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    • a stat man
      • Americans Luke Pusekdra and Blake Russell win $5,400 for finishing 12th at Lilac Bloomsday. Runner-up won just $4,500 5/4/2015 4:12PM
      • a stat man
      • Just pointing it out.

        From Race Results Weekly.

        MEN (gun times) -
        1. Lani RUTTO, KEN 34:22 $7000
        2. Allan KIPRONO, KEN 34:33 4500
        3. Isaac MWANGI, KEN 34:55 3000
        4. Philip LANGAT, KEN 34:58 2500
        5. Teshome ASAFA, ETH 35:13 1800
        6. Solomon DEKSISA, ETH 35:28 1350
        7. Kevin KOCHEI, KEN 35:35 1000
        8. John WANJIKU, KEN 35:37 900
        9. Julius KETER, KEN 35:37 700
        10. Kevin CHELIMO, KEN 35:41 600
        11. Leonard KORIR, KEN 35:43 500
        12. Luke PUSKEDRA, Eugene, OR 35:47 5400*
        13. Griffith GRAVES, Blowing Rock, NC 35:54 2800*
        14. Macdonard ONDARA, KEN 35:58 250
        15. Nelson OYUGI, KEN 36:22 200
        16. Carlos TRUJILLO, New York, NY 36:59 1250*
        17. Kevin CASTILLE, Lafayette, LA 37:02 1500m
        18. Reuben CHUMBA, KEN 37:19
        19. Ahmed OSMAN, Flagstaff, AZ 37:20 750*
        20. Jonathan LAFLER, Seattle, WA 37:23 1000w
        21. Wilkerson GIVEN, Greenville, SC 37:29 500*


        WOMEN (gun times) -
        1. Cynthia LIMO, KEN 39:27 $7000
        2. Ruti AGA, ETH 39:28 4500
        3. Jane KIBII, KEN 39:29 3000
        4. Risper GESABWA, KEN 40:00 2500
        5. Etulemahu HABTEWOLD, ETH 40:12 1800
        6. Ann WANJIRU, KEN 40:17 1350
        7. Lineth CHEPKURUI, KEN 40:20 1000
        8. Makida ABDELA, ETH 40:29 900
        9. Valentine KIBET, KEN 40:31 700
        10. Genet BEYENE, KEN 40:34 600
        11. Simegn ABNET, ETH 40:46 500
        12. Blake RUSSELL, Pacific Grove, CA 40:57 5400*
        13. Monicah WANJIHU, KEN 41:05 300
        14. Lindsey SCHERF, White Plains, NY 41:14 2750*
        15. Kristen ZAITZ, Broomfield, CO 42:15 1450*
        16. Priscah BARTENGE, KEN 42:45
        17. Heather LIEBERG, Helena, MT 43:02 750*
        18. Emma KERTESZ, PULLMAN, WA 43:43 1000w
        19. Ariana HILBORN^, San Diego, CA 44:06 500
        20. Alvina BEGAY, Flagstaff, AZ 44:26
        21. Kristen SCHAFER, Bellingham, WA 44:28 750w
        22. Victoria RUSSELL, Spokane, WA 44:30 1500m
        23. Marilyn ARSENAULT, CAN 44:47 1000m
        24. Jordan REHFELD, Nampa, ID 45:07
        25. Janet MCDEVITT, Bainbridge Isl, WA 45:24 500m0
    • hobby elite
      • RE: Americans Luke Pusekdra and Blake Russell win $5,400 for finishing 12th at Lilac Bloomsday. Runner-up won just $4,500 5/4/2015 4:23PM - in reply to a stat man
      • hobby elite
      • Dang! I could have won that 10k!

        Umm... nevermind.
    • A Stat Cat
      • RE: Americans Luke Pusekdra and Blake Russell win $5,400 for finishing 12th at Lilac Bloomsday. Runner-up won just $4,500 5/4/2015 8:30PM - in reply to a stat man
      • A Stat Cat
      • OP should also point out that the top runners had their travel and fancy hotel expenses paid for, while the lowly Americans probably had to pay their own way and stay at the Motel 6 out in the valley.
    • nikeman
      • RE: Americans Luke Pusekdra and Blake Russell win $5,400 for finishing 12th at Lilac Bloomsday. Runner-up won just $4,500 5/4/2015 9:09PM - in reply to A Stat Cat
      • nikeman
      • For some reason that race has always attracted a ridiculous amount of foreign competition. One year I was 57th overall but only the 23rd American.
    • Once a time
      • RE: Americans Luke Pusekdra and Blake Russell win $5,400 for finishing 12th at Lilac Bloomsday. Runner-up won just $4,500 5/5/2015 11:23AM - in reply to hobby elite
      • Once a time
      • At one time this was a big race with top Americans competing with the best in the world.
    • Top USA athletes
      • RE: Americans Luke Pusekdra and Blake Russell win $5,400 for finishing 12th at Lilac Bloomsday. Runner-up won just $4,500 5/5/2015 1:02PM - in reply to
      • Top USA athletes
      • top runners were at Payton Jordan. This is good money for the C runners.
    • slep5
      • RE: Americans Luke Pusekdra and Blake Russell win $5,400 for finishing 12th at Lilac Bloomsday. Runner-up won just $4,500 5/5/2015 1:34PM - in reply to
      • slep5
      • Is Kardong still involved with Bloomsday?

        Not sure what he could really do since none of these women have tested positive but since Cierpinski probably was on PEDs and that cost Kardong an Olympic medal I wonder if someone like Scherf was an invited runner and they paid for her hotel.
    • ukathleticscoach
      • RE: Americans Luke Pusekdra and Blake Russell win $5,400 for finishing 12th at Lilac Bloomsday. Runner-up won just $4,500 5/5/2015 4:56PM - in reply to A Stat Cat
      • ukathleticscoach
      • A Stat Cat wrote:
        OP should also point out that the top runners had their travel and fancy hotel expenses paid for, while the lowly Americans probably had to pay their own way and stay at the Motel 6 out in the valley.
        The Americans would get those too if they were good enough.
    • William Knilley
      • RE: Americans Luke Pusekdra and Blake Russell win $5,400 for finishing 12th at Lilac Bloomsday. Runner-up won just $4,500 5/5/2015 6:49PM - in reply to
      • William Knilley
      • RancidCupNoodle wrote:
        I agree with most of that...but a girl sleeping with her college coach? It doesn't have to be rape to be wrong. The coach is in a position of power and she did the right thing.
        What the hell are you babbling about? Wrong thread maybe?

        And jeez, isn't the state of Washington big enough so that a guy should have to run faster than 5:01 pace and a woman faster than 5:52 pace for a 7.46-mile race to earn a grand? (On the other hand...sweet deal, take it when it's there.)
    • slep5
      • RE: Americans Luke Pusekdra and Blake Russell win $5,400 for finishing 12th at Lilac Bloomsday. Runner-up won just $4,500 5/5/2015 7:04PM - in reply to William Knilley
      • slep5
      • There was at least one post deleted on the thread. Rancid was talking about that post.
    • Easy monney
      • RE: Americans Luke Pusekdra and Blake Russell win $5,400 for finishing 12th at Lilac Bloomsday. Runner-up won just $4,500 5/5/2015 7:53PM - in reply to William Knilley
      • Easy monney
      • I was thinking the same thing about that Washington state money. 5:01 pace for a guy is meh. But 7:46 pace for only a 12k is pathetic. That is like just charity money. I'm stunned that girl claims to be a pro runner.
    • fdfasdfasdf
      • RE: Americans Luke Pusekdra and Blake Russell win $5,400 for finishing 12th at Lilac Bloomsday. Runner-up won just $4,500 5/5/2015 10:53PM - in reply to Easy monney
      • fdfasdfasdf
      • Easy monney wrote:
        I was thinking the same thing about that Washington state money. 5:01 pace for a guy is meh. But 7:46 pace for only a 12k is pathetic. That is like just charity money. I'm stunned that girl claims to be a pro runner.
        The WA guy has a 13:5x 5k to his name. And I think you may be underestimating the difficulty of the Bloomsday course.
    • call her out
      • RE: Americans Luke Pusekdra and Blake Russell win $5,400 for finishing 12th at Lilac Bloomsday. Runner-up won just $4,500 5/6/2015 7:06AM - in reply to slep5
      • call her out
      • slep5 wrote:
        Is Kardong still involved with Bloomsday?

        ...I wonder if someone like Scherf was an invited runner and they paid for her hotel.
        This is a good point. The races that are part of the PRRO Circuit (http://www.prro.org/races.html) have this anti-doping stance:

        ...Drug testing takes place at every circuit event. Athletes who have served a drug-related suspension of two-years or longer are not eligible for travel and lodging expenses.
        http://www.prro.org/drug_testing.html
        Here's Lindsey's doping ban (for those not familiar with her story, she refused to do the drug test after a marathon she ran in Australia because she said she wasn't sure how to handle the fact she used an inhaler and didn't have a TUE, which was required at the time): http://www.dopingsanctions.com/athletes/188

        It's looks like Lindsey has competed at several of the PRRO races over the year, including Bloomsday multiple times.

        http://www.athlinks.com/Result/Search#!athlete/lindsey%20scherf

        Is she paying her whole way to races the Worlds Best 10K in Puerto Rico?
    • Sad state of affairs
      • RE: Americans Luke Pusekdra and Blake Russell win $5,400 for finishing 12th at Lilac Bloomsday. Runner-up won just $4,500 5/6/2015 11:05AM - in reply to a stat man
      • Sad state of affairs
      • Its a sad state of affairs for americans. Yes this race has always had a large contingency of of foreigners, back in the day americans were competitive and winning.
        The so called american prize money breeds mediocrity, run average and get paid well. I don't blame the athletes the are just taking advantage of inept race directors and a lack of strategy to develop american athletes.