Steeplechase Report

SR 472 includes 14 recent races at 3000m distance -- providing name,
place, and finish time for 86 athletes who ran 3000m steeple faster
than 11 minutes in those races. Most significant was a new
world-leading time by Lindsey Anderson at "Mount SAC" Relays, a
pioneer provider of women's steeplechase competition. SR 472 includes
an internet link for viewing video of that race in which comment is
provided by Ann Gaffigan, former holder of the USA record.

Mt. San Antonio Relays, April 16 – Walnut, California
Race 3:: 1-Lindsey Anderson, Nike 9:46.56; 2-Irene Kimaiyo, Riadha
10:00.12; 3-Lennie Waite, Rice 10:00.30; 4-Lisa Galaviz, unattached
10:06.08; 5-Angela Wagner, unat 10:06.28; 6-Nicole Mericle, Rice
10:07.13; 7-Zsofia Erdelyi, USC 10:08.34; 8-Minori Hayakari, Japan
10:10.18; 9-Leonora Joy, NZL-unat 10:10.84; 10-Mardrea Hyman,
unat 10:11.87; 11-Kara June, unat 10:12.46; 12-Lindsey Ferguson,
Notre Dame 10:15.23; 13-Dallon Williams, CSU-San Marcos
10:15.61; 4-Emma Coburn, Colorado 10:16.54; 15-Meredith Macgregor,
Valley Royals 10:17.26; 16-Amy Layne, BYU 10:20.28;
17-Sara Trane, Washington State 10:21.20; 18-Natalie Haws, Weber
State 10:22.69; 19-Shauneen Garrahan, Riadha 10:24.78 20-Megan
Jackson, U.Arkansas 10:27.49.
To view race, click on URL below:
http://www.flotrack.org/videos/coverage/view_video/234894/170511

Race 2: 1-Mary Ballinger, S.Indiana 10:26.73; 2-Allix Lee-Painter,
unattached 10:30.92; 3-Juli Koenegstein, SE Missouri 10:34.98;
4-Amanda Andrews, Washington State 10:35.28; 5-Hannah Moen,
Arizona 10:35.64; 6-LisaThomas, Western State 10:36.33; 7-Katie
Theisen, St. Thomas 10:36.39; 8-Juliane Masciana, Cal State Fullerton
10:39.18; 9-Chantelle Groenewoud, Illinois 10:44.58; 1-Kristina Holtz,
Sacramento State 10:45.81; 11-Kauren Tarver, Arizona State 10:45.94;
12-Janette Cary, Adams State 10:46.43; 13-Emily Hanenburg, Colorado
10:49.54; 14-Cassie Olson, Weber State 10:49.81.

Race 1: 1-Aybuke Keehn, Concordia-Cal 10:39.93; 2-Tiffany Tandy
Nevada 10:43.65; 3-Erica Wendt, Idaho State 10:44.00; 4-Nicole
Bowler, San Francisco 10:44.04; 5-Megan Rolland, Humboldt State
10:46.91; 6-Breanna Sande, Boise State 10:46.92; 7-Molly Clark,
Augustana 10:49.72; 8-Kendall Bruton, UC Irvine 10:51.34; 9-Jinny
Hanifan, Peninsula 10:53.14 [20 finish; Last = 12:19.78]

Atlantic Coast Conference, April 18 - Coral Gables, Florida
1-Lydia Willemse, Florida State 10:12.65; 2-Addie Bracy, N.Carolina
10:19.21; 3-Patricia Loughlin, Duke 10:23.74; 4-Stephanie Garcia,
Virginia 10:28.38; 5-Erin Reddan, Virginia Tech 10:42.20; 6-Amanda
Quick, Florida State 10:43.70; 7-Samantha Stafford, Virginia 10:47.75;
8-Kristen Reed, Maryland 10:53.88 [15 finish, 1 DNF; Last = 12:22.34]
Note: Willemse won 2km steeple in 6:33.28 on April 11 at Tallahassee,
Florida, world-best winning time to date for the 2009 outdoor season.

Bryan Clay Invitational, April 17 – Azusa, California
1-Paula Reategui, Florida International 10:47.59 [10 finishers; Last
= 12.52.92]

Cuban Meet, 1 April 2009 - Santa Clara, CUB
1-Yoslin Ocampo (1990) 10:24.8; 2-Milena Perez 10:40.2
Spelling Corrections to SR 470:

New Zealand’s South Island Secondary School champs were held in
Invercargill, not Invergall.. And in NZL 2000-meter steeple results,
the sub 7-minute junior is Caroline Melsop, not Mellsop.

THANKS to information providers for Steeple Report 472:
Alfredo Sanchez Barrios, Tony Hunt

About Us Editor: James E. Fields, Ph.D.
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Larry Ellis Invitational, April 17 – Princeton, New Jersey
1-Lesley Higgins, New York AC 10:31.98; 2-Natalie Busby,
Syracuse 10:33.45; 3-Rebekah MacKay, Syracuse 10:36.04;
4-Christa Johnson, Ursinus 10:36.53; 5-Reilly Kiernan, Princeton
10:38.75; 6-Keara Thomas, Charlotte 10:39.47; 7-Heather Stephens,
Syracuse 10:39.77; 8-Michaeline Nelson, Brown 10:49.05;
9-Kari Higdem, Columbia 10:49.91; 10-Carey Young, Navy
10:49.92; 11-Leanne Skrabacz, Stony Brook 10:50.79; 12-Stefanie
Slekis, Syracuse 10:53.05; 13-Maureen Dooley, Navy 10:53.27;
14-Ada Lauterbach, Albany 10:54.50; 15-Callie Hogan, Villanova
10:58.71 [36 finish; Last = 12:21.51]

California vs. Stanford, April 18 – Palo Alto, California
1-Emilir Amaro, Stanford 10:21.81; 2-Maddie O'Meara, Stanford
10:46.54; 3-Claire Collison, Stanford 11:16.92.

McDonnell Invitational, April 18 – Fayetteville, Arkansas
1-Rachel Carrizales, Nebraska 10:27.99; 2-Jayne Grebinski, Mar
quette 10:34.15; 3-Joslyn Dalton, Nebraska 10:43.23; 4-Jessica
Furlan, Nebraska 10:47.86; 5-Kara Eckard, Missouri Southern
10:54.52; 6-Jen Webers, Nebraska 10:54.57; 7-Angela Potrykus,
Missouri 10:56.75 [13 finish; Last = 12:12.75]

Indiana Invitational, April 18 – Bloomington, Indiana
1-Sarah Price, Michigan State Univ 10:30.12; 2-Leah Elenbaas,
Michigan State Univ 10:58.33. [6 finish, Last = 11:50.91]

Dave Rankin Invit, April 18 – West Lafayette, Indiana
1-Crystal Martinez, IPFW 10:48.06 [15 finish; Last = 13:57.78]

Colonial Conference, April 18 – Towson, Maryland
1-Betsy Graney, Wm & Mary 10:50.07; 2-Jessica Barton,
Northeastern 10:55.83 [14 finish, 1 DNF; Last - 12:27.16]

Big South Champs, April 17 – Radford, Virginia
1-Zsanett Kis, High Point 10:56.41 [18 finish; Last = 13:05]

Texas Twilght, April 18 – Austin, Texas
1-Shelia Salil, Texas A&M-CC 10:56.75 [3 finish; Last =12:03.66]

Volunteer Track Classic, April 1 – Knoxville, Tennesee
Multi-State High School Meet with 2000-meter Steeplechase
1-Sarah Dorrell, Blacksburg 7:43.66; 2-Kayla Kuziola, Science
Hill 7:51.21; 3-Maggie Carey, Mountain Brook 7:59.45; 4-Deanna
Butler, Reynolds 8:07.02; 5-Sara List, Anderson County 8:21.15;
6-Lydia Lowe, Anderson County 8:33.12; 7-Melissa Ferner, Heritage
8:41.77; 8-Meredith McFarlin, Houston 8:42.06 [16 finish]
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2009 WORLD LIST 3000m Steeple – Current Top 18
9:46.56 Lindsey Anderson,USA 1r3-Walnut, April 16
9:53.7 Bridget Franek, USA 1-Lewisburg, April 10
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
10:00.12 Irene Kimaiyo, KEN 2r3-Walnut, April 16
10:00.30 Lennie Waite, GBR/USA 3r3-Walnut, April 16
10:06.28 Angela Wagner, RSA 5r3-Walnut, April 16
10:06.51 Fang Xiaoyu, CHN 1-Zhaoqing, April 11
10:07.13 Nicole Mericle, USA 6r3-Walnut, April 16
10:07.90 Nolene Conrad, RSA 1-Durban, February 6
10:08.34 Zsofia Erdelyi, HUN 7r3-Walnut, April 16
10:09.69 Rachel Carrizales, USA 5-Palo Alto, March 27
10:10.17 Danielle Bradley, USA 6-Palo Alto, March 27
10:10.18 Minori Hayakari, JPN 8r3-Walnut, April 16
10:10.56 Sara Hall, USA 7-Palo Alto, March 27
10:10.84 Leonora Joy, NZL 9r3-Walnut, April 16

Women’s Steeplechase Report
Number 472 – 19 April 2009
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