Tania had the great opportunity to run in a race in an exhibition 3000 meter race in the middle of the senior and junior USATF National Championships held at the University of Oregon at the historic Hayward Field this past Sunday. Tania ran in an elite field of masters who came together to show what they had over the 3000 meter distance. Tania, after running 10:02 a few weeks ago at the Portland Track Festival, was looking to break the national 45-49 age group record of 9:57 at this meet. In a fine field of fast women, and after a 5:20 first mile, the pace started to drop. Tania ended up in fourth behind Kris Paaso, Grace Padilla and Aeron Arlin-Genet running a time of 9:59.87 only a 1.5 seconds off of the record time. Kris Paaso, 41, of New Balance Silicon Valley club team kept off a hard pressing Grace Padilla, 40, to take the win in a time of 9:47.84.
For complete results, click here.
For an album of photos from the race, click here.
To see the complete race video, click here.
