ELITE RUNNERS FLOCK TO FALMOUTH THIS WEEKEND
By David Monti, @d9monti
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(13-Aug) — Elite milers and marathoners alike will flock to Cape Cod this weekend for the Falmouth Track Festival on Friday and the ASICS Falmouth Road Race on Sunday. The Track Festival will be held for the 29th time and features elite miles for men and women, while the 7-mile road race will celebrate its 53rd* edition. The road race was founded in 1973 and boasts a beautiful coastal course from Woods Hole to Falmouth Heights. The 2024 edition had 11,166 finishers making it one of the largest races in New England.
TRACK FESTIVAL COULD PRODUCE FAST MILES
The Track Festival will be held at Falmouth High School, and many athletes have put up fast times on the James T. Kalperis Track. The meet records are 3:52.97 for the men (Charles Philibert-Thiboutot of Canada in 2021), and 4:23.11 for the women (Dorcas Ewoi of Kenya in 2024). Both those records are under threat this year, and the race winners will receive $5,000 in prize money plus the chance for additional time bonuses.
Leading the men’s field is Sam Prakel (adidas), the 2023 World Athletics Road Running Championships bronze medalist in the mile. The 30 year-old, who finished ninth in the 1500m at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in China last March, set a 1500m personal best of 3:33.93 last month and has a career-best mile time of 3:50.94.
Prakel should get a strong challenge from Kenya’s Amon Kemboi (Puma Elite Running) who set PB’s in both the 1500m (3:33.49) and mile (3:53.57) this year. Additionally, Kemboi just ran a personal best 12:58.51 for 5000m in Oordegem, Belgium, three days ago.
Other top entrants include Dylan Jacobs (On Athletics Club), who was fifth in the World Athletics Indoor Championships in the 3000m, but has yet to run a fast mile; Luke Houser (Atlanta Track Club Elite), the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships 1500m bronze medalist; Australia’s Jack Anstey (Under Armour/Dark Sky Distance) who has a mile PB of 3:51.51; and Morgan Beadlescomb (adidas), who ran a personal best 3:34.20 for 1500m last month and has a mile PB of 3:52.03. Both Jacobs and Beadlescomb plan to double back for the road race on Sunday.
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