INDIANAPOLIS - Sean Quigley (Philadelphia, Pa.) and Stephanie Rothstein (Flagstaff, Ariz.) each scored 19^th-place finishes in the respective men's and women's races at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in Nanning, China Saturday.

Zersenay Tadese of Eritrea was on a quest to win his fifth world title at these championships but was upset by Wilson Kiprop of Kenya. Kiprop took the men's title in 1:00:07 to Tadese's 1:00:11.

Quigley and Antonio Vega (Minneapolis, Minn.), the USARC champion for 2010, started out together in a large group, running in 30^th position. Working together, the pair steadily moved through the pack with Quigley moving in front of Vega with about one kilometer to go. Quigley was timed in 1:03:23, while Vega finished 23^rd in 1:03:37. Andrew Carlson (Flagstaff, Ariz.) finished as the third scoring member of Team USA, running 1:05:38 for 39^th-place. Ben Bruce (Eugene, Ore.) and Stephan Shay (Oakland, Calif.) finished 56^th and 58^th in 1:09:26 and 1:10:12 respectively.

Kenya took their fifth consecutive team title with a total time of 3:01:32 over Eritrea, who finished with a total time of 3:03:4. Team USA finished sixth in 3:12:38.

In the women's race, Kiprop's teammate, Florence Kiplagat, dueled with Dire Tune of Ethiopia over the final kilometer before pulling away for a 10 second win. Running 1:08:24, Kiplagat led Kenya to a sweep of both the individual and team titles.

The U.S. women ran together from the start, forming a pack in about 40^th-place. Over the next five kilometers, Rothstein surged to move up to 29th, and by the halfway mark, moved to 20th. Over the final two kilometers, Rothstein made a final surge that moved her into 19th place, hitting the line in 1:13:37. Samia Akbar (Herndon, Va.) and Loretta Kilmer (New York, N.Y.) rounded out the Team USA score, finishing 36^th and 38^th in 1:16:15 and 1:16:32 respectively. Kristen Zaitz (Boulder, Colo.) and Heidi Westover (Walpole, N.H.) finished 39^th and 41^st, in 1:16:51 and 1:18:06.

In the team race, like their male compatriots, the women of Team Kenya won their fifth consecutive title in 3:26:59. Ethiopia was second in 3:27:33. Team USA finished seventh in 3:46:24.

A total of $245,000 prize money was offered at the championships, with $30,000 going to the individual champions and $15,000 to the respective men's and women's team champions.

For more information on Team USA at the 2010 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, visit www.usatf.org.