Race Video:
https://va.milesplit.com/videos/445352
Keira (Carlstrom) D’Amato, Unsponsored 36 year old runner mother of two living in Midlothian, Va drops over a minute PR this morning from her college days at American University under Centro Sr to run in a time trial what would be under the Olympic standard in a certified meet for the women’s 5k (15:10) with a 15:04 performance!
She’s being coached by Scott Raczko. She was paced by Silas Frantz who ran at Georgetown and was a Foot Locker finalist in high school. Keira finished top 15 in the recent Olympic marathon trials.
Here is a little more info on Keira. She ran 2:34:24 at the Trials. She also ran 2:34:55in Berlin in 2019. She was 6th at the 2005 NCAA XC Champs competing at Keira Carlstrom. According to an emailer she then took "10 or so years off running to start a family and career. " She's now a mother of 2 and a realtor. We believe she's not 36 as her 2020 Olympic Trials bio said she was 34 on race day so that owuld mean she could only be 35. You can her Trials bio here:
https://www.atlanta2020trials.com/fan-zone/athletes/Keira-DAmato
We changed the title of the thread. It was initially entitled, "Keira D’Amato 15:04 5K Time Trial "