German team for 100km World Cup and European Championships 2009 announced

May 30, 2009

Germany will send complete teams (4 men and 5 women) to the 100km World Cup on 19./20.06 in Torhout (BEL) that are at the same time the European 100km Championships.

The competition will start as a night run at 20.00 (8PM) and therefore temperatures are expected to be not too high, even thought the date in in midsummer. The race will take place on a flat 20km loop.

With André Collet and Michael Sommer the currently strongest German runners with a proven sub 7-hours potential were nominated for the mens race. Also Jörg Hooß already ran under 7 hours.

On the womens side some of the top-performers of recent years are missing. The German hopes are mainly on the 25-year old reigning German 100km-Champion Branka Hajek and 5 times German Champion Tanja Hooß with a lot of international experience.

The complete German team:

Men:

André COLLET (Aachener TG)
Jörg HOOß (LTF Marpingen)
Michael SOMMER (EK Schwaikheim)
Karlheinz WILD (TLV Rangsdorf)

Women:

Branka HAJEK (LAZ Salamander Ludwigsburg)
Tanja HOOß (LTF Marpingen)
Barbara MALLMANN (LG Ahlen)
Antje SCHUHAJ (TV Jahn Kempten)
Simone STÖPPLER (SSC Hanau-Rodenbach)