Greater Louisville Classic

Lawi Lalang and Stephen Sambu from Arizona should challenge sub-23 on the course. Uni. of Texas for the win (men's division).

Sub 23:00!? How fast is this course? Is it completely flat with a hard surface?

basically a grass track!

Course record is 23:08 by Bobby Curtis of Villanova in 2007. It's a really fast course. Lalang and Sambu can do it.

Paul Chelimo will also be in the race. Should be a great early showdown of three top contenders.

This year's women's field is vastly superior to any previous GLC meet... The clear favorites are Flood and Goethals from UW, but it will be interesting to see who else can hang with them this year.... Johnson, Flanagan from Washington, Bottorff, Morgan from Duke, Bergman and Kibet from AZ, WV's Gillespie, Brault, Vandy's Anderson, White, Findley, MSU's Kroll and Otwell, Arkansas' Flattman, Brown

Team finish

Washington

Vandy

Arizona

Arkansas

Duke

Michigan State

West Virginia

Penn State

BYU

With this field, Neeley Spence's 5k course record of 16:32 looks pretty vulnerable.

The top 10 times over the past 10 years on the course-

Men 8,000m

Rank Name School Meet Date Time

1 Bobby Curtis Villanova University Big East Championships Oct. 27, 2007 23:08.9

2 Jacob Korir Eastern Kentucky Unv. Greater Louisville Classic Sept. 29, 2007 23:09.0

3 Josh McDougal Liberty University Greater Louisville Classic Sept. 30, 2006 23:17.0

4 Wesley Korir University of Louisville Big East Championships Oct. 27, 2007 23:18.6

5 Wesley Korir University of Louisville Greater Louisville Classic Sept. 29, 2007 23:20.5

6 Jacob Korir Eastern Kentucky Unv. Greater Louisville Classic Sept. 30, 2006 23:20.8

7 Meshack Koyiaki Columbus St. Unv. Greater Louisville Classic Oct. 2, 2010 23:20.8

8 Shadrack Kipchirchir Western Kentucky Unv. Greater Louisville Classic Oct. 2, 2010 23:21.2

9 Gilbert Kemboi Unv. of S.C Upstate Greater Louisville Classic Oct. 2, 2010 23:22.3

10 Barnabas Kirui University of Mississippi Greater Louisville Classic Oct. 2, 2010 23:27.5

Women 5,000m

Rank Name School Meet Date Time

1 Neely Spence Shippensburg Unv. Greater Louisville Classic Oct. 2, 2010 16:32.9

2 Kristie Krueger University of Georgia Greater Louisville Classic Oct. 2, 2010 16:37.1

3 Janet Jesang Western Kentucky Unv. Greater Louisville Classic Oct. 3, 2009 16:48.0

4 Mirriam Kaumba Oklahoma Baptist NAIA Nationals Nov. 20, 2004 16:53.0

5 Janet Jesang Western Kentucky Unv. Greater Louisville Classic Oct. 4, 2008 16:53.0

6 Sarah Porter Western Washington Greater Louisville Classic Oct. 2, 2010 16:58.0

7 Tarah McKay University of Louisville Greater Louisville Classic Oct. 3, 2009 17:02.6

8 Shannon Wommack UT Chattanooga Greater Louisville Classic Sept. 24, 2005 17:03.8

9 Bridget Lyons Unattached Greater Louisville Classic Oct. 2, 2010 17:05.3

10 Pasca Cheruiyot Rend Lake Greater Louisville Classic Sept. 29 2007 17:06.4

What do you think the leaders will go out for in the first mile?

Men- if dry race day 4:35 to 4:40

Women- if dry day 5:15 to 5:20

If it's dry, the first mile will be faster than that for the men. There are some hard charging frontrunners in this race and I don't see it being slower than 4:30 with the likes of Lalang and Chelimo.

That might be the case (4:30 first mile)- it should be a fun day of racing.

The total list of competing teams are now listed

http://alltraxtiming.homestead.com/GLC_Classic_XC12_teams.pdf

Results?