Medtronic TC 1 Mile 

TORRENCE BAGS $10,000 BONUS AND USA ROAD MILE TITLE
**Rowbury Wins Women's Crown**
By David Monti
(c) 2009 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved - used with permission

David Torrence's second national title of the year came with a welcomed sweetener: a $10,000 bonus.

The USA indoor 3000m champion won yesterday's inaugural USA road mile championship in Minneapolis, and his sub-four minute winning time of 3:59.3 was good enough to pick up the event's $10,000 sub-4:00 bonus, plus the $4000 first place check.  For the former Cal Berkeley athlete the $14,000 payday is particularly important: he doesn't have a major shoe company sponsor.

Second place went to former NCAA stars Jon Rankin (UCLA/4:01.7) and Bobby Curtis (Villanova/4:02.0).

The women's title went to USA Olympic Trials 1500m champion and former Duke standout Shannon Rowbury.  Her finish time was a solid 4:33.4, but not good enough to pick up the women's $10,000 bonus for which a sub-4:28 was required.  Sara Hall, who ran at Stanford, was a distant second in 4:39.1 and Sara Vaughn, formerly of the University of Colorado, landed the final podium spot in 4:41.3.

Organized by Twin Cities Marathon, Inc., and part of the Medtronic TC 1 Mile in which about 3000 recreational runners took part, the race was the first-ever national road mile championship held in the United States.

"This was a great start for the USA 1 Mile Road Championships," commented USATF's Jim Estes who attended the event.  "Thanks to the partnership with the Medtronic TC 1 Mile, it's great to see an emerging star like David Torrence win a U.S. title.  Events like this are important because it gives David and his fellow athletes the chance to step up and perform at the championship level."

2009 Results

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Women  
    1 Shannon Rowbury      San Francisco  CA   24   Nike                 4:33.4 
    2 Sara Hall            Mammoth Lakes  CA   26   Asics                4:39.1 
    3 Sara Vaughn          Boulder        CO   22   Boulder RC/adidas    4:41.3 
    4 Racheal Marchand     Iowa City      IA   23   Unattached           4:42.4 
    5 Meghan Armstrong     Minneapolis    MN   23   Team USA MN/Strands  4:42.5 
    6 Ann Detmer           Madison        WI   23   Wisconsin Runner RT  4:43.8 
    7 Mason Cathey         Indianapolis   IN   27   Indiana Invaders     4:45.6 
    8 Carrie Tollefson     St Paul        MN   32   Team USA Minnesota   4:46.9 
    9 Colleen Newhart      Oak Park       IL   28   Fleet Feet/Nike RT   5:07.1 
   10 Angee Henry          Omaha          NE   33   Team Nebraska Brooks 5:31.1 
                             

Men
    1 David Torrence       Berkeley       CA   23   Unattached            3:59.3 
    2 Jon Rankin           El Cajon       CA   27   Unattached            4:01.7 
    3 Bobby Curtis         Ardmore        PA   24   Reebok                4:02.0 
    4 Darren Brown         Austin         TX   24   Unattached            4:08.0 
    5 Jordan Fife          Bloomington    IN   25   Team IN Elite/Brooks  4:08.6 
    6 Tommy Schmitz        Milwaukee      WI   25   Wisconsin RRT/Saucony 4:09.6 
    7 John Richardson      Lexington      KY   24   Reebok                4:10.1 
    8 Kyle Alcorn          Fresno         CA   24   Nike                  4:11.0 
    9 Adrian Myers         Indianapolis   IN   24   Indiana Invaders      4:17.7 
   10 Ryan Kleimenhagen    Barneveld      WI   27   Wisconsin RRT         4:20.2 

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