USATF Junior Championships: Colabella and Lee in the 10km

It was a tough night at the track for our 10km boys at USA Juniors. Even though it was 9 p.m. local time, the temperature was still 91 sticky degrees. Hardly optimal conditions for a 25-lap race. In fact, such heat can be downright dangerous. Put it in perspective: The race winner had a PR of 29:37; on Friday night, he ran 31:14. And it was a darn good race! So yeah. Pretty tough out there.

The results: Ryan Colabella was 14th out of 26 runners in the field in a time of 33:48.10. Johnny Lee was a DNF, but a most bizarre one at that. Johnny completed 24 laps. Through delirium with the heat, confusion on his part and the fact that he thought an official told him he was done, he stopped a lap short of the finish. So he is a DNF. He was a bit behind Ryan, but he was ahead of a few runners in the field. We’ve had several DNFs in this meet through the years; this one, by far, is the most unusual.

The splits are ugly and you can see how the heat took its toll on the entire field, our runners included. Here you go …

Ryan Colabella, 33:48.10

77, 2:33 (76), 3:50 (77), 5:07 (77)

6:05 (78), 7:44 (79), 9:03 (79), 10:19 (76)

11:35 (76), 12:52 (77), 14:12 (80), 15:32 (80)

16:55 (83), 18:18 (83), 19:39 (81), 21:03 (84)

22:29 (86), 33:54 (85), 25:21 (87), 26:47 (86)

28:13 (86), 29:39 (86), 31:06 (87), 32:32 (86)

33:48.10 (76.10)

Johnny Lee, DNF

78, 2:33 (75), 3:50 (77), 5:07 (77)

6:25 (78), 7:44 (79), 9:04 (80), 10:24 (80)

11:42 (78), 13:05 (83), 14:28 (83), 15:54 (86)

17:21 (87), 18:49 (88), 20:19 (90), 21:47 (88)

23:17 (90), 24:47 (90), 26:14 (87), 27:44 (90)

29:13 (89), 30:40 (87), 32:09 (89), 33:37 (88)

--- (DNF)