Cambria Wu, Emily Field, Sarah Montez and Colleen Joyce went to New York City to compete in the USATF Club Championships at Icahn Stadium on Randall’s Island. Emily was scheduled to run in the 10,000 on Friday night and then run the 5,000 meters the following morning but thunderstorms on Friday night postponed the 10,000 to Saturday morning. So, Emily pulled an amazing triple by running the 10,000, the 5,000 an hour and a half later and then the mile leg of the distance medley relay that afternoon!
The 10,000 went off first with Emily running 35:01 for second place. Claudia Copeland from Club Northwest came in first running 34:55. With only a little break, Emily then lined up for the 5,000 meters with teammates, Cambria, Sarah and Colleen. Emily ran in second for most of the race but ended up in third place overall in a time of 17:05.50. Jane Larson of Club Northwest won in a time of 16:52.05. Cambria was ninth running 18:16.56, Sarah was 14th running 19:06.08 and Colleen was 16th in a time of 19:19.13.
Then the four Janes had a few hour break before the distance medley relay that afternoon. Cambria led off in the 1200 running a 3:50 leg in 3rd place. She handed off to Sarah who ran the 400 in a time of 66 in 4th place. Sarah then handed off to Colleen who ran a 2:35 in 800 in fifth place. Emily then took the baton and grinding out the four laps catching the fourth and third place teams and running a 5:01 mile for a team time of 12:34.24 and third place overall. Club Northwest dominated from the start in a time of 11:59.16.
The Janes finished in 10th place overall in the team scoring with 20 points. Norfolk Real Deal Track Club (Virginia) won with 138.5 points.
For complete results, click here.
For a video of the DMR, click here.
For a video of the 5,000, click here.
For a video of the 10,000, click here.
