Coleen Quigley runs 9:10 FTW in Berlin! (5+ second PB)

Could get that AR soon. Too bad no other races this year .

With a 2'59 last kilometer ! very impressive

Any race with Quigley and LaCaze in it is a good race. http://www.zimbio.com/photos/Colleen+Quigley/Doha+IAAF+Diamond+League+2017/s-jeIRWgECT

Good for Quigley.

I'm surprised she can run the steeple that fast, without having competed in a steeplechases for several years.

She looked strong and confident all the way through. It was weird to watch a televised steeplechase and actually see most of the race, and not half gone due to commercials and high jump cutaways.

I knew Colleen would keep going because she was finally in the lead. Most events she contests against the top athletes don't allow the lead. It was like a horse dropping down in class and cherishing a relaxed easy lead all the way around.

dunes runner wrote:

Good for Quigley.

I'm surprised she can run the steeple that fast, without having competed in a steeplechases for several years.

What?

She ran the Steeple in Monaco in July in 9:20.

She ran 5 steeples last year including Worlds and ISTAF Berling where she ran 9:15.

dunes runner wrote:

Good for Quigley.

I'm surprised she can run the steeple that fast, without having competed in a steeplechases for several years.

Quigley ran at WC last year...

So

Good stuff.

Not sure therr is a more set top 3 in the US right now than women’s steeple (Emma, Colleen, Courtney)? They’re 20 seconds up on 4th place at this point.

eye candy is great wrote:

Any race with Quigley and LaCaze in it is a good race.

http://www.zimbio.com/photos/Colleen+Quigley/Doha+IAAF+Diamond+League+2017/s-jeIRWgECT

Sweet baby Jesus! Why isn't track more popular?

If she hadn't run a nice pb here I wouldn't have been surprised to see her move to 1500 next year. I think she has room for improvement in both events but she seems to struggle with injury. It's possible the steeple is part of her injury struggles and a move to 1500 might leave her healthier.

dunes runner wrote:

Good for Quigley.

I'm surprised she can run the steeple that fast, without having competed in a steeplechases for several years.

rojo wrote:

What?

She ran the Steeple in Monaco in July in 9:20.

She ran 5 steeples last year including Worlds and ISTAF Berling where she ran 9:15.

I knew someone would quickly correct any false information. Thank you.

I'm still impressed with her running 9:10.

She initially made the finals of WC last year but was DQed in the semi for barely stepping inside the line coming off of a water jump.

https://goo.gl/images/VgBCai

She always seems to bounce right off injury and either win a race of hit a PB.

I didn't realize Leah O'Connor's PR was so fast. It's incredible she hasn't materialized as a strong contender in qualifying for world teams. I'm happy to see Quigley doing so well. I'm excited to see what our steeplers can do next year when hopefully everyone's healthy.

Hopefully they can elevate their game and our top 3 be on par with Kenya. I love how the U.S. athletes are putting themselves in position to be not one or two but possibly 3 medal threats in Championships.

The fact that she won and ended with a 2:59 km shows if she was chasing someone she could have been pulled to 9:05-9:07. So next year if she pops 9:02 or ecen 8:59 I wouldnt be shocked.

I believe that of the top three women steeples in the US Colleen will have the best chance of running in the 8:50's. She has much better speed that Frerichs or Coburn, and only needs to stay healthy. But that has been a problem. If she can stay healthy for one year I would expect her to see the same results as Shelby Houlihan, where Shelby took a major step forward. I consider Colleen to be the best steeper in the US but has to stay healthy. Everything Bowerman should do over the next one year is to monitor her closely to make sure she is healthy.