Women’s Steeplechase Report

Race Distances are 3000 meters unless labeled otherwise.

Chinese Women's Champs, May 22 – Suzhou, CHN
(birth year in parentheses) 1-Jin Yuan (88) 9:53.16; 2-Li Zhenzhu (85)
9:59.14; 3-Fang Xiaoyu (87) 9:59.17; 4-Chen Xiaofang (81) 10:09.38;
5-Ding Changqin (89) 10:24.51; 6-Sun Ran (91) 10:30.12; 7-Wang
Huan (89) 10:37.22; 8-Yu Linping (89) 10:40.76; 9-Lu Minhong (86)
10:42.65; 10-Li Chongfeng (85) 10:57.89 [13 finish; Last = 11:26.82]

Tri-Nation Meet, May 17 – Pliezhausen, GER
2000m 1-Antje Moldner (84) GER 6:15.90; 2-Julia Hiller (87) GER
6:27.41; 3-Sanaa Koubaa (89) GER 6:32.18; 4-Eva Tomankova (84)
CZE 6:54.42; 5-Natalie Buchfelder (87) GER 7:02.30; 6-Seraina
Badertscher (83) SUI 7:28.29. Moldner moves up to 7th on All-Time
World List for 2km Steeple, leads Hiller and Koubaa as top three on
2009 World List; Lydia Willemse, CAN 4th on that list with 6:33.28.
Junior 2000m 1-Sarah Cornelsen (90) GER 6:57.53; 2-Lea Suess (90)
GER 7:01.11; 3-Clea Formaz (92) SUI 7:02.07; 4-Fabienne Schlumpf
(90) SUI 7:06.94; 5-Tamara Stocker (90) GER 7:07.97; 6-Karoline
Brstle (91) GER 7:10.07; 7-Jana Hirschhauser (90) GER 7:17.70;
8-Christina Schuler (90) GER 7:19.62; 9-Celine Diethelm (92) SUI
7:19.68; 10-Lisa Wirth (91) GER 7:27.88 [13 finishers; last = 8:27.03]

Korean National Champs, May 5 – Kimchun, KOR
Open: 1- Kwon Keun-Young 10:43.36; 2- Kim Su-Jin (90) 10:59.69;
3-Kang Young-Sun 11:12.02; 4-Lee Hyun-Ok (90) 11:27.71; 5-Lee
Se-Young 11:28.42.
College: 1-Lee Kyung-Ran (90) 11:29.70; 2-Song Min-Ji 12:10.09
High School Girls Born 1990 or Later: 1-Kim Jin-Hee (91) 11:02.32;
2-Kang Soo-Jung (91) 11:09.76; 3-Kim Sun-Ah (91) 11:17.72; 4-Lee
Eun-Hae (92) 11:35.08; 5-Kim Mi-Sun 12:12.45.

Oda Memorial Meet, April 29 – Hiroshima, JPN
1-Yoshika Tatsumi (82) 10:03.23; 2-Minori Hayakari (72) 10:04.99;
3-Chisa Nishio (83) 10:05.52; 4-Miho Notagashira (83) 10:44.58;
5-Mayu Hitomi (85) 10:50.31.

Big 12 Conference Champs, May 17 – Lubbock, Texas
1-Jenny Barringer, Colorado 9:58.14; 2-Danielle Bradley, Baylor
10:29.37; 3-Rachel Carrizales, Nebraska 10:30.09; 4-Emma Coburn,
Colorado 10:33.49; 5-Joslyn Dalton, Nebraska 10:49.16; 6-Emily
Hanenburg, Colorado 10:52.16; 7-Jessica Furlan, Nebraska 10:56.23;
8-Jen Webers, Nebraska 10:59.50; 9-Jessica Engel,Oklahoma 11:13.20;
10-Angela Potrykus, Missouri 11:21.99; 11-Rebeka Stowe, Kansas
11:29.91; 12-Lauren Watson, Oklahoma 11:32.65

ECAC Division 3, May 14 – Springfield, Massachsetts
1-Christa Johnson, Christa, Ursinus 10:45.92; 2-Wendy Pavlus,
St. Lawrence 11:00.03 [17 finish; Last = 12:07.77]

THANKS to Heinrich Hubbeling and IAAF for some SR 477 results.

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NAIA Championships, May 23 – Edwardsville, Illinois
1-Justyna Mudy, Shorter 10:12.31; 2-Dallon Williams, Cal State
San Marcos 10:24.70; 3-Meagan Hudson, Missouri Baptist
10:46.60; 4-Ericka Joiner, Southwestern 10:52.10; 5-Natalie Pedersen,
Oklahoma Baptist 10:52.16; 6-Aybuke Keehn, Concordia of
California 10:54.70; 7-Shelli Scheffler, Black Hills 10:59.44;
8-Elisabeth Pyles, Cedarville 11:01.96; 10-Alicia Verhulst,
Black Hills 11:13.24; 11-Sarah Hines, Malone 11:21.83; 12-
Erin Lynn Keitges. Morningside 11:24.52 [14/Last = 12:00.07]
May 21 Qualifying 14 P = advance by Place T = by Time
First Heat Second Heat
1-Ericka Joiner 11:07.46 P 1-Justyna Mudy 10:38.66 P
2-Meagan Hudson 11:11.85 P 2-Elisabeth Pyles 11:03.40 P
3-Dallon Williams 11:12.91 P 3-Aybuke Keehn 11:05.81 P
4-Shelli Scheffler 11:13.14 P 4-Sarah Hines 11:09.29 P
5-Alicia Verhulst 11:13.37 P 5-Erin Keitges 11:11.38 P
6-Natalie Pedersen 11:14.98 T 6-Laura Dziagwa 11:17.68 T
7-Nychele Fischetti 11:19.83 T 7-Erika Perez 11:23.63 T

NCAA Division 2 Finals, May 23 – San Angelo, Texas
1-Mary Ballinger, Southern Indiana 10:22.98; 2-Lisa Thomas,
Western State 10:37.48; 3-Danna Kelly, Truman State 10:53.02;
4-Shannon McVannel, Cal State Chico 10:53.57; 5-Karla Alburez,
Cal State LA 10:55.32; 6-Kara Eckard, Missouri Southern
10:56.08; 7-Janette Cary, Adams State 10:58.75; 8-Tiffany Turner,
Cal Poly Pomona 11:00.55; 9-Megan Rolland, Humboldt State
11:12.61; 10-Molly Clark, Augustana 11:22.79; 11-Sarah Brassard,
Mass-Lowell 11:37.75; DNF Laura Mucho, Slippery Rock.
May 21 Qualifying 12 P = advance by Place T = by Time
First Heat Second Heat
1-Lisa Thomas 10:46.90 P 1-Mary Ballinger 10:51.00 P
2-Kara Eckard 10:49.17 P 2-Karla Alburez 10:55.39 P
3-Janette Cary 10:58.65 P 3-Laura Mucho 11:03.23 P
4-Megan Rolland 11:01.23 P 4-Sarah Brassard 11:03.29 P
5-Danna Kelly 11:01.40 T 5-Tiffany Turner 11:03.64 T
6-Shannon McVannel 11:02.05 T7-Molly Clark 11:04.76 T

NCAA Division 3 Champs, May 22 – Marietta, Ohio
1-Stephanie Perleberg, La Crosse 10:22.34; 2-Katie Theisen,
Saint Thomas 10:27.58; 3-Kerry Arouca, Westfield State 10:31.71;
4-Jacqui Wentz, MIT 10:32.61; 5-Hannah Humbach, Eau Claire
10:33.46; 6-Kimber Mattox, Willamette 10:41.32; 7-Evelyn Ross,
Claremont M-S 10:41.83; 8-Emily Loeffler, Trinity U (Texas)
10:45.45; 9-Meghan Shea, Williams 10:50.11; 10-Rachael
Richards, Principia 10:52.82; 11-Caitlin Mullarkey, Swarthmore
10:54.09; 12-Greta Sieve, St. Catherine 10:56.78; 13-Janet Dobyns,
Luther 10:58.36; 14-Katie Dolan, Luther 10:59.84; 15-Elizabeth
Smit,Calvin College 11:00.15; 16-Gretchen Braymer, Calvin
11:01.37; 17-Christa Johnson, Ursinus 11:13.75; 18-Rachel
Venezia, U. Chicago 11:30.93; DNF Jena Winger, Willamette.

USA Jr College Champs, May 22 – Hutchinson, Kansas
1-Aurora Trujillo, Pima 11:15.31; 2-Jennifer Butler, Butler
County 11:34.94; 3-Kacee Hildebrandt, Paradise Valley 11:46.32;
4-Vivian Reed, Pima 11:56.98; 5-Samantha Meyerhoff, Mesa
11:57.81; 6-Emilia Skolubowicz, New Mexico Military Institute
11:58.18 [22 finish; Last = 14:07.53]

State Jr College Champs, May 16 – San Mateo, California
California does not participate in the National JC meet.
1-Cassie Mitchell, Orange Coast 10:44.46; 2-Zitlalic Ley,
Glendale 11:19.41; 3-Sarah Muniz, Cerritos 11:28.21; 4-Larissa
Davis, Riverside 11:32.46; 5-Kelley Breen, Saddleback 11:45.56

Women’s Steeplechase Report
Number 477 – 23 May 2009
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