Low and Lusk Earn Spots on Teva U.S. Mountain Running Team

June 9, 2003

Paul Low (MA) and Kelli Lusk (CO) earned spots on the 2003 Teva US Mountain Running Team by winning the men's & women's races at the USATF New England Mountain Running Championships. Held last Saturday in Northfield, MA, the 8.2 mile trail race featured 1600' of climb and descend over a 2 loop course that closely resembled the profile of the World Trophy course in Girdwood, AK. Complete results can be found at the following websites:

http://www.coolrunning.com/results/03/ma/Jun7_Northf_set1.shtml

http://www.runningintheusa.com/res03/znor0607.html

Saturday's race featured 9 former or current members of the Teva US Mountain Running Team including Paul Low (1st), Eric Morse (2nd), Dan Verrington (3rd), Dave Dunham (6th), Richard Bolt (8th), Kelli Lusk (1st F), Nikki Kimball (2nd F), Julie Bryan (4th F), Suzy West (5th F) and Ryan Pauling (DNF). Dan and Suzy were also the top masters finishers. Kelli Lusk is also the 2003 US National Snowshoe Racing Champion.

Northfield was also the 4th of 5 races in the USATF New England Mountain Running Series. The following 19 runners have finished 4 races (including back to back races at Kearsarge and Pack Monadnock): Laurel Shortell, Suzy West, Emer O'Donoghue, Richard Bolt, Dave Dunham, Roger Robert, Mike Quinn, Lee Dickey, Steve Viatones, Greg Carson, Richard Stockdale, Stan Kolpa, Walt Kuklinski, George Kocur, Dave Wendt, Fred Ross, Ray Boutotte, Peter Orni & Don Dayton. CONGRATS! 28 runners have completed 3 races and 482 runners have competed in at least one race in the series.

Also held on Saturday, June 7 was another qualifier for the 2003 Teva US Mountain Running Team in Vail, Colorado. The Teva Mountain Games featured the "Spring Run-off", a 10k mountain race with about 2000' of up and down. Simon Guiterrez and Kari DiStefano won their respective races also earning spots on the 2003 Teva US Mountain Running Team. Look for results coming soon at:

http://www.vailrec.com/adult/running_races/

The final race in the 2003 USATF New England Mountain Running Series is Mt. Ascutney in Windsor, VT on June 28, 9:30 AM.

See you there!

Richard Bolt
Men's Team Manager
Teva US Mountain Running Team
43 Salisbury St.
Manchester, NH 03104
603-627-7213

For more information on the mountain running selection races, and our team sponsors, please visit the websites listed below:

http://www.vailrec.com/adult/running_races/spring_runoff.html               http://www.usatf.com         
http://www.usatfne.org/trail/               
http://www.teva.com/
http://www.specialopsnutrition.com/news/news_events.html

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