BU Valentine's Invite 2024

I see Hilda and Ceili McCabe but no Valby in 3000

And both Doris and Brenda (Tuwei) of AL in the 5000. Othe FL Steve's listed but no Parker

Mazza-Downie, Courtney Frerichs and Taylor Roe also entered in the 5.

If Valby accepted a Millrose invite for the 2 mile, I hope another speedy collegian did as well...

Seems event #36 the 5k has 2 entries. Is everybody else seeing that?

I imagine those two athletes will run in either of the two fastest heats.

Ella Donaghu also racing the 5. After her 8:46 at BU on Jan 27, it'll be interesting to see if she can stay ahead of the AL women in this event.

Tuwei and Lemnegole 5k debut... that should be good. Venters also running 5k

Henes, Aragon, Tyynismaa in mile (Tyy and Bush also in 3k).

The track is ultrafast. Let's see how it translates to other tracks.

This provisional Millrose W 2-mi list of 12 looks complete; the same number of women completed the 3000m last year. No racing for Valby this wkend, it seems.

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Not so fast . . . FL is also entered in the AR Tyson Invite this weekend . . .

Keep an eye on Tinoda Matsatsa in the mile. Not hard to imagine him running 3:55ish, having already run 1:46.87 & 2:18.05 and gone undefeated (4 for 4) in individual events as a college freshman.

Also . . . Michael Rose/LSU running her first 800 of the year . . . can she finally take down Laura Roesler's 1:59.80 facility record?

Taylor Werner/Puma Elite in the 5k . . . hoping to keep the team's good vibes going.

Habtom Samuel/NM in the 3k . . . expect another sub-7:40 on the way.

And . . . Drew Hunter, Ahmed Muhamed, Wesley Kiptoo, Athanas Kioko, Benard Keter, Aaron Bienenfeld in a very deep 5k . . .

I saw Simone Plourde in there somewhere, maybe the mile?

Interesting.

Florian Bremm (German Champ 5000m)

Sam Parsons (3rd German Champs 5000m)

Aaron Bienenfeld (4th German Champs 5000m)

Robert Farken runs the mile

I kinda hope Henes is pacing, rather than ripping a solo 8:30--great for her, but the flotrack camera coverage will likely miss some good racing in the chase pack.

Curious seed times for Riggins and Scrimgeour, two women who have never run sub-9.

Idk why she would be out there pacing that field. Also, why is she not running Millrose 2 mile then instead? Maybe we should not expect 8:30.

Good catch re Riggins. They seeded her at 8:50 for the Dec invite, I think. She is on a roll though. It is not clear how many runners will be in the fast heat, but some of the times that have been listed seem ambitious.

Will Tyynismaa even make it in the top heat? She is 19th.

In any case the 3k should be really good. Not sure if anyone in this field can challenge Henes, though.

Here is a crazy thought... Could Valby's 5k CR go down?

Frerichs is supposedly in good shape right now. Rodenfels, Venters, Hasz, and several others will all be going for the standard. Lemnegole is seeded at 15:10... and Tuwei (though only seeded at 15:30) runs around 31:xx consistently on the roads 10k.

Performance lists now up:

https://lancertiming.com/BU/Valentine_Womens_Performance_List.pdf

https://lancertiming.com/BU/Valentine_Mens_Performance_List.pdf

What does the orange highlighted names mean in the later rounds of the 3k and 5k?