Olympians and National Champions to Headline Stacked Professional Athlete Field at 2023 USATF 5K Championships | Sports Destination Management

Olympians and National Champions to Headline Stacked Professional Athlete Field at 2023 USATF 5K Championships

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Oct 30, 2023

Five Olympians, one Paralympian, and four athletes who competed at this year’s World Athletics Championships will race in the 2023 USA Track & Field (USATF) 5K Championships at the Abbott Dash to the Finish Line 5K on Saturday, November 4. The event will take place in Midtown Manhattan the day prior to the TCS New York City Marathon and will be broadcast live on USATF.TV. Abbott will return as the title partner of the event which features a $79,500 prize purse – the largest of any 5K race in the world.

 

In the women’s race, two-time NCAA champion Weini Kelati will return in search of her third consecutive title in the event. Each of the last two years she has smashed the event record, taking the tape in 15:18 in 2021 and 15:15 in 2022. She will be challenged for the top spot on the podium this year by three-time national champion Keira D’Amato, 2023 U.S. cross-country champion Ednah Kurgat, and U.S. Olympians Abbey Cooper, Courtney Frerichs, Colleen Quigley, and Rachel Smith.

 

“Doing the Abbott Dash 5K is becoming a little bit of a early season tradition for me,” Kelati said. “Although my fall season looked a little bit different this year because of the opportunity I had to represent Team USA at the World Road Running Championships in Latvia, I’m really happy I get to come back to New York to try for my third straight 5K national title.”

 

Woody Kincaid, the U.S. 10,000-meter champion and American record-holder in the indoor 5,000 meters, will lead the men’s field. Lining up against him will be Olympic champion Matthew Centrowitz, the top American finisher at the World Athletics Championships marathon this year Zach Panning, 2023 B.A.A. 5K champion Morgan Beadlescomb, and last year’s fourth through sixth-place finishers in New York, Ahmed Muhumed, Alec Basten, and Brian Barraza.

 

“I still see my career being mostly on the track for the next few years, but I like the idea of throwing in some more road races when it makes sense,” Kincaid said. “As I look towards the Paris Games, the Abbott Dash will be a nice jump-start to my 2024 training, and it will be cool to be in the middle of the big city marathon hoopla without having to go the full 26.2.”

 

Following in the footsteps of the professional athletes, nearly 10,000 runners will participate in the Abbott Dash to the Finish Line 5K, including top local athletes and many runners in the marathon on November 5.

 

Abbott, the title sponsor of the Abbott World Marathon Majors, is the sponsor of the Abbott Dash to the Finish Line 5K for the seventh time. Abbott, a global healthcare leader, helps people live more fully with life-changing technology and celebrate what’s possible with good health.

The Abbott Dash to the Finish Line 5K annually provides TCS New York City Marathon supporters, friends, and families the opportunity to join in on the thrill of marathon race week. The course begins on Manhattan’s east side by the United Nations, then takes runners along 42nd Street past historic Grand Central Terminal and up the world-famous Avenue of the Americas past Radio City Music Hall. It then passes through the rolling hills of Central Park before finishing at the iconic TCS New York City Marathon finish line.

 

The Abbott Dash to the Finish Line 5K and USATF 5K Championships will be broadcast live via USATF.TV. The broadcast is scheduled to begin at 8:20 a.m. ET with the first race starting at 8:30 a.m. ET.
 

USATF 5K Championships – Men’s Field

Athlete

 

Residence

 

5K PR

 

5,000m PR

 

Brian Barraza

 

Boulder, Colo.

 

13:40

 

13:17.11i

 

Alec Basten

 

Baltimore

 

13:40

 

13:32.98i

 

Morgan Beadlescomb

 

Ann Arbor, Mich.

 

13:25

 

13:08.82

 

Michael Brannigan

 

East Northport, N.Y.

 

14:37

 

14:09.51

 

Anthony Camerieri

 

Brecksville, Ohio

 

N/A

 

13:26.58

 

Noah Carey

 

Syracuse, N.Y.

 

N/A

 

13:38.19

 

Matthew Centrowitz

 

Park City, Utah 

 

13:53

 

13:00.39

 

Vincent Ciattei

 

Flagstaff, Ariz.

 

N/A

 

13:46.21

 

Austen Dalquist

 

Boulder, Colo.

 

N/A

 

13:50.87

 

Tai Dinger

 

Boulder, Colo.

 

13:45

 

13:38.03

 

Willy Fink

 

Baltimore

 

13:36

 

13:16.97i

 

Ben Garner

 

Boulder, Colo.

 

N/A

 

14:26.53

 

Sam Gilman

 

Dayton, Ohio

 

N/A

 

13:25.17i

 

Eric Hamer

 

Boston

 

14:31+

 

13:29.60i

 

Derek Johnson

 

Brookline, Mass.

 

N/A

 

13:39.88i

 

Woody Kincaid

 

Flagstaff, Ariz.

 

13:42

 

12:51.61i NR

 

Ryan Kutch

 

New York

 

14:04

 

13:38.85

 

Joseph Minor-Williams

 

Minneapolis

 

N/A

 

13:51.50

 

Ahmed Muhumed

 

Flagstaff, Ariz.

 

13:27

 

13:16.09

 

James Mwaura

 

Spokane, Wash.

 

N/A

 

13:30.02

 

Zach Panning

 

Rochester Hills, Mich.

 

14:01

 

13:36.87i

 

Matt Pereira

 

New York

 

N/A

 

13:38.99

 

James Quattlebaum

 

Greenville, S.C.

 

13:55

 

13:52.47

 

Daniel Schaffer

 

Boone, N.C.

 

14:13

 

13:36.23

 

Isaac Updike

 

Flagstaff, Ariz.

 

13:48

 

13:26.69i

 

Matt Wilkinson

 

Flagstaff, Ariz.

 

13:57

 

13:35.45

 

Titus Winders

 

Minnetonka, Minn.

 

N/A

 

13:43.00

 

 

USATF 5K Championships – Women’s Field

Athlete

 

Residence

 

5K PR

 

5,000m PR

 

Lindsey Adams

 

Auburn, Calif.

 

16:32

 

16:13.30

 

Tegan Becker

 

Lawrence Twp., N.J.

 

N/A

 

17:19.24i

 

Katie Camarena

 

Ramona, Calif.

 

N/A

 

15:14.10

 

Abbey Cooper

 

Boone, N.C.

 

16:00

 

14:52.37

 

Keira D’Amato

 

Midlothian, Va.

 

15:25

 

16:09.86

 

Courtney Frerichs

 

Portland

 

N/A

 

14:48.75i

 

Abbe Goldstein

 

Baltimore

 

N/A

 

16:00.62i

 

Bethany Hasz

 

Dorchester, Mass.

 

15:30

 

15:14.08

 

Megan Hasz

 

Dorchester, Mass.

 

15:59

 

15:33.48

 

Emma Grace Hurley

 

Atlanta

 

15:27

 

15:42.94

 

Weini Kelati

 

Flagstaff, Ariz.

 

15:10

 

14:53.31

 

Abigail Kohut-Jackson

 

Baltimore

 

16:26

 

N/A

 

Ednah Kurgat

 

Colorado Springs, Colo.

 

N/A

 

15:11.30

 

Cailie Logue

 

Ames, Iowa

 

16:36

 

15:36.40

 

Sammy McClintock

 

Flagstaff, Ariz.

 

15:53

 

15:19.66

 

Lydia Olivere

 

Baltimore

 

N/A

 

16:10.37

 

Elle Orie

 

Buffalo

 

N/A

 

16:07.07

 

Kassie Parker

 

Rochester Hills, Mich.

 

16:43

 

15:37.00

 

Danielle Polerecky

 

Flagstaff, Ariz.

 

15:41

 

15:17.62

 

Colleen Quigley

 

Flagstaff, Ariz.

 

N/A

 

15:10.42

 

Annie Rodenfels

 

Boston

 

15:12

 

15:08.22i

 

Savannah Shaw

 

Raleigh, N.C.

 

N/A

 

15:33.42

 

Rachel Smith

 

Flagstaff, Ariz.

 

N/A

 

14:52.04

 

Annika Urban

 

Atlanta

 

N/A

 

16:06.95

 

Amanda Vestri

 

Boone, N.C.

 

N/A

 

15:42.48i

 
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