Johnson, Hanneck & MacDonald also emerge victorious in muddy conditions at Lincoln Park
Canadian national cross country champion Emilie Mondor,
(#651, above) a student at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, cruised to an easy victory, and broke the Lincoln Park course record in winning her second straight Seattle Open Cross Country Classic women’s 6-kilometer title in a time of 20:29.
Despite a very soggy race course with patches of slick mud in places, Mondor ran away from her nearest competitor, fellow British Columbian Allison Rendell of Vancouver to garner a win by almost a minute and a half, en route to breaking the course record of 20:30, previously set by Canadian Olympian Tina Connelly in 2001.
The Seattle Open was Mondor’s first competition since winning the Canadian national title in December. According to the Canadian star, she felt that today’s race, despite the mucky conditions, will help gauge her fitness as she leads Team Canada into Lausanne, Switzerland in March for the IAAF World Cross Country Championships.
Mondor and Rendell led Team British Columbia to a perfect team score of 10 points in the accompanying Northwest International Team Challenge, held in conjunction with the women’s 6-k and men’s 10-k races.
Chad Johnson of Portland, OR., led a 1-2-3-4 Team Oregon sweep of the men’s 10-kilometer race, winning the Seattle Open title in a time of 30:17, the third fastest time in the meet’s history. Former University of Puget Sound standout Dave Davis finished second in 30:27, while Mike Donnelley finished third in 30:30. Former Zimbabwe Olympian Phillimon Hanneck placed fourth in 30:58.
All four Oregonians are coached by former American marathon record holder Alberto Salazar, as part of race sponsor NIKE’s Oregon Project for post collegiate distance runners. Salazar was pleased with his athletes’ performances today, as they prepare to challenge for berths on the United States national team at the US team trials and national championships in three weeks in Houston, TX.
Hanneck made Seattle Open history, as he competed in the 10-kilometer race shortly after winning the men’s 4-kilometer title twenty five minutes earlier, in a time of 13:06, defeating 2001 Seattle Open 4-k winner Geoff Perry of Seattle. Perry ran 13:19, with Seattle’s Devin Kemper third in 13:26.
Former Arizona State University All-American Kelly MacDonald of Renton, ran away with the women’s 4-kilometer title, winning in a time of 15:11, the second fastest time in meet history, just missing the course record of 15:06.
The Seattle Open Cross Country Classic, presented by NIKE, with assistance from the Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation, Talking Rain, the Pacific Northwest Association of USA Track & Field, and Active.com, is one of the final high performance cross country races in the country designed to help prepare runners for the USA Cross Country Championships in Houston, TX on February 15-16 and the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in March in Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Seattle Open Lincoln Park, Seattle WA 26 January 2003
Men's and Womens 4k
******** RESULTS BY ORDER OF FINISH ********
PLACE RACE # LAST FIRST CITY STATE SEX AGE CLUB TIME
1 273 Hanneck Phillimon Beaverton OR M 31 NIKE 13:06:00
2 271 Perry Geoff Seattle WA M 25 Unattached 13:19:00
3 283 KEMPER DEVIN SEATTLE WA M 24 Unattached 13:26:00
4 285 Jacobson Chris PORTLAND OR M 18 Unattached 13:54:00
5 170 OCONNOR JAMES KIRKLAND WA M 29 Unattached 14:47:00
6 279 Jedrzejek Mathew Vancouver BC M 21 Unattached 15:07:00
7 282 Gussin Zachary Seattle wa M 15 BALLARD HIGH 15:10:00
8 270 MacDonald Kelly Renton WA F 24 Asics 15:11:00
9 278 Beck Dan Vancouver BC M 20 Unattached 15:21:00
10 277 Callon Cody Vancouver BC M 20 Unattached 15:43:00
11 423 WATERMAN JEFF VANCOUVER BC M 21 Unattached 15:50:00
12 293 CORLEW VINCENT SEATTLE WA M 15 UNATTACHED 15:52:00
13 168 ALBAUGH TRAVIS KIRKLAND WA M 17 UNATTACHED 15:54:00
14 274 Knapp Nikki Vancouver BC F 31 Unattached 15:56:00
15 286 TAKESHITA DAVE SPOKANE WA M 32 Unattached 15:59:00
16 266 Kinder Dayne Covington WA M 17 Unattached 16:00:00
17 238 JOHNSON DAVE SEATTLE WA M 46 Unattached 16:01:00
18 269 Byersdorfer Joel Issaquah WA M 22 Unattached 16:03:00
19 267 Cowan Julian Puyallup WA M 12 Fed Wy TC 16:42:00
20 295 RASOR JEFF KIRKLAND WA M 15 UNATTACHED 16:44:00
21 289 ANGELL STEVE SEATTLE WA M 44 Unattached 17:25:00
22 276 Mark Michelle Vancouver BC F 19 Unattached 17:59:00
23 272 Englund Justin Federal Way WA M 12 Fed Wy TC 18:13:00
24 296 JERGENS JEFF KIRKLAND WA M 18 UNATTACHED 19:06:00
25 291 BAUGHN KELSEY BOTHELL WA F 10 CASCADE STRIDERS 19:07:00
26 294 WILLIAMS COREY Seattle WA M 24 UNATTACHED 20:04:00
27 287 PREEDY MEL RAVENSDALE WA M 69 SNOHOMISH TC 20:16:00
28 292 STURM DOUGLAS SEATTLE WA M 54 Unattached 21:17:00
29 288 DEEGAN TONY BOTHELL WA M 25 Unattached 22:28:00
30 290 FISHER JUDY AUBURN WA F 59 Unattached 22:47:00
31 268 Wright Gary Bremerton WA M 64 Unattached 23:34:00
32 284 Levesque Madeline seattle wa F 16 Unattached 23:54:00
Seattle Open Lincoln Park, Seattle WA 26 January 2003
Womens 6k Division: 1 Event # 1
******** RESULTS BY ORDER OF FINISH ********
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Pos Entrant # Name GR Affiliation Score Time
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1 400 Emilie Mondor British Columbia/adidas 1 20:29
2 413 Allison Rendell British Columbia 2 21:58
3 440 JANINE MOFFET British Columbia 3 22:04
4 429 Jennifer Ervick Manitoba 23:21
5 403 Kelly Kruell Oregon 23:40
6 441 JACKIE HALLOWAY British Columbia 4 24:32
7 438 Mandy Macalister British Columbia 5 24:55
8 415 Heather McEwen British Columbia 6 25:04
9 414 Karen Tulloch British Columbia 26:30
10 418 Lorene Gaydon British Columbia 27:08
11 419 Amber Hunt British Columbia 29:42
Seattle Open Lincoln Park, Seattle WA 26 January 2003
Mens 10k Division: 2 Event # 2
******** RESULTS BY ORDER OF FINISH ********
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Pos Entrant # Name GR Affiliation Score Time
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1 405 Chad Johnson Oregon/NIKE 1 30:17
2 404 Dave Davis Oregon/NIKE 2 30:27
3 407 Mike Donnelley Oregon /NIKE 3 30:30
4 273 PHILLIMON HANNECK Oregon/NIKE 4 30:58
5 431 JOSEPH GRAY Washington 5 31:48
6 442 Michael Booth Manitoba 32:40
7 422 Chris Durkin British Columbia 6 33:05
8 428 Peter Cardle British Columbia/VRTC 7 33:38
9 433 IAN FRASER Washington 8 33:46
10 443 AARON SATHER Washington 9 34:13
11 432 DAN WELSH Washington 10 34:48
12 434 BRYAN SCHULTZ Washington 11 35:03
13 439 DYLAN GANT British Columbia 12 35:37
14 436 John Berta Washington 13 36:27
15 424 Nick Elson British Columbia 14 36:52
16 437 ADAM BRADDOCK Washington 39:49
17 444 SASHA ARAVKIN Washington 42:52
18 435 STEPHEN ODWIN British Columbia 15 45:31
19 402 Jon Robertson Idaho 55:08
Seattle Open Lincoln Park, Seattle WA 26 January 2003
Mens 10k Division: 2 Event # 2
******** TEAM SCORING SUMMARY ********
----------------------- Clerk of the Course™ (c)1993 Tournament Specialists
Place Affiliation Total 1 2 3 4 ( 5 6 )
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1 Oregon 10 = 1 2 3 4
2 Washington 32 = 5 8 9 10 11 13
3 British Columbia 39 = 6 7 12 14 15