Great finish to 2017 for racewalker Katie Miale

It was the final USATF national championship of the calendar year and it’s the final Marist track result of the calendar year, and it’s great news for junior racewalker Katie Miale! Competing at the USATF indoor 5km championships up at RIT – with her teammates Alyssa Lafave and Alex Hogue cheering her on – Katie had a tremendous walk, placing fourth overall in 26:11, improving on her high school PR of 27:56 by a whole heck of a lot of time, and punching a ticket to the Millrose Games mile racewalk in the process. It’s been a really strong second half of the year for Katie, and she’s worked very hard (very often, by herself) on her improvement, so this was great to see. She was a bit nervous about her first-ever 25-lap race; her plan was to keep the splits between 60-65 for as long as possible and as you can see, she did a very good job with this; almost flawless, actually, and certainly good enough. Nicely done, Katie, and Happy New Year to everyone!

USATF Indoor 5km Racewalk Championship

At the Upstate NY Holiday Classic

Rochester Institute of Technology

Henrietta, NY

Saturday, December 30, 2017

4. Katie Miale 26:11

1:00, 1:59 (59), 3:03 (64), 4:03 (60), 5:05 (62)

6:07 (62), 7:09 (62), 8:10 (61), 9:12 (62), 10:16 (64)

11:18 (62), 12:20 (62), 13:23 (61), 14:26 (63), 15:32 (66)

16:37 (65), 17:42 (65), 18:43 (61), 19:47 (64), 20:51 (64)

21:54 (63), 22:59 (65), 24:06 (67), 25:09 (62), 26:11 (62)

Kilometer splits: 5:05, 5:11, 5:16, 5:19, 5:20