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Club Ed Running Wins 2010 Road Running Grand Prix!

While a new USATF organization, Club Ed Running has consistently yielded some of the best scores in the 2010 Road Running Grand Prix, with an age-graded average score of 85.4%. The solid consistency of Club Ed Running team members Alison Atkinson (F-43), Nathalie Higley (F-40), Jon Megeff (M-47) and Rich Gust (M-51) proved insurmountable to second place finishers The Janes Elite Racing and third place finishers (and 2009 Champions) Track Club L.A. Following the Santa Clarita Half Marathon, Club Ed Running led by more than 800 points. An outstanding performance at the Dana Point Turkey Trot 10K by The Janes Elite Racing only narrowed Club Ed’s lead to 348 points, making Club Ed Running the undisputed 2010 Road Running Grand Prix Champions.

Don’t miss out on your chance to get in one of the 2011 Honda LA Marathon Presented by K-Swiss Seeded Corrals! New Course Details!

Seeded Start Corrals A, B, C are secure start areas designed to offer a quicker and smoother start for all qualified marathon runners. Assignment to Seeded Start Corrals is based on a submitted qualifying time run in a recent marathon and offered on a first-come, first-served basis.

The LA Marathon is also implementing Wave Starts this year and the Seeded Corrals will make up Wave 1. Space is still available, but you must register and provide proof of a qualifying marathon time before January 1, 2011 at 11:59pm!

To submit application for placement in the sub-3, sub-4 or sub-5 hour Corrals, enter the race name, date, and qualifying time in the appropriate location with your online marathon entry and the marathon office will verify authenticity. If you run a faster marathon after registering for the 2011 Honda LA Marathon, you can send proof of this finish to 310.271.7202 (fax) or [email protected]. Corral requests must be received by January 1, 2011.

• Corral A = Sub – 3 hour
• Corral B = Sub – 4 hour
• Corral C = Sub – 5 hour

New Course Details: One of the world’s greatest marathon routes just got a little better. The 2011 Honda LA Marathon Presented by K-Swiss will once again start at Dodger Stadium and finish on Ocean Avenue, just steps from the Santa Monica Pier. Along the way, runners will pass all of the great landmarks of the 2010 race – along with a few new ones, including Chinatown and Little Tokyo. Get all the details here and make sure to watch the new animated course video.

Newly Redesigned USATF Website! Find your next Southern California Road Race! Kick off the New Year on a USATF Sanctioned Road Race!

The National USATF website is newly revised and more exciting than ever! Now the home page features a link to make it easy to find USATF sanctioned and certified races! For example, you can choose to search for USATF santionced road races during January, held in the Southern California Association. Click here to see the results from the National website.

• Sample search results, sanctioned upcoming USATF road races in January 2011, in the Southern California Association:
  • New Year’s Resolution 5/10K: 5 km and 10 km Road Race in scenic Santa Barbara!
  • 13.1 Los Angeles: 1/2 Marathon in the Heart of Los Angeles!
  • USA 50 km Race Walk Championships: National Race Walking Championships come to Tustin!

See you at the starting line!

Wayne Joness
Chair, Southern California USATF Open Athletics LDR
[email protected]
https://www.scausatf.org/events/roadrunning.htm

• 2011 Road Running Grand Prix Series The Road Running Committee is working on the 2011 schedule! We want your input! Let us know what races you would like to run! Or send us an email! Your voice makes a difference!
  
• 2010 SCA Road Running Championships! Age-graded scores are available for the Dana Point Turkey Trot runners! The final 2010 scores will be available soon!
  
• USATF Level 1 Coaching Clinic in Lake Forest, CA.Coach Dixon of the Tachyon Track Club is hosting a USATF Level One coaching clinic in February 19-20, 2011. Level 1 schools are a two-day course where 21 hours are spent on track & field and related sport science. More information available here.
  

1) Lead the way for 2011 SCA Road Running Grand Prix!
The Road Running Grand Prix has more than doubled in size in 2010! From 160 runners last year to more than 375! The Road Running Committee is busier than ever, and now it is YOUR TURN to set the direction for the 2011 schedule! Email your suggestions for races to the LDR chair Wayne Joness, or use a convenient online Google poll to let us know what races you want to run! Our first goal is to make an exciting series that motivates our member atheletes to keep running, training, and competiting in some of the best road races in the United States!

There will be an informal meeting of the Road Running Committee on Tuesday, December 7, at 8 pm, after a track workout in Santa Monica. Contact the LDR chair Wayne Joness for more details, and join in the fun!

Want to do more?

• The Masters LDR Chair Sissel Berntsen-Heber has returned to the Pacific Association, and the Masters Long Distance Running chair post needs to be filled! Committee elections will be held on January 8, 2011, at the Downey Senior Center. Contact the Southern California Association to learn how to become a valuable member of the Road Running Committee!
• Road Running Grand Prix Scoring The Road Running committee needs a help with scoring our growing Grand Prix series. The basic scoring is done with Microsoft Excel. If you are an Excel wizard and would like to help with the scoring, let us know!

2) Dana Point Turkey Trot 10K Results
Congratualtions to all the USATF runners who participated in the 2010 Dana Point Turkey Trot 10K! Top finishers include:

• Tonny Okello: 29:43 Men’s Open
• Barbara Parker: 34:10 Women’s Open
• Christian Cushing-Murray: 30:59 Men’s Masters
• Kirsten Leetch: 35:50 Womens Master’s

See you at the starting line!

Wayne Joness
Chair, Southern California USATF Open Athletics LDR
[email protected]
https://www.scausatf.org/events/roadrunning.htm

The Post Collegiate Scholarship Fund is part of USATF’s effort to bridge the “developmental gap” that occurs in the year(s) immediately following an athlete’s graduation.

To qualify for this program, athletes must have exhausted their collegiate eligibility within the last two years (2009/2010) and have achieved the current IAAF World Outdoor Championship “A” standard (view standards below) at the time of application.  Further, and to determine levels of funding in the program, each athlete will be “graded” according to world ranking, finish at the US National Championships and top performances.  Stipend amounts range from $6,000 – $1,000 depending on the number of athletes that qualify for the PCSF program.

Athletes qualified for the program are required to attend the Emerging Elite Athlete Symposium (i.e. “Rookie Camp”) conducted by USATF each year during its early December Annual Meeting.  The symposium features seminars on such topics as drug testing, life as an Elite Athlete, USOC/USATF support programs, media training, etc.  Qualified athletes please click on the following link to download the application.

• 2010-2011 Post-Collegiate Scholarship Fund Application – PDF  
• Application Deadline: October 25, 2010

IAAF World Outdoor Championships A/B Standards:  http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/standards/newsid=47761.html

Have a question related to post collegiate scholarships? Contact USATF’s Sariyu “Beka” Suggs:

Sariyu “Beka” Suggs High Performance Programs Manager Phone: 317-713-4689 E-mail: [email protected]