Saturday, August 8, 2009

July 26 - Cheyenne Canyon Race (2nd Qualifier for U.S. Team)

This is a quick update as a lot of time has passed since the race. The competition was intense for the women. Megan Kimmel won barely edging out Megan Lund. Both ran very well. Brandy had an off day taking 5th. She was very disappointed with her race, but that's the way it goes when there is a good field of runners to contend with.

Both Megan's qualified for the U.S. Mountain Team. The last spot was an at-large bid, which generated much discussion. Check out this blog: http://mountainrun.wordpress.com/2009/07/27/us-mountain-running-team-final-selection-race/#more-826

After what seemed a long week of waiting Brandy was selected for the at-large position. It came down to her and Laura Haefeli. Both were very deserving of the spot and unfortunately only one could go. Laura is an awesome runner, whom we've become friends with, which made it all more of a difficult process.

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