Bolder Boulder 2001 Post-Race

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Bolder Boulder 2001

In a blur, USA's Clint Wells (left) rounds a corner with Ceslovas Kundrotas of Lithuania (right) and Armando Quintanilla of Mexico (back).
Inset on the right: Colorado's Deena Drossin powers to victory.

Drossin Leads a U.S. Revival at Bolder Boulder
"The U.S. is back on track," said Peter De La Cerda, member of the U.S. Bolder Boulder team. "Don't ever say it's dead."

Never dead, but now awakened from a slumber, the performances by both the US men and women's elite teams at this year's Bolder Boulder provided a big shot in the arm to distance running in this country. Buoyed by Deena Drossin's win in the women's race, both squads ran to third place finishes in the International Team Challenge. The previous bests were sixth for the women and seventh for the men.
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Former CU All-American Clint Wells led the American men to a 3rd place team finish. Wells finished 7th in a time of 29:51.
Photography by Troy Theodos ©2001

Drossin, Koskei Run Away With Titles at Bolder Boulder
The 23rd running of the Bolder Boulder was packed with tough fields as Deena Drossin from the U.S. and James Koskei from Kenya ran away with victories.
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James Koskei of Kenya ran to victory in the elite men's field with a time of 29:00.
Photography by Troy Theodos ©2001

Deena Drossin down the hill from Folsom Stadium and around the corner on way to victory in 33:25.
Photography by Troy Theodos ©2001

Ejagayou Dibaba of Ethiopia runs to second place in 33:42.
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Drossin (#46) leads the pack down the hill at the start with teammate Milena Glusac at her side (#48). Nora Leticia Rocha of Mexico (#27), Alina Ghelasim of Romania (#39).
Photography by Troy Theodos ©2001

Results
Wheelchair: Women | Men
Citizens: Women | Men
Elite: Women | Men
Elite Teams: Women | Men

Links to coverage from The Daily Camera, April 29, 2001:

Citizens exhibit other side of the race
Dan Fremont shuffled across the Bolder Boulder finish line, his left leg bound in a walking cast and a crutch tucked under his right arm.

Drossin leads the way in Bolder
For a solid half-hour after winning the 23rd Bolder Boulder 10k on Memorial Day, Deena Drossin stood on the Folsom Field sidelines signing autographs for throngs of admiring youngsters.

Davey gets serious, wins women's citizens division
Fourth-place wasn't so bad, Natalie Davey reasoned. In fact, it was good, right?

Kenyan kick: This time Koskei has it
The Kenyan kick. For the sixth time in the last seven Bolder Boulders it has been too much for the rest of the elite men's field to handle.

U.S. runners steal show at Bolder
The ovation was deafening enough when Alamosa's Deena Drossin entered Folsom Field, capping her first Bolder Boulder victory.

Elite women's results

Mendoza makes it 4 straight with win in wheelchair race
Mendoza makes it 4 straight with win in wheelchair race

Germany's Weiss top citizen; Colorado Cup goes to Robbie
Germany's Weiss top citizen; Colorado Cup goes to Robbie

Drossin takes home $20,500
The Bolder Boulder is lighter in the checkbook today, much to the delight of Deena Drossin.

Toland steps in at last minute for U.S. women
On Friday, Sarah Toland was out on the Potts Field track, running an interval session of 14x400 meters in 72 seconds. Saturday, she lifted weights and ran, then worked all day selling shoes at the Boulder Running Company.

Channel 4 missteps during men's elite breakaway
Just when it seems like Channel 4 might have this business of televising the Bolder Boulder down to a science, that pesky element of chance comes into play.

2001 Bolder Boulder Video Clips

Bolder Boulder team standings
Team scores from Monday's Bolder Boulder, with individual finishes in parentheses, total points and prize money (U.S. teams received $15,000 U.S. Olympic Training Funds bonus).

Boulder resident and Ecuadorian runner Silvio Guerra led early in the race, but his legs weren't quite recovered from his recent 2nd place finish at the Boston Marathon. Guerra ran a 30:44 and along with brother Vladimir Guerra and teammate Franklin Tenorio gave Ecuador an 8th place team finish.
Silvio's pre-race story
Photography by Troy Theodos ©2001

Men's Team USA-click on photo to enlarge.

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