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Chirlee Wins First U.S. National Title at US 25K Championships

(Grand Rapids, MI)

Joseph Chirlee (US Army/WCAP) opened up a gap and ran away from the field at the five-mile mark to take home his first U.S. national title at the U.S. 25k Championships winning in a time of 1:15:10. Christo Landry was 2nd in 1:15:47. Chirlee ran stride for stride with open champion Robert Letting and was on American record pace until the final mile.

Chirlee becomes the second U.S. Army soldier to win the 25k national championship after Dan Browne’s titles in 2003 and 2009.

Wendy Thomas (adidas/BRC) took 8th in the women’s race with a time of 1:27.

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Bristol Brewing To Host American Distance Project Elite Athlete Fun Run & Beer Social (Colorado Springs, CO)

As part of it’s Tuesday Night Karma Hour, Bristol Brewing Company will host an elite athlete fun run and beer social on June 12th as a fundraiser for the non-profit American Distance Project. Starting at 5:00pm, runners and fans can go for a 3-mile fun run with ADP athletes including 2012 US National Champion Joseph Chirlee, and then support the ADP when Bristol donates $1 from every pint sold to the charity.

The event will feature raffles for signed USA national team gear from US Olympic distance runners like Shalane Flanagan and Lopez Lamong, gift certificate give aways from Boulder Running Company, and free massages from the Colorado School of Massage.

The Bristol Brewing Company Tuesday Night Karma Hour will run from 5pm to 9pm and it is not necessary to participate in the run. You can just show up to support local beer and to support Olympic hopefuls! . (MORE)

Alisha Williams Takes 2nd at US Road Mile Championships; Edwin Sang 7th

(Minneapolis, MN) Alisha Williams (adidas/BRC) launched a strong kick with 200-meters remaining, decisively taking 2nd place at the US 1 Mile Road Championships. Williams ran most of the race in a tightly grouped pack of 14 women slowed by a strong 25 mile-per-hour headwind. Heather Kampf was the first to move and ended up with the win, while Williams kicked on the outside of the pack, finishing in 4:39.6 and taking home $2,500. Williams is qualified for the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials in both the 10,000-meters and 5,000-meters and was using the shorter race to develop her speed. It was her highest finish in a U.S championship.

Edwin Sang took 7th place in the men's race in his first U.S. Championship. Sang, a naturalized U.S. citizen and a private in the U.S. Army stationed at Fort Carson, had just become eligible at the beginning of May for U.S. championship competition.

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Joseph Chirlee Posts Olympic A Standard In 10k With 27:43.96

(Wageningen, NL) Joseph Chirlee took one more shot at improving his chances to make the 2012 U.S. Olympic team and his tenacity payed off when he nabbed the Olympic A in the 10,000-meters at the Tartletos Loopgala in Wageningen, Netherlands, Wednesday night.

Chirlee (US Army) finished 4th in a field of 19 that saw 4 under the Olympic A of 27:45.00, including Chirlee's 33-second personal best of 27:43.96. Under cool conditions, the field marched through 3k and 5k at 8:19 and 13:50, respectively, before speeding up with Hassan Mahboob wining in 27:21.40.

With only the top three at the U.S. Olympic Trials who have also bettered the Olympic A Standard of 27:45.00 being selected for the U.S. team for London, Chirlee is now in a small pool of nine contenders who have that mark. Ranked 5th in the U.S. for the year now, his challenge is simply to finish in the top three, regardless of time. Complete results can be found at: http://www.tartletosloopgala.nl/wordpress/

ADP Nabs Three Olympic Trials Marks At Stanford Invite

(Palo Alto, CA) Alisha Williams (adidas/BRC) led off a string of U.S. Olympic Qualifying marks for the American Distance Project at the Stanford Invitational with an Olympic Trials “A” Standard and an Olympic “B” Standard of 15:24.82 to finish 5th in the 5,000-meters. The breakthrough performance was a 20+ second personal best.

Wendy Thomas (adidas/BRC) debuted in the 10,000-meters and posted an Olympic Trials “B” mark of 32:57.63 to finish 13th, while Joseph Chirlee (US Army) also posted a Trials “B” standard and a six-year personal best of 28:32.41to finish 5th in the 10k.

ADP athletes will return to action at Mt. SAC Relays 04/19/12.

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Williams 26th for Team USA at Bupa Great Edinburgh XC

(Edinburgh, Scotland) Ali Williams finished 21st at the 2012 Bupa Great Edinburgh International Cross Country meeting Saturday. Neely Spence was the top finisher for the US in the women’s 6,000-meter race.

In combined team scoring, the US finished second behind Great Britain & Northern Ireland, with a European select team third.

Williams used the race as a tune-up for next weekend’s US Olympic Team Marathon Trials that will be staged in Houston.

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Thomas & Williams 12th & 14th In Olympic Trials Marathon Debut

(Houston, TX) Wendy Thomas (BRC/adidas) and Ali Williams (BRC/adidas) finished 12th and 14th, respectively in their debut marathon which just happened to be the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon.

The duo, who had qualified with half-marathon marks, worked together throughout the 26.2 mile race strongly moving up over the last six miles to set impressive personal records of 2:34:25 and 2:35:09.

American Distance Project teammate Adrian Chouinard (BRC/adidas) also competed, posting her second marathon personal best this year with her 2:44:06 and finishing 67th in the deep field that saw 152 finishers.

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Foster Wins Penn Relays 10k While Four Other ADPs PR

(Philadelphia, PA)

Kenny Foster (US Army) led wire to wire to win the Olympic Development 10k at the Penn Relays, holding off a last lap charge from the Hanson’s Robert Scribner taking the title in a personal best of 29:27.53. Robby Young (adidas/BRC) took 6th in a PR of 30:04.41, with Sean Brown 7th in 30:05.87. Ryan Hafer (adidas/BRC) was 8th in a PR of 30:20.06.

Adrian Chouinard (adidas/BRC) also posted a personal best in the women’s OD 10k with 35:23.93 in 5th place, while Shannon Payne (adidas/BRC) also PR’d in the OD 5k at 16:51.63 in 9th. Edwin Sang (US Army) will compete in the Olympic Development Mile on Saturday while otherADP athletes are in action this weekend at Payton Jordan.

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Williams & Chirlee Impress With Olympic Trials 10k Qualifiers

(Palo Alto, CA)

Ali Williams (adidas/BRC) asserted herself early in the Kim McDonald 10k at the Payton Jordan Invitational and came away with a minute-plus personal best of 32:03.07 to finish 10th and as the 6th American in one of the deepest fields on US soil.She easily bested the US Olympic Trials A standard of 32:45:00 and posted a high Olympic Games B mark.

Joseph Chirlee (US Army/WCAP) took over pacing duties half way through the men’s 10k to ensure a fast pace and posted a personal best of 28:16.36 to undoubtedly punch his ticket for the US Olympic Trials. While just shy of the 28:15 automatic standard, Chirlee now ranks 16th in the US for the year, guaranteeing his spot in the 24-man field.

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Chirlee Finishes 15th In US Olympic Trials 10k

(Eugene, OR) Under a cold Northwest downpour, Joseph Chirlee (US Army) gave his best in an attempt to make the US Olympic Team, but fell short finishing 15th in the 24 man field. Chirlee, who came into the Trials as one of only six men with the Olympic A Standard of 27:45, put himself in contention early latching on to eventual champion and Olympic Trials record breaker Galen Rupp.

Despite the cold downpour which slowly sapped his strength, Chirlee stayed at the front of the field through 6,000-meters, until Rupp and Nike-sponsored training partner Dathan Ritzenhein began to trade laps leaving the field behind.

Chirlee, determined to give his best, hung in to finish 15th with a time of 28:17.84, his third best mark of all time in a year that saw him improve from a 10k best of 29:00 to an Olympic A mark of 27:43.

Despite 5th in Olympic Trials 10k, Williams Misses Olympic Team

(Eugene, OR) Alisha Williams (adidas/Boulder Running Co.) put herself in contention to make the US Olympic Team but because of Olympic qualifying procedures, and the fact she did not have the Olympic A Standard coming into the meet, she came up short.

Williams finished 5th with a time of 32:08.51, which was off the Olympic A standard of 31:45, which resulted in 1st, 3rd and 7th place taking the three spots for London.

Going into the trials and aware of the need to run the A standard, adidas/BRC teammate Wendy Thomas, who was the last woman accepted into the field who had run a personal best the week before at the US half marathon, stepped up to lead the race and set an Olympic standard pace. Her efforts were spot on, until Nike’s Shalane Flanagan charged to the front only to come to a near stand still causing a traffic jam that resulted in at least one fall. Williams kept her feet and hung on for 5th,while Thomas was 20th in 33:17.40.

Williams 9th In Olympic Trials 5,000-meters

(Eugene, OR) After 20,000-meters of Olympic Trials track racing, not counting her 14th place at the 2012 US Olympic Trials marathon (a total of 62k), Alisha Williams (adidas/BRC) finished 9th in the finals of the 5,000-meters.

Williams advanced to the finals with a 5th place finish in the prelims two days earlier, and, without an Olympic A mark as was her case in the 10k, she went to the front to set a fast pace.

Williams and Kim Conley shared pacing duties, but after getting boxed in with the leaders surging up front, Williams was out of contention for the top three spots, but fought hard to hold onto 9th in the 16 woman final.

Williams finished with a time 15:32.98 to end a season that saw personal bests at 10k (32:03) and 5k (15:24), saw her set a PR for the marathon with her Olympic Trials debut of 2:35, and saw her earn berths on two US national teams.

ADP Adds 10 Talented New Comers

(Colorado Springs, CO) Embarking on its second year of success, the American Distance Project announces the addition of ten talented new comers. The ADP welcomes eight men in Robert Cheseret, Augustus Maiyo, Kyle Heath, Brandon Birdsong, Mack McLain, Matt Levassiur, Matthew Cameron, and Matt Elliot; and two women in Mattie Suver and Stephanie Bylander.

Cheseret was a 2012 Olympic Trials finalist in the 5,000-meters, while Maiyo finished 10th in the Olympic Trials 3k Steeplechase and Heath has a 3k steeplechase best of 8:29.34. Birdsong finished 4th in the 2010 NCAA DII Cross Country Championships while McLain is a 2 X NCAA DII national champion at the middle distances. Levassiur was an NCAA DII national runner-up at 10k. Cameron has a PB of 3:44.52 for 1500-meters while Elliot has a PB of 3:40.52.

Mattie Suver had a collegiate high finish of 7th in the 10k while Bylander was a two-time NCAA DII national runner-up at 10,000-meters.

Williams Leads ADP Weekend Success With Cow Harbor 10k Win

(Colorado Springs, CO) - Alisha Williams (adidas/BRC) kicked off a weekend of racing for the ADP with a commanding kick to win the Cow Harbor 10k in Newport, NY. After seven straight races, Williams finally earned the overall title by powering away from Stephanie Rothstein over the last 800-meters to win with an eleven-second margin in 32:59. Results are at http://www.cowharborrace.com/

Mattie Suver (Brooks) showed significant improvement with a 1-minute 35-second Personal Best at the Rock'n'Roll Philadelphia Half Marathon, finishing as the top American and in 7th place overall at 1:13:15. Full results at http://runrocknroll.competitor.com/philadelphia

With a later mid-morning start, Robert Cheseret (US Army/WCAP) did not disappoint at the US 5k Championships hosted by CVS Caremark Downtown 5k in Providence, RI, as a strong kick propelled him to 3rd-place over the last 200-meters. Results at http://www.runnerspace.com/USA-5km

CANOVATHON: Conversations With Renato Canova Released

(Colorado Springs, CO) - The American Distance Project releases today a new book, CANOVATHON: Conversations With Renato Canova, Master Distance Coach. The 132-page book is the first to detail the philosophies and coaching theories of Renato Canova in his own words. The book actually transcribes five hour-long conversations held between Canova and other well known coaches, including legendary distance coach Dr. Joe Vigil and Olympic swimming coach David Marsh.

Filled with candor and humor, the words of Canova portray a coach who cares deeply for the sport of distance running and who cares even more deeply for the athletes that he coaches. The conversational format of the book helps to clarify and simply Canova's philosophies, making the book a must read for every coach, fan and athlete.

Orders can now be made online at http://www.americandistanceproject.com/Index/store.html

Maiyo Leads US Army to 3-4-5th Place Sweep At US 20k Champs

(New Haven, CT) - Augustus Maiyo (US Army) rallied for 3rd place at the US 20k Championships, leading Army teammates Joseph Chirlee and Robert Cheseret to a 3rd-4th-5th place sweep in a deep US field. The trio posted marks of 59:39, 59:54 and 1:00:00, respectively.

Maiyo’s finish assures him a spot on the US National Team for the World Half Marathon Championships to be held in Kavarna, Bulgaria, October 6th, while Chirlee and Cheseret must wait for selection. The finish was the highest for Maiyo in a US championship, while Cheseret and Chirlee both have won US national titles.

Alisha Williams (adidas/BRC) took sixth in the women’s race (1:09:11), while Wendy Thomas (adidas/BRC) and Mattie Suver (Brooks) were 12th (1:10:41) and 13th (1:10:53), respectively. Williams, like Chirlee and Cheseret, is on the list for possible selection to the World Half Marathon Championships, as well.

Maiyo Selected For Team USA World Half Marathon Team

(Colorado Springs, CO) Augustus Maiyo (US Army/WCAP) has been selected to represent Team USA at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships to be held in Kavarna, Bulgaria, October 08.

Maiyo, who is a naturalized U.S. Citizen and serves as a Specialist in the U.S. Army, will be competing on his first U.S. national team. He earned his spot on the five-man team with his third-place finish at the U.S. 20k Championships in New Haven, CT, on September 03.

Alisha Williams 3rd at US 10-Mile & Mattie Suver PR's with a 7th-place at the US 10K

(Colorado Springs, CO) At Sunday's US 10-Mile Championships in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, Alisha Williams (adidas/BRC) challenged for the lead throughout the race with 2012 US Olympians Janet Ceberon-Bawcom, Kara Goucher and Jullie Culley. Williams ended up 3rd behind Cheberon-Bawcom's win and 12-seconds off of Goucher with a personal best time of 54:08. Wendy Thomas (adidas/BRC) and Christie Foster (adidas/BRC) finished 11th and 14th, respectively.

In Monday's US Women's 10k Championships hosted by Tufts Health Plan 10k For Women in Boston, MA, Mattie Suver (Brooks) ran to a personal best of 32:59.4 to take 7th place, her highest finish in a US championship.

Maiyo Finishes 15th To Lead Team USA To 4th-place At World 1/2

Marathon Championships

(Kavarna, Bulgaria) Augustus Maiyo (US Army/WCAP) led Team USA to a fourth-place finish at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in Kavarna, Bulgaria, on Saturday.

Maiyo, who posted a personal best of 62:33 despite hot conditions and a criterion loop course composed of continuous hairpin turns, finished 15th overall, the highest finish by an American male since Dathan Ritzenhein's bronze finish in 2009.

Team USA also had their highest team finish ever supported by Luke Puskedra who was two spots behind Maiyo. Results are at: http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/whm12/index.aspx

Williams Wins Cal International Marathon; Neal 2nd At Las Vegas

(Sacramento, CA) Alisha Williams (adidas/BRC) broke away over the last 10k after battling 30mph head winds and torrential wind to win the Cal International Marathon with a personal best time of 2:34:58.

Williams, originally set for the New York City Marathon 4-weeks earlier, was forced to look for an alternate race after Hurricane Sandy forced organizers to cancel that event. Mario Macias (adidas/BRC), who led the charge early in the downpour for the men, tried to break away from the pack on his own was pulled back in, but rallied for 6th.

Opting to avoid the CA weather, Adrian Neal (adidas/BRC) switched to the Rock&Roll Las Vegas Marathon and was met with warm and windy weather as well. Neal engaged in a 26.2-mile duel with US naturalized former Romanian national team member Nuta Olaru, which came down to a 30-meter kick with Olaru taking the title with Neal two seconds back.

Results can be found here: CIM and R&R Las Vegas

Suver Wins Bronze For Team USA At Bupa Edinburgh XC

(Edinburgh, Scotland) Mattie Suver (adidas/BRC) launched a strong kick to take third place winning the bronze medal at the Bupa Great Edinburgh Cross Country meeting on Saturday and finishing as the top American on Team USA. Suver finished the challenging European-style 6k course in 21:00.

Suver’s adidas/BRC teammate Brianne Nelson was Team USA’s #3 woman finishing 11th-place overall with a time of 21:14.

Suver earned $3,000 for her finish, but despite three women in the top 11, Team USA finished third in team scoring behind the European team and the Great Britain team.

Video of the race can be found at http://www.runnerspace.com/video.php?video_id=78488-Womens-6k-Bupa-Great-Edinburgh-Cross-Country

Suver Wins US National Club XC; Nelson Runner-Up

(Lexington, KY), Mattie Suver and Brianne Nelson (adidas/BRC) led wire to wire to take 1st and 2nd at the 2012 USATF National Club Cross Country Championships. Nelson pushed the pace early on, leading a pack through the 1st mile in a quick 5:10 on a muddy hilly course. The duo would trade the lead as the pack thinned, until it was the two teammates and US Olympic Trials 1500m 8th-placer Katherine Mackey.

Playing defense to Mackey's likely kick, Suver and Nelson then opened up a 40-meter lead with 600-meters to go. It was Suver who made the last move, pushing toward the finish line to take her first US national championship title, while Nelson held off a late charge from Mackey to finish second, her highest in a championship race.

For their efforts, the two earned spots on the US national team and will lead Team USA at the BUPA Great Edinburgh International Cross Country meeting on January 04. Results can be found at usatf.org

Suver Qualifies For IAAF World XC With US XC Championships 7th

(St. Louis, MO) Mattie Suver (adidas/BRC) finished 7th at the US Cross Country Championships to earn a spot on the US national team that will compete at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Bydgoszcz ,Poland on March 24. Suver and adidas/BRC teammate Bri Nelson, who finished 11th, battled at the front with five US Olympians including champion Shalane Flanagan.

Robert Cheseret (WCAP) led teammates Augustus Maiyo and Kyle Heath to the men’s team title over adidas/Boulder Running Company and Hansons-Brooks and all three, along with Edwin Sang, earned spots on the US National Military team that will compete in the World Military XC Championships in Apatin, Serbia, March 16th.

On the track, Craig Miller (New Balance) and Matt Elliot both finished 3rd with of 3:56.85 and a 3:59.96 at the New Balance Grand Prix and Camel City Mile, respectively.

Williams, Nelson, Suver Take US 15k Team Title With Finishes of 2nd, 4th & 5th In Deep Field

(Jacksonville, FL) - Alisha Williams (adidas/BRC) challenged Olympian and defending champion Janet Cherobon-Bawcom for the win at the US 15k championships with the duo pulling away from the field early on. Cherebon then opened up a 17-second gap that Williams was not able to close as she finished runner-up but earned $5,000 for her effort.

Behind her, adidas/BRC teammates Brianne Nelson and Mattie Suver battled through the deep chase pack and were able to nab the 4th- and 5th-place spots netting $2,000 and $1,000, respectively.

The adidas/BRC trio combined to win the women's team competition title, even though the squad's combined finish times actually tied runner-up Team USA Arizona, forcing a tie breaker that looked to the 100th of a second. adidas/BRC's team time of 2:31:00 set a new team course record and earned the three the team prize of $6,000.

Miller Runner-Up At US Indoor Mile With Sub 4:00 Mark

(Albuquerque, NM) Craig Miller (New Balance) was just barely out-leaned at the line to finish in second-place in the Mile Run at the USA Indoor Track & Field Championships on Sunday in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Will Leer nipped Miller 3:58.79 to 3:58.90 for the win, with Leer's mark being the fastest ever run at altitude, as the host, the Albuquerque Convention Center, sits at 4,960-feet elevation.

Matt Elliot (Brooks) finished 6th in the same event at 4:07.02, while Mack McLain (adidas/BRC) was 9th in 4:13.77.

Suver 26th At World Cross Country Championships; Team USA 4th

(Colorado Springs, CO) - Mattie Suver (adidas/BRC) charged through snow, ice, mud, hills and natural obstacles to finish 26th-place at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships held in Bydgoszcz, Poland on Sunday. Suver finished as the 3rd scoring member of the six-woman senior Team USA, helping the US to a respective 4th-place team finish.

Suver, who was 7th at the US championships, didn’t let being lined up at the back of the single file US box deter her from racing the entire 8k course, as she continued to move up over every 2k loop, progressing from 58th, to 40th, to 30th on the penultimate circuit.

Team Scoring: (1) Kenya 19; (2) Ethiopia 48; (3) Bahrain 73; (4) USA 90; (5) Ireland 115; (6) France 122; (7) Great Britain 154; (8) Canada

Team USA Scorers: (13) Neely Spence; (21) Emily Infled; (26) Mattie Suver; (30) Kim Conley; (34) Deena Kastor; (47) Delilah Di Crescenzo

Williams Posts World Leading 5k At Stanford Invitational

(Colorado Springs, CO) - Alisha Williams (adidas/BRC) closed with a quick 65-second last lap to outpace a talented field and post a world leading mark of 15:09.73 in the 5,000-meters at the Stanford Invitational. Williams' time is well below the World Championships A standard of 15:18.00, marking her a strong candidate to make the World Championships to be held in Moscow in August.

Teammate Brianne Nelson made her debut in the 10,000-meters, largely running in no-man's-land between the chase pack behind her and Olympians Shalane Flanagan and Kara Goucher ahead. Eventually caught in the final circuit by two collegians, Nelson was still able to run an impressive debut time of 32:54.50 for 5th-place.

In the men's 5,000-meters, US Indoor Mile runner-up Craig Miller (New Balance) posted a personal best of 13:35.51 for 5th-place, while across the country at the Raleigh Relays, miler Matthew Elliott (Brooks) also set a personal best in the same event at 13:48.46.

Suver Wins St. Louis Half Marathon With Course Record And Takes Home $10,000

(Colorado Springs, CO) - Mattie Suver (adidas/BRC) battled a talented and international field at the St. Louis Half Marathon to take the win and earn a $10,000 payday. Suver, who smashed the course record of 1:14:13 with her 1:12:24 win, stayed in a lead pack of six over the challenging hilly course until it was only Suver and Tara Moody with a mile to go.

Suver surged for the win and a new personal best, putting 12-seconds on Moody over the last mile for her biggest payday yet.

Suver, like teammates Alisha Williams and Brianne Nelson, will chase the World Championships track qualifying standard for 10,000-meters at the Payton Jordan Invitational on April 28.

Nelson Runner-Up At US 10-Mile Championships

(Colorado Springs, CO) - Brianne Nelson (adidas/BRC) notched her highest finish in a U.S. title race finishing second behind Janet Bawcom at the US 10-Mile Championships hosted by the Cherry Blossom 10-miler in Washington, D.C., on Sunday.

Passing 5-miles in 26:45 in a pack of six that still included Bawcom, Nelson began to pull away from the chase pack going through 10k in 33:13 when Bawcom made her move. Nelson put 14-seconds on third-place finisher Sarah Crouch over the final four miles to insure her 2nd-place finish.

Bawcom, as well as Nelson who posted a time of 54:01, smashed the American Record of 54:38 for 10-miles previously held by the late Sally Meyerhoff. Nelson picked up $2,500 for the performance as well as earning a $500 bonus from ADP sponsor Sharkies for her third top-15 US championship finish of 2013.

Tapia Breaks Into Top 10 At Boston Marathon; Finishes As 2nd US

(Colorado Springs, CO) - Daniel Tapia (SRA Elite) was patient in the early stages of Monday's Boston Marathon and that patience payed off as he moved up from the chase pack to finish in 9th-place and as the second fastest American on the day.

Tapia, who posted a personal best of 2:14:30, earned $5,200 for his efforts and put himself on the short-list for possible selection to the US national team for the World Championships to be held in Moscow, Russia, in August. His time significantly bettered the A standard o 2:17:00 necessary for selection.

Including Tapia, the Americans had an impressive day with three placing in the top 10 with Jason Hartman in 5th and Craig Leon in 10th, an accomplishment that has only happened twice in the last thirteen years at Boston.

ADP Expresses Sympathy For Those Effected By The Terrorist Acts At The Boston Marathon

(Colorado Springs, CO) The athletes and coaches of the American Distance Project extend their sympathies to those effected by the terrorist attacks at Monday's Boston Marathon.

They also offer their respect for and admiration for the first responders and B.A.A. race officials who reacted in an exceptionally professional manner to treat the effected and to secure the safety of participants and spectators.

Five ADP Athletes Post Personal Bests At Payton Jordan Invite

(Palo Alto, CA) Five ADP athletes took advantage of deep fields to post personal bests at the Payton Jordan Invitational on Sunday.

Leonard Korir (Nike) posted a personal best and a World B standard with his 13:15.45 4th-place in the 5,000-meters, missing the A by .45. Nouredine Smail ran solo after the first 1600m of the 5k’s 2nd heat, but still managed a 13:26.67 PB, closing with a final 4:14 1600m and winning with a 14-second margin. Matt Elliott (Brooks) finished 4th in the same heat with a PB of 13:44.30.

Mattie Suver and Bri Nelson of adidas/BRC both set personal bests of 32:29.14 and 32:33.05 in the 10,000m, qualifying for the US Championships, and are now ranked 5th and 6th in the US for the year.

Craig Miller (New Balance) recovered from illness to post a season best of 3:39.81 in the 1500-meters good for 7th-place. Ali Williams (adidas/BRC) sat out the meet but still has the #1 5k mark in the world.