NAZ Elite wins two national championships in loaded week of racing

The heart of the outdoor racing calendar got into full swing for NAZ Elite as the year shifted to June. A pair of national championships by runners Ahmed Muhumed and Florence Caron highlighted a weekend in which nearly half of the Flagstaff-based teams’ runners competed.

Muhumed won his third U.S. championship on June 6, winning the USA Track and Field 4 Mile Championship in Peoria, Illinois. He finished his gold medal run with a time of 17:57, winning a head-to-head final stride against former Pan American Games medalist Reid Buchanan of Kansas City Smoke by three seconds.