adidas-McMillan elite sweep men's & women's titles at US Club Cross Country Championships, releases, note by Larry Eder

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On
Saturday in Charlotte, NC, adidas-McMillanElite became only the second
team in history to capture both the men’s and women’s titles at the US
Club Cross Country Championships.

The women’s
team was led by Natasha LaBeaud in 8th place and dominated the
competition defeating the 2009 Champions from the Boulder Running
Company (also an adidas-sponsored team) by 34 points. It was the first
women’s team title for the women of adidas-McMillanelite at these
championships.

The men’s team was led by the
1-2 finish of Aaron Braun and Nick Arciniaga and like the women, easily
defeated the Hanson-Brooks Distance Project by 30 points. It was the
men’s second team title in three years at these championships.

Official Press Release from USA Track & Field: http://www.usatf.org/news/view.aspx?duid=USATF_2010_12_11_13_46_25

McMillan Elite sweeps open team titles at USATF National Club Cross Country Championships

12-11-10

CHARLOTTE – McMillan Elite
(Flagstaff, Ariz.) captured their second men’s team title and their first
women’s crown as they swept the open team divisions Saturday at the 2010 USATF
National Club Cross Country Championships at McAlpine Greenway Park in
Charlotte, N.C.

The 13th annual USATF
National Club Cross Country Championships featured America’s top
post-collegiate club teams from across the United States vying for top honors
and bragging rights as the nation’s top cross country team. More than 1,100
athletes competed in the event, which featured a 10-kilometer men’s race and a
6-kilometer women’s race. The championships offered a total prize purse of
$30,000, with $25,000 going to the top open teams.

In the women’s team race,
McMillan Elite turned the tables on 2009 champions the Boulder Running
Company/adidas, scoring 69 points to the defending champion’s 109.

2010 USA Indoor 3,000 meter
champion Rene Metivier Baillie of the Running Republic of Boulder took the
overall title in the women’s 6 km, running 19:51.

The men’s 10 km, Aaron
Braun took the overall title in 29:36, to lead McMillan Elite as they placed
three runners in the top-ten, scoring 29 points for a 30 point win over
three-time team titlist Hansons-Brooks Distance Project (Rochester Hills,
Mich.). Braun’s teammates Nick Arciniaga and Scott Smith took second and eighth
in 29:40 and 29:53 respectively.

Video Highlights from each race:

Women: http://www.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?do=videos&event_id=16&video_id=34996&folder_id=-2

Men: http://www.runnerspace.com/video.php?do=view&video_id=34989

Video of Champion Aaron Braun:

http://www.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?do=videos&year=2010&pg=1&event_id=16&video_id=35003&folder_id=recent&offset=5#video

Some selected photos (courtesy of Mike Scott and Runnerspace.com):

The 2010 Men’s & Women’s National Champions!

The 2010 Men’s National Champs – (l-r) Nick Arciniaga, Marco Anzures, Aaron Braun, Scott Smith, Jordan Horn, Coach Greg McMillan

The
2010 Women’s National Champs – (l-r) Natasha LaBeaud, Danielle
Domenichelli, Lindsay Allen, Megan Duwell, Emily Harrison, Jaime
Winslow, Stephanie Rothstein, Erin Bedll, Asst. Coach Trina Painter

Natasha LaBeaud (#673) was the top finisher on the women’s team

Jaime Winslow (#669) and Stephanie Rothstein power home to the finish.

Megan Duwell (#671) battles to the finish line

Lindsay Allen (#668)

The men’s team shortly after the race. (l-r) Nick Arciniaga, Aaron Braun, Jordan Horn, Marco Anzures, Scott Smith

Aaron Braun (#997) on his way to winning the race individually and, with Nick Arciniaga following close behind, to a 1-2 finish.

Aaron Braun – National Champion!

Nick Arciniaga (#996) makes it a 1-2 finish for adidas-McMillanElite

Author

Larry Eder

Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys.

Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."

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