Women's Steeplechase Report

Race distances are 3000m unless labeled otherwise. (Reported
ages or birth years of younger athletes appear in parentheses.)

Aviva Grand Prix, July 25 – London, GBR
1-Katarzyna Kowalska, POL 9:34.07 pb; 2-Lisa Galaviz, USA 9:34.30; 3-Netsanet Achamo, ETH 9:34.31; 4-Helen Clitheroe, GBR 9:34.66; 5-Sabine Heitling, BRA 9:41.22 pb; 6-Mardrea Hyman, JAM 9:53.73; 7-Ida Nilsson, SWE 9:55.31; 8-Lennie Waite, GBR 10:10.55
[Splits: 1km Clitheroe 3:09.98; 2km Achamo 3:12.90 / 6:22.88]

Russian Champs, July 23 – Cheboksary, RUS
1-Yulia Zarudneva 9:13.18; 2-Yelena Sidorchenkova 9:22.15; 3-Lyubov Kharlamova 9:33.20; 4-Olga Gorshkova 9:50.24; 5-Tatiana Petrova 10:00.36; 6-Snezhana Karpova 10:08.52; 7-Natalia Izmoden-ova 10:10.05; 8-Yelena Petrova 10:14.35; 9-Yekaterina Shkodrina 10:20.27; 10-Olga Derevieva 10:25.04.

French Championships, July 25 – Angers, FRA
1-Elodie Olivares 9:39.39; 2--Elsa Delaunay 10:21.35; 3-Jenny Leonard 10:22.04; 4-Hasna Tabboussi 10:22.49; 5-Anne-cecile Thevenot 10:37.87; 6-Mathilde Chachignon 10:41.39; 7-Mathilde Carrez 10:54.19; 8-Marion Mare 11:01.17.

HAIS-spelen, July 24 – Hassleholm, SWE
1500m St: 1-Caroline Hogardh (92) 5:08.8; 2-Tilda Helgesson (92) 5:36.5

International Open Champs, July 24 – Taipei, TPE
1-Melinder Kaur, MAS 11:07.31 Malaysia National record; 2-Chen Chao-Chun (92) 11:33.48; 3-Wang Wen-Hsien (92) 11:49.59

Slovenian Junior [U20] Champs, July 12 – Maribor, SLO
1-Tina Bercic (1990) 11:12.20; 2-Cita Cvirn (1990) 12:41.42.

THANKS to information providers for SR 485:
Heinrich Hubbeling, Peter Larsson, Zdravko Peternelj, USATF

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International Meet, July 25 – Barcelona, ESP
1-Marta Dominguez, ESP 9:09.39 World Leader; 2-Eva Arias, ESP 9:32.48; 3-Livia Toth, HUN 9:38.79; 4-Diana Martin, ESP 9:45.38; 5-Durka Mana Kalameya, SUD 9:50.74; 6-Birtukan Fente, ETH 9:51.09; 7-Maria Teresa Urbina, ESP 9:57.27;
8-Maria Laghirissi, MAR 10:01.99; 9-Zulema Fuentes-Pila, ESP 10:17.44. [DNF: Dorcus Inzikuru, UGA; Natalya Medvedeva, RUS; Rosa Morato Rodriguez, ESP; DQ: Abainesh Sisay, ETH]
Splits: 1km, Medvedeva 3:05.66; 2km Dominguez 6:06.73.

European Junior Champs, July 22-25 – Novi Sad, SRB
FINAL - June 25: 1-Karoline Bjerkeli Grovdal, NOR 9:43.69 ; 2-Layes Abdullayeva, AZE 9:55.95; 3-Louise Webb, GBR 10:10.34; 4-Estefania Tobal, ESP 10:15.68; 5-Valeria Roffino, ITA 10:17.35; 6-Martina Barinova, CZE 10:20.00; 7-Aleksandra Kudryashova, RUS 10:22.02; 8-Klara Bodinson, SWE 10:22.21; 9-Veronika Blom, NOR 10:28.93; 10-Nicola Hood, GBR 10:34.68; 11-Sarah Cornelson, GER 10:39.38; 12-Jana Hirschauser, GER 10:45.71.
[Meet record by Grovdal; National junior records by Abdullayeva, Tobal, Roffino, Bodinson; Personal bests by Webb and Blom.]
Splits: 1000m Grovdal 3:10.61; 2000m Grovdal 6:25.91.

July 23 Heats, P = Advance by Place T = Advance by Time
First Heat: 1-Karoline Bjerkeli Grovdal, NOR 10:00.44 P; 2-Este-fania Tobal, ESP 10:25.69 P; 3-Nicola Hood, GBR 10:27.31 P;
4-Klara Bodinson, SWE 10:27.40 P; 5-Veronika Blom, NOR 10:31.25 T; 6-Jana Hirschauer, GER 10:39.17 T; 7-Lyudmila Lebedeva, RUS 10:39.19; 8-Eline Dalemans, BEL 10:52.64; 9-Liliana Danci, ROU 11:00.79; 10-Giulia Martinelli, ITA 11:02.09; 11-Fabienne Schlumpf, SUI 11:19.84. [Personal Best for Hirsch-auer] Splits: 1000m Grovdal 3:09.94; 2000m Grovdal 6:33.38.]

Second Heat: 1-Layes Abdullayeva, AZE 10:18.07 P; 2-Louise Webb, GBR 10:26.03 P; 3-Valeria Roffino, ITA 10:27.94 P;
4-Martina Barinova, CZE 10:28.39 P; 5-Aleksandra Kudryashova, RUS 10:28.64 T; 6-Sarah Cornelson, GER 10:38.84 T; 7-Julia Kick, GER 10:40.50; 8-Carla Rocha, POR 10:55.74; 9-Sarah Rayczakowski, FRA 11:17.95; 10-Kjersti Herberg, NOR 11:24.16. [Splits: 1km Kudryashova 3:25.88; 2km Kudryashova 6:58.64]

South American Junior Champs, Jul 25- Sao Paulo, BRA
1-Maria Florencia Borelli (30 Oct 93) ARG 10.50.07; 2-Yoni Ninahua-man Umiyauri (20 Jul 90) PER 10.55.44; 3-Tatiane Raquel da Silva (10 Jun 90) BRA 11.31.94; 4-Hilaria Patzi Baptista (12 Aug 92) BOL 11.40.13; 5-Valdilene dos Santos Silva (18 Dec 91) BRA 11:43.86.

National High School Champs, July 19 – Taebaek, KOR
1-Shin Sa-Hin (92) 10:38.43; 2-Ahn Seul-Ki (92) 11:00.21; 3-Choi Kyung-Sun (92) 11:04.93; 4-Kang Su-Jung 11:19.97 5-Kim Jin-Ju (92) 11:34.54; 6-Kim Sun-Ah 12:01.88; 7-Kim Mi-Sun 12:11.06.

USA Junior Olympics, July 28 – Greensboro, N. Carolina
2km Steeple, Age Group born 1991-92: 1-Melissa Parks 7:24.87; 2-Ryann Russ 7:42.64; 3-Frances Daugherty 7:43.95; 4-Jaime Wallace 7:51.09; 5-Brooke Bierhaus 7:52.79; 6-Oteia Prince 7:53.46; 7-Annette Eichenberger 7:56.99; 8-Tess Wynn 8:05.36; 9-Erika Shaver 8:10.99; 10-Deanna Butler 8:21.35; 11-Alyssa Nale, 8:34.90; 12-Caitlin Rodriguez 8:39.30.

Age Group born 1993-94: 1-Destiny Jenkins 7:11.73; 2-Domi-
nique Gerard 7:24.31; 3-Angelica Peck 7:31.25; 4-Meghan Wet-hall 7:34.16; 5-Adrianna Royal 7:38.21; 6-Emily Cotterman-Readinger 8:09.45; 7-Audrey Garcia, 8:10.84; 8-Sarah Schlotter, 8:15.41; 9-Kali Carney 8:24.39; 10-Racheal Geremew 8:34.56.
Swedish Meet, July 28 – Goteborg, SWE
2km steeple: 1-Emma Dahl (91) 7:18.39; 2-Alexandra Forss (91) 7:39.12; 3-Camilla Andersson (90) 8:00.93.