Houston Running: Ino Cantu registered for USATF in Charlotte

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Monday, July 17, 2006

Ino Cantu registered for USATF in Charlotte

Registered in the 800 meters, 1,500 meters and the 5,000 meters, Houston's (and HARRA member) Ino Cantu is registered for the USA Masters Outdoor Track & Field Championships which will be held August 3-6, 2006 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Ino will compete in the 5,000 meter final on the first day (August 3rd) as well as the first round of the 800 meter competition. The 800 meter finals will be on Saturday, August 5th while the 1,500 meters will be contested on Sunday, August 6th.

There are quite a few entries from the Houston area track club Houston Elite, which features Bill Collins who will compete in the 100, 200 and 400 meter distances, and the Houston Harriers, which started as a track club but is also a member of HARRA today.

When I was at the Tesoro March Point Run 10K in Anacortes, Washington on Saturday, I was talking with a woman who knew one of the individuals (Snohomish Track Club's Bill Iffrig) that would be going head-to-head with Cantu as the favorites in the 5,000 meters.

1 Comments:

Anonymous said...: Hi Jon,
It's me the woman who talked to you about Bill Iffrig competing with Cantu. I read that you took the seabus to North Vancouver and I had memories of my hometown instantly. You picked a winnner of a race for the view and food at Tesoro and were lucky to visit North Van via seabus. Sounds like you are good at traveling. I will keep posted on your runs and maybe I will be able to travel and check out some other states and races.
Louise Smith bsrus@hotmail.com; 1:31 PM