Gregg's 33:01, Paaso's 3K Win Highlight NBSV Weekend Performances

Over the last two weekends, NBSV'ers competed in five states on the track and roads.

On June 8th and 9th, five athletes ventured north to the Portland Track Festival at Lewis and Clark College.  Under sometimes threatening, but primarily dry and cool conditions, Kaitlin Gregg and Annie Bersagel contested the 10,000m on Friday night.  Paced ably for the first four miles by Team NB's Kim Conley, the race featured several athletes shooting for the Olympic Trials A standard mark of 32:45.  Both Gregg and Bersagel stuck their noses in the action, with Gregg emerging ahead of Bersagel with a new personal best of 33:01, marking exactly 60 seconds of improvement over the distance from her best at the start of 2012.  

Saturday, Kris Paaso set a meet record in the women's masters 3K, running a last 1000 meters of approximately 3:04 to earn the victory in 9:42 over Grace Padilla and a strong 40+ field.   JT Sullivan hung with the leaders in the steeplechase before finishing 5th in 8:40, while Catha Mullen finished 16th in the women's 5000m.

Earlier that morning, Chantelle Wilder ventured into the cheese head territory of Green Bay, Wisconsin, taking third in the Bellin Run 10K.  Hot temperatures negated opportunities for fast times, but Wilder still emerged as the first North American athlete to finish.

Other road appearances this weekend included Sam Yount and Maggie Conley for dual wins in the Zots to Tots 2.2 mile event in Portola Valley (before taking on the Stanford Masters Duathlon on Sunday), and Suet-Fei Li taking runner-up honors at the first annual Girls on Track 5K around Lake Merced.

Catching up on last weekend's results, Stephanie Pancoast and Catha Mullen participated in the New Balance Boston Twilight Meet #3, with Pancoast finishing 5th in a season best steeple, and Mullen earning 9th in the 1500m.  Pancoast followed the track event with a 5K road win the next morning at the Smuttynose 5K in Hanford, New Hampshire.

Follow NBSV'ers to the USATF Half Marathon Championships in Duluth, Minnesota and San Jose Giants Race 5 Miler this weekend.

Results of the Portland Track Festival can be found here.


Results of the Bellin Run 10K can be found here.

Results of the Girls on Track 5K, when posted, should be able to be found here.

Results of the Smuttynose 5K can be found here.

Results of the NBB Twilight Meet #3 can be found here.