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Anna Pierce to contend for USA 1 Mile Road ChampionshipMay 13, 2010
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[based on a USATF news release. "Thursday" is tomorrow, 13 May 2010. Place is Minneapolis]
2008 Olympians Christin Wurth-Thomas (Springdale, Ark.) and Anna Pierce (Mammoth Lakes, Calif.) are among the women's favorites at Thursday's USA 1 Mile Road Championships. The event will be hosted through 2012 by the Medtronic TC 1 Mile.
Anna [Willard] Pierce has represented USA in the steeplechase at world championships and the 2008 Olympic Games. Recently she has focused on flat races, 800m and 1500m, at international competitions.
Challenging Wurth-Thomas and Pierce, for the women's title will be 2009 NCAA Division I Indoor mile champion Sarah Bowman (Warrenton, Va.), and local favorite Heather Dorniden, who finished third at this year's USA Indoor Championships 800 meters.
Athletes will compete for a total prize purse of $22,500, with the men's and women's USA Champion earning $4,000 each. This year's race will also feature a pair of $10,000 "Time Bounties," if the men's and women's champions better four minutes and 4:32, respectively.
Video highlights
The USA 1 Mile Road Championships will be streamed live in cooperation with RunnerSpace.com at www.USARunningCircuit.com. The women's race is scheduled to begin at 7:53 p.m. CST and the men will start at 8:03 p.m. |
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