Australia will have five Olympians competing at the 2017 Payton Jordan Invitational in Palo Alto, California on Friday
Five Olympians are among the twelve Australians over in California lining up to compete at the annual distance-running meet, the Payton Jordan Invitational 2017 in Palo Alto (USA) on Friday.
Ewen Wins 3rd Pac-12 Field Athlete of the Week Honor
Track & Field
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – For the third time in the last seven weeks of the Pac-12 Track and Field season, redshirt junior Maggie Ewen has been named the conference Women's Field Athlete of the Week.
The Bowerman Award Watch List thrower once again broke the American collegiate record in the women's hammer throw at the Duel in the Desert this past weekend, outdoing herself with a mark of 72.81m (238-10).
The mark not only exceeded her previous record throw this season, but also broke the collegiate dual meet record set by DeAnna Price in 2016.
As if that isn't enough, she has a whopping 15-foot advantage over the next best national mark set this season.
Ewen won the hammer throw at the ASU vs. Arizona dual meet on Friday evening, then proceeded to capture the victory in the discus throw and shot put on Saturday as well. Her seasonal bests in both of those events sit atop the Pac-12 list and top-10 nationally.
The redshirt junior will join her teammates at the Pac-12 Championships in Eugene, Ore. next weekend, as she attempts to capture a conference title in all three events.
Along with her three weekly conference honors, Ewen was also named the USTFCCCA National Female Athlete of the Week back on March 21 for setting the American collegiate record the first time at the Baldy Castillo Invitational.
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STANFORD, Calif. – The Payton Jordan Invitational, in its 22nd year, has become the destination for fast distance running, and more magic on the track is expected Friday night at Cobb Track and Angell Field.
Last year's meet included three national records, and three world-leading, eight U.S.-leading, and seven collegiate-leading marks. In addition, the meet provided launching points for 2016 Olympians such as Matthew Centrowitz, the first American to win an Olympic 1,500 since 1908, and steeplechaser Evan Jager, who captured silver. Both Centrowitz and Jager are scheduled to compete once again.
To comprehend the quality and depth of these races, consider that 52 men broke 14 minutes in the 5,000 last year and 41 women broke 16 minutes. In addition, 34 women broke 33 minutes in the 10,000 and 33 men broke 29.
Twice, the U.S. 10,000 record has been broken at the Payton Jordan, first by Meb Keflezighi (27:13.98) in 2001 and then by Chris Solinsky (26:59.60) in 2010.
The men's racing features two of the nation's top collegiate runners -- Oregon's Edward Cheserek and Justyn Knight of Syracuse. And Stanford junior Olivia Baker, the 2016 NCAA women's outdoor 800 runner-up, will be seeking a fast time as well. Last year, 17 school records were broken.
Here is a glance at the meet with links on how to follow:
Payton Jordan Invitational Where: Stanford, Calif. Venue: Cobb Track and Angell Field Events Begin: Discus, 11:30 a.m.; Running events, 5 p.m.-midnight. Final Meet Schedule:Click here.
Tickets: For adults, tickets are $10 each day. For youths, seniors, and staff, tickets are $5 each day. The ticket booth outside the entrance to the track stadium opens at 8 a.m. each day. More ticket information:Click here.
Parking: Parking is free everywhere on campus after 4 p.m. on weekdays. The best options are at Varsity Lot (next to Sunken Diamond) and Lot 2 (on the El Camino Real side of Stanford Stadium). Access to both is from Nelson Road/Sam McDonald Road off Galvez Street.
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Here are previews of the fast sections of each distance race, in order of the time schedule:
6:55 p.m., Women's steeplechase IAAF World Championships qualifying: 9:42.00 U.S. Championships qualifying: 9:50.00 World leader: 9:43.65, Elinor Purrier (New Hampshire) U.S. leader: 9:43.65, Elinor Purrier (New Hampshire) Collegiate: 9:43.65, Elinor Purrier (New Hampshire) Stadium record: 9:28.26, Emma Coburn (Colorado), 2013 Meet record: 9:28.26, Emma Coburn (Colorado), 2013 Stanford record: 10:01.53, Lindsay Allen, 2008
Notes: Canada's Genevieve Lalonde and Argentina's Belen Casetta are national record-holders. Lalonde was second in a duel with New Mexico's Courtney Frerichs last year, and went on to set a Canadian standard of 9:30.24 in the Rio Olympics while advancing to the final … This race includes four 2016 NCAA finalists, including runner-up Jessica Kamilos of Arkansas, as well as ex-Harvard runner Paige Kouba, the 2016 Stanford Invitational winner, and two other graduates, Erin Teschuk (North Dakota State) and Katie Landwehr (Michigan State) … Mel Lawrence earned a No. 9 U.S. ranking for 2016 from Track & Field News.
Recent winners: 2016: Courtney Frerichs (New Mexico), 9:29.31 2015: Courtney Frerichs (UMKC), 9:32.12 2014: Shalaya Kipp (Colorado), 9:39.12 2013: Emma Coburn (Colorado), 9:28.26 2012: Shalaya Kipp (Colorado), 9:43.09 2011: Emma Coburn (Colorado), 9:40.51 2010: Lindsay Allen (Adidas), 10:02.66 2009: Lindsey Anderson (Nike), 9:35.30 2008: Anna Willard (Nike), 9:37.73 2007: Lindsey Anderson (Weber State), 9:39.95 2006: Lisa Galaviz (Nike), 9:46.87 2005: Lisa Galaviz (unat.), 9:50.93
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7:20 p.m., Men's steeplechase IAAF World Championships qualifying: 8:32.00 U.S. Championships qualifying: 8:40.00 World leader: 8:25.28, Getnet Wale (Ethiopia) U.S. leader: 8:32.48, Brian Barraza Collegiate leader: 8:40.57, Troy Reeder (Furman) Stadium record: 8:11.76, Ramond Yator (Kenya), 2001 Meet record: 8:21.34, Matt Hughes (unattached), 2013 Stanford record: 8:32.09, Ian Dobson, 2004
Notes: Louisville senior Edwin Kibichiy was third at the 2016 NCAA Championships in the steeple, with a best of 8:30.87, and eighth in NCAA cross country … Michael Jordan won the Stanford Invitational on March 31 in 8:33.31 … Furman's Troy Reeder is the collegiate leader at 8:40.57 … Mike Hardy (8:32.55 last year) hit a barrier at the Olympic Trials, contributing to him pulling out of his race in the preliminary round … Darren Fahy was fifth at NCAA's last year while running for Georgetown … Jose Pena holds the Venezuelan national record of 8:20.87, set in 2013. He broke his own national record of 8:24.06 from the 2012 Olympic Games and is a 2013 South American champion ... Anthony Rotich won NCAA steeple titles in 2013 and 2015, and the NCAA indoor mile championship in 2014 while running for Texas-El Paso … Tabor Stevens was third at the 2016 U.S. Cross Country Championships. He won three NCAA Division II steeplechase titles at Adams State and the 2014 NCAA Div. II cross country crown. He is a two-time Stanford Invitational steeple champ.
Recent winners: 2016: Matt Hughes (Nike/Bowerman TC) 8:22.31 2015: Stanley Kebenei (Arkansas) 8:23.93 2014: Billy Nelson (Free Leonard), 8:28.49 2013: Matt Hughes (unat.), 8:21.34 2012: Kyle Alcorn (Nike), 8:26.66 2011: Billy Nelson (unat.), 8:22.44 2010: Kyle Alcorn (Nike), 8:27.95 2009: Ben Bruce (OTC Elite), 8:26.08 2008: Luke Gunn (Florida State), 8:31.17 2007: Mircea Bogdan (UTEP) 8:23.12 2006: Mircea Bogdan (UTEP), 8:31.72
Notes: Chrishuna Williams has won this race the past two years, first while breaking the Arkansas school record and last year while launching a season that took her to the Olympic Games … Current Stanford junior Olivia Baker had a breakthrough meet last year, knocking four seconds off her personal best, to 2:01.02. She went on to finish second at NCAA Outdoors. Baker is No. 2 in Stanford history to Claudia Saunders, who also is in the field … Saunders, a Cincinnati native who represents France, was the NCAA outdoor runner-up in 2014 and 2015 and holds the Stanford record of 2:00.63 … Katie Mackey has great range, with top-10 U.S. rankings in the 1,500 (2014, 2015) and 5,000 (2014, 2016). She was second in the 1,500 at the 2015 U.S. Championships and third in 2014 … BYU's Shea Collinsworth was third in NCAA's indoors and outdoors … Anita Hinriksdottir, a 21-year-old from Iceland, ran her PB of 2:00.14 at the Olympics in Rio … Angela Petty is a nine-time New Zealand champ, with a best of 1:59.06.
Recent winners: 2016: Chrishuna Williams (unattached) 2:00.58 2015: Chrishuna Williams (Arkansas) 2:01.61 2014: Karine Belleau-Beliveau (Les Vainqueu), 2:01.46 2013: Amy Weissenbach (Stanford), 2:04.24 2012: Morgan Uceny (Adidas), 2:02.46 2011: Christin Wurth-Thomas (unat.), 2:00.72 2010: Helen Crofts (Simon Fraser), 2:05.15 2009: Katie Waits (Reebok), 2:01.78 2008: Maggie Vessey (unat.), 2:03.56 2007: Madeleine Pape (Australia), 2:01.17 2006: Qing Liu (Chinese AA), 2:01.90 2005: Sherren Rhetta (South Bay TC), 2:06.52
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7:50 p.m.: Men's 800 IAAF World Championships qualifying: 1:45.90 U.S. Championships qualifying: 1:47.50 World leader: 1:43.60, Clayton Murphy (U.S.) U.S. leader: 1:43.60, Clayton Murphy (U.S.) Collegiate leader: 1:43.73, Emmanuel Korir (UTEP) Stadium record: 1:45.19, David Krummenacker (U.S.), 2005 Meet record: 1:45.30, Boris Berian (Big Bear TC), 2015 Stanford record: 1:46.20, Michael Stember, 2000
Notes: Former Long Beach State star Chris Low won the Stanford Invitational the past two years, including 1:47.11 on April 1 and was fourth at Payton Jordan last year … Sweden's Andreas Kramer ran an indoor 1:47.85 … Leandro Paris, a 2016 Olympian from Argentina, ran 1:47.18 in Rio. He was fourth at the Cardinal Classic two weeks ago … Drew Windle, a six-time NCAA Division II 800 champ while at Ashland College, ran 1:45.65 last year in Portland.
8:15 p.m.: Women's 1,500 IAAF World Championships qualifying: 4:07.50 U.S. Championships qualifying: 4:09.50 World leader: 4:08.98, Linden Hall (Australia) U.S. leader: 4:11.46, Elise Cranny (Stanford) Collegiate leader: 4:11.46, Elise Cranny (Stanford) Stadium record: 4:01.63, Regina Jacobs (U.S.), 2003 Meet record: 4:04.47, Linden Hall (Wolfpack TC), 2016 Stanford record: 4:09.54, Elise Cranny, 2016
Notes: Norway's Karoline Bjerkeli Grovdal was a top-10 placer at the Rio Olympic Games in both the 5,000 (seventh, 14:57.53) and 10,000 (ninth, 31:14.07). A two-time Olympian, Grovdal burst on to the scene at age 16 in 2007 with a European junior record in the steeplechase (9:33.19). She also is a former competitive cross country skier … Lauren Johnson placed fourth in the 2015 U.S. Championships and advanced to the World Championships semifinals. She earned a No. 7 U.S. ranking from Track & Field News in 2015 and was No. 9 in 2016 … Oklahoma State's Kaela Edwards was the 2016 NCAA indoor mile champ and is the reigning Big 12 champ in the 800, finishing second at NCAA Indoors in that event in 2015 … Gabriele Grunewald was the 2014 U.S. indoor 3,000 champion … Kenyan and former Florida State star Violah Lagat is a 2016 Olympian with a best of 4:04.10. She is the youngest of 10 children in a family of accomplished runners that includes the great Bernard Lagat … Sarah McDonald owns a British indoor title and a PB of 4:07.18.
Recent winners: 2016: Linden Hall (Wolfpack TC), 4:04.47 2015: Becca Addison (unattached), 4:12.49 2014: Kate Grace (Oiselle), 4:07.35 2013: Treniere Moser (Nike), 4:06.40 2012: Anna Pierce (Nike), 4:07.00 2011: Katie Follett (Brooks), 4:08.95 2010: Jen Barringer (New Balance), 4:08.11 2009: Anna Willard (Nike), 4:06.90 2008: Shannon Rowbury (Nike), 4:07.59 2007: Lindsey Gallo (Reebok) 4:09.60 2006: Yuan Jin (Chinese AA), 4:11.66 2005: Katie Vermeulen (Nike), 4:10.25
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8:25 p.m.: Men's 1,500 IAAF World Championships qualifying: 3:36.00 U.S. Championships qualifying: 3:39.00 World leader: 3:35.99, Josh Kerr (Great Britain) U.S. leader: 3:37.75, Craig Engels Collegiate leader: 3:35.99, Josh Kerr (New Mexico) Stadium record: 3:34.74, Rachid Ramzi (Bahrain), 2005 Meet record: 3:35.19, Andy Baddeley (New Balance), 2012 Stanford record: 3:35.11, Michael Stember (2000)
Notes:Evan Jager captured the Olympic silver medal in the steeplechase last year in Rio and is the American record holder in that event with a time of 8:00.45, making him the 13th fastest performer in history. Jager annually races in the 1,500 at this meet, placing third last year … The 2016 Payton Jordan winner, former Washington star Izaic Yorks, was the 2016 Pac-12 champ and NCAA outdoor runner-up … Casimir Loxsom is the American indoor record-holder in the 600 (1:15.33) and joined former Penn State teammate Brannon Kidder, also in this field, on the U.S. 4x800 team that won the IAAF World Relays title in the Bahamas on April 23 … Kidder was the 2016 Big Ten 1,500 champ and won the 2016 Stanford Twilight Meet on this track … Michael Rimmer is an English 800 specialist who raced at the Rio Olympics. He has an 800 best of 1:43.89 from 2010 … Scotsman and former Tulsa star Chris O'Hare is the 2013 winner of this race and reached the semifinals in Rio last year.
Recent winners: 2016: Izaic Yorks (Washington), 3:37.74 2015: Chad Noelle (Oklahoma State), 3:38.35 2014: Riley Masters (Brooks Beast), 3:38.42 2013: Chris O'Hare (unattached), 3:38.48 2012: Andy Baddeley (New Balance), 3:35.19 2011: Ben Blankenship (unat.), 3:39.49 2010: Dylan Ferris (Stanford), 3:40.07 2009: Matthew Centrowitz (Oregon), 3:36.92 2008: Kevin Sullivan (Reebok), 3:39.75 2007: Juan Luis Barrios (Mexico), 3:38.71 2006: Aucencio Martinez (unat.), 3:40.92 2005: Donald Sage (Stanford), 3:41.62
Notes:Sifan Hassan from the Netherlands was the 2014 winner of this race, in a PB of 14:59.23. She also has a 1:58.50 to her credit in the 800 and is the national record-holder in the 1,500. She was the 2016 IAAF World indoor title for 1,500 and earned bronze at the 2015 World Championships in a lifetime best of 3:56.05 … Marielle Hall, a former Texas standout who made 2016 the Olympic team in the 10,000, is the top American in this event. She carries a lifetime best of 15:04.45 … This is an intriguing field, with Boise State's Allie Ostrander, the 2015 NCAA cross country runner-up, returning to Stanford after winning the steeplechase at the Stanford Invitational on March 31 … Stanford senior Vanessa Fraser, redshirting this season, joins former Card teammate Jessica Tonn, now with Brooks Beasts. This could be a big race for Fraser, a two-time NCAA outdoor finalist, in her first race in the top section at this meet. She has a PB of 15:41.64 … Former Villanova ace Nicole Tully was the 2015 U.S. champion in this event, winning in 15:06.44 in only her second race at that distance. She was second last year in 15:04.08 … Kate Van Buskirk was a Commonwealth Games bronze medalist in 2014 for Canada in the 1,500, and ran 4:05.38 … Former Arkansas star Dominique Scott-Efurd doubled as the NCAA outdoor 5,000 and 10,000 champion last year and went on to compete in the 10,000 at the Olympics for South Africa. She was the 2016 Stanford Invitational 5,000 winner … Nicole Sifuentes is a two-time Olympian from Canada … Furman's Allie Buchalski is the collegiate leader.
9:35 p.m.: Men's 5,000 IAAF World Championships qualifying: 13:22.60 U.S. Championships qualifying: 13:32.00 World leader: 13:22.93, Brett Robinson (Australia) U.S. leader: 13:36.68, David Elliott Collegiate leader: 13:37.23, Jefferson Abbey (Colorado State) Stadium record: 13:02.74, Ben True (Saucony), 2014 Meet record: 13:02.74, Ben True (Saucony), 2014 Stanford record: 13:15.33, Ian Dobson, 2005
Notes: There aren't many collegians in the meet, but two of the most acclaimed are in this race. Oregon's Edward Cheserek has won 17 individual NCAA titles, a record, and takes on Justyn Knight of Syracuse, who set a Canadian junior national record in this race two years ago and was the NCAA cross country runner-up last fall. It's not out of the question to keep an eye on the absolute collegiate record, of 13:08.24, by Arizona's Lawi Lalang indoors in 2012 … Garrett Heath earned nine All-America honors at Stanford and served as an assistant coach under Chris Miltenberg. Heath has excelled in both the 1,500 and 5,000, but has gained his most recognition in short-course cross country, twice winning Scotland's prestigious Great Edinburgh race … Matthew Centrowitz, the reigning Olympic 1,500 champion, will race in the second section of this event, along with former Stanford star Jim Rosa.
Recent winners: 2016: Shadrack Kipchirchir (U.S. Army WCAP), 13:18.52 2015: Juan Luis Barrios (Nike), 13:15.71 2014: Ben True (Saucony), 13:02.74 2013: Ben True (Saucony), 13:14.44 2012: Lopez Lomong (Nike OTC), 13:11.63 2011: Brandon Bethke (Quiksilver), 13:25.82 2010: Tiidrek Nurme (Estonia), 13:32.74 2009: Alistair Cragg (Adidas), 13:22.36 2008: Bernard Lagat (Nike), 13:16.29 2007: Adrian Blincoe (unat.) 13:27.34 2006: Alejandro Suarez (Mexico), 13:36.76 2005: Abdi Abdirahman (Nike), 13:28.57
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9:55 p.m.: Women's 10,000 IAAF World Championships qualifying: 32:15.00 U.S. Championships qualifying: 32:25.00 World leader: 31:43.40, Juliet Chekwel (Uganda) U.S. leader: 31:58.99, Anna Rohrer (Notre Dame) Collegiate leader: 31:58.99, Anna Rohrer (Notre Dame) Stadium record: 30:19.38, Werknesh Kidane (Ethiopia), 2005 Meet record: 30:34.49, Shalane Flanagan (Nike), 2008 Stanford record: 32:19.97, Alicia Craig, 2004
Notes: Nine of the top 10 collegiate times in history have been run at Cobb Track & Angell Field … Northern California's Kim Conley is perhaps best known for her frenetic comeback at the 2012 Olympic trials to earn third place and make the U.S. team. Conley, who made her second Olympic team last year, has a best of 15:08.61 … Amy Cragg won a memorable U.S. marathon title during a scorching Olympic Trials race in Los Angeles last year and has a 10,000 best of 31:10.69, from the 2012 London Olympics … Emily Infeld starred at Georgetown under current Stanford coach Chris Miltenberg and won bronze at the 2015 World Championships. Last year, she was second in the U.S. Olympic Trials in the 10,000 and fourth in the 5,000. She placed 11th in the 10K in Rio … As a Providence senior in 2015, Emily Sisson won the NCAA indoor and outdoor titles in the 5,000. She ran 15:12.22 indoors, making her the No. 4 American collegiate performer of all-time … Ethiopia's Gotytom Gebreslase of Ethiopia ran 31:14.52 last year. She was an African Championships bronze medalist … Japan's Ayuko Suzuki is the reigning national champion … New Mexico's Alice Wright was second in the NCAA 10,000 last year.
10:35 p.m.: Men's 10,000 IAAF World Championships qualifying: 27:45.00 U.S. Championships qualifying: 28:30.00 World leader: 27:39.40, Jonathan Muia Mdiku (Kenya) U.S. leader: 28:03.83, Abbabiya Simbassa Collegiate leader: 28:04.95, Alfred Chelanga (Alabama) Stadium record: 26:59.60, Chris Solinsky (U.S.), 2010 Meet record: 26:59.60, Chris Solinsky (U.S.), 2010 Stanford record: 27:31.38, Chris Derrick, 2012
Notes: This, as always, promises to be one of the meet's biggest races … Patrick Tiernan, the Australian via Villanova, was the NCAA cross country champ last fall in a significant victory over Edward Cheserek … Shadrack Kipchirchir, the former Oklahoma State star, was second at the U.S. Olympic Trials last year after making the U.S. team for the 2015 World Championships. Kipchirchir last raced at Stanford at the 2016 Stanford Invitational, when he was edged in a great duel by Leonard Korir, who would become an Olympic teammate in this event … The U.S. leader, Abbabiya Simbassa, is racing here, looking to improve upon his season best of 28:03.83 … Hassan Mead was 11th at the Rio Olympics in the 5,000, after a runner-up finish at the U.S. Olympic Trials. At the Payton Jordan, he may be best remembered for his close duel with Ben True in 2015, finishing second in the 5,000 in PB 13:02.80 … Andy Vernon won the 2015 Payton Jordan in a PB of 27:42.62, leading 35 men under 29:00. At the 2014 European Championships, Vernon was second in the 10,000 and third in the 5,000, and he raced on the British Olympic team in Rio … David McNeill, a two-time NCAA champ at Northern Arizona in 2010, is a two-time Australian Olympian whose PB of 27:45.01 came at the 2015 Payton Jordan, in which he placed fourth … Luis Ostos Cruz is a Peruvian Olympian, who ran his PB of 27:54.80 in this meet last year … Bashir Abdi is Belgian competitor who ran a PB of 27:36.40 at the 2014 Payton Jordan and another Rio Olympian.
Recent winners: 2016: Bernard Lagat (Nike), 27:49.35 2015: Andy Vernon (Melbourne TC), 27:42.62 2014: Juan Luis Barrios (Nike), 27:34.40 2013: Ben St. Lawrence (Melbourne TC), 27:37.55 2012: Cam Levins (Southern Utah), 27:27.96 2011: Bedan Karoki (S&B), 27:13.67 2010: Chris Solinsky (Nike/Kimbia), 26:59.60 2009: Tim Nelson (Oregon TC), 27:36.99 2008: Craig Mottram (Melbourne TC), 27:34.48 2007: Galen Rupp (Oregon), 27:33.48 2006: Alan Webb (Nike), 27:34.72 2005: Takayuki Matsumiya (Konica Minolta), 27:50.20
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Event 1 Men 100 Meter Dash ===================================================================== Name Year School Finals Wind ===================================================================== Finals 1 30 Marlon Britton Unattached 11.22 -0.4 2 67 Desmond Deshay Academy of A 11.71 -0.4
Event 2 Men 200 Meter Dash ===================================================================== Name Year School Finals Wind ===================================================================== 1 30 Marlon Britton Unattached 22.75 -3.2 2 236 Kaze Poitier Academy of A 22.88 -3.2 3 336 Unknown Unknown Unattached 22.93 -3.2 4 67 Desmond Deshay Academy of A 23.60 -3.2 5 202 Cristian Monsalud San Francisc 24.27 -3.2 6 199 Chase Midyett San Francisc 24.37 -3.2 7 139 Brady Johnson Academy of A 24.68 -3.2
Event 3 Men 400 Meter Dash =================================================================== Name Year School Finals H# =================================================================== 1 272 Steven Solomon Unattached 46.13 2 2 265 Jack Shumway Unattached 46.69 2 3 176 Casimir Loxsom Unattached 47.67 2 4 269 Roman Skovronski Unattached 50.05 1 5 236 Kaze Poitier Academy of A 50.96 2 6 202 Cristian Monsalud San Francisc 51.04 2 7 326 Joshua Browne Unattached 51.78 1 8 199 Chase Midyett San Francisc 53.73 1 9 139 Brady Johnson Academy of A 54.59 1 10 325 Marvin Thomas Unattached 55.28 1
Event 4 Men 800 Meter Run Section 1 ================================================================ Name Year School Finals ================================================================ 1 175 Chris Low Brooks Elite 1:46.62 2 158 Andreas Kramer Unattached 1:47.30 3 15 Abraham Alvarado Unattached 1:48.14 4 56 Mason Cohen Australia 1:49.17 5 228 Leandro Paris Argentina 1:49.42 6 308 Jamie Webb Unattached 1:49.78 -- 313 Drew Windle Brooks Beast DNF
Event 5 Men 800 Meter Run Section 2 ================================================================ Name Year School Finals ================================================================ 1 187 Ryan Martin Asics Furman 1:48.75 2 178 Selasi Lumax Big Bear Tc/ 1:50.98 3 118 Christian Harrison BAA 1:51.06 4 253 Ben Saarel Colorado 1:51.32 5 138 Eric Jenkins Nike Oregon 1:51.79 6 243 Tayron Reyes Unattached 1:52.88 -- 329 Scott Buttinger Stanford DNF
Event 9 Men 1500 Meter Run Section 1 ================================================================ Name Year School Finals ================================================================ 1 138 Eric Jenkins Nike Oregon 3:38.30 2 214 Chris O'Hare BAA 3:39.05 3 89 Robbie Fitzgibbon Bizz-Sports 3:40.42 4 149 Brannon Kidder Brooks Beast 3:40.85 5 35 Federico Bruno Argentina 3:41.00 6 317 Izaic Yorks Brooks Beast 3:41.30 7 226 Adam Palamar Syracuse 3:42.70 8 137 Evan Jager Nike Btc 3:43.95 -- 176 Casimir Loxsom Unattached DNF -- 244 Michael Rimmer Puma DNF
Event 10 Men 1500 Meter Run Section 2 ================================================================ Name Year School Finals ================================================================ 1 91 Mac Fleet Nike 3:42.55 2 168 Brandon Lasater Atlanta Trac 3:42.74 3 129 Chase Horrocks BYU 3:43.60 4 153 Kasey Knevelbaard Southern Uta 3:46.24 5 302 Shyan Vaziri Unattached 3:48.82 6 246 Thomas Riva Unattached 3:49.32 7 171 Collin Leibold Strava TC / 3:51.61 8 306 Shaquille Walker Brooks Beast 3:53.05 -- 320 Patrick McGregor Unattached DNF
Event 11 Men 1500 Meter Run Section 3 ================================================================ Name Year School Finals ================================================================ 1 304 Carlos Villarreal Arizona 3:41.75 2 38 Travis Burkstrand Brooks ID 3:43.24 3 48 Daniel Castle Pikes Peak E 3:46.80 4 334 Sean McGorty Stanford 3:46.99 5 84 Josh Evans Colorado School 3:48.17 6 313 Drew Windle Brooks Beast 3:48.18 7 319 Zach Black Iowa State 3:49.04 8 146 Miller Kettle Colorado School 4:00.55 9 124 Matt Hillenbrand BAA 4:02.39 -- 329 Scott Buttinger Stanford DNF
Event 15 Men 3000 Meter Steeplechase Section 1 ================================================================ Name Year School Finals ================================================================ 1 251 Anthony Rotich Elite Athlet 8:36.39 2 142 Michael Jordan American Dis 8:38.47 3 148 Edwin Kibichiy Louisville 8:42.30 4 128 Caleb Hoover Asics Furman 8:42.71 5 229 jose pena Venezuela 8:43.80 6 104 David Goodman Boulder Trac 8:44.74 7 85 Darren Fahy Georgetown 8:46.82 8 242 Troy Reeder Furman 8:47.58 9 61 Tomas Cotter Asics Furman 8:50.06 10 72 Chris Dulhanty Speed River 8:55.53 -- 116 Michael Hardy Unattached DNF
Event 16 Men 3000 Meter Steeplechase Section 2 ================================================================ Name Year School Finals ================================================================ 1 70 Brandon Doughty Reebok/Zap F 8:38.69 2 93 Troy Fraley Gonzaga 8:39.30 3 210 Aaron Nelson Zap Fitness 8:42.88 4 161 Harun Lagat US Army Wcap 8:46.41 5 143 Tom Erling Kaarboe AAM 8:46.85 6 44 Daniel Carney BYU 8:48.22 7 45 Scott Carpenter Georgetown 8:48.30 8 186 Jordan Mann Ocean State 8:51.04 9 83 Ricardo Estremera Puerto Rico 8:57.40 10 275 Henry Sterling NE Distance 9:00.58 11 31 Ryan Brockerville Running Room 9:05.47 12 42 Andres Camilo Cama Colombia 9:11.38 -- 79 Elmar Engholm Unattached DNF
Event 19 Men 5000 Meter Run Section 1 ================================================================ Name Year School Finals ================================================================ 1 154 Justyn Knight Syracuse 13:17.51 2 194 Sam McEntee Melbourne Tr 13:17.55 3 96 Gabriel Geay Posso Sports 13:20.35 4 52 Edward Cheserek Oregon 13:24.72 5 188 Riley Masters Nike 13:29.85 6 73 Trevor Dunbar Nike/Hudson 13:32.45 7 287 Mike Tate Southern Uta 13:34.28 8 65 Tommy Curtin Saucony 13:36.57 9 43 Kemoy Campbell New Balance 13:40.44 10 34 Luc Bruchet Asics/Canada 13:40.65 11 218 Florian Orth LG Telis Fin 13:43.75 12 29 Nathan Brannen Nike 13:44.85 13 314 Daniel Winn BAA 13:52.42 14 198 Kyle Merber Hoka One One 13:55.00 15 230 Erik Peterson Butler 13:57.57 16 264 Brian Shrader Saucony 14:07.42 -- 200 Ross Millington Global Sport DNF -- 128 Caleb Hoover Asics Furman DNF -- 214 Chris O'Hare BAA DNF
Event 20 Men 5000 Meter Run Section 2 ================================================================ Name Year School Finals ================================================================ 1 241 Jack Rayner Melbourne Tr 13:47.41 2 50 Matthew Centrowitz Nike Oregon 13:48.42 3 132 Drew Hunter adidas 13:49.56 4 318 Clayton Young BYU 13:50.00 5 289 Amon Terer Campbell 13:50.25 6 18 eric avila Hoka One One 13:50.86 7 208 Rob Mullett Atlanta Trac 13:51.18 8 172 Rory Linkletter BYU 13:52.59 9 238 Ross Proudfoot Unattached 13:53.38 10 123 Andrew Heyes Global Sport 13:54.18 11 13 Mohamed Ali Global Sport 13:57.20 12 277 Joe Stilin Reebok/Zap F 13:57.83 13 117 Jonathan Harper BYU 14:03.19 14 170 Matthew Leach Strava TC / 14:03.79 15 53 Adam Clarke Melbourne Tr 14:09.14 16 250 Jim Rosa Atlanta Trac 14:12.19 17 135 Matt Jablonski Strava TC 14:27.00 -- 256 Alfredo Santana adidas Garde DNF
Event 23 Men 10000 Meter Run Section 1 ================================================================ Name Year School Finals ================================================================ 1 293 Patrick Tiernan Melbourne Tr 27:29.81 2 322 Mo Ahmed Nike Btc 27:30.00 3 151 shadrack kipchirch US Army Wcap 27:32.18 4 196 Hassan Mead Nike Otc Eli 27:34.38 5 267 Abbabiya Simbassa American Dis 27:45.78 6 82 Diego Estrada Asics 27:48.57 7 222 Luis Fernando Osto Federación P 27:53.58 8 144 Stanley Kebenei Elite Athlet 27:58.56 9 303 Andy Vernon Melbourne Tr 27:58.69 10 245 Richard Ringer Unattached 28:05.96 11 28 Soufiane Bouchikhi Unattached 28:07.15 12 260 Marc Scott Tulsa 28:07.97 13 335 Bashir Abdi Belgium 28:15.58 14 111 Dewi Griffiths Unattached 28:16.07 15 71 Noah Droddy Roots Runnin 28:23.54 16 195 David McNeill Melbourne Tr 28:25.03 17 12 George-Byron Alex Skechers/Ana 28:28.63 18 109 joseph gray Merrell 28:44.80 19 286 Daniel Tapia Mammoth Trac 28:49.92 20 76 Mikael Ekvall Melbourne Tr 28:51.71 21 103 Ivan Gonzalez Equipo Porve 28:52.88 22 191 Matt McClintock Reebok/Zap F 28:57.65 23 278 Parker Stinson Saucony/Huds 28:58.50 24 80 Kirubel Erassa Atlanta Trac 28:58.79 25 215 Minato Oishi Impress Runn 29:17.60 26 217 Yerson Orellana Posso Sports 29:32.14 27 81 Evan Esselink Speed River 29:53.83 -- 161 Harun Lagat US Army Wcap DNF -- 296 Carlos Trujillo Skechers Per DNF -- 333 Mustafa Mohamed Hälle IF DNF -- 131 Mohamed Hrezi Hansons-BROO DNF -- 248 Jake Robertson Nike DNF -- 120 Callum Hawkins Moyo Sports DNF -- 327 Josef Tessema American Dis DNF -- 142 Michael Jordan American Dis DNF
Event 26 Men 110 Meter Hurdles Section 1 ===================================================================== Name Year School Finals Wind ===================================================================== 1 30 Marlon Britton Unattached 14.79 -1.5 -- 323 Daniel Brady Stanford DNF -1.5
Event 34 Men Discus Throw ========================================================================== Name Year School Finals ========================================================================== 1 77 Landon Ellingson Stanford 51.90m 170-03 50.44m 51.90m FOUL FOUL FOUL 51.20m 2 212 Tristen Newman Stanford 45.93m 150-08 43.49m 44.65m FOUL 42.46m FOUL 45.93m 3 225 Michael Painter Stanford 41.60m 136-06 40.92m 41.60m FOUL FOUL 39.53m FOUL
Event 42 Women 100 Meter Dash ===================================================================== Name Year School Finals Wind ===================================================================== 1 87 Skylar Fenton San Francisc 12.92 -3.3 2 207 Hadiyah Muhammad Academy of A 13.00 -3.3 3 315 Folke Woch Academy of A 13.67 -3.3 4 183 Alia Mahuna San Francisc 14.06 -3.3
Event 43 Women 200 Meter Dash ===================================================================== Name Year School Finals Wind ===================================================================== 1 87 Skylar Fenton San Francisc 26.45 -2.2 2 315 Folke Woch Academy of A 27.60 -2.2 3 49 Briaunna Caver Academy of A 27.65 -2.2 -- 101 Amy Glaser San Francisc DNF -2.2
Event 44 Women 400 Meter Dash ================================================================ Name Year School Finals ================================================================ 1 234 Daryl Phill San Francisc 64.97 -- 101 Amy Glaser San Francisc DNF
Event 45 Women 800 Meter Run Section 1 ================================================================ Name Year School Finals ================================================================ 1 311 Chrishuna Williams Nike 2:02.58 2 232 Angela Petty New Zealand 2:02.92 3 127 Anita Hinriksdotti AAM 2:03.78 4 180 Katie Mackey Brooks Beast 2:04.21 5 57 Shea Collinsworth BYU 2:04.23 6 51 Kendra Chambers Texas Elite 2:05.12 7 20 Olivia Baker Stanford 2:06.76 -- 164 Raquel Lambdin Unattached DNF
Event 46 Women 800 Meter Run Section 2 ================================================================ Name Year School Finals ================================================================ 1 295 Adelle Tracey Vitesse Spor 2:03.96 2 66 Abbey de la Motte Unattached 2:04.12 3 74 Kaela Edwards Oklahoma Sta 2:04.65 4 280 Lora Storey Ptt Sydney 2:04.85 5 110 Georgia Griffith Unattached 2:05.11 6 307 Lauren Wallace NorCal Dista 2:07.20 7 159 Megan Krumpoch New Balance 2:09.24
Event 47 Women 800 Meter Run Section 3 ================================================================ Name Year School Finals ================================================================ 1 40 Lindsey Butterwort Coastal Trac 2:04.02 2 235 Natalija Piliusina Brooks Beast 2:04.19 3 252 Anneliese Rubie Puma/AUS 2:04.56 4 32 Alena Brooks Trinidad & T 2:04.72 5 155 Carsyn Koch Cedarville 2:04.88 6 201 Baylee Mires Brooks Beast 2:05.41 7 136 Dominique Jackson Oiselle/SRA 2:07.87
Event 48 Women 800 Meter Run Section 4 ================================================================ Name Year School Finals ================================================================ 1 185 Meg Manley Cptc New Bal 2:05.65 2 184 Megan Malasarte Atlanta Trac 2:06.97 3 33 Alisha Brown Oiselle 2:07.03 4 25 Sarah Billings Unattached 2:07.07 5 331 Stephanie Herrick Cptc New Bal 2:07.18 6 310 Devan Wiebe VOCA 2:08.65
Event 52 Women 1500 Meter Run Section 1 ================================================================ Name Year School Finals ================================================================ 1 26 Karoline Bjerkeli Jrs Sports M 4:10.74 2 211 Karisa Nelson Samford 4:10.91 3 162 Violah Lagat adidas 4:11.30 4 140 Lauren Johnson BAA 4:11.67 5 193 Sarah McDonald Great Britai 4:12.05 6 173 Emily Lipari BAA 4:14.19 7 102 Sasha Gollish Skechers/Ois 4:17.84 8 112 Gabriele Grunewald Brooks 4:20.17 -- 331 Stephanie Herrick Cptc New Bal DNF
Event 53 Women 1500 Meter Run Section 2 ================================================================ Name Year School Finals ================================================================ 1 126 Nikki Hiltz Arkansas 4:12.09 2 206 Megan Moye North Caroli 4:15.59 3 113 Therese Haiss Arkansas 4:16.31 4 68 Erica Digby Vancouver Th 4:17.77 5 257 claudia saunders Brooks Beast 4:20.32 6 237 Kendra Pomfret Vancouver Th 4:21.15 7 100 Dana Giordano Cambridge-Bo 4:22.38 8 177 Carolina Lozano Argentina 4:26.60 -- 332 Jessica Kamilos Saucony DNF
Event 54 Women 1500 Meter Run Section 3 ================================================================ Name Year School Finals ================================================================ 1 271 Katie Snowden Unattached 4:12.21 2 297 Tori Tsolis Strava TC / 4:15.44 3 279 Jamie Stokes Weber State 4:15.95 4 37 Elena Burkard San Francisc 4:17.26 5 164 Raquel Lambdin Unattached 4:17.99 6 309 Jenna Westaway Brooks Canad 4:19.16 7 301 Tracee van der Wyk Unattached 4:21.58 8 220 Whittni Orton BYU 4:22.62 9 88 Kristen Findley Big Bear Tc/ 4:27.26
Event 58 Women 3000 Meter Steeplechase Section 1 ================================================================ Name Year School Finals ================================================================ 1 54 Rosie Clarke Great Britai 9:36.75 2 163 Genevieve Lalonde Speed River 9:36.88 3 169 Marie Lawrence Oiselle 9:44.33 4 46 Belen Casetta Argentina 9:45.69 5 290 Erin Teschuk Asics Furman 9:49.32 6 156 Alicja Konieczek Western Stat 9:49.74 7 312 Alexina Wilson Oiselle 9:52.38 8 141 Rachel Johnson Asics/Furman 9:59.52 9 332 Jessica Kamilos Saucony 10:03.10 10 24 Maria Bernard Saucony Cana 10:07.52 11 203 Chikako Mori Sekisui Kaga 10:12.65 12 157 Paige Kouba Saucony / CB 10:20.18 13 90 Rosa Flanagan New Zealand 10:23.24 -- 23 Rolanda Bell Cptc New Bal DNF
Event 61 Women 5000 Meter Run Section 1 ================================================================ Name Year School Finals ================================================================ 1 119 Sifan Hassan Global Sport 15:13.15 2 190 Riko Matsuzaki Sekisui Kaga 15:19.91 3 227 Lauren Paquette Brooks 15:20.48 4 261 Andrea Seccafien University o 15:21.64 5 192 Eilish McColgan Nike 15:22.12 6 300 Kate Van Buskrik Unattached 15:22.17 7 213 Jessica O'Connell Unattached 15:22.35 8 259 Dominique Scott adidas 15:24.60 9 94 Vanessa Fraser Unattached 15:25.83 10 281 Sara Sutherland Saucony 15:26.59 11 11 Yukari Abe Impress Runn 15:27.62 12 209 Rina Nabeshima Japan Post G 15:27.97 13 288 Charlotte Taylor San Francisc 15:29.07 14 298 Nicole Tully Hoka One One 15:29.32 15 266 Nicole Sifuentes Saucony 15:33.09 16 204 Kaori Morita Panasonic 15:44.78 17 294 Jess Tonn Brooks Beast 15:53.76 18 114 Marielle Hall Nike 15:55.16 -- 232 Angela Petty New Zealand DNF -- 201 Baylee Mires Brooks Beast DNF -- 219 Maren Orth LG Telis Fin DNF
Event 62 Women 5000 Meter Run Section 2 ================================================================ Name Year School Finals ================================================================ 1 262 Heidi See Melbourne Tr 15:22.36 2 160 Ednah Kurgat Unattached 15:26.00 3 305 Giulia Viola Diadora/Ital 15:28.22 4 62 Melissa Courtney Unattached 15:28.95 5 130 Lauren Howarth Global Sport 15:29.26 6 181 Margherita Magnani Unattached 15:30.91 7 216 Misaki Onishi Sekisui Kaga 15:31.92 8 258 Rachel Schneider Under Armour 15:33.06 9 291 Calli Thackery Unattached 15:39.44 10 106 Emelia Gorecka Nike 15:44.34 11 64 Alycia Cridebring Sra Elite/ra 15:54.39 12 221 Shannon Osika Saucony 16:03.01 13 152 Elinor Kirk Global Sport 16:06.87 14 60 Katrina Coogan New Balance 16:08.74 15 22 Emma Bates BAA 16:09.11 16 205 Josephine Moultrie Unattached 16:14.74 17 58 Muriel Coneo Pared Equipo Porve 16:15.68 -- 107 Ayla Granados Strava TC / DNF
Event 64 Women 10000 Meter Run Section 1 ================================================================ Name Year School Finals ================================================================ 1 19 Meraf Bahta Hälle IF 31:13.06 2 63 Amy Cragg Nike Btc 31:17.20 3 97 Gotytom Gebreslase adidas 31:25.61 4 268 Emily Sisson New Balance 31:32.53 5 285 Yuka Takashima Shiseido Run 31:33.33 6 59 Kim Conley New Balance 31:35.88 7 125 Madeline Hills adidas 31:41.10 8 282 Ayuko Suzuki Japan Post G 31:41.74 9 39 Camille Buscomb Melbourne Tr 31:45.02 10 133 Mao Ichiyama Wacoal 31:49.01 11 105 Kaitlin Goodman Strava TC / 31:55.46 12 69 Obare Doricah Impress Runn 32:06.22 13 263 Hanami Sekine Japan Post G 32:10.22 14 147 elvin kibet Skechers Per 32:22.51 15 224 Sarah Pagano BAA 32:23.95 16 316 Alice Wright New Mexico 32:29.28 17 21 Elaina Balouris BAA 32:34.73 18 247 Tatiele Roberta de Posso Sports 32:35.86 19 240 Beverly Ramos Unattached 32:36.03 20 255 Sonia Samuels Unattached 32:41.19 21 283 Carolina Tabares G Equipo Porve 32:43.21 22 150 Allie Kieffer N Y A C 32:45.36 23 55 Rachel Cliff Unattached 32:50.07 24 122 Margarita Hernánde Uaemex Mexic 32:51.02 25 166 Lauren LaRocco Unattached 32:52.37 26 299 Miyuki Uehara Daiichi Seim 32:56.38 27 92 Brenda Flores Corre A.C. 33:20.57 28 108 Alia Gray Roots Runnin 33:28.22 29 174 Sandra Lopez Mx Internati 33:28.78 30 233 Meghan Peyton Team Usa Min 33:59.49 31 95 Kathya Garcia Ejército Mex 34:05.73 -- 221 Shannon Osika Saucony DNF -- 179 Bridget Lyons Atlanta Trac DNF -- 321 Sammy Silva Nike Btc DNF -- 134 Emily Infeld Nike Btc DNF -- 167 Maria Larsson Melbourne Tr DNF
Event 66 Women 100 Meter Hurdles ===================================================================== Name Year School Finals Wind ===================================================================== 1 274 Andrea Stark Auc Elite 15.25 -2.4 2 315 Folke Woch Academy of A 16.81 -2.4 3 49 Briaunna Caver Academy of A 17.88 -2.4
Event 74 Women Discus Throw ========================================================================== Name Year School Finals ========================================================================== 1 254 Jaimi Salone Stanford 49.27m 161-08 FOUL 47.66m 49.27m FOUL FOUL FOUL 2 99 Lena Giger Stanford 39.62m 130-00 38.85m 36.17m FOUL 39.62m 39.33m FOUL
Vanessa Fraser celebrates with friends and teammates after running the second-fastest time by an American this year, in a huge personal record.
STANFORD, Calif.– Vanessa Fraser, a Stanford senior, shattered her personal best in the 5,000 meters at the Payton Jordan Invitational in a time that would have the fastest by a collegian outdoors this season if she was not redshirting.
Fraser's 15:25.83 placed her ninth in the invitational section of a meet that has established itself as the prime destination for fast distance times. It was a lifetime best by 15 seconds and would have put her No. 5 all-time at Stanford, jumping ahead of such luminaries as PattiSue Plumer and Alicia Craig.
Fraser celebrated by receiving a high-five from former teammate Jessica Tonn, who was in the same race, and a big hug from coach Elizabeth DeBole. After an interview or two, Fraser jogged to the section of the grandstands that was packed with Stanford friends and teammates and was mobbed.
Sixteen of the world's 21 fastest outdoor times this year were recorded in the two women's 5,000 heats at Payton Jordan, including the top five American times. Fraser is No. 2 on the U.S. list – behind third place Lauren Paquette in 15:20.48, and No. 14 in the world.
Though a steady wind may have hampered the times, the meet produced two national records: by Luis Fernando Ostos Cruz of Peru, who ran the men's 10,000 in 27:53.58, and women's 10,000 winner Meraf Bahta of Sweden (31:13.06). There were four world-leading times, five U.S. leaders, and three collegiate leaders. And 26 runners broke qualifying standards for the IAAF World Championships in London this summer, including 13 in the women's 10,000.
Fraser, the one-time walk-on out of nearby Scotts Valley High has run a lifetime best each year at this meet. As a freshman, she set a 15-second personal best, to 16:22.64 while running in the third heat. As a sophomore in 2016, her 15:54.12 in the second heat was a seven-second best. Last year, as a junior, she dropped it to 15:41.64, also out of the second heat.
Fraser has dropped her best time by an average of 12.6 seconds each year at Payton Jordan. Though her time was barely outside the U.S. Championships automatic qualifying standard of 15:25.00, she should get in.
"It's really funny, because from year to year it doesn't feel like anything really changes, other than just getting another consistent year of training," said Fraser, a three-time All-American. "It's crazy, because my freshman year at this meet, I PR'd and ran 16:22. Now, it's almost a minute off of that.
"If you would have told me at that meet as a freshman that I was going to run 15:25 in three years, I would have laughed. It seems so huge, but it really only chips away, with consistent training."
The race developed perfectly. The pace went out slightly slower than anticipated, which played into Fraser's hands. It kept the pack close together and, with a bit of wind, that was fine. Fraser tucked into the lead pack was pulled to a quick pace without having to fully expend herself.
Another trick helped. Her personal playlist was broadcast over the public-address system as background during the race.
"Instead of focusing on the number of laps I had left, I'm just focusing on my vibe," Fraser said. "Because you get in a rhythm and you're not really thinking about where you are in the race."
Fraser, a symbolic systems major with a concentration on neuroscience, feels like this performance against a professional field will give her confidence when once again puts on a Stanford singlet, in cross country and outdoor track in 2017-18.
Fourteen women in her race broke 15:30. Running and competing with high-caliber professionals "really helps my confidence," she said. "It will be a really great stepping stone going into cross country in the fall."
Australia’s Patrick Tiernan and Sweden’s Meraf Bahta smashed their personal bests to clock world-leading performances over 10,000m at the Payton Jordan Invitational in Stanford, USA on Friday night (5). With cold, breezy weather in Palo Alto, the meeting was never likely to feature many earth-shattering times but Tiernan, in particular, put some heat into a cool evening with a swift closing lap to seal victory. In the final race of the night, the Australian hit the front with four laps remaining and controlled the pace thereafter, responding to a last-lap attack from Canada’s Mohammed Ahmed to win in 27:29.91. Though the early pace was steady – they passed 3000m in 8:26, slower than 28-minute-pace – some early victims began to emerge shortly after halfway, with Britain’s Callum Hawkins stepping off the track shortly after passing 6000m in 16:54, at a time he was already well detached from the leading group. New Zealand’s Jake Robertson pulled up injured while still in contention with a little over 2000m to run, which left four at the front when Tiernan made his decisive move. Ahmed surged to the front at the bell, but Tiernan followed in close pursuit, the two steadily escaping the chase of Shadrack Kipchirchir and Hassan Mead. Ahmed still led as they turned into the home straight, but it was then that Tiernan moved wide, using every inch of his long stride to power past on the run to the line, with his winning time of 27:29.91 taking 30 seconds off his PB and coming up just five seconds shy of Ben St Lawrence’s Australian 10,000m record. His last lap? A noteworthy 57.81 seconds. “Being able to run that off a pretty slow pace from the start is a very good indicator,” said Tiernan, who currently trains in Philadelphia under coach Marcus O’Sullivan. “I came out here to race and take on some top competition, and it’s very encouraging to beat guys like this.” Ahmed finished second in 27:30.00, with Kipchirchir third in 27:32 and Mead fourth in 27:34.38 – all four finishing within the World Championships qualifying standard of 27:45. In the women’s race, Meraf Bahta carved up her out-dated 10,000m best with a run of 31:13.06, a Swedish record and a time which proved that she has ample endurance to go with her 4:01 1500m speed. “I came from very hard training in Flagstaff, but I’m not used to running 10K,” she admitted afterwards. “Today was just some training, but I’m feeling good. It’s not my speciality – that’s more the 1500m.” Bahta came home four seconds clear of USA’s Amy Cragg, who also secured her qualifying time for the IAAF World Championships London 2017 with a run of 31:17.20. Ethiopia’s Gotytom Gebreslase finished third in 31:25.61, with Emily Sisson fourth in 31:32.53. In the women’s 5000m, Sifan Hassan opened her season in impressive fashion, the Dutch athlete kicking for home with 400 metres to run and clocking a 62-second last lap en route to winning in 15:13.15. “The last 50 metres I was so tired, because I went too hard when I moved but I wanted to run the last 400 very fast,” said the world indoor 1500m champion. Riko Matsuzaki of Japan held on for second in 15:19.91, with Lauren Paquette of the USA third in 15:20.47 and Canada’s Andrea Seccafien fourth in 15:21.64, all inside the qualifying standard of 15:22.00 for the IAAF World Championships London 2017. Olympic 1500m champion Matthew Centrowitz suffered defeat in what proved a relatively pedestrian section two of the men’s 5000m, the US runner hitting the front on the final bend but surprisingly getting outkicked by Australia’s Jack Rayner, who clocked 13:47.41 to Centrowitz’s 13:48.42. USA’s 19-year-old Drew Hunter was a close third in 13:49.56. Section one was won by Justyn Knight in 13:17.51, the Canadian holding off the late charge of Australia’s Sam McEntee, who was runner-up in 13:17.55. Gabriel Geay was third in 13:20.35, with college star Edward Cheserek a fading fourth in 13:24.72. Elsewhere Chrishuna Williams held off Angela Petty of New Zealand to win the women’s 800m in 2:02.58, while Norway’s Karoline Bjerkeli Grovdal also fended off all late challengers to win the women’s 1500m in 4:10.74. Eric Jenkins clocked 3:38.30 to win the men’s 1500m, shortly after finishing well down the field in his section of the men’s 800m in 1:51.79. Cathal Dennehy for the IAAF
Michelle Carter of the United States reacts during the women's shot put competition of 2017 Doha IAAF Diamond League in Doha, capital of Qatar, May 5, 2017. Michelle Carter claimed the title with 19.32 meters. (Xinhua/Nikku)
Olympic 400m hurdles champion Dalilah Muhammad is now firmly established among the world’s elite in her event. Yet the US hurdler fondly recalls a pivotal race from four years ago, which helped pave the way for her future success.
“At the 2012 Olympic Trials I had finished sixth in my 400m hurdles heat. It was in the fall of that year when I decided to join the same training group as Lashinda Demus (the 2011 world 400m hurdles champion and 2012 Olympic silver medallist) to be coached by her mum, Yolanda. “I found training with that group extremely difficult at first. My body had never experienced such demanding training. I had never worked as hard in my life and I was incapable of completing workouts. I dug in and tried to do better in an effort to overcome the difficulties. “I remember I gradually started to improve and I remember one workout, which ended with a 200m. For the first time, I was able to hang with Lashinda down the straight. It was the first time I was within striking distance of her and I remember her saying, ‘wow, you are getting better’. “In April 2013, I opened my 400m hurdles season at the Pasadena Games in California. I went into the race excited for the season ahead but with no real expectation of how I would perform. “That day I ran 55.97 and dipped below my PB of 56.04. It was such a defining moment in my career. It felt so easy, like I wasn’t even trying. But I also made mistakes in that race – like chopping badly at hurdle seven – which encouraged me to believe I could run so much faster in the future and I had so much more potential to give. “In my next race, I improved by just over a second, running 54.94 in Irvine, and then went on to set PBs in Shanghai (54.74) and Turin (54.66) – four PBs in four races. By the end of that year, I had lowered my lifetime best to 53.83 when winning the US title and later took the silver medal at the World Championships. “Yet for all that success throughout that season, it was the race in Pasadena when I first felt I had truly arrived.” Steve Landells for the IAAF
The multi-events portion of the 2017 Big West Track and Field Championships concluded Saturday at Cal State Fullerton, as seniors Teddy Scranton of Cal Poly and Riley Cooks of Long Beach State were crowned champions of the decathlon and heptathlon, respectively.
Scranton won the decathlon with 7,143 points, dethroning last year’s champion, Tyler Nelson of UC Santa Barbara. Nelson finished second with 6,944 points. UC Davis sophomore Kyle Clancy came in third with 6,787 points, followed by CSUN’s Taylor Cudequest (6,733) and Cal Poly’s Jacob Rickman (6,655).
This is the fourth time a Cal Poly representative has won the Big West decathlon. Jon Takahashi captured gold in 2003, and James Nunno was a two-time winner in 2007 and 2009.
Cooks became the second two-time heptathlon champion from Long Beach State, joining Ami Ice from 1989 and 1991. She is the first Big West athlete to win in back-to-back seasons since Nevada’s Janel Chandler (1997-98).
The native of Coarsegold, Calif. earned the title with 5,671 points, bettering her winning mark of 5,414 from 2016. The 5,671 points represented the second-highest winning total in the 33-year history of the event. Cooks nearly unseated UC Santa Barbara’s Barbara Nwaba as the meet record holder, just missing Nwaba’s 5,709 total from 2012.
Scranton, who trailed Nelson by 71 points after the completion of five events, eventually overtook first place for good in the penultimate event – the javelin. Scranton’s toss of 179-10.50 was good for second place and 660 points, and allowed him to take a 105 point lead on Nelson going into the last event, the 1,500 meters.
Scranton, who finished third in the decathlon in 2015 and fourth in 2016, cemented the victory in the 1,500 as he clocked 4:53.94 for second place, trailing only Thomas Grossman of UC Davis. Nelson finished ninth in both the javelin and 1,500 to help Scranton’s late surge to the title.
The Petaluma, Calif. native also benefitted from a victory in the discus throw with a distance of 152-10.00 on his first attempt.
Cooks scored a career-high in the heptathlon with her 5,671 points. She finished first in three events and runner-up in three others. She had an 11th-place effort in the final event of the meet, the 800 meters.
Cooks started day two with a win in the long jump as she improved her career-best by nearly three inches to finish at 20-00.75. She then placed second in the javelin with a distance of 132-08.75.
Usgaard chased Cooks with a pair of third-place efforts in the long jump (19-05.25) and javelin (115-10.75), while finishing the meet in sixth in the 800-meters.
The main portion of the championship meet begins next Friday at Cal State Fullerton. The field events start at 10:30 a.m. with the women’s hammer, while the first track event takes place at 3:00 p.m. with the men’s steeplechase.
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