Emily Infeld takes her first national title!
In 2015, in the World Champs in Beijing, with less than fifty meters to go, Emily Infeld charged into the bronze medal position, stunning many with her furious finish!
Now, ten years later, Emily Infeld showed that the new sponsor, Brooks Running, made a fateful decision. Emily Infeld told this writer that she did not think she was in her 2015 shape, but her attentive race, her position upfront, and her final, furious charge, all those years later, earned Emily Infeld a 10,000m championship at USATF and a position on the World Champs team.
Emily was ecstatic, setting a record, this writer believes, for the most post-race interviews after a first title! At the age of 35, Emily Infeld is racing well. She told this writer that she had not run a good 25 lapper in some time. Well, that changed in Eugene on 30 July! Dreams to come true!
Eugene, Oregon, USA
July 31 – August 3, 2025, photo by Kevin Morris
The pace was not challenging in the first, half, hit in 16:14, but the second half took its toll. Over the last 800 meters, Weini Kelati and Taylor Roe battled over the last six hundred meters for the bronze medal, with Taylor Roe, grimacing, and taking the third place, and Weini Kelati, relagated to fourth.
In the battle for the title, Elise Cranny succumbed to the focused sprint of Emily Infeld. Emily, having been there before, just pushed herself, perhaps willed herself into the first position. Elise Cranny did not give up, but she could not respond.
And a 35 year old runner takes her first national title!
Emily Infeld , Brooks Running, ran 31:43.56, Elise Cranny, NIKE Swoosh TC, ran 31:44.24 and Taylor Roe, PUMA, ran 31:45.21.
Nico Young takes the Men’s 10,000 meters!
The Men’s 10,000m went out the same way as the women, just way slower on a comparison basis. The first half of the 10,000m was run in 15 minutes! The second half in 14:02, and the last mile in 3:56, the last 800 meters was run in 1:57!
This type of racing is hard on the nerves, because the key players know that everyone is in the game, and there will be surprises. In a race like this, one minimizes surprises by inserting a change of pace,
Drew Bosley did that after 5200 meters, where he lead to 8000 meters. Drew told me afterwards that he felt pretty natural during this mid race. To get through the first 5,000 meters, Drew…
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