Women's Steeplechase

Race Distances are 3000 meters unless labeled otherwise.
Conference USA, May 15 – Tulsa, Oklahoma
1-Lennie Waite, Rice 10:13.92; 2-Becky Wade, Rice 10:19.81;
3-Nicole Mericle, Rice 10:21.39; 4-Risper Kimaiyo, UTEP 10:37.54;
5-Rebecca Coady, Tulane 11:09.21; 6-Jamie Rzepecki UCF 11:20.68;
7-Kristina Vaughn, UAB 11:30.80; 8-Erica Weitz, UCF 11:41.57 [12
finish; Last = 12:39.36]
Big West Conference, May 15 – Irvine, California
1-Julianne Masciana, Fullerton 10:23.36; 2-Carly Harris, Long Beach
10:28.31; 3-Lauren Chramosta, Irvine 10:36.39; 4-Katie Voigtlander,
Santa Barbara 10:48.29; 5-Kendall Bruton, Irvine 10:52.31; 6-Caitlin
Fitzgerald, Davis 10:52.78; 7-Ali Stoakley, Davis 10:56.13; 8-Ariana
Selix, Santa Barbara 11:13.55 [11 finish, 1 DNF; Last = 12:12.36]
Big Sky Conference, May 15 – Missoula, Montana
1-Nell Rojas, N.Arizona 10:28.70; 2-Kara DeWalt, Montana 10:39.07;
3-Veronica Pohl, N.Arizona 10:39.74; 4-Natalie Haws, Weber State
10:39.86; 5-Kristina Holtz, Sacramento State 10:48.62; 6-Erica Wendt,
Idaho State 10:48.65; 7-Cassie Olson, Weber State 11:07.87; 8-Jodie
Leal, Sacramento State 11:21.50 [15 finish; Last = 11:55.41]
Mid-America Conference, May 15 – Akron, Ohio
1-Amanda Mirochna, Miami-Ohio 10:47.44; 2-Cassandra Schenck,
Akron 10:52.98; 3-Dagna Sztykiel, Toledo 10:57.66; -Kelly McClure,
Cent Michigan 11:00.33; 5-Elizabeth Carpenter, C-Michigan 11:05.47;
6-Jamie Roflow, Bowling Green 11:08.32; 7-Jen Hunt, Ohio 11:11.40;
8-Ecaterina Gheorghiu, Kent State 11:15.43 [25 finish, Last = 12:21.63]
Western Athletic Conference, May 15 – Logan, Utah
1-Christa Avena, Nevada 10:53.57; 2-Ruth Hilton, Utah State 11:05.07;
3-Breanna Sande, Boise State 11:15.03; 4-Tiffany Tandy, Nevada
11:23.40; 5-Ashley Johnson, Utah State 11:30.53; 6-Vanessa Gledhill,
Utah State 11:30.91; 7-Shea Hanson, Boise State 11:54.52; 8-Mandy
Russ, Nevada 11:57.10 [12 finish; Last = 12:58.04]
Mountain West Conference, May 15 – Laramie, Wyoming
1-Emily Higgins, Wyoming 11:05.88; 2-Nicole Peters, Colorado State
11:24.68; 3-Amy Layne, BYU 11:34.89; 4-Stasia Ploskonka, New
Mexico 11:49.05; 5-Anna Sperry, BYU 12:28.07; 6-Kristin Glen, San
Diego State 13:02.27 [8 could score, but no other finishers]
Great West Conference, May 15 – Houston, Texas
1-Kristi Dahlheimer, N. Dakota 11:46.81; 2-Amanda Gefroh, N. Dakota
11:53.21; 3-Melissa Pope, Utah Valley 11:59.53 [8th/Last = 13:53.30]
Summit League, May 15 - Cedar City, Utah
1-Mary K Jackson, W.Illinois 11:29.25; 2-Kate Call, Southern Utah
11:32.13; 3-Lynzee Baxter, S.Utah 11:32.43; 4-Felicia Mondry, IPFW
11:42.23; 5-Nicole Davis, S.Dakota 11:43.26 [11th/ Last = 13;56.21]
Atlantic Sun Conference, May 16,
1-Susanne Klungtvelt, Jacksonville 11:36.00; 2-Catherine Beals,
Lipscomb 11:43.84; 3-Erin Heasley, North Florida 11:52.25
4-Lauren Walker, USC 11:56.47 [9 finish; Last = 13:47.56]
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Adidas Classic (IAAF Permit Meet) May 16 – Carson, California
1-Anna Willard, USA 9:26.85; 2-Lindsey Anderson, USA 9:37.88;
3-Lindsay Allen, USA 9:47.21; 4-Irene Kimaiyo, Kenya 9:50.55;
5-Delilah DiCrescenzo, USA 9:53.58; 6-Lisa Galaviz, USA
9:57.51; 7-Amanda Lorenzen, USA 10:07.72; DNF -Mardrea
Hyman, Jamaica. [Willard tops World List with her first steeple of
2009, the fastest time in the world so far this year.]
Big Ten Conference, May 16 – Columbus, Ohio
1-Nicole Bush, Michigan State 9:41.87; 2-Bridget Franek, Penn
State 9:58.27; 3-Sarah Pease, Indiana 10:15.14; 4-Chantelle Groenewoud,
Illinois 10:19.30; 5-Sarah Price, Michigan State 10:20.43;
6-Sarah Hurley, Wisconsin 10:25.66; 7-Jamie Cheever, Minnesota
10:34.66; 8-Hannah Roeder, Iowa 10:35.26; 9-Cheryl Spring, Penn
State 10:43.51; 10-Felicitas Mensing, Minnesota 11:03.83;
11-Claire Percival, Penn State 11:06.90; 12-Kaylan Comer, Indiana
11:07.36. [16 finishers; Last = 11:39.20]
Pacific Coast Conference, May 16 – Eugene, Oregon
1-Marie Lawrence, Washington 9:54.13; 2-Emilie Amaro, Stanford
10:15.18; 3-Zsofia Erdelyi, USC 10:16.17; 4-Ciara Viehweg,
UCLA 10:22.99; 5-Sara Trane, Wash State 10:24.05; 6-Claire
Michel, Oregon 10:27.29; 7-Margaret Callahan, Arizona 10:30.71;
8-Hannah Moen, Arizona 10:32.46; 9-Brooke Giuffre, Oregon
10:36.26; 10-Angela Spadafino, Arizona State 10:36.94; 11-Maddie
O'Meara, Stanford 10:40.55; 12-Mo Huber, Washington 10:51.71;
13-Kauren Tarver, Arizona State 10:54.55; 14-Amanda Andrews,
Wash State 10:58.51; 15 Emma Miller-Bedell, Stanford 10:59.07.
[20 finishers; Last = 11:54.16]
ECAC Championships, May 15 – Princeton, New Jersey
1-Stephanie Garcia, Virginia 10:08.48; 2-Patricia Loughlin, Duke
10:09.77; 3-Stephanie Pancoast, Cornell 10:11.95; 4-Hannah
Davidson, Providence 10:15.97; 5-Betsy Graney, William & Mary
10:15.99; 6-Samantha Stafford, Virginia 10:36.02; 7-Heather Stephens,
Syracuse 10:37.50; 8-Alison Spiker, West Virginia 10:38.36;
9-Natalie Busby, Syracuse 10:41.03; 10-Laura Cummings, Albany
10:42.22; 11-Carolina Cortes, Stony Brook 10:43.86; 12-Kari Higdem,
Columbia 10:46.78; 13-Erin Roberts, Cornell 10:47.90;
14-Michaeline Nelson, Brown 10:48.56; 15-Maura Carroll, Cornell
10:50.20; 16-Sydney Fitzpatrick, New Hampshire 10:51.57;
17-Carey Young, USNA 10:53.02; 18-Aspen Foster, James Madison
10:54.58; 19-Rachael Kirsch, Cornell 10:58.18; 20-Ada Lauterbach,
Albany 10:58.79; 21-Liz Deir, Princeton 10:59.50
Missouri Valley Conf, May 16 – Terre Haute, Indiana
1-Kellyn Johnson, Wichita State 10:23.70; 2-Terry Phillips,
Missouri State 10:29.19; 3-Rachel York, Wichita State 10:40.27;
4-Jamie Vest, Missouri State 10:44.76; 5-Kirsten Lang, Illinois
State 10:45.19; 6-Megan Hoelscher, SIU 10:51.01; 7-Aisha
Praught, Illinois State 10:57.05; 8-Casey McDermott, Drake
11:01.40 [13 finish; Last = 12:14.16]
Southeast Conference, May 16 – Gainesville, Florida
1-Genevieve LaCaze, Florida 10:26.92; 2-Julie Northrup, Florida
10:31.59; 3-Megan Jackson, Arkansas 10:37.61; 4-Beatrice Biwott,
South Carolina 10:48.77; 5-Amber Riley, Auburn 10:53.30; 6-Sara
Vaughn, Alabama 11:03.50 [9 finish; Last = 11:49.02]
Georgia Tech Invitational, May 15 – Atlanta, Georgia
1-Nicol Traynor, Richmond 10:28.46; 2-Hillary Neal, Samford
10:47.51; 3-Keara Thomas, UNC Charlotte 10:56.49; 4-Mary Kate
DuBard, GA Tech 11:15.94; 5-Erin MacAuley, Charlotte 11:31.24.
Rethimnia Open, March 14 – Rethimno, GRE
2000m Steeple: 1-Konstadina Petroulaki (1993) 7:55.48; 2-Adamadia
Kavlari 8:10.19; 3-Maria Ritzaki (1993) 8:22.92.
Thanks to Thomas Konstas in Greece for this result.
Women’s Steeplechase Report
Number 476 – 16 May 2009
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