Cross Country and World Record Performances Earn Readers' and Editors' Choice Awards

Track and field fans voiced their choices in this week's DyeStat's Performance of the Week poll, while DyeStat's editors made their own selection.

Readers’ Choice: Tatum David

With 52.07 percent of the vote, Tatum David won our Readers’ Choice vote, beating Geoffrey Kamworor with his second-place tally of 26.78 percent.

David, a freshman from Richland County (Olney) IL, impressed this week with the top-time at the First to the Finish Invitational. She won the 2A race by 30 seconds, running 16:37 for 3 miles. David's time would have also won the 3A race by 25 seconds.

Watch David's race on RunnerSpace.com.

This was David's second time running at Detweiller Park this year, the site of the Illinois State Meet. Her first race at Detweiller came at the summer meet Detweiller At Dark. There she ran 16:55 for third place, finishing behind two runners from Batavia IL.

Watch David's post-race interview on RunnerSpace.com.

Editors’ Choice: Geoffrey Kamworor

Before the weekend, it seemed Woody Kincaid would be a lock for the award this week. In a special race on the Michael Johnson track on the Nike World Headquarters campus, Kincaid ran 12:58.10 for 5,000 meters to become the fifth fastest American of all-time.

However, that was before Kamworor raced at the Copenhagen Half Marathon. He returned to race in Copenhagen for the first time since he won the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships there in 2014.

Racing Sunday, Kamworor had the half marathon world record on his mind. The pacemakers were instructed to start out at world record pace.

Weather conditions on the day, however, could have derailed Kamworor's efforts. It was a blustery morning with occasional rain showers. The temperature might have been ideal for a fast time, but the wind gusts had the potential to end the attempt early in the race.

As luck would have it, the windy weather seemed to help Kamworor as he made the 13.1-mile circuit around Copenhagen. He ran on his own after 10 kilometers. The 5K section between 10K and 15K proved to be Kamworor's fastest as he covered the distance in 13:31 with the wind primarily at his back.

Kamworor slowed over the final stretches of the race, but it did not matter. He maintained the pace necessary to break the world record, crossing the line in 58:01. That took 17 seconds off the world record set last year in Valencia.