American Record Holder Bob Kennedy Highlights Second CanAm Meet
(Waltham, Mass) -- Strong 3000 fields highlight the entries for Tuesday's
New Balance Boston II High Performance Meet at Waltham (Mass) High
School, the second stop on the 2002 CanAm High Performance Distance
Circuit.
Bob KENNEDY, 2-time Olympian and American Record holder in the 3000 and
5000, is slated to run the 3000 at Tuesday's event. Also entered in the
field is British national team member Karl KESKA, a former standout at
the University of Oregon, and US world cross country team member Dave
DAVIS. If Kennedy has successfully regained his fitness, Andre William's
1999 meet record of 7:57.35 could be in jepardy.
In the women's 3000, Japan's Kazue OGOSHI -- runner-up in the 10,000 at
the first CanAm event in 31:46.31 -- is slated to face off against
Canadian distance star Sarah DILLABAUGH, the meet record holder at
9:08.05.
Two-time Olympian Jason PYRAH is entered in the 800 where he faces a
strong field of young half-mile specialists, while Matt DOWNIN and Ian
CONNOR face off over 1500.
Chantee EARL, 4th at last week's USATF 800 championships, will contend
over 800 with top ten USATF 1500 runners Priscilla HEIN, Elissa RIEDY,
and Sally HAUSER, as well as Canadian national runner-up Heather HENNIGAR
-- the winner of the Boston I 800. Japan's Megumi TANAKA, winner of the
Boston I 10,000 in 31:42.74, is stepping all the way down to 1500.
Competition gets underway at 6:00pm, while the elite races are scheduled
to start just after 7:00pm. For directions, complete list of entries,
results, and other CanAm information, visit the CanAm website at:
http://miscott.home.att.net/canam
The CanAm Circuit was founded in 1998 to provide low cost high
performance competition opportunities to elite and emerging elite
distance runners in North America during the summer months following the
national championships. The 2002 edition consists of the two New Balance
Boston High Performance Meets (Waltham, Mass, June 29 & July 2), the New
Balance Maine Distance Festival (Brunswick, Maine, July 6), and the two
Les Internationaux de Demi-Dond de Montreal meets (Montreal, Quebec, July
9 & July 12).
Mike Scott
Vice Chair/Secretary, USATF Cross Country Council
Clubs Coordinator, Team USA Distance Running
Coordinator, CanAm High Performance Distance Circuit
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