San Diego, CA – March 11, 2011 – Mike Sayenko, one of the country’s top marathoners, has announced that he has joined the Infinite Running team.
 
Currently, Mike is training for the US Olympic Marathon Trials, to be held in Houston in January 2012. Last October, he was 10th overall (2nd American) amongst a world-class field at the Chicago Marathon. He ran a PR of 2:14:27.
 
As a collegiate runner at University of Washington, Mike Sayenko was a Junior All American at 10k and twice earned NCAA All-West Region Team honors in cross country. During his senior year he made his marathon debut at the 2006 California International Marathon (2:19:45).  At age 22, he was the youngest qualifier for the 2008 Olympic Marathon Trials.
 
After Mike graduated from college, he focused on the marathon distance and ran another PR at the Olympic Trials Marathon in 2007.  He was the youngest finisher at the trials, running his second marathon in 2:18:35 (29th place).

The following year, Mike competed for Team USA at the Austin International Marathon Challenge.  He finished second overall and led Team USA to victory over Kenya, Great Britain, Canada, and Malawi. Later that year, he finished fifth at the 2008 US Marathon Championships in Twin Cities, MN.

Rob Hill and Merhawi Keflezighi (founders) of Infinite Running welcome Mike to the team. “Mike brings a great deal of talent and experience to the Infinite Running team. He is a top competitor on the national scene and highly respected athlete. Mike has also had great success as a coach, working with other young post collegiate athletes in Club Northwest. We all feel he is a great addition to our group.”

Find out more about Mike Sayenko and Infinite Running at:
www.infiniterunning.com/ET/ET-Mike-Sayenko.aspx
 
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