Women's Steeplechase

World Youth Champs, July 8/10 - Bressanone, ITA
July 10 Final 1-Korahubsh Itaa, ETH 6:11.83 – World Youth Record
2-Lucia Kamene Muangi, KEN 6:11.90; 3-Halima Hassen, ETH
6:16.83; 4-Beatrice Jepmwetich Kibor, KEN 6:24.76; 5-Lina Alainentalo,
SWE 6:30.32; 6-Eleanor Fulton, USA 6:37.31; 7-Gesa Felicitas
Krause, GER 6:39.85; 8-Florencia Borelli, ARG 6:56.67; 9-Elena
Panaet, ROU 6:58.48; 10-Teodora Simovic, SRB 7:00.88; 11-Danna
Levin, ISR 7:04.12; 12-McKinzie Schulz, USA 7:08.04.
[Personal bests by all except finishers 8, 10, 12]
2000m Steeplechase Heats on July 8
P = Advance by Place T = Advance by Time
First Heat: 1-Korahubsh Itaa, ETH 6:29.88 P; 2-Lucia Kamene
Muangi, KEN 6:37.85 P; 3-Gesa Felicitas Krause, GER 6:45.36 P; .4-
McKinzie Schulz, USA 6:51.07 P; 5-Teodora Simovic, SRB 6:56.54
T; 6-Elena Panaet, ROU 7:00.86 T; 7-Danna Levin, ISR 7:04.20 T;
8-Gamze Bulut, TUR 7:09.89; 9-Nabila Chaib Draa, ALG 7:26.79.
[Personal bests by Panaet and Levin]
This heat got underway after two misfires of the starting gun.
Second Heat: 1-Halima Hassen, ETH 6:31.51; 2-Lina Alainentalo,
SWE 6:38.81 P; 3-Eleanor Fulton USA 6:41.77 P; 4-Beatrice Jepmwetich
Kibor, KEN 6:43.54 P; 5-Florencia Borelli, 6:52.86 T; 6-
Jovana de la Cruz, PER 7:06.49; 7-Darya Dedochenko, KAZ 7:10.24;
8-Maria Jose Perez, ESP 7:21.78; 9-Dihia Abdelli; ALG 7:32.16.
[Personal bests by Hassen, Alainentalo, Fulton and Borelli]
USA Masters Champs. July 10 – Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Karen Steen ran 2000m steeple in 7:07.49, bettering the Age 45-49
world record of 7:16.90 set by Julie Leonard of Switzerland in 2004.
(Age in parentheses) 1-Karen Steen (45) Club Northwest 7:07.49;
2-Andi Camp (34) Bowerman AC 7:17.28; 3-Lisa Valle (43) Southern
California 7:17.36; 4-Nicole Lycan (35) unattached 8:02.36; 5-Kathryn
Martin (57) Northport 8:26.86; 6-Cheryl Bellaire (50) Philadelphia
8:32.20; 7-Caren Ware (46) Athena 10:15.25; 8-Ashley Childs (59)
Riadha 10:41.66; 9-Mary Rosado (59) Nike Central 11:47.80; 10-Mary
Trotto (62) Bohemia 11:54.18; 11-Jane Simpson (68) Golden West
13:54.59; 12-Susan Nesbihal-Cordero (60) Bohemia 14:59.17; 13-Lydia
Woods (55) Atlanta 15:15.71. [ Though all ages run in one race, places
and awards are based 5-year age groups: 30-34, 45-49. Example: Mary
Rosado placed third in 55-59 age group.]
USATF Club Champs, July 11 - New York City
1-Trisha Byler, Brockport 11:24.90; 2-Vanessa Martell, Brockport
11:30.84; 3-Amanda DiPaolo, ConnQuest 11:33.77; 4-Victoria Barnaby,
Boston 11:52.37; 5-Teri Wilson, Brockport 12:20.74; 6-Alma
Liebrecht, New York 12:42.23.
NEXT ISSUE: European under 23 championships, three IAAF tour
meets (Belgium, Greece, Switzerland) and more USA youth news.
THANKS to information providers for SR 484:
Jill Geer, IAAF, Vicky Oddi, Milan Scokovsky
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IAAF Golden Gala, 10 July 2009 – Rome, ITA
1-Gulnara Galkina, RUS 9:11.58; 2-Yekaterina Volkova, RUS
9:17.40; 3-Ruth Bisibori Nyangau, KEN 9:17.85; 4-Sofia Assefa,
ETH 9:23.61; 5-Habiba Ghribi, TUN 9:24.40; 6-Sophie Duarte,
FRA 9:25.62; 7-Lydia Jebet Rotich, KEN 9:30.29; 8-Jessica Augusto,
POR 9:32.10; 9-Cristina Casandra, ROU 9:33.36; 10-Mekdes
Bekele, ETH 9:39.88; 11-Elena Romagnolo, ITA 9:42.59; 12-Irini
Kokkinariou, GRE 9:46.62; 13-Delilah Di Crescenzo, USA
9:48.36; 14-Zulema Fuentes-Pila, ESP 9:48.81; 15-Roisin McGettigan,
IRL 9:56.71; dnf - Mardrea Hyman, JAM.
World University Games, July 8/10 at Belgrade, SRB
3000m Steeple Final on Friday, July 10.
1-Sara Moreira, POR 9:32.62; 2-Ancuta Bobocel, ROU 9:38.14;
3-Turkan Erismis, TUR 9:38.87; 4-Oxana Juravel, MDA 9:47.01;
5-Teresa Urbina Gomez, ESP 9:51.21; 6-Fionnuala Britton, IRL
9:54.10; 7-Jekaterina Patjuk, EST 10:03.95; 8-Ida Nilsson, SWE
10:04.65; 9-Liudmila Kuzmina, RUS 10:11.00; 10-Zhenzhu Li,
CHN 10:13.09; 11-Polina Jelizarova, LAT 10:16.93; 12-Angela
Wagner, RSA 10:25.16. [The first 3 finishers broke meet record of
9:40.37 set by Livia Toth of Hungary on 17 August 2005] Bobocel
led at 1000m in 3:14.62; Moreira led at 2000m in 6:27.39.
July 8 Heats: P = Advance by Place T = Advance by Time
First Heat: 1-Turkan Erismis, TUR 9:54.66 P; 2-Sara Moreira,
POR 9:55.10 P; 3-Oksana Juravel, MDA 10:00.82 P; 4-Ancuta
Bobocel, ROU 10:01.23 P; 5-Ida Nilsson, SWE 10:02.65 T; 6-Li
Zhenzhu, CHN 10:10.86 T; 7-Angela Wagner, RSA 10:16.76 T;
8-Marcela Lustigova, CZE 10:19.04; 9-Biljana Cvijanovic, BIH
10:51.25; 10-Biljana Jovic, SRB 10:55.39.
Second Heat: 1-Teresa Urbina, ESP 10:05.77 P; 2-Fionnuala
Britton, IRL 10:05.89 P; 3-Jekaterina Patjuk, EST 10:06.50 P;
4-Lyudmila Kuzmina, RUS 10:08.88 P; 5-Polina Jelizarova, LAT
10:10.24 T; 6-Nolene Conrad, RSA 10:21.48; 7-Jelena Mimic,
SRB 10:22.99; 8-Meredith McGregor, CAN 10:24.90; 9-Laila
Laursen, DEN 10:42.70; 10-Jasmina Delic, BIH 11:43.93; dnf -
Valentyna Horpynch, UKR [National Record by Patjuk; Personal
bests by Mimic and Patjuk].
Ceske akademicke, June 17 – Plzen, CZE
3000m Steeple: 1. Myroslava Petronyuk (UKR) 11:18.10;
2-Michala Kovkovska 12:23.69; 3-Zuzana Dolejsova 12:27.52,
4-Iva Klimova 12:32.53, 5. Zuzana Gebrova 13:57.08.
National Age-Class Champs, July 10 - Bondoufle, FRA
3000m u-23 Steeple: 1-Louise Ghesquiere (88) 10:49.00;
2-Mathilde Carrez 10:54.81; 3-Helene Colle 10:59.89; 4-Mylene
Corradi (89) 11:05.91; 5-Heiata Brinkfield (89) 11:16.15; 6-Lison
Mare (87) 11:16.92.
2000m u-20 Steeple: 1-Chloe Susset (90) 7:11.21; 2-Anais
Boucansaud (91) 7:12.38; 3-Ophelie Magras (90) 7:14.69; 4-Asenath
Etile (90) 7:15.94 [17 finish; Last = 7:58.23]
1500m u-18 Steeple: 1-Cecile Chevillard (92) 5:01.11; 2-Nina
Habold (83) 5:01.24; 3-Caroline Rossi (92) 5:04.08; 4-Myriam
Debab (92) 5:04.33; 5-Cindy Saint Martin (93) 5:07.74; 6-Marie
Bouchard (93) 5:09.49; 7-Chloe Chapuis (92) 5:14,07; 8-Cegolene
Siriex (83) 5:20.93; 9-Paola Martin (93) 5:22.86; 10-Lysiane Sanrini
(92) 5:23.48; 11-Amelie Mettler (93) 5:26.33; 12-Laurene
Ponnelle (92) 5:31.28; 13-Anais Mervant (92) 5:31.46; 14-Marieclaude
Gaillardon (92) 5:33.40; 15-Cosette Ribstein (92) 5:35.14.
ESAA English Schools Champs, July 10 - Sheffield, GBR
1500m Steeple: 1-Louise Webb 4:44.83; 2-Martha Reynolds 5:00.53;
3-Rachel Robinson 5:01.76; 4-Amy Talbot 5:08.36; 5-Emily Bliss
5:12.67; 6-Lara Thomas 5:12.97; 7-Aiya Abe 5:16.78.
Women’s Steeplechase Report
Number 484 – 11 July 2009
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