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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - (January 5, 2004) - Team USA Distance
Running athletes again distinguished themselves with another
banner year. Collectively, in 2003, the group set 3 national
records, won 11 national titles and mined more medals at the
World Cross Country Championships.
2000 Olympians Meb Keflezighi and Deena Drossin - the dynamic
duo - again led the way with three more national titles each
and national records by Drossin at 15K and the marathon and
by Keflezighi at 20K.
Below is the 2003 athlete performance summary for the Team
USA development
program.
MORE MEDALS AT WORLD CROSS COUNTRY 8K CHAMPIONSHIP
Deena Drossin won her second consecutive individual 8K silver
medal at the World Cross Country Championships in Lausanne,
Switzerland. Her efforts helped the USA win the 8K team bronze
medal. Five of the 6 team members - Drossin, Elva Dryer, Milena
Glusac, Katie McGregor and Sara Wells - came from the Team
USA program.
THREE NATIONAL RECORDS
On March 8 at Jacksonville, Fla., Deena Drossin broke her
U.S. 15K record - set in 2002 - by 57 seconds with her 47:15
at the USA 15K Championship hosted by the Gate River Run.
Her performance is the #2 all-time 15K behind Elana Meyer's
world record (46:57).
On April 13 at the Flora London Marathon, Drossin ran 2:21:16
to break Joan Benoit Samuelson's long-standing U.S. record
(2:21:21, Chicago 1985).
On Labor Day, September 1 at the New Haven Savings Bank 20K,
Meb Keflezighi shattered the U.S. record with his 58:57 (previous
record 59:13 by Paul Cummings at the 1987 New Bedford Half-Marathon).
6 USA CHAMPIONS, 11 NATIONAL TITLES
Peter DeLaCerda, 7.5 Mile mountain
Deena Drossin, 8K cross country, 10,000m and 15K
Elva Dryer, 10K
Meb Keflezighi, 8K, 15K and 20K
Ryan Shay, half-marathon and marathon
Sara Wells, marathon
3 USA NATIONAL RUNNERS-UP, 4 TIMES
Elva Dryer, 10,000m
Meb Keflezighi, 10,000m and 12K cross country
Brian Sell, 20K
WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS TEAM (7)
Deena Drossin, 8K
Elva Dryer, 8K
Milena Glusac, 8K
Meb Keflezighi, 12K
Katie McGregor, 8K
Nick Rogers, 12K
Sara Wells, 8K
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS TRACK TEAM (5)
Deena Drossin, 10,000m
Elva Dryer, 10,000m
Meb Keflezighi, 10,000m
Ryan Shay, marathon
Clint Verran, marathon
source Running USA
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