What's HOT in Racing this Weekend?
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Talk about a hot start to the week: As many of you may know on Tuesday Kate Grace race fabulously in the Grand Blue Mile which is the USA 1 mile Championship in Des Moines, Iowa. She surged to the finish to win in 4:43:02. To add to the excitement of her race, we had Kara Foster formerly Kara Millhouse race in the Olympic Development 5k last night at the Penn Relays. She also won her race in a PR time of 15:47:66. Take a look at their post race interviews: Kate's and Kara's
As you can see we had a fantastic start to a great weekend of racing! Here's a couple of the other races that we are anticipating to be great:
| Friday April 26th | Drake Relays | Des Moines, IA |
Kate Grace - 1500m (7:20pm) |
| Friday April 27th |
Rock and Roll Country Music Half Marathon |
Nashville, TN |
Ashley Evans - Elite Start |
| Sunday April 28th | Eugene Half Marathon | Eugene, OR |
Allison Krausen, Allison DeLancey, Robyn Hefner, Sarah Chan, Sarah Boone, Patty Barnhill, Stephanie Cosina, Stephanie Jimenez, Andrea Hallberg, Dawn Dolobowsky, Kelli Stilley |
| Sunday April 28th | Eugene Marathon | Eugene, OR |
Amanda Brown, Holly Batchelder, Monica Eschenbacher, Meggie Smith, Laurel Mathiesen, Sophia Duluk, Megan Stark, Jocelyn Bonneau |
Eugene Marathon is going to be ...simply put...a bird invasion and several of us from HQ are going to watch!
Also on the schedule this weekend is the Standard Payton Jordan Invitational. Another hot meet to watch! Kim Conley in the 5k, Jordan Hassey in the 10k and lot's more..
Stay tuned for #oiselleteam results on the Athletes' Page Monday morning! Go Fast. Take Chances!
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