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Dark Sky Distance is a Professional Distance Running Team sponsored by Under Armour and based in
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. The team focuses on events ranging from 1500m to Marathon with representation from the US and Internationally.


History

The group was founded in the Fall of 2020 with an initial roster of 10 runners. The group is named after the dark night skies found in Flagstaff, due to the city's commitment to reducing light pollution. The training group was founded with
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as a head coach.


Athletes


Current Athletes

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Sharon Lokedi Sharon Lokedi (born March 10, 1994) is a Kenyan middle and long-distance runner. She won the 10,000 meters at the 2018 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Lokedi has been a 10-time All-American & 12-time Big 12 champion, as o ...
* Neil Gourley *
Kasey Knevelbaard Kasey Knevelbaard (born September 2, 1996) is an American middle- and long-distance runner, who competes for Under Armour. He competed collegiately for the Southern Utah Thunderbirds from 2015 through spring 2019, before becoming a graduate tran ...
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Weini Kelati Weini Kelati Frezghi (born 1 December 1996) is an Eritrean-born American middle- and long-distance runner. She claimed asylum in the United States in July 2014 and subsequently achieved multiple victories in state- and national-level competitio ...
* Katie Snowden * Jack Anstey *
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* Eduardo Herrera * Matt Llano * Jacob Thomson * Regan Yee * Alycia Cridebring * Ben Veatch * Diego Zarate * Matt Wilkinson


Coaches

* Stephen Haas * Pat Casey


References

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