Women's Steeplechase Report

(Reported birthdates or years in parentheses for age-class athletes)

University Championships, 3 May 2010 – Bedford, GBR
2000m 1-Laura Parker, St. Mary's University 6:58.65; 2-Sarah
Hood, Edinburgh Univ 7:03.74; 3- Aiya Abe (1991) St. Mary's Univ
7:15.44; 4-Polly Keen, Cambridge Univ 7:18.97; 5-Eilish McColgan,
Dundee Univ 7:21.61; 6-Chloe Anderson, UWIC 7:27.51; 7-Megan
Crawford, St. Andrews Univ 7:29.91; 8-Charlotte Arter (1991) UWIC
7:33.38; 9-Rebecca Gough, Birmingham Univ 7:36.04; 10-Kate
Spilsbury, Loughborough Univ 7:36.70; 11-Amy Talbot (1991) St.
Helens 7:37.01; 12-Rachel Pearson, Loughborough Univ 7:39.23
[15 finishers; Last = 8:03.50]

YMCA Team Invitational, 30 April 2010 – Boise, Idaho
High School 2000m 1-Rebecca Lassere, Bishop Kelly 7:40.0;
2-Sara Klopfenstein, Meridian 7:41.4; 3-Ruth Fritz, Centennial
7:51.3; 4-Hailey Bradshaw, Rocky Mount 7:56.4
[17 finish; Last = 9:58.0]

Eastern Relays, 24 April 2010 – Louisville, Kentucky
High School 2000m 1-Megan Klein, Paul Dunbar 7:13.67;
2-Caroline McCaslin, Assumption 7:37.98; 3-Lily Rodgers, Latin
7:47.05; 4-Catherine Allen, Sacred Heart 8:13.27
[8 finish; Last = 10:26.58]

Green Dragon Relays, 10 April 2010 - Cornwall, New York
High School 2000m 1-Jessica Tobin, Clarkstown South 7:04.9;
2-Meredith Rizzo, Bronxville 7:16.9; 3-Jessica Falcon, North
Rockland 7:36.7 [6 finish; Last = 8:00.1]

Glendale Invitational, 24 April 2010 – Glendale, Arizona
High School 1000m 1-Alex Green, Cactus 3:31.40; 2-Camille
Fisher, Copper Canyon 3:41.52; 3-Shea Painter, Pinnacle 3:53.07;
4-Nicole Rogge, Apollo 3:55.76; 5-Danielle Badger 4:18.26.

NOTE: We have also seen recent results of USA high school girls
1500m steeple, an event recognized in rule books and held in other
nations. But 3:03.23 winning time is faster than the World Record
for men’s 1500m flat race (no barriers). And even some races at
2000m are held without the number of hurdles specified by rules.
Steeple Report fact-checking can prevent publishing such flawed
results as well as times for solo “winners” without a competitor.
Steepler Safety Series – Part Four

Meet managers should get steeple barriers correctly placed on
the track well before race begins so that runners can practice and
warm up properly – as done in hurdle races at shorter distances.
This is even more important for steeplers, many with no access
to steeple equipment at home practice venues – and some for whom
a race is their first-ever attempt to clear unmovable steeple barriers.

THANKS to SR 503 Information Providers:
Carole Fuchs, Confederation Sudamericana de Atletismo, Ram.
Murali Krishnan, Peter Larsson

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National Championship, 30 April 2010 -- Piracicaba, BRA
1-Zenaide Viera 9:45.8; 2-Sabine Leticia Heitling 10:04.0;
3-Patricia Fernanda Lobo 10:37.6 [6 finish; Last = 11.43.0. Results
from South American Federation. Some others show Viera 9:47.8]

South America Grand Prix, 4 May 2010 - Mar del Plata, ARG
1-Zenaide Viera, BRA 9:51.53; 2-Sabine Heitling, BRA
10:02.10; 3-Florencia Borelli (1993) ARG 10:47.19.

Oxy Invitational, 8 May 2010 – Los Angeles, California
1-Julianne Masciana, unattached 10:09.55; 2-Karla Alburez,
Nike Team 10:42.56; 3-Yolanda Ugalde, Mexico 10:46.99;
Shannon McVannel, unattached 10:49.82; 5-Hallidie Wilt,
Alaska Anchorage 11:00.90 [12 finish; Last = 12:20.52]

India Federation Cup, 3 May 2010 – Ranchi, IND
1-Sudha Singh, Uttar Pradesh 10:15.91 National Record;
2-Kiran Tiwari, Madhya Pradesh 10:22.93; 3-Priyanka Singh Patel,
Uttar Pradesh 10:23.04 [2 others did not finish]

Oregon Twilight Meet, 8 May 2010 – Eugene, Oregon
1-Jane Rudkin, unattached 10:16.86; 2-Bevin Kennelly, CAN
10:23.84; 3-Dana Buchanan, CAN 10:24.23; 4-Meredith Mac-
Gregor, CAN 10:29.82; 5-Natalie Hemphill, Portland 10:49.03.
[2 others did not finish]

Heptagonal Champs, May 9 – Princeton, New Jersey
1-Ashley Higginson, Princeton 10:20.53; 2-Melissa Newbery,
Princeton 10:28.47; 3-Erin Roberts, Cornell 10:29.85; 4-Julie
Quinn. Columbia 10:30.27; 5-Stephanie Pancoast, Cornell
10:32.63; 6-Anne Lovelace, Yale 10:40.16; 7-Mallory Anderson,
Columbia 10:43.18; 8-Laura Tabor, Dartmouth 10:49.08;
9-Maura Carroll, Cornell 10:49.26 [11 finish; Last = 11:38.01]

CCAA Champs, May 8 – LaJolla, California
1-Megan Rolland, Humboldt State 10:38.70; 2-Denali Foldager,
CSU Stanislaus 10:54.73 [10 finish; Last 12:32.87]

Orange & Purple Classic, May 8 – Clemson, S. Carolina
1-Beatrice Biwott, South Carolina 10:39.21; 2-Alyssa Kulik,
Clemson 10:40.71 [5 finish; Last = 13:53.74]

Northern Sun Champs, May 8 – Moorhead, Minnesota
1-Kyle Blakeslee, Augustana 10:43.14 ; 2-Danielle Thompson,
Moorhead State 11:01.67 [2 DNF, 11 finish; Last = 11:44.32]

MIAA Champs, May 9 – Pittsburg, Kansas
1-Ashley Bunch, Missouri Southern 10:44.64 [14 finishers;
Last = 12:41.21]

Billy Hayes Invitational, May 7 – Bloomington, Indiana
1-Erica Ridderman, Indiana 10:45.40; 2-Erin O’Grady, Eastern
Illinois 11:02.10 [7 finish; Last = 12:19.88]

GLIAC Champs, 6 May 2010 – Big Rapids, Michigan
1-Karie McDonald, Grand Valley 10:48.9; 2-Rebecca
Winchester, Grand Valley 10:51.5; 3-Jessie Vickers, Grand
Valley 10:54.6 [Hand timing. 13 finish; Last = 13:48]

Maryland Twilight, May 6 – College Park, Maryland
1-Ashlyn Sinclair, Maryland 10:52.77; 2-Megan DiGregorio,
Towson 10:56.69; 3-Cecilia Furlong, Johns Hopkins 10:58.20.

Great Lakes Conference, May 7 – Rolla, Missouri
1-Mary Ballinger, South Indiana 10:56.31/ 14 finish; Last 13:34.57

Arab Junior Championships, May 7 – Cairo, Egypt
1-Mabrouka Al Mansouri, TUN 11:20.07; 2-Marwa Al
Nasri, TUN 11:25.58; 3-Alaa Khalifah JOR 11:25.85, 4-Heba
Saad Ibrahim 11:26.88; 5-Mariem Aiash, MAR 11:45.69; 6-Afaf
Ramadan Ibrahim, EGY 12:11.79; 7-Safaa Latif, IRQ 14:16.78.
[Source: http://eaf-eg.org. Approximate transcription]

Women’s Steeplechase Report
Number 503 –- 11 May 2010
Our 15th Year – Readers in six continents