Athlete of the Week - Clara Grandt

The Aotw for October 11-17 is Clara Grandt. Clara ran the Tuft's 10K on Monday and finished as the fifth American in 33:23. Tuft's 10K served as the USATF women's 10K road national championship. Clara moved up to 12th in the USARC standings with her finish. Great job Clara, best of luck through the rest of the year. (Feel free to play "Where's Waldo" with this picture and find Clara...)

Very special tip 'o the cap to Andrew Benford. Mr. Benford won an AotW a few weeks ago and came within 40m of winning another on Saturday. If you haven't seen his finish at pre-nats, go here and fast-forward to about 24:00. The next time someone gives you the old cliche of "I gave 100%!" have them watch that video. How he could draw so much out of his body that he hit the literal point of collapse is a testament to toughness. Best of luck to him through the rest of his season, here's hoping he brings home an All-American.