BATC Athletes Compete at Gate River Run 15k
Six Bay Area Track Club athletes took to the roads this past weekend at the Gate River Run in Jacksonville, FL. The race is the annual USATF 15k Road Championship and always features top notch competition given its timing in the lead-up to the outdoor track season. The BATC women's team finished first in the team competition while the men finished third.
The women's team was led by Madga Lewy Boulet's third place finish overall, in a time of 50:39. Blake Russell also cracked the top 10 with a stong 7th place finish, in 51:46. In her BATC debut, Clara Horowitz-Peterson finished 18th overall in a time of 53:41. The team narrowly beat out a very strong challenge from Team USA Minnesota, which featured the overall winner, Katie McGregor (49:51).
The men were paced by the newest member of the BATC, Stephan Shay. Shay finished 10th overall, in a time of 44:54. Bolota Asmerom overcame some early troubles to finish 23rd (46:23), just ahead of his BATC teammate, Tom Kloos, who finished 25th (46:34). The men's team competition was won by Team USA Minnesota, led by 3rd place finisher Antonio Vega (43:56). The individual men's champion was Mo Trafeh, who dominated the field and the course in a time of 42:58.
The BATC's successful racing in Jacksonville was matched by Alyisa Johnson's bronze medal (800 meters) and Garrett Heath's 7th place finish (1500 meters) at the World Indoor Track and Field Championships in Doha, Qatar, which were held the same weekend. You can read more about these performances here.
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