Shannon Rowbury Breaks American - Runs 14:38.92 in Brussels!

By your logic, AlSal is the greatest distance coach in the world. Which is true. But Shannon is better than Jenny.

TrackB0t wrote:

Why you leaving out her Bronze wrote:

Hmm you forgot her Berlin Bronze... and she is owed an Olympic Bronze from 2012.

Now she has the AR in 1500, AR at 5k, Olympic Medal, and World Medal...

I don't even like Rowbury and your comment is just pathetic.

Jenny 2x World Medal, 1x Olympic Medal, and 3:57/9:12 to her credit. Career wise I'd probably give the nod to Rowbury unless Jenny runs an AR or gets another World's medal.

Jenny has a gold medal. I think that gives her the better career than being fractionally faster over 1500m. Throw in a ton more national titles and it would be hard to say Simpson was better.

Both have had very, very good careers. The list of american 1500m runners with better ones is very short, and the ones you can argue about being about the same is also very small.

Logicc wrote:

By your logic, AlSal is the greatest distance coach in the world. Which is true. But Shannon is better than Jenny.

TrackB0t wrote:

Jenny has a gold medal. I think that gives her the better career than being fractionally faster over 1500m. Throw in a ton more national titles and it would be hard to say Simpson was better.

Both have had very, very good careers. The list of american 1500m runners with better ones is very short, and the ones you can argue about being about the same is also very small.

It is called hard work and smart coaching. Congrats Shannon.

There isn't any smoke. There are people wanting there to be smoke.

Antsy runner wrote:

There is zero evidence that Wetmore and JS or EC dope so in a sense JS is beyond reproach because she didn't do anything wrong. There is a lot of smoke around the NOP-Salazar camp. This means they are under the umbrella of suspicion. There is a big difference.

Privileged ones wrote:

No. The JS fans think she is privileged and beyond reproach.

Having followed this rivalry for the past year this has become quite obvious to me.

rojo wrote:

Dick Gere wrote:

Now has both the 15/5

Here are the leading results

Rank Nat Name Time

1 AYANA Almaz ETH 14:18.89

2 OBIRI Hellen KEN 14:25.78 PB 

3 TEFERI Senbere ETH 14:29.82 PB 

4 DIRO NEDA EteneshETH 14:33.30 PB 

5 NAWOWUNA Alice Aprot KEN 14:39.56 PB 

6 ROWBURY Shannon USA 14:38.92 AR 

7 KIBIWOT Viola JelagatKEN 14:44.09 

8 KIPKEMBOI Margaret Chelimo KEN 14:47.24 PB 

Wow.

Well done rojo…the math teacher!!!

This is a great example of RojoResultsâ„¢ for Rowbury.

Very creative.

You might want to check your RojoResultsâ„¢ for the 5th place woman and the 6th place woman... with the "actual results in the real world on planet earth."

OK?

+100000

Simpsonisjuiced! wrote:

Simpson seems more like a doper! Runs an 800 meter pr in the second half of the 1500 out of the blue. And finally beats rowbury! All she does is whine about athletes that out kick her everytime so according to her everyone is doped except her. Ya right

+1

Shannon was very smooth. Her stride is great! She's definitely ready to break more records!

+1 wrote:

+1

The differences wrote:

There are big differences between them. Rowbury has been tested many times, and she doesn't falsely accuse other runners.

Simpson goes out of the established system to do this, accusing almost everyone but herself, showing that she is dishonest, and has no qualms about using drugs to cheat other competitors.

areusure? wrote:

Still slower than the average LR poster.

Not to mention no hot wife. Pretty sure she has the income deal covered, though.

You are a moron and your post is as moronic as you are

All fact baby troll.

Nothing on Wetmore.

All you got is calling me a moron.

Ha Ha Ha

I am immune.

More in the tank wrote:

This is a new event and over 3 times the distance of her specialty event

It's not a new event for her. She ran this event in the 2013 WC and finished 7th.

spearfish wrote:

More in the tank wrote:

This is a new event and over 3 times the distance of her specialty event

It's not a new event for her. She ran this event in the 2013 WC and finished 7th.

Ditto. Also, did she run xc in college or highschool? If so, 5000 shouldn't be regarded as new territory for her.

I'm willing to eat that cooter from here to eternity. I'll eat it into non existence.

spearfish wrote:

It's not a new event for her. She ran this event in the 2013 WC and finished 7th.

And three years before that, in 2010, she ran 15 flat at Payton Jordan. She ran down Flanagan, who had a huge lead with two laps to go. Rowbury blew by her at the top of the final curve. Flanagan had no response.

There's a video on Flotrack. It's a fun watch, especially with Schumacher running back forth trying to get Flanagan to kick it up a notch.

If ODP is dirty, then so is Kara. The sport is a joke with all the cheats!

Rowbury takes 5th in the race, 20 seconds behind the winner, and you call her out for doping. That suggests a lack critical thinking skills.

From the front page, Rowbury agrees with my assessment:“In retrospect I maybe had to follow the leaders,” Rowbury said after the race. “I did not run the 5K for two years, but could run very relaxed today. My feeling was really great. I knew I was the fastest of my little group at the end. My training was way better then when I ran 14:48, so I knew I could beat the national record. I was just a little afraid to come into another event against the top of the world.”

What so many angry Rowbury fans do not seem to get is she is the ONLY USA female distance runner currently at this level that is trained by a coach under a doping investigation. Her teammate Galen Rupp is under investigation, NOP is under investigation. Her coach, Al Sal, is highly suspected, and by some in the inner circle known doper while he was a competitive runner. Her coach Al Sal coached a known convicted doper, Mary Decker Slaney. These are all documented facts. You all seem to hate facts yet love to accuse others where there are no known facts or documents to back up your hate and accusation of other athletes and coaches.

Now let's look at the other top coaches - Jerry Schumacher's group; Brooks-Hanson; Brooks-Beast; Drew Wartenburg; Mark Welcome, Joe Vigil, etc. None of them are under investigation for doping, none of their athletes are under investigation for doping, they have never coached a banned athlete, none of them have never been accused of doping as a competitive athlete. Yet, once again Rowbury is attached to all of this by being attached to Al Sal's group. The above of course is not a complete list of the top coaches, but surely you have to understand why Rowbury will never earn the respect or trust of many fans. She can't be trusted as long as she is in bed with Al Sal and the NOP. If she is clean, then why is she staying connected to a coach, athlete and team that is being investigated for doping? Surely, her sense of honor and integrity would cause her to part ways from this team unless she herself was benefiting from their cheating practices. That's just a statement of belief by many, and rightfully so. Rowbury will not ever be seen as a clean athlete by many as long as she remains with Salazar. It's her choice to put herself in a position of doubt, speculation, and even distain.

Nothing in that quote has anything to do with your assessment.