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Fast Invitational 5ks Highlight of Friday Night Distance Action at 2004 Mt.
Sac Relays by Carl Leivers April 17, 2004 Nothing went as planned in the men's 5000-meter race at Mt. SAC. Beginning with Alistair Cragg scratching, and ending with Jonathon Riley's blistering last lap, anyone trying to predict the race would not of had much luck. Several runners entered Friday night's race looking for the Olympic 'A' standard, and with more emphasis on time rather than place, expectations were for a fast race -- partly because of Cragg. "Fortunately he'll sit back until 1200 [to go]," said Team USA Monterey Bay coach Bob Sevene on Thursday. "Because he has the fitness right now to just run them into the ground if he wants." Matt Downin was the rabbit for the race and was set to go 8:00 for the first 3k. He led a pack through the mile around 4:16 with Bob Kennedy (the crowd favorite) tucked right in the middle. Anthony Famiglietti took the lead shortly after the mile and brought the pack through 2k around 5:20. Downin pulled out at that point, leaving the race to the field with 3k to go. Matt Lane took the initiative, moving into the lead and maintaining pace. "Lane moved to the front too early," said Nike Farm Team coach Frank Gagliano after the race. "But what can you do?" The leaders slowed slightly and came through the 3k at 8:03, with a large group of runners still in the lead pack. Famiglietti, however, was paying for his early move to the front and began to drop back. After sitting comfortably near the front of the pack for most of the race, Kennedy finally made a move and took the lead as the field entered the bell lap. Riley, however, showed that his 3000-meter win at U.S. Indoors was not a fluke. Taking back the lead almost immediately, Riley dominated down the back stretch and continued to pull away the last 200-meters. By the time he finished, he had clocked a 56 second last lap, and secured the Olympic 'A' standard, finishing in 13:21.11. Gagliano commented, "Riley's training has been going great. All those [Farm Team] guys' training has been great. Lane's back after his injuries and Riley obviously had a great race." Sevene was also pleased with his runners' efforts, saying "We had a couple PRs, and we ran what we wanted to run. God, it was fast though. Our guys were running right where they were supposed to be and they were falling off the back. It was good James [Carney] was there to come up and pick Ryan [Bak] up about half-way through there." Monterey Bay's Bak ran a second PR in as many races, dropping his time over 20 seconds in the process. When told that he ran a 13:38.5, Bak responded, "Wow! Well, I'll definitely take that. We were trying to get a time that would actually qualify me for the Trials, and thinking it would take 13:41 or 42 to do it, so that's great." The women's 5000-meter race was more predictable than the men's, but offered more drama. As soon as the gun was fired, Kim Smith of Providence, Shalane Flanagan, and Kathy Butler separated themselves from the rest of the field. Kim Smith, coming off her incredible record-setting performance at the NCAA indoor meet, took the early lead and pushed the lead group through the first few laps with Flanagan and Butler right with her. Coming up to the mile, Flanagan took the lead briefly before Smith moved again to the front. Butler dropped from the leaders and moved back to the pack as Smith continued to set a relentless pace with Flanagan staying right on her shoulder. Again Flanagan took the lead, and again Smith moved back in front. If they had been teammates you might have gotten confused and thought they were working together, but the there was no doubt that neither wanted to give an inch. "Shalane definitely doesn't like to lose," said her mother, Cheryl Treworgy. But as she moved to the front for the bell lap, Smith was still right on her shoulder. Smith moved to the front again with 300 left, but Flanagan moved even with her as they entered the home stretch. Neither was able to create any separation on the home stretch
and as they came to the line, the announcer proclaimed Smith the winner.
However, the photos showed it was actually Flanagan taking home the victory
with a time of 15:09.67, just .05 seconds ahead of Smith, and an eleven
second PR. Results of Invite 5000m Races below. Meet Result website here Mt. San Antonio Community College
MT. SAC RELAYS
"Where the World's Best Athletes Compete"
Hilmer Lodge Stadium-Walnut, California - 4/16/2004 to 4/18/20
Event 120 Women 5000 Meter Run Invitational
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Name Year Team Finals
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Finals
1 Shalane Flanagan Unattached 15:09.67
2 Kim Smith Providence 15:09.72
3 Nicole Aish Nike 15:20.51
4 Kate O'Neill Nike 15:21.66
5 Kathy Butler New Balance 15:22.31
6 Emily Morris Australia 15:25.66
7 Alicia Craig Stanford 15:31.15
8 Molly Huddle Notre Dame 15:32.55
9 Ida Nilsson Northern Arizona 15:33.18
10 Sara Bei Stanford 15:36.21
11 Georgie Clarke Melbourne TC 15:39.32
12 Sarah Schwald Nike 15:40.74
13 Maggie Chan-Roper Nike 15:48.74
14 Laura O'Neill Nike 15:54.18
15 Kathy Newberry New York AC 15:58.60
16 Sarah Dupre-Healy Boston AA 16:00.72
17 Ann Marie Schwabe Nike 16:01.86
18 Genevieve Graff-Ermeling Puro Pro 16:05.57
19 Rebecca Stallwood Saucony 16:05.95
20 Sarah Hann New Balance 16:10.54
21 Debbie Thornhill New York AC 16:14.46
22 Christin Wurth-Thomas Nike 16:26.72
23 Amy Manson Unattached 16:32.90
24 Liz Guerrini Runners High 16:45.16
25 Mary Proulx Boston AA 16:53.00
-- Marie Davenport New Balance SCR
Mt. San Antonio Community College
MT. SAC RELAYS
"Where the World's Best Athletes Compete"
Hilmer Lodge Stadium-Walnut, California - 4/16/2004 to 4/18/20
Event 121 Men 5000 Meter Run Invitational
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Name Year Team Finals
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Finals
1 Jonathon Riley Nike 13:21.11
2 Robert Cheseret Arizona 13:22.65
3 Alejandro Suarez Mexico 13:23.14
4 Michael Aish New Zealand 13:23.99
5 Louis Luchini Stanford 13:25.19
6 Cathal Lombard Ireland 13:26.00
7 Paul Morrison Canada 13:26.57
8 Bob Kennedy Nike 13:27.61
9 John Henwood Unattached 13:30.58
10 Matt Tegenkamp Wisconsin 13:30.90
11 Ryan Kirkpatrick US Army 13:32.46
12 Chad Johnson Nike Oregon Project 13:36.32
13 James Carney Team Usa Mo Bay 13:37.66
14 Anthony Famiglietti adidas 13:38.29
15 Mike Donnelly Nike Oregon Project 13:38.36
16 Ryan Bak Team Usa Mo Bay 13:38.52
17 Ahman Dirks Nike Oregon Project 13:39.07
18 Matt Kerr Canada 13:41.72
19 Brad Hauser Nike 13:44.50
20 Matt Lane Nike 13:52.36
21 Chris Estwanik Nike Farm Team 13:53.59
22 Nick Rogers Nike 13:56.59
23 Fasil Bizuneh Team Usa Mo Bay 13:59.74
24 Dave Davis Nike Oregon Project 14:00.82
25 Antonio Arce Nike 14:01.90
26 Dan Caulfield Ireland 14:04.80
27 Josh Eberly adidas Brc 14:19.81
28 Ibrahim Aden Unattached 14:27.06
-- Matt Downin Unattached Rabbit
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