Women's Steeplechase Report

Women’s Steeplechase Report
Number 502 –- 2 May 2010
Our 15th Year – Readers from six continents

Results are for 3000m Steeple unless noted otherwise.

Only 79 days until 2010 World Junior Champs Steeple

Moncton, a city in Canada’s New Brunswick province, will host
the IAAF World Junior Championships from 19 to 25 July 2010.
Participating athletes must not be younger than 16 nor older than
19 as of 31 December 2010.

Although most nations seem to focus on 2000m steeple for junior
competitors the distance for World Junior Champs is 3000m. Entry
standard is 11 minutes achieved between 1 Jan 2009 and 5 July 2010.
WJC has scheduled girls round 1 (heats) for 0900 on Tuesday, July
20; the final is at 1930 Thursday evening, July 22.

Athletes select themselves for U.S. Team to 2010 World Junior
Championships by placing first or second in steeple at 1315 Friday,
June 25, in 2010 U.S. Junior Championships at Des Moines, Iowa.

The USATF entry standard is 11:10 for 3km steeple, or 7:25 for
2000m SC to be achieved between 25 June 2009 and 20 June 2010.

More information at www.moncton2010.ca as well IAAF site:
http://www.iaaf.org/wjc10/preview.html For USA trials detail see
http://www.usatf.org/events/2010/USAJuniorOutdoorTFChampionships/

Note: Canadian team trials are July 2-4 at the Moncton WJC venue.

St. Anthony Invitational, May 1 - Huntington, New York
2000m SC at High School Meet -- School year in parentheses
1-Allison Stapleton (11) Commack 7:09.95; 2-Anna Corrigan (10)
Northport 7:26.54; 3-Janie Turek (11) Mount Sinai 7:26.95;
4-Brittany Callahan (12) Mount Sinai 7:27.51; 5-Juliana Marcucci
(10) Riverhead 7:34.56; 6-Kylie Pearse (11) Kellenberg 7:38.54.

Kansas Relays, April 16 – Lawrence, Kansas
2000m High School Steeple: 1-Liz Reida (11) Kickapoo 7:19.04;
2-Lisa Imgrund (12) Shawnee 7:33.50; 3-Melody Elswick (12)
Kickapoo 7:46.60; 4-Katie Hand (11) Wichita 8:00.00; 5-Connor
Twombly (12) Baldwin 8:09.22; 6-Rebecca Senn (12) Kickapoo
8:09.22 [10 high school finishers at historic college relays meet]

Duel in the Desert, May 1 – Tucson, Arizona
1-Kauren Tarver (Serrano High School, Phelan, California), Arizona State University 10:29.36; 2-Hannah
Moen, U. of Arizona 10:33.04; 2-Margaret Callahan, U. Arizona
10:43.02; 4-Cherise McNair (Sierra High School, Manteca, CA; CS Stanislaus, Turlock, CA), Arizona State 10:51.85.

Musco Twilight, May 1 – Iowa City, Iowa
1-Hannah Roeder, unattached 10:35.94; 2-Daniell Berndt
11:00.59 [7 finish; Last = 11:42.39]

Stan Lyons Invitational, April 24 – Indianapolis, Indiana
1-Victoria Brink, Ohio State 10:47.12; 2-Laura Farley, Brooks
Team 10:53.79 [7 finish; Last = 13:04.31]

Princeton Elite Meet, May 1 – Princeton, New Jersey
1-Michelle Wallace, College of New Jersey 10:48.31 [second
11:12.67; third 12:00.60 -- no others]

THANKS to SR 502 Information Providers:
Ann Gaffigan, DyeStat, IAAF, Duffy Mahoney
About Us Editor: James E. Fields, Ph.D.

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TC Williams Invitational, May 1 - Alexandria, Virginia
1-Lisa Galaviz, Nike 9:52.10; 2-Delilah DiCrescenzo, Puma
10:03.91; 3-Lennie Waite, Scotland 10:10.92; 4-Kristin Anderson,
Riadha 10:31.61; 5-Mason Cathey, Indiana Invaders 10:40.58;
6-Lesley Higgins, New York AC 11:20.08. [Galaviz, formerly a
USA record holder, opens new season with world-leading time.]

Payton Jordan Meet, May 1 - Palo Alto, California
"A" race at 1819: 1-Lindsay Allen (College Park HS, Pleasant Hill, CA; Stanford), Adidas 10:02.66; 2-Andrea Parker, USA 10:02.92; 3-Mardrea Hyman, JAM 10:04.78; 4-Fiona
Crombie, NZL 10:07.99; 5-Ruth Senior, New Mexico/GBR
10:09.14; 6-Nicole Bush, unattached 10:13.30; 7-Justyna Mudy,
Shorter/POL 10:17.28; 8-Alicia Nelson, Adams State 10:20.92;
9-Stephanie Pezzullo, unat 10:22.41; 10-Meredith McGregor, CAN
10:25.73; 11-Sarah Madebach, unat 10:26.81; 12-Jolanda Verstraten,
NED 10:28.06; 13-Dana Buchanan, Speed River TC
10:29.53; 14-Nell Rojas, N. Arizona 10:30.56; 15-Maddie
O'Meara, Stanford 10:32.61; 16- Carolyn Ellis, CSU Fullerton
10:39.24; 17-Erin Stratton, Utah State 10:44.47.

"B" race at 1806: 1-Rebeka Stowe, Kansas 10:15.92; 2-Kara
McKenna, N.Carolina State 10:24.66; 3-Eva Krchova, San
Francisco /CZE 10:28.14; 4-Megan Rolland, Humboldt State
10:29.18; 5-Emily Loeffler, unat 10:32.14; 6-Julia Kick, North
Carolina St. 10:32.59; 7-Cassie Mitchell, Adams State 10:37.77;
8-Caitlin Fitzgerald, UC Davis 10:39.30; 9-Collier Lawrence, unat
10:41.65; 10-Alison Stoakley, UC Davis 10:42.40; 11-Nicole
Bowler, unattached 10:42.59; 12-Lauren Doherty, N.Carolina St.
10:45.25; 13-Janette Cary, Adams State 10:47.62; 14 -Jodie Leal-
Paneda, Hornet TC 10:51.06; 15-Cheryl Spring, Penn State
10:52.40. [17 finish; Last 11:07.89]

Big East Champs, May 1 - Cincinnati, Ohio
1-Shelby Greany, Providence 10:17.55; 2-Heather Stephens,
Syracuse 10:24.44; 3-Alison Smith, Villanova 10:26.29; 4- Stefanie
Slekis, Syracuse 10:27.15; 5-Nicole Rozario, South Florida
10:30.08; 6-Natalie Busby, Syracuse 10:34.79; 7-Jayne Grebinski,
Marquette 10:39.16; 8-Cassie White, Syracuse 10:39.77;
9-Lauren Gregory, Georgetown 10:45.05; 10-Lilian Jelimo, Cincinnati/
KEN 10:47.85; 11-Terah Cheatham, DaPaul 10:48.31; 12-
Lise Ogrodnick, Georgetown/CAN 10:56.41.

Jesse Owens Classic, April 30 - Columbus, Ohio
1-Sara Klaczynski, Purdue 10:30.33; 2-Angela Matthews,
unat 10:36.24; 3-Caitlin Engel, Indiana 10:37.91; 4-Aisha
Praught, Illinois State 10:37.98; 5-Nicole Lord, Penn State
10:40.93; 6-Breanne Ehrman, Indiana 10:40.95: 7-Natalie
Bower, Penn State 10:46.45; 8-Caterina Gheorghiu, Kent
State/ROU 10:48.72; 9-Samantha Ginther, Indiana 10:53.79;
10-Erica Ridderman, Indiana 10:54.31; 11-Victoria Brink, Ohio
State 10:59.30. [16 finish; Last = 11:13.62]

Atlantic 10 Champs, May 1 - Amherst, Massachusetts
1-Keara Thomas, Charlotte 10:35.75; 2-Dana Guglielmo, Richmond
10:36.11; 3-Katie Kelly, Duquesne 10:44.27; 4-Caitlin
Thomas, Xavier 10:45.49; 5-Karen Roa, Massachusetts 10:50.10
[18 finished. Last = 12:50.86]

Arkansas Twilight, April 30 - Fayetteville, Arkansas
1-Ashley Bunch, Missouri Southern 10:40.53 1; 2-Angela Potrykus,
Missouri 10:42.11 [7 finish; Last = 12:09.81]

Oregon Relays, April 30 - Eugene, Oregon
1-Kimber Mattox, Willamette 10:41.78; 2-Rachel York, Wichita
State 10:45.80; 3-Nicole Peters, Colorado State 10:46.27;
4-Natalie Hemphill, Portland 10:47.84; 5-Courtney Olsen, Western
Washington 10:50.59; 6-Lauren Moran, Concordia 10:52.43.