Olympians John Nunn and Teresa Vaill easily won the men's and women's national titles at the 67th annual USA 40 km Race Walk Championships Sunday at Joe Palaia Park in Ocean Township, N.J.

A 28-year-old Evansville, Indiana native, Nunn, who is now based at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California with the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program, easily took the men's title, covering the 24.8 miles (20 laps of a two-kilometer loop) in three hours, 18 minutes, 43 seconds. Paul Schwartzberg was the runner-up in 3:43.15 and Dave McGovern was third in 3:48:03.

Vaill, 42, a Pine Plains, N.Y., product now living and training in Gainesville, Florida, led the women's field in 3:37:51. Loretta Schuellein was the runner-up in 4:05:20 and Heidi Hauch was third in 4:15:43.

Both are specialists at the Olympic 20 km distance who had no trouble going twice that far.

"This is longer than I've walked in training or a race, so I've got to be pleased with this performance," said Nunn. "If I can get in the training, I know I can walk a pretty good 50K (the other men's Olympic distance.)"

In lieu of t-shirts, race officials donated this budget expense of $350 to Hurricane Katrina relief efforts.