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The Sehome High graduate will run during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Author: Chris Egan/KING 5 Sports Published: 5:59 PM PDT May 18, 2021 Updated: 6:05 PM PDT May 18, 2021
In 2007, Jake Riley of Sehome High won the State 2A cross-country championship. Years later, he’s getting ready for the Olympics.
At the Olympic trials in Atlanta, the best in the nation came together for a marathon. Only the top 3 made the Olympic team.
Two-time Olympic Medalist Galen Rupp from Portland won the race.
Jacob Riley of Bellingham came in second with a personal best of 2 hours 10 minutes, qualifying him for the Olympics.
“It feels fantastic, he said. It s something I played in my head and just pictured myself being able to do for, I don t know, since running really became a serious passion, and it s been almost 20 years. So, yes, it s just incredibly exciting and humbling and it feels awesome,” Riley said.
Richard Hansen
Maggie Montoya a cue to focus her body and mind on the race ahead.
That was before March 22. On that day, a man entered the Boulder, Colorado, grocery store where Montoya was working as a pharmacy technician and opened fire. Ten people died, including three store employees and a police officer.
For about an hour, Montoya huddled in a locked room, wondering if she’d escape alive. She made what she feared was a final phone call to her parents. Her coach,
Richard Hansen, who usually guides her through repeats and race strategies, was instead texting her updates on SWAT team locations.
Sonia O’Sullivan Shares Her Training Log With LetsRun.com – How Did The Villanova Grad Win The World Cross-Country Title (Twice) In 1998?
What Does It Take To Win World XC? A Lot Of Miles
By Jonathan Gault
May 21, 2015
Sonia O’Sullivan gave him a copy of her training log from March 1998 – the month leading up to her double victory at World Cross-Country Championships in Marrakech, Morocco that year. With spring marathon season, the World Relays, big domestic track meets such as the Penn/Drake Relays, the Payton Jordan Invitational, and the start of the Diamond League season, we haven’t had time to focus on anything outside of races recently. With some downtime this week before the schedule ramps up again, we thought we’d share this neat document with you and some inside details about O’Sullivan’s wins.
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To help show support for the victims of the March 22 shooting in Boulder, Colorado, an event called #Run4BoulderStrong will take place at 5 p.m. Mountain time this Saturday, April 3.
A 10K route is planned in Boulder for those who can attend, and runners across the country can take part by printing a bib and posting your run to the group’s Facebook page or using the hashtag #Run4BoulderStrong on social media.
Boulder, long a haven for endurance athletes, is still reeling from last week’s mass shooting. On March 22, a 21-year-old man opened fire at a King Soopers grocery store and killed 10 people, including a police officer and three employees.