Florida's Cory McGee gets 2013 world championship qualifier - 4:06.67

Except that the "A" is 4:05.50. She did make the "B", as you said, though.

nice PR's by her and Brie!

Rank Lane ID Name PB Team Cat Result Info

1 1 79 BAHTA MERAF 4:09.60 ERI Sen 4:05.11

2 4 83 EMBAYE AXUMAWIT 4:06.03 ETH Jun 4:05.16

3 3 93 TEFERI SEMBERI 4:06.06 ETH Jun 4:05.35

4 13 87 MACKEY KATIE 4:04.60 USA Sen 4:05.35

5 8 91 SUJEW DIANA 4:05.71 GER Sen 4:05.62

6 2 84 FELNAGLE BRIE 4:08.54 USA Sen 4:05.64

7 12 88 MCGEE CORY 4:09.85 USA Sen 4:06.67

8 11 89 ROMAN SONIA 4:02.13 SLO Sen 4:07.32

9 9 92 SUJEW ELINA 4:07.36 GER Sen 4:09.58

10 16 86 HIGGINSON ASHLEY 4:12.80 USA Sen 4:11.82

11 6 80 BELETE ALMENSH 4:06.87 BEL Sen 4:12.33

12 15 85 GARCIA STEPHANIE 4:14.47 USA Sen 4:13.33

13 10 90 ROSTKOWSKA ANNA 4:09.39 POL Sen 4:14.67

14 5 82 DE GRANDE LINDSEY 4:09.20 BEL Sen 4:17.54

15 9 81 CHEROTICH SAMMARY 4:15.10 KEN Sen 4:20.73

14 94 TVERDOSTUP TAMARA PACE UKR Sen DNF

Hell yeah! Go Cory. Interesting to see Mackey and Felnagle were faster, and Mackey nearly hit the A. Well, I guess they should have closed faster at nationals......

She took control of this race, going after the pacer just 200 m into it. Wanting that PR. Spent her energy wisely to be ahead of the pace heading into the last lap!

Most likely was on "A" standard pace before falling a second behind. Yep, the top 4 got the "A" including USA's Katie Mackey. Both were well under the 4:09 "B" standard, as was Brie Felnagle who got 4:05.6

[because the other thread was deleted]

Mackey already had the "A". Felnagle a big PR. But Cory McGee--under 3 at the bell: a courageous run rewarded.

The Stache wrote:

Rank Lane ID Name PB Team Cat Result Info

1 1 79 BAHTA MERAF 4:09.60 ERI Sen 4:05.11

2 4 83 EMBAYE AXUMAWIT 4:06.03 ETH Jun 4:05.16

3 3 93 TEFERI SEMBERI 4:06.06 ETH Jun 4:05.35

4 13 87 MACKEY KATIE 4:04.60 USA Sen 4:05.35

5 8 91 SUJEW DIANA 4:05.71 GER Sen 4:05.62

6 2 84 FELNAGLE BRIE 4:08.54 USA Sen 4:05.64

7 12 88 MCGEE CORY 4:09.85 USA Sen 4:06.67

8 11 89 ROMAN SONIA 4:02.13 SLO Sen 4:07.32

9 9 92 SUJEW ELINA 4:07.36 GER Sen 4:09.58

10 16 86 HIGGINSON ASHLEY 4:12.80 USA Sen 4:11.82

11 6 80 BELETE ALMENSH 4:06.87 BEL Sen 4:12.33

12 15 85 GARCIA STEPHANIE 4:14.47 USA Sen 4:13.33

13 10 90 ROSTKOWSKA ANNA 4:09.39 POL Sen 4:14.67

14 5 82 DE GRANDE LINDSEY 4:09.20 BEL Sen 4:17.54

15 9 81 CHEROTICH SAMMARY 4:15.10 KEN Sen 4:20.73

14 94 TVERDOSTUP TAMARA PACE UKR Sen DNF

Hell yeah! Go Cory. Interesting to see Mackey and Felnagle were faster, and Mackey nearly hit the A. Well, I guess they should have closed faster at nationals......

Race recap here:

http://www.letsrun.com/news/2013/07/cory-mcgee-punches-her-ticket-to-moscow-runs-406-67-in-belgium/

Woohoo! Good for Cory McGee.

And she is now officially the GOAT of Mississippi, our home state.

Congrats Pass Christian, Mississippi native!!

Makes Erdinger look like nothing:

http://www.exposay.com/celebrity-photos/cory-mcgee-2010-track-field-103rd-millrose-1MbOhw.jpg

J.R. wrote:

Woohoo! Good for Cory McGee.

Rowbury never thought McGee would hit the standard. Good for you, Cory.

Well done to her for running a tactically smart race at nationals and then going after the standard aggressively.

Cookout wrote:

Rowbury never thought McGee would hit the standard. Good for you, Cory.

Speak what you know. NOT what you dream up in your feeble mind.

I was thinking the same thing-how everyone ran a fast time; Felnagle, Katie, McGee, and some others. Of course some will say that they were "pulled" to these times because everyone was running fast. But it does make one wonder.

oncearunner2 wrote:

Does anyone remember how difficult it is to set a PR in the 1500 meters by as much as people were doing in this race? Ii is almost impossible. To go from 4:10.5+ to 4:06.67 that quickly just doesn't sound correct. Was something wrong with this track length? I find it very hard to believe that somebody can improve on a PR by that much after 2 weeks in Europe. Especially after a full season of college track meets. If people will just remember how hard it was to set a PR in a 1500 meter race by even one tenth of a second then these 3-4 second 1500 meter PRs will look very strange.

Her PR was 4:09 low before this race, FWIW.

Heusden had perfect weather conditions, it's as good a setting as one can find, and the track has always been lightening fast. Remember that Dan Browne managed to run 13:16.02 there, five years ago his previous PR of 13:28.24 (at Mt. Sac), and those were the only occasions in which he ever broke 13:30.

oncearunner2 wrote:

Does anyone remember how difficult it is to set a PR in the 1500 meters by as much as people were doing in this race? Ii is almost impossible. To go from 4:10.5+ to 4:06.67 that quickly just doesn't sound correct. Was something wrong with this track length? I find it very hard to believe that somebody can improve on a PR by that much after 2 weeks in Europe. Especially after a full season of college track meets. If people will just remember how hard it was to set a PR in a 1500 meter race by even one tenth of a second then these 3-4 second 1500 meter PRs will look very strange.

I meant to say "five years earlier"--sorry.

SHE GOTTA DONK THO

For McGee at least, there's nothing strange about a big PR. Her performances at NCAAs and USAs clearly show that she has been in ~4:05 shape for awhile now. As she said at, I believe, her USA interview, the collegiate season had not given her the chances to chase times.

Given the way she ran this race, she's probably good for another second or two.

oncearunner2 wrote:

Does anyone remember how difficult it is to set a PR in the 1500 meters by as much as people were doing in this race? Ii is almost impossible. To go from 4:10.5+ to 4:06.67 that quickly just doesn't sound correct. Was something wrong with this track length? I find it very hard to believe that somebody can improve on a PR by that much after 2 weeks in Europe. Especially after a full season of college track meets. If people will just remember how hard it was to set a PR in a 1500 meter race by even one tenth of a second then these 3-4 second 1500 meter PRs will look very strange.

Her PR was 4:09 low before this race, FWIW.[/quote]

You are a Doubting Thomas and Nay Sayer. The collegiate season offers nothing but slow tactical races. This was the first opportunity for Cory to go out fast and race the clock. She was at a sub 4 minute pace with 1 lap to go. Her performance was gutsy and courageous. Congrats to Cory for getting the Standard.