Heusden KBC-Night Preview

The sprinters are enjoying Europe and the American distance runners are coming out for this meet. However, some of the more notable American qualifiers are sitting this out. In the 1500m there will be no Lagat, Manzano, or Lomong. Interest is still high as the enigmatic Webb is slated to run. Rob Meyers will also be featured in the A heat. The B heat features the exciting Will Leer, Kurt Benninger, and John Jefferson.

The women’s 1500m features Americans Sara Hall, Amy Mortimer, Tiffany McWilliams, and Nicole Teter.

The men’s 5000m A heat features Chris Solinksy who is surely still angry to have not qualified in the 5k for the Olympics and should be out to start his season over again with a blazing time. Olympian and 3rd place finisher in the trials, Ian Dobson, is also in this heat. The B heat features up an comer, as well as NCAA champ, Bobby Curtis. Matt Gabrielson, Stephen Haas, Louie Luchini, Thomas Morgan, Stephen Pifer, and Jonathon Riley fill out the Americans in the B heat.

The women’s steeple features Olympians Jenny Barringer, and American record holder Anna Willard. Lisa Galaviz is also contesting the event; she is the former American record holder and finished 5th in the trials.

The men’s steeple features NCAA champ Kyle Alcorn and Olympian Billy Nelson

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The meet should be solid. Check back for results and live blogging.

Gaz de France Results

Women’s 1500m: The pacers set an honest and steady pace in the women’s 1500m coming through 400m in 1:04.16, then 800 in 2:08.57. Rowbury sat on the inside of lane 1 in 5th place. At 1200m (3:14.66) to go Jamieson, Jamal, and Rowbury all went. Jamal, the world champion of Bahrain, was too strong for Rowbury and held her off in the final stretch running 3:59.99, Rowbury was second in 4:00.33 just barely missing the 4:00 barrier.

Men’s 400m Hurdles: Kerron Clement won in 48.33. Bershawn Jackson “Batman” was 4th being nipped by Angelo Taylor for 3rd place.

Men’s 400m: Wariner had lane 4 and ran a world leading 43.86. Merritt, who had lane 5, was overtaken by Wariner with 125 to go and lost by 10m running 44.35. The rivalry continues…

Women’s 800m: Pamela Jelimo, the world’s newest distance star, got out right on the rabbit in 55.71 through 400m. Jelimo passed the rabbit at 500m and opens up 20m instantly. She wins convincingly in 1:54.97 by 40m. In doing this she set the world junior record.

Women’s 5000m: This race is on 14:30 pace and Jen Rhines is out the back. Lucy Kabuu Wangui won in a blazing 14:38.49 dropping everyone in her wake by setting the pace herself. Rhines was 15:11.79 for 4th.

Men’s 100m: Burns wins in a slow 10.14.

Men’s 110m Hurdles: After a false start by Aries Merritt, Cuban Dayron Robles, the world record holder in 12.87, ran an amazing 12.88!

Women’s 100m Hurdles: The athletes are asked twice to stand up out the blocks due to crowd noises for pole vault. London wins in 12.66. Joanna Hayes 12.76 was second beating Olympian Dawn Harper who was 3rd in 12.78.

Men’s 3000m: This race began oddly with a false start by Alistair Cragg. They are out in 59 seconds through 400m–hot race! Cragg inside in 3rd place–race has slowed. At the bell Craig boxed! The race was won by Kenyan Soi in 7:36.71. Cragg finished in 4th with a 7:38.21.

Women’s 200m: Americans swept the meet with Sanya Richards, Carmelita Jeter, and Muna Lee going 1, 2, 3. Richards won in 22.56.

Men’s 1500m: Rabbits out in 54.83 for 400m. Through 800m in 1:53.7. Kenyan Augustine Choge at 1200m in 2:52. Choge holds then off in 3:32.59.

Men’s 3000m Steeple: Through 2k in 5:30.85. Sub 8 a possibility? 400 to go 7:06! 8:08.53 Mubarak.

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Gaz de France Preview

The women’s 1500m features U.S. Olympic Trials champion Shannon Rowbury who will be looking to go sub 4:00 for the first time. The field is solid and Gaz de France is a viable opportunity for her.

The women’s 5k features Jen Rhines, the 2nd place finisher in the U.S. 5k trials. She is in a small but staked field of women all of which have personal bests under 15:00. This has to the potential to be a fast race.

The men’s 400m has a rematch between LeShawn Merritt and Jeremy Wariner–they are U.S. Olympic teammates but neither wants to lose to the other. This is fixin’ to be a battle.

The men’s 1500m features Alan Webb in a deep field. Will he blow up or will he keep improving?

This should be an exciting meet. Check back on this website for live updates.

International de Liege Results

This meet was a tune up meet for American athletes as milers moved down to the 800 to work on their speed. There were two 800m heats. Will Leer, a division 3 product from Pomona Pitzer, posted a 1:48.20 for 5th place behind Rob Meyer’s 1:47.43 which landed him in 2nd. The second heat featured Alan Webb, Christian Smith, and Sam Burley who finished in 5th through 7th place respectively. Webb’s time was a 1:46.89 in front of 800m Olympian Smith’s 1:47.14, with Burley coming in with a 1:47.51. It seems as though Webb is rounding into shape but ultimately it will not matter as he was not in shape for the trials and failed to make the 1500m squad.

The 3000m saw American Bolota Asmeron finishing 10th with a time of 7:54.11.

Many of the headlining American and international athletes sat this meet out in interest of resting for Friday’s Paris meet.

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