Wade Off To Smashing Debut as Masters Runner
Recently turned 40-year-old Houstonian Sean Wade finished second on Saturday in the Masters Men's 8K at the USA Track and Field Cross Country Championships in the Bronx's famed Van Cortlandt Park.
Covering the course in 25:18, Wade was second to Team XO's Rick Fuller from Portland, Oregon, who won the event in 24:52. (In age-graded time, Wade was 6th. Complete results here.)
The Houston Striders' Marcella Paull (of College Station), 56, was 21st in the Masters Women's 8K race in a time of 38:35, but was 2nd in her 55-59 age group.
In the Junior Women's 6K, 17-year-old high school phenom Nicole Blood, who runs for the legendary Sarasota Springs HS (New York) program, won in 20:45 within a pack of six runners that included Baylor University freshman and former Plano West star Erin Bedell. Bedell's former club team, Dallas Metroplex Striders Track Club, which won the team championship over California's Buffalo Chips Running Club by 11 points, finished second by one (1) point on Saturday.
This year's team included the UIL Class 2A state champion Loren Hodges of Paradise and the TAPPS Class 6A state champion Kinsey Farran of Dallas Bishop Lynch. UIL Class 4A 3rd place finisher Samantha Means of McKinney, UIL Class 5A 7th place finisher Jillian Rosen of Richardson and Glen Rose's Morgan Kuykendall rounded out the squad.
The event will be televised on ESPN2 on Sunday night, February 19th from 11 p.m. to midnight, Central time.
Covering the course in 25:18, Wade was second to Team XO's Rick Fuller from Portland, Oregon, who won the event in 24:52. (In age-graded time, Wade was 6th. Complete results here.)
The Houston Striders' Marcella Paull (of College Station), 56, was 21st in the Masters Women's 8K race in a time of 38:35, but was 2nd in her 55-59 age group.
In the Junior Women's 6K, 17-year-old high school phenom Nicole Blood, who runs for the legendary Sarasota Springs HS (New York) program, won in 20:45 within a pack of six runners that included Baylor University freshman and former Plano West star Erin Bedell. Bedell's former club team, Dallas Metroplex Striders Track Club, which won the team championship over California's Buffalo Chips Running Club by 11 points, finished second by one (1) point on Saturday.
This year's team included the UIL Class 2A state champion Loren Hodges of Paradise and the TAPPS Class 6A state champion Kinsey Farran of Dallas Bishop Lynch. UIL Class 4A 3rd place finisher Samantha Means of McKinney, UIL Class 5A 7th place finisher Jillian Rosen of Richardson and Glen Rose's Morgan Kuykendall rounded out the squad.
The event will be televised on ESPN2 on Sunday night, February 19th from 11 p.m. to midnight, Central time.
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