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Collis Birmingham going for 3rd straight Scottish 1500m title

http://www.dunfermlinepress.com/sport/athletics/articles/2009/06/04/388148-australian-heading-to-west-fife-as-pitreavie-set-to-host-national-championships/

Benita Willis to run Austrian Women's 5k in Vienna

http://www.athletics.com.au/news/news/2009/june/johnson_waltzes_to_vienna

Collis Birmingham to attend Ballarat Lap of the Lake

http://www.athsvic.org.au/cache/NewsFile/3452MEDIA%20RELEASE%20-%20Birmingham%20to%20Burn%20at%20Lap%20of%20the%20Lake.pdf

Sonia O'Sullivan to meet young athletes in Cork

http://www.athleticsireland.ie/content/?p=6922

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Dent, Letherby, Westcott, Weightman added to World Champs team in the marathon. Birmingham offered 10,000m spot.

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Collis Birmingham talks about his terrific form in 2009

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Collis Birmingham talks about US training camp

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Lisa Weightman talks about her training

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Bobby Curtis 3rd in USA road mile championship

 

TORRENCE BAGS $10,000 BONUS AND USA ROAD MILE TITLE **Rowbury Wins Women's Crown** By David Monti
(c) 2009 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved

David Torrence's second national title of the year came with a welcomed sweetener: a $10,000 bonus.

The USA indoor 3000m champion won yesterday's inaugural USA road mile championship in Minneapolis, and his sub-four minute winning time of 3:59.3 was good enough to pick up the event's $10,000 sub-4:00 bonus, plus the $4000 first place check. For the former Cal Berkeley athlete the $14,000 payday is particularly important: he doesn't have a major shoe company sponsor.

Second place went to former NCAA stars Jon Rankin (UCLA/4:01.7) and Bobby Curtis (Villanova/4:02.0).

The women's title went to USA Olympic Trials 1500m champion and former Duke standout Shannon Rowbury. Her finish time was a solid 4:33.4, but not good enough to pick up the women's $10,000 bonus for which a sub-4:28 was required. Sara Hall, who ran at Stanford, was a distant second in 4:39.1 and Sara Vaughn, formerly of the University of Colorado, landed the final podium spot in 4:41.3.

Organized by Twin Cities Marathon, Inc., and part of the Medtronic TC 1 Mile in which about 3000 recreational runners took part, the race was the first-ever national road mile championship held in the United States.

"This was a great start for the USA 1 Mile Road Championships," commented USATF's Jim Estes who attended the event. "Thanks to the partnership with the Medtronic TC 1 Mile, it's great to see an emerging star like David Torrence win a U.S. title. Events like this are important because it gives David and his fellow athletes the chance to step up and perform at the championship level."