There are never that many chances to run a truly elite 10,000 on the track in the United States in the spring, so it's not so surprising that so many stars are flocking to the 10,000s at the Cardinal Invitational on Saturday at Stanford University. Shalane Flanagan, the 2008 USA Cross Country champion and U.S. 5000-meter recordholder, has previously indicated she'd like to try and break Deena Kastor's American 10,000 mark of 30:50.32; Kim Smith of New Zealand might be able to challenge her in a duel at that speed. Kara Goucher, the 2007 World Championships bronze medalist in the 10,000, has stated that her goal on Saturday is just to get the Olympic "A" qualifier of 31:45; Alicia Shay apparently has the same goal. Amy Rudolph, Sara Slattery, Jen Rhines, Sally Kipyego, Amy Hastings, and Molly Huddle are also in the women's 10,000 at the Invitational. The men's race could include Dan Browne, Andrew Carlson, Jason Hartmann, Jason Lehmkuhle, Fasil Bizuneh, Rod Koborsi, Bolota Asmerom, Josh McDougal, Craig Mottram, and Josh Rohatinsky (who is currently also registered for the 5000). The men's 5000 tentatively includes Bernard Lagat, Abdi Abdirahman, Ian Dobson, Adam Goucher, Ed Moran, and Jorge Torres. In the women's 5000, the top contenders include Emily Brown, Renee Metivier, Katie McGregor, Lauren Fleshman (who is also signed up for the 1500), and Arianna Lambie.
You can enjoy all the action this Sunday, May 4 at Stanford at Cobb Track and Angel Field for the Peyton Jordan Cardinal Invitational. The meet will include some of the best competition the Cardinal will face all season.
Courtesy of Runner's World
**San Francisco native standout Shannon Rowbury will be running the 1500 meters. She needs a 4:10 to guarantee entry into the Olympic Trials. 4:19.50 (which she can do in a practice run practically) is the B-standard. But what she is really shooting for on Sunday is the Olympic A-standard which is 4:07.00. This is a great meet for distance races (2001-Meb set the American 10,000 meter record, 2004-15 Olympic A standards achieved, 2006-Webb made his 10,000 meter debut in 27:24). The meet starts at 4pm Sunday but the main races (i.e. fast sections) are all between about 6-9pm. Hope you can come to watch some great track and cheer on Shannon!
Follow link to view roster: http://www.sml1.com/recordtiming/stanford/pjc08/pjc_entries.htm
Tentative meet schedule: http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/stan/sports/c-track/auto_pdf/08-PaytonJordanCardinalInvitat.pdf
For more information about the Cardinal Invitational go to http://gostanford.cstv.com/sports/c-track/stan-c-track-body.html
*** 5/1/2008 UPDATE: This is from Andy Chan, the coach for local running club, Pamakids:
An update on Shannon's race on Sunday at Stanford...Shannon told me to spread the word that Stanford is not charging admission for the meet. So you can watch what is shaping up to be as elite a meet as the Olympic Trials for FREE! The meet is getting a lot of talk amongst running geeks (like me). There is talk that Shannon's training-mate, Shalane Flanagan is going after the American Record in the 10,000 meters (current record-30:50 by Deena, which is just a little under 5:00 per mile).The fast sections of the distance races are as follows:
Women's 3000 Steeplechase - 6:40
Men's 3000 Steeplechase (2 sections) - 6:53
Women's 800 (2 sections) - 7:13
Men's 800 (2 sections) - 7:21
Women's 1500 (2 sections) - 7:31 - THIS IS SHANNON'S RACE
Men's 1500 (2 sections) - 7:45
Women's 5000 - 7:57
Men's 5000 - 8:15
Women's 10,000 - 8:30 - SHALANE FLANAGAN AMERICAN RECORD ATTEMPT
Men's 10,000 - 9:05 - the men in this section are fast, they'll be done by 9:35 so we can get home and go to bed
No comments:
Post a Comment