Abdi Abdirahman

Abdi Abdirahman celebrates after finishing third in the U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Three Tucsonans the favorites in USA 20K championships 

Tucsonans Abdi AbdirahmanCraig Curley and Tara Erdmann Welling are among the favorites in the USA 20K championships to be run Monday in New Haven, Connecticut. Erdmann, a Flowing Wells grad who was an All-American at Loyola Marymount, has left the Oregon Nike Project and is now sponsored by Sketchers. Abdirahman, a four-time Olympian from Pima College and the UA, won the 20K title in 2011 and was third in 2013. The winners will earn $10,000. 


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