Bauhs, Hastings, Pierce and Willard Join Team Running USA
New additions bring talent and youth to top distance training group
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - (January 14, 2009) - Team Running USA, the accomplished training group based in Mammoth Lakes and San Diego, Calif., has added four new members to its talented roster which includes U.S. distance running stars: 2004 Olympic Marathon medalists Meb Keflezighi (silver) and Deena Kastor (bronze), three-time Olympian Jen Rhines and Olympians Dan Browne (2004), Ian Dobson (2008), Ryan Hall (2008) and Kate O'Neill (2004).
"Coach Terrence Mahon has recruited another outstanding group of young, dedicated runners to compliment and enhance Team Running USA and its mission to be the best in the world, and we welcome Scott Bauhs, Amy Hastings, Jon Pierce and Anna Willard to the team and look forward to their and the team's success in 2009 and beyond," said Susan Weeks, CEO of Running USA.
Short bios of the new Team Running USA members:
* Scott Bauhs, 22, Danville, CA - Three-time NCAA Division II national champion at Chico State; 2008 NCAA Division II Male Track & Field Athlete of the Year; sub-4 minute miler (3:59.81); 5000 meter personal record (13:31.90); 10,000 meter PR (27:48.06, #4 U.S. in 2008); sponsored by adidas
* Amy Hastings, 24, Leavenworth, KS - 2008 World Cross Country Championships team; 5000m PR (15:30.17); 10,000 meter PR (32:18.72, #8 U.S. in 2008); 2006 NCAA 5000 indoor champion at Arizona State; fastest U.S. collegiate 5000m indoor performance (15:30.17); sponsored by adidas
* Jon Pierce, 25, Canton, NY - 2008 World Cross Country Championships team; 2008 Olympic Trials 3000m steeplechase qualifier; steeplechase PR (8:37.73); All-American at Stanford; engaged to Anna Willard; sponsored by Nike
* Anna Willard, 24, Greenwood, ME - 2008 Olympian 3000m steeplechase; 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials 3000m steeplechase champion (set U.S. record); former U.S. steeplechase record holder (9:27.59); steeplechase PR (9:22.76, #2 U.S. in 2008); 1500m/mile PR (4:06.26/4:28.37, #4 U.S. in 2008); 2007 NCAA steeplechase champion; Brown University graduate; sponsored by Nike
The above athletes join teammates Sara Hall (ASICS), Deena Kastor (ASICS), Julia Lucas (Reebok), Kate O'Neill (Strands), Jen Rhines (adidas), Sara Slattery (Nike), Dan Browne (WCAP), Ian Dobson (adidas), Ryan Hall (ASICS), Meb Keflezighi (Nike), Mike McKeeman (ASICS), Jacques Sallberg and Steve Slattery.
About Team Running USA
Team Running USA, formerly Team USA California, is a national athlete development program created by Running USA, a national industry organization. The mission of Team Running USA is to support, promote and assist the development of U.S. distance runners.
Since 2001, Team Running USA athletes have won two Olympic medals, four major marathons and 12 World Cross Country Championship medals, set one world road record, 23 national records and numerous personal records, earned 61 national titles and six USARC Grand Prix titles and added to world and U.S. all-time lists. In short, they are the most accomplished training group in the United States.
Supported by the New York Road Runners, Running USA, Town of Mammoth Lakes, USA Distance Project and Atlanta Track Club, the program's athletes utilize the resources at Mammoth Lakes for high/low altitude training and the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista for sea level training throughout the year. Renowned and Olympic coaches Joe Vigil and Bob Larsen and coach Terrence Mahon coordinate this elite group.
Scott Bauhs, Amy Hastings, Anna Willard, Jon Pierce Bauhs, Hastings, Pierce and Willard Join Team Running USA
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i like the addition of new blood to this group. it now has a bit broader range of athletes with a mid distance runner like willard coming in to complement sara hall. i don't think there is a track up there but i would think they could come up with makeshift barriers to work with. i like that they are bringing in a less accomplished athlete like jon pierce (obvious reasons) to see what can happen for a hansons/zap type guy given the top resources the US has to offer.
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freshman of the year!
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why would Anna Willard switch her coach and location like that? Whatever she was doing was working.
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onceuponatime wrote:
why would Anna Willard switch her coach and location like that? Whatever she was doing was working.
She's engaged to Pierce, who went to school in CA (Stanford). Not sure if he's the reason, I'm just speculating, but I'm sure Willard will be fine with this group. -
and I thank you for your speculation
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Riiiight, because this group has such a rich tradition of success with track runners. Oh wait, that's with road runners. Never mind. I'm sure you don't know what the fuck you're talking about, you're an outsider in this sport and always have been. Being one of the hangers on in Eugene this past summer didn't change that one bit.
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As a stanford grad, I was excited to see Pierce have a good year in 2008 (World Cross, Steeple PR etc.). It really should be exciting to see him develop now that he is in a top level program with top coaching.
Jeremy -
Joe Vigil retired 3 years ago. Vigil has nothing to do with the group. "Advisor" is nothing more than a title for a nice old man. I agree with the previous poster, you don't know much about the elite training groups.
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Allegedly, Willard wants to change events and run the 1500/5000 + altitude training usually helps with distance runners + team USA has the best group of female athletes in the country. She is too talented and Mahon too good a coach for her to not improve. Honestly, though I'm more interested to see how Bauhs will fare as he makes the inevitable switch to marathon running.
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I thought he was talking about the history of the group. I'd really like to see someone to say these things to me in person. Until then, keep hiding behind your computer screen. My stupid mouth has just as much of a right to be here as yours.
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Frank Costello wrote:
Allegedly, Willard wants to change events and run the 1500/5000 + altitude training usually helps with distance runners + team USA has the best group of female athletes in the country. She is too talented and Mahon too good a coach for her to not improve. Honestly, though I'm more interested to see how Bauhs will fare as he makes the inevitable switch to marathon running.
Yes, just like Sara Hall. -
I hope not. I want the willard/barrenger rivalry to continue.
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No one is interested in these immature spats. Cut it out.
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Not John Cook,
I would say that you are the confused one since Mahon is the coach. Rhines and Dobson have run well. I would say that the Slatterys have shown improvement since they made the move last year. Sara Hall hasn't had as much success in the 1500 but i think she is in the wrong event. -
Has Sara Hall not improved? Did she run 4:16 in college and now has run 4:07/4:08ish? Did you expect her to make seemingly unbelievable improvements a la the Cook group?
What are your complaints/arguments with Mahon and Team USA? How would you change things? -
Her PR is 4:08.55 from last year. But with her 2:05.86 800m, compared to people like Rowbury, Wurth and now Uceny who are 5 or more seconds quicker at 800m, and Dibaba closing her 5000m world record in 4:06, the 1500m looks to be a tall climb.
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Does seem strange that Willard left such a great system that gave her amazing results. However, who knows why she made the switch, maybe her coach doesn't coach runners who have graduated from college. Team USA is the best of all the groups and I can imagine the perks are great.
I too am excited about Baughs. He will fun to follow.
As for Sara Hall she is in the wrong event. Hall just doesn't appear to be world class. She is a package deal for Asics with her husband. She does seems to be doing well for her ability so I won't knock her. -
I agree about Willard and Hall. Willard probably shouldn't have left Michigan under the simple reasoning that it was obviously working. Something must have changed or she must have felt she was missing something. I am not going to guess her reasons. As for Hall, she is probably in the wrong event, but I'm sure the idea is that developing her shorter distance speed will help her engine in the 5000m. She ran 15:24 at Stanford. I don't think very low 15s or better is out of the question if she focuses on the event this year. Additionally, I'm sure Mahon is working with her to get her back to the 12.5 lap event. It's not like the man is opposed to breaking the rules of distance running (i.e. moving up only with age) if the athlete wants to try something new (see: R. Hall's move from 5000m to marathon in less than a year as proof).
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Willard is probably not liking the Michigan winters, looking for altitude training, and Pierce is going to.
