Quest Club celebrated the holidays and a successful year of running with its annual Holiday Party. New this year were an “Ugliest Race Shirt Contest” and “Race/Running Photo Sharing” from club members’ first year of running or 10+ years ago.
*** Click here for the 2008 Quest Club Holiday Party photo gallery ***
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Lauren Fleshman, Women’s 5,000 meter Champion
Lagat Fans
Chaunte Lowe set a new American Record in the Women’s High Jump
Des Moines native Lolo Jones won the 100 meter hurdles
Dan Huling, Men’s Steeplechase
Lisa Aguilera, Women’s Steeplechase
Lopez Lomong held off Leonel Manzano in the Men’s 1,500 meters
David Oliver dominated the 110 meter hurdles competition
Distance runner Amy Begley and triple jumper Erica McLain each set stadium records on Day 1 of the 2010 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Des Moines, IA. Begley, a 2008 Olympian, and reigning national champion in the 10,000 meters, surged away from home state favorite Lisa Koll, the previous owner of the stadium record, with a little more than one lap to go.
Galen Rupp also successfully defended his 10,000 meter national title in Des Moines.
Athletes with Arizona connections that competed in Des Moines on Day 1 included Fasil Bizuneh, Desiree Davila, Amy Hastings, Tara Erdmann, Lisa Aguilera, Lindsay Allen, Dominique Maloy, Donald Sanford, and Charonda Williams.
The April 2010 edition of Japan’s top track and field magazine, Gekkan Rikujyo Kyogi, published three of our photos from the 2010 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships. Thanks guys!
2009 World Outdoor men’s shot put champion Christian Cantwell and 2008 Olympian and former New Mexico resident Amber Campbell won their respective events at the 2010 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Albuquerque, NM. Their marks were also good enough for both to win the respective men’s and women’s 2010 Indoor Visa Championship Series titles, which were awarded at the conclusion of Day 2 of the competition.
On the track, Nick Symmonds won the second USA Indoor title of his career, by finishing first in the men’s 800 meters.
For the second day in a row, Shannon Rowbury was involved in a come-from-behind photo finish, this time, in the women’s 1,500 meters. Morgan Uceny surged to the lead in the middle of the race, and held on for a 0.02 second victory.
Soon after the starter’s pistol fired in the women’s 3,000 meter run, the final event on Day 1 of the 2010 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Albuquerque, NM, Renee Metivier Baillie opened up a sizable lead. Despite the spirited attempt by Shannon Rowbury and Sara Hall to close the gap on the final lap, Metivier Baillie held on for a narrow win over the hard charging Hall, with Rowbury in third place.
In a close men’s 3,000 meter final, Bernard Lagat, the recently crowned American Record holder for 5,000 meters indoors sprinted away from Galen Rupp and Chris Solinsky in the final laps to claim the title.
