Jenkins’ Manchester win earns him USATF Athlete of the Week honors

INDIANAPOLIS -- Eric Jenkins (Portland, Oregon) won the men’s title at the Manchester Road Race to earn USATF Athlete of the Week.

Jenkins, who represented Team USATF in the 5,000m at the 2017 World Championships, ran 21:19 to miss the event record by only three seconds on the 4.748-mile course. Jenkins kept contact with defending champion Ed Cheserek of Kenya and British Olympian Andy Butchart before turning on the jets with a half-mile to go to pass that duo and beat Cheserek by three seconds.

Full results are here.

Other notable performances from the past week:

• Shannon Rowbury — Rowbury won the Applied Materials Silicon Valley Turkey Trot over a star-studded women’s field, clocking 15:41 for 5K.
• Aaron Templeton — Templeton was the men’s winner at the Silicon Valley race, finishing in 13:54.

 
Now in its 18th year, USATF’s Athlete of the Week program is designed to recognize outstanding performers at all levels of the sport. USATF names a new honoree each week and features the athlete on USATF.org. Selections are based on top performances and results from the previous week.
 
2019 Winners: January 9, Nick Christie; January 16, Hillary Bor; January 23, Taylor Ewert; January 30, Devin Dixon; February 6, Alison Wood; February 13, Ajee’ Wilson; February 20, Abbabiya Simbassa; February 27, Athing Mu; March 6, Neringa Jakstiene; March 13, Grant Holloway; March 20, Robyn Stevens; March 27, Deena Kastor; April 3, Irene Obera; April 10, Stanley Kebenei; April 17, Israel Merkle; April 24, Ryan Crouser; May 1, Emily Sisson; May 8, Kayla White; May 15, Parker Stinson; May 22, Kenny Bednarek; May 29, Sha’Carri Richardson; June 6, Brooke Andersen; June 12, Sha’Carri Richardson; June 19, Kayla Davis; June 26, Jordan Gray; July 3, Will Claye; July 10, Noah Lyles; July 17, Florence Meiler; July 24, Matthew Boling; July 31, Dalilah Muhammad; August 7, Cory McGee; August 14, Kara Winger; August 21, Leonard Korir; August 28, Will Claye; September 4, Donavan Brazier; September 11, Sara Hall; September 18, Kate Grace; October 10, Dalilah Muhammad; October 17, Jacques Sallberg; October 24, Leonard Korir; October 31, Camille Herron; November 7, Abdi Abdirahman; November 13, Dot McMahan; November 20, Joseph Gray; November 27, Grayson Murphy; December 5, Eric Jenkins.

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To nominate an athlete for USATF Athlete of the Week, please send a detailed email about his/her performance to communications@usatf.org.

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