ACE long-distance runner Euleen Josiah-Tanner is looking to build on her dominant performance at last Sunday’s South East Indoor Championships to get in top shape for the World Masters Indoor Championships in March.

The Berbice-born athlete, who lives in the US, won the 3000m and the one-mile race in the Masters category at the JDL Fast Track in Winston, Salem NC.
She clocked 5:45 in the mile and 11:17 in the 3000m.

The 44-year-old, who dominated the Courts 10K for several years in Georgetown, said that despite the wins she feels that she has to step up her game to dominate her field.
“It (the meet) was okay, but I have a lot of work to do.” She said that she wants to work on her speed and endurance. “I want to work on times that would put me in the top five or top 10 in the world.”

The mother of three is no stranger to big meets. At the USA Track and Field Indoor Championships last March she won the 3000m for her age group. In July, at the USATF Indoor Championships, the Southern California Track Club athlete won the 5 000m, finished second in the 10 000m while she led her team to gold in the 4x800m relay.

She showed versatility at that meet by also claiming a silver medal in the 800m less than three hours after the gruelling 5 000m run (3.1-mile run).
Over the next two months, Josiah-Tanner aims to produce better times as she looks to make her mark at Worlds, which is scheduled for March 24-30 in Poland.