April 2, 2025. The 2025 World Masters Athletics WMA Championships were held this past week, from March 23 through March 30th. There are two Non-Stadia LDR events, a Cross Country event, over 6 Km or 8Km, and a 10 Km Road Race. The recap of the Cross Country event was posted last week. The 10 Km course was run as two circuits on the roads surrounding the Indoor Track building and across I-75. The four trips over I-75 provided some real hills. That, plus six 180 degree turns meant this would not be a fast course. That the times were so fast is a tribute to the level of competition!
The Men's Race went off first at 8 am, followed by the Women's race, ten minutes later. That appeared to work well. The lead women only encountered the occasional slower runner from the Men's race, typically running solo and easily passed, over the last two kilometers of their race. I will cover the races in order, starting with 35-39 [included by WMA as Masters athletes] and continuing to the oldest division.
Note 1: WMA does not officially recognize an Overall Masters winner; they honor the top three finishers in each age division with gold, silver and bronze medals, respectively.
Note 2: If an athlete does not have an initial country identifier, they are on Team USA.
Note 3: I include a few action photos to give a sense of the race course and the competition. All photos are either from wmaci25 [World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships 2025] via Fastbreak Connect and/or posted on social media.
Men's Races
35-39 The top 35-39 year olds were at the front of the age divisions, except for the overall winner. This division took 2nd through 6th. Joseph Gray, from 40-44, was the overall winner! Umberto Persi Italy battled Gray. By the halfway point, those two had had a half minute gap on the rest of the field. At that point Gray was on Persi's shoulder. When Gray made his decisive move, Persi was in 'no man's land' but handled it well. He was not challenged by any rivals in the final kilometers, winning the division in 31:22, a good minute ahead of the Silver medalist. At the halfway point, Ignacio Garcia Ramon Spain was a half-minute behind Abderrahmane Chikhaoui Algeria. But Garcia was able to maintain his pace over the last half of the race as Chikhaoui slowed slightly. Those two took second and third in the division, six seconds apart. Chikhaoui held it strong to the finish, with Mattia Francini just five seconds back in 4th.
Individual Medals: Umberto Persi 31:22 Ignacio Garcia Ramon 32:23 Abderrahmane Chikhaoui 32:29
Team: Italy took the win, with Persi and Francini finishing 1st and fourth. They brought Emiliano Carloni down from 45-49. His 34:44 gave them the team win with 4 minutes on their Spanish rivals. The Spanish team, consisting of Garcia Ramon, Martin 33:58, and Suarez 36:26, with Suarez dropping down from M50 and Suarez from M60. They finished eight minutes ahead of Team USA which had a natural team of 35-year-olds. Edwin Pagan finished 5th in the division with a fine 32:40. Thomas Gage 38:37 and Robert Duggan 39:41 closed things out for the US.
Team Medals: Italy 1:38:43 avg = 32:54 Spain 1:42:47 34:16 USA 150:58 36:59
Note: USATF Masters LDR, consistent with long standing standards in the US road race industry, does not recognize anyone under the age of 40 as a Masters runner. Many of those aged 35 to 39 are still chasing Open/Professional goals. This may have something to do with the comparatively small turnout of top US runners in this division.
40-44 Joseph Gray, as noted, was the first runner in the 10K Men's race to cross the finish line. It was over four minutes before the next US athlete finished. Bryan Hendricks was second at the halfway point but had just a 25-meter lead on the next two. Eduard Hapak Ukraine and Daniel Yinh were battling for third at the time. But both must have been well aware of Hendricks not too far ahead. Yinh had more in the tank, making a definitive move in the second half, perhaps on the last uphill over I-75. He was able to not only pass Hendricks but put a gap of over 200 meters on Hapak and Hendriks. Hapak overtook Henriks and claimed the bronze medal, in the end, by a single second!
Individual Medals: Joseph Gray 31:06 Daniel Yinh 35:50 Eduard Hapak 36:41
Team: Team USA took gold with no other nations scoring complete teams.
Team Medals: USA 1:43:38 34:33
45-49 David Angell led Team USA to 45-49 victory. More than a half minute ahead of the field at the halfway point, Angell kept the pedal down the rest of the way. winning the gold medal in 33:31. That also ensured Angell of a top ten overall finish, and second among Men 40 and up. The race for the silver medal was much tighter. At the 5 Km mark, Hilel Ayachi Tunisia was in second place in 16:59. But Emiliano Corloni Italy and David Ferrugia were only twenty meters back. Shortly thereafter, Ayachi started to pull further ahead, growing his lead over the bronze medalist to over 250 meters. Ferrugia stayed tight on Corloni for as long as he could. But, eventually, Corloni eased ahead, first by ten meters, then twenty. But Ferrugia did not give in, finishing fourth, just eight seconds behind Corloni.
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David Angell USA-center battling international rivals in the 10K Road Race at the 2025 WMA Championships in Alachua County, Gainesville FL-Angell claimed the 45-49 Gold Medal |
Individual Medals: David Angell 33:31 Hilel Ayachi 34:13 Emiliano Corloni 34:44
Team: With Angell finishing first, Ferrugia fourth, and Leonardo Canete 36:19 fifth, no other nation could wrest the gold from Team USA. Ireland did manage to finish three athletes by dropping down two from 50-54 to compete for their 45-49 team. Their three were: Ronan Kearns 41:41, 11th in M45; Stephen Monaghan 39:20, tenth in 50-54; and Sean McDermott 43:14, 13th in 50-54.
Team Medals: USA 1:44:42 34:54 Ireland 2:14:01 44:41
50-54 Alcides De Quesada led the Team USA squad with a sparkling 34:26. Unfortunately, Santiago De La Fuente Martin Spain was on fire, hitting the halfway point in 16:31 and cruising from there for the win. De Quesada succeeded in breaking up the top two division runners, both from Spain. He was 8 seconds ahead of Jose Vicente Gadea Sanchez Spain at 5K. Closing strongly, De Quesada took a few seconds out of Martin's lead and finished second with over 200 meters cushion over Sanchez in third.
Santiago De La Fuente Martin 33:58 Alcides De Quesada 34:26 Jose Vicente Gadea Sanchez 35:17
Team: With De Quesada leading the way, Michael McGrane, 6th in 37:20, and Markelle Taylor, 8th in 38:28, secured the victory for Team USA.
Team Medals: USA 1:50:14 36:45
55-59 Miguel Molero-Eichwein Germany was unstoppable! His 16:25 at the 5K left him two minutes ahead of the field. He ran an evenly paced race, winning by five minutes in 33:00. Scott Grandfield focused on what he could control, running a solid race to take 2nd place with a cushion of 150 meters. Scott Siriano, five seconds behind Miguel Angel Sanchez Ruano El Salvador at the halfway point, relied on a strong closing 5K to claim the bronze medal. Siriano held strong to the finish, edging Sanchez Ruano by three seconds!
Individual Medals: Miguel Molero-Eichwein 33:00 Scott Grandfield 38:03 Scott Siriano 38:44
Team: Grandfield and Siriano led the way, but they needed the contribution of Paul Shuler, fifth in 38:59, to nail the Gold medal. Shuler provided the perfect answer to the five-minute German lead from Molero-Eichwein. Shuler came across the finish line four-minutes ahead of Germany's second athlete, and nearly eleven minutes ahead of Germany's third runner. Great Britain pieced together a 55-59 team, with one from 55-59, and two from 70-74.
Team Medals: USA 1:55:46 38:35 Germany 2:06:39 42:13 Great Britain 2:44:18 54:46
60-64 Mark Zamek ran with Angel Lebrero Suarez Spain as long as he could. Suarez pushed toward the end of the first loop. Zamek could not match that surge but kept Suarez in his sights about 25 meters ahead. Zamek gathered himself, pushed up the last hill and passed Suarez in the final two kilometers, enjoying the gold medal with fifty meters to spare! Rick Lee, like Zamek, had run the Cross Country on Sunday and the 3000M on Tuesday. But he also ran the 1500M prelims on Friday, where he was a time qualifier for the Saturday afternoon final, with the fourth fastest time! But Lee is resilient! He stayed with Suarez and Zamek as long as he could but had to let them go. Lee let no one else pass him. Twenty-one seconds ahead of the rest of the field at the halfway point, Lee added another thirteen seconds to his cushion on the second loop. Tough all the way to the finish, Lee had the bronze medal by well over a hundred meters.
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Mark Zamek USA/left toiling up the I-75 Overpass about to pass a British rival in the 10K Road Race at the 2025 WMA Championships in Alachua County, Gainesville FL--Zamek won the 60-64 Gold Medal |
Individual Medals: Mark Zamek 36:14 Angel Lebrero Suarez 36:26 Rick Lee 37:06
amek won the 60-64 Gold Medal in the
Team: Zamek and Lee led the way for Team USA. When Henry Notaro finished sixth in 38:41, that closed the door on the five other nations with complete teams! Great Britain was their closest rival and Notaro beat their number two runner by four minutes. Puerto Rico was able to win a close battle with Ireland for Team Bronze.
Team Medals: USA 1:52:01 37:20 Great Britain 2:04:47 41:36 Puerto Rico 2:08:33 42:51
Note: Zamek forwarded a text message noting that the favorite in the race, John Meagher Australia, was a scratch due to his hamstring going out on him during warmups. Meagher won the Cross Country on Sunday and is the Australian record holder. But, as I have heard from a few sage athletes, you can only compete against the runners who are able to toe the starting line. Zamek beat every one of those division athletes on Saturday!
65-69 Jukka Kauppila Finland, who won the division Cross Country race here last Sunday (by five seconds over Roger Sayre), was in a tight duel with Francisco Antonio Ardila Calderon Colombia. They matched each other stride for stride, passing the 5 Km mark tied at 19:31. Jorge Pereyra Uruguay was 15-20 meters back. James Murphy came next but there was a gap of over 150 meters up to Pereyra. Kauppila and Calderon matched each other until they were int he final stretch. Kaupilla had the better kick and claimed gold! He was two for two in the non-Stadia events! Calderon, just two seconds back, earned the silver medal. Pereyra lost ground to the two leaders over the second loop but was never threatened by Murphy. Pereyra claimed the bronze medal. Murphy was fourth, over two minutes back.
Individual Medals: Jukka Kappila 38:25 Francisco Antonio Ardila Calderon 38:27 Jorge Pereyra 39:42
Team: Murphy 42:05, and his teammate, Adolfo David Lopez 43:02, who finished fifth, led Team USA to victory. Normand Guillemette slammed the door on Great Britain, the only other contender for a team medal, by finishing seventh, just ahead of the first British finisher. Guillemette had come from 16 seconds back at the halfway mark, passing Hick of Great Britain and establishing a cushion of eleven seconds! Hick was joined by his 65-69 teammate, Smythe, and Cattle, who was dropped down from 75-79.
Team medals: USA 2:09:02 43:01 Great Britain 2:22:58 47:39
70-74 The result at the top was the same as in the Cross Country race six days earlier. There was no stopping Rick Becker. He enjoyed an even more dominant win in the 10K. Up by nearly 400 meters at the halfway mark, Becker pulled away to win the gold medal by almost three minutes! Wilson Molina Puerto Rico could not stay with Becker. But by the halfway point, Molina had carved a 17 second lead over Scott Lucking and Reno Stirrat, the USA teammates, running in tandem. Molina ran a strong second half. It is good for him that he did. Lucking negative split the race, covering the second 5K circuit of the race in 21:49 after running 21:56 for the first. But it was not enough; Lucking took four seconds out of Molina's lead but that was it. Lucking took the bronze medal with Stirrat six seconds behind Lucking in fourth. USA goes 1-3-4!
Rick Becker 40:39 Wilson Molina 43:32 Scott Lucking 43:45
Team: With Becker, Lucking and Stirrat finishing first, third and fourth, no other team had a chance! Canada and Thailand enjoyed a tight duel for the team silver medals, but both were far behind Team USA. Thailand's first two M70 finishers came in about a half minute ahead of their Canadian M70 counterparts. But Canada almost flipped the tables by adding Bonnaire from 75-79. He finished 54 seconds ahead of Thailand's third M70 finisher. Thailand claimed the Team Silver medals with just ten seconds to spare. Puerto Rico finished fourth.
Team Medals: USA 2:08:15 42:44 Thailand 2:20:35 46:52 Canada 2:20:45 46:55
75-79 Jean Thomas France was able to take the Cross Country title here last Sunday ahead of Ronald Cattle Great Britain. Cattle reversed that outcome in the 10 Km Road Race. Thomas did not attempt to stay with Cattle as he raced to a lead of well over 200 meters by the 5 Km mark. Thomas is a very strong runner and once Cattle was gone, perhaps felt little pressure. Terry McCluskey, who finished 5th in Cross Country, had a better day on the roads. At the halfway point he was twenty seconds out of the silver medal spot held by Thomas and four seconds ahead of Lionel Bonnaire Canada. McCluskey's strong second half gave him the bronze medal over Bonnaire, with more than a minute to spare!
Ronald Cattle 43:59 Jean Thomas 46:07 Terry McCluskey 46:45
Team: McCluskey led Team USA to the Team Gold medal. Victor Vazquez 48:34 finished a half minute behind Bonnaire in fifth. Allen Joyce 55:00 finished seventh to close out the scoring for Team USA and secure the win.
Team Medal: USA 2:30:19 50:06
80-84 Ake Jonson Sweden won this division in Cross Country by just six seconds. But Don Owens had not competed in the Cross Country event. He had no trouble on Saturday getting out and away from Jonson. Owens led by fifteen seconds at the halfway point and pulled further ahead on the second 5 Km loop, winning by well over a minute! Jonson could not match Owens but finished almost six minutes ahead of Silvester Jemensek Slovenia, who earned the bronze medal. Roy Vasher finished just off the medal stand, seven minutes behind Jemensek.
Individual medals: Don Owens 52:06 Ake Jonson 53:21 Silvester Jemensek 59:09
Note: In Swedish, the 'A' in Ake has a circle above it, indicating it is pronounced like the letter, O. Hakan is pronounced 'Hokan', similar to Hogan. Ake is, I presume, pronounced like 'Oakey'.
Team: There were no complete teams so no team medals.
85-89 George Gilder finished just off the podium in Cross Country. He made up for it on the roads. He could not keep pace with Fidel Diaz Mendez Mexico, who surged to a two-minute lead by the halfway point. But Gilder, at that point, had more than six minutes on his closest rival! His lead was more than twice that large when he crossed the finish line in second place! The Silver medal was his! Fourteen minutes later, Keijo Taivassalo Canada claimed the bronze medal.
Individual Medals: Fidel Diaz Mendez 1:02:30 George Gilder 1:05:46 KeijoTaivassalo 1:20:32
Team: There were no complete teams so no team medals.
Women's Races
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Crunch Time! Game Face On! GPS at the Ready! The Women's 10K Race About to Start at the 2025 WMA Championships in Alachua County, Gainesville FL |
35-39 As in the Cross Country race last Sunday, Andreia Santos Portugal, was the one to beat. Santos enjoyed a half minute lead on Gayle Lindsay Bermuda at the halfway point. Lindsay, to her credit, kept pushing to close with Santos! But she could only take four seconds out of that lead over the second 5 Km circuit. Santos had her second non stadia gold medal! Santos and Lindsay set quite a pace over that last 5 Km. Lindsay grew her lead over the third-place runner from just over a half minute to just over two minutes! Andrea Richardson, the Cross Country bronze medalist, was focused on trying to catch the Cross Country silver medalist, Ewelina Brzezina. Brzezina enjoyed a cushion of eleven seconds at the 5 Km point. It was not enough! Richardson did much better on the roads! Not only did Richardson catch her quarry, she blasted past Brzezina, creating a gap of half a minute at the finish line! Richardson fought for her second non stadia medal and got it!
Individual Medals: Andreia Santos 36:11 Gayle Lindsay 36:34 Andrea Richardson 38:39
Team: Richardson led Team USA to the Team Gold medals, but she needed the help of Ami McClay 40:37, in 6th place, and Sharayah McDermott 42:15, in 8th!
Team Medals: USA 2:01:31 40:30 average
40-44 The top three in this division were also the three fastest overall. Ellie Stevens Great Britain left nothing to chance. She blasted over the first 5 Km in 17:27! That sent a message. Katie Sherron, the Cross Country gold medalist, was 27 seconds behind at that point, and had two athletes, Santos from 35-39, and April Lund between her and Stevens. Sherron, the fierce competitor that she is, first got past Santos and Lund. She drew a bead on Stevens and took six seconds out of her lead. But that was it! Stevens's strategy of getting out hard and hanging on worked! She had gold with a twenty-one second cushion. Lund was not able to stay with Sherron over the second half of the race, but she was able to drop Santos to be the third athlete across the finish line. Sherron was going home with a gold and a silver medal from the two non-stadia events. Lund had two bronze medals. To come down to Florida in the middle of her Boston Marathon training block, Lund must have been pleased with her performances! Karen Bertasso 36:37, also in Boston Marathon training mode, finished fourth.
Individual Medals: Ellie Stevens 35:29 Katie Sherron 35:50 April Lund 36:04
Team: With Team USA taking 2nd, 3rd and 4th, no other national team had a chance! USA took the gold medals with a cushion of fourteen minutes on Great Britain. Stevens led the way for Britain, but their second athlete came in just a few ticks under 40 and their third finished in 47:30. Ireland, unlike the USA and Great Britain, did not have a natural team. They brought down one athlete from 45-49 and the second-place finisher from 75-79. They gave the Brits a run for their money but fell three minutes short.
Team Medals: USA 1:48:31 36:10 Great Britain 2:02:41 40:54 Ireland 2:05:37 41:51
45-49 Jennifer Pesce, the bronze medalist in cross country, chased the cross country silver medalist, Michelle Kenny Ireland last Sunday without success. It was a different story on the roads! Pesce took it out strong, hitting the 5K point in 18:46. She had over half a minute on Kenny at that halfway point. Pesce kept the pedal down over the second 5K, increasing her margin to over a minute and a half. She had Gold to go with her cross country bronze! Dana Hayden ran a very solid race. Twenty-one seconds behind Kenny at 5K, Hayden only gave up one more second by the time she crossed the finish line. It was gold and bronze for the USA!
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Jennifer Pesce heading onto the Celebration Pointe portion of the 10K Road Race at the 2025 WMA Championships in Alachua County, Gainesville FL - Pesce won Gold in 45-49 |
Individual Medals: Jennifer Pesce 37:47 Michelle Kenny 39:20 Dana Hayden 39:42
Team: Pesce and Hayden led the way for Team USA, but Alicia Martinez 51:21, in 7th place, gave the USA the third scoring athlete they needed to secure the gold medals over Germany. Germany was a composed team with two athletes from older divisions joining the sixth-place finisher in W45.
Team Medals: USA 2:08:50 42:57 Germany 2:18:39 46:13
50-54 Jennifer Rodriguez (winner of last year's Masters Half Marathon national championships as Jennifer Malavolta, prior to her wedding) and Abby Dean led the way for the USA. Rodriguez hit the 5 Km split in 19:41, with Dean right on her heels. Fourteen seconds later, Sarah Trigg zipped past, and a half minute later a duo in a tight battle, Sima Tazavoie and Valentyna Poltavska Ukraine, sped past. Rodriguez had more in the tank on this day, speeding to victory in 39:43. Dean claimed silver a dozen seconds later; Trigg nailed the bronze medal. Team USA swept the division, 1-2-3. Tavazoie was fourth, with Poltavska fifth.
Abby Dean striding toward a 50-54 Silver Medal in the 10K Road Race at the 2025 WMA Championships in Alachua County, Gainesville FL |
Individual Medals: Jennifer Rodriguez 39:43 Abby Dean 39:55 Sarah Trigg 40:11
Team: With Rodrgiuez, Dean, and Trigg sweeping the division, USA won Team Gold by over twenty minutes! Poland had runners in 11th, 15th and 21st which was good enough for the silver medals! Not only that, W50 was the only scoring team, apart from W40, that had a winning average time under 40 minutes!
Team Medals: USA 1:59:49 39:56 Poland 2:20:00 46:40
55-59 This division was a different story. Sue McDonald Great Britain (not to be confused with the USA's McDonald, who owns the record books from 400 meters through the Mile on the track) ran away from her division rivals early, enjoying a two-minute lead at the 5k point. She cruised to the win with over 4 minutes to spare. Laura Delea was running on grit; would her back hold up? The answer, luckily, was 'Yes!' She led the rest of the field through the 5K in 22:32. Anabelle Broadbent Puerto Rico was thirty meters back in third, with Agnes Allam France another sixty meters back in fourth. Delea pulled away over the final 5K circuit, claiming silver with a cushion of nearly half a minute! That was worth celebrating! Broadbent, despite her best efforts, could not fight off a surging Allam, who passed her for the bronze medal. Broadbent finished nine seconds later, a half minute ahead of her closest rival.
Sue McDonald 41:06 Laura Delea 45:29 Agnes Allam 45:57
Team: With McDonald leading the way, Great Britain claimed gold. McDonald was joined by Clare Elms and Fiona Usher, from 60-64. Delea led the USA to silver. Cassandra Crane 48:47 and Christie Patla 50:24 delivered the goods, in sixth and eighth.
Team Medals: Great Britain 2:05:06 41:42 USA 2:24:40 48:13
60-64 Elms and Usher, who helped Great Britain to the 55-59 team gold, went 1-2 in this division. Elms led the way at the halfway point in 21:30. Usher was a hundred meters back in second. It was another half minute before Gezina Flattery South Africa sped past. Sixty meters behind Flattery, Karin Schon Sweden and Dana Blum were dueling, just two seconds apart, in fourth and fifth. Elms had no trouble posting the win in 41:19. A minute and change later, Usher added the silver to the Elms gold for a 1-2 British outcome. Flattery held strong in third, finishing over a minute ahead of her closest rival. Sabine Lahmann Germany, finished fourth after working her way past Blum and Schon who finished 5th and 7th.
Individual Medals: Clare Elms 41:19 Fiona Usher 42:41 Gezina Flattery 43:50
Team: With Elms and Usher competing for Great Britain's 55-59 team, the USA had no rivals with a complete team. Blum 44:59 led the way. Mary Swan 45:09 closed well to finish just ten seconds behind Blum. Tina Klein 46:04 secured the win for the USA when she was the third US athlete to cross the line.
Team Medals: USA 2:16:12 45:24
65-69 Kitty Musante led the way! She had over a hundred meters on her nearest rival at the halfway point. She continued to pull away, crossing the finish line in 47:19, with a victory margin of over a minute! It was much tighter for second through fifth. At the halfway point, it was Betty Otarola Peru leading a chase pack, with Donna May, and Marian Grace Great Brittain fifteen to 20 minutes back, and Susan Payne Great Britain a further 25 meters behind Grace. Grace must have had the most in the tank; she erased Otarola's lead and claimed the silver medal with twenty-two seconds to spare. Otarola hung tough after Grace passed; she added over 40 seconds to her margin as she claimed the bronze medal ahead of May.
Individual Medals: Kitty Musante 47:19 Marian Grace 48:24 Betty Otarola 48:46
Team: Musante and May led the way, in 1st and 4th, for Team USA. Lauren Siegel 54:23 finished sixth to slam the door and give Team USA the gold medal ahead of Great Britain.
Team Medals: USA 2:31:20 50:27 Great Britain 2:46:25 55:28
70-74 Did anyone doubt that Nora Cary would lead the way? Surely not! Cary was ahead of the field by over 800 meters at the halfway point! It was nearly two kilometers back to the second-place athlete when Cary claimed the gold medal with her 43:41! Not only did she win, she shattered the American 70-74 Record, set by the legendary Jan Holmquist in 2015! With Cary long gone, Corinne Krezonoski Canada and Cindy Lucking were left to run their own races. Krezonoski was able to pull away from Lucking on the first circuit of the course, crossing the 5 Km timing mat in 26:11, a good minute and a half ahead of Lucking. There was no pressure on Lucking; the fourth-place runner, Yong Collins 1:10:00, was over six minutes behind her. Krezonoski finished second, with Lucking third. Lucking now had a bronze individual medal to go with the Cross-Country Team Gold she earned, with the help of Cary and Trennis Mullis Debow.
Individual Medals: Nora Cary 43:41 Corinne Krezonoski 54:28 Cynthia Lucking 56:27
Team: Team USA had no competition! Cary, Lucking and Collins secured the victory for the USA!
Team Medals: USA 2:50:08 56:43
75-79 Eileen Kenny Ireland managed to beat Jeannie Rice on the turf. But there was no way that was going to happen on the roads, even at such a short distance (for Rice). But Rice knew Kenny would be pushing, so left nothing to chance. Rice burned up the pavement, hitting the 5 Km mark in 22:37. Rice had a lead of over a half minute on her rival. Whenever they went through one of the 180 degree turns, competitors could see how far behind or ahead a rival was, as long as they knew the rival by sight. Rice kept the pressure on, but Kenny did not lose much over the last 5 kilometers. Rice had the gold medal in 46:44. Kenny took the silver medal 45 seconds later. Sue Herscher earned the bronze medal.
Individual Medals: Jeannie Rice 46:44 Eileen Kenny 47:29 Sue Herscher 1:03:15
Team: No other country fielded a complete team. Rice and Herscher were joined on the Team podium by Andrea McCarter 1:16:19, who finished fourth. It was another gold medal for the USA.
Team Medals: USA 3:06:18 1:02:06
80-84 No competitors!
85-89 Joyce Hodges-Hite was not going to miss this one! She started and, of course, she finished. Hodges-Hite won the gold medal in 1:49:08. There were no teams competing.
Individual Medal: Joyce Hodges-Hite 1:49:08
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Summary
USA Individual Medal Winners:
Gold: David Angell Rick Becker Nora Cary Joseph Gray Joyce Hodges-Hite Kitty Musante Don Owens Jennifer Pesce Jeannie Rice Jennifer Rodriguez Mark Zamek
Silver: Abby Dean Laura Delea Alcides De Quesada George Gilder Scott Grandfield Katie Sherron Daniel Yinh
Bronze: Dana Hayden Sue Herscher Rick Lee Cindy Lucking Scott Lucking April Lund Terry McCluskey Andrea Richardson Scott Siriano Sarah Trigg
Medal Count-10K Road Race: Individual
USA: 28 TOTAL - 11 Gold; 7 Silver; 10 Bronze
Great Britain: 6 TOTAL - 4 Gold; 2 Silver
Spain: 4 TOTAL - 1 Gold; 2 Silver; 1 Bronze
Italy: 2 TOTAL - 1 Gold; 1 Bronz
Ireland: 2 TOTAL - 2 Silver
France: 2 TOTAL - 1 Silver; 1 Bronze
Finland: 1 TOTAL - 1 Gold
Germany: 1 TOTAL - 1 Gold
Mexico: 1 TOTAL - 1 Gold
Portugal: 1 TOTAL - 1 Gold
Bermuda: 1 TOTAL - 1 Silver
Canada: 1 TOTAL - 1 Silver
Colombia: 1 TOTAL - 1 Silver
Puerto Rico: 1 TOTAL - 1 Silver
Sweden: 1 TOTAL - 1 Silver
Tunisia: 1 TOTAL - 1 Silver
Algeria: 1 TOTAL - 1 Bronze
Peru: 1 TOTAL - 1 Bronze
Slovenia: 1 TOTAL - 1 Bronze
South Africa: 1 TOTAL - 1 Bronze
Uruguay: 1 TOTAL - 1 Bronze
Medal Count - 10K Road Race - Team
USA 18 TOTAL - 16 Gold; 1 Silver; 1 Bronze
Great Britain 6 TOTAL - 1 Gold; 4 Silver; 1 Bronze
Germany 2 TOTAL - 2 Silver
Ireland 2 TOTAL - 1 Silver; 1 Bronze
Italy 1 TOTAL - 1 Gold
Poland 1 TOTAL - 1 Silver
Spain 1 TOTAL - 1 Silver
Thailand 1 TOTAL - 1 Silver
Canada 1 TOTAL - 1 Bronze
Puerto Rico 1 TOTAL - 1 Bronze
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That concludes the recap of the Non-Stadia events at the WMA Indoor Championships. The USA dominated.
Now we turn our focus back to USATF National Masters Championships. The road race portion of the Grand Prix schedule kicks off with the 10K in Dedham MA, outside Boston, on Sunday, April 27th.