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|  Abdirahman, Hall Lead Top Field at USA Men's 10K Championships July 2, 2007 From USATF press release.
Abdirahman, who won his third track title last week at the
AT&T USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in
Indianapolis, will face-off with 2007 USA Half-Marathon
Champion and American Record holder Ryan Hall (Big Bear
Lake, Calif.); 2006 USA 25 km champion and American
Record holder Fernando Cabada (Bloomington, Ind.), and
Brian Sell (Rochester Hills, Mich.), the 2006 USA
Half-Marathon champion. Also in contention for the title will be James Carney
(Boulder, Colo.), who holds the fifth fastest 10,000 meter
performance (27:43.64) for an American this year; Fasil
Bizuneh (Flagstaff, Ariz.), a member of the 2007 Team USA
squad for the World Cross Country Championships, and
2002 USA Men's 10 km champion Ryan Kirkpatrick
(Colorado Springs, Colo.). A total prize purse of $30,000 will be paid to U.S. men with
$10,000 going to the champion. Celebrating its 38th running, The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution Peachtree Road Race is the largest
10 km race in the world. USA Running Circuit The 2007 USA Men's 10 km Championship is the fifth event
for men in the 2007 edition of USA Track & Field's 2006 USA
Running Circuit (USARC). The USARC, a USA Track & Field road series, features USA
Championships from 5 km to the marathon and attracts the
best U.S. distance runners. The thirteenth edition for the
men and twelfth for the women, the 2007 USARC has nine
events for men and seven events for women. The first ten U.S. runners earn points at each USARC race
(15 for first, 12 for second, 10 for third, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1),
with a final $12,500 grand prix purse ($6000, $4000, and
$2500) for the top three men and women point scorers
overall. The USARC points at the USA Marathon
Championships will be doubled. The mission of the USA Running Circuit is to showcase,
support, and promote U.S. runners. Since its inception in
1995, the USARC and its races have provided over $4
million dollars to U.S. distance runners. For more information on the 2007 USA Men's 10 km
Championship and the 2007 USARC, visit www.usatf.org
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