Frances Koons finished 7th yesterday at the USA 20K championships held in New Haven, CT. Competing well above her normal optimal distance (Koons was an NCAA All-American at 5000 meters, both indoors and outdoors, and was runner-up at the 2009 NCAA Indoor Championships at that distance), Koons finished in 1:11:03, some 1:06 behind race winner Meghan Peyton. Moving up in distance seems to have gone well for Koons, as she competed well (she went through the 10K mark in 34:45, just 5 seconds off the leader) over the 20K road course only one year removed from finishing 5th at the USA 1 mile road championship. You can see Frances cross the finish line at about the 18:35 mark of the race video above. Here are the top results from yesterday's race:
| Womens 20k |
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| Name | Time |
| 1 | | 1:09:57 |
| 2 | | 1:10:25 |
| 3 | | 1:10:43 |
| 4 | | 1:10:51 |
| 5 | | 1:10:52 |
| 6 | | 1:11:00 |
| 7 | | 1:11:03 |
| 8 | | 1:11:47 |
| 9 | | 1:11:54 |
| 10 | | 1:12:18 |
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