Gwen Jorgensen Wins Stanford 10,000m in 31:55, Easily Defeating NCAA 3000/5000 Champion Schweizer

by LetsRun.com
March 31, 2018

Olympic triathlon champion Gwen Jorgensen’s transition to running continued in fine form at the Stanford Invite as she won the 10,000m in 31:55.68, defeating NCAA 3000 and 5000 indoor champion Karissa Schweizer and former Princeton runner Carrie Dimoff in the process.

Dimoff lead Jorgensen Dimoff led Jorgensen

Schweizer got dropped with a mile to go and it came down to two runners in Bowerman Track Club gear. Jorgensen was running in Bowerman Track gear for the first time and Dimoff is in charge of Bowerman’s elite women’s group which is separate from the pro group Jorgensen is now officially a part of. Jorgensen’s 71.36 final lap got her the win by two seconds.

This was Jorgensen’s second track race since moving to running full-time. Her first was a 15:15.64 5000m in February. While Jorgensen’s 10,000m time wasn’t as impressive as her 5000 (15:15 converts to 31:40 on the McMillan calculator), Jorgensen easily defeated the NCAA’s top track runner, Schweizer.

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Jorgensen had previously run 32:21 on the roads and split a 31:46 for 10k in a triathlon (likely short).

Top results with a video from Jorgensen below. Full results here.

1 Gwen Jorgensen Nike – Bowerman 31:55.68
2 Carrie Dimoff Bowerman TC 31:57.85
3 Karissa Schweizer Missouri 32:00.55
4 Alice Wright New Mexico 32:15.73
5 Sharon Lokedi Kansas 32:21.19
6 Paige Stoner Syracuse 32:23.38
7 Caroline Kurgat Alaska Ancho 32:33.24
8 Natalie Tanner Strava TC 32:36.15
9 Rachel Johnson ASCIS/Furman 32:36.94
10 Danielle Shanahan Unattached 32:55.04

Jorgensen video:

Discussion: Carrie Dimoff – a 34-year old Princeton alum whom you’ve never heard off- just beat Schwiezer and almost beat Jorgensen!!

Splits of top 3:

Women 10000 Meter Run Invitational
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    Name                    Year School                  Finals 
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  1 Gwen Jorgensen               Nike - Bowerman       31:55.68  
       1:17.856 (1:17.856)        2:34.060 (1:16.204)        3:51.374 (1:17.314)
       5:06.746 (1:15.372)        6:24.679 (1:17.933)        7:40.232 (1:15.553)
       8:58.976 (1:18.744)       10:14.773 (1:15.797)       11:32.111 (1:17.338)
      12:50.567 (1:18.456)       14:08.394 (1:17.827)       15:25.658 (1:17.264)
      16:40.689 (1:15.031)       17:58.665 (1:17.976)       19:13.651 (1:14.986)
      20:29.916 (1:16.265)       21:46.160 (1:16.244)       23:02.175 (1:16.015)
      24:19.231 (1:17.056)       25:37.304 (1:18.073)       26:53.617 (1:16.313)
      28:11.296 (1:17.679)       29:27.592 (1:16.296)       30:44.308 (1:16.716)
      31:55.677 (1:11.369)
  2 Carrie Dimoff                Bowerman TC           31:57.85  
       1:17.656 (1:17.656)        2:33.746 (1:16.090)        3:51.563 (1:17.817)
       5:07.086 (1:15.523)        6:24.833 (1:17.747)        7:40.355 (1:15.522)
       8:59.310 (1:18.955)       10:15.127 (1:15.817)       11:32.349 (1:17.222)
      12:50.869 (1:18.520)       14:08.651 (1:17.782)       15:25.951 (1:17.300)
      16:43.021 (1:17.070)       17:59.382 (1:16.361)       19:14.191 (1:14.809)
      20:30.435 (1:16.244)       21:46.797 (1:16.362)       23:02.535 (1:15.738)
      24:19.516 (1:16.981)       25:37.639 (1:18.123)       26:55.432 (1:17.793)
      28:11.543 (1:16.111)       29:27.700 (1:16.157)       30:43.974 (1:16.274)
      31:57.849 (1:13.875)
  3 Karissa Schweizer            Missouri              32:00.55  
       1:17.409 (1:17.409)        2:33.366 (1:15.957)        3:51.116 (1:17.750)
       5:06.518 (1:15.402)        6:24.230 (1:17.712)        7:39.789 (1:15.559)
       8:58.656 (1:18.867)       10:14.622 (1:15.966)       11:31.771 (1:17.149)
      12:50.197 (1:18.426)       14:08.078 (1:17.881)       15:25.535 (1:17.457)
      16:42.793 (1:17.258)       17:59.183 (1:16.390)       19:14.051 (1:14.868)
      20:30.133 (1:16.082)       21:46.509 (1:16.376)       23:01.855 (1:15.346)
      24:18.874 (1:17.019)       25:36.981 (1:18.107)       26:55.654 (1:18.673)
      28:13.195 (1:17.541)       29:31.317 (1:18.122)       30:48.068 (1:16.751)
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