Steeplechase Report

Women's Steeplechase Report

Number 444 - 4 May 2008

Editor: James E. Fields, Ph.D.

Readers in 53 nations

Reported races are 3000m distance unless labeled otherwise.

Jesse Owens Classic, May 2 - Columbus, Ohio

Race 1: 1-Barbara Parker, GBR 9:55.94; 2-Nicole Bush, unat 10:01.69; 3-Ann Gaffigan, New Balance 10:22.70;

4-Andrea Parker, Ann Arbor 10:29.61; 5-Claire Percival, CAN-Penn State 10:38.14; 6-Julia Rudd, Indiana Invaders 10:38.15; 7-Sarah Price, Michigan State 10:53.80; 8-Jessica Furlan, Excel 10:59.52; 9-Sonja Hinish, Penn State 11:28.80.

Race 2: 1-Andra Halasek, Kentucky 10:51.08; 2-A'Seret Dokubo, S.Illinois 10:52.93; 3-Cassandra Schenck, Akron 10:54.76; 4-Claire Laverty, Kentucky 11:12.78 [11 finish; Last = 12:09.89]

Big East Champs, May 3 - Villanova, Pennsylvania

1-Elizabeth Haglund, Villanova 10:17.12; 2-Joanna Rodgers, Georgetown 10:18.15; 3-Lindsey Ferguson, Notre Dame 10:29.63; 4-Alison Spiker, West. Virginia 10:47.55; 5-Amy Ruffolo, Pittsburgh 10:49.17; 6-Sarah Morrison, Villanova 10:52.18; 7-Meghan Rowcliffe, Syracuse 10:54.65; 8-Lauren Gregory, Georgetown 11:02.28 [12 finish; Last = 11:33.45]

Arkansas Twilight, May 2 - Fayetteville, AR

1-Mica Land, Wichita State 10:27.58; 2-Carolyn Rauen, Missouri 11:11.03; DNF-Tiffany Redlarczyk, Arkansas.

Atlantic 10 Champs, May 3 - Amherst, Massachusetts

1-Tsehaye Dagnachew, Charlotte 10:29.16; 2-Christa Plummer, LaSalle 10:45.83; 3-Katie Kelly, Duquesne 10:56.26; 4-Elisabeth Mayer, La Salle 11:10.19; 5-Anne Oltman, Dayton 11:15.73; 6-Erin Macauley, Charlotte 11:18.73; 7-Ellen Nien-haus, Dayton 11:20.60; 8-Caitlin Thomas, Xavier 11:22.70.

[14 finish; Last = 12:49.47]

America East Champs, May 3 - Orono, Maine

1-Laura Cummings, Albany 10:33.60; 2-Carolina Cortes, Stony Brook 10:41.77; 3-Jessica Cickay, Boston U 10:43.26; 4-Jessica Hampson, Stony Brook 10:47.32; 5-Kristine Mun, Albany 11:00.31; 6-Ashley Horton, Binghampton 11:04.14;

7-Danielle Trimpop, Albany 11:08.62; 8-Elizabeth Morrissey, New Hampshire 11:19.44 [12 finish; Last = 13:05.97]

New England Division 3 Champs, May 3 - New London

1-Elise Tropiano, Amherst 10:36.46; 2-Cassandra Knight, Colby 10:39.90; 3-Jacqui Wentz, MIT 11:04.47; 4-Ceara Danaher, Middlebury 11:10.34; 5-Meghan Shea, Williams 11:23.79 [25 finish; Last = 12:41.05]

Steve Scott Invitational, May 3 - Irvine, California

1-Cristina Olivas, UC Riverside 10:42.94; 2-Kristina Holtz, Sacramento 10:53.58; 3-Jodie Leal, Sacramento 11:05.76;

4-Carly Harris, Long Beach 11:09.22; 5-Kendall Bruton, UC Irvine 11:19.56; 6-Kristin Glen, San Diego 11:21.16 [11 finish; Last = 11:50.80]

George Mason Invitational, May 3 - Fairfax, Virginia

1-Cristina Falcone, Mary Washington 10:45.06 [3rd = 12:28.60]

Musco Invitational, May 3 - Iowa City

1-Megan Duwell, Minnesota 10:49.71; 2-Kira Cerroni, Wis-consin 11:01.23 [7 finish; Last 11:44.22]

Washington at Washington State, May 3 - Pullman, WA

1-Collier Lawrence, WS 10:52.36; 2-Mo Huber, W 11:02.95 [4 finish; Last 11:37.98]

Payton Jordan Meet, May 4 - Palo Alto, California

1-Anna Willard, Nike 9:37.73; 2-Lindsey Anderson, Nike 9:41.41; 3-Yuan Jin, CHN 9:41.60; 4-Amanda Lorenzen, Brooks 9:51.76; 5-Irene Kimaiyo, KEN-Texas Tech 9:55.12;

6-Jo Ankier, GBR 9:59.16; 7 -Sariah Long, Weber State 9:59.63; 8-Carrie Strickland, Bowerman AC 10:02.43; 9-Lind-say Allen, Stanford 10:08.84; 10-Meredith McGregor, CAN 10:13.93; 11-Yoshika Tatsumi, JPN 10:14.71; 12-Fiona Crombie, NZL 10:15.46; 13-Beverly Ramos, PUR-Kansas State 10:15.56; 14-Danielle Bradley, Baylor 10:17.86;

15-Lesley Higgins, New York AC 10:19.91; 16-Jane Rudkin, Team XO 10:21.64; 17-Bevin Kennelly, CAN 10:24.32;

18-Bethany Nickless, UC Santa Barbara 10:32.19; 19-Lauren Denfeld, Oregon State 10:38.28; 20-Kara Henry, New Mexico 10:38.58.

The first three finishers move up on the 2008 World List for this event, now ranking second, third, and fourth behind Donna MacFarlane of New Zealand.

Jin, Lorenzen, Kimaiyo, and Long got personal best times. Long joined USA Olympic Trials sub-10 "A" standard list.

See this race at http://www.runnerspace.com/CardinalInvite

African Championships, May 4 - Addis Ababa, ETH

1-Zemzem Ahmed, ETH 9:44.58; 2-Mekdes Bekele, ETH 9:59.52; 3-Ruth Bosibori, KEN 10:00.18; 4-Sofia Asefa, ETH 10:05.73; 5-Mercy Njoroge, KEN 10:38.28; 6-Tebogo Masehla, RSA 11:13.24.

Mikio Oda Memorial Meet, April 29 - Hiroshima, JPN

1-Chisa Nishio 10:05.43; 2-Mizuho Nasukawa 10:06.07; 3-Minori Hayakari 10:11.47; 4-Haruna Mori 10:12.57;

5-Kazuka Wakatsuki 10:16.12; 6-Maiko Yamaguchi 10:17.64; 7-Mayu Hitomi 10:39.55. [Hayakari led with splits of 3:13.4 at 1000m and 6:40.5 at 2000m.]

Centennial Conference, May 3 - Gattysburg, PA

1-Caitlin Bradley, Dickinson 10:44.46; 2-Christa Johnson, Ursinus 11:00.37; 3-Caitlin Mullarkey, Swarthmore 11:22.25 [13 finish; Last = 13:09.69]

GLVC Champs, May 2 - Edwardsville, Illinois

1-Mary Ballinger, Southern. Indiana 10:57.15; 2-LeAnn Sarka, Indianapolis 11:02.71 [11 finish; Last = 13:13.70]

Ohio Valley Conference, May 3 - Cape Girardeau, MO

1-Katelyn Jones, Murray State 10:57.92 [9 finishers; Last = 12:37.44]

Patriot League Champs, May 3 -Annapolis, Maryland

1-Arwyn Becker, Navy 10:59.01; 2-Maureen Dooley, Navy 11:10.40; 3-Kerry Taylor, Lafayette 11:19.67; 4-Megan Howell, Army 11:24.72 [14 finish; Last = 12:26.84]

Princeton Elite Meet, May 2 - Princeton, New Jersey

1-Amanda Laytham, Syracuse Chargers 10:59.45; 2-Lindsay Kahn, Brown 11:16.80; 3-Irena Ossola, Columbia 11:29.59.

CCAA Championships, May 3 - Los Angeles

1-Megan Rolland, Humboldt State 11:14.55; 2-Liliana Hernandez, CSU Los Angeles 11:19.07; 3-Cherise McNair, CSU Stanislaus 11:21.15; 4-Tiffany Turner, Cal Poly Pomona 11:24.22 [17 finish; Last = 13:43.89]

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Women's Steeplechase Report

Number 443          28 April 2008

Editor: James E. Fields, Ph.D.

Readers in 53 nations

Athletes target: Olympic Qualifying Standards

     On 11 October 2007 Steeple Report published a list of the world's women steeplers who had achieved the "A" standard of 9:46 for entry into 3000m steeple at the 2008 Olympic Games.

Three "A" athletes from a nation can compete in the event.

http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/standards/newsid=43175.html

provides details about standards including the "window" for qualifying, 1 January 2007 to 23 July 2008, and what type of meets that are acceptable for qualifying. (There is also a "B" standard of 9:55 for nations with only one athlete in an event.)

     Emily Brown of USA joined the "A" list with a 9:45.38 victory at the 2008 Drake Relays. Rasa Troup of Lithuania was well well under "B" standard with 9:51.28 (as was Delilah DiCres-cenzo of USA with 9:51.49 on April 18 at the Mt. SAC Relays).

SR Reporting Convention

     If all steeplers run at the same time, from the same starting gun, we report them as in the same race even if meet manage-

ment shows those athletes as running in different races.

     But if steeplers run at different times, from different starting guns, we show them in separate races even if meet manage-ment shows those athletes running together in the same race.

New England Small College Ch, April 26 - Clinton, NY

     1-Anna King, Colby 10:34.65; 2-Cassandra Knight, Colby 11:10.22; 3-Ceara Danaher, Middlebury 11:22.02; 4-Sophie Galleher, Amherst 11:31.15; 5-Meghan Shea, Williams Col-lege 11:37.83      [19 finishers; Last = 13:19.94]

Brutus Hamilton Invit, April 25 - Berkeley, California

1-Erin Stratton,Utah State 10:38.18; 2-Chantelle Groenewoud, CAN-Illinois 10:40.06; 3-Meredith Hawkins; Fresno State 10:42.33; 4-Vanessa Hawkins, Utah State 11:05.04

Southern Conference Champs, April 26 - Cullowhee, NC

     1-Magal Atias, ISR-Davidson 11:10.01; 2-Sabrina Lefort, Chattanooga 11:16.71; 3-Shelley Taylor, Chattanooga 11:20.39; 4-Emily Fournier, Elon 11:20.60; 5-Charlotte Walsh, Appalachian State. 11:25.85 [10 finish; Last 12:56.27]

South Africa Junior Champs, April 18 - Pretoria, RSA

     1-Thembi Baloyi 11:17.06; 2-Amukelani Baloyi 11:24.29;   3-Ashley Schnetler 11:34.56: 4-Thato Makhafalo 11:51.63;    5-Vuyokazi Mabhude 12:19.75; 6-Zaan Erwee 12:43.13.

Northwest Conference Champs, April 18 - Newberg, OR

1-Jena Winger, Willamette 10:46.5; 2-Brittany Hodgson, Puget Sound 10:53.8; 3-Casey Stepan, Linfield 11:13.0 [hand timing, 20 finish; Last 12:54.3]

New York Relays, April 20 - New York City

High School 2000m Steeple: 1-Allison Linnell, Colts Neck 6:57.63; 2-Maddie Adams, Garden City 7:26.80; 3-Brianna Cano, Valley Stream 7:32.43; 4-Michelle Rotondo, Garden City 7:34.21; 5-Samantha Rodriguez, St. John's Prep 7:43.57; 6-Christine Johnston, Longwood 7:52.40 [9 finishers]

Oregon Relays High School Race, Apr 25 - Eugene, OR

2000m Steeple: 1-Alexa Kearns, St Mary's 7:33.02; 2-Lucy Whipps, St Mary's 7:35.03; 3-Piper Nash, Summit 7:53.00; 4-Sarah Auer, Crescent Valley 7:57.40; 5-Kall Wells, Crescent Valley 8:08.03; 6-Emily Wallen, Capital 8:12.60.

                                [11 finishers, Last = 8:54.75

Drake Relays, April 26 - Des Moines, Iowa

1-Emily Brown, Team USA 9:45.38; 2-Rasa Troup, LIT 9:51.28; 3-Amanda Lorenzen, unattached 10:07.40; 4-Kristin Anderson, Nike 10:19.20; 5-Irene Kimaiyo, KEN-Texas Tech 10:19.28;

5-Jessica Schmidt, Iowa 10:34.60; 6-Joslyn Dalton, Nebraska 10:37.53; 7-Rachel Stangler, Augustana 10:40.17; 8-Lauren Bonds, Kansas 10:40.45; 9-Jessica Ortman, Kentucky 10:40.88; 10-Nell Rojas, Northern Arizona 10:43.89; 11-Jamie Vest, Missouri State 10:45.08; 12-Chepleting Boit, KEN-Texas Tech 10:49.80; 13-Kara DeWalt, Montana 10:52.89;

14-Melissa Green, Eastern Michigan 10:54.44; 15-Shayla Houlihan, Utah 10:57.93   [19 finish; Last 11:33.93]

Oregon Relays, April 25 - Eugene, Oregon

     1-Sarah Madebach, Georgia 10:17.86; 2-Mica Land, Wichita State 10:21.78; 3-Kristen Hemphill, Colorado State 10:22.66; 4-Stacie Lifferth, Utah State 10:24.56; 5-Meredith MacGregor, CAN-Valley Royals 10:26.00; 6-Bethany Nickless, UC Santa Barbara 10:31.72; 7-Kelly Fullerton, Team XO 10:32.85; 8-Lauren Denfield, Oregon State 10:33.79; 9-Sarna Becker, Club Northwest 10:36.70; 10-Lara Henry, New Mexico 10:38.20; 11-Emily Mathis 10:40.30; 12-Angela Spadafino, Arizona State 10:40.79; 13-Allix Lee-Painter, Idaho 10:43.73; 14-Claire Michel, Oregon 10:44.22; 15-Mo Huber, Washington 10:48.94; 16-Kelly McClure, Central Michigan 10:50.00; 17-Brook Giuffre, Oregon 10:58.55 [19 finish; Last = 11:41.85].

    Two major steeplers opted for 1500m run; Jenny Barringer finished first in 4:17.19; Kelly Strong was sixth in 4:26.01.

Penn Relays, April 24 - Philadelphia
1-Lindsay Sundell, Florida 10:18.51; 2-Addie Bracy, unattached 10:21.09; 3-Megan Brandeland, Princeton 10:24.67; 4-Caitlin Bradley, Dickinson 10:35.41; 5-Felicitas Mensing, GER-Coastal Carolina 10:35.91; 6-Amanda Laytham, Syracuse Chargers 10:36.43; 7-Shelby Leland Columbia 10:37.18; 8-Friederike Feil, GER-Florida Atlantic 10:38.06; 9-Liz Deir, Princeton 10:41.88; 10-Stephanie Pancoast, Cornell 10:44.41; 11-Erin Roberts Cornell 10:48.59; 12-Loice Cheboi, KEN-Abilene Christian 10:53.60; 13-Sonja Hinish, Penn State 10:56.24; 14-Elena Linn, Georgia Tech 11:00.71; 15-Lindsay Kahn, Brown 11:07.74. [Sundell third with a lap remaining but finished fast.]

Rice Twilight Meet, April 24 - Houston, Texas

     1-Lenny Waite, unattached 10:28.17; 2-Becky Wade, Rice 10:29.23; 3-Meredith Blocker, SF Austin 11:18.53; 4-Annabelle Everitt, Texas-Arlington 11:27.97 [9 finish; Last 12:10.66]

BYU Robison Invitational, April 26 - Provo Utah

     1-Amy Fowler-Layne, Brigham Young 10:40.26; 2-Mary Schauerhamer, Sojourners 10:43.57; 3-Lois Ricardi, Idaho State 10:45.10; 4-Rena Chesser, unattached 10:46.70.

                [7 finish; Last 12:16.57]

Gina Relays, April 25 - Hillsdale, Michigan

   Race 2 (Invitational) 1-Angela Matthews, Front Line 10:43.04; 2-Ashley Birger, Boulder 10:45.20; 3-Meagan Hudson, Missouri Baptist 10:59.50; 4-Elizabeth Smit, Calvin 11:02.90; 5-LeAnn Sarka, Indianapolis 11:06.32; 6-Hannah Humbach, Wisconsin Eau Claire 11:07.73 [20 finish; Last = 12:10.82]

     Race 1 (Open) Winner 11:33.76 [26 finish; Last 14:26.55]

Reported races are 3000m distance unless labeled otherwise.

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Women's Steeplechase Report

Number 442          19 April 2008

Editor: James E. Fields, Ph.D.

Readers in 53 nations

USA High School Steeplers

Jackie Ferrance of Mechanicsville, Virginia, leads pack to water April 18 in multi-state meet at Knoxville, Tennessee.

But Jennifer Dunn won the race. Photo by Sally McMillan

Volunteer Classic 2km Steeple, April 18 - Knoxville,TN

     1-Jennifer Dunn, Decatur Alabama 7:19.71 Meet record;

2-Sarah Dorrell, Blacksburg VA 8:11.33; 3-Jacki Ferrance, Virginia 8:17.95; 4-Lilly Odea, Midlothian VA 8:21.27;

5-Maryholland Novkov, Chattanooga Tennessee 8:32.52;

6-Ling Beisecker, Blacksburg VA 8:32.59; 7-Deanna Butler, Asheville North Carolina 8:38.09; 8-Katie Ostrochouv, Oak Ridge TN 8:46.93 [12 finish; Last 9:55.32]

Atlantic Coast Conference, April 18 - Atlanta, Georgia

     1-Stephanie Garcia, Virginia 10:17.38; 2-Lydia Willemse, Florida State 10:32.60; 3-Erin Reddan, Virginia Tech 10:35.82; 4-Kirsten Hagen, Florida State 10:44.79; 5-Samantha Stafford, Virginia 10:45.71; 6-Suzanne Ginnow, Virginia 10:48.30; 7-Patricia Loughlin, Duke 10:48.93; 8-Elena Linn, Georgia Tech 10:53.22; 9-Morgan Stengel, North Carolina 11:07.26; 10-Gretchen Andrus, Boston College 11:13.10 [13 finish; Last 12:22.21]

Vanderbilt Challenge, April 18 - Nashville, Tennessee

  1-Whitney Mays, UAB 10:42.11; 2-Natalie Leeper, Western Kentucky 10:52.06; 3-A'Seret Dokubo, SIU 10:54.14; 4-Megan Hoelscher, SIU 11:18.52; 5-Meg Ziarek, Jacksonville 11:18.57; 6-Kirsten Lang, Illinois State 11:20.39 [15 finish; Last 13:25.58]

Larry Ellis Invitational, April 18 - Princeton, New Jersey

    1-Christa Plummer, La Salle 10:52.26; 2-Arianne Field, New York AC 10:54.35; 3-Maureen Dooley, Navy 10:55.24; 4-Sarah Morrison, Villanova 10:56.04; 5-Meghan Rowcliffe, Syracuse 10:58.07; 6-Lynne Mundy, Syracuse 11:05.22; 7-Christa Johnson, Ursinus 11:08.22; 8-Jen Gardynski, Stonehill 11:17.58 [20 finishers; Last 12:36.93]

Big South Conference, April 18 - Rock Hill, S.Carolina

1-Felicitas Mensing, GER/Coastal Carolina 10:51.90; 2-Kelsey Stafford, VMI 11:08.59; 3-Ashlyn Sinclair, Radford 11:14.59; 4-Piper Newby, Liberty 11:22.19 [10 finish; Last 13:10.55]

Mt. SAC Relays, April 18 - Walnut, California

Race 4: 1-Korene Hinds, JAM 9:41.88; 2-Yuan Jin, CHN 9:46.03; 3-Delilah DiCrescenzo, Riadha 9:51.49; 4-Lindsey Anderson, Nike 9:56.44; 5-Mardrea Hyman, JAM 9:57.18; 6-Carrie Messner-Vickers, Asics 9:57.82; 7-Ann Gaffigan, unat 9:57.98; 8-Fiona Crombie, NZL 10:03.06; 9-Sariah Long, Weber State 10:07.60; 10-Dawn Cromer, Brooks 10:08.16; 11-Tsehaye Dagnachew, UN Charlotte 10:10.53; 12-Angela Wagner, BYU 10:12.06; 13-Brittany Somers, Asc 10:25.07; 14-Rachel Carrizales, U.Nebraska 10:28.97; 15-Brianna Dahm, OTC 10:33.89; 16-Jane Rudkin, Team XO 10:37.08.

See April 18 Mt, SAC steeples via these Flocast videos:

http://www.flocasts.org/flotrack/coverage.php?c=245&id=13334

http://www.flocasts.org/flotrack/coverage.php?c=245&id=13333

Race 3: 1-Carrie Strickland, Bowerman AC 9:59.66; 2-Zsofia Erdelyi, HUN/USC 10:11.32; 3-Meghan Leonard, Washington State 10:16.36; 4-Sara Trane, Washington St. 10:16.75; 5-Eva Tomankova, CZE/Oklahoma State 10:21.17; 6-Carolyn Ellis, CSU Fullerton 10:26.62; 7-Beverly Ramos, Kansas State 10:28.70; 8-Collier Lawrence, Washington State 10:32.23; 9-Mary Ann Schauerhamer, Sojourners 10:32.25; 10-Tawny Bybee, BYU 10:33.28; 11-Sarah Hurley, Wisconsin 10:33.56; 12-Rachel Stangler, Augustana SD 10:40.21; 13-Meredith MacGregor, CAN/Valley Royals 10:43.92; 14-Cristina Olivas, UC Riverside 10:50.55; 15-Laura Meyers, USC 11:13.64.

Mt. SAC Relays, April 17 - Walnut, California

Race 2: 1-Dallon Williams, CSU-San Marcos 10:31.21; 2-Joslyn Dalton, U.Nebraska 10:36.20; 3-Lois Ricardi, Idaho State 10:40.64; 4-Lindsey Ferguson, Notre Dame 10:45.73; 5-Natalia Kovtun, UKR/ Oklahoma State 10:48.90; 6-Amy Cook, Weber State 10:54.07; 7-Janette Cary, Adams State 10:56.41; 8-Allix Lee-Painter, Idaho 11:01.35; 9-Margaret Callahan, Arizona 11:04.38; 10-Mairead Kelly, Augustana SD 11:28.04.

Race 1:    1-Allison Sawyer, Colorado 10:45.80; 2-Nicole Mericle, Rice 10:49.98; 3-Lisa Thomas, Western State 10:52.94; 4-Whitney Patton, CSU San Marcos 11:02.99;

5-Meridith Hawkins, Fresno State 11:04.02; 6-Sheila Salil, Western State 11:06.39; 7-Dinora Moran, Chico State 11:14.54; 8-Liliana Hernandez, CSU Los Angeles 11:17.23;

9-Shelly Splittberger, Arizona 11:17.59; 10-Hillory Davis, Western State 11:18.11; 11-Teresa Stanley, Wisconsin RR 11:18.46; 12-Megan Rolland, Humboldt State 11:25.51; 13-Kendall Bruton, UC Irvine 11:27.01 [23 finish; Last 13:20.01]

Kansas Relays, April 18 - Lawrence, Kansas

     1-Lauren Bonds, Kansas 11:02.83; 2-Meagan Hudson, Missouri Baptist 11:10.73; 3-Megan Duwell, Minnesota 11:11.36; 4-Ericka Franklin, Southwestern College 11:21.15; 5-Terry Phillips, Missouri St 11:29.23 [19 finish; Last 13:00.91]

McDonnell Invitational, April 19 - Fayetteville, Arkansas

1-Chepleting Boit, KEN/Texas Tech 10:46.99; 2-Kara Eckard, MIssouri Southern 11:05.70; [4 finish; Last 12:31.77]

Chinese Grand Prix, April 12 - Hangzhou, CHN

       1-Yanni Zhao (91) 9:53.10; 2-Xiaoyu Fang (87) 9:54.36; 3-Ran Sun (91) 10:06.13; 4-Xu Yinuo (88) 10:16.48; 5-Wang Huan (89) 10:19.60; 6-Cha Caijuan (85) 10:33.94; 7-Wang Kaiqui (89) 10:41.24.

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Women's Steeplechase Report

Number 440 7 April 2008

Editor: James E. Fields, Ph.D.

Readers in 53 nations

USA Results, 3000m Steeple

Stanford Invitational, April 4/5 - Palo Alto, California

Race 1 (April 4) 1-Yuan Jin, Team CHN 9:51.49; 2-Silje Fjortoft, NOR/Southern Methodist 9:59.01; 3-Ann Gaffigan, New Balance 10:15.41; 4-Lindsay Sundell, Florida 10:18.21

5-Meghan Leonard, Washington State 10:22.35; 6-Angela Wagner, BYU 10:23.64; 7-Lydia Willemse, CAN/Florida State 10:24.21; 8-Erin Bedell, Baylor 10:24.56; 9-Stephanie Garcia, Virginia 10:25.64; 10-Kristen Hemphill, Colorado State 10:29.45; 11-Megan Jackson, Arkansas 10:34.70; 12-Tawny Bybee, BYU 10:37.21; 13-Amy Layne, BYU 10:44.95; 14-Andrea Halasek, Kentucky 10:47.65; 15-Jamie Vest, Missouri State 10:48.23.

Race 2 ( April 5) 1-Collier Lawrence, Washington State 10:25.27; 2-Julianne Masciana, CSU Fullerton 10:30.95;

3-Jessica Schmidt, Iowa 10:32.50; 4-Neil Rojas, N.Arizona 10:36.97; 5-Tiffany Redlarczyk, Arkansas 10:38.44; 6-Kara Henry, New Mexico 10:41.16; 7-Val Kazmer, Vanderbilt 10:43.92; 8-Shayla Houlihan, Utah 10:44.31; 9-Sarna Becker, Club Northwest 10:46.25; 10-Caroline Peyton, Arkansas 10:46.71; 11-Natalie Hemphill, Portland 10:47.23; 12-Melissa Green, E.Michigan 10:48.14; 13-Kirsten Hagen, Florida State 10:48.19; 14-Laura Meyers, USC 10:49.95; 5-Natalie Leeper, W.Kentucky 10:50.57; 16-Amy Cook, Weber State 10:50.78; 17-Kendall Bruton, UC Irvine 10:54.81; 18-Carolyn Boosey, New Mexico 10:56.74; 19-Alison Spiker, West Virginia 11:11.40; 20-Lauren Chramosta, UC Irvine 11:27.95.

Sam Howell Invit, April 4 - Princeton, New Jersey
1-Delilah DiCrescenzo, Riadha 10:03.80; 2-Lesley Higgins, NYAC 10:31.06; 3-Megan Brandeland, Princeton 10:41.13;

4-Liz Deir, Princeton 10:49.58; 5-Laura Tabor, Dartmouth 11:02.65; 6-Stefanie Slekis, Syracuse 11:03.50; 7-Ashley Horton, Binghampton 11:10.40; 8-Meghan Rowcliffe, Syracuse 11:12.14; 9-Lynne Mundy, Syracuse 11:14.99; 10-Alexandra Smrcina, Dartmouth 11:20.01; 11-Sarah Rogers, Manhattan 11:23.46 [15 finish; Last = 12:22.85] "Riadha" is a Swahili word, meaning athletics, associated with "Shoe4Africa" project.

Pepsi Team Invitational, April 5 - Eugene, Oregon
1-Jamie Cheever, Minnesota 10:11.33; 2 -Bridget Franek, Penn State 10:12.27; 3-Ladia Albertson-Junkans, Minnesota 10:34.13; 4-Claire Percival, Penn State 10:45.42; 5-Emily Mathis, Oregon 10:48.23; 6-Mo Huber, Washington 10:56.81; 7-Claire Michel, Oregon 10:57.86; 8-Danielle Ashford, Minnesota 11:12.25; 9-Anna Imperati, Washington 11:21.45; 10-Sonja Hinish, Penn State 11:22.56.

Tom Benich Classic, April 5 - Greeley, Colorado
1-Jenny Barringer, U.Colorado 10:28.18 [4 others from 12:13 to 12:59]

Texas Relays, April 4 - Austin, Texas
1-Winrose Karunde, KEN / Abilene Christian 10:29.81; 2-Becky Wade, Rice 10:42.17; 3-Whitney Mays, UAB 10:47.01; 4-Lauren Salisbury, Texas 10:55.04; 5-Nicole Mericle, Rice 11:00.57; 6-Allison Ferries, Sam Houston 11:01.19; 7-Loice Cheboi, KEN / Abilene Christian 11:02.69; 8-Laura Clarke, UTEP 11:09.30.

Jim Click Meet, April 5 - Tucson, Arizona
1-Rachel Carrizales, Nebraska 10:48.62; 2-Joslyn Dalton, Nebraska 10:57.78; 3-Margaret Callahan, Arizona 11:11.33 6.

Duke Invitational, April 5 - Durham, North Carolina
Section 1: 1-Felicitas Mensing, GER/Coastal Carolina 10:32.72; 2-Kara McKenna,unat 10:37.59; -Laura Cummings, Albany 10:40.49; 4-Patricia Loughlin, Duke 10:56.06; 5-Cristy Falcone, Mary Washington 10:59.79; 6-Jessica Hampson, Stony Brook 11:00.53; 7-Irene Jeptolo, KEN / Winston-Salem 11:01.50; 8-Carolina Cortes, Stony Brook 11:02.93; 9-Kelly Sullivan, Salisbury 11:15.97; 10-Danielle Trimpop, Albany 11:18.37; 11-Hannah Granger, VMI 11:19.89; 12-Kristine Mun, Albany 11:29.88.
Section 2: 1-Kelsey Stafford, VMI 11:20.74; 2-Emily Fournier, Elon 11:22.87 [15 finish; Last = 12:44.36]

Penn Invitational, April 5 - Philaldelphia
1-Erin Roberts, Cornell 10:45.83; 2-Stephanie Pancoast, Cornell 10:47.81; 3-Britta Nelson, Towson 11:00.59

4-Emily Bartlett, Cornell 11:26.68 [14 finish; Last = 13:21.48]

Colonial Relays, April 4 - Williamsburg, Virginia
1-Betsy Graney, William & Mary 10:46.11; 2-Arwyn Becker, Navy 10:50.95; 3-Elizabeth Calle, Yale 10:53.09; 4-Aspen Foster, JMU 10:53.92; 5-Maureen Dooley, Navy 11:06.28;

6-Bevin Peters, Yale 11:20.42; 7-Kayla Sax, Navy 11:26.14 [15 Finish; Last = 15:02.48]

Bearcat Invitational, April 5 - Cincinnati, Ohio
1-Crystina Martinez, IPFW 10:47.29; 2-LeAnn Sarka, Indianapolis 11:08.29; 3-Justine Jeroski, Case Western 11:26.94 [13 finish; Last = 14:46.92]

SEMotion Relays, April 5 - Cape Girardeau,Missouri

1-Mary Ballinger, S.Indiana 10:48.49; 2-Megan Hoelscher, SIU-Carbondale 11:09.05; 3-Emily Toennies, SIUC 11:19.72.

Missouri at Virginia dual meet, April 5 - Charlottesville
1-Suzanne Ginnow, V 10:50.64; 2-Samantha Stafford, V 10:50.91;

3-Ellen Riues, M 10:51.81; 4-Carolyn Rauen, M 11:16.41.

Vance Butler Invitational, April 5 - Sioux Falls, S.Dakota
1-Jen Kempers, Dordt College 10:54.20 (4 finish, last 12:30.20]

Willamette Invitational, April 5 - Salem Oregon
1-Lauren Denfeld, Oregon State 10:57.19; 2-Suzie Strickler, Seattle Pacific 11:08.40; 3-Lyndsey McKillip, Western Oregon 11:17.93; 4-Karin Rohde, Seattle Pacific 11:21.27; 5-Sarah Benson, Central Washington 11:22.51; 6-Megan Rolland, Humboldt State 11:23.36 [25 finish; Last = 14:54.66]

Pomona-Pitzer Invit, April 5 - Claremont, California
1-Emily Loeffler, Trinity-Texas 10:57.93; 2-Sandra Prado, Concordia-Calif 11:19.15; 3-Kristin Glen, San Diego State 11:28.06 [12 finish; Last = 14:06.40]

Shotwell Invitational, April 5 - Tacoma, Washington
1-Brittany Hodgson, Puget Sound 10:59.99; 2-Casey Stepan, Linfield 11:14.71 [6 finish; Last = 12:46.69]

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New Zealand Champs, March 30 - Auckland, NZL
Women's 3000m Steeple 1-Fiona Crombie, Canterbury 10:15.36; 2-Alice Mason, Auckland 10:29.58; 3-Sarah McSweeney, Waikato 10:41.02.
Girls 2000m Steeple: 1-Danielle Trevis, Taranaki 6:59.32;

2-Christina Taylor, Southland 7:21.30; 3-Hayley Wiiliams, Auckland 7:40.51; 4-Ariana Blackwood, Wanganui 7:55.25; 5-Rebekah Burbery, Pakuranga 7:58.44.

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Rice Bayou Classic, March 28 - Houston, Texas

1-Irene Kimaiyo, Texas Tech 10:26.62; 2-Becky Wade, Rice 10:41.77; 3-Alison Ferries, Sam Houston 10:55.78; 4-Meredith Blocker, SF Austin 11:29.02; 5-Caitlin Arrumbula, TAM-CC 11:38.15; 6-Courtney Johnson, TAM-CC 11:53.04; 7-Kirsten Wiesman, SF Austin 11:57.74 [12 finishers; Last = 12:26.53]

Nike Elite Invit, March 29 - Sacramento, California

1-Beverly Ramos, Kansas State 10:29.95; 2-Kristina Holtz, Sacramento State 10:35.65; 3-Amanda Andrews, Washington State 11:01.98; 4-Jodie Leal, Sacramento State 11:04.21.

Raleigh Relays, March 29 - Raleigh, North Carolina

First Race (morning) 1-Tesehaye Dagnachew, Charlotte 10:30.51; 2-Ashlyn Sinclair, Radford 11:15.42; 3-Kristine Mun, Albany 11:21.96; 4-Kelly Jemison, JMU 11:22.88;

5-Daniella Trimpop, Albany 11:26.14; 6-Nicole Soblosky, Buffalo 11:26.15; 7-Raissa Weiss, Slippery Rock 11:27.29;

8-Kira Cerroni, Wisconsin 11:29.20; 9-Maggie Collison, Wisconsin 11:35.39; 10-Karen Gruel, Wisconsin 11:40.53;

11-Valerie Hardesty, IPFW 11:42.92; 12-Brittany Christian, Radford 11:43.25; 13-Erin Macauley, Charlotte 11:46.54;

14-Justine Thompson, Charlotte 11:54.45 [19 finishers]

Second Race (afternoon) 1-Joanna Rodgers, Georgetown 10:39.52; 2-Lauren Gregory, Georgetown 10:47.67; 3-Morgan Stengel, N. Carolina 10:52.72; 4-Amy Ruffolo, Pittsburgh 10:54.09; 5-Courtlin Lareau, N. Carolina 10:57.14; 6-Aspen Foster, JMU 10:57.76; 7-Laura Cummings, Albany 10:57.79; 8-Amanda Laytham, Syracuse Chargers 10:59.76; 9-Katie Kelly, Duquesne 11:02.42; 10-Lynne Mundy, Syracuse 11:14.68; 11-Stefanie Slekis, Syracuse 11:20.52.

Arizona State Invitational, March 29 - Tempe, AZ

1-Mary Ann Schauerhamer, Sojourners 10:40.57; 2-Rachel Stangler, ,Augustana SD 10:53.55; 3-Nell Rojas, Northern Arizona 11:16.76; 4-Sheila Salil, Western State 11:18.50;

5-Lisa Thomas, Western State 11:25.57; 6-Kristen Hernandez, CS Fullerton 11:59.34.

Cal-Nevada Champs, March 29 - Fresno, California

1-Dallon Williams, CS-San Marcos 10:45.07; 2-Evelyn Ross, Claremont-Mudd 11:11.06; 3-Whitney Patton, San Marcos 11:13.10; 4-Liliana Hernandez,Cal St LA 11:13.86; 5-Meredith Hawkins, Fresno St 11:14.60; 6-Grace Peck, Oxy 11:16.42; 7-Ali Stoakley, UC-Davis 11:17.41; 8-Danielle Miller, Santa Clara 11:18.39; 9-Ashleigh Montgomery, UC-San Diego 11:33.90; 10-Amanda Kuehn UC-SD 11:37.00.

Florida State Relays, March 28 - Tallahassee, Florida

1-Brenna Williamson, Texas A&M 10:48.73; 2-Kirsten Hagen, Florida State 10:55.16; 3-Annie Scully, Northeastern 11:33.22; 4-Rosanna Bell, FSU 11:52.52; 5-Kristi Dahlheimer, N.Dakota 11:56.92; 5-Jenean Corcoran, Troy 11:58.32 [9 finishers]

Fred Hardy Invitational, March 28 - Richmond, VA

1-Betsy Graney, Wm & Mary 10:55.60; 2-Elizabeth Kessler, Mt. St. Mary's 11:44.63 [5 finishers; Last = 12:29.78]

Missouri Relays, March 28 - Columbia, MO

1-Meagan Hudson, Missouri Baptist 10:58.37; 2-Terry Phillips, Missouri State 11:01.84; 3-Sandy Davidson, Central Missouri 11:40.69; 4-Courtney Heinz, Drake 11:46.83; 5-Nikura Walls, Rend Lake 11:49.83; 6-Staci Nelson, Missouri State 11:53.66.

Bulldog Invitational, March 29 - Starkville, Mississippi

1-Katelyn Jones, Murray State 10:59.14; 2-Sarah Hammes, Mississippi State 11:34.42 [third finisher 13:07.70]

Rhodes Invitational, March 29 - Memphis, Tennessee

1-Katy Grant, Harding 11:01.38; 2-Rachael Richards, Prin-cipia 11:14.08; 3-Rachel Krasich, Rose Hulman 11:26.45

Yellow Jacket Invitational, March 29 - Atlanta, Georgia

1-Val Kazmer, Vanderbilt 11:03.14; 2-Claire Laverty, Kentucky 11:12.39; 3-Sabrina Lefort, UT-Chattanooga 11:22.47;

4-Rebecca Coady, Tulane 11:29.68; 5-Jordyn Radke, UTC 11:35.16; 6-Christine Meagher, Connecticut 11:45.42 [9 finish]

Alabama Relays, March 29 - Tuscaloosa, Alabama

1-Whitney Mays, UAB 11:24.58; 2-Samantha Draney, Western Michigan 11:39.56; 3-Ashley Ard, Alabama 11:49.62; 4-Candice James, Arkansas State 11:57.20 [10 finishers]

Winthrop Invit, March 29 - Charlotte, North Carolina

1-Aubrey Bergquist, Coastal Carolina 11:31.34; 2-Christine Sloat, Delaware 11:36.69 [4 finishers; Last = 13:11.43]

Owl Invitational, March 29 - New Haven, Connecticut

1-Carolina Cortes, Stony Brook 11:32.59; 2-Sarah Jans-sen, Manhattan 12:03.82 [5 finishers; Last = 12:43.28

Rob Upton Invitational, March 29 - Fort Collins, CO

1-Tanya Gaurmer, Adams State 11:32.89; [4 finishers; Last = 13:24.65]

Maryland Invitational, March 29 - College Park, MD

1-Kelly Sullivan, Salisbury 11:33.84; 2-Gaby Skovira, Buck-nell 11:57.16 [6 finishers; Last = 12:49.30].

Southern Ohio Cup, March 29 - Miami, Ohio

1-Anne Oltmann, Dayton 11:38.84; 2-Caitlin Thomas, Xavier-Ohio 11:44.92; 3-Jessica DeWitt, Miami-Ohio 11:44.97

4-Sydney Hubbard, Dayton 11:57.31 [9 finishers]

Previous (above) all 3000m distance; shorter races follow:

Husky Invitational, March 28 - Seattle, Washington

2000m Steeple: 1-Lauren Denfeld, Oregon State Univ 6:51.81; 2-Sarna Becker, Club Northwest 6:59.55; 3-Anna Imperati, U. Washington 7:05.06; 4-Suzie Strickler, Seattle Pacific 7:14.96; 5-Karin Rohde, Seattle Pacific 7:23.92;

6-Justine Clift, British Columbia 7:31.15; 7-Lauren Ho, U. Washington 7:41.05; 8-Emily Palibroda, Simon Fraser U 7:44.24; 9-Kim Beamon, Seattle Pacific 7:49.89; 10-Emily Uhlig, Evergreen 7:57.42. [12 finish in rain, snow, wind]

Alex Francis Classic, March 29 - Fort Hays, Kansas

High School 1500m Steeple: 1-Molly Schmeidler, Thomas More 6:38.54; 2-Samantha Eschliman, Hutchinson 7:14.71;

3-Abigal Weaver, Flint Hills 8:12.87.

Calendar Adds, see <www.steeplechics.com/calendar.php>

Apr 5 Pomona (Calif) Pitzer Invitational 3000m SC at 1100

Apr 18 Volunteer (TN) Classic High School 2000m SC at 1700

Apr 18 Kansas Relays in Lawrence W3000m SC at 1850

Apr 26 Drake Relays (Iowa) Women's 3000m SC at 1400

May 3 Steve Scott Invit (Irvine, Calif) w3000m SC at 1850

May 4 Cardinal Invit (Palo Alto, CA) w 3000m SC at 1912

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Competition Results, 3000m Steeple:

Spring Break Invitational, March 21 - Irvine, California
1-Cristina Olivas, UC Riverside 10:28.45; 2-Stephanie Pancoast, Cornell 10:43.42; 3-Lauren Chramosta, UCI 10:49.92; 4-Erin Roberts, Cornell 10:53.28; 5-Kendall Bruton, UCI 10:56.64; 6-Liz Calle, Yale 11:02.57; 7-Rachel Kirsch, Cornell 11:07.17; 8-Celene Reyes, unattached 11:12.39; 9-Emily Bartlett, Cornell 11:15.69; 10-Megan Fairley, UC Irvine 11:35.76; 11-Erika Perez, Biola 11:53.68; 12-Jessica Hogan, UC Riverside 11:56.06; 13- Amber Gordon, UC Irvine 11:57.32.

Willie Williams Classic, March 21 - Tucson, Arizona
1-Stacie Lifferth, Utah State 10:46.61; 2-Mary Ann Schauerhamer, Sojurners 10:47.66; 3-Vanessa Hawkins, Utah State 11:14.01; 4-Margaret Callihan, Arizona 11:27.85; 5-Shelly Splitterger, Arizona 11:51.51.

Hornet Invitational, March 22 - Sacramento, California

1-Kristina Holtz, Sacramento State 10:56.94; 2-Jodie Leal, Sacramento State 11:16.04; 3-Danielle Miller, Santa Clara 11:25.65; 4-Shannon McVannel, Chico State 11:33.64

5-Dinora Moran, Chico State 11:38.43; 6-Tiffany Tandy, Nevada 11:39.64; 7-Jessica Nelson, Chico State 11:41.69

[12 finishers; Last = 13:20.92]

49er Classic, March 22 - Charlotte, North Carolina

1-Erin Richard, Clarion 10:58.76; 2-Cassandra Schenck, Akron 11:13.65; 3-Heidi Gross, Akron 11:30.88; 4-Olivia Jaworek, Akron 11:37.71; 5-Liana Blue, Charlotte 11:43.56; 6-Molly Smathers, Clarion 11:56.65 [8 finish; Last 13:23.94]

Charles Bowles Classic, March 21 - Salem, Oregon
1-Brittany Hodgson, Puget Sound 10:59.58; 2-Ashley Sharratt, Willamette 11:23.37; 3-Molly Lewis, Willamette 11:43.88; 4-Erika Snawder, Linfield 11:59.82.

[11 finishers; Last - 12:55.64]

Disney World Invitation, March 22 - Orlando, Florida

1-Liz Deir, Princeton 11:01.74; 2-Rebecca Coady, Tulane 11:49.53; 3-Anna Hagen, Concordia-Moorhead 12:19.11; 4-Claire Bird, Hope 12:40.85.

Shamrock Invitational, March 22 - Conway, S. Carolina
1-Jessica Schmidt, Iowa 11:03.29; 2-Piper Newby, Liberty 11:22.78; 3-Kelsey Stafford, VMI 11:33.60; 4-Sarah Strickland, Citadel 11:57.97 [11 finishers; Last = 13:06.42]

Emory Invitational, March 22 - Atlanta, Georgia
1-Elisabeth Pyles, Cedarville Univ 11:06.48; 2-Claudia Borlee, UW-Eau Claire 11:31.75; 3-Kelly Sullivan,unat- tached 11:41.37; 4-Page Bridges, Furman Univ 11:56.85

[9 finishers; Last = 13:31.04]

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Navy 5-way Opener, March 22 - Annapolis, Maryland
1-Arwyn Becker, Navy 11:07.30; 2-Maureen Dooley, Navy 11:16.71; 3-Dana Stellar, LU 11:26.46; 4-Kathleen McCler- nand, Lehigh 11:27.00 [8 Finishers; Last = 12:09.25]

Snowbird Invitational, March 22 - Tallahassee, Florida
1-Kara Eckard, Missouri Southern 11:08.87; 2-Amber DeHaan, MidAmerica Nazarene 11:24.69; 3-Kari Fritchie, Missouri Southern 11:51.57; 4-Ashley Moore, Western Kentucky 11:56.23

Baldy Castillo Invitational, March 22 - Tempe, Arizona
1-Kara Henry, New Mexico 11:13.06; 2-Karin Rohde, Seattle Pacific 11:18.12; 3-Suzie Strickler, Seattle Pacific 11:23.59; 4-Carolyn Boosey, New Mexico 11:24.33;

5-Stasia Ploskonka, New Mexico 11:45.93.

Wake Forest Open, March 21 - Winston-Salem, N. Carolina
1-Irene Jeptolo, KEN / Winston-Salem Univ 11:18.80; 2-Stacie Stockard, U. Indiana 11:35.79; 3-Veronica Nagel, North Dakota 11:40.30; 4-Kelly Jemison, James Madison 11:46.30; 5-Sarah Hines, Malone College 11:55.22; 6-Samantha Herdrich, Findlay 11:58.10; 7-Erica Hoffman, U. Indiana 11:58.87 [10 finishers; Last = 13:42.14]

Texas Invitational, March 22 - Austin, Texas
1-Allison Ferries, Sam Houston State 11:20.75; 2-Whitney Rister, Sam Houston 11:39.10; 3 -Caitlin Arrumbula, Texas A&M at Corpus Christi 11:48.89; 4-Courtney Johnson, TAM at CC 11:55.30.

Washington U Twilight, March 21 - St. Louis, Missouri
1-Abbey Hartmann, Wash. Univ 11:28.71; 2-Hope Rath-nam, WU 11:28.94; 3-Alex Jackson, Greenville 12:21.80.

Early Bird Relays - March 22 - Cincinnati, Ohio
1-Valerie Hardesty, IPFW 11:46.56; 2-Caitlin Thomas, Xavier-Ohio 11:54.78 [7 finishers; Last = 13:33.50]

Rose Hulman Meet, March 22 - Terre Haute, Indiana
1-Rachel Krasich, Rose-Hulman 11:47.72; 2-Alison Case, DePauw 11:50.18 [5 finishers; Last = 13:17.70]

Competition Results, 2000-meter Steeple

49er Classic, March 22 - Charlotte, North Carolina

1-Tsehaye Dagnachew, Charlotte 6:51.67; 2-Stephanie Garcia, U.Virginia 6:54.50; 3-Suzanne Ginnow, U. Virginia 7:13.23; 4-Janine Ricci, U. Virginia 7:16.81; 5-Samantha Stafford, U.Virginia 7:20.42; 6-Erin Macauley, Charlotte 7:33.68; 7-Justine Thompson, Charlotte 7:52.29; 8-Alyssa Lowe, Lenoir-Rhyne 9:04.86.

Waikato School Champs, March 15 - Hamilton, NZL

1-K. Sclater 7:52.57; 2-Jenna Hanson 7:57.28; 3-Holly Sprosen 8:01.71; 4- A. Cooper 8:07.80; 5-R. Poulgrain 8:15.73. [secondary schools meet]

Australian Masters Champs, March 23 - Sydney, AUS

(age in parentheses)

1-Mary Fien (35) New South Wales 7:49.46; 2-Anne Nowill (30) Queensland 8:45.29; 3-Julie Steele (47) NSW 10:19.16; 4-Trish Stallard (50) NSW 11:32.76; 5-Lynne Schickert (66) Western Australia 14:12.08.

Why we prefer 1500m steeple, instead of 2000m, for Youth

(and 2000m steeple instead of 3000m for Juniors)

A reader asked. Answer: Because we favor gradual steps in adaptation for stress. The 1500m steeple, with its 16 barriers, much more than 400m hurdle event, has no need for a greater load on Youth. And we believe the 23 barriers of 2000m steeple are enough for teenage Juniors.

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Editor: James E. Fields, Ph.D.
Readers in 53 nations

Southern Hemisphere Results, 3000m Steeple

South Africa Champs, March 15 - Stellenbosch, RSA

1-Tebogo Mashela 10:40.32; 2-Myrette Filmater 10:44.12; 3-Thandi Malindi 11:00.11; 4-Asiphe Sikhabalanjana 11:12.07; 5-Ashleigh Schnetler [1991]11:16.88.

AUS U23/U20 Champs, March 14 - Gold Coast, AUS

Under age 23: 1-Alice Mason, NZL, 10:22.07; 2-Elise Aplin, VIC, 11:59.77; 3-Michelle Delaney, NSW 13:04.18.

Under age 20: 1-Kate Sly, VIC 10:39.06; 2-Sarah Mc-

Sweeney, NZL 10:43.71; 3-Lauren McKillop, NSW 11:02.17; 4-Alexis McKillop, NSW 11:08.75; 5; Katherine Conder, NSW 11:33.04; 6-Natalie Dudkowski, QLD 11:34.90; 7-Roisin O'Dwyer-Mazur, QLD 12:00.83; 8-Megan Brooks, SA, 12:50.61.

Southern Hemisphere Results, 2000m Steeple

ACT Champs, March 8 - Canberra, AUS

Under age 18: 1-Charlotte Wilson 7:09.32; 2-Jessie O'Brien 7:42.50; 3-Francesca Teng 8:23.55

Under age 16: 1-Madeline Campbell 8:30.61; 2-Georgina Whigham 8:31.79; 3-Gabrielle Sattout-Day 8:52.57; 4-Lovella Adey 8:57.27 [6 finishers]

Tasmania State Champs, March 8 - Hobart, AUS

1-Freya .Wilson 7.15.20; 2-Jillian Lyall 7.45.68; 3-Heather Richards 7.59.82; 4-Lilly Stanesby 8:27.93.

[Stanesby under age 16; others under age 18]

USA Results, 2000m Steeple

Mustang Classic, March 8 - Kayenta, Arizona

1-Tiffany Nez, Tuba City 8:54.37; 2-Diandra James, Ganado 9:05.49 8; 3-Cortney Ivins, Alchesay 9:21.06 6;

4-Kristy Dennison, Window Rock 9:23.26 4 [8 finishers in this now-annual high school competition] _______________________________________________________

Youth meets revive shorter distances for USA steeple

In years 1988-94 the global distance for women steeplers was 2000m; a popular variant was 1500m. Both distances were used for high school and college competition. But during 1995-98, as rules changed the women's distance to 3000m, shorter races became scarce in USA though more common in Canada, Europe, and Southern Hemisphere.

In the new millennium those shorter distances have been reported in USA by colleges in Ohio and Florida - plus high school meets in Arizona, Florida, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, and Tennessee. Also: summer youth meets of AAU and USATF now include 23-barrier 2000m steeple (though we think 1500m with 16-barriers is a better choice).

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USA 2008 RESULTS, 3000m Steeple:

CSN Relays, March 15 - Northridge, California

1-Juliane Masciana, CS-Fullerton 10:43.27; 2-Erin Roberts, Cornell 10:43.94; 3-Stephanie Pancoast, Cornell 10:45.61; 4-Rachel Kirsch, Cornell 11:16.06; 5-Emily Bartlett, Cornell 11:23.68; 6-Kristen Hernandez, CSF 11:25.31; 7-Valerie Acevedo, CSF 12:23.27; 8-Sarah Whitaker, CSF 12:47.28.

Triangular Meet, March 15 - Salem, Oregon

1-Jena Winger, Willamette U 10:51.06; 2-Jessica Harper, Western Oregon U 10:51.52; 3-Lyndsey McKillip, WOU 11:19.42; 4-Ashley Sharratt, WU 11:31.17; 5-Maya Velez, WU 12:30.98; 6-Laura Bocko, UO Running Club 12:42.64.

Coastal Invitational, March 15 - Conway, South Carolina

1-Irene Jeptolo, Winston-Salem 11:19.64; 2 -Ashlyn Sinclair, Radford 11:34.99; 3-Becca Wright, Cornerstone 11:40.90; 4-Brittany Zuver, Millersville 11:50.31; 5-Sarah Strickland, Citadel 11:54.60; 6-Carli Stout, Concord 12:03.13; 7-Brittany Christian, Radford 12:05.71; 8-Colleen McCarthy, Elon 12:09.71; 9-Jess Jacobson, Millersville 12:13.72.

Aztec Invitational, March 14 - San Diego, California

1-Amanda Kuehn, UC-San Diego 11:29.66; 2-Ashleigh Montgomery, UCSD 11:41.02; 3-Lynzee Baxter, Southern Utah 11:46.28; 4-Kate Eborn, S.Utah 11:46.30; 5-Hillary Davis, Western State 11:52.67; 6-Steffi Minson, S.Utah 11:55.22; 7-Alyssa Robinson, San Diego State 11:57.37; 8-Alexandra Tayrien, Western State 12:00.96; 9-Lyndsay Barajas, SD State 12:07.30; 10-Sarah Lyle, unattached 12:12.04; 11-Catherine Strouse, UCSD 12:18.00; 12-Caprice Thompson, UCSD 12:41.86; 13-Kristen Lundgren, Southern Utah 12:52.31; 14-Sylvia Violett, unat 12:53.67

Morehouse Relays, March 14 - Atlanta , Georgia

1-Phyllis Shelman-Ford, Clark-Atlanta 11:31.19; 2-Katori Makin, Fort Valley 11:53.17; DNF: Breanna Pleasant, C-A.

Bakersfield Relays, March 15 - Bakersfield, California

1-Zitalic Ley,Glendale 11:54.02; 2-Megan Adams, El Camino 12:15.86; 3-Brigette Fernandez, Glendale 12:20.84; 4-Daisy Perez, Cerritos 12:31.69; 5-Gabriela Rubi, El Camino 12:51.32.

Dusty Lane Invitational, Mar 15 - Spokane, Washington

1-Karen Owens, Spokane CC 12:28.30; 2-Amy Anderson, Whitworth Univ 12:44.80; 3-Karissa Thomsen, Whitworth 12:56.51; 4-Kim Henderson, WU 12:58.14.

Southern Miss Invit, March 15 - Hattiesburg, Mississippi

1-Katie Almand, Samford 12:29.90; 2-Jewell Wells, Ala-

bama State 12:37.40; 3-Tevy Henry, Alabama St 12:57.10.

CALENDAR [more at Steeplechics.com]

New York Relays, April 18/20 -Icahn Stadium (NY City)
W3000m Steeple 1800 Sunday, April 20. Entry by April 16
at http://www.directathletics.com/meets/track/7243.html
Director: Lauren Primerano <Lauren@icahnstadium.org>

2008 Penn Relays - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
W3000m Olympic Development Steeple 1945 April 24
Entry: Standard 10:30, Deadline 1600 April at Relays
Office 215-898-6145 <pennrela@pobox.upenn.edu>
More information at http://www.thepennrelays.com/

Hamilton Invitational, April 25-26 - Berkeley, California
W3000m Steeple 1805 Friday, April 25.Entry deadline
April 21 at http://ezmeets.com/ Non-school athletes:
Contact John Rembao <calmeets@gmail.com>

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