USA Track & Field – News – Records broken at 50 km Road Championships

Ethan Coffey (Knoxville, Tenn.) was the overall winner, setting a course record of 2:53:32.78 as he upset the previous record holder Michael Wardian (Arlington, Va.), a four-time 50 km champion. Wardian finished in 2:59:31.69 for second. Coffey and Wardian led the three-man pack which also included back-to-back reigning champion Joseph Gray up until the 10-mile mark.

 

Wardian fell back and Gray ultimately dropped out altogether leaving Coffey comfortably finishing in first as his 2:53:32 lowered Wardian’s 2008 record of 2:55:05. Josh Ferenc (Saxtons River, Vt.) finished in third place with his time of 03:04:16.91

Emily Harrison (Flagstaff, Ariz.) finisehd in first place for the women and in fourth place overall with her time of  03:15:00.70, which shattered the 3:20:12 standard set by Jodi Schoppmann in 2011. Taryn Giumento Thomas (Scranton, Pa.) took second place in 03:48:25.54, and Tracy Meder (Stow, Ohio), finishing in 03:49:05.19, was third.

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