In Rochester, USA, the USA 2018-2019 Indoor National Championships took place in one of the last 2018 races.
The format is unusual for most European countries, but it is worth trying out.
The athletes competed on two official distances: that of the 5,000m indoor walk (where most of the athletes finished the race and that of the 10,000m indoor walk reserved then to the few who continued to compete.
5.000m indoor walk men
Victory for Nick Christie (USA) in 21: 03.04
These are his split times:
- 1.000m: 3:46.92
- 2.000m: 7:52.17
- 3.000m: 12:11.62
- 4.000m: 16:39.05
- last 1.000m in 4:23.99
Second place to Michael Mannozzi (USA) in 24: 20.39
Third place to David Swarts (USA) in 24:45.78
Nick Christie then continued up to 10.000m which ended in 43:05.53, broking the national record that was far from 1974 in the possession of John Knifton (44.36.0).
Michael Mannozzi (Shore Athletic) also continued up to 10.000 meters completed in 49.33.49.
He completed the podium in the long distance Xu Jianping (USA) who finished the race in 52: 52.31
5.000m indoor walk women
Miranda Melville (USA) retained the 2018 title by winning the race in 22: 23.91 and beating her 16-second national record (previous 22: 39.53 also set in Rochester).
These are his split times:
- 1,000m: 4: 27.44
- 2.000m: 8: 52.62
- 3.000m: 13: 20.69
- 4.000m: 17: 52.80
- last 1,000m in 4: 31.11
Second place in Molly Joseph (USA) in 25.30.37.
Third place to Erin Taylor-Talcott (USA) in 25: 57.67.
In the second series of 5,000m indoor meters the results were decidedly less interesting.
(Photos by Sharon Ennis Gruttadauro and David Swarts - USA)