Monica Madalina Florea (adidas) and Cristiana Frumuz (adidas) of our adidas Romanian Development Program are set to run this morning’s (Friday, Japan time) Chiba International Ekiden in Japan. 19 year-old Florea, who broke through this summer with a 7th-place finish in the 5,000m at the IAAF World Junior Championships, will run the 5 km 2nd leg of the 42.195 km event; and Frumuz, who won the Romanian Half-Marathon Championship this autumn in a two-minute PB of 73:39, will take the 7.195 km anchor leg.
Monica Madalina Florea
Madalina Florea takes 7th in World Juniors 5000m with new PB
Madalina Florea (adidas) ran an impressive 7th in a new PB of 16:08.07 in tonight’s 5000m final at the IAAF World Junior Championships in Barcelona. A member of our adidas Boulder Wave Romanian Development Project, Madalina ran the best time of her career by twelve seconds while also finishing as second European in the race. 17-year old Anca Bunea, who joined our program this past winter, took 17th in her first world championship race.
