The fields for teh Brutus/NYRR Distance Carnival have been set. I've put them up here:
www.letsrun.com/2009/brutus0424.php
Additionally got the following email which I assume is a press release. I didn't have time to create a page for it.
The Men's 10,000 will be an American Record attempt for 2 time Olympican Anthony Famiglietti tonite(April 24) at the inaugural NYRR Distance Carnival at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational in Berkley, California. Famiglietti who won the 2009 USA 15,000 road championships in March and barely missed the American Road 5000 record by a scant 3 seconds at the fast Carlsbad 5000 only 3 weeks ago. He will be paced by Olympian Bolota Asmersom for a solid 13.35 for the first 5000m. In a very solid field, that has been gathered to get World "A" 27.47 and World "B" standards for this summers World Outdoor Championships in Berlin, Germany. The current AR holder at 10km, Olympic Silver Medalist, Meb Keflezighi will be bidding for a PR in Sunday's Flora London Marathon. Keflezighi set the AR in Stanford prior to his Silver Medal performance in Athens 2004
Mexican Olympican, Juan Luis Barrios, a 13.11 5k performer will attempt his first 10,000 and be joined by Olympians, Teodoro Vega(MEX), Alejandro Suarez(MEX), Michael Aish(NZE), Martin Fagan(IRE) and Collis Birmingham(ENG) who has had a fantastic season in achieving Berlin Standards. Ed Moran(USA), James Carnery(USA), Boaz Chemboiyo(KEN), and Juan Carlos Romero(MEX) all sub 28 minute 10km'ers will try to gather bid selections for 1936 Stadium
Philes Ongori, a kenyan based in Japan will lead the pack in the woman's portion of the NYRR Carnival at 10,000 meters. 3-time Mexican Olympian, Dulce Rodriguez, Americans Katie McGregor and Amy Hastings will be joined by Mountain Runner Lara Tamsett of Austraila who recently finished a surprising 3rd in the very fast and competitive Carlsbad 5000.
The NYRR Distance Carnival will consist of the 10, 000, 5,000 and the Men's Steeplechase. In the steeple, Americans Brian Olinger, Kyle Alcorn and Olympian Steve Slattery who have already run faster the World's "A" Standard will try to again achieve those results in 2009. The 5000's should be barn burners as the fields are ready to go.
Canadian Kevin Sullivan, a 3-time Olympican training in Florida will go against Olympican's Yuichiro Ueno(JPN), Jorge Torres(USA) stepping down in distance to battle against Americans, World Cross Country member Bobby Curtis, Thomas Morgan and NCAA champion, Scott Bauhs. Injured Olympian Carrie Tollefson(USA) will toe the line against Serbian Olympian, Marina Muncan, World Indoor Bronze Medalist of Ireland Mary Cullen and Americans, Sara Slattery, Emily Brown, Sara Hall and Julia Lucas.
Fam To Go For American 10k Record of 27:13 Tonight
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He will run 27:48
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will i find this race on tv???????
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"at the inaugural NYRR Distance Carnival at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational in Berkley, California."
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when did Brutus get so damn good? Personally, I feel like all those good people are wasting the effort, Cal's stadium is a f'n wind tunnel. Unless they are running at midnight the city by the sea is not the place to chase a fast time.
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Going from out of the top-10 all-time US to 1st would be quite a jump. Didn't he finish 3rd behind Webb and Ritzenhein a few years ago?
However, based on his 13:11.93 PR for 5,000 he might have a shot. Also, he ran 13:17 at Mt.SAC. Back-to-back 13:36 or so could happen if he is on. Too bad Rupp won't be running. -
YEAH FAM!!! I hope he gets it. Our 10k record is soft as shit. Then I want to see it keep dropping.
This is not a criticism, but an honest question. If Cal's stadium is so bad for wind being "by the sea" as you say, how is Stanford's stadium so good? Some quentissential design difference? They're both pretty close to the bay right? -
The New York Road Runners apparently have provided financial support for this endeavor.
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I doubt he'll drop the record by a whole lot if he gets it, but I would love to see him get it. He does have a history of having really good races over random distances (ie not steeplechase) so who knows. Hopefully he breaks it and that inspires Rupp or somebody to begin the push to be first American in the 26's.
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if he breaks the record it wont last very long cuz Galen Rupp can easily break it considering he ran 27:33 a long time ago and has made some huge strides since
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Then again, I guess it would be sweet if Fam did eventually break 27 one day. He is my favorite runner just 'cause he seems so atypical. After Meb, Abdi, Rupp, etc it would be sweet if weirdo Fam became the best 10ker in America.
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mighty porn stache wrote:
YEAH FAM!!! I hope he gets it. Our 10k record is soft as shit. Then I want to see it keep dropping.
This is not a criticism, but an honest question. If Cal's stadium is so bad for wind being "by the sea" as you say, how is Stanford's stadium so good? Some quentissential design difference? They're both pretty close to the bay right?
Stanford is quite a bit farther inland than Cal. -
Fam ran 27:38 a long time ago too (in a race with Webb, Ritz). It's not like Rupp is astronomically better or something. Rupp was sharp and ran 13:18 indoors. Fam said he wasn't sharp and ran 13:16 in a kick race and leading the whole way.
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mighty porn stache wrote:
This is not a criticism, but an honest question. If Cal's stadium is so bad for wind being "by the sea" as you say, how is Stanford's stadium so good? Some quentissential design difference? They're both pretty close to the bay right?
They are probably both about the same distance from the Bay (on different sides), but Berkeley is higher up and looks straight down the hill to the bay, through the GGB, and into the ocean. Stanford is 30 miles further down the bay and thus more protected.
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he's dreaming
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There's a decent interview with the NYRR's Sam Grotewold on the US Distance Runner blog. He talks about the meet tonight and how it came to be among other things.
http://www.usdistancerunner.com/2009/04/interview-with-nyrr-sam-grotewold.html -
The SF Bay Area has many different micro climates - temperature can easily vary 30 degrees within 45 miles.
As someone has already noted, the cal track is closer to the bay and more exposed than Stanford's track. In fact, Stanford's track seems to fit in a "magical" place in the Bay Area where any time after 7:30 PM during the spring, there is nearly no wind guaranteed. -
Never been to the bay area, eh?
This map should explain it.
http://www.ca.sandia.gov/casite/about/assets/images/bay_area_map.gif -
thanks for the info. I've never been to that area, so really didn't know.
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Isn't Berkeley the place where Rono set all those world records?
