11/20/07 - Rye Brook Sports Wire - Rye Brook's Sweeney Debuts As U.S. Men's Champion

Athletics (RWire): Gardner Wins National 24 Hour Title, Just Misses U.S. Record at Ultracentric

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Connie Gardner was the whole story of the 20th U.S. National 24 Hour Run Championship, hosted by the Ultracentric 24 Hour on November 17-18 in Grapevine, Texas, a Dallas suburb. The 44-year-old Medina, Ohio endurance athlete, a former 100K national champion and U.S. National 100K Team member, had moved up to the all-day/all-night event at the Ultracentric national title race last November......

... 17-18, 2007 Conditions: warm & humid MEN 1) Akos Konya, 33, Hungary (Guest), 146.25 miles 2) Bob Sweeney, 40, Rye Brook, NY, 139.5 miles (national champion), $250* 3) Roy Pirrung, 59, Kohler, WI, 138.5 miles 4) Phil McCarthy, 39, New York, NY, 129.0 ...