Women’s Steeplechase Report

Results are for 3000m Steeple unless noted otherwise.

Australian National Champs, April 17 – Perth, AUS
1-Melissa Rollison, QLD, 10:17.51; 2-Lara Nicod, NSW, 10:33.4;
3-Charlotte Wilson, NSW, 10:41.95. 4-Susannah Stockwell, WA,
10:45.35; 5- Sarah McSweeney, NZL, 11:02.34; 6-Charlotte Lane,
WA, 11:17.33. 7-Hannah Castle, WA, 11:45.86; 8-Leanne Golebiowski,
NSW, 11:52.14. [Selection meet for AUS team to 2010 Commonwealth
Games at Delhi. Rollison was second in 2006 Games.]

Mt. SAC Relays, 15 April 2010 – Walnut, California
Invitational Race: 1-Emma Coburn, Colorado 9:56.29; 2-Lennie
Waite, SCO 9:56.73; 3-Kristen Hemphill, Colorado State 10:02.59;
4-Yoshika Arai, JPN 10:07.25; 5-Fiona Crombie, NZL 10:15.80;
6-Lois Ricardi Keller, unat 10:16.50; 7-Juliane Masciana, unat
10:18.97; 8-Allix Lee-Painter, Idaho 10:19.15; 9-Stephanie Perleberg,
Wisconsin-La Crosse 10:21.87; 10-Meredith Macgregor, CAN-Valley
Royals 10:23.43; 11-Jayne Grebinski, Marquette 10:23.86; 12-Kauren
Tarver, Arizona State 10:26.61; 13-Katy Andrews, BYU 10:27.00;
14-Megan Rolland, Humboldt State 10:30.84; 15-Mary Ballinger,
Southern Indiana 10:34.23; 16 Nell Rojas-Northern Arizona 10:34.64;
17-Cherise McNair, Arizona State 10:35.97; 18-Rachel Lange, BYU
11:01.56.

Olympic Development Race: 1-Bevin Kennelly, CAN 10:26.70;
2-Hillory Davis, Western State 10:26.90; 3-Alicia Nelson, Adams State
10:26.98; 4-Katie Voigtlander, UC Santa Barbara 10:29.75; 5-Klara
Bodinson, SMU 10:31.32; 6-Kendra Woodson, Oklahoma State
10:33.17; 7-Cassie Mitchell, Adams State 10:33.57; 8-Sarah Lyle,
Western State 10:35.62; 9-Karie McDonald, Grand Valley State
10:36.22; 10-Cali George, Arkansas 10:43.25; 11-Sarah Muniz,
UNLV 10:43.42; 12-Evelyn Ross, unat 10:43.65; 13-Rebecca
Winchester, Grand Valley 10:44.97; 14-Nicole Bowler, unat 10:45.78;
15-Hallidie Wilt, Alaska Anchorage 10:48.90; 16-Erika Mendez, PR
National Team 10:50.05; 17-Nicole Peters, Colorado State 10:50.98;
18-Janette Cary, Adams State 10:52.01; 19- Karen Greuel, Wisconsin
10:57.89; 20-Karlye Wolff, Wisconsin 10:59.05.

University / Open Race: 1-Courtney Olsen, Western Washington
10:42.55; 2-Marie Patton, Colorado Mines 10:42.87; 3-Nicole Davis,
South Dakota State 10:50.01; 4-Yolanda Ugalde, MEX 10:53.31;
5-Andrea Jacobs, UC Santa Barbara 10:54.47; 6-Halsey Fowler, Rice
10:56.11; 7-Mallory Celaya, MSAC 10:57.81 [20 finish/Last 12:02.61]

ACC Championships, April 16 – Clemson, South Carolina
1-Jennifer Dunn, Florida State 10:26.03; 2-Emily Schwitzer, Duke
10:31.49; 3-Kara McKenna, NC State 10:31.92; 4-Samantha Dow,
Virginia Tech 10:35.01; 5-Amanda Quick, Florida State 10:35.60;
6-Mary Carleton Johnston, Duke 10:36.12; 7-Annie Martin, Georgia
Tech 10:41.38; 8-Alyssa Kulik, Clemson 10:41.90; 9-Stephanie Buffo,
Clemson 10:42.25; 10-Erin Redden, Wake For-est 10:51.45; 11-Lauren
Doherty, NC State 10:55.25; 12-Samantha Stafford, Virginia 10:55.66
[18 finishers; Last = 11:37.55]

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High school steeplers show good pushoff from barrier front side
early in 2000m race at 2010 Volunteer Track Classic. Visible
faces from left: Megan Klein, Katie Ostrouochov, Sarah Dorrell,
Nina Brown, Deanna Butler, Maggie Carey. Winner Dorrell, third
from left, is wearing number 2. Photo by James Fields

Volunteer Track Classic, April 16 – Knoxville, Tennessee
High School Girls 2000- meter Steeplechase
1-Sarah Dorrell 7:28.67; 2-Megan Klein 7:44.06; 3-Whitney
Thornburg 7:57.42; 4-Maggie Carey 7:59.06; 5-Nina Brown
8:14.56; 6-Sara List 8:20.57; 7-Deanna Butler 8:23.32; 8-Lydia
Lowe 8:27.28; 9-Katie Ostrouchov 8:33.86; 10-Abby Holt
8:36.19; 11-Melissa Ferner 8:37.52; 12-Kacie Meredith 8:40.71;
13-Taylor Williams 8:50.67; 14-Hilary Lynch 8:57.28 [28
entrants and 22 finishers - both more than 2009 national H.S. meet]

Kansas Relays, April 16 – Lawrence, Kansas
High School Girls 2000-meter Steeplechase
1-Liz Reida 7:19.04; 2-Lisa Imgrund 7:33.50; 3- Melody
Elswick 7:46.60; 4-Katie Hand 8:00.00; 5-Connor Twombly
8:09.22; 6-Rebecca Senn 8:12.96; 7-Abi Hartzell 8:30.33;
8-Blakelee Kimmis 8:36.73; 9- Halle Suderman, WIC5, 8:55.17.
10-Sarah White 9:17.66.

Larry Ellis Invitational, April 17 - Princeton, New Jersey
First five finishers affiliation = all Syracuse University
1-Rebekah MacKay 10:20.07; 2-Stefanie Slekis 10:20.68; 3-Heather
Stephens 10:23.77; 4-Natalie Busby 10:29.41; 5-Cassie
White 10:29.87; 6-Kelsey Malmquist, Georgetown 10:33.11;
7-Lesley Higgins, NYAC 10:39.11; 8-Karen Roa, U of-Mass
Amherst 10:54.97; 9-Mallory Anderson, Columbia 10:55.29;
10-Lindsay Raulli, Binghamton 10:56.62; 11-Debbie Isen, Vermont
10:58.12 [31 finish; Last = 11:51.53]

Dave Rankin Invit, April 17 – West Lafayette, Indiana
1-Sarah Klaczynski, Purdue 10:45.12; 2-Crystina Ridenour,
IPFW 10:50.01; 3-Crystal Reichert, IPFW 10:53.60; 4-Maddie
Aufmann, Illinois 11:00.00 [10 finish; Last = 12:46.16]

Long Beach Invitational, April 17 - Cerritos, California
1-Yolanda Ugalde, Mexico 10:45.17; 2-Jessie Vickers, Grand
Valley 10:57.73; 3-Heather Haug, Montana State 11:08.37
[11 finish; Last = 12:19.85]

All-Ohio Championships, April 17 – Athens, Ohio
1-Amanda Mirochna, Miami of Ohio 10:48.73; 2-Maggie
Bingham, Miami/Ohio) 10:50.65; 3-Lilian Jelimo, Cincinnati
10:50.74; 4-Erin Calvelage, Findlay 10:59.65; 5-Ecaterina
Gheorghiu. Kent State 11:01.47.

Vanderbilt Invitational, April 16 – Nashville, TN
1-Jessica Schmidt, unat 10:53.05; 2-Allie Scalf, Vanderbilt 11:01.43;
3-Marla Bailey, Mid. Tenn. State 11:05.20 [9 finish; Last = 12:35.78]
Women’s Steeplechase Report
Number 500 –- 19 April 2010
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