The Janes Elite Racing

USATF Road Mile Results

The Janes — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 01:31:26 +0000

Five Janes went to El Toro Airfield to run the USATF Road Mile this past weekend posting some fast pre-season times. Emily Field was the first Janes to cross the line in 5:05 with Cami , Tania, Adrienne and Kirsten right behind, all coming under 5:20. Emily was third in the open division and Tania placed second in the Masters Elite picking up some cash. The Janes continued scoring points for the Southern California Grand Prix by running this race and are currently in third place for the team standings.

Next up Santa Monica 5000M on September 12th. See you there!

USATF Road Mile Championships

The Janes — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:47:56 +0000

A few of brave Janes will be heading down to El Toro Airfield this upcoming Sunday, August 29th, to race in the USATF Road Mile Championships. Barbara Parker, Tania Fischer, Kirsten Leetch and Emily Field as well as Baby Janes, Cami Chapus and Lyndsey Mull, will be running in the Elite USATF Women’s division at 8:40 am. The course is USATF sanctioned and there will be 1/4 mile splits given on this point to point course that has a 37 foot drop in elevation from start to finish. Should be a fast race!

For more information about the race, click here.

Janes Summer Camp in Hawaii

The Janes — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:44:26 +0000

A few of the Janes roughed it last week in beautiful Hawaii for a week long summer running camp and get together. Tania Fischer, Kelle Taylor, Amanda Rondash and Sissel Berntsen-Heber stayed in Amanda’s family vacation home along with their kids. Days were filled with long runs, yoga, boat rides and hikes in the hills.

Keep LA Running Road Race

The Janes — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:57:19 +0000

The former British Olympian Zola Budd shown here with Erika inset photo. Photo taken by Tom Coat.

Erika Aklufi couldn’t get enough racing on Saturday where she ran in the USATF Club Nationals 5k, so she ran in the Keep L.A. Running 10k this past Sunday, finishing in first woman (sixth overall) in a stellar time of 34:50 that was also a course record bettering the race record of 35:43 by almost a minute. She bolted to the lead and won it running wire to wire.

Erika beat out former British Olympian and distance star, Zola Budd (now Pieterse) who ran second in a time of 36:41, her fastest 10k time in years. Zola, now 44 years old, lives and trains in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina with her husband and three children and evidently now wears shoes when she races. Erika was thrilled to meet the quiet and gracious legend.

For complete results, click here.

For a story on the race on the Keep LA Running website, click here.

The Janes 10th at Club Nationals

The Janes — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:37:58 +0000

With the team of Erika Aklufi and Kirsten Leetch running in the 5000 meters at San Francisco State at the USATF Club Track Nationals, the team scored enough to land the Janes in 10th place by the end of the meet. After running in first throughout the race and creating the pace, Erika was outkicked in the final 100 meters by Club Northwest’s Rose Wetzel to finish in second in a time of 16:40.50 to Rose’s time of 16:37.45. After hanging onto the pack of Erika and Rose through a little over two miles, Kirsten dropped off and finished in fifth running a season best of 16:59.19.

Norfolk Real Deal Track Club from Norfolk, Virginia finished in first place for the women scoring 160 points.

For complete results, click here.

For the USATF club track nationals photos, click here.

Up Next – USATF Club Nationals

The Janes — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 22:10:35 +0000

Erika Aklufi and Kirsten Leetch are heading up to San Francisco to run in the USATF Club Nationals at San Francisco on Saturday, July 10th. Erika and Kirsten will both be running in the 5000 meter race. Right now there are 22 women entered to race. Erika is seeded at her USATF Southern California 5000 meter time of 17:05 she ran a few weeks ago and Kirsten is seeded at her 300 meter time 9:59 she ran at the Portland Track Festival a few weeks ago.

For more information about the USATF Club Nationals, click here.

4th of July Racing

The Janes — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 22:03:14 +0000

Kirsten Leetch competed in the Village Runner Redondo Beach 4th of July 5k this past weekend running 3rd women in a time of 17:37. Cambria Wu also ran in the race but she ran it as a workout since she has been working her mileage and work back up since her injury earlier this season. She ran a very respectable 19:07 for fifth woman as a tempo run.

For complete results, click here.

In Pacific Palisades, Amanda Rondash competed in the 33rd Annual Will Rogers Palisades 4th of July 10k running 41:58 at 6:46 per mile average over the hilly terrain. She was the 7th woman overall. Amanda too is just coming back from a knee surgery so her attempt was not all out but tempo pace.

For complete results, click here.

It was a nice day to start the holiday!

Prefontaine Classic

The Janes — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 02:42:06 +0000

Barbara Parker competed in the very competitive 3000 steeplechase today up at the University of Oregon’s Hayward Field in the Prefontaine Classic. She finished 6th overall running a time of 9:35.17. At one point, Barbara took the lead in this fine field of steeplechasers to try and take it. Milcah Chemos Chieywa won the race in a time of 9:26.70.

For complete results, click here.

Baby Jane at Nike Track Nationals

The Janes — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 02:44:53 +0000

Cami Chapus ran up in the Nike Track Nationals this past Friday up at the historic Hayward Field at the University of Oregon. Cami competed in the mile where she came in 2nd in a time of 5:07.51. Cami’s high school team (Harvard-Westlake) qualified to run in the meet and finished 10th overall in the team standings.

Juliane 9th at USATF’s

The Janes — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:44:43 +0000

Juliane Masciana finished in 9th place this past Sunday at the USATF Championships in Des Moines, Iowa in the finals of the 3000 meter steeplechase. Juliane ran 10:18.82 well off her 9:59 PR but in hot, humid and windy conditions where the winner, Nike athlete Lisa Aguilera, ran 9:53.59.

Click here for complete results.