wejo wrote:
Of course Simpson isn't going to change places with her but it's still pretty cool to be the 1500 and 5000 record holder at the same time.
I think Mary Slaney had both records at once. Anyone else?
Shannon ran a smart race and was helped by Ayana not going out crazy fast the first mile.
Doubt anyone else, but don't remember who were AR holders in the 70s. Jan Merrill and Kathy Mills were 5K holders in the late 70s but wasn't Francie Larrieu Smith the mile/1500 record holder?
Women's 5000 was rarely run internationally prior to the mid 1980s, and it wasn't an Olympic distance until when, 1996 or 2000? They ran 3000 1984 until then.
Slaney went 3:57/15:08 in early and the 80s.