Clark and King Turn In Top Colorado Performances; Boulder Road Runners Win Three Team Titles at Masters Cross Country Championships in Boulder

Results

On a warm and sunny day, the 2022 USATF Masters 5 km Cross Country Championships were held on Saturday (22-Oct) in Boulder's Harlow Platts Community Park.  273 runners from 24 states competed in the championships.   141 athletes and 21 teams from Colorado toed the line.

The championships were hosted by T.E.A.M Boulder and the Boulder Road Runners.

Athletes, ranging in age from 40 to 84, competed in five year age divisions with the top three in each division earning recognition during the medal ceremony.  Team competition in 10-year divisions also found the top three teams in each division being recognized.  Additionally, each athlete was ranked (by sex) based on their age-graded score. Age graded scores are based on the athlete's performance as compared to the respective single-age (road) world record. When merged the age-graded scores provide a snapshot, regardless of age, of who had the best performances.

The storylines of the day were the six individual and three team national titles won by Colorado athletes.

Winning individual titles were Ann Kirkpatrick (W40-44) of Fort Collins; Melody Fairchild (W45-49) of Lyons; Rochelle Persson (W50-54) of Colorado Springs; Abbie Wade (W60-64) of Littleton; Chris Grauch (M50-54) of Nederland; and Dan King (M60-64) of Boulder.  

Fourteen other Coloradans earned trips to the awards podium for finishing either second or third in their divisions.

2nd Place Individual Placings
Women

Kristine Clark (W55-59)

Men

Anthony Bruns (M40-44)
Mark Tatum (M60-64)
Dan Spale (M65-69)
Doug Bell (M70-74)
Gary Ostwald (M75-79)

3rd Place Individual Placings
Women

Kathryn Davis (W40-44)
Christine Rodriguez (W65-69)
Edie Stevenson (W70-74)
Linda Yarr (W75-79)

Men

Adam Rich (M40-44)
Tim DeGrado (M60-64)
Carl Mohr (M70-74)
Jeffrey Dumas (M75-79)

All three of the team titles were won by the Boulder Road Runners.  In the women's race they won the M50+ division scoring 14 points.  Allyson Serrao, Marcey Cote, and Lesia Atkinson were the three scorers for the team. In the men's race the  60+ and 70+ squads each earned national titles. The scoring members of the winning 60+ team were Mark Tatum, Tim DeGrado, and Roger Sayre.  The team scored 11 points to defeat their "cross-town rivals" Athletics Boulder by eight points.  The members of the Boulder Road Runners 70+ team were Doug Bell, Carl Mohr, and Gary Ostwald.  They scored a 8 points  Their fellow teammates on the BRR B team finished second with 22 points.

Eleven other teams from Colorado earned trips to awards ceremony for finishing in the top three.

2nd Place Teams
Women

Boulder Road Runners W50+
Boulder Road Runners W60+
Boulder Road Runners W70+

Men

Boulder Track Club M40+
Boulder Road Runners M50+
Athletics Boulder M60+
Boulder Road Runners - B M70+

3rd Place Teams:
Women

Fort Collins Running Club W40+
Fort Collins Running Club W50+
Revolution Running W60+

Men

Square State Striders M40+

The top age graded scores by the Colorado athletes were turned in by Dan King (86.05%) of Boulder and Kristine Clark (84.45%) of Salida.  Both had the second best scores for their gender on the day.  In the men's scoring King only trailed the 87.92% turned in by Jacob Nur of California while Clark was just .61% behind Trina Painter of Arizona.

Other Colorado athletes with scores over 80% were:

Women

Melody Fairchild - 81.41%    
Judy Chamberlin - 80.17%    
Rochelle Persson - 80.11%    
Abbie Wade - 80.02%    

Men

Chris Grauch - 84.51%    
Anthony Bruns - 83.24%    
Adam Rich - 81.16%    
Mark Tatum - 80.95%    
Glen Mays - 80.77%    
Tim DeGrado - 80.47%    
Neil McDonagh - 80.39%    
Dan Spale - 80.17%    
Clint Wells - 80.15%    

The complete Colorado results scoreboard and full championship results can be found here.