Thursday, February 17, 2011

Athlete of the Week - Megan Wright

Watch more video of 2011 BU Valentine Invitational on flotrack.org


The AotW for February 7th-13th is Megan Wright. Megan won the 5,000m at the Valentine Invitational at BU in a Canadian Indoor Record of 15:25.15. That's the end of Megan's indoor season, and thankfully she ended it with a bang. Collegiate conference meets are this weekend and the high school outdoor season is about to start. Here comes Spring!

Athlete of the Week - Megan Wright

The AotW for January 31st-February 6th is Megan Wright. Megan ran 8:52.01 at the Boston Indoor Games for third place, just squeezing by Kalkidan Gezahegne of Ethiopia, the defending 1,500m World Indoor champion. The ESPN coverage is on the Boston Indoor Games Facebook page. Megan finishes her indoor season next week, in Boston.

Special tip o' the cap to Andrew Benford for running 8:09.34. That's a ridiculous indoor 3k.

Monday, February 7, 2011

Athlete of the Week - Karly Hamric

The AotW for January 24th-30th is Karly Hamric. Ms. Hamric ran at the Aviva International Match finishing third in the 1,500m in a time of 4:21.41. The first-year pro got the nod to be on the USA team and got to race in Glascow, Scotland. Running for Riadha, Karly has had a busy and fast (2:07.72/2:45.56) indoor season.