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Carney, Steffens win USA 20 km titles

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - James Carney (Eugene, Ore.) took charge early on his way to his second USA title of 2008, winning the USA 20 km Championships in 59:11. In the women's race, Jill Steffens (Athens, Ga.) overtook Elva Dryer (Gunnison Colo.) just after the 12 mile mark to win the women's title in 1:08:48. The championships were hosted by the 31^st annual Stratton Faxon New Haven 20K Monday in New Haven, Conn.

The men's race saw Carney take the lead from the gun, with only Josh Rohatinsky (Beaverton, Ore.) and Dan Browne (Beaverton, Ore.) briefly able to make contact near five miles. From that point, Carney surged ahead to open a five-second lead at six miles. By ten miles, he continued to extend his lead, passing in 47:26, and from there he easily cruised to the title, finishing 47 seconds ahead of Rohatinsky. Browne held on for third, running 1:00:08. Fernando Cabada (Boulder, Colo.) and Celedonio Rodriguez (Flagstaff, Ariz.) rounded out the top-five, finishing in 1:00:39 and 1:00:42 respectively.

In the women's race, Dryer led much of the way, occasionally opening a small gap on a chase pack that included eventual champion Steffens and third-place finisher Ilsa Paulson (Flagstaff, Ariz.). Near the seven mile mark, new masters standout Stephanie Herbst-Lucke (Atlanta, Ga.) briefly challenged for the lead, before Dryer surged to a four second lead.

Approaching eight miles, Steffens and Paulson began to work together to close the gap on Dryer and just past 12 miles, Steffens kicked by Dryer to hit the finish at the New Haven Green with a six-second win, while Paulson, the 19-year-old former Northern Arizona University star, narrowly missed overtaking Dryer for third, running 1:08:55. Herbst-Lucke held on for fourth in 1:09:24 and Dot McMahan (Rochester Hills, Mich.) took fifth in 1:09:33.

With a total prize purse of $41,550 on the line, Carney and Steffens earned $8,000 each and were also the top athletes to qualify for the Team USA squad that will compete at the IAAF World Road Running Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on October 12.

This marks the 16^th year that the Stratton Faxon New Haven 20K has hosted the USA 20 km Championships for men and the seventh for women. It was the sixth stop for men and the fifth for women on the 2008 USA Running Circuit (USARC).

The USARC is a USA Track & Field road series that features USA Championships from 5 km to the marathon and attracts the best U.S. distance runners. The thirteenth edition for the men and twelfth for the women, the 2008 circuit has nine events for men and seven events for women. Carney now leads the men's circuit with points and Deena Kastor leads the women with 45.

The first ten U.S. runners earn points at each USARC race (15 for first, 12 for second, 10 for third, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1), with a final $12,500 grand prix purse ($6000, $4000, and $2500) for the top three men and women point scorers overall. The USARC points at the USA Marathon Championships will be doubled.

The mission of the USA Running Circuit is to showcase, support, and promote U.S. runners. Since its inception in 1995, the USARC and its races have provided over $4 million dollars to U.S. distance runners.

For more information on the 2008 USARC and USA 20 km Championships visit www.usatf.org.

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James Carney Out From 1/2 Mile In

Men's Winner James Carney (2:26)
James talks about the win, the disappointment of not making the Olympics, and running with less fear

Women's Winner Jill Steffens(3:47)
Jill talks about the come from behind surprise win, her career before this, and getting married on Saturday

Top 100 Finishers - Click Here for full results

NEW HAVEN 20K ROAD RACE
                       New Haven, CT Labor Day 2008
            USA Men's & Women's 20k National Championship Races
             Timing by: SUPERRACESYSTEMS.COM (for chip return)


Place Div No.   Last Name              First Name  Age Sex Div   Nettime   10ksplit Time    Pace  
===== === ===== ====================== =========== === === ===== ========= ======== ======= ===== 
    1   1     2 Carney                 James        30 M   M3039   59:11     29:01    59:11  4:46 
    2   1     7 Rohatinsky             Josh         26 M   M2029   59:58     29:02    59:58  4:50 
    3   2     1 Browne                 Dan          33 M   M3039 1:00:06     29:02  1:00:06  4:51 
    4   2    15 Cabada                 Fernando     26 M   M2029 1:00:39     28:58  1:00:39  4:53 
    5   3    81 Rodriguez              Celedonino   27 M   M2029 1:00:42     29:36  1:00:42  4:54 
    6   4    22 Arsianiaga             Nica         25 M   M2029 1:00:47     30:16  1:00:47  4:54 
    7   5    12 Torres                 Edwardo      28 M   M2029 1:01:01     29:51  1:01:01  4:55 
    8   6    29 Burrell                Ian          23 M   M2029 1:01:01     29:51  1:01:02  4:55 
    9   7     6 Young                  Justin       29 M   M2029 1:01:11     29:40  1:01:12  4:56 
   10   3     8 Downin                 Matt         31 M   M3039 1:01:21     30:14  1:01:21  4:57 
   11   8    14 Bizuneh                Fasil        28 M   M2029 1:01:32     29:52  1:01:32  4:58 
   12   9    85 Koborsi                Rod          24 M   M2029 1:02:09     29:43  1:02:10  5:01 
   13  10    87 Nuci                   Miguel       28 M   M2029 1:02:17     31:02  1:02:18  5:01 
   14  11    79 Raabe                  Christopher  29 M   M2029 1:02:34     30:14  1:02:35  5:03 
   15  12    10 Eggleston              Jeff         23 M   M2029 1:02:40     31:01  1:02:41  5:03 
   16  13    13 Reyes                  Sergio       26 M   M2029 1:02:52     30:12  1:02:53  5:04 
   17  14    89 Canaday                Sage         22 M   M2029 1:03:10     31:12  1:03:11  5:06 
   18  15    30 Daniels                Matthew      20 M   M2029 1:03:50     30:45  1:03:51  5:09 
   19   4     5 Briney                 Trent        30 M   M3039 1:03:53     30:18  1:03:53  5:09 
   20  16  1607 Pelletier              Matt         29 M   M2029 1:04:20     31:37  1:04:22  5:11 
   21  17    16 Blake                  Eric         29 M   M2029 1:04:23     31:27  1:04:23  5:11 
   22  18    25 Callahan               Brendan      27 M   M2029 1:04:42     31:26  1:04:43  5:13 
   23  19    86 O'Brian                Kyle         28 M   M2029 1:04:58     31:26  1:04:58  5:14 
   24  20    75 Polk                   Nick         23 M   M2029 1:06:33     31:29  1:06:34  5:22 
   25  21    21 Handler                Carlos       25 M   M2029 1:06:33     31:27  1:06:34  5:22 
   26   5    93 Larosa                 Mark         30 M   M3039 1:06:39     33:22  1:06:41  5:22 
   27  22   433 Wadecki                Jeff         25 M   M2029 1:06:35     33:19  1:06:45  5:23 
   28  23    28 Laboy                  Ramon        26 M   M2029 1:06:57     33:25  1:06:59  5:24 
   29   1  1493 Lynch                  Jimmy        43 M   M4044 1:06:59     33:05  1:07:00  5:24 
   30   6    83 Frieder                Elliott      37 M   M3039 1:07:15     33:23  1:07:16  5:25 
   31   7   803 Donahue                Stephen      31 M   M3039 1:07:17     32:02  1:07:18  5:25 
   32  24    23 Hall                   Michael      27 M   M2029 1:07:37     33:05  1:07:40  5:27 
   33  25    95 Ferenc                 Josh         26 M   M2029 1:07:47     33:19  1:07:47  5:28 
   34   8  1980 Carriglitto            Mike         33 M   M3039 1:08:38     34:25  1:08:39  5:32 
   35  26  1573 Rosasco                Robert       24 M   M2029 1:08:43     34:13  1:08:45  5:32 
   36   1    40 Steffens               Jill         24 F   F2029 1:08:46     34:20  1:08:48  5:33 
   37   1    31 Dryer                  Elva         36 F   F3039 1:08:52     33:33  1:08:54  5:33 
   38   1    39 Paulson                Ilsa         19 F   F1319 1:08:55     34:02  1:08:55  5:33 
   39  27  1505 Bogdan                 Bradley      20 M   M2029 1:09:20     33:25  1:09:21  5:35 
   40  28   937 Metzger                Dave         22 M   M2029 1:09:20     34:21  1:09:23  5:35 
   41   1    92 Herbst-Lucke           Stephanie    42 F   F4044 1:09:23     33:48  1:09:24  5:35 
   42  29  1962 Angok                  Natali       25 M   M2029 1:09:26     34:24  1:09:30  5:36 
   43   2    34 McMahan                Dorothy      31 F   F3039 1:09:32     34:18  1:09:33  5:36 
   44   2    36 White                  Melissa      27 F   F2029 1:09:46     34:47  1:09:47  5:37 
   45   3    33 Gomez                  Zoila        29 F   F2029 1:09:51     34:20  1:09:52  5:38 
   46  30  2105 Larosa                 John         27 M   M2029 1:10:00     35:02  1:10:02  5:39 
   47  31   216 Kampf                  Seth         23 M   M2029 1:10:16     34:10  1:10:19  5:40 
   48  32  4805 Efron                  Jesse        25 M   M2029 1:10:27     34:09  1:10:30  5:41 
   49   4    50 Fryburg                Kristen      27 F   F2029 1:10:32     34:25  1:10:33  5:41 
   50  33  5446 Koualsky               Bryan        29 M   M2029 1:10:31     35:11  1:10:34  5:41 
   51   5    38 Alyanak                Ann          29 F   F2029 1:10:35     34:20  1:10:37  5:41 
   52  34  1598 Nelson                 Geoff        23 M   M2029 1:10:37     33:51  1:10:37  5:41 
   53   1  2199 Chisholm               Chris        46 M   M4549 1:10:45     34:42  1:10:46  5:42 
   54   9  1566 Pawlicki               James        33 M   M3039 1:10:56     35:02  1:10:58  5:43 
   55   6    35 Higgins                Paige        26 F   F2029 1:11:01     34:47  1:11:02  5:43 
   56  35  2076 Bessette               Scott        29 M   M2029 1:11:11     35:27  1:11:14  5:44 
   57   7    99 Enman                  Kasie        28 F   F2029 1:11:20     35:20  1:11:23  5:45 
   58  36  1510 Collins                Kevin        22 M   M2029 1:11:37     35:59  1:11:39  5:46 
   59  37  2003 Delhagen               Taylor       23 M   M2029 1:11:41     36:10  1:11:43  5:47 
   60   8    32 Moody                  Tera         27 F   F2029 1:11:48     34:42  1:11:49  5:47 
   61  38  2229 Tarantello             Joseph       22 M   M2029 1:11:51     35:12  1:11:56  5:48 
   62   2  1575 Gonzalez Barret        Oscar        44 M   M4044 1:12:14     33:24  1:12:15  5:49 
   63  39   979 Dalidowitz             Nicholai     25 M   M2029 1:12:15     34:59  1:12:21  5:50 
   64  40  1220 Greene                 Andy         24 M   M2029 1:12:22     34:13  1:12:26  5:50 
   65   3    19 Dolan                  Michael      40 M   M4044 1:12:33     34:49  1:12:35  5:51 
   66   9    51 Herron                 Camille      26 F   F2029 1:12:34     35:23  1:12:37  5:51 
   67   3    49 Hagobian               Nicole       33 F   F3039 1:12:40     35:21  1:12:42  5:51 
   68   4  1472 Harding                Tom          42 M   M4044 1:12:49     35:23  1:12:49  5:52 
   69  10    45 Bierbaum               Caroline     24 F   F2029 1:13:05     35:22  1:13:07  5:53 
   70  41   393 Dall                   Matthew      29 M   M2029 1:13:07     36:10  1:13:10  5:54 
   71  10   445 Tangerman              Abhinabha    30 M   M3039 1:13:19     34:49  1:13:22  5:55 
   72  11  1082 Littke                 Adam         34 M   M3039 1:13:28     36:15  1:13:30  5:55 
   73  12   384 Flamino                Aaron        33 M   M3039 1:13:40     35:30  1:13:42  5:56 
   74   5  2081 Green                  Mark         41 M   M4044 1:13:52     36:48  1:13:55  5:57 
   75  13   597 Lindamood              Bryce        37 M   M3039 1:13:58     35:13  1:14:01  5:58 
   76  11    42 Bersagel               Annie        25 F   F2029 1:14:10     35:30  1:14:12  5:59 
   77  14   293 Bjune                  Lars         31 M   M3039 1:14:17     36:52  1:14:21  5:59 
   78  15   820 Adams                  Joshua       34 M   M3039 1:14:20     36:53  1:14:24  6:00 
   79  42    88 Dennen                 Pat          28 M   M2029 1:14:24     35:41  1:14:25  6:00 
   80  43  1354 Simon                  Christopher  27 M   M2029 1:14:27     37:32  1:14:34  6:00 
   81   6  1525 Niedeck                Jeffrey      43 M   M4044 1:14:34     35:24  1:14:40  6:01 
   82        18 Unknown                Runner        0 ?         1:14:45     35:33  1:14:47  6:02 
   83  44  1284 McDermott              Jeffrey      24 M   M2029 1:14:44     36:53  1:14:49  6:02 
   84  45  2002 Herst                  Jesse        24 M   M2029 1:14:56     36:54  1:14:59  6:02 
   85  46  1497 Brown Dowling          Mike         25 M   M2029 1:14:56     36:19  1:15:00  6:03 
   86  12    44 Torres                 Brianna      28 F   F2029 1:15:13     36:28  1:15:15  6:04 
   87  47  1574 Critelli               John         23 M   M2029 1:15:12     37:19  1:15:16  6:04 
   88  48  1567 Martin                 Tom          26 M   M2029 1:15:14     34:58  1:15:16  6:04 
   89  49  2482 Hildebrand             Ben          27 M   M2029 1:15:16     36:26  1:15:18  6:04 
   90  16  1604 Williams               Brian        30 M   M3039 1:15:20     36:53  1:15:24  6:04 
   91   7  4857 Stoeffler              Brett        41 M   M4044 1:15:36     37:10  1:15:39  6:06 
   92  50  2146 Stonier                Christopher  23 M   M2029 1:15:38     37:31  1:15:44  6:06 
   93  51  2067 Swirsky                Stephen      21 M   M2029 1:15:43     37:32  1:15:48  6:06 
   94  52   298 Shiel                  Jay          24 M   M2029 1:15:45     37:29  1:15:49  6:06 
   95  53  1413 Bach                   Matthew      21 M   M2029 1:15:48     37:58  1:15:54  6:07 
   96   2  1971 Pantin                 David        47 M   M4549 1:15:55     37:04  1:15:58  6:07 
   97   1   200 Lent                   Jeremy       19 M   M1319 1:15:47     38:22  1:16:04  6:08 
   98  13    24 Nehus                  Erin         27 F   F2029 1:16:06     36:28  1:16:08  6:08 
   99  17  1465 Pettker                Christian    35 M   M3039 1:16:03     37:10  1:16:09  6:08 
  100   4    41 Youngquist             Deeja        31 F   F3039 1:16:10     36:42  1:16:11  6:08