USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

The USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships concluded Sunday at Sacramento State University in Sacramento, California.

There were five days of events. See the full results at the USATF website. When you reach the page, go to timetable results. You will be able to search by day.

Thursday

Photo Run

The women's and men's 10,000m finals took place Thursday evening. The women's race came down to two ladies, Kim Conley and Jordan Hasay. Hasay passed Conley on the backstretch. Conley was able to pull back up to Hasay and pass her to win the race. Conley won in 32:02.07 and Hasay finished second in 32:03.28. Coming in third was Amy Hastings in 32:18.81.

Galen Rupp ran away from the competition and won the men's 10,000m race in 28:12.07. Chris Derrick was runner-up in 28:18.18 and Ryan Vail was third in 28:26.02.

Friday

More exciting distance races took place on Friday night: the women's and men's 5000m. Another close finish in the women's race. Molly Huddle was able to chase down Shannon Rowbury in the final stretch. Huddle won the race in 15:01.56 over Rowbury's 15:01.71. Marielle Hall of University of Texas finished third in 15:12.79. My Oiselle teammate Lauren Penney finished 12th in 16:07.34.

Bernard Lagat ran away with another USA title by winning the men's 5000m in 13:31.41 over Andrew Bumbalough in 13:32.01. Hassan Mead claimed third in 13:32.42.

Saturday

Jeff Cohen

Emma Coburn set an meet record with her win in the women's 3000m steeplechase in 9:19.72 over second place Ashley Higginson in 9:27.59. Stephanie Garcia took the bronze in 9:32.76.

Leo Manzano won a very close men's 1500m in 3:38.63 over Pat Casey in 3:38.94. Lopez Lomong just edged out Will Leer for third place with the times of 3:39.103 to 3:39.109.

Sunday

The women's 800m was very exciting. Ajee Wilson was able to hold off Laura Roesler to win the race in 1:58.70 to Roesler's 1:59.04. Third place Molly Beckwith was able to run sub-2 minutes with her finish of 1:59.35.

The men's 800m race did have a fall from Charles Jock. Duane Solomon was able to pull away from Casimir Loxsom to win the race in 1:44.30. Loxsom was second in 1:45.97 and Erik Sowinski was third in 1:46.94.

Associated Press/Mark J. Terrill

Evan Jager won another men's 3000m steeplechase championship with the time of 8:18.33 over training partner Dan Huling (8:19.73). Donn Cabral was third in 8:20.04. Michigan's Craig Forys was sixth in 8:37.06 and Mason Ferlic 9th in 8:43.12.

The last distance event of the meet was the women's 1500m. In this race featured so many runners that I enjoy watching. Jenny Simpson won the race in 4:04.96 over Mary Cain who finished in 4:06.34. Katie Mackey was third in 4:07.70. Cory McGee was seventh in 4:12.16. Former Michigan runner Amanda Eccleston was 10th in 4:16.92 and Oiselle teammate Kate Grace with 11th in 4:18.97. Morgan Uceny had another bad day with a fall and finished last in 4:24.01.

USATF Outdoor Championships

The USATF Outdoor Championships are taking place this week in Sacramento, California. The men's and women's shop put competition took place Wednesday at the California State Capitol.

The competition will be on three different TV networks: Friday, June 27 from 10 pm - 12 am ET on NBC Sports Network. Saturday, June 28: 4-6 pm ET on NBC and 6-7 pm ET on Universal Sports. Sunday, June 29: 3-4 pm ET on Universal Sports and 4-6 pm ET on NBC.

Below is the schedule from today until Sunday. All times listed are PT:

Northern Cardinal (male) - Adrian, MI

Books read in 2014

Death's Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab the Body Farm Where the Dead do Tell Tales, William Bass & Jon Jefferson
The Big Roads, Earl Swift
Never Suck A Dead Man's Hand: Curious Adventures of a CSI, Dana Kollmann 
Confessions of a Surgeon, Paul A. Ruggieri M.D.
Lincoln's Grace Robbers, Steve Sheinkin
Why Your Prescription Takes So Damn Long to Fill,Drugmonkey
Beyond the Body Farm, Dr. Bill Bass & Jon Jefferson
The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature and Fowl Obsession,Mark Obmascik
True Hollywood Noir: Filmland Mysteries and Murders, Dina Di Mambro
Island of Vice: Theodor Roosevelt's Quest to Clean Up Sin-Loving New York, Richard Zacks   
Mortal Evidence: The Forensics Behind Nine Shocking Cases, Cyril H. Wecht
Amelia, Nancy Nahra
Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World's Stolen Treasures, Robert K. Wittman & John Shiffman 
The Fault in Our Stars, John Green
Hot Lights, Cold Steel, Michale J. Collins, M.D.
Blue Collar, Blue Scrubs, Michael J. Collins M.D. 
Dark Dreams: A Legendary FBI Profiler Examines Homicide and the Criminal Mind, Roy Hazelwood & Stephen G. Michaud 
Swim, Bike, Run: Our Triathlon Story, Alistair Brownlee & Jonathan Brownlee
The Stranger Beside Me, Ann Rule
Beauty, Disrupted: The Carre Otis Story, Carre Otis & Hugo Schwyzer
House of Versace: The Untold Story of Genius, Murder and Survival, Deborah Ball
Trama: My Life as an Emergency Surgeon, Dr. James Cole
Upstairs at the White House: My Life with the First Ladies, J.B. West
Kitchen Confidential, Anthony Bourdain
Back of the House: The Secret Life of a Restaurant, Scott Haas 
Shooting Stars: My Unexpected Life Photographing Hollywood's Most Famous, Jennifer Buhl
Trauma Junkie: Memoirs of an Emergency Flight Nurse, Janice Hudson
You'll Never Nanny in This Town Again: The True Adventures of a Hollywood Nanny, Suzanne Hansen
NYPD Confidential: Power and Corruption in the Country's Greatest Police Force, Leonard Levitt 
The Things That Matter, Nate Berkus
Chicago Cop: Tales from the Street, Star #14931
The Making of a Chef: Mastering Heat at the Culinary Institute of America, Michael Ruhlman
Monica's Story, Andrew Morton
All Too Human: A Political Education, George Stephanopoulos
Flowers in the Attic, V.C. Andrews
Petals on the Wind, V.C. Andrews
If There Be Thorns, V.C., Andrews 
How I Helped O.J. Get Away With Murder, Mike Gilbert  

Currently Reading: Rawhide Down: The Near Assassination of Ronald Reagan, Del Quentin Wilber

Open Class

I've have wanted to enter my photography at the county fair for years. I am finally going to do it this year. 

I've been a photographer since my freshman year in college. When I was still in college, I did enter some photographs in Open Class at the fair. I really don't remember what they were or what place I was given. After that, year after year, I would say I was going to enter photographs. When I became a photographer at a newspaper, that changed my status in the Open Class event. I went from the Adult category to Professional. Profession is anyone receiving money for their photographs. Professionals can only receive ribbons for their work, unlike Adults. Adults receive premiums and ribbons. The premiums aren't much, but it's money.

Since I'm no longer a paid photographer, I decided to enter photographs into this year's county fair. I narrowed down my photographs to 15. Then cut them again. The final total of photographs that I'm entering is 11.

I'm looking forward to seeing how my photographs will fare in the judges eye and against others. Below are the last four photographs I cut.

Class: Metal

Class: Another other structure

Class: Flowers

Class: Rural Life

Books read in 2014

Death's Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab the Body Farm Where the Dead do Tell Tales, William Bass & Jon Jefferson
The Big Roads, Earl Swift
Never Suck A Dead Man's Hand: Curious Adventures of a CSI, Dana Kollmann 
Confessions of a Surgeon, Paul A. Ruggieri M.D.
Lincoln's Grace Robbers, Steve Sheinkin
Why Your Prescription Takes So Damn Long to Fill,Drugmonkey
Beyond the Body Farm, Dr. Bill Bass & Jon Jefferson
The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature and Fowl Obsession,Mark Obmascik
True Hollywood Noir: Filmland Mysteries and Murders, Dina Di Mambro
Island of Vice: Theodor Roosevelt's Quest to Clean Up Sin-Loving New York, Richard Zacks   
Mortal Evidence: The Forensics Behind Nine Shocking Cases, Cyril H. Wecht
Amelia, Nancy Nahra
Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World's Stolen Treasures, Robert K. Wittman & John Shiffman 
The Fault in Our Stars, John Green
Hot Lights, Cold Steel, Michale J. Collins, M.D.
Blue Collar, Blue Scrubs, Michael J. Collins M.D. 
Dark Dreams: A Legendary FBI Profiler Examines Homicide and the Criminal Mind, Roy Hazelwood & Stephen G. Michaud 
Swim, Bike, Run: Our Triathlon Story, Alistair Brownlee & Jonathan Brownlee
The Stranger Beside Me, Ann Rule
Beauty, Disrupted: The Carre Otis Story, Carre Otis & Hugo Schwyzer
House of Versace: The Untold Story of Genius, Murder and Survival, Deborah Ball
Trama: My Life as an Emergency Surgeon, Dr. James Cole
Upstairs at the White House: My Life with the First Ladies, J.B. West
Kitchen Confidential, Anthony Bourdain
Back of the House: The Secret Life of a Restaurant, Scott Haas 
Shooting Stars: My Unexpected Life Photographing Hollywood's Most Famous, Jennifer Buhl
Trauma Junkie: Memoirs of an Emergency Flight Nurse, Janice Hudson
You'll Never Nanny in This Town Again: The True Adventures of a Hollywood Nanny, Suzanne Hansen
NYPD Confidential: Power and Corruption in the Country's Greatest Police Force, Leonard Levitt 
The Things That Matter, Nate Berkus
Chicago Cop: Tales from the Street, Star #14931
The Making of a Chef: Mastering Heat at the Culinary Institute of America, Michael Ruhlman
Monica's Story, Andrew Morton
All Too Human: A Political Education, George Stephanopoulos
Flowers in the Attic, V.C. Andrews
Petals on the Wind, V.C. Andrews
If There Be Thorns, V.C., Andrews 

Currently Reading: How I Helped O.J. Get Away With Murder, Mike Gilbert

Backyard friends III - Adrian, MI

A2

Borrowed from @ajbgillespie

I met Alicia and Andrea over the weekend in Ann Arbor for dinner.

I met both Alicia and Andrea on Twitter. Alicia is also an Oiselle teammate. We all wore Oiselle clothing to dinner.

I was supposed to meet both of them after the DX-A2 Half Marathon on June 1. I left after the race because it took longer then I thought and I wanted to see my husband before he went out of town for a week.

I felt bad for missing our meeting, so I asked if they wanted to meet for a meal. It didn't take long to set up a date and time for dinner. We met for dinner and left the restaurant 2.5 hours later. I had fun talking with Alicia and Andrea. Too bad it was late, I could have stayed for another hour. I would love to get together with these two super ladies again soon.

Books read in 2014

Death's Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab the Body Farm Where the Dead do Tell Tales, William Bass & Jon Jefferson
The Big Roads, Earl Swift
Never Suck A Dead Man's Hand: Curious Adventures of a CSI, Dana Kollmann 
Confessions of a Surgeon, Paul A. Ruggieri M.D.
Lincoln's Grace Robbers, Steve Sheinkin
Why Your Prescription Takes So Damn Long to Fill,Drugmonkey
Beyond the Body Farm, Dr. Bill Bass & Jon Jefferson
The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature and Fowl Obsession,Mark Obmascik
True Hollywood Noir: Filmland Mysteries and Murders, Dina Di Mambro
Island of Vice: Theodor Roosevelt's Quest to Clean Up Sin-Loving New York, Richard Zacks   
Mortal Evidence: The Forensics Behind Nine Shocking Cases, Cyril H. Wecht
Amelia, Nancy Nahra
Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World's Stolen Treasures, Robert K. Wittman & John Shiffman 
The Fault in Our Stars, John Green
Hot Lights, Cold Steel, Michale J. Collins, M.D.
Blue Collar, Blue Scrubs, Michael J. Collins M.D. 
Dark Dreams: A Legendary FBI Profiler Examines Homicide and the Criminal Mind, Roy Hazelwood & Stephen G. Michaud 
Swim, Bike, Run: Our Triathlon Story, Alistair Brownlee & Jonathan Brownlee
The Stranger Beside Me, Ann Rule
Beauty, Disrupted: The Carre Otis Story, Carre Otis & Hugo Schwyzer
House of Versace: The Untold Story of Genius, Murder and Survival, Deborah Ball
Trama: My Life as an Emergency Surgeon, Dr. James Cole
Upstairs at the White House: My Life with the First Ladies, J.B. West
Kitchen Confidential, Anthony Bourdain
Back of the House: The Secret Life of a Restaurant, Scott Haas 
Shooting Stars: My Unexpected Life Photographing Hollywood's Most Famous, Jennifer Buhl
Trauma Junkie: Memoirs of an Emergency Flight Nurse, Janice Hudson
You'll Never Nanny in This Town Again: The True Adventures of a Hollywood Nanny, Suzanne Hansen
NYPD Confidential: Power and Corruption in the Country's Greatest Police Force, Leonard Levitt 
The Things That Matter, Nate Berkus
Chicago Cop: Tales from the Street, Star #14931
The Making of a Chef: Mastering Heat at the Culinary Institute of America, Michael Ruhlman
Monica's Story, Andrew Morton
All Too Human: A Political Education, George Stephanopoulos
Flowers in the Attic, V.C. Andrews
Petals on the Wind, V.C. Andrews

Currently Reading: