Trafeh Trounces

Mo Trafeh took home the 15k USA 15k Championship title at the Gate River Run in Jacksonville, FL Saturday with a very fast 42:58 in warm weather.
Mo burned a 4:22 opening mile and never looked back. Well, he did look back at one point, but there was nobody close. Ever. He went through 5k in 14:04, 10k in 28:18, and won by close to a minute.

Mo aslo took the home the equalizer bonus of $5,000, given to the first person to cross the line as the women start 5min ahead of the men. He had caught up to the ladies a little after 10k.

A very nice run and great payday for Mo, who apparently doesn't even have a sponsor and races infrequently due to lack of money for traveling to races. Hopefully someone picks him up. Maybe I will. I need to get those Pre's Mustache singlets printed up.

Katie McGregor took the women's crown while Colleen DeReuck continues to show there is no depth to womens running in the US as she is 45 years old and is still one of the top runners in the country.

1 Mo Trafeh - Duarte, CA 24 M 42:58 $12,000 + $5,000
2 Tim Nelson - Corvallis, OR 26 M 43:52 $5,000
3 Antonio Vega - St Paul, MN 26 M 43:56 $3,000
4 Jason Lehmkuhle - Minneapolis, MN 32 M 44:00 $2,000
5 Sean Quigley - Philadelphia, PA 25 M 44:06 $1,000
6 Ryan Vail - Gresham, OR 23 M 44:37 $900
7 Patrick Smyth - Minneapolis, MN 23 M 44:42 $800
8 Nicholas Arciniaga - Fountain Valley, CA 26 M 44:51 $700
9 Charlie Serrano - Long Beach, CA 26 M 44:54 $600
10 Stephan Shay - East Jordan, MI 24 M 44:54 $500


1 Katie McGregor - Minneapolis, MN 29 F 49:51 $12,000
2 Jen Rhines - Mammoth Lakes, CA 35 F 50:27 $5,000
3 Magdalena Lewy-Boulet - Oakland, CA 36 F 50:39 $3,000
4 Colleen De Reuck - Boulder, CO 45 F 50:51 $2,000
5 Rebecca Donaghue - Happy Valley, PA 34 F 51:13 $1,000
6 Renee Metivier-Baillie - Boulder, CO 28 F 51:37 $900
7 Blake Russell - Pacific Grove, CA 34 F 51:46 $800
8 Amy Hastings - Mammoth Lakes, CA 26 F 51:55 $700
9 Lindsey Anderson - South Ogden, UT 24 F 51:56 $600
10 Kelly Jaske - Portland, OR 33 F 51:58 $500