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|  McGregor Leads Field at USA Women's 10K Championships October 4, 2005 Courtesy of USATF
USA Outdoor Track & Field 10,000 meter champion Katie McGregor
leads the field of competitors for the USA Women's 10 km
Championships, which will be hosted by the Tufts Health Plan 10 km in
Boston, Mass., next Monday, October 9. Leading the open field with McGregor will be international athletes
including Emilee Mondor of Canada, Tatyana Posdnyakova of Russia
and Marie Davenport of Ireland. McGregor, a Team USA Minnesota athlete based in Minneapolis, Minn.,
will look to add the 10 km road title to her resume but will see
competition from teammate Carrie Tollefson as well as defending
champion Amy Yoder-Begley of Albuquerque, N.M. Tollefson, the 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials 1500 meter champion, finished
sixth behind McGregor's fourth-place at the USA 8 km Championships
earlier this year as well as sixth in the 5,000 meters at the USA Outdoor
Track & Field Championships. Yoder-Begley, a 15-time All-American at the University of Arkansas, was
seventh in the 5,000 meters at the 2005 U.S. Outdoor Tack & Field
Championships and was fourth at the 2005 USA 5 km road
championships. The USA Women's 10 km Championships is the final race for women on
the 2005 USA Running Circuit (USARC) a USA Track & Field road
series, featuring USA Championships from 5 km to the marathon and
attracts the best U.S. distance runners. The tenth edition for the women,
the 2005 circuit has seven events for women. Nicole Aish currently
leads the women's standings with 43 points. 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 2005 USA Women's 10 km Championships
visit www.usatf.org.
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