian Champion Hilary Stellingwerff who has finished in the top five in this race three times. Challenging the Speed River trio will be American Olympian Erin Donohue and Serbian Record Holder Marina Muncan.
The women’s race will be run at 2:10 pm with the men to follow at 2:40 pm; both races will be broadcast live at Armorytrack.com.
Men's Mile Field
1. Andy Baddeley (Great Britain) New Balance
2. Adrian Blincoe (New Zealand) New Balance
3. Neil Speight (Great Britain) Puma
4. Bobby Curtis (USA) Reebok
5. Kyle Boorsma (Canada) New Balance
6. Garrett Heath (USA) NYAC
7. Tim Konoval (Canada) New Balance
8. Mark Draper (Great Britain) New Balance
9. Matt de Bole (USA) NYAC
10. Taylor Milne (Canada) New Balance
11. Rob Novak (USA) NYAC
12. Eliud Njubi (Kenya) Westchester TC
13. Dustin Emrani (Israel) Central Park TC
14. Christopher Spooner (USA) Central Park TC
Women's Mile Field
1. Erin Donohue (USA) Nike
2. Hillary Stellingwerff (Canada) New Balance
3. Frances Koons (USA) Unattached
4. Marina Muncan (Serbia) New Balance
5. Nicole Edwards (Canada) Saucony
6. Sara Bowman (USA) New Balance
7. Elizabeth Maloy (USA) NYAC
8. Dana Buchanan (Canada) New Balance
9. Heidi Dahl (USA) New Balance
10. Ellen Dougherty (USA) Unattached
11. Amber McGown (Canada) New Balance
12. Maggie Infeld (USA) NYAC
13. Joan Bohlke (USA) New Balance Boston |
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| Tuesday, January 19 2010 - Eric Gillis Marathon Blog |
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Check out Eric Gillis, latest blog entry where he talks about his race at http://www.nishrunner.blogspot.com/ |
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| Sunday, January 17 2010 - Gillis Stuns In Houston |
Eric Gillis’ long awaited Marathon Debut was well worth the wait, as Gillis blazed a 2 hour 13 minute and 52 seconds debut at the Chevron Houston Marathon, Sunday in Houston, Texas.
In near perfect conditions, Gillis was like a metronome in his early pacing, sticking to his pre race plan as he moved through the first 30 kilometres on pace for a 2 hour 14 minute and 30 seconds debut. Over the last ten kilometres Gillis began to gradually pick up his pace, with his last four miles being progressively faster, finishing with mile 26 being his fastest of the race. A textbook way to run a marathon, his second half was 29 seconds faster than his first.
Gillis’ run ranks him fourteenth all-time in Canadian history and is the third fastest time performance by a Canadian since 1996. Although it is not a widely tracked statistic, it is believed that this is the second fastest debut marathon in Canadian history, behind only Peter Fonseca 2 hour 12 minute and 7 second debut in 1990.
Gillis and Coach Dave Scott-Thomas will be speaking about his race and the preparations for it, next Sunday at the monthly Guelph Runners’ Brunch hosted at Shakespeare Arms; the brunch will start at 10 am. |
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| Friday, January 8 2010 - Amber McGown Joins Speed River |
The Speed River Track and Field Club is pleased to announce the addition of Amber McGown from Melfort, Saskatchewan to the club. McGown is a graduate of the University of Oregon and Cornell University.
A former All-American at Oregon, joins Speed River from a stint working with Oregon Track Club and XO Track Club in Eugene. Boasting life time best of 2:05.40 for 800 metres and 4:14.39, McGown was sixth at 2008 Olympic Trials in the 1500 metres.
Speed River Head Coach Dave Scott-Thomas commented on the Amber’s addition to the club “Amber is just rounding out our women’s scene, we have a real enclave going. Honestly one of the most exciting things I have seen at a workout was the other night when Hilary (Stellingwerff), Dana (Buchanan) and Amber were rolling together. I think she is tough, talented, professional and experienced and I think she brings a ton to our group.”
McGown will make her Speed River debut, tomorrow at the Sharon Anderson meet in Toronto. |
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| Monday, January 4 2010 - Dave Scott-Thomas Nominated For Chunky MVC |
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Speed River Head Coach Dave Scott-Thomas has been nominated for Chunky MVC. The contest closes Wednesday January 6th, one of the criteria to determine the Most Valuable Coach is to become a fan of Dave Scott-Thomas. To do so one needs simply to register and click on Dave's Profile and become a fan, in addition if you are interested in offering testimonials those would be greatly appreciated. |
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