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Weekend Race Report - Course Records and Noteworthy Performances Joan Benoit Samuelson won second place in the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Half Marathon on Sunday in the 50+ age group with a time of 1:22:05. 1. Megan Brown, CAN 1:18:00 CAD 1,000 Moroccan Mohamed El Hachimi set a new course record at the Paris-Versailles 16.3km road race in France on Sunday September 27. The old course record 46:38 was held by Joseph Maregu from 2007. 1. Mohamed El Hachimi, MAR 46:04 CR* The Great Cow Harbor 10k was held in Northport, NY this weekend. A point-to-point, hilly course, Cow Harbor has prize money for Americans and featured many of America's top road racers. Ryan Hall's course record from 2006 of 28:22 was not challenged as New Haven 20k runner-up Mo Trafeh from Flagstaff won the men's race in 29:15 over Jason Lehmkuhle. American world championship marathon team member Nate Jenkins finished 11th in 31:00. Katie McGregor won the women's race in 33:12, almost a minute ahead of her nearest competition in a much less competitive field. MEN (extended times) -1. Mohamed Trafeh, 24, Flagstaff, AZ 29:15.6 $3000 2. Jason Lehmkuhle, 31, Minneapolis, MN 29:18.5 1500 3. Tommy Neal, 26, Colorado Sprs, CO 29:32.6 1000 4. Matt Llano, 21, Arnold, MD 29:49.0 800 5. Matt Levassiur, 28, Alamosa, CO 30:19.2 700 6. Scott Dahlberg, 25, Gunnison, CO 30:21.7 600 7. Nicholas Hirsch, 26, Gunnison, CO 30:23.2 500 8. Matt Thull, 34, Milwaukee, WI 30:40.2 400 9. Jon Molz, 22, Richmond, VA 30:42.5 300 10. Andrew Benford, 21, Ravenswood, WV 30:51.3 100 11. Nate Jenkins, 28, Bradford, MA 31:00.5 12. Mark Stallings, 29, Atglen, PA 31:11.2 ... 16. Christian Hesch, 30, Morro Bay, CA 32:10.2 WOMEN (extended times) - 1. Katie McGregor, 32, Minneapolis, MN 33:12.0 $3000 2. Heidi Westerling, 28, Walpole, NH 34:00.6 1500 3. Alisha Williams, 27, Manitou Springs, CO 34:34.2 1000 4. Katie Dicamillo, 22, Garden City, NY 35:03.1 800 5. Mary Akor, 33, Lomita, CA 35:55.2 700 6. Casey Owens, 27, Des Moines, IA 36:02.5 600 7. Christina De Rosa, 22, Sound Beach, NY 36:15.8 500 8. Amanda Occhi, 32, Manitou Springs, CO 37:08.5 400 9. Lauren Perkins, 27, Brooklyn, NY 39:14.6 300 10. Katherine Cimonetti, 34, Bayville, NY 39:19.2 100 11. Barbara Gubbins, 49, Southampton, NY 39:57.2 500m In the 113th (!) running of the Bechovice-Praha, a 10k race in Prague (CZE), American Ryan Vail (!) took home the win in 30:00. Vail is a graduate student at Oklahoma State University with cross-country eligibility for this season. He was the first American finisher at the 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Amman, Jordan. 1. Ryan Vail, 1986, USA 30:00 NCAA Cross Country Big Performers Minnesota's Megan Duwell beat Iowa State's Lisa Koll by 12 seconds at the Roy Griak Invitational. Koll is the NCAA 10k record holder. 1. Megan Duwell SR Minnesota 21:00.42. Lisa Koll SR Iowa State 21:12.7 3. Betsy Saina SO Iowa State 21:27.4 4. Emily MacLeod JR Michigan State 21:40.8 5. Carlie Green SO Michigan State 21:43.9 6. Mary Nothum JR Utah Valley 21:52.6 7. Alphine Tuliamuk FR Iowa State 21:55.8 8. Nikki Swenson JR Minnesota 21:56.9 9. Semhar Tesfaye SO Iowa State 21:57.7 10. Grace Kemmey SR Iowa State 21:58.1 Minnesota's Hassan Mead scored a 13-second win in the men's race at Griak. 1. Hassan Mead JR Minnesota 24:37.5 Stanford men, led by super talent sophomore Chris Derrick, went 1-5 on the field at the Stanford Invitational with all underclassmen. 1. Chris Derrick SO STANFORD 23:54 Kendra Schaaf broker her own Sundodger Invitational course record as Washington women won the meet easily in Seattle, WA last weekend. WOMEN (6 km) - DII Queens College runner Michael Crouch handily beat Ohio State miler Jeff See to win the 6.4km Mountaineer Open in Bone, NC last weekend. Alabama and Tennessee spanked Auburn at the Crimson Classic Invitational last weekend. Alabama was led by four Africans as Tyson David beat Ben Cheruiyot for the win. Crimson Classic Invitational (21st)
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