Bronze Tar Heel!

Congrats to Shalane Flanagan, the pride of Marblehead, MA and a fellow Tar Heel, who captured a bronze medal in the Women's 10K. This was only the second medal for an American woman.

Although I'd be surprised if Shalane remembered me, I met her a few times through my association with Dash and Zach Victor and Matt Weiss, and she was always a first class individual. It was easy to root hard for her (in spite of my crush on fellow American 10K stud-et, Kara Goucher).

ESPN's Luke Wynn did a nice piece here.

Congratulations, Shalane! Way to rep UNC and the USA.