Yeti Chase 5K and 10K - Lakewood
5 seconds separated the top-3 men in the 5K. Boulder's Steve Johnson clocked a 16:52 for the win. In a kick for second, BRC-DTC's Scott Schrader nipped 11-year-old Tyler Scholl, 16:56 to 16:57. With Runner's Roost's Josh Wright (17:08), Team Moosepart's Eric Garber (17:31), and Fleet Feet's Matt Nolen (17:31) all trailing, Scholl collected several scalps.
Two weeks after running 2:42:58 at the Olympic trials marathon, Fort Collins' Brianne Nelson won the women's 5K in 17:45. Colorado Springs' Christie Foster was 2nd in 18:25 and 15-year-old Li Downs was third in 21:09. The 5K had 357 finishers.
Colorado Springs' Kenny Foster topped the men's 10K in 33:28, almost a minute up on his closest challenger. Parker's Frank Therrian (34:25) outdueled Laramie's Ragan Driver (34:39) for second. The 10K paid $150, $100, and $50 to the top-3 men and women.
Runner's Roost's Heather Utrata pushed her 2012 win streak to two with a 38:28 victory, 43 seconds faster than she ran here a year ago. Lakewood's Carrie Zografos made it a close race with a 38:52 runner-up effort. Parker's Kris Klotzbach took third in 41:25. The 10K had 307 finishers.
Pikes Peak Road Runners Winter Series #2 - Colorado Springs
In the 8-mile race, BRC's Ryan Hafer ran 42:33 to take 87 seconds off Justin Ricks' 2009 course record. Hafer was all alone up front with Inov-8's Tommy Manning (45:42) a distant second. Scott Spillman was third in 46:14. Stephanie Meredith (Colorado Springs) won the women's race in 53:28.
The accompanying 4-mile race went to James Burns (Colorado Springs) in 20:33, a new age group mark. He took down runner-up Pat McGuire (21:09) and third-place Logan Wealing (21:11), along with professional triathlete Michael Weiss (21:32) and mountain runner Simon Gutierrez (22:44). 13-year-old Katie Rainsberger won the women's race in 25:04, also a new age group record.
Fast and Flurry-ous 4-mile Cross Country - Boulder
Boulder Track Club's Laura Thweatt dominated the women's race with a 22:24 run on the tough cross country course. Fort Collins Adriana Nelson bounced back from the Olympic trials marathon witha 23:04 runner-up effort. Boulder's Melody Fairchild took third in 23:22.
The U.S. Army's John Mickowski stole the show in the BRC-BTC duel, winning the race in 19:49. CU's Christian Thompson was second in 19:50 and Boulder Track Club's Matt Tebo third in 19:57. The deep field saw Clint Wells (20:10), Loren Ahonen (20:16), Josh Glaab (20:27), Curtis Begley (20:28), Chris Mulvany (20:41), Adam Rich (20:48), and Robby Young (20:49) round out the top-10.
In the battle between the Boulder Track Club and Boulder Running Company / adidas, the BTC men reportedly won the men's race, the BRC women the women's race, and combined, BRC took the overall win.
The highly-competitive race dished out money five-deep, going $500, $400, $300, $200, and $100.
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