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Day Two
:: USATF Cross Country Championships
XO’s first World Championships Qualifier and Another Runner-Up
Team Finish!
News Release
CONTACT:
Ross Krempley—Team XO Director
Tel: 541.579.8326
Email: ross@teamxo.com
Mail: P.O. Box 3915
Day Two
:: USATF Cross Country Championships
XO’s first World Championships Qualifier and Another Runner-Up
Team Finish!
Vancouver
, WA. —13 Febuary 2005—
He was all business as he rolled through the two-kilometer course
with the top distance runners in the nation and he was all smiles
as he crossed the finish line in the seventh position in Sunday’s
12k on the second day of competition in Fort Vancouver, Washington.
Paul Kezes is going
to the World Championships in Saint Galmier, France! Partially
because he ran a well-executed and extremely strong race, and
part because third-place finisher, Tim Broe, is opting not to
take part at the World Championships, giving up his spot to the
first alternate, who is seventh place finisher, Kezes.
“It’s about
time!” said a thrilled Kezes after receiving his medal with
the other top ten finishers. “I’ve been working my
butt off for years and now and it’s finally my time!”
Kezes ran with the lead pack that trailed eventual winner Dathan
Ritzenhein and Alan Webb (who dropped out midway through the race)
biding his time through the laps and letting the veterans pull
the group away from the rest of the field. Jorge Torres, Tim Broe,
Matthew Withrow, Jason Lemkuhle, Ian Dobson, and Kezes (in their
finishing orders: second through seventh) all ran together through
two and a half laps of the six lap race until Torres broke away
in an effort to run down Ritzenhein who was a heavy favorite going
into the race according to elite running news website, LetsRun.com.
Kezes stayed with the
group of elites through five laps before falling ten meters behind.
That, however, is all the ground he lost and he never relinquished
his hold on seventh place beating the eighth place finisher, Matt
Gabrielson of Reebok, by fourteen seconds.
Continuing to make
Team XO a tough team to beat was Max King (eleventh place) who
ran through the field until settling with the second main pack
some ten seconds behind the first. “I moved up the whole
way and I think the only guy that passed me was at the end,”
says a muddy and tired King after the awards ceremony in which
he was excluded by a heartbreaking one spot being out kicked by
Peter Gilmore by just three tenths of a second. “It’s
like getting kicked really hard, several times . . . you know
where,” he included, obviously frustrated. “To get
twelfth in the 4k and eleventh here? Please sir, can I have another?”
To his credit, King
was the third place among team finishers; he was fourth at Club
Nationals. He also ran down double World Championships qualifier
of 2002, Dave Davis of the Nike Oregon Project, no small feat.
This weekend caps a tremendous cross-country season for Max King
(Regionals winner, tenth at Clubs, twelfth in the 4k, and eleventh
in the 12k). Team XO looks forward to his progress as he emerges
as one of the nations premier cross-country runners.
Making his season debut,
Rick Fuller, thirtieth place finisher and third XO runner had
this to say of the race, “It stung.” It tends to,
especially when you pass at least twenty other runners during
the race. Fuller started out at his usual conservative pace and
picked his way through the pack with the confidence of a seasoned
veteran. He ran a great tactical race that took him past several
Hansons-Brooks runners and solidified XO’s eventual second-place
team finish.
“I only got one
gear right now,” said a tired Fuller post-race, “I
guess I’m not quite as fit as I thought, but it was tough
out there, it definitely stung.” We look forward to seeing
more of Rick Fuller as he turns the corner into the Master’s
scene when he turns forty this year.
Tim Julian rounded
out a solid top four for XO and sealed the deal on a runner-up
finish to The Farm Team. “I’m sorry I didn’t
run faster,” Julian says to Team XO Director Ross Krempley
who laughed it off.
“Tim ran a great
race, everyone ran a great race, we were probably the smartest
team out there,” said a content Krempley as the flags were
being rolled up and the tents brought down. “Nobody freaked
out, everybody ran smart and confident, moving up through the
packs throughout. The Farm Team was solid today, and their top
two were just as effective as ours. They brought their third and
fourth in ahead of ours, and that’s where you win races.”
What Julian, 34, most
likely did not realize immediately after the race, was that he
was the fourth finisher among those 30 and over. Among those ahead
of him were Matt Thull, 30, Rick Fuller, 39, and Jonathan Clemens,
also 30. Today’s race was a showcase of young talent with
ten of the top fifteen runners and twenty of the top thirty all
age 25 or under.
Rounding out the second
place XO 12k squad was fourth place Portland Marathon finisher,
Destry Johnson. “It was more like a good workout today,”
said the ever-positive Johnson after finishing the muddy course
in sixty-ninth place, “It’s all leading up to the
Boston Marathon.” When asked if this gave him some mental
toughness moving forward towards Boston, he replied, “That
race will be easy compared to this one!” The mud and rolling
hills claimed many runners in this weekend’s exciting action.
Red ribbons attached
to official USA Track and Field Medallions were awarded to all
of Team XO’s men this weekend as both teams finished in
second place. “You want to take one home. You want to take
one from The Farm Team, or from Hansons-Brooks. You want to take
one from the teams fortunate enough to have the big budgets. You
want to make a big statement that says, ‘Hey, look at us,
we’re really doing something here!’ But really, how
much more could you ask?” remarked Krempley. “It’s
our second season as a cross country team, our first appearance
at both Fall and Winter Nationals, we take home two second place
finishes and send a guy to the World Championships. We’re
very pleased and look forward to the continued growth of this
team.”
Next Opportunity for
Success!
Some of Team XO will
travel up to Seattle for it’s final indoor meet at the Dempsey
Indoor Facility at the University of Washington on March 5th.
Paul Kezes’ race with Team USA at the World Cross Country
Championships remains the only race left in this year’s
cross-country campaign. Believe it or not, outdoor track and field
is right around the corner!
Kevin Ullman
800-meter specialist
XO PR Writer
Results - Open
Men's 12km ----------------- Team
XO Placers in Blue
Team Scores
1. The Farm
Team, Inc. Score = 25
319 1 Ian Dobson, 23, Stanford, CA 37:34.4
334 4 Steve Sundell, 22, Moutain View, CA 38:20.8
323 6 Sean Graham, 24, Redwood City, CA 39:02.2
328 14 James Nielsen, 25, Palo Alto, CA 40:25.6
Total Time = 2:35:22.8
2.
Team XO Score = 31
312 2 Paul Kezes, 25, Eugene, OR 37:40.8
314 3 Max King, 24, Bend, OR 38:16.2
309 10 Patrick Fuller, 39, Eugene, OR 39:38.6
310 16 Tim Julian, 34, Ashland, OR 41:00.5
620 17 Destry Johnson, 26, Eugene, OR 42:50.7
Total Time = 2:36:36.0
3. Hansons-Brooks
D P A Score = 38
38 5 Josh Eberly, 24, Rochester, MI 38:30.3
208 7 Trent Briney, 26, Rochester Hills, MI 39:15.3
207 11 Nick Allen, 23, Rochester, MI 39:56.6
212 15 Eric Hartmark, 26, Rochester Hills, MI 40:37.0
Total Time = 2:38:19.0
4. Hansons-Brooks
D P B Score = 42
215 8 Ben Rosario, 25, Rochester, MI 39:22.0
213 9 Luke Humphrey, 23, Rochester Hills, MI 39:24.7
216 12 Derek Tate, 25, Rochester Hills, MI 40:04.3
210 13 Nick Cordes, 25, Rochester Hills, MI 40:12.6
Total Time = 2:39:03.5
Overall Men 12k Results - Men -----------------
Team XO Placers in Blue
ID# PLACE SCORE FINISHER TIME AFFILIATION
22 1 Dathan Ritzenhein, 22, Boulder, CO 36:59.9 Nike
21 2 Jorge Torres, 24, Boulder, CO 37:14.2 Reebok
37 3 Tim Broe, 27, Ann Arbor, MI 37:27.0 adidas
594 4 Matt Withrow, 19, Madison, WI 37:32.4
54 5 Jason Lehmkuhle, 27, St. Paul, MN 37:33.5 Asics
319 6 1 Ian Dobson, 23, Stanford, CA 37:34.4 The Farm Team,
Inc.
312 7 2 Paul Kezes, 25, Eugene,
OR 37:40.8 Team XO
78 8 Matthew Gabrielson, 26, Apple Valley, MN 37:54.1 Reebok
598 9 Joe Driscoll, 25, Lenoir, NC 38:11.1 Zap Fitness
460 10 Peter Gilmore, 27, Menlo Park, CA 38:15.9
314 11 3 Max King, 24, Bend, OR
38:16.2 Team XO
64 12 Dave Davis, 26, Portland, OR 38:18.3 Nike
334 13 4 Steve Sundell, 22, Moutain View, CA 38:20.8 The Farm
Team, Inc.
38 14 5 Josh Eberly, 24, Rochester, MI 38:30.3 Hansons-Brooks
D P A
384 15 Fernando Cabada, 22, Bristol, VA 38:38.1 Virginia Intermont
Co
614 16 Justin Young, 25, Boulder, CO 38:45.6 Nike
580 17 Austin Vigil, 23, Ft Collins, CO 38:47.4
423 18 Fasil Bizuneh, 24, Marina, CA 38:48.0 Big Sur DistanceProj
36 19 Ian Connor, 25, Lenoir, NC 38:58.2 Nike
68 20 Chad Johnson, 28, Minneapolis, MN 39:00.0 Nike
323 21 6 Sean Graham, 24, Redwood City, CA 39:02.2 The Farm
Team, Inc.
588 22 Lyle Weese, 25, Bozeman, MT 39:07.2
52 23 Chris Lundstrom, 28, San Francisco, CA 39:09.3 adidas
542 24 Austin Ramos, 20, Fair Oaks, CA 39:13.8
208 25 7 Trent Briney, 26, Rochester Hills, MI 39:15.3 Hansons-Brooks
D P A
563 26 Mark Stallings, 24, Atglen, PA 39:15.7
215 27 8 Ben Rosario, 25, Rochester, MI 39:22.0 Hansons-Brooks
D P B
213 28 9 Luke Humphrey, 23, Rochester Hills, MI 39:24.7 Hansons-Brooks
D P B
404 29 Matt Thull, 30, Milwaukee, WI 39:37.5 Wisconsin Runner
RT
309 30 10 Patrick Fuller, 39,
Eugene, OR 39:38.6 Team XO
403 31 Corey Stelljes, 24, Madison, WI 39:39.8 Wisconsin Runner
RT
365 32 Jonathan Clemens, 30, San Diego, CA 39:45.0 U.S. Navy
225 33 Kevin Koeper, 26, Arcadia, CA 39:49.2 Nike Team Run LA
207 34 11 Nick Allen, 23, Rochester, MI 39:56.6 Hansons-Brooks
D P A
385 35 Mikhail Sayenko, 20, Seattle, WA 39:57.0 Univ of Washington
216 36 12 Derek Tate, 25, Rochester Hills, MI 40:04.3 Hansons-Brooks
D P B
565 37 Mark Stenbeck, 26, Littleton, CO 40:06.4
188 38 Brian Crowl, 23, Boise, ID 40:07.8 Eastside TC
514 39 William Michel, 24, Ft. Collins, CO 40:09.8
210 40 13 Nick Cordes, 25, Rochester Hills, MI 40:12.6 Hansons-Brooks
D P B
328 41 14 James Nielsen, 25, Palo Alto, CA 40:25.6 The Farm
Team, Inc.
101 42 Sergio Reyes, 23, Los Osos, CA 40:33.4 Aggie Running
Club
212 43 15 Eric Hartmark, 26, Rochester Hills, MI 40:37.0 Hansons-Brooks
D P A
600 44 Kyle King, 23, Lenoir, NC 40:40.0 Zap Fitness
352 45 Ryan Kirkpatrick, 26, Boulder, CO 40:46.0 U.S. Army
227 46 Justin Patananan, 24, Palmdale, CA 40:51.1 Nike Team
Run LA
87 47 Jeff Jonaitis, 23, Chicago, IL 40:51.8 UniversalSole-Reebok
121 48 Oscar Ponce, 27, Boston, MA 40:52.5 Boston Athletic Assn
310 49 16 Tim Julian, 34, Ashland,
OR 41:00.5 Team XO
596 50 Joey Zins, 25, Tallahassee, FL 41:01.7
405 51 Tim Willcox, 26, Madison, WI 41:03.1 Wisconsin Runner
RT
88 52 Chris Siemers, 24, Chicago, IL 41:04.7 UniversalSole-Reebok
219 53 Brian Kostock, 22, Santa Ynez, CA 41:07.2 Humboldt State
351 54 Scott Goff, 28, Boulder, CO 41:19.5 U.S. Army
515 55 Sean Mick, 28, Glassboro, NJ 41:21.9
343 56 Levi Severson, 24, Belmont, MA 41:25.5 U.S. Air Force
59 57 Daniel Wilson, 25, Lenoir, NC 41:32.7 Asics
610 58 Billy Edwards, 27, Virginia Beach, VA 41:42.5 U.S. Marine
Corps
138 59 Damian Baldovino, 38, Lakeview, OR 41:48.5 Bowerman AC
433 60 Liam Collins, 34, Leavenworth, KS 41:56.0 U.S. Army
353 61 Teddy Mitchell, 32, Albuquerque, NM 41:56.9 U.S. Army
377 62 John Mentzer, 28, Newport, RI 42:09.9 U.S. Navy
338 63 Mark Cucuzzella, 38, Denver, CO 42:16.2 U.S. Air Force
513 64 Dave Messenheimer, 24, Seattle, WA 42:22.5
612 65 Cody Waite, 20, Firth, NE 42:26.7
358 66 Jeremy Brown, 24, Coronado, CA 42:33.5 U.S. Marine Corps
340 67 Michael Mann, 36, Hampton, VA 42:36.2 U.S. Air Force
355 68 Nathan Pennington, 28, Fort Carson, CO 42:44.3 U.S. Army
620 69 17 Destry Johnson, 26,
Eugene, OR 42:50.7 Team XO
548 70 Sampson Sage, 23, Durango, CO 42:55.5
488 71 Dan Kahn, 25, Durham, NC 43:14.1
341 72 Todd Moenster, 28, Abilene, TX 43:26.5 U.S. Air Force
509 73 Matt Mckeehan, 21, Anaheim, CA 43:29.6
368 74 Timothy Fahey, 31, Corpus Christi, TX 43:31.0 U.S. Navy
360 75 Alexander Hetherington, 37, Stafford, VA 43:32.7 U.S.
Marine Corps
347 76 Mike Wasson, 39, Monument, CO 43:51.6 U.S. Air Force
339 77 Travis Deutman, 24, Niceville, FL 43:56.2 U.S. Air Force
288 78 Paul Curran, 29, Portland, OR 44:20.3 Team Red Lizard
362 79 Chad Walton, 34, Twentynine Palms, CA 44:33.0
569 80 Tim Tapply, 29, San Diego, CA 44:51.7 U.S. Marine Corps
486 81 Richard Jennings, 28, San Clemente, CA 45:04.4
382 82 William Swick, 30, Chula Vista, CA 45:48.7 U.S. Navy
371 83 Richard Hayes, 33, Chesapeake, VA 46:36.9 U.S. Navy
590 84 Don Wesley, 34, Bremerton, WA 49:12.3
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