NAZ Elite will need every little edge over the competition it can get as it sends two of its athletes to the USATF Indoor Championships to race today.Ìý
Olin Hacker and Katie Wasserman will toe the line of very competitive 3,000-meter races in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It's the second consecutive year the city, which sits at 5,300 feet elevation, will play host to the event, and NAZ Elite coach Jack Mullaney believes his runners have an advantage when it comes to the altitude and the close proximity of the meet to Flagstaff.Ìý
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Mike Hartman is the associate editor of the Daily Sun, a role he moved into after working as the sports editor, a sports reporter and a page designer. He can be reached at [email protected]Ìý´Ç°ùÌý(928) 556-2255.Ìý
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