Maria Michta was the respective women's 20 km winner Sunday at the 2009 Americas Race Walk Cup Trials in Pharr, Texas. Top finishers at the event will compete for Team USA at the first ever Americas Race Walk Championships later this year in San Salvador, El Salvador.
Solomiya Login (Philadelphia, Pa.) held the lead most of the way in the women's 20 km race until being passed with 5 km to go by Maria Michta (Nesconset, N.Y.). Michta crossed the finish line first in 1:46:02, with Login close behind in second place in 1:46.10. Susan Randall (Beavercreek, Ohio) was third in 1:51:37.
Allison Chin (Tipp City, Ohio) led from start to finish in dominating the field in the junior women's race. Chin set a personal best by three minutes with her winning time of 54 minutes 28 seconds, with Claudia Ortiz (Mission, Tex.) finishing second in 57:11, and Molly Josephs (Garden City, N.Y.) placing third in 58:28.
For more information on the 2009 Americas Race Walk Trials, including the complete results, visit: www.usatf.org.
