Give it up for your 2022 @usatf road 15k champions Nico Montanez and @Em_Sisson!#flynnsporters pic.twitter.com/piymicQUxD
— Flynn Sports (@Flynnsports) March 5, 2022
Former St. Augustine standout runner Nico Montanez won the USATF 15-K Championships held in Jacksonville, Florida on Saturday. Montanez recorded a time of 43:10 to earn his first national title.
Montanez (28) earned $10,000 in prize money for his win.
“It wasn’t a moment like that where I’m like, oh, I had the lead and time to go,” Montanez said in his post-race media interview. “This thing was planned, it was maneuvered, it was thought out, it was prayed for. This is something that has been on my mind. This is Andrew and Deena Kastor, both of my coaches. This is their recipe.”
Emily Sisson (30) of Phoenix earned a time of 47:28 to collect her fifth national title. Sisson also earned $10,000 plus a $5,000 bonus for crossing the finish line first in the gender challenge. According to the rules, the women were given a six-minute head start and Sisson crossed the finish line one minute and 42 seconds ahead of Montanez.
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