Vega leads field for USA Men's 10 Mile Championship

2010 USA Half Marathon champion Antonio Vega (Minneapolis, Minn.) leads the field for the USA Men's 10 Mile Championship Saturday in Flint, Mich. The championship will be hosted by the Crim Festival of Races.

Vega will face two-time Team USA Cross Country squad member Scott Bauhs (Mammoth Lakes, Calif.) as well as 25 km American Record holder Fernando Cabada (Boulder, Colo.). Additional contenders for the title include Fasil Bizuneh (Flagstaff, Ariz.), and home state favorite Ryan Sheehan (Kalamazoo, Mich.).

Highlights of the USA Men's 10 Mile Championship will be webcast in cooperation with RunnerSpace.com at www.USARunningCircuit.com.

About the USARC

The USA Men's 10 Mile Championship is the seventh stop for the men on the 2010 USA Running Circuit (USARC) and features $17,200 in prize money with $7,000 going to the champion.

The 2010 USARC is a USA Track & Field road series, featuring USA Championships from one mile to the marathon and attracts the best U.S. distance runners. The circuit features ten events each for men and women. Vega leads the men's standings with 32 points.

The 2010 USARC will once again see a record amount of circuit prize money for a non-Olympic year with total prize purse of $623,850 offered by host events. U.S. athletes will also have the opportunity to qualify for various Team USA events, including the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships and the Chiba International Ekiden.

The first ten U.S. runners earn points at each USARC race (15 for first, 12 for second, 10 for third, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1), with a final $12,500 grand prix purse ($6,000, $4,000, and $2,500) for the top three men and women point scorers overall. The USARC points at the USA Marathon Championships will be doubled.

The mission of the USA Running Circuit is to showcase, support, and promote U.S. runners. Since its inception in 1995, the USARC and its races have provided over $6 million dollars to U.S. distance runners.
For more information on the 2010 USA Men's 10 Mile Championship visit www.USARunningCircuit.com.