Buffalo champ added to elite field, plus three others
Jynocel Basweti, the 19-year old winner of this year's Buffalo Marathon, has joined this fall's QCM elite field. Basweti won the race by five minutes with his 2:19:15 effort. The Kenyan also placed 10th at this June's Grandma's Marathon. In addition to Basweti the race will welcome three more elites to bring the total to nine men and seven women in the elite field.
Local standout Jerry Lack, of East Moline, will toe the line once again this fall in the men's master's field. Recently at the QCM: Lack ran a 2:42:19 to place 12th overall and third in the master's race in 2005 and ran a 2:36: 19 to place 12th overall and second in the master's race in 2004. Marty Dalton, Stuart, IA, will also join the open men's field. He owns a PR of 2:25.
On the women's side, Casey Owens, Mt. Pleasant, IA, is the seventh female to enter the elite field. The 24-year old will be making her marathon debut, but boasts an impressive resume. She placed 9th at the USATF 10,000-meter champs in 2005 and was 9th in the QC Times Bix 7 in 2005 (first American/40:07). Owens has a 20k PR of 1:13:47, a 10k best of 33:32 and a 5k best of 16:15. She was a two-time track All American at Missouri State and a 13-time Missouri Valley track champion.
The complete elite field as of 9/11/06:
MEN, 9: RUSSIA, Sergey Nochevny, Vyacheslav Rodionov; BELARUS, Dzmitry Sivou; KENYA, Jynocel Basweti, Jonathan Ndambuki, Vince Temu, Solomon Kandie; USA, Marty Dalton, Jerry Lack*.
WOMEN, 7: UKRAINE, Valentyna Poltavska, Katerina Stetsenko; BELARUS, Alena Vinitskaya; USA, Sarah Plaxton, Tracy Stewart, Jennifer Paul, Casey Owens.
* Master's field.
** Elite runners are encouraged to email (ifrink@crawfordsheetmetal.com) for consideration in the 2006 field.
Local standout Jerry Lack, of East Moline, will toe the line once again this fall in the men's master's field. Recently at the QCM: Lack ran a 2:42:19 to place 12th overall and third in the master's race in 2005 and ran a 2:36: 19 to place 12th overall and second in the master's race in 2004. Marty Dalton, Stuart, IA, will also join the open men's field. He owns a PR of 2:25.
On the women's side, Casey Owens, Mt. Pleasant, IA, is the seventh female to enter the elite field. The 24-year old will be making her marathon debut, but boasts an impressive resume. She placed 9th at the USATF 10,000-meter champs in 2005 and was 9th in the QC Times Bix 7 in 2005 (first American/40:07). Owens has a 20k PR of 1:13:47, a 10k best of 33:32 and a 5k best of 16:15. She was a two-time track All American at Missouri State and a 13-time Missouri Valley track champion.
The complete elite field as of 9/11/06:
MEN, 9: RUSSIA, Sergey Nochevny, Vyacheslav Rodionov; BELARUS, Dzmitry Sivou; KENYA, Jynocel Basweti, Jonathan Ndambuki, Vince Temu, Solomon Kandie; USA, Marty Dalton, Jerry Lack*.
WOMEN, 7: UKRAINE, Valentyna Poltavska, Katerina Stetsenko; BELARUS, Alena Vinitskaya; USA, Sarah Plaxton, Tracy Stewart, Jennifer Paul, Casey Owens.
* Master's field.
** Elite runners are encouraged to email (ifrink@crawfordsheetmetal.com) for consideration in the 2006 field.
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