BI-COASTAL COACHING TEAM HELPS CAIN BE HER BEST
By David Monti
(c) 2013 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved
(used with permission)
NEW YORK (27-Jan) -- When Alberto Salazar took over
coaching high schooler Mary Cain last October, he knew
that he would only be able to see the 16 year-old star
from Bronxville, N.Y., intermittently; Salazar lives 2900
miles away in Portland, Ore., and already has a full plate
coaching superstars Mo Farah and Galen Rupp.
So, the three-time ING New York City Marathon champion enlisted
the help of another Olympian, New Zealander John Henwood, who works
as a coach and massage therapist in New York City, to work with Cain.
Henwood acts as Cain's coach-in-residence, supervising her workouts and reporting back to Salazar.
Cain said that the set-up has worked very well for her.
"You know, he's been great since Alberto's all the way across the country," Cain told reporters yesterday
after smashing Debbie Heald's 41 year-old American high school indoor mile record with her 4:32.78
performance. "He's kind of here as kind of my coach at home. It's great, because you know, sometimes
maybe I'm like having a really great workout and I'm going faster than we expected. He's able to kind of
like pick it up or, you know, I'm having a bit more trouble and slow it down. Just the support and
having somebody here who's making sure I'm doing everything beforehand and keeping me calm. It's really
great."
Henwood, 40, represented New Zealand in the 2004 Olympics in Athens in the 10,000m, although he didn't
finish the race. Well over six feet tall, Henwood has run 13:30.41 for 5000m and 27:45.98 for 10,000m.
His best marathon was 2:15:05 at the ING New York City Marathon in 2005 where he finished 13th.
He meets up with Cain several times a week to implement Salazar's program, and sometimes paces her
through her workouts.
"Mileage-wise, we're not trying to overwhelm me," Cain explained. "I'm still young and, hopefully, I
still have a while to go. A lot of it is going to be a gradual process."
Cain said that under Salazar she is doing more body strengthening, like core work, which she said is "a
little bit more intense" than what she had been doing before. She said she's trying not to let the
increased intensity faze her.
"You know, he really knows what he's doing and I trust him one hundred percent," Cain said of Salazar.
Henwood was at the Armory yesterday to watch Cain's race and he liked what he saw.
"I saw, pretty much, a superstar in the making, to be honest," Henwood told Race Results Weekly "She ran
amazing. We would have liked, maybe, to be a little bit closer so that when they kicked she would have
been up there (for the win). I definitely think she had the fastest kick in the field. Amazing. A
record, what else could you ask for?"
From Henwood's perspective, Cain executed the race very well, and he liked the clean running form she
showed in the final three laps, despite running about 31 seconds for each 200-meter lap.
"She was trying to relax," Henwood explained. "I think she was a little nervous going into the race, and
once she sat back and relaxed and then she knew it was time. Like, OK, three or four laps to go, her
posture automatically changes, she gets up on her toes more, and she's ready to go."
Could she have done something better?
"It would have been slightly better if she had done that in fourth place or fifth place, instead of being
sixth," Henwood allowed. "But, we're looking at perfection here. She ran 4:31/4:32. Alberto, myself,
we're extremely proud of her."
Cain continues her indoor season at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston next Saturday where she
will run in the two-mile. The USA indoor high school record for that distance, according to Track &
Field News, is 9:55.92 by Melody Fairchild set in 1991. Because the Boston meet will be contested on a
standard, 200-meter banked track, Cain can also collect the USA indoor 3000m high school and junior
records en route to her two-mile finish. Those marks are 9:17.4+ by Fairchild (1991) and 9:15.56 by
Aisling Cuffe (2012). Cain ran 9:02.10 earlier this season, but that mark was made on an over-sized
307-meter track and cannot count as an indoor record.
MARCHANT TO RETURN TO SCOTIABANK TORONTO WATERFRONT MARATHON
By Paul Gains
Used with permission
(16-Sep) -- A year ago Lanni Marchant made history by shaving half a minute
off the Canadian women's marathon record at the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront
Marathon, a time that, incredibly, had stood for twenty-eight years.
Marchant's time of 2:28:00 shocked many. And, now the London, Ont., native
returns to the scene of her greatest accomplishment to tackle another world class
field but with the benefit of some enormous experience.
Almost forgotten in the record-breaking hysteria which followed last year's race was the fact that Marchant, and fellow Canadian Krista DuChene, had
finished 3rd and 4th in this IAAF Silver Label race against a very tough international field. An invitation to this year's Boston Marathon followed
and she finished 14th. More recently she represented Canada in the Commonwealth Games in Scotland and recorded a solid 4th place.
Marchant, 30, who is sponsored by Asics and MarathonGuide.com, looks forward to the challenge in Toronto but is cautious knowing that people will
expect a record.
"I am really excited to come back," she declares. "Obviously last year went really, really well for me so I wouldn't mind to see if lightning can
strike twice. But also I wanted to come back and do a fall marathon because I know I am still really fit after the Commonwealth Games.
"I kind of let my workouts the next four weeks or so kind of dictate what pace I will shoot for (in Toronto). But I am still feeling really strong
after the Commonwealth Games and it kind of made sense to keep the ball rolling."
Her eagerness to race in Toronto had been apparent even as she prepared for the Commonwealth Games. Conversations with race director Alan Brookes
indicated she wanted a place on the starting line but would wait to see how well she recovered from the Glasgow race.
"The Commonwealth Games was the quickest I have ever recovered from a marathon," she emphasizes. "I wasn't all that sore right after. It shows I am
that much more prepared when I come into these races.
"I took a week off running, did a few little jogs here and there, mainly because I was getting a little bit of cabin fever in the Commonwealth
athlete's village. My first week my mileage was pretty low but I have been progressively upping my mileage each week I have been back."
Marchant's time in Glasgow was 2:31:14. Though she was ecstatic with achieving her target of a top-5 finish, afterwards, she thought about how she
might have whittled down another minute or so and taken the bronze medal. Indeed, she was one minute and two seconds behind bronze medalist Jess
Trengove of Australia.
"Obviously I wanted a medal. When you finish 4th you are the bridesmaid never the bride," she says laughing. "I didn't run a poor race. I actually
stuck to the race plan that my coach and I planned. There was no regret after that race. The medal would have been sweet; there was nothing I, as an
athlete, could have done differently in my preparation; nothing I can regret."
"Each run I am still learning. That's kind of the fun part of it. Boston was such a different race to what (2013 IAAF World Championships) World's
and Toronto had been and then the Commonwealth Games was very different from all of them."
Clearly she and coach Dave Mills believe she can run faster than her Canadian record but only when all the necessary factors line up: the buildup,
the competition and the environmental conditions. Pressed to offer a target she might go after in Toronto October 19th she is once again cautious.
"I will kind of trust my training and make the game time decision like I did last year as to what kind of shape I am in when I toe that line," she
says. "Obviously every track and field athlete wants to throw further and run faster. My coach and I were talking the other day and we definitely
think there is another couple of minutes there but knowing when that can be, well?
"Hopefully I can keep it up going to Toronto this year and down the road for the Olympics, etc. I am not going to put that pressure on myself always
having to 'PB' or set a record or run to other people's expectations. I want to make sure it's still fun. If the next four weeks of training go well
and I line up and I want to go sub 2:28 I will try to do it and let the race play out like it does. If the training goes well but I don't feel
great then I will line up and try to go for a solid 2:30 or whatever my body will be prepared for that day."
If her response appears as if she's keeping her cards close to her chest, much like one would expect from a lawyer, it's because she has returned
to her criminal law practice in Chattanooga, Tenn. Though she is Canada's top marathoner at the moment, that doesn't pay all the bills. Besides she
is comfortable with the hours she puts into her law and, when that day comes and she laces up her shoes purely as a recreational runner she will no
doubt focus completely on her chosen vocation.
Meanwhile she has a few more years of international class running in her before that day comes. And there are minutes to shave off that Canadian
record. Here's hoping everything lines up well for her at the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon October 19th.
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Defending Champions Highlight Top Contenders in 2018 Boston Marathon Push Rim Wheelchair Division
World best and course record holders Marcel Hug and Manuela Schar return to defend titles at the 122nd Boston Marathon on Patriots’ Day
2016 BAA Boston Marathon Boston, Ma April 18, 2016 Photo: Bruce [email protected] www.photorun.NET
BOSTON – Eight Boston Marathon champions, including reigning winners Marcel Hug and Manuela Schar of Switzerland, will compete in the push rim wheelchair division of the 122nd Boston Marathon on Monday, April 16. More than 50 athletes will be part of the wheelchair division, which starts in Hopkinton before the open race featuring 30,000 runners.
A prize purse of $84,500 – provided by principal sponsor John Hancock – will be shared among the top ten men and women push rim wheelchair finishers. The men’s and women’s winner will each receive $20,000.
Coming off triumphant wins a year ago, Hug and Schar will look to continue their string of success on the roads leading to Boylston Street. Hug, the three-time defending champion, aims to become the third men’s wheelchair competitor to earn a four-peat in Boston Marathon history, joining Ernst van Dyk (who has accomplished the feat twice) and Swiss legend Franz Nietlispach. Schar will look to join Edith Hunkeler as the only Swiss woman to win a pair of Boston titles. Jean Driscoll has the record for most Boston Marathon Women’s Wheelchair titles at eight.
“With eight Boston Marathon champions returning, this year’s race for the push rim wheelchair titles will be fierce,” said Tom Grilk, CEO of the B.A.A. “Coming off a year where two world bests were set in Boston, and the Abbott World Marathon Majors Series X champions were crowned here, the anticipation is high for dramatic races.”
In 2017, both Hug and Schar set new course records and world bests on the Boston course. Hug won a sprint to the line over ten-time Boston Marathon champion van Dyk, where both crossed the stripe in 1:18:04. Van Dyk will also return to Boston with hopes of reclaiming the top spot for the first time since 2014. He is the most decorated champion in event history.
Schar shaved more than five minutes from the previous course record of 1:34:06, covering the course in 1:28:17 a year ago. After finishing second in 2016, Schar earned her first Boston victory and became the first woman to ever dip under 1:30:00 in the wheelchair marathon. Hug and Schar also won the TCS New York City Marathon last fall.
Schar won’t have an easy run to the finish, though, as four-time champion Tatyana McFadden returns once again after placing fourth last year. After sweeping the Abbott World Marathon Majors from 2013 to 2016, McFadden returns after timing her fastest Boston in 2017 (1:35:05). She’s known to push the pace especially on the uphills late in the course.
Other champions returning to Boston include Japan’s Masazumi Soejima (2007, 2011) and Hiroyuki Yamamoto (2013); Canada’s Joshua Cassidy (2012); and Arizona’s Shirley Reilly (2012). Yamamoto placed third in the men’s division last year, while Cassidy is the former Boston course record holder with a best of 1:18:25.
Americans Amanda McGrory and Susannah Scaroni will aim to move up on the podium in 2018 after placing second and third a year ago. Each is searching for their first Boston title.
Making her Boston Marathon debut is Annika Zeyen of Germany. A gold and silver medalist at the Paralympic Games in wheelchair basketball for the German national team, Zeyen has transitioned to wheelchair marathon racing over the last two years and placed sixth at the 2017 TCS New York City Marathon.
This year’s Boston Marathon will be the penultimate event in the Abbott World Marathon Majors Series XI, which ends in London on April 22. Points scored over a rotating calendar season at the Boston, Virgin Money London, Tokyo, BMW Berlin, Bank of America Chicago, and TCS New York City Marathons will determine a male and female champion, each of whom will receive a $50,000 bonus. Hug and Schar currently lead the series by sizable margins with 91 and 84 points, respectively.
COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – Senior wrestler Noah Becker (Browerville, Minn.) was named Saint John’s University’s SCHEELS Athlete of the Week on Monday, Jan. 6.
Becker handed No. 1/2 Victor Gliva (14-1 record) his first loss of the season with a 6-3 decision at 133 pounds in the Johnnies’ 47-3 loss to No. 3 Augsburg last Saturday (Jan. 4) in Minneapolis. Gliva is ranked No. 1 nationally in the D3wrestle.com rankings (Dec. 18) and No. 2 by the National Wrestling Coaches’ Association (NWCA, Nov. 27).
Becker gained a 3-2 lead thanks to a late takedown with five seconds left in the first period. He was down to start the third period, tied at 3-3, and scored a reversal with 1:28 remaining and rode Gliva for the remainder of the match to earn the additional point.
Noah Becker
The win over a top-ranked wrestler was the second in a week for Becker, who is now 7-1 on the year. He defeated Levi Englman of Ferrum (Va.), the top-ranked wrestler according to the NWCA (No. 2 by D3wrestle.com), 4-2 to earn third-place honors last Monday (Dec. 30) at the Citrus Invitational in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
The Johnnies travel south to Iowa for a pair of competitions next weekend. SJU takes on Buena Vista for a 4 p.m. dual on Friday, Jan. 10, in Storm Lake and competes at the Central Invitational at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 11, in Pella.
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Former North Dakota State national champions Paul Carlson and Brian Kapusta, along with current NDSU senior associate AD and former Northern Colorado head coach Jack Maughan will be inducted into the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) Division II 2020 Jim Koch Hall of Fame presented by Sanford Health, on Thursday, March 12, in Sioux Falls in conjunction with the NCAA Division II National Championship.
The NWCA Division II 2020 Jim Koch Hall of Fame class includes Northern Colorado’s Mike Leberknight, Chadron State’s Josh Majerus and Brent Hunter, Augustana (S.D.) head coach Jason Reitmeier, Carlson, Kapusta, and Maughan.
The trio pushed the school’s number inducted to 13 overall including former head coach Bucky Maughan, Brad Rheingans and Bill Demaray in 1997; Lee Peterson and Mike Langlais in 2004, and Steve Saxlund, Nick Severson, George Thompson and Ryan Wolters in 2016.
Here’s a look at Carlson, Kapusta, and Maughan:
Paul Carlson, North Dakota State / 149, 157 pounds (2000-2004)
NCAA Division II national champion at 157 pounds in 2003, coached by Hall of Fame and Cannonsburg, Pa., native Bucky Maughan … Three-time All-American overall, placing second in 2002 and third in 2004 … Wrestled in four NCAA tournaments overall … During his career, NDSU won the national championship in 2000-01, placed second in 2001-2002 and 2003-2004, and fourth in 2002-2003 …Three-time North Central Conference champion from 2002-2004 … Part of three North Central Conference championship teams in 2001, 2002, 2004 … Carlson ranks 14th on the all-time win list with a record of 98-37-0 … Holds the single match takedown record with 12 vs. Northern State in 2001 … As a freshman placed fourth in the North Central Conference tournament and earned a trip to the NCAA Championship.
State wrestling champion in 2000, state runner-up in 1999 at St. Francis High School (Minn.) … Selected to wrestle at the USA Dream Team Classic … Five-time all-conference, six-year letter-winner in wrestling at St. Francis finishing with a 127-18 record … Conference wrestling MVP in 2000 … Named the 2000 St. Francis High School Athlete of the Year … Three-year letter-winner at quarterback and strong safety, earning all-conference honors as a senior … Cadet Greco Roman World Team member in 1997, placing sixth at the World tournament … Cadet and Junior All-American in both Greco and freestyle.
Currently lives in Elk River, Minn., with wife, Caitlin, and their four children, Jackson, Connor, Riley, and Avery … Elk River youth wrestling, football and baseball coach … Former head wrestling coach at alma mater St. Francis High School … Branch manager at Hedberg Supply in Plymouth, Minn., a landscape and masonry supply company.
Brian Kapusta, North Dakota State / 118 pounds (1993-95)
Three-time NCAA Division II national champion (1993-95) at 118 pounds for North Dakota State, coached by Hall of Fame and Cannonsburg, Pa., native Bucky Maughan … Selected as the 1995 NCAA Division II Most Outstanding Wrestler … Also placed third at the 1992 NCAA Championships as a freshman … Four-time NCAA All-American … One of only two four-time North Central Conference individual champions in NDSU history … Named the NCC’s Most Outstanding Wrestler in 1992 and 1995 … Career record was 108-17 for a .864 win percentage, which ranks fifth all-time … The Bison won three North Central Conference championships in 1992, 1993 and 1994, and placed second in 1995 … In the NCAA Division II National Championships, the Bison tied for second in 1992, placed third in 1993 and 1995, and finished fifth in 1995 … Named the 1995 North Dakota Associated Press Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association College Male Athlete of the Year … Bison Athletic Hall of Fame in 2014.
Two-time Pennsylvania state champion in 1989 and 1990 at 103 pounds for Greensburg Salem High School … Named to the 1990 USA Wrestling Dream Team at 103 pounds … Placed fourth at 1996 U.S. Olympic Trials … World and Olympic circuit highlighted by 1993 Olympic Sports Festival and 1995 University National championships … Runner-up at 1995 University Nationals and 1993 Pan American Championships held in Caracus, Venezuela … Placed fourth at the 1993 U.S. Nationals and World Team Trials, and finished seventh at 1991 ESPOIR World Championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia … Resume includes stops as head coach at Greensburg Central Catholic (Pa.) High School and Norwin (Pa.) High School and as assistant coach at Ligonier Valley (Pa.) High School … Currently, the head coach of the Hempfield Area Junior Olympic wrestling program in Greensburg, Pa. … Volunteers at the Young Guns Wrestling Club … Still active on the mat, wrestling weekly with some of the nation’s top-ranked high school wrestlers.
Brian has a daughter, Hayley, who is attending Minnesota State University Moorhead … Brian and his wife, Shanelle, have three children, Riley, Lucas and Nico.
Jack Maughan, University of Northern Colorado, Coach 1987- 2008
Maughan was just 24 years old when he began as UNC’s head coach in 1987-88 … He inherited a team that was winless before his arrival and in his third season went 9-6 with a 10th place national finish to earn the 1990 North Central Conference coach of the year award … UNC went on to finish third in the nation in 1991, and he was the Division II National Coach of the Year with a fourth-place finish as host of the 1992 national tournament. Maughan was instrumental in bringing the NCAA championship back to Greeley in 1996, an event that broke the tournament’s paid attendance record … A past president of the Division II Wrestling Coaches Association (1997-99) and the National Wrestling Coaches Association (2002-05), he served on the NWCA board of directors for 10 years.
Maughan was also the head coach of the UNC women’s golf team from 1995 to 2006 and the men’s golf team from 1995-2003 … He was the North Central Conference women’s golf Coach of the Year in 2000 and 2001, and the National Golf Coaches Association Regional Coach of the Year in 2001, 2002 and 2003 … Maughan moved into a role as UNC’s director of development in 2008 … During his career at UNC, he was part of a fundraising effort that secured $5 million for wrestling scholarships and facilities.
The son of Hall of Fame NDSU wrestling coach Bucky Maughan, Jack Maughan was a two-time Division II All-American for the Bison with sixth-place finishes at 126 pounds as a sophomore in 1984 and 134 pounds as a junior in 1985 … He was part of four North Central Conference championship teams that finished in the top six nationally each year.
Jack Maughan returned to his alma mater as North Dakota State University’s senior associate director of athletics for development in 2012 … He was appointed as the sport supervisor for the Bison wrestling program in 2015.
He and his wife, Brenda, reside in Fargo with their three sons, Henry, Gus, and Sam.
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