POSTED: Wednesday November 3rd 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Vaill named USATF Athlete of the Week

Teresa Vaill is a four-time USA Outdoor champion

INDIANAPOLIS - Teresa Vaill has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week after winning the 2010 USATF 30 km Race Walk Championship Sunday at Rockland Lake State Park in Valley Cottage, New York.
A four-time USA Outdoor champion, Vaill crossed the finish line in 2:31:30 in posting the fastest time of the day by anyone. The men’s winner, Dave McGovern, finished almost eight minutes behind Vaill in 2:39:23. While en route to the finish line, Vaill posted pending 25 km and 30 km U.S. records in the W45-59 masters age group.

Now in its ninth year, USATF's Athlete of the Week program is designed to recognize outstanding performers at all levels of the sport. USATF names a new honoree each week and features the athlete on the USATF website. Selections are based on top performances and results from the previous week.

Winners: January 13, Jen Clayton; January 20, Shalane Flanagan; January 27, Nolan Shaheed; February 3, Bernard Lagat; February 10, Bernard Lagat; February 17, Shalane Flanagan; February 24, Amber Campbell; March 3, Amber Campbell; March 10, Phil Raschker; March 17, Ashton Eaton; March 31, Lisa Koll; April 7, Queen Harrison; April 14, Magdalena Lewy Boulet; April 21, Bershawn Jackson; April 28, Phoebe Wright; May 5, Chris Solinsky; May 12, Walter Dix; May 26, Cory Martin; June 2, Chaunte Lowe; June 9, Bernard Lagat; June 16, Queen Harrison; June 30, Kara Patterson; July 7, David Oliver; July 22, David Oliver; July 28, Conor McCullough; August 4, Kennedy Blahnik; August 11, Tyson Gay; August 18, Allyson Felix; August 26, Robin Reynolds; September 1, Molly Huddle; September 8, Bernard Lagat; Kibwe Johnson; September 22, Robert Cheseret; September 29, Joe Detmer; October 6, Linda Somers Smith; October 13, Joan Benoit Samuelson; November 3, Teresa Vaill.
About USA Track & Field

USA Track & Field (USATF) is the National Governing Body for track & field, long-distance running and race walking in the United States. USATF encompasses the world's oldest organized sports, the World's #1 Track & Field Team, the most-watched events at the Olympics, the #1 high school and junior high school participatory sport, and more than 30 million adult runners in the United States: www.usatf.org.

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