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August 27, 2024
Gaff, Conn Victorious at 2024 USATF Masters 10 Mile Championships
The 47
th
running of the HAP CareSource Crim 10 Miler hosted the 2024 USATF Masters Championships this on Saturday. After an unusually warm, humid summer over much of the East and Midwest, the Masters athletes dodged the weather bullet. Temperatures were in the upper 50’s at race time and the dewpoint well under 60 – ideal for the hilly course.
OVERALL:
Joel Conn
, who finished sixth in the open division of the Crim last year, kicked off his Masters career with a dominant win. Ahead by a minute over the first hilly five miles of the course, Conn sped to victory in 52:49.
David Angell
, gold medalist at the 2024 Masters 5 Km Championships, finished second in 54:09, followed by
Matt Yacoub
third in 57:03.
Hidi Gaff
enjoyed her first win on the Masters circuit with a 1:02:32: A last-minute entrant,
Natasha Yaremczuk
, matched Gaff stride for stride over the first 10 Km, but Gaff was able to pull away for a 20-second victory margin.
Jacqueline Cook,
who finished fifth overall at the 2023 10 Mile Championships in Sacramento,
started out more cautiously, but closed rapidly over the final miles, finishing just four seconds back from Yaremczuk.
AGE GRADING:
The age grading score, the Performance Level Percentage (PLP), identifies the runners, across all age divisions, who had the best performance relative to the best times in the world.
Nora Cary
, 69, topped the charts; her net time of 1:11:00 earned a 100.26 PLP.
Suzanne La Burt
,
61, claimed silver from a sterling 1:05:23, while
Lisa Veneziano
, 59, raced to a 1:04:21 for 96.27. The top Age Grade for the Men’s race was 92.83% by
Rick Becker
,
69, who sped to a 1:03:15. He was followed by
Steve Schmidt
, 63, whose 1:01:49 enabled him to just edge
Ken Youngers
, 68, from a 1:04:59, for the Silver medal.
AGE DIVISION:
National men’s champions were crowned in
40-44
Conn
45-49
Angell
50-54
Yacoub
55-59
John Fernandez
58:34
60-64
Jeff Bennett
1:01:09
65-69
Becker 1:03:16
70-74
Dennis Kurtis
1:11:40
75-79
Terry McCluskey
1:23:14
80-84
Don Owens
1:28:21. National women’s champions were crowned in
40-44
Gaff
45-49
Cooke
50-54
Wing 1:06:05
55-59
Veneziano 1:04:22
60-64
La Burt 1:05:24
65-69
Cary 1:11:01
70-74
Kari Chandler
1:20:55
75-79
Jo Anne Rowland
1:29:43
80-84
.
TEAMS:
Score equals the cumulative time of first three finishing athletes per team. The
Shore AC
won both the women 50+ team division and women 60+, in 3:52:32 and 3:55:08 respectively. Shore added team bronze medals in men 60+ and men 70+. The
Atlanta Track Club
claimed team gold in the men 60+ team division at 3:12:23 and a silver medal in women 60+.The
Genesee Valley Harriers
won Men 50+ in 3:3:31:06 and claimed bronze in women 60+, missing out on silver by just four seconds total. The
Boulder Road Runners
led the way in men 70+ with a 3:3:43:30.
This event kicked off the second half of the 2024 Masters National Grand Prix. Top Masters athletes head next to Highlands, New Jersey for the USATF Masters 12 Km Championships on September 15. They are being hosted by USATF NJ for the fourth time. Registration is
here.
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