With the team of Erika Aklufi and Kirsten Leetch running in the 5000 meters at San Francisco State at the USATF Club Track Nationals, the team scored enough to land the Janes in 10th place by the end of the meet. After running in first throughout the race and creating the pace, Erika was outkicked in the final 100 meters by Club Northwest’s Rose Wetzel to finish in second in a time of 16:40.50 to Rose’s time of 16:37.45. After hanging onto the pack of Erika and Rose through a little over two miles, Kirsten dropped off and finished in fifth running a season best of 16:59.19.

Norfolk Real Deal Track Club from Norfolk, Virginia finished in first place for the women scoring 160 points.

For complete results, click here.

For the USATF club track nationals photos, click here.

Erika Aklufi and Kirsten Leetch are heading up to San Francisco to run in the USATF Club Nationals at San Francisco on Saturday, July 10th. Erika and Kirsten will both be running in the 5000 meter race. Right now there are 22 women entered to race. Erika is seeded at her USATF Southern California 5000 meter time of 17:05 she ran a few weeks ago and Kirsten is seeded at her 300 meter time 9:59 she ran at the Portland Track Festival a few weeks ago.

For more information about the USATF Club Nationals, click here.

Barbara Parker competed in the very competitive 3000 steeplechase today up at the University of Oregon’s Hayward Field in the Prefontaine Classic. She finished 6th overall running a time of 9:35.17. At one point, Barbara took the lead in this fine field of steeplechasers to try and take it. Milcah Chemos Chieywa won the race in a time of 9:26.70.

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Juliane Masciana finished in 9th place this past Sunday at the USATF Championships in Des Moines, Iowa in the finals of the 3000 meter steeplechase. Juliane ran 10:18.82 well off her 9:59 PR but in hot, humid and windy conditions where the winner, Nike athlete Lisa Aguilera, ran 9:53.59.

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Barbara Parker won the Aviva UK Championship title in the 3000 meter steeplechase this past weekend running a time of 9:37.77. Evidently she ran most of the race comfortably ahead of the pack. This sets her up nicely for next month’s European Championships to be held in Barcelona, Spain on July 27 – August 1. Go Barbara!

For complete results, click here.

For a cool article from BBC Sport on her win plus an audio interview that was also featured with a headline on Letsrun.com, click here.