Women's Steeple Report

Race Distances are 3000 meters unless labeled otherwise.

IAAF scoring meet May 16 in USA has women’s steeple
Qualifying for the annual World Athletics Final, each September, requires scoring place points in approved World Athletics Tour meets such as “Area Permit” meets – or in higher-scoring Grand Prix meets.
In past years such meets in North America did not include women steeplers, forcing their travel to other continents for WAF qualifiers.
But 2009 offers a breakthrough as women steeplers are included in the “Adidas Track Classic” (Area Permit meet) on May 16 at Carson, California – though not in Grand Prix meets, Nike Prefontaine Classic at Eugene or Reebok Grand Prix at New York. Women’s steeplechase results at two recent WAT meets, on other continents, appear below.

IAAF Permit Meet, May 10 – Fortaleeza, BRAZIL
1-Miranda Boonstra, NED 10:03.79; 2-Kristin Anderson, USA 10:15.68; 3-Sabine Leticia Heitling, BRA 10:17.74; 4-Stephanie de Croock, BEL 10:41.68; 5-Rosa Liliana Godoy, ARG 10:48.78;
6-Patricia Fernanda Lobo 10:48.86. [8 finishers; Last = 11:34.68]

IAAF Super Grand Prix, May 8 – Doha, QATAR
1-Ruth Bisibori Nyangau, KEN 9:32.68; 2-ZemZem Ahmed, ETH 9:33.74; 3-Sofia Assefa, ETH 9:37.96; 4-Habiba Ghribi, TUN 9:42.18; 5-Mekdes Bekele, ETH 9:42.73; 6-Ancuta Bobocel, ROU 9:44.83;
7-Cristina Casandra, ROU 9:46.49; 8-Sophie Duarte, FRA 9:48.00;
9-Roisin McGettigan, IRL 9:57.44; 10-Mardrea Hyman, JAM 10:08.05
11-Widad Mendil, ALG 10:47.13.
[Nine under 10 minutes = major changes to the 2009 World List.]

High School Steeplefest, May 5 – Cornwall, New York
2000m Steeple 1-Shelby Greany, Suffern 6:33.7 (born 1991-04-01)
USA High School Record; 2-Erin Crawley, Newark Valley 7:00.7;
3-Jackie Gamboli, N.Rockland 7:06.1; 4-Christy Goldman, Suffern 7:16.3; 5-Amanda Fasano, Cornwall 7:18.0; 6-Gabby Mancuso, New Platz 7:23.5 [43 finishers, 17 of them under 8 minutes].

British Universities Championships, May. 3 – Bedford, GBR
2000m Steeple 1-Ruth Senior, Loughborough 6.49.68; 2-Laura Parker, St Mary's 7.03.89; 3-Alison Crocker, Oxford 7.06 4-Sara Luck, London 7.11.21; 5-Polly Keen, Cambridge 7.16.51; 6-Elinor Kirk, Southampton 7.19.94; 7-Alison Lavender, Loughborough 7.24.84;
8-Jane Kemshall, Leeds 7.31.56 [14 finish; Last = 8:05.55]

Junior Athletic League, April 26 – Liverpool, GBR
1500m Steeple 1-Nicola Hood 5.04.62; 2-Lauren Stoddart 5.21.86; 3-Amy Talbot 5.23.46; 4-Lateefa Burton 5.29.87; 5-Claire Lilley 5.36.51.

Corrida de Fundo em Pista, April 24 – Rio de Janeiro, BRA
1-Zenaide Viera (85-06-25) 9:49.69; 2-Sabine Leticia Heitling
(87-07-02) 10:04.92; 3-Michelle Barreto da Costa (79-01-23) 10:35.19; 4-Patricia Fernanda Lobo (83-11-06) 11:08.85. Athletes birthdates (Year-Month-Day) in parentheses. [7 finish; Last = 12:55.90]

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First six finishers at water in the May 2 Cardinal Invitational, from left: 9:35.30 winner Lindsey Anderson; Barbara Parker (GBR) hip number 19; Nicole Bush obscured by Parker; Lindsay Allen, hip 3; Bridget Franek, hip 6; Angela Wagner (RSA) hip 8. Photo by Spencer Allen
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Oxy Invitational, May 9 – Los Angeles, California
1-Dallon Williams, Cal State San Marcos 10:17.21; 2-Evelyn Ross, Claremont-Mudd-Scipps 10:50.67; 3-Shannon McVannel, Chico State 10:52.26. [8 finish; Last = 12:37.49 - Williams breaks the 10:21.75 meet record set by Jane Rudkin in 2007]

Ivy League Champs, May 10 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1-Ashley Higginson, Princeton 10:24.98; 2-Stephanie Pancoast, Cornell 10:32.03; 3-Kari Higdem, Columbia 10:47.75; 4-Liz Deir, Princeton 10:49.74; 5-Erin Roberts, Cornell 10:56.53; 6-Rachel Kirsch, Cornell 10:58.36; 7-Irena Ossola, Columbia 10:59.72;
8-Julie Quinn, Columbia 11:06.21. [16 finish; Last = 11:29.28]

Oregon Twilight, May 9 – Eugene, Oregon
1-Jane Rudkin,Eugene RC 10:31.74; 2-Jennifer Donovan, Boston NB 10:38.53; 3-Brooke Giuffre, JR Oregon 10:46.64; 4-Joanna Murphy, Bowerman AC 10:49.25; 5-Mary Kate Jackson, W. Illinois 10:50.94; 6-Collier Lawrence, unattached 10:53.66; 7-Dana Buchanan, Oregon 10:58.72; 8-Carianna Cottone, W. Illinois
11:08.47; DNF: Claire Michel, Southern Oregon

Gopher Open, May 8 – Minneapolis, Massachusetts
1-Cody Halsey, unattached 10:32.32 [4 finish; Last = 12:47.02]

New England Champs, May 9 – Amherst, Massachusetts
1-Meghan Shea, Williams 10:36.50; 2-Kerry Arouca, Westfield 10:44.54; 3-Elizabeth Foster, Hartford 10:46.76; 4-Sydney Fitz-patrick, New Hampshire 10:47.41; 5-Jen Gardynski, Stonehill 10:53.24; 6-Sarah Brassard, U.Mass Lowell 11:00.20; 7-Karen Roa, UMass-Amherst 11:06.70; 8-Abbey Gosling, Quinnipiac 11:07.48 [29 finish; Last = 12:49.20]

Northern Sun Championships, May 9 – Wayne, Nebraska
1-Molly Clark, Augustana 10:46.16; 2-Megan Zavorka, Wayne State 10:56.90; 3-Amanda Dettman, Minnesota State 11:08.03
[17 finish; Last = 13:10.19]

MIAC Championships, May 9 – Northfield, Minnesota
1-Katie Theisen, St. Thomas 10:50.48; 2-Laura Roach, Carleton 10:55.84.. [17 finishers; Last = 13:10.85]

Billy Hayes Invitational, May 8 – Bloomington, Indiana
1-Meaghan Hudson, Missouri Baptist 10:53.23; 2-Alison Case, DePauw 11:00.39 [11 finishers; Last = 12:05.90]

Southland Conference, May 9 – Nacogdoches, Texas
1-Sheila Salil, Texas A&M-CC 10:54.53 [12/ Last = 13:27.12]

Midwest Conference, May 9 – Waukesha, Wisconsin
1-Mary Kate Beyer, Monmouth 10:56.60 [12/Last = 13:29.38