2018 Great Edinburgh XCountry Results: Americans Leonard Korir and Kelsey Chmiel Pick Up Wins
By LetsRun.com
January 13, 2018
Results for today’s Great Edinburgh XC Meet in Scotland appear below as well an interview with the top American in each race. Today’s meet is the final one in Edinburgh as the meet is looking for a new home in 2019.
Talk about the action in our fan forum: Official 2018 Great Edinburgh XC Live Discussion Thread.
Senior Men’s Race
Leonard Korir timed his kick perfectly once again and repeated as the champ.
And confirmed results from the senior men's race #GEXC2018 pic.twitter.com/uGjaE1VjTS
— British Athletics (@BritAthletics) January 13, 2018
Video of finish
.@korirlennyman FTW!
??????????????#GEXC2018 https://t.co/3O4OYzDXLp pic.twitter.com/a54PIfOF8M
— RunnerSpace (but wearing a ?) (@runnerspace) January 13, 2018
Post-race interview with Korir
“I knew if I just stayed patient, I was going to win.” #GEXC2018? Leonard Korir pic.twitter.com/Up3zcPwD9K
— USATF (@usatf) January 13, 2018
Senior Women’s Race
Turkey’s Yasemin Can got the win as America’s Molly Seidel was third.
Recap: full results from the senior women's race earlier today including a brilliant 2nd place for @emeliagorecka #GEXC2018 pic.twitter.com/BYEECFnKEX
— British Athletics (@BritAthletics) January 13, 2018
Post-race interview with Seidel
Senior Women’s ? @ByGollyMolly12 talks coming back to medal at #GEXC2018 after her Juniors performance in 2012 ? pic.twitter.com/04hV6x6tpS
— USATF (@usatf) January 13, 2018
Junior Women’s Race
NXN runner-up Kelsey Chmiel got the win as 2017 Foot Locker champ Claudia Lane was just 7th – 20 seconds behind the race winner.
Full results from the junior women's race earlier today ⤵
?? won the team competition ? ? pic.twitter.com/lHPgIwnf89
— British Athletics (@BritAthletics) January 13, 2018
Post-race interview with Chmiel
Congratulations to Kelsey Chmiel, the #GEXC2018 6km Jr. Women’s Champion! The 16-year-old dominated the competition in 14:10. pic.twitter.com/g0WMSZVp6Y
— USATF (@usatf) January 13, 2018
Junior Men’s Race
Norway’s Simen Halle Haugen, who ran a 30:22 road 10k in October, got the win. Foot Locker 3rd placer Danny Kilrea of Illinois (Kilrea won the IL state meet, where FL champ Dylan Jacobs finished 6th) was the top American in 4th.
? Final results from the junior men's race.
?? second overall@mwillisrun 3rd ?#GEXC2018 pic.twitter.com/GFf54T5fKw
— British Athletics (@BritAthletics) January 13, 2018
Post-race interview with Kilrea
Earlier this morning, U.S. Junior Men’s finisher, Danny Kilrea, shared his first #TeamUSATF experience after finishing 4th! #GEXC2018 pic.twitter.com/CsJaspkzCL
— USATF (@usatf) January 13, 2018
4 x 1K Relay
Laura Muir anchored GBR to victory but we haven’t seen individual splits.
Pos. Bib Time Name Team Nationality
1 11:33 GREAT BRITAIN GBR
2 11:40 BELGIUM BEL
3 11:41 EUROPE EUR
4 11:47 IRELAND IRE
5 11:50 SCOTLAND A SCO
6 12:02 SCOTLAND B SCO
7 12:11 USA USA
8 12:14 ENGLAND ENG
Overall Team Results
1st Europe 137
2nd Great Britain 182
3rd USA 190
Local results for the Scottish races are here.
Talk about the action in our fan forum: Official 2018 Great Edinburgh XC Live Discussion Thread.