Steeple Report 470-W1

2009 WORLD LIST, 3000m Steeple – Top 15 marks to date
9:56.73 Silje Fjortfoft, NOR 1-Palo Alto, March 27
9:57.14 Donna MacFarlane, AUS 1-Brisbane, March 20
9:58.41 Lisa Galaviz, USA 2-Palo Alto, March 27
9:58.46 Erin Bedell, USA 3-Palo Alto, March 27
10:06.34 Angela Wagner, RSA 4-Palo Alto, March 27
10:07.90 Nolene Conrad, RSA 1-Durban, February 6
10:09.69 Rachel Carrizales, USA 5-Palo Alto, March 27
10:10.17 Danielle Bradley, USA 6-Palo Alto, March 27
10:10.29 Irene Kimaiyo, KEN 1-Princeton, April 3
10:10.56 Sara Hall, USA 7-Palo Alto, March 27
10:12.31 Lennie Waite, USA/GBR 1-Houston, March 27
10:12.72 Nicole Bush, USA 1-Tampa, March 28
10:13.44 Myrette Filmater, RSA 1-Stellenbosch, April 3
10:14.79 Tebogo Masehla, RSA 1-Stellenbosch, March 14
10:18.49 Leonora Joy, NZL 1-Auckland, March 29

North Island High School Champs, April 5 – Wellington, NZL
2000m Steeple 1-Caroline Melsop,Wanganui 6:53.19; 2-Greta Porter,
East Coast 7:07.60; 3-Hannah Harty, East Coast 7:22.82; 4-Rachel
Swansbury, Wanganui 7:28.28; 5-Florence Reynolds, Wellington
7:31.27; 6-Holly Sprosen, Waikato 7:33.14 [11 finish; Last = 8:15.55]

South Island High School Champs April 5 – Invergall, NZL
1500m Steeple 1-Christina Taylor, Southland 5:24.63; 2-Karly
Ryder, St Andrews 5:59.00; 3-Emily Spink, Burnside 6:15.18;
4-Heather MacLeod, Otago 6:29.09.

New Zealand Champs, March 28-29 – Wellington, NZL
(reported athlete age in parentheses)
March 28, Junior Women 2000m Steeple: 1-Caroline Mellsop (17)
6:58.32; 2-Greta Porter (16) 7:15.25; 3-Romana Salis (19) 8:18.85.
March 29, Youth Girls 2000m Steeple: 1-Christina Taylor (16)
6:59.03; 2-Greta Porter (16) 7:15.58; 3-Florence Reynolds (16) 7:31.17;
4-Hannah Harty (16) 7:34.96 [10 finish: Last = 8:23.85]
March 29 - Senior Women 3000m Steeple: 1-Leonora Joy (26)
Auckland 10:18.49; 2-Fiona Crombie (26) Canterbury 11:00.49;
3-Andrea Williams (37) Hawkes Bay 12:10.28.
Student Championships, April 3 – Stellenbosch, RSA
3000m Steeple: 1-Myrette Filmalter 10:13.44; 2-Nolene Conrad
10:25.89; 3-Thandi Malindi 10:35.10.

Stonehill Invitational, April 4 – Easton, Massachusetts
1-Mallory Champa, Boston College 10:50.30 [ 7 finishers, 1 DNF;
Last = 13:30.13]

Pomona Pitzer Invitational, April 4 – Claremont, California
1-Lauren Lodge, Pepperdine 10:54.93 [9 finish; Last = 13:25.31]

Jock's Open, April 4 – Maryville, Missouri
1-Danna Kelly, Truman State 10:58.78 [4 finish; Last = 14:04.74]

THANKS to Gert le Roux and Randy Miller for some results.
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Sam Howell Invitational, April 3 – Princeton, New Jersey
1-Irene Kimaiyo, Riadha 10:10.29; 2-Shauneen Garrahan, Riadha
10:23.2; 3-Stephanie Pancoast, Cornell 10:39.49; 4-Natalie Busby,
Syracuse 10:45.14; 5-Erin Roberts, Cornell 11:05.88; 6-Robyn
Ellerbrock, unattached 11:07.10. [12 finish; Last = 11:32.67]

Pepsi Team Invitational, April 4 – Eugene, Oregon
1-Sarah Pease, Indiana 10:22.26; 2-Dana Buchanan, Oregon
10:31.22; 3-Claire Michel, Oregon 10:38.11; 4-Megan-Anne
Perrin, Kansas State 11:08.58; 5-Ashley Johnson, Utah State
11:15.38; 6-Vanessa Gledhill, Utah State 11:21.11
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Texas Relays, April 3 – Austin, Texas
1-Becky Wade, Rice 10:23.07; 2-Nicole Mericle, Rice 10:29.19;
3-Amy Layne, BYU 10:32.96; 4-Sheila Salil, TA&M 11:03.21;
5-Paola Reategui, FIU 11:03.33 [8 finish; Last = 11:51.69]

Jefferson Cup dual meet, April 3 – Columbia, Missouri
1-Stephanie Garcia, Virginia 10:26.64; 2-Samantha Stafford,
Virginia 10:48.21; 3-Angela Potrykus, Missouri 10:59.74.

UCLA Invitational, April 3 – Los Angeles, California
1-Clara Viehweg, UCLA 10:27.73; 2-Kevyn Murphy, See Jane
Run 11:07.35 [5 finish; Last = 11:53.12]

Asics Invitational, April 4 – Durham, North Carolina
1-Addie Bracy, N.Carolina 10:27.96; 2-Kara McKenna, NC
State 10:39.79; 3-Laura Cummings, Albany 10:59.17; 4-Kristen
Wolfe, Charleston 11:02.00; 5-Casey McDermott, Drake Univ.
11:03.63; 6-Erin Calvelage, Findlay 11:03.65; 7-Courtlin Lareau,
North Carolina 11:04.15; 8-Emily Fournier, Elon 11:04.42;
9-Kate Horan, Marquette 11:05.14; 10-Kathleen Scott, Lake
Superior 11:06.65 [29 finish, 4 DNF; Last = 12:54.56]

Florida Pepsi Relays, April 3 – Gainesville, Florida
1-Genevieve LaCaze, U.of Florida 10:30.79; 2-Julie Northrup,
U.of Florida 10:35.54; 3-Sarah Morrison, Villanova 10:36.51;
4-Amanda Quick, FSU 10:58.06; 5-Rebecca Coady, Tulane
11:02.71; 6-Beatrice Biwott, South Carolina 11:12.34; 7-Jamie
Rzepecki, UCF 11:13.57 [18 finish; Last = 12:33.02]

Southern Ohio Cup, April 4 – Cincinnati, Ohio
1-Lillian Jelimo, Cincinnati 10:38.86; 2-Caitlin Thomas, Xavier
11:07.17; 3-Elisabeth Pyles, Cedarville 11:13.30 [8 finish; Last =
13:57.01]

Tiger Track Classic, April 4 – Auburn, Alabama
1-Hannah Roeder, Univ. of Iowa 10:40.86; 2-Amanda Mirochna,
Miami of Ohio 10:43.26; 3-Felicitas Mensing, Univ. of Minnesota
10:47.78. [5 finish; Last = 11:44.52]

Washington Invitational, April 3 – St. Louis, Missouri
1-Meagan Hudson, Missouri Baptist 10:42.14; 2-Mary Ballinger,
Southern Indiana 10:49.07 [14 finish; Last = 14:20.46]
U-Conn Invitational, April 4 – Storrs, Connecticut
1-Hannah Davidson, Providence College 10:43.14 [8 finish;
Last = 12:51.23]

Colonial Relays, April 3 – Williamsburg, Virginia
1-Betsy Graney, William & Mary 10:47.46; 2-Aspen Foster,
James Madison 11:00.17; 3-Bevin Peters, Yale 11:03.69; 4-Maureen
Dooley, Navy 11:07.92 [12 finish; Last = 12:17.35]

Jim Click Shootout, April 4 – Tucson, Arizona
1-Jessica Furlan, Nebraska 10:48.19 ; 2-Hannah Moen, Arizona
10:52.67; 3-Cheryl Spring, Penn State 10:54.66; 4-Allison Linnell,
Washington 11:04.02 [ 8 finish; Last = 11:49.53]

Joey Haines Invitational, April 4 – Cape Girardeau, MO
1-Katelyn Jones, Murray State 10:59.16 [7 finish, last 12:27]

Women’s Steeplechase Report
Number 470 – 6 April 2009
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