Kingsway graduate Ryan Allen won his 2nd straight USATF Under-20 10,000-meter racewalk national title Saturday, covering the 12 ½ laps at Hayward Field in a massive lifetime-best 46:17.65.
Allen, 19, finished 90 seconds ahead of Clayton Stoil, who was timed in 48:47.89 and placed 2nd for a second straight year.
Allen’s race began minutes after older brother Sam finished 3rd in the 20,000 walk at Senior Nationals on the same track. Click here to read about his race.
Allen won the Under-20 title last year in a then-PR 49:53.14, winning by more than half a mile over the field.
So Allen trimmed 3 ½ minutes off his lifetime best, or the equivalent of 17 ½ seconds per lap.
With the win, Allen makes his 2nd straight U.S. national Under-20 team. He raced at the World Under-20 Championships in Cali, Columbia, last August, and will race in the Pan Am Under-20 Championship Aug. 4-6 in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
Stoll was 2nd last year in 54:15.71. Allen has defeated Stoil twice in a row now since Stoil edged Allen to win the National Scholastic title last June, also at Hayward Field.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 