BARILOCHE, Argentina - Team USA members Mark Godale (35) and Amanda McIntosh (40) won the men's and women's respective titles at the 2005 World Masters Athletics 100-kilometer (62-mile) World Championships in Bariloche, Argentina. The U.S. women's team including McIntosh, Tania Pacev (46), and Dee Dee Grafius (56) swept the gold, silver, and bronze medals at the December 11 event.

In addition to setting four age-group course records, the U.S.'s eight- member team scored a total of nine medals, two more than the second place Argentinean team and three times the number of medals awarded to third place Uruguay.

This team was the largest team that the United States has sent to a masters world ultra championship and the four returning veteran team members showed their experience against teams from Canada, Columbia, Spain, Uruguay, and host country Argentina.

The four men and four women USATF masters 100K team represented a mix of states and two decades of age groups. The WMA 100K World Championship is an opportunity for American ultrarunners age 35 and over to compete in a world 100K championship exclusively for masters runners. The goal of the 2005 USATF Masters 100K Team is to provide broad American age-group presence at the World Cup 100K, demonstrating American support for the masters 100K world competition and to compete for individual world age-group medals.

For 2005 WMA 100K world championship results visit www.usatf.org/events/2005/WMAWorldChampionships100K .