MADNESS IN BOSTON - St. Pierre ties up (4:17.83) just misses AR. 3 women under the old collegiate record in the mile

Chamberlain 4:20.61 (second behind Elle St Pierre), followed by Wilma Nielsen (Oregon) 4:21.06, then Jane Hedengren 4:22.22

Tuohy is irrelevant now, cope and seethe!

Nielsen ran with ESP and died on the last lap. Riley ran her down which is a typical race for her. Jane definitely looked spent at the end of the race.

No love for the winner of the race who almost broke her own American record of 4:16.41?

St. Pierre and Nielsen went for it. She hit 809 in 2:07.27 and 1209 in 3:11.82 but only managed a 66.02 on the way home (33.39 last 200). You could barely see the BYU women in the tv window at first.

Elle St. Pierre (New Balance Boston) – 4:17.83
64.00 (32.73, 31.27)
2:07.27 (63.27 – 31.43, 31.84)
3:11.82 (64.55 – 32.25, 32.32)
4:17.83 (66.01 – 32.63, 33.39)

Riley Chamberlain (BYU) – 4:20.61
65.84 (34.13, 31.72)
2:10.02 (64.18 – 31.74, 32.45)
3:15.43 (65.41 – 32.88, 32.55)
4:20.61 (65.18 – 32.98, 32.20)

Wilma Nielsen (Oregon) – 4:21.04
64.22 (32.91, 31.32)
2:07.47 (63.25 – 31.41, 31.84)
3:12.10 (64.63 – 32.27, 32.38)
4:21.04 (68.94 – 33.75, 35.19)

Jane Hedengren (BYU) – 4:22.22
66.29 (34.95, 31.35)
2:10.33 (64.04 – 31.58, 32.47)
3:15.18 (64.85 – 32.35, 32.51)
4:22.22 (67.04 – 32.99, 34.07)

Taryn Parks (Adidas) – 4:23.10
67.09 (34.69, 32.40)
2:12.89 (65.80 – 32.29, 33.52)
3:19.10 (66.21 – 33.45, 32.77)
4:23.10 (64.00 – 32.85, 31.16)

Quick Pacing Notes
Most even race: Chamberlain (65.84 (409) 64.18 / 65.41 / 65.18 closing stretch)
Biggest positive split: Nielsen (68.94 final 400).
Fastest last 400: Parks (64.00).
Fastest last 200: Parks (31.16).

Splits are for 209, 409, etc.
The NCAA record belonged to Oregon’s Silan Ayyildiz, who ran 4:23.46, set last year.

Impressive, but not surprising ... Chamberlain ran 4:02 1500 last summer. She's got the speed over Hedengren.

Hopefully all these losses aren't eating away too bad on Hedengren. She's still running great times and getting beat by great people.

Oy vey.

Nice kick. It was gutsy from Nielsen but it was hard to see her holding onto such a hot pace. Record is probably on borrowed time, though. If Jane stays in NCAA, it feels like sub-4:20 is in the cards.

I might be the minority, but happy to currently have a BYU college aged runner hold the NCAA mile record than a UO professional mid-20 age runner in Wilma or Silan

Agreed. No shame in losing races to Doris or a mile race to ESP, Chamberlain, and Nielsen.

Jane has run 3 indoor races as a collegian, and in all 3 she ran under the previous NCAA record.

• 14:44.79
• 8:34.98
• 4:22.22

Amazing!

This was also a really tough setup. Field was strung out and she ended up just hauling Chamberlain from 800-1500 right? Certainly that’s not ideal.

ESP is so amazing. She needs to write a book on how to come back strong after pregnancy.

Props to Chamberlain! This season was supposed to be the Hedengren show, but here she is!

Nice PR for Hedengren as she recovers from her flu!

Hedengren is an aerobic monster. No kick no leg speed. Her future 10000m marathon

Hedengren someday will run 29:30 for 10000m and a 2:16 marathon

Disagree. Her legspeed is pretty good (I bet sub-4 1500 happens outdoors), but if you hammer from the front you’re unlikely to have a kick. I think Monson/Valby notably are less speedy

You don't run 4:22 with no leg speed lol

Tuohy isn't even mentioned. why are yall obsessed with dunking on her? sound unhinged

Riley and Jane also ran part of the 3000. Pretty amazing.

Part? Jane paced the field for 2600 meters. No comprendo.