The Janes post open race

The Janes traveled up the coast this past weekend to compete in the USATF Club Nationals at Jefferson Park Golf Course in Seattle, Washington. The weather during the meet was chilly, but ideal–no wind, some drizzle for the later races, and the mud was an issue throughout the for the most part flat, grassy course for most of the runners.

The masters team, consisting of Tania Fischer, Amanda Marks and Kelle Taylor, finished in fourth place with 52 points following Tania’s strong third place individual finish in a time of 22:22. Amanda was the second Jane running 24:00 in 22nd place and Kelle ran 25:30 in 57th place. Club Northwest was the first team with 10 points and unattached runner Chris Kimbrough was the overall winner in a time of 22:12.

The open team ran later in the day. They finished in 24th place in the highly competitive meet. Kim Ramirez led the team in a time 22:33 and 131st place followed by Cambria (22:48, 150th place), Tania, who had to run both races so that the team could have a scoring five in the open race was next running  23:06 in 173rd place. Sam Jones (23:20, 188th place) was the next Jane followed by Adrienne Flores (23:41, 200th place).

“I was hoping to break 22 minutes, and from my last few races, I knew that was a reasonable goal, so it was a bummer for me personally to end an otherwise strong season with a weaker performance.” Cambria stated after the race, and continues “It feels like the competition gets stronger each year, and I’m no longer one of the ‘younger’ runners, but that’s great for the sport! We love coming out each year and seeing where we stand against a talented field; hopefully we can get back to earning a higher finish, like we did in years past. Congrats to our inspiring master’s team, who earned a 4th-place finish! It was exciting to watch Tania battle up front for the lead for most of the race!”

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To see a photo album from the meet, click here.

To see a masters photo album taken by Michael Scott, click here.

The New Balance Silicon Valley club team were the overall team winners and Catha Mullen (NB Silicon Valley) was the individual winner running 23:16.

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Cambria Wu finished second overall in the open division with 95 points and Erika Aklufi finished in third place with 93 points. Tania was fourth with 89 points, Colleen Joyce was fifth with 85 points, Kim Ramirez was sixth with 79 points and Sam Jones was with 76 points.

Tania was the first overall masters champion with 100 points followed by Amanda Marks 96 points.

Nike Team Run LA’s Karla Alburez won the overall title with 98 points.

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Amanda Marks was second in the masters race behind Tania running 25:56.68.

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Karla Alburez, from Nike Run LA Team, won in a time of 16:44.31.

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Cambria leads the series with 49 points, one point better than Nike Run LA’s Karla Alburez’ 48 points. Jenny and Tania are tied for the 3rd overall spot with 47 points. They are followed behind by Colleen (45 points), Sam (42 points), Erika (41 points) and Kim (41 points). Krishna has only run one race and has 21 points. Tania also leads the masters division with 50 points to Grace Padilla’s 25 points who is in second place.

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Tania fights for position on the hilly course.

Tania Fischer was the lone Jane who went up to compete in the Cal Poly Invitational this past Saturday. Tania, who is the head coach for both the boys and girls cross country teams at Santa Monica High School, takes her teams on a road trip to Cal Poly each year. Before the high school races go off, Tania competed in the college/open race that morning.

Tania won the race in a time of 18:33.2 over the hilly 5000 meter course, 15 seconds over the 2nd place woman, Bridie McCarey from the Cal Poly Alumni Team.

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Helms Bakery is located at 8760 Venice Blvd in Culver City. Follow the pink signs to our cool outdoor space where the Janes will have great tunes, delicious wine and all kinds of cheese and hors d’oeuvre.

It’s a fun and relaxing night for everyone!

Jen, Sam, Kim, Cambria and Tania post race

Cambria Wu, Tania Fischer, Jen Boyd, Kim Ramirez and Sam Jones competed and won as a team at the 38th Annual Bellarmine-Loyola cross country invitational in Griffith Park this past Saturday. Cambria, Tania and Jen took off as a threesome on the hilly course working as a team. At around the two mile mark and on a hill, Cambria surged to break up the group to chase after the eventual winner, Karla Albure (16:39.03). Cambria was second overall in a time of 17:00.68, Tania 17:13.35 for third, Jen 17:29.26 for fourth, Kim 18:03.04 for fifth and Same 18:50.44 for sixth woman.

Next up for the Janes – the Santa Monica Classic.

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