adidas presents the
1999 USA Winter Cross Country National Championships
Men's 4k Race Recap
The men's 4k race is scheduled to begin at 11:30 am Saturday February 13th. Race Recap will be posted ASAP following the conclusion of the race.

RACE CONDITIONS: Mostly sunny with an occasional light breeze - temp. 48 degrees F. Race course mostly flat with good footing despite wet conditions from morning rain. RACE IN REVIEW: A field of 73 started this race under mostly sunny skies. Understandably, the pace was extremely quick with one kilometer passed in 2:44 by a lead phalanx of Robert Gary, Mark Croghan, Jason Stewart and Peter Julian. Behind was a huge pack. At one mile Adam Goucher and Dan Browne moved into the lead position, together with Gary. At two kilometers (5:32), Goucher was a few meters in front of this pack, and he continued to develop this lead throughout the rest of the race, sprinting home 11 seconds in front of runner-up Jason Stewart. NOTES 'N' QUOTES: After winning the 1998 NCAA Cross Country Championships on November 23, in Lawrence, KS, Adam Goucher came to Tacoma hoping to add a U.S. title to his resume. Mission accomplished. Goucher's convincing victory in Lawrence was not expected, and neither was his decision to surrender his final indoor season of collegiate eligibility. Rather than defending his indoor 3,000-meter in Indianapolis next month, Goucher will now focus on a career as a professional track and field athlete. Goucher also plans on competing in tomorrow's men's 12,000-meter competition. Adam Goucher: "I didn't think I was going to get that much distance on everybody else. They have some pretty good guys in that race. I'm pretty strong right now. I knew I was pretty fast and I just wanted to come in here and see what I could do. I want to get back to training hard. I haven't trained solid since I got back from cross (NCAA Cross Country Championships). This is only my second race. I'll probably race once or twice more before going to World's. At World's I'm looking for top three at least." Jason Stewart: "I'm in the military and I've done a tour in Bosnia and a tour in Germany, and I keep missing fitness time. People might think I'm injured or something, but I'm just serving my country. My first goal was to make the team, and the second goal was to finish in the top three. I train with Dan Browne, who was defending champion, and I know that training with the best group of runners in the country, so if I can't do it something's wrong here."

 

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