The frontrunner jumped to the lead from the start. While the men’s race was a battle until the end, Kelati made sure the women’s race was anything but that. Young moved from third place to second place with an additional 15 points, giving him 57 points overall. Korir cemented his place atop of the standings with another 10 points, giving him 73 points on the season with one race to go. Sydney Gidabuday rounded out the top ten with a time of 29:41.īoth Young and Korir added substantial points to their USATF Running Circuit totals. Veteran Emmanuel Bor claimed eighth in 29:33, finishing a half step ahead of Nick Randazzo who placed ninth in the same time of 29:33. The chase pack came in nearly half a minute back, with Christopher Alfond placing seventh in 29:29. Quattlebaum took home fifth in 29:00, while Dinger earned sixth in 29:02.

Quattlebaum and Dinger weren’t far off the lead quartet. Korir would outlast Mesfun for third in 28:54, while Mesfun finished two seconds back with a fourth-place time of 28:56. As the finish line came into sight, Young powered away from the lead pack, charging through the finish line for his third win on the USATF Running Circuit season in 28:49.įink outlasted the rest of the field, running arguably his best race of the year to finish second in 28:52. With less than a mile to go, it was Young, Korir, Fink, and Mesfun pulling away and driving hard to the finish. The pack of six would remain together over the next mile, with only Quattlebaum and Dinger dropping off as they passed through the five-mile marker. Quattlebaum followed off Korir’s shoulder, while Young, Tai Dinger, Daniel Mesfun, and Willy Fink made it a six man race up front. Just past the 5 km mark, USATF Running Circuit leader Leonard Korir took over the lead and started to push the pace. Race highlights and coverage of the event, hosted by the Cow Harbor Run 10K, are available and can be viewed with a +PLUS subscription on USATF.TV.Īs the cannon sounded the start of the race Saturday, the men’s field packed together up front and a group of 13 men charged through the early stages of the race in Northport with James Quattlebaum leading the way.

The USATF 10 km Championships are the eleventh stop on the 2023 USATF Running Circuit. NORTHPORT, New York - Wet and windy conditions couldn’t slow down Clayton Young and Weini Kelati on Saturday morning in Northport, New York, as the duo used differing race tactics to claim titles at the USATF 10 km Championships.

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