2018 Camel City Elite: Edward Cheserek Runs 3:53 on a Flat Track, Paul Chelimo Wins $10,000 and Rachel Schneider Wins Even More ($12,000)
by LetsRun.com
February 3, 2018
For the second week in a row, the amazing Edward Cheserek ran an incredibly fast mile indoors, clocking 3:53.85 to crush the field in the Camel City Mile. Cheserek now holds the #1 and #2 times in the world in 2018, and what’s most amazing is not how fast Cheserek has run, but how much faster he could potentially go. Cheserek’s 3:54.73 last week came at 5,300 feet of elevation in Albuquerque. His 3:53.85 today came on a flat track in Winston-Salem, N.C., and was the second-fastest indoor mile ever run on a 200-meter flat track according to Jesse Squire.
The all-time World list for 200m flat tracks: pic.twitter.com/n1kZ6CxXhT
— Jesse Squire (@tracksuperfan) February 3, 2018
UPDATE: As Dan Lilot points out, O’Mara’s top time on a 200-meter flat track was actually 3:52.30.
With up $9,000 on the line if the winner could break Matthew Centrowitz’s 3:54.02 facility record, Cheserek wanted a fast pace and got it, hitting 409 in 57.9 and 809 in 1:55.6. At that point, only the Nike Oregon Project’s Craig Engels was close to Cheserek and he would soon fade too, leaving Cheserek alone to chase the time. Cheserek continued to press, but even he could not maintain the merciless pace and began to tire, hitting 1209 in 2:54 (still an incredibly fast time). He closed it out with a 59-second final 400 to stop the clock at 3:53.85 and claim all $9,000 of the prize money put up by JDL Fast Track owner David Shannon.
Cheserek wins in 3:53
Engels came up well short in his bid to hit the World Indoor standard of 3:55.00, fading to fourth place in 3:58.81 as Paul Chelimo, who was doubling back from a victory in the 3k less than an hour earlier, broke 4:00 for the first time in his life (officially) in running 3:58.59 for second. Chelimo actually wound up making even more money than Cheserek today as he won $6,000 for winning the 3k and $4,000 for second in the mile to give him $10,000 for the day.
Neither of them could claim top earner honors, however. On the women’s side, Rachel Schneider made $12,000 in the span of 40 minutes by pulling off an incredible double, winning the 3k in 9:02.64 and the mile in 4:31.74.
We recap the other elite events for you quickly below in the order that they took place (the men’s mile was last).
Mile Results .
Finals
1 Cheserek, Edward Skechers 3:53.85$
30.019 (30.019) 57.687 (27.668) 1:26.301 (28.614)
1:55.524 (29.223) 2:24.502 (28.978) 2:54.130 (29.629)
3:24.248 (30.118)
2 Chelimo, Paul US Army 3:58.59!
1:27.303 (1:27.303) 1:57.142 (29.840) 2:27.402 (30.260)
2:58.646 (31.245) 3:30.129 (31.483)
3 Wynne, Henry Brooks Beasts 3:58.80!
1:28.107 (1:28.107) 1:58.590 (30.484) 2:29.594 (31.004)
3:00.431 (30.838) 3:31.014 (30.583)
4 Engels, Craig Nike Oregon Project 3:58.81!
57.902 (57.902) 1:26.550 (28.648) 1:55.997 (29.448)
2:27.159 (31.162) 2:58.861 (31.703) 3:30.319 (31.458)
5 Ciattei, Vincent SR Virginia Tech 3:59.57!
6 Joseph, Patrick SR Virginia Tech 3:59.59!
7 Gourley, Neil SR Virginia Tech 4:00.21!
8 Manzano, Leo Hoka One One 4:03.10
9 Zarate, Diego SO Virginia Tech 4:03.55
10 Erassa, Kirubel Amer Dist Projec 4:11.40
11 Ponder, Cameron Unattached 4:11.57
12 Hoenig, Tim JR Queens (N.C.) 4:15.02
-- Laari, Sampson Unattached DNF
-- Jones, Adam Salem TC DNF
Men’s 3000
Olympic 5000 silver medallist Paul Chelimo got the win as expected in 7:52.88, just ahead of Izaic Yorks who ran 7:53.54. Chelimo ran 7:45 to win this race last year but was saving energy so he could double back in the mile a little less than an hour later.
Finals
1 Chelimo, Paul US Army 7:52.88!
31.112 (31.112) 1:02.187 (31.075) 1:34.039 (31.853)
2:05.800 (31.762) 2:37.520 (31.720) 3:09.551 (32.032)
3:40.834 (31.283) 4:14.200 (33.366) 4:47.375 (33.176)
5:20.079 (32.704) 5:52.400 (32.322) 6:24.135 (31.735)
6:56.384 (32.249) 7:25.763 (29.380)
2 Yorks, Izaic Brooks Beasts 7:53.54!
6:56.443 (6:56.443) 7:25.912 (29.470)
3 Curtin, Thomas Saucony Freedom TC 7:54.71
31.230 (31.230) 1:02.430 (31.200) 1:34.491 (32.061)
2:06.125 (31.634) 2:37.785 (31.660) 3:09.831 (32.047)
3:41.550 (31.720) 4:14.542 (32.993) 4:47.104 (32.562)
5:19.790 (32.687) 5:52.161 (32.371) 6:24.305 (32.144)
7:26.128 (1:01.824)
4 Fink, Willy VT Elite 7:55.87
5 Kipkoech, Lawrence JR Campbell 7:57.67
6 Chemadi, Kigen JR Mid. Tenn. State 7:58.42
7 Cowart, Donnie Saucony 8:01.17
8 Kemboi, Amon SO Campbell 8:03.96
9 Kirwa, Azaria JR Liberty 8:07.04
10 Templeton, Aaron JR Furman 8:07.40
11 Seufer, Peter SO Virginia Tech 8:13.05
12 Choge, Jacob SO Mid. Tenn. State 8:13.57
13 Craig, Adam SR Mount Olive 8:15.72
14 Cheruiyot, Geoffry SR Mid. Tenn. State 8:40.96
-- Dahlke, Jonathan SR Mount Olive DNF
-- Nowak, Craig Asics Furman Elite DNF
Women’s 3000
Former Georgetown runner Rachel Schneider, now running for Under Armour, started her super impressive double by crushing the field in the women’s 3000 — running 9:02.64 to win as Stephanie Brown was second in 9:10.01. 35 minutes after this race started, Schneider would run and win the mile in dominant fashion as well.
1 Schneider, Rachel Under Armour 9:02.64
36.104 (36.104) 1:11.734 (35.630) 1:47.889 (36.155)
2:24.306 (36.417) 3:01.158 (36.853) 3:38.306 (37.148)
4:15.648 (37.343) 4:53.449 (37.802) 5:31.685 (38.236)
6:10.203 (38.518) 6:46.562 (36.360) 7:21.325 (34.763)
7:56.073 (34.749) 8:29.441 (33.368)
2 Brown, Stephanie Unattached 9:10.01
4:15.881 (4:15.881) 4:53.726 (37.845) 7:21.561 (2:27.836)
7:56.788 (35.228) 8:33.527 (36.739)
3 Johnson, Rachel Asics Furman Elite 9:10.54
6:09.938 (6:09.938) 6:46.678 (36.740) 7:57.708 (1:11.031)
8:33.363 (35.655)
4 Henes, Elly SO North Carolina St. 9:11.95
5 Carnahan, Savannah SO Furman 9:11.99
6 Ilse, Morgan JR North Carolina 9:12.18
7 Alcorta, Caroline JR North Carolina 9:12.61
8 Sang, Caroline JR Charlotte 9:18.19
9 Edwards, Sarah SO Virginia Tech 9:20.46
10 Sears, Sarah SR Davidson 9:20.92
11 Rolland, Megan Oiselle 9:21.99
12 Imer, Charlotte SR Eastern Kentucky 9:31.84
13 Richardson, Mikayla SO Virginia Tech 9:50.29
14 Hanle, Leah SO Mount Olive 9:59.26
-- Howard, Marisa Idtc/Fleet Feet DNF
Women’s 800
Former Virginia Tech star Hanna Green, a three-time NCAA runner-up, got the win over Sweden’s Hanna Hemansson in 2:02.58 to Hermansson’s 2:02.98. D3 star Emily Richards, who has a 2:00.62 outdoor pb, only ran 2:07.46. Believe it or not, that appears to be an indoor pb for her as last year her best indoor time was 2:08.83.
Finals
1 Green, Hanna Nike Otc Elite 2:02.58!
31.580 (31.580) 1:02.255 (30.675) 1:32.697 (30.443)
2 Hermansson, Hanna Craft 2:02.98!
31.647 (31.647) 1:02.027 (30.380) 1:32.172 (30.146)
3 Pocratsky, Rachel JR Virginia Tech 2:05.06
4 Egbeniyi, Abike JR Mid. Tenn. State 2:05.54
5 Segrave, Hannah Great Britain 2:06.77
6 Richards, Emily SR Ohio Northern 2:07.46
7 Barton, Laurie SO Virginia Tech 2:08.23
8 Abu, Agnes SR Mid. Tenn. State 2:09.32
— Moline, Georganne Nike DNF
Men’s 800
The US Army’s Eliud Rutto, who ran collegiately for Middle Tennessee State and was the 2016 NCAA indoor runner-up, won by nearly half a second in 1:51.16.
Finals
1 Rutto, Eliud US Army 1:51.16
26.935 (26.935) 54.701 (27.767) 1:23.240 (28.539)
2 Piazza, Drew NA VT Elite 1:51.61
26.855 (26.855) 54.857 (28.002) 1:23.646 (28.790)
3 Molinaro, Matt SR Ohio Northern 1:51.71
27.213 (27.213) 55.135 (27.923) 1:23.843 (28.708)
4 Martin, Ryan Asics Furman Elite 1:51.76
27.108 (27.108) 55.321 (28.214) 1:24.063 (28.743)
5 Migliorati, Stefano SR East Carolina 1:51.87
27.096 (27.096) 54.887 (27.791) 1:23.410 (28.523)
6 Hastings, Ryan SR Appalachian State 1:52.13
26.988 (26.988) 55.075 (28.088) 1:23.763 (28.688)
— Denman, Ross Unattached DNF
26.094 (26.094) 54.099 (28.005)
Women’s Elite Mile
Rachel Schneider got a dominant win in 4:31.74 to cap off a tremendous double as former NCAA runner-up Cory McGee was second in 4:36.10. Schneider ran a big negative split as she hit 809 in 2:18.88. This race started just 35 minutes after the 3000, which Schneider also won.
Event 23 Women 1 Mile Run Camel City E
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Sponsor: Champion
Facility: $ 4:22.66 1/31/2015 Shannon Rowbury, Nike Oregon Project
College: ! 4:36.10 2/18/2017 Grace Barnett, Clemson
Meet: % 4:22.66 2015 Shannon Rowbury, Nike Oregon Project
Name Year School Seed Finals
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Finals
1 Schneider, Rachel Under Armour 4:25.62 4:31.74!
36.775 (36.775) 1:43.494 (1:06.720) 2:18.887 (35.393)
2:53.788 (34.901) 3:27.442 (33.655) 4:00.923 (33.482)
2 McGee, Cory New Balance 4:27.67 4:36.10!
36.567 (36.567) 1:09.363 (32.796) 1:42.870 (33.508)
2:18.423 (35.553) 2:53.508 (35.086) 3:27.206 (33.698)
4:00.698 (33.493)
3 Teschuk, Erin Asics Furman Elite 4:32.35 4:37.05
35.635 (35.635) 1:08.998 (33.364) 1:43.111 (34.113)
2:18.651 (35.540) 2:54.056 (35.405) 3:29.143 (35.088)
4:04.306 (35.163)
4 Coogan, Katrina New Balance 4:33.00 4:37.51
35.615 (35.615) 1:09.549 (33.935) 1:43.818 (34.270)
2:19.072 (35.254) 2:54.065 (34.994) 3:28.371 (34.306)
4:03.105 (34.735)
5 Kennedy, Katie SR Virginia Tech 4:49.85 4:39.97
36.608 (36.608) 1:10.954 (34.347) 1:45.383 (34.429)
2:20.280 (34.898) 2:55.388 (35.108) 3:30.664 (35.277)
4:06.220 (35.557)
6 Jalon, Claudia SR North Florida 4:47.22 4:42.76
36.909 (36.909) 1:11.258 (34.350) 1:45.761 (34.503)
2:21.083 (35.323) 2:56.926 (35.843) 3:32.446 (35.520)
4:07.877 (35.431)
7 Barnett, Grace SR Clemson 4:33.86 4:45.06
36.340 (36.340) 1:10.310 (33.970) 1:44.593 (34.284)
2:19.868 (35.275) 2:55.178 (35.311) 3:30.554 (35.376)
4:06.179 (35.625)
8 Clairmonte, Dominique FR North Carolina St. 4:49.12 4:53.20
36.698 (36.698) 1:10.588 (33.890) 1:44.773 (34.185)
2:20.784 (36.012) 2:57.755 (36.972) 3:35.675 (37.920)
4:14.235 (38.560)
9 Corbosiero, Amanda SR Richmond 4:41.56 4:53.66
36.505 (36.505) 1:10.734 (34.230) 1:45.196 (34.463)
2:20.674 (35.478) 2:57.138 (36.465) 3:34.952 (37.814)
4:14.386 (39.435)
— Lazarchick, Kathryn RunCCG 4:41.86 DNF
34.694 (34.694) 1:07.614 (32.920) 1:41.237 (33.623)
2:16.222 (34.985)
— Farber, Lianne New Balance Boston 4:33.50 DNS
35.997 (35.997) 1:09.787 (33.790)