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Seattle Open Cross Country Classic
Seattle, WA, January 29, 2000
Recap/results courtesy of Club Ballard Athletics.
Records tumble at Seattle Open
(Seattle, WA) Under perfect conditions, all four winners set new meet
records at today's Seattle Open Cross Country Classic at Lincoln Park.
In the men's 4-kilometer race, Club Northwest runner Ray McClanahan of
Portland, OR., avenged a loss suffered last year to defending champion Todd
Davis, by turning the tables on him, winning the race in 13:07, besting
Davis by seven seconds, and Davis' 1999 mark of 13:12. Casey Moriarty of
Seattle finished third in 15:19.
Mindy Leffler of Bellevue, a former Issaquah High School standout who
attended Georgetown University, easily won the women's 4-kilometer race in
a course record time of 15:22, besting her own course record by 17 seconds,
despite a wrong turn on the first lap of the race. Kristen Mora of Seattle
finished behind Leffler in 16:18, with Megan Shihade of Seattle third in
16:26.
Defending champion Tina Connelly, the 1998 and 1999 Canadian national cross
country champion from Port Coquitlam, BC, cruised to victory in the women's
6-kilometer race, winning in 20:35. Fellow Canadian Lisa Harvey of
Calgary finished in the runner-up position in 22:11, while Judith LeRoy of
Victoria finished third in 22:24.
Connelly is using the Seattle Open as a tune-up for two races in Japan next
month, along with the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in March in
Vilamoura, Portugal.
Despite some concerns expressed about his fitness by coach Mike Scott, Rob
Cook of Seattle won the featured men's 10-kilometer race over the Lincoln
Park course in a new meet record time of 29:49, besting his own meet record
of 30:08 set last year. The New Balance standout, preparing for the USA
Cross Country Championships in two weeks in Greensboro, North Carolina,
took command of the race from the beginning, and never was threatened.
Canadian national team member Jeremy Deere of Calgary finished in the
runner-up position in a time of 30:27, followed by 1999 Seattle Marathon
winner Uli Steidl of Germany, a graduate student at the University of
Washington, who ran 30:57. Canadians David Milne and Graham Cocksedge
rounded out the top five, running 31:04. and 31:16.
In the accompanying Northwest International Team Challenge competition, the
Washington teams won both events, defeating British Columbia. The
Washington men's team, which squeezed out a close 17-19 win in the 10-k
race, consisted of Cook, Steidl, Matt Messner, and Brian Montgomery.
Washington had the only complete team in the women's 6-k race, consisting
of Kimball Bender, Gwen Hundley, Judy Fisher, and Barbara Jones.
The Seattle Open Cross Country Classic was presented by NIKE, with
assistance from AT&T Wireless Services, and Racegate.com. The Seattle
Open is part of the North American Winter Cross Country Series of races
designed to prepare distance runners for the US national championships in
mid-February, as well as international competition.
- - CBA
Men's 10k Division: 2 Event # 2
1 56 Rob Cook Washington 29:49
2 46 Jeremy Deere Alberta 30:27
3 54 Uli Steidl Washington 30:57
4 51 David Milne British Columbia 31:04
5 45 Graham Cocksedge British Columbia 31:16
6 101 Peter Cardle British Columbia 31:17
7 40 Matt Messner Washington 31:44
8 53 Randy Moody British Columbia 32:43
9 52 Brian Montgomery Washington 33:44
10 116 John Berta Washington 36:10
11 34 Lee Peel Washington 39:54
12 41 Sean Kelly Washington 40:25
13 37 Roy Seliber Washington 40:58
14 38 Patrick Dwyer Washington 41:49
15 115 Eric Jones Washington 41:50
16 100 Troy Nebeker Washington 46:44
17 114 Alan Hardwick Washington 47:33
18 36 Bret Tauscher Washington 47:38
Women's 6K Division: 1 Event # 1
1 57 Tina Connelly British Columbia 20:35
2 66 Lisa Harvey Alberta 22:11
3 59 Judith LeRoy British Columbia 22:24
4 68 Kimball Bender Washington 22:40
5 60 Gretchen DeMoulin British Columbia 23:30
6 62 Gwen Hundley Washington 26:49
7 69 Judy Fisher Washington 32:25
8 67 Barbara Jones Washington 38:20
9 63 Kim Delma Washington 41:50
10 64 Rebecca Stevenson Washington 41:50
SEATTLE OPEN 4K
PLACE LAST FIRST CITY/STATE AGE SEX TIME
1 McClanahan Ray* Portland OR 29 m 0:13:07 CR
2 Davis Todd Boulder CO 23 m 0:13:14
3 Moriarty Casey Seattle WA 17 m 0:15:19
4 Leffler Mindy* Bellevue WA 27 f 0:15:22 CR
5 Callahan Kevin Seattle WA 41 m 0:15:34
6 Hughley William Bellevue WA 49 m 0:15:53
7 Welch Philip Seattle WA 50 m 0:16:00
8 Swanson Greg Renton WA 47 m 0:16:02
9 Lozano Carlo Seattle WA 15 m 0:16:11
10 Angell Steve Seattle WA 43 m 0:16:13
11 Goodspeed Kevin Shoreline WA 17 m 0:16:15
12 Mora Kristen Seattle WA 31 f 0:16:18
13 Shihade Megan Seattle WA 27 f 0:16:26
14 Swann Julie Seattle WA 37 f 0:16:30
15 Chohlas-Wood Alex Seattle WA 13 m 0:16:41
16 Hobbs Anny Seattle WA 25 f 0:16:43
17 Johndechek Wendy Seattle WA 26 f 0:16:56
18 Martin Bob Seattle WA 49 m 0:17:02
19 Meek Betsy Seattle WA 21 f 0:17:07
20 Peters Donna Seattle WA 37 f 0:17:36
21 Swanson Jenny Renton WA 44 f 0:18:06
22 Gordon Matt Burien WA 14 m 0:18:06
23 Gordon Scott Burien WA 44 m 0:18:12
24 Ladniak Paul Seattle WA 51 m 0:18:13
25 List Michael Seattle WA 46 m 0:18:41
26 Cartwright Billie Seattle Wa 30 f 0:18:46
27 Sayre Caroline Seattle WA 37 f 0:19:02
28 Burgett Angela Olympia WA 17 f 0:19:26
29 Tooker Kathryn Seattle WA 40 f 0:20:38
30 Wright Gary Bremerton WA 61 m 0:21:54
31 Sousa Jennifer Seattle WA 28 f 0:28:16
