Flanagan Goes Wire-to-Wire To Win Women’s 10K
- By Mario Fraioli
- Published Jun. 24, 2011
- Updated Jun. 24, 2011 at 12:19 PM UTC
Women's 10K--USA Track & Field Championships
Left to right: Jen Rhines (3rd, 31:30.37), Shalane Flanagan (1st, 30:59.97), Kara Goucher (2nd, 31:16.65). Photo: PhotoRun.net
Women's 10K--USA Track & Field Championships
Flanagan ran 67 seconds for her final lap to cap off a brilliant wire-to-wire performance on Thursday night. Photo: PhotoRun.net
Women's 10K--USA Track & Field Championships
Flanagan, who won bronze in the 10,000m at the Beijing Olympics, hopes to be on the medal stand again in Daegu. Photo: PhotoRun.net
Women's 10K--USA Track & Field Championships
Kara Goucher separated from Jen Rhines just before 7K, but couldn't catch the front-running Flanagan. Photo: PhotoRun.net
Women's 10K--USA Track & Field Championships
Jen Rhines ran a strong race for third, finishing in 31:30.37. Photo: PhotoRun.net
Women's 10K--USA Track & Field Championships
Less than one lap into the race, Flanagan had opened up a lead ont he rest of the field. Photo: PhotoRun.net
Women's 10K--USA Track & Field Championships
Flanagan has run under 31 minutes twice already this season, which bodes well for a medal bid at the world championships. Photo: PhotoRun.net
Women's 10K--USA Track & Field Championships
Jen Rhines ran a strong race for third, finishing in 31:30.37. Photo: PhotoRun.net
Women's 10K--USA Track & Field Championships
Third-place finisher Jen Rhines, 31:30.37. Photo: PhotoRun.net
Women's 10K--USA Track & Field Championships
Desiree Davila finished fourth, running 31:37--a 29 second personal best. Photo: PhotoRun.net
Women's 10K--USA Track & Field Championships
Desiree Davila ran a strong second half of the race to place fourth. Photo: PhotoRun.net
Women's 10K--USA Track & Field Championships
Shalane Flanagan celebrates her dominating victory in the women's 10,000m. Photo: PhotoRun.net
Women's 10K--USA Track & Field Championships
Flanagan crossed the finish line in 30:59.97, her second sub-31 minute clocking this year. Photo: PhotoRun.net
Women's 10K--USA Track & Field Championships
Flanagan will run the 10,000m at the world championships nine weeks from now in Daegu, South Korea. Photo: PhotoRun.net
Women's 10K--USA Track & Field Championships
Kara Goucher (shown here with her son Colt) get congratulated following her second-place finish in the women's 10,000m. Photo: PhotoRun.net
FILED UNDER: Photos TAGS: 10000m / 10k / Desiree Davila / Jen Rhines / Kara Goucher / Magdalena Lewy-Boulet / Photo Gallery / Shalane Flanagan / USA Track & Field Championships
Mario Fraioli
Mario Fraioli is a senior editor at Competitor magazine. A cross-country All-American at Stonehill College in 2003, he now coaches the Prado Women's Racing Team in San Diego and was the men's marathon coach for Costa Rica's 2012 Olympic team. His first book, The Official Rock 'n' Roll Guide To Marathon & Half-Marathon Training (VeloPress, 2013) is available in bookstores, running shops and online.
