Nur's cross country win earns him USATF Athlete of the Week honors

INDIANAPOLIS — Winning the men's 65-69 title at the USATF Club Cross Country Championships, Jacob Nur (Elk Grove, California/USATF Pacific) earned recognition as the 43rd USATF Athlete of the Week award winner for 2022.
 
Nur, 67, clocked 29:51 for 8km on the challenging Golden Gate Park course in San Francisco to win his age group by 1:38 and achieve an age grade of 92.24%, the best of all finishers in the masters men's competition. Representing the SRA Elite club, Nur finished third overall out of 240 finishers in the race that was open to athletes aged 60 and above. He has bettered several age group records from 5km to the half marathon in the past 18 months and won the 65-69 gold at the USATF Masters 5km Cross Country Championships in October.
 
Other top performances from last week:

• Joannie Siegler, 65, had the top age-graded performance in the women's masters 6km race at the USATF Club Cross Country Championships, achieving a 92.84% grade with her 25:37 to win the 65-69 division by almost two minutes.
• Sophia Rodriguez won the girls' 13-14 4km race at the USATF Junior Olympics Cross Country Championships by more than 23 seconds in 14:03.
• Karanveer Patil won the boys' 11-12 3km race at the USATF Junior Olympics Cross Country Championships in 9:24.1, 15 seconds ahead of the runner-up.
• Cole Hocker won the Open Men's title at the USATF Club Cross Country Championships by five seconds.
• Bethany Hasz won her first USATF title, taking the top spot in the Open Women's race at the USATF Club Cross Country Championships.
• Camille Herron bettered the track world record for 100 miles and the American records for 50km, 100km and 100 miles at the Desert Solstice Invitational in Arizona.

Now in its 21st year, USATF’s Athlete of the Week program is designed to recognize outstanding performers at all levels of the sport. USATF names a new honoree each week when there are high-level competitions and features the athlete on USATF.org. Selections are based on top performances and results from the previous week. 

2022 Winners: January 10, Alicia Monson; January 17, Keira D’Amato; January 24, Nyckoles Harbor; January 31, Elle Purrier St. Pierre; February 7, Chris Nilsen; February 14, Grant Fisher; February 21, Camille Herron; February 28, Cole Hocker; March 7, Grant Fisher; March 14, Randolph Ross; March 21, Grant Holloway; March 28, Anna Hall; April 4, Natalie Cook; April 11, Valarie Allman; April 18, Gabby Thomas; April 25, Robyn Stevens; May 2, Erriyon Knighton; May 9, Emily Sisson; May 16, Britton Wilson; May 23, Janee Kassanavoid; May 30, Michael Norman; June 6, Chari Hawkins; June 13, Devon Allen; June 27, Sydney McLaughlin; August 10, Roisin Willis; August 17, Grant Fisher; August 24, Kara Winger; August 31, Alicia Monson; September 7, Kara Winger; September 14, Joe Kovacs; September 21, Biya Simbassa; September 28, Garrett Heath; October 4, Hillary Bor; October 11, Emily Sisson; October 18, Katelyn Tuohy; October 25, Chris Gomez; November 1, Parker Valby; November 8, Adam Peterman; November 15, Tyrone Gorze; November 22, Katelyn Tuohy; November 29, Irene Riggs; December 5, Paige Stoner; December 12, Jacob Nur.

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Photo Credit: Paul Carlin