Two World Championship runs took place over the weekend. The first was the IAU 100K World Championships in Winschoten, the Netherlands and the second was the World Mountain Running Championships in Tirana, Albania.The IAU 100K World Championships was run on a flat 10K loop Saturday. The United States men won gold. The US topped a field of runners from 35 different countries. Giorgio Calcaterra of Italy won in a time of 6:27.32. Michael Wardian from the US finished second in 6:42.49. The US men's team also had runners place in third and sixth, Andrew Henshaw (6:44.35) and Matt Wood (6:50.23).
The US women's team also brought home a medal. They won silver. Overall winner was Marina Bychlova of Russia in 7:29.19. Meghan Arbogast lead the US in 7:51.10 finishing in fifth place. Ann
ette Bednosky finished behind Arbogast in sixth with a time of 7:54.59. Rounding out the top three for the US was Amy Sproston in 11th, finishing in 8:10.11. The US women's team finished in second behind Russia.On Sunday, the US men's and women's mountain racing team did very well. Max King and Kasie Enman both won gold medals. Max King won the men's race on a 12.7K course in 52:06. On the women's side, Kasie Enman came across the line first in the 9K race in 40:39.
The US men's team finished in fourth place. Others scoring for the US was Joe Gray in 11th place in a time of 55:33, Ryan Woods was 49th in 1:01.51 and in 51st place was Matt Byrne in 1:01.58.
The US women's team also finished fourth. Finishing behind Enman was Megan Lund-Lizotte in 12th place, Michele Suzek in 21st place and finishing in 26th was Brandy Erholtz.
It was a great weekend for Team USA in the World Championships. I am proud that they represented the United States so well overseas.
Top photo: Mike Wardian
Middle photo: Max King
Bottom photo: Kasie Enman
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