American distance runners had a great showing at the Heusden KBC Night meet with a new American record established and numerous personal bests forged. The highlight of the meet was the women’s steeple.
In the women’s 3000m steeple Jenny Barringer and Anna Willard battle alone out front of the field. Barringer won with a 9:22.73 by .03 over Anna Willard setting a new American record. Both ran prs and under Willard’s old American record set at the trials of 9:27.59. These two women keep pushing each other to greatness.
In the women’s 1500m, American Morgan Uceny won the meet in 4:07.22 followed in 5th and 6th by Amy Mortimer and Sara Hall in 4:08. 39 and 4:08.55 respectively.
In the men’s steeple, Paul Koech won in a world leading time of 8:00.57. American’s Kyle Alcorn and Billy Nelson finished together in 6 and 7th with times of 8:21.46 and 8:21.50.
In the men’s 1500m A heat Alan Webb finished in 6th with a 3:35.86. Webb obviously misjudged both his fitness and the competitiveness of the Olympic trials. He’ll be the fittest man in the world sitting home during the Olympics. Rob Meyers finished in 8th in 3:36.23. The B heat saw Americans finishing first, second, and fourth. With Will Leer winning in 3:37.63, Kurt Benninger in 3:38.03, and John Jefferson in 3:39.55.
In the Men’s 5000m A heat Chris Solinksy finished 16th with a quality time of 13:18.51. Ian Dobson did not finish. In the 5000m B heat Bobby Curtis set a new PR and finished 6th in 13:25.66. Thomas Morgan finished 10th with a 13:27.45, also a pr. Americans took 5 of the next 6 places going 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, and 17th. Jonathon Riley finished in 13:29. 72, closely followed by Luchini’s 13:29.93, then Matt Gabrielson’s 13:30.95, Stephen Haas’s 13:33.59, and Stephen Pifer’s 13:34.62.
Results can be found at http://www.timetronics.be/results/nacht2008/event049h01.html
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