Richmond's Nicol Traynor 2nd in Charlottesville Fall Classic 10K

Richmond's Nicol Traynor

Spider All-American Nicol Traynor traveled to Charlottesville, Virginia for the Charlottesville Fall Classic 10K this morning (10/22/11) earning 2nd place among women and 6th over-all among men. 

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Traynor, who earned All-America honors and has qualified for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials in the 3K Steeplechase competed in her first 10K ever today running 35:57 on the rolling hills of Charlottesville.  With a total elevation change of 749 feet (course map), she held even splits of just over 5:40 per mile for the first 4 miles (~22:51 at 4 miles) before climbing the steep uphill in the 5th mile in 6:08 and closing the remaining 1.2 miles in 6:50.  Her time of 35:57 is one of the fastest women’s times in race history as she placed 2^nd in the women’s race to Lauren Bonds, a graduated All-American from Kansas, who competes for the Adidas Raleigh Track Club in North Carolina. 

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Bonds set the course record for women with her time of 35:06 breaking Ethiopia's, Aziza Aliyu’s record of 35:07.05 set in 2009.

TOP 10 OVER-ALL Results

Place Bib Name               Time    Pace G  Age City     

1 2442 Tom Rhodes            31:52   5:08 M  28                       
2   33 Guy Alton             32:28   5:14 M  27 Richmond              
3   37 Matthew Barresi       32:35   5:15 M  28 Falls Church          
4  523 Adam Schroer          34:23   5:32 M  22 Harrisonburg          
5   49 Lauren Bonds          35:01CR 5:39 F  23 Durham, NC            
6 2437 Nicol Traynor         35:57   5:48 F  22 Richmond                      
7  185 Hernan Garbini        36:43   5:55 M  49 Waynesboro            
8  146 Greg Finck            37:38   6:04 M  42 Ny                    
9 2433 Brandon Decoursey     38:37   6:13 M  18                       
10   53 Kevin Boyle          39:08   6:18 M  48 Charlottesville 

OVER-ALL RESULTS HERE