Fisher's 10K win earns him USATF Athlete of the Week honors

INDIANAPOLIS — Running the fourth-fastest 10,000 in U.S. history, Grant Fisher (Park City, Utah/USATF Utah) earned recognition as the 10th USATF Athlete of the Week award winner for 2024.

Fisher, the American record holder, bided his time in the early stages of The TEN at San Juan Capistrano, California, before surging to the front in the last lap and coming away with the win in 26:52.04. His time is the fastest in the world in 2024 and has only been bettered on the U.S. all-time list by him and Galen Rupp.

Coming through 2K in 5:25.41, Fisher set a solid pace to go sub-27, and he hit 4K in 10:49.34. Going by 6K in 16:14.88, he slowed marginally before picking it up again and cruising through 8K in 21:38.90. With a large group still in contention, Fisher covered the final two kilometers in 5:13.14 on his way to victory and a qualifying standard for the Paris Olympic Games.
 
Other top performances from last week:

• Sara Hall, 40, bettered the American women's masters 10,000 record at The TEN in San Juan Capistrano, clocking 31:32.52 to slice more than 90 seconds off the previous best by Jen Rhines in 2015.
• Nico Young shattered the collegiate record in the men's 10,000 at The TEN in San Juan Capistrano with a 26:52.72. His time took more than 15 seconds off the previous CR and ranks him No. 3 on the all-time U.S. performer list.
• Weini Kelati moved to No. 6 on the all-time U.S. performer list in the women's 10,000 with a 30:33.82 PB at The TEN in San Juan Capistrano.
• Emmanuel Corvera won the 20K World Athletics Race Walk Team Championships Trials for men in 1:30:55.
• Robyn Stevens won the 20K World Athletics Race Walk Team Championships Trials for women by more than three minutes in 1:39:32.
• Camille Herron bettered 12 world ultrarunning records at the lululemon FURTHER event in La Quinta, California. Herron, 42, unofficially covered 901.764 kilometers over six days from March 6-12 to add more than 18K to the previous record for the six-day run.

Now in its 23^rd year, USATF’s Athlete of the Week program is designed to recognize outstanding performers at all levels of the sport. USATF names a new honoree each week when there are high-level competitions and features the athlete on USATF.org. Selections are based on top performances and results from the previous week.

2024 Winners: January 17, Weini Kelati; January 24, Cooper Teare; January 31, Nico Young; February 7, Fiona O'Keeffe; February 14, Elle St. Pierre; February 21, Grant Holloway; February 28, Jalani Davis; March 6, Elle St. Pierre; March 13, Rachel Glenn; March 20, Grant Fisher.

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Photo Credit: Miguel Zacarias