Wade finishes 3rd in USA Masters 10K
PASO ROBLES, Calif. - Dennis Simonaitis (Draper, Utah) won his second USA Masters 10 km Championship and Sylvia Mosqueda (Resemead, Calif.) captured her first masters championship at Sunday's USA Masters 10 km Championships in Paso Robles. The Championships were hosted for the fourth consecutive year by the Heritage Oaks Bank 10K.
Two-time 10 km national champion Simonaitis, 44, successfully defended his title, running 30:31 to win by 13 seconds over Paul Aufdemberge, 41 (Redford, Mich.). Danny Martinez, 44, (Alhambra, Calif.) was third in 31:34.
"I’m totally ecstatic and I didn’t expect it," Simonaitis told the San Luis Obispo Tribune in their Monday, September 25th edition. "The field was stacked this year, and I was just hoping for an age-graded win but I happened to be in the lead."
The Tribune reported that pressure on Simonaitis from other competitors was a new twist to the race as he won his last two championships relatively uncontested.
"He was pushed and had a better time this year than last year (30:59) because there was some stiff competition," race director Mitch Massey said. "Dennis now dominates the downtown streets of Paso Robles."
Although 40-year-old Houstonian Sean Wade, wearing bib #99, finished 3rd overall in 31:04, he wasn't included in the USA Track and Field press release surrounding this paragraph because he must not be a current member of USATF. (This is a similar situation to what occured during the 2006 USA 10K Trail Championships in Vail, Colorado when trail-running star Matt Carpenter won the event but was not eligible for the championship or the prize money because he wasn't a USATF member.)
Running his second worst time of the season at the 10K distance, Wade said on his blog at kenyanway.com that he "did not run well at all in this race" and possibly attributed the effort, ran in what he called "perfect conditions", to effects from his altitude tent.
"I had noticed my resting heart rate was not as low as usual but my workouts continued to go well," Wade said. "I will stay out of the tent for a few weeks and try to keep motivated to train hard."
Wade returns to action on Saturday, September 30th at Houston's Komen Race for the Cure 5K - a race he lost to Gabriel Rodriguez last year. No word if Rodriguez, who has moved back to Houston from Miami, will be back to defend his 2005 title.
In the women's race, Mosqueda's, 40, time of 34:36 was good for a 29-second victory over Michelle Simonaitis, 40, (Draper, Utah), while Lisbet Sunshine, 42, (San Francisco, Calif.) rounded out the top-three in 37:00.
Winning masters in other age divisions in the national championship include:
40 -44
Sylvia Mosqueda (Resemead, Calif.), 34:36
Dennis Simonaitis (Draper, Utah), 30:31
45 - 49
Kimberly Fanady (San Francisco, Calif.), 40:33
Ivan Huff (Pas Robles, Calif.), 32:36
50 - 54
Nancy Fiddler (Crowley Lakes, Calif.), 38:29
Fletcher Lesley (San Francisco, Calif.), 35:46
55 - 59
Debbie Dorney (Arroyo Grande, Calif.), 52:41:58
Gary Romesser (Indianapolis, Ind.), 33:59
60-64
Nelly Wright (Pacific Grove, Calif.), 48:06
Perry Hayden (Reno, Nev.), 39:22
65 - 69
Melody-Anne Schultz (Ross, Calif.) 47:08
Neal Chappell (Stateline, Nev.), 42:26
70-74
Giovanna Schaefer (Grover Beach, Calif.), 1:16:23
Bernie Hollander (Novato, Calif.), 53:39
75-79
Ed Reyna (Sunnyvale, Calif.), 58:34
The 8th annual Heritage Oaks Bank 10K featured $26,000 in masters prize money with $1,800 each for the overall national champions and $2,500 for each men's and women's top age-graded runner. The age-graded tables provide a relative way to compare times for runners of different ages.
For more information on the 2006 USA Masters 10 km Championships, visit www.usatf.org.
Two-time 10 km national champion Simonaitis, 44, successfully defended his title, running 30:31 to win by 13 seconds over Paul Aufdemberge, 41 (Redford, Mich.). Danny Martinez, 44, (Alhambra, Calif.) was third in 31:34.
"I’m totally ecstatic and I didn’t expect it," Simonaitis told the San Luis Obispo Tribune in their Monday, September 25th edition. "The field was stacked this year, and I was just hoping for an age-graded win but I happened to be in the lead."
The Tribune reported that pressure on Simonaitis from other competitors was a new twist to the race as he won his last two championships relatively uncontested.
"He was pushed and had a better time this year than last year (30:59) because there was some stiff competition," race director Mitch Massey said. "Dennis now dominates the downtown streets of Paso Robles."
Although 40-year-old Houstonian Sean Wade, wearing bib #99, finished 3rd overall in 31:04, he wasn't included in the USA Track and Field press release surrounding this paragraph because he must not be a current member of USATF. (This is a similar situation to what occured during the 2006 USA 10K Trail Championships in Vail, Colorado when trail-running star Matt Carpenter won the event but was not eligible for the championship or the prize money because he wasn't a USATF member.)
Running his second worst time of the season at the 10K distance, Wade said on his blog at kenyanway.com that he "did not run well at all in this race" and possibly attributed the effort, ran in what he called "perfect conditions", to effects from his altitude tent.
"I had noticed my resting heart rate was not as low as usual but my workouts continued to go well," Wade said. "I will stay out of the tent for a few weeks and try to keep motivated to train hard."
Wade returns to action on Saturday, September 30th at Houston's Komen Race for the Cure 5K - a race he lost to Gabriel Rodriguez last year. No word if Rodriguez, who has moved back to Houston from Miami, will be back to defend his 2005 title.
In the women's race, Mosqueda's, 40, time of 34:36 was good for a 29-second victory over Michelle Simonaitis, 40, (Draper, Utah), while Lisbet Sunshine, 42, (San Francisco, Calif.) rounded out the top-three in 37:00.
Winning masters in other age divisions in the national championship include:
40 -44
Sylvia Mosqueda (Resemead, Calif.), 34:36
Dennis Simonaitis (Draper, Utah), 30:31
45 - 49
Kimberly Fanady (San Francisco, Calif.), 40:33
Ivan Huff (Pas Robles, Calif.), 32:36
50 - 54
Nancy Fiddler (Crowley Lakes, Calif.), 38:29
Fletcher Lesley (San Francisco, Calif.), 35:46
55 - 59
Debbie Dorney (Arroyo Grande, Calif.), 52:41:58
Gary Romesser (Indianapolis, Ind.), 33:59
60-64
Nelly Wright (Pacific Grove, Calif.), 48:06
Perry Hayden (Reno, Nev.), 39:22
65 - 69
Melody-Anne Schultz (Ross, Calif.) 47:08
Neal Chappell (Stateline, Nev.), 42:26
70-74
Giovanna Schaefer (Grover Beach, Calif.), 1:16:23
Bernie Hollander (Novato, Calif.), 53:39
75-79
Ed Reyna (Sunnyvale, Calif.), 58:34
The 8th annual Heritage Oaks Bank 10K featured $26,000 in masters prize money with $1,800 each for the overall national champions and $2,500 for each men's and women's top age-graded runner. The age-graded tables provide a relative way to compare times for runners of different ages.
For more information on the 2006 USA Masters 10 km Championships, visit www.usatf.org.
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