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.
