Author: wmra_wp

“Upcoming Sunday 8th of September is the fest for mountain running champions and enthusiasts Krynica-Zdr&oacute,j is the host for the 29. WMRA Mountain Running World Championships 2013.
There are 365 runners from 40 countries and&nbsp,5 continents on the start list.
Japanese runners are coming, as are the Czechs, the Hungarians, the British, the Russians and of course the Polish: Anna Celi&#324,ska (bronze medalist 10. WMRA World Long Distance M. R. Challenge 2013 at Szklarska Por&#281,ba) and Dominika Wi&#347,niewska-Ulfik are in the best shape nowadays.
Still runners from Uganda, Eritrea, Italy, Turkey, Germany and USA are among the favourites.
The hot names are Annabel Mason from Great Britain, &Ccedil,esminaz Yillmaz, Burcu Subatan and Ramazan Karagoz from Turkey (all juniors), Valentina Belotti and Elisa Desco from Italy, Marie-Laure Dumergues from France, Bernard and Martin Dematteis, Alex Baldaccini and Xavier Chevrier from Italy, Geoffrey Kusuro from Uganda and Max King from USA (all seniors).”
“

The city is a popular spa resort offering a special atmosphere with healing, sporting, tourist and leisure attractions. Its fame is due to the great healing waters which led to establishing of Krynica&nbsp,as a spa resort in 1793, bringing health and strength to thousands of people.
The city located in Malopolska region is also well known because of running.
It is the running capital of Poland, 4th edition of the Running Festival, with the record expected 8000 participants from all over the country and abroad, starts here on Friday 6th of September.
MRWCh 2013 is the main attraction of the Festival programme (over 30 distances for all running fans, including kids, pupils, families and companies) and the main festival event for the professional runners from all over the world.
The temperature of the MRWCh in Krynica-Zdr&oacute,j is high, althought the autumn is just behind the corner.
That’s because the course on the Jaworzyna Mountain – the location (1114 m a.s.l., part of the Beskid S&#261,decki massif) – is not usual. It starts with ground drop and finishes with climb. We do not see often such profile these days.
The categories in the championship progamme are traditional: junior and senior races, both in women and men categories.
The junior women will compete on 4,65 km course with +286/-286 m elevation, junior boys will face the 9,08 km with +561/-551 elevation. The same course is prepared for senior women. Senior men course – 13,56 km with +828/-828 m elevation – is the toughest challange.
All races will take place on Sunday from 9:15 to 12.00.
First to start are the juniors.
There will be the flower ceremony after each race, the award ceremony will be conducted in the evening on 19:00 on Krynica’s Promenade.
The same location is for the Championship Opening Ceremony.
Olimpic-style flag parade in front of the Running Festival participants is planned.
The day before the Championships there&nbsp,will be held the 30 WMRA Congress with election of the new WMRA Council.
29. Mountain Running World Championships is supported by Malopolska region and European Commission. Both are deeply interested in promoting athletics, and in particular mountain running.

Edited by Grzegorz Rogowski (press of LOC)

Source of the pictures by LOC:&nbsp,
on front page:&nbsp,
– logo of the event,&nbsp,
on second page:&nbsp,
– Dominika Wi&#347,niewska Ulfik and Anna Celi&#324,ska, the best polish women mountain runners.

“

“Stephen Kiprotich, one of Uganda’s Mountain running team in 2010, who took the 2012 Olympic Marathon title in London 2012 has again scaled a global peak with victory in Moscow at the IAAF World Championships Marathon 2013.
Kiprotich surged ahead in the late stages to win ahead of 2 Ethiopian rivals.
With a best time of 2 hours and 7 minutes global dominance continues for this humble mountain running Ugandan athlete who took 5th place at the 2010 World Mountain Running Championships in Kamnik, Slovenia.

”
“Kiprotich who moved to Kenya at the age of 17 to develop his running ability amongst many elite groups of fellow Africans highlights the benefits of high altitude and quality coaching as his main reasons for basing himself in Kenya.
Will he be seen on the mountains again?
Well we all look forward to his return on the mountains and running fans will look forward to welcoming the athletes and the nation that bears the colours of yellow, red and black on their flag.
The black stripes symbolize the African people, the yellow symbolizes the sun and the red stands for brotherhood and fraternity.
The grey Crane bird symbolises the gentle on humble nature of this proud African nation that border the successful running nations of Tanzania, Rwanda and Kenya.
Ugandan athletes are expected to feature highly at the upcoming World Mountain Running Championships in Poland on September 8.

Edited by Bashir Hussain(WMRA)&nbsp,

Source of the pictures by LOC Kamnik 2010 and Patrizia Longo:&nbsp,
on front page:&nbsp,
– Kiprotich in action at Kamnik 2010,&nbsp,
on second page:&nbsp,
– Kiprotich at the finish of Moscow Marathon.
“

“There were 23 Nations represented at the start of the 13. World Master Mountain Running Championships in Czech Rep.&nbsp, at Janske Lazne.
13 nations took at least one medal!
475 master finished the race: 117 women and 358 men.
In total Germany won 15 gold medals of which 6 gold medals (exactly 33%) in the individual result with 2 men and 4 women in gold-medal position. Hosting Country, Czech Rep. won 5 gold medals (individual: 2 women plus team: 2 team men and 1 team women), followed by the Great Britain with 4 gold, two for men individual, one for women individual and one team men, and Italy with 3 gold, one for men individual, one team men and one team women. Two gold medals were gained by the Poland (both in men: one individual and one team) and the Austria (one individual men and one individual women).
Finally one gold medal was one by Slovakia, Switzerland and USA.
Also France and New Zealand had athletes on the podium with one silver each and Ireland and Netherlands with one bronze each.

”
“In the individual races Germany won 6 gold medals, Great Britain 3, Czech Rep. and Austria 2 each and Italy, Poland, USA, Slovakia and Switzerland one each.
In the team competition, Germany won 9 gold medals out of 16,&nbsp, Czech rep. 3,, Italy 2 and Great Britain and Poland&nbsp, team gold medal in M45 category.
Finally the total medals won by Germany were 28 (15 gold, 3 silver and 10 bronze), in second position Czech rep. with a total of 22 medals (5 gold, 9 silver and 8 bronze), third Italy with a total of 12 medals (3 gold, 7 silver and 2 bronze) and fourth Great Britain with 11 medals (4 gold, 6 silver and 1 bronze), followed by Poland with 5 medals (2 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze) and Slovakia with 5 medals (1 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze). Austria with 3 medals (2 gold and 1 bronze) and USA with 3 medals (1 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze), Switzerland with 2 medals (1 gold and 1 silver) France and New Zealand with 1 silver each and Ireland and Netherland with 1 bronze medal also were in the medal table of the event: so at the end 13 Countries had athletes on the podium.
The 8.6 kilometer uphill course with nearly 800 meters of vertical climbing was the same for all categories.&nbsp, At the 11:00 a.m. start time (for category 75) temperatures were warm.
In the men categories only one confirmed the world title won last year in Germany and he was Albert Anderegg (SUI – M65). All other were new champions, that is&nbsp, Johann Weber (AUT – M75), Martin Ford (GBR – M70), Tadeusz Jasek (POL – M60), Wilhelm Dengler (GER – M55), Craig Roberts (GBR – M50), Paul Sichermann (GER – M45), Giuseppe Antonini (ITA – M40) and Tommy Manning (USA – M35).
In the women categories only three runners Maria Marcibalova (SVK – W75), Blanka Paulu (CZE – W55), Ivana Sekyrova (CZE – W40) confirmed the world title won last year in Germany. Ruth Schlager (GER – W70), Marianne Spronk&nbsp, (GER – W65), Ann-Marie Jones (GBR – W60), Irmi Kubicka (AUT – W50),&nbsp, Tanja Nehme (GER – W45) and Birgit Unterberger (GER – W35) were the news champions this year.
USA Tommy Manning posts fastest time at the World Masters Mountain Running Championships ran 37minutes 44 seconds to best a record field of about 500 finishers at the 13th World Masters Mountain Running Championships in Janske Lazne, Czech rep. In the women, the fastest runner was Ivana Sekyrova (W40) who ran the race with 47 minutes and 15seconds.
A special note for USA Nancy Hobbs, WMRA Treasurer, who ran and won bronze medal in the W50.
A lot of positive comments in favor of LOC arrived by the runners.
Karel Skliba, President of LOC, and al his staff of Maraton Stav, were satisfied of the whole event.
Libor Varhanik, President of Czech Athletic Federation, Frantisek Fojit, General Secretary of Czech Athletic Federation, Gejza Valent, President of Veteran’s Association of the Czech Athletic Federation, Italian Bruno Gozzelino, WMRA President, Slovenian Tomo Sarf, WMRA Council member, Canadian Brian KEaveney WMA Vice President Non-Stadia attended to the event, together other VIP like for sample Vladimir Spidla, former Prime Minister of Czech Republic, Alena Gajduskova, Vice President Senate of Parlament of Czech Republic, and Jiri Hradechy, Mayor of Janske Lazne.
Next year 14. Master World Mountain Running Championships will be held on September 6th, 2014, at Telfes, Austria.

Results available on http://www.maratonstav.cz/page.php?id=153

Edited by Bruno Gozzelino(WMRA)

Source of the pictures by Patrizia Longo:
on front page:
– medal of the Championships,
on second page:
– opening ceremony,
– Hobbs (third) on the podium,
– LOC of the MWMRCh. 2014.“

“The participants began to come to the 13th World Masters Mountain Running Championships in Jansk&eacute, L&aacute,zn&#283,.
Competitors representing 25 countries among the 503 entries will vie for individual and team medals on race day.
The entrants include seven from the United States, including 1993 World Mountain Trophy silver-medalist Dave Dunham who will race in the 45-49 age group.
A complete start list is available at this link http://www.maratonstav.cz/.
Race weekend kicks off on Thursday, August 29, with accreditation, followed by a ceremony and parade on Friday evening.
Races start with the 75-79 year age group at 11:00 a.m., and conclude with the 35-39 age group at 1:40 p.m.
The closing ceremony gets underway at 5:00 p.m. The afternoon will be followed by a cultural program.
”
“Czech Republic boasts a strong mountain running program on the worldwide stage having hosted the 1997 World Mountain Running Trophy, the 2006 European Mountain Running Championships, and for the third time this year, the WMRA-WMA Masters Mountain Running Championships, which will be held in Janske Lazne on Saturday, August 31.
This historic run of championship designations can be credited in large part to Karel Skliba who, with three other mountain runners in 1982, was able to leave then communist-ruled Czechoslovakia to go abroad for the first time. Skliba arranged with eleven friends across the country to start a Czech National Mountain Running Cup in 1983. This year marks the 28th running of the Cup which now boasts 34 races, six of which are up/down courses while the others, like the initial 11, are strictly uphill courses.
When the Czech borders opened in 1990, Skliba traveled to Telfes for the World Mountain Running Trophy and took a team from the Czech Republic to compete for the first time.
Since that Trophy race in 1990, Skliba attended every World Trophy through 2009 when the title changed to championships and has subsequently attended each championship since 2009.
It was at the 1995 event in Edinburgh, Skliba submitted a successful bid to host the 1997 World Mountain Running Trophy in Male Svatonovice.
And in 1997, at the first Masters World Mountain Running Championships in Kitzbuehel, Skliba bid to host the event in Janske Lazne the following year and went on to bid again to host in 2008, with Dolni Morava as the venue.
In spite of a heavy workload, Skliba has been able to continue his avocation for sport and is race director for this year’s championships. Part of his duties included designing the course which Skliba has done along with a friend from the area. Skliba says the route is a bit different than that of 1998, and includes some pavement at the start, forested pathways, grassy meadows and approximately 650 meters of climbing over the 8.6-kilometer course to a high point just under 1300 meters. &quot,The record (from bottom to top), is by a Czech runner in 34 minutes, but that time was on a different course,&quot, said Skliba who doesn’t know what the winning time will be for this course, but did say, &quot,A 60-year-old runner made it in 57 minutes.&quot,
Asked why he chose to host the event at Janske Lazne – at the Cerna Hora ski area, Skliba says, &quot,Because we are home here and we are nearest to the high point in Czech – 1602-foot Snezka. It is not possible to make a race there. This area is the next best thing: &quot,We wish to everyone to have a good time here and enjoy this area and these races,&quot, continued Skliba, &quot,All the races we have hosted in the past provided a super atmosphere, and I want Janske Lazne to be the same or better this year.&quot,
At the competition will attend some WMRA Officials starting from President, Italian Bruno Gozzelino, WMA Official like Canadian Brian Kaveney and Libor Varhan&iacute,k – President CAF – CZK, Gejza Valent – President veterans CAF – CZK, Franti&scaron,ek Fojt – Director CAF, Alena Gajd&#367,&scaron,kov&aacute, – Vice President Senate of Parliament od CR, Vladim&iacute,r &Scaron,pidla – Eminent Euro-Commissioner and Lubom&iacute,r Franc – President of the region Kr&aacute,lov&eacute,hradeck&yacute,.

“

“Mitjia Kosovelj and Antonella Confortola won the 10. WMRA World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge 2013 and Italy took gold medal both team’s category men and women.
16 WMRA Athletics Member Federation countries were present at the event and eight of them come back home&nbsp,with at least one medal: Italy took three gold and one silver medals, Slovenia one gold medal, then Wales gained one silver and one bronze medal, Czech Rep. and Scotland one silver each and Romania, England and, hosting Country, Poland one bronze each. Also present were Australia, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Russia, South Africa, Ukraine and USA.
The 10. WMRA World Long Distance M. R. Challenge was held linked with 5. Maraton Karkonoski on a new track really long 41 km.
594 runners started and 563 finished the race.
Among them, 46 men and 40 women runners were the participants at the WMRA event. ”
“In the men race, for two third part of the race Kosovelj and Romanian Jonut Zinca run together leading the race. But in the last ten kilometers Zinca lost a great part his energy and the duel with Kosovelj. Then Welsh, Andrew Davies, has completed his comeback that saw him fifteenth after about 12 km., then the ninth at the half of the race and twelfth through the race after 32 km. winning the silver medal, just ahead of Zinca, after having crossed over him just a few hundred meters from the finish.Time of the winner was 3 hours 7 minutes and 36 seconds. Davies run in 3.13:39 and Zinca finished in 3.14:00. Behind the first three Italian Emauele Manzi finished in fourth position with 3.16.01, crossing over USA runner Zac Freudenburg just near to the finish line: time of the fifth was 3.16:06. The best Polish runner, Marcin Swierc, finished in ninth position with 3.21:10.
In the team result Italy with Emanuele Manzi, Tommaso Vaccina (eight 3.20.33) and Massimiliano Zanaboni (fourteen 3. 30:13) had no problem to win the Challenge title with a total time of 10.06.47 in front of Czech Rep. (total time 10.15:12) silver medal, and&nbsp, Wales (total time 10.31:08) bronze medal. In the team men result finished 11 Nations in the following order USA (4.) and then Poland, Scotland, Slovenia, England, Hungary, South Africa and Ukraine.
In the women race for more than two third part of the race three Italian runners were at the top of the competition with Ivana Iozzia, in front of other Italian Antonella Confortola and Ornella Ferrara. But in the last ten kilometers Iozzia had problems and for this reason lost a lot of position finishing in eight position.
Confortola so was the winner of the Challenge in 3 hours 44 minutes and 51 seconds. Ferrara took silver medal with 3.48:41, but at the finish the great surprise was the Polish Anna Celinska who was able to defeat all the other runners and to win the bronze medal with time of 3.51.21, making happy all his countrymen and the fans flocked arrival and all along the track to cheer on the competitors.
Italian Team won the Challenge title with a total time of 11.35:26. Second was Scotland with 12.03:38 and third finished England with 12.07:01. In the team women result finished 8 Nations in the following order: Poland (4.) and then Czech rep., Slovenia, South Africa and USA.
Full result are availale on http://www.online.datasport.pl/results879/
The competition was possible also for the strong support from some Sponsors&nbsp, like NETTO, Artresan Active, LOTTO, Enervit and for the cooperation from Major Szklarska Poreba Mr. Grzegorz Sokolinski, Director of Karkonosze National Park Mr Andrzej Raj&nbsp, and Lower Silesia local authorities.
For PZLA, Andrzej Puchacz, and for WMRA the President Bruno Gozzelino, together WMRA Council member Tomo Sarf attended to the Challenge.
At the end of the closing ceremony the WMRA flag passed from Polish LOC to the LOC of next 11. WMRA World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge 2014: the competition will be held at anitou Springs, Colorado, on 16th August 2014.

Edited by Bruno Gozzelino (WMRA)

Source of the pictures by LOC
On front page:
– Mitja Kosoveli,
On second page:
– Antonella Confortola,
– Anna Celinska (3rd)with Robert Gudowski (LOC President).

“

“On August 3rd, 2013, Szklarska Por&#281,ba (Poland) will welcome the best long distance mountain runners.
There will be tenth WMRA World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge 2013.
Szklarska Por&#281,ba is a town beautifully located in the valley of the Kamienna River and its tributaries at the height of 440-886m above sea-level, surrounded from the south by the slopes of Karkonosze, with Mt. Szrenica (1362m AMSL) towering over the town, from the north by the Jizera Mountains with the High Stone (1058m AMSL) and the Black Mountain (965m AMSL), and from the East by the Foothills of Karkonosze, separating the town from Jeleniog&oacute,rska Valley.
The distance runs through marked hiking trails along the ridge of the Karkonosze Mountains.
700 athletes from 22 countries and 16 WMRA Athletics Member Federation countries will take part in the race for the championship. Exactly the Countries who announced their official presence are: Australia, Czech Rep., England, Germany, Hungary. Ireland, Italy, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Slovenia, South Africa, Ukraine, USA, Wales and, of course, hosting country, Poland.”
“Some Federations decided to send good marathon runners with small (probably) mountain running experience.
Women team favorites could be: Italy with Iozzia, Ferrara and also Vaccina good marathon runners, England (Fines, LDMRCh 2011 – 3rd, Lupton, LDMRCh. 2008 – 5th, LDMRCh 2001 – 8th, LDMRCh. 2012 – 12th, Buckley, LDMRCh. 2012 – 21st, Rush, his marathon record time about 2 hours and 37minutes), USA – without Stevie Kremer but USA team leader declared to have a strong team and all must believe it, perhaps RSA as they never competed out of their country, Russia this year rather weak.
Besides like individual for the victory in the women race it is necessary to consider also Angela Mudge and Irish Karen Alexander (LDRMCh. 2011 – 2nd.).
Men team favorites could be again Italy, USA and, perhaps, RSA.
For the victory in the men individual race a lot of runners are candidate to the gold medal: Italian Marco De Gasperi (six time world Champion), Slovenian Mitja Kosovelj (LDMRCh winner in 2011, second on last year 2012 and third on 2008, besides junior world Champion in 2003), Romanian Ionut Zinca (ECh 2012 – 3, WMRCh 2011 – 7 and specialized in orienteering, 5 in World Championships 2011), Czech Petr Pechek (LDRMCh. 2011 – 6), Irish Brian Macmahon (LDMRCh. 2012 – 6) and Welsh Andrew Davies (LDRMCh. 2011 – 8). Poland believe and hope a good performance from Marcin Swierc (2 times Maraton Karkonoski winner).
Certianly it will be a great event.
PZLA Officials and WMRA President Bruno Gozzelino, together other WMRA Council members will attend to the Challenge.

News from LOC

Source of the pictures by LOC
On front page:
– Logo of the event,
On second page:
– a scenic view of the competition of last year.

“

“Slovenian Mateja Kosovelj and Eritrean Teklay Azeria Weldemariam won the third stage of the WMRA Grand Prix 2013 at Kamnik, Slovenia.
258 Runners from 14 countries gathered on the start line of the 15th Grintovec race in a beautiful valley of Kamniska Bistrica 25km north from Ljubljana.
Some world top mountain runners attended: 2012 winner and the winner of the first Grand Prix race Azerya Teklay Weldemariam from Eritrea, European silver medallist Italian Alex Baldaccini and his team mate Gabrielle Abate, British Robbie Simpson and Sam Tosh, Japanese Yujiro Iida and Fujio Miyachi, etc.
”
“Eritrean runner started with a high pace that no one could follow, so he run his own race all along the 9,6km course with extreme 2000 elevation gain. He crossed the finish line with a smile on his face in a decent time of 1:22:14, which was far away from the course record and also from his winning time from the last year – but still a very good results when respecting the extreme conditions – it was the hottest day of this summer with 38degC in the valley.
All the others were fitting for the rest 2 medals and the strongest was local Nejc Kuhar, third from the last year, specialist for extreme mountain running races like kilometre vertical.
Baldaccini, who was the only one who even tried to follow the late winner, paid the price of too fast beginning and finished third.
A short view to the start list of the women’s race shows only one candidate for the top position: Mateja Kosovelj, bronze medallist from Borovets did not disappoint her fans and finished clearly in fort of the others.
Ex-Croatian mountain running team member Veronika Jurisic was a big surprise finishing on the second position and Iva Milesova, the 2012 winner, finished third.
Both course records will remain a challenge for the next years, Anna Pichrtova and Jonathan Wyatt will stay on the top positions of the &quot,all times top results&quot,.
The organizers did a really great job, all the runners enjoyed the hospitality and excellent course preparation with lots of well supplied refreshing stations along the course.
In the Grand Prix, after the third race, all the leading 4 ladies finished 2 races but Mateja Kosovelj took the lead, in the men’s competition, Teklay with 2 finished races came closer to Baldaccini, but both Italians on the first and third position finished 3 races.
The next station of the WMRA Grand Prix will be the World Championships at Krynica Zdroj in Poland in begin September.

Tomo Sarf for LOC

Source of the pictures: Tomo Sarf.
– on front page: Mateja Kosovelj,
– on second page Eritrean Teklay Azeria Weldemariam: one moment of relax, immediately&nbsp,before the prize flower ceremony.

“

“After the European and NACAC Mountain Running Championships, more than 200 runners from 14 countries have entered the 15th edition of &quot,The Grintovec Mountain running race&quot,, the third stage of 2013 WMRA Grand Prix, that will be held on Sunday 28th July in Kamnik, Slovenia.
The course is a real mountain course, taking the normal trail from the Kamniska Valley (602m) to the Grintovec summit (2554m).
Almost 2000m elevation gain on less than 10km, normal hikers need 6 hours to reach the summit and another six to go back.
Course record holders are Jonathan Wyatt and Anna Pichrtova (1:15:43 and 1:31:50, both in 2006) and it seems that those records will last for a long time.”
“There will be lots of famous runners among the starters.
In the men’s division, Azeira Teklay from Eritrea, three times World vice-champion will try to repeat his success from 2012.
He will find his strongest opponents in Italian Baldaccini, current European vice-champion and his teammate Abate.&nbsp,
Nejc Kuhar and Simon Alic, local experts for steep climbs, will surely try to show their strength on the home mountain. Surprise could also come from Great Britain, Japan or USA.
In the women’s division Mateja Kosovelj, bronze medallist from European championships and second in Grand prix race in Arco just a week ago will surely attack the women’s course record.
Another strong lady on the slopes of Grintovec will be Iva Milesova.
The weather forecast promises hot and sunny weather that is not the best for the runners, but high altitude will decrease the summer temperatures.
&nbsp,

News from Tomo Sarf for LOC

Sources of&nbsp,pictures from LOC
On front page:
– Eritrean Azeria Teklay Weldemariam,
on second page,
– Slovenian Bajic”

“Today, on July 21, 2013, the Cranmore Hill Climb presented by Northeast Delta Dental hosted the 10th NACAC Mountain Running Championships in North Conway, New Hampshire, USA.
Teams from Canada, Mexico, and USA participated.
Team scoring for the women included up to four women per team with the top two scoring, while the men could run up to four men on the team with the top three scoring.

”
“Team USA was victorious sweeping the top positions in both the men’s and women’s race with 2012 World Mountain Running Championship’s bronze medalist Morgan Arritola covering the 8-kilometer course in 42:31, followed by teammate Megan Lizotte in 46:03, for a team score of 3 points.
Canada finished in silver-medal position with Meggan Franks and Sarah Bergeron-Larouch in fifth and sixth position to score 11 points.
Mexico’s Ana Rosa Gomez Velazquez and Sandra Lizeth Lopez Navarro scored 19 points to earn the bronze medal.
Joseph Gray won his fifth NACAC Mountain Running Championships title crossing the 12-kilometer course finish line in 56:23.
He was followed by teammate Max King, the 2011 World Mountain Running Champion, who finished in a time of 56:45, followed by Glenn Randall in 57:58.
The USA team score was 6.
Canada and Mexico both achieved a score of 22, but Canada finished their third scoring member before the Mexican runner.
First for Canada was Jeff Gosselin in sixth position followed by David LePorho in seventh, and Allister Gardner in ninth.
For Mexico, Jose Alberto Madera Vega finished in fourth with Victor Manuel Mercado Mirands in eighth. Fabian Vera Gutierrez, and Jose de Jesus de Los Angel finished in tenth and eleventh respectively.
In addition to the NACAC competition, the event hosted the USA Mountain Running Championships and team selection race for the 2013 U.S. Mountain Running Team.
At Cranmore was run also junior race, but these competition were not valid like NACAC Championships.
The winner of junior women race was the Mexican Veronica de Loa Angel who run in 26.13 in front of two American, also in junior men race the winner was a Mexican runner that is Omar Ernesto Ponce Mendivil who clocked 45.54. Ten runners finished the race.
USA Track and Field officials who were member of the jury of appeals included Bill Roe, long distance running chairperson, Kim Keenan-Kirkpatrick, women’s long distance running chairperson, and Mike Scott, cross country chairperson. The course referee was Steve Vaitone, USATF New England managing director.
Nancy Hobbs, WMRA Treasurer, was also present at the event.
Full result are available at following address: http://www.coolrunning.com/results/13/nh/Jul21_USAMou_set1.shtml.

News from Nancy Hobbs (WMRA Treasurer)

Pictures&nbsp, from LOC:
on front page:
– banner of the event,
on second page:
– women individual podium,
– women team podium,
– men individual podium,
– men team podium.”

“At Arco for the second stage of the WMRA Grand Prix 2013 there were two splendid races!
Italian man Bernard Dematteis and English woman Emma Clayton won the races with a world-class performance.
The track was technical in parts and had a spectacular and very interesting profile.
18 cameras around&nbsp, the course allowed all those who attended the races in the start/finish area to enjoy the entire race live, thanks to the exquisite images projected onto a big screen showing the excitement of the races.
The impressive LOC, with its Chairman Franco Travaglia, provided an interesting mountain running track.
The presence of FIDAL Officials and of Local politicians were an impressive basis for an application of staging the European Mountain Running Championships 2016, which was announced at the event. ”
“In the women race 48 runners started and in the first ten positions there were athletes from five different nations.
Emma Clayton led the race taking the lead after two kilometers. Her victory was not questioned as she dominated and finished the race with a time of 46:49.
Behind her, a group of four athletes tried to chase the leader&nbsp, that included Slovenian Mateja Kosovelj who finished second (time 47:16) in front of the Italian Elisa Desco, third (time 47:40), Antonella Confortola, fourth (time 47:57) and Alice Gaggi, fifth (time 46.01).
In sixth place the recent silver medalist at the European championships, Valentina Belotti with a time of 46:44. In the first ten there was&nbsp, also the Kenyan Majna Veronicah Nijeri, running for an Austrian Club), who finished eighth (50:14 time) and the German Birgit Unterberger, ninth with time 50:33.&nbsp,
The men’s race was dominated by Bernard Dematteis,&nbsp, the recent champion of Europe, who is experiencing&nbsp, extraordinary form. After the&nbsp, start which was headed by some African athletes attending the race including the Eritrean Azeria Teklay Weldemariam,&nbsp, a three-time silver medalist at the World Championships of mountain running, who did not finish the race, Dematteis took the lead at the end of the first lap.&nbsp, He continued his successful tactics to lead and race to the finish inflicting more than a minute of difference to the runner-up, the Kenyan Kithjni Kenneth Kimathi. (registered with an Austrian Club).&nbsp, Dematteis&nbsp, won in 57 minutes and 53 seconds,&nbsp, ahead of second in&nbsp, 58:57. In third place, the Italian Alex Baldaccini (the recent European runner-up), with 59:06. The Gabriele Abate (ITA)&nbsp, finished fourth with 59:36 in front of the Slovenian Mitjia Kosovelj with 59:46 and to another Kenyan Surum Robert Panin, with 59:56. These are the only athletes who finished the competition under 60 minutes.&nbsp, Xavier Chevrier (ITA) who was&nbsp, fourth at the 2013 European Championships, finished seventh with time of 1h00:06. Athletes of Great Britain, Holland, Japan, New Zealand also ran in Arco.
The races were held under a scorching sun, typical of the&nbsp, area and season, which also created problems for some of the athletes.
Present for the WMRA President Bruno Gozzelino and members of the WMRA Council, Raimondo Balicco and Tomo Sarf.
Full result are available on http://www.mysdam.net/events/event/results-download_26926.do

News&nbsp,edited by&nbsp,Bruno Gozzelino and Bashir Hussaiin&nbsp,&nbsp,(WMRA)

Pictures (source from FIDAL CR Trento):
on front page:
– the winner Bernard Dematteis at the finish!
on second page:
– the winner Emma Clayton in action.”