Gallagher made a big breakthrough to make Worlds last year. Can she do it again? *Part 2
Also Sheila Reid and Wisconsin's Sarah DiSanza.
The race is the brainchild of Kyle Merber and includes Garrett Heath, David Torrence, Cristian Soratos, Ford Palmer and Peter Callahan. The women are lead by Treniere Moser, Kerri Gallagher, and Heather Kampf. *Free Live Streaming @ 8:30PM *Website *Sign Up For The Open Race *Facebook Page
Jenny Simpson and Shannon Rowbury both auto qualified to Tuesday's final but they are going to have their hands full as the African-born runners are looking great.
Hear what the world's best had to say following the first session at the 2015 IAAF World Championships
Before we start our World Championships previews, we thought it would be a good idea to take a step back and look big picture at what has transpired so far this year in the world of track and field. There have been a lot of amazing developments so far in 2015. We list five events that if we'd predicted them at the beginning of the year, you'd have said we were TOTALLY crazy.
Gallagher explains how she quit running after graduating in 2011 to work at a wealth management group, but was convinced by her high school coach to move to Washington DC and be coached by Matt Centrowitz Sr.
True ran 13:06 to seal the deal for worlds with Jenkins right behind him in a huge PR. Abbey D’Agostino PRd at 5000 as did Johnson to punch her ticket to worlds in the 1500. Other big names in action included Dejen Gebremeskel, Chris Derrick, Emily Sisson, Mary Cain, PVer Sandi Morris andLolo Jones. Check out how they did.
*MB: Ben True Runs 13:06 5000m, Eric Jenkins 13:07
Alice Kamunya won the women's race in 26:21 over Kerri Gallagher (26:26).