Former Duck and Olympian Nick Rogers kicked to an eight-second win in the final 400 meters Saturday to win the USA men’s 10K road championships at the Food World Senior Bowl Charity Run in Mobile, Ala. Rogers set a course record with his winning time of 28:18.
Rogers bettered Todd Williams’ 1994 record time of 28:25 by seven seconds. 2000 Olympian and former Arizona NCAA champion Abdi Abdirahman, the 2001 U.S. 10K champion on the track, finished second in 28:26. Dan Browne, the 2001 20K and half marathon champion, was third (28:31).
In the women’s race, Elva Dryer (32:43) was followed by Olympians Anne Marie Lauck (second 32:56) and Jen Rhines (third, 33:15). Collette Liss (33:24) and Cheri Kenah (33:32) rounded out the top five.
Rogers’ next race will be the Manchester Road Race, held in Manchester, Conn., on Thanksgiving Day. He finished fifth at the same race in 1999 as the top American finisher and was edged at the finish line in that race by another former Duck and British Olympian Karl Keska.
In other road racing action this past weekend, another former Duck, Milena Glusac, finished second among Americans and 13th overall at the New York City Marathon (2:34.48), designated as the U.S. Marathon Championships. The runner-up distinction in her debut at the 26.26-mile distance added to an already accolade-filled season that included U.S. road titles at the 20K, half-marathon and 25K distances.