World Cross Country Championships Mike Scott
BEN TRUE
DEENA KASTOR Mike Scott
in 25th place. He along with Derrick worked their way through the pack, and found themselves in the top ten at the 10-km mark, while eventual winner Japhet Kipyegon Korir of Kenya, defending world champion Imane Merga of Ethiopia and Teklemariam Medhin of Eritrea broke away from the field.
True held his place in the last lap, crossing the line in 33:11, while Derrick moved up to ninth, but was passed in the last ten meters to finish tenth in 33:23.
Behind Derrick came Ryan Vail (Portland, Ore.) who finished 17th in 33:42, and Bobby Mack (Raleigh, N.C.) in 19th at 33:49 to round out Team USA's scorers. Elliott Heath (Portland, Ore.) was 30th in 34:11 and James Strang (Colorado Springs, Colo.) finished in 37th place in 34:20.
Ethiopia won the team gold medal with 38 points, with Team USA scoring 52 points, two points lower than perennial power Kenya's 54.
SENIOR WOMEN
In the senior women's eight-kilometer race, the squad finished fourth, missing out on its third consecutive team medal.
Neely Spence Gracey (Lake Orion, Mich.) found herself at the tail end of the lead group and finished 13th in a time of 25:08.
Behind Gracey were Emily Infeld (Portland, Ore.) and Mattie Suver (Boulder, Colo.) who finished 21st and 26th, respectively, with times of 25:27 and 25:41. 2012 US Olympian Kim Conley (West Sacramento, Calif.) was 30th to round out the USA scorers with a time of 25:45.
Deena Kastor (Mammoth Lakes, Calif.), the 2004 Olympic marathon bronze medalist, competing in her tenth career world cross country championships, finished 34th in 25:52, and Delilah DiCrescenzo (New York, N.Y.) was 47th in 26:05.
21 JUNIOR MEN
In the junior men's eight-kilometer race, Team USA was fourth with a score of 106 points, led by Matt McClintock (West Lafayette, Ind.), who finished 20th in 22:52.
USA junior champion Craig Nowak (Stillwater, Okla.) was 24th in 23:03, followed by Malachy Schrobilgen (Madison, Wis.) in 26th at 23:12, and Darren Fahy (Washington, D.C.) rounded out the four scorers in 36th at 23:25.
Thomas Graham (Stanford, Calif.) was 40th in 23:27, and Andrew Gardner (Spokane, Wash.) placed 42nd in 23:30. The junior men's team earned its highest placing since a fifth place finish in Amman, Jordan in 2009.
JUNIOR WOMEN
The day led off with the junior women's 6 kilometer race, as Carrie Verdon (Boulder, Colo.) finished 20th in 19:33 to pace Team USA to a sixth place finish, scoring 105 points.
Reigning USA champion Emily Stites (Williamsburg, Va.) was 23rd in 19:37, followed by Katie Knight (Spokane, Wash.) in 28th at 19:52, and Erin Finn (West Bloomfield, Mich.) 34th in 20:03 to round out the four USA scorers. Sydney Scott (Morgantown, W.V.) finished 38th in 20:19, followed by Samantha Nadel (Washington, D.C.) in 44th at 20:30.
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