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Race Walk Chair: Phone: E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Thank you for your interest in race walking. As Race Walk Chair of the Niagara Association we have much room for improvement in the area of race walking. The area has been blessed with loads of athletic talent over the years and has seen tremendous results at both the state and national levels. Much thanks is owed to the individual efforts of high school coaches who keep their athletes competitive in the state meet. Unfortunately, today’s situation has pretty much whittled our opportunities down to the girl’s indoor event. Even so, many of these young women have continued on with success. Occasionally, we will also see a few boys rise through the ranks, but they are much too infrequent. There are a few excellent websites and an e-list server that offer great links and loads of information related to race walking in North America and beyond: Most comprehensive site for race walk events: Miami Valley Track Club Sites with great info on race walking are: Racewalk.com and Dave's World Class Racewalking. Racewalk.com has some excellent tips on technique and suggested workouts from casual walker to elite level. The link to the list server is: Racewalking Yahoo Group Our neighboring association to the east, Adirondack Association, is the host of the USATF Open and Junior National 10 km Race Walk Championship and it is held in conjunction with the Freihofer’s Run for Women on May 30th in 2009. In the Niagara Region we are also close to Canada. The Ontario Track & Field Association has an events calendar which does include race walking events. Some of their track meets may also have race walking divisions. Two of their larger events are the Art Keay Memorial 10K in late May (Toronto) and the Rose City Walks in Welland in late September. If you are interested in hosting a race walking event (race or clinic) in the Niagara Association, please contact us. We'll do what we can to help promote it and if possible attend the event. Race Walk Chair Recent Results    5-30-2009 USA 10 km Race Walk Championships, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY. Included Niagara athletes Allen James, of Sanborn finished 2nd in Men's Division in 45:36, and Olivia Lapham of Canandaigua was 1st in the Women's Junior Division in 1:00:00. Lapham is pictured on the right and James, left photo, is shown wearing number 41, pushing the pace early in the race. 5-30-2009_usa_10_km_rw 9.50 Kb usatf_rw_press_release_6-2-2009 24.43 Kb7-5 & 6-2008 US Olympic Team Trials, Men’s & Women's 20K Walk, Hayward Field, Eugene, OR. Included Niagara athletes Allen James, of Sanborn finished 6th in 1:32:13, and Michael Tarantino, of Rochester/Chula Vista, CA was 11th in 1:38:02. 7-5-2008_us_olympic_team_trials_mens_20_k_rw 23.19 Kb 7-6-2008_us_olympic_team_trials_womens_20_k_rw 23.20 Kb6-20-22-2008 U.S. Junior National Championships, Men’s & Women's 10,000m Walk, Jesse Owens Stadium, Columbus, OH. 6-22-2008_us_junior_men_10000_rw 23.07 Kb Included Rochester finisher’s Chelsea Conway, 6th in 58:09.12, and Rebecca Glass, 9th in 1:03:07. 6-22-2008_us_junior_women_10000_rw 23.17 Kb5-22-24-2008 NAIA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, Women's 3,000 Walk, Ralph Korte Stadium, 5-24-2008_naia_tf_womens_3000_rw 11.21 Kb |
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