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April 1: Alaska’s Allie Ostrander participated in the World Athletics Cross Country Championships on Saturday in Belgrade, Serbia.
Ostrander, who grew up in Soldotna and ran for Kenai Central, finished in 34 minutes and 11 seconds.
She told the online site Let’s Run that her goal was to finish in the top 30 and that she was happy to score for Team USA. The U. S. is ranked as the second fastest American.
“I’m pretty satisfied,” she said. My plan is to be conservative and try to be comfortable and progress as much as possible, simply because of the warmth and strangeness of the course. I’m satisfied with it. “
The Kenyan runners took the top five positions in the race, which she won thanks to Beatrice Chebet, who finished in 31:05.
Ostrander, who now races in Seattle, was the second-fastest American runner, Weini Kelati Frezghi, who finished 15th in 32:53.
Ostrander, an All-American at Boise State and won the NCAA Division I women’s steeplechase course in 2017, 2018 and 2019.
Ostrander qualified for the world championships by placing fourth at the U. S. Cross Country Championships. in the U. S. in January.