G. Rupp won 5000m Pan-Am Jr. Gold

truly the hold grail

Americans Galen Rupp and Peter Meindl (Stanford), traded leads for the first half of the race with Rupp eventually pulling away for as much as a 50 meter lead.

The 2003 USA Junior Outdoor Championships 5 km runner-up, Galen Rupp of Portland won the men’s 5,000m in a personal best time of 14:20.29. “I was relaxed during the race even though the pace was fast at the start,” said Rupp. “I made my move earlier than I had planned and took the lead after six laps. Peter (Meindl) helped me out with seven laps to go. I got a little nervous when the Mexican athlete surged right by me with two laps to go,” Rupp continued.

Men 5000 Meter Run

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PAN AM JR.: P 14:12.54 1986 GREG ANDERSON, CANADA

WORLD JUNIOR: W 12:53.72 1996 PHILIP MOSIMA, KENYA

Name Year Team Finals Points

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1 Rupp, Galen USA 14:20.29

2 Merced, Arturo MEX 14:30.68

3 Castillo Gera, Maure Sur CUB 14:38.04

4 Aden, Maya CAN 14:38.86

5 Meindl, Peter USA 14:39.20

6 Sanchez, Deivis VEN 14:48.06

7 Pawluk, Samuel CAN 14:53.55

8 Cusi, John PER 15:15.55

9 Forde, Cleveland GUY 15:24.37

10 Cornieles, Danny VEN 15:39.28

brajufs wrote:

truly the hold grail

Were you beating college freshmen and internationals as a 17 year old, highschool junior, in international championship races?

I only posted this because I've only ever seen references to Rupp's 4th in 1500m, at Pan Am, as a highschool senior, in the 2004. Usually in context of a list of "failures."

Begs the question, "where is Peter Meindl now?"

Not Bad wrote:

I only posted this because I've only ever seen references to Rupp's 4th in 1500m, at Pan Am, as a highschool senior, in the 2004. Usually in context of a list of "failures."

Whoops. Got that wrong.

The 4th in 1500m, at Pan Am Jr, was after his first track season as a collegian.

2005 Outdoor NCAA Championships: Day Two June 9:

"Kenyan Robert Cheseret of Arizona, the defending NCAA 5,000 champion, passed Oregon freshman Galen Rupp with just over a lap to go to win the 10,000 in 28:20.11. Rupp, who set the pace almost from the start, was second at 28:23.75."

Then two weeks later off to:

2005 USA Junior Outdoor Track & Field Championships

June 23-26, 2005

The Home Depot Center - Carson, Calif.

Men 1500 Meter Run Junior ===========================================================World: W 3:30.24 7/19/2002 Cornelius Chirchir, KEN American: A 3:36.1h 6/17/1966 Jim Ryun, Kansas Name Year Team Finals ===========================================================Finals

1 Mark Matusak Unattached 3:47.07

2 Galen Rupp Oregon 3:47.47

3 Stephen Hallinan American U. 3:51.99

4 Michael Banks Georgetown 3:52.02

5 John Mickowski U S M A 3:52.30

6 Emory Gibbs Unattached 3:52.47

7 Jeff Wahl Colorado State 3:53.24

8 Michael Haddan Irvine Cougars 3:53.43

9 Isaac Stoutenburgh Southern Ore 3:53.99

10 John Balouris St. Francis 3:57.08

11 James Withers Oregon 3:58.53

-- Ryan Vail Oklahoma State DNS

Then the 3000m American Junior Record in Italy:

3,000 Meters - 7:49.16 (O),

Nuova Atletica Dal Friuli Sport Solidarieti Meet,

Lignano, Italy, 7/18/05

Then off to:

Pan American Junior Athletics Championships - 7/29/2005 to 7/31/2005 Windsor, Canada

Men 1500 Meter Run =========================================================== Meet Record: * 3:45.80 9/2/1995 Marcor. da Silva - BRA, Santiago. Chile Pan Am Jr: # 3:36.1h 7/17/1966 Jim Ryun - USA, Berkeley, California World Jr: ^ 3:30.24 7/19/2002 Cornelius Chirchir - KEN, Monaco Name Year Team Seed Finals Points ===========================================================

1 155 Woods, Mike 86 Canada 3:42.49 3:45.72*

2 142 Novakowski, Braden 86 Canada 3:49.90 3:48.92

3 428 Matusak, Mark 86 United States 3:47.07 3:49.81

4 445 Rupp, Galen 86 United States 3:44.39 3:50.96

5 456 Barbonza, Gilder Venezuela 3:49.50 3:57.41

6 332 Vélez, Denides 86 Puerto Rico 3:54.82 3:58.56

7 59 Barbosa, Luis Feli 87 Brazil 3:52.92 4:01.13

8 326 Rodriguez, Adrian 88 Puerto Rico 3:54.92 4:01.47

9 363 Nero, Garvin 90 Trinidad and Tob 4:04.99 4:03.12

10 261 Drummond, Andre 86 Jamaica 3:58.03 4:04.77

-- 62 Da Silva, Fernando 86 Brazil 3:51.21 DNF

Not Bad wrote:

Then the 3000m American Junior Record in Italy:

3,000 Meters - 7:49.16 (O),

Nuova Atletica Dal Friuli Sport Solidarieti Meet,

Lignano, Italy, 7/18/05

"Anyways, coming in to this race I wanted to run around 7:50 but in any case I just wanted to make sure that I got the junior record. I had just missed by .04 in an indoor race I ran earlier this year so I did not want to go out real hard and die at the end and just miss the record again. I got out real well at the start of the race and came through the quarter in 61 feeling real relaxed. I pretty much just got behind Adam and followed him in the lead pack. I was confident that I couldstay with Adam for most of the race because of all the training we did together in the winter.

"Sure, he would start to pull away from me sometimes towards the end of the workout but for the most part I was able to hang with him. I figured that the same thing would happen in the race. I was sure that Adam would close hard and pull away from me, but I could stay with him until a lap or two to go. We came through the mile in 4:09 and I still felt pretty relaxed and at that point I knew that I would run fast. Adam took off with about 800 to go and probably ran his last lap in 55 or so. He is very fit right now and will continue to run better as the summer progresses. I stayed with Dan Lincoln until 1 lap to go when I passed him. He passed me back with 200 to go but I closed on him in the last 100.

"I was happy to keep my form at the end of the race and finish well. I was also real happy about my time of 7:49. I was disappointed after my races in Cuxhaven and was glad that the rest I have been taking is finally kicking in and I am running well. After the race Adam and I jogged one lap and then did a very short workout. We ran 2x800, 300 in 2:09, 47. We took a 400m jog after the 800 and a 300m jog after the 300. I really didn't want to do a workout after this race but once we started I felt like we were jogging."

He is plugged in to running royalty in ways his peers can barely imagine. He is close friends and offseason workout partners with Adam and Kara Goucher, Nike professionals coached by Salazar.

Kara Goucher, third in the most recent New York and Boston marathons, is like a big sister, Rupp said.

As far back as his sophomore and junior years of high school he was brought into the orbit of some of the world's elite runners. One summer he played "Halo" day after day with U.S. 5,000-meter record-holder Bob Kennedy, after participating in workouts with him.

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