Shalane Flanagan’s 31:04.85 and Alisha Williams 15:09 Highlight First Stanford Meet
By David Monti
March 30, 2013
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(30-Mar) — Shalane Flanagan’s world-leading 10,000m time of 31:04.85 was the highlight of last night’s Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto. Once again, the reliably dry, cool and windless weather played a big role helping athletes to run fast and achieve all-important IAAF World Championships qualifying times.
“The Stanford magic never fails,” tweeted Dan Lilot, an athlete agent based in nearby San Francisco. “Sun is down, not a breath of wind, just in time for the fast 5000s.”
In the top section of the women’s 5000m, 2012 California International Marathon champion Alisha Williams, an accountant from Colorado Springs, showed off her track chops, winning in a world-leading and personal best 15:09.73. Her time was well under the IAAF World Championships “A” standard of 15:18.00 giving her a big advantage going into the USA Outdoor Outdoor Track & Field Championships in June in Des Moines.
Alisha Williams Continued to Improve
“140 characters isn’t enough to express how grateful I am to all of the people/sponsors who have helped keep the dream alive!” Williams wrote on her Twitter account. “Love you all!”
Behind her, Kenyans Betsy Saina (Iowa State) and Aliphine Tuliamuk-Bolton (Wichita State) finished second, and fourth in 15:12.05 and 15:18.86, respectively, essentially guaranteeing them spots in the NCAA Championships in June. Finishing between them was the up-and-coming Chelsea Reilly, the reigning USA 10-K and 3000m indoor champion. Reilly, 23, who runs for the Bay Area Track Club but does not have a commercial sponsor, clocked a career best 15:13.24. Olympian Lisa Uhl finished fifth in 15:29.64.
In the top section of the men’s 5000m, Jamaica’s Kemoy Campbell ran a national record 13:32.82 in the vest of the University of Arkansas. Andrew Poore (13:33.03) and Andy Bayer (13:34.82) finished second and third. None of them came close to the World Championships “A” qualifier of 13:15.00.
“It’s pretty exciting to have the national record,” Campbell told Flotrack in his post-race interview.
Goucher Just Misses “A” Standard
Flanagan’s run was remarkable. Running nearly all of the race alone, the 31 year-old from Portland, Ore., finished well clear of training partner Kara Goucher, who finished second in 31:46.64, just outside of the IAAF World Championships “A” standard of 31:45.00. Both she and Goucher are in their final stages of preparation for the Boston Marathon, a race which is particularly important to Flanagan who grew up in a Boston suburb.
“Kara and I didn’t really know what to expect tonight,” Flanagan told Flotrack. “We’re in marathon training, we’re at altitude, we haven’t done any 10K-specific work. So, I’ll take 31:04, or whatever it was. That’s solid.”
Behind the two marathoners, the University of Oregon’s Jordan Hasay made her 10,000m debut, clocking 32:46.68, an early NCAA-leading time.
“Coach told me I just needed to focus for length of one “Friends” episode,” Hasay joked through her Twitter account.
In other events, John Gilbertson won the top section of the men’s 10,000m in 28:30.35 over the University of Oregon’s Parker Stinson (28:34.71). Oklahoma’s Riley Masters won the men’s 1500m in 3:40.77; Utah’s Amanda Mergaert won the women’s section in 4:17.22. The steeplechase wins went to Louisville’s Mattias Wolter in 8:43.73 and Oregon’s Alexi Pappas in a world-leading and career best of 9:46.73.
Athletes will return to Stanford en masse on Sunday, April 28, for the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational, one of the world’s most important time-qualifying meets for distance runners. Last year’s meet lasted nine hours and produced six world-leading times.
Results of All the Fast Sections of the Distance Race Below From Longest Distance to Shortest, Women Then Men, Full results here
Women’s 10,000m: Flanagan Wins, Goucher Just Misses “A”, Hasay Debut
Event 73 Women 10000 Meter Run Section 1
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Name Year School Finals
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Finals
1 Shalane Flanagan NIKE 31:04.85
2 Kara Goucher NIKE 31:46.64
3 Jordan Hasay Oregon 32:46.68
4 Megan Goethals Washington 32:52.78
5 Brianne Nelson BRC/ adidas 32:54.50
6 Juliet Bottorff Unattached 32:58.00
7 Jennifer Bergman Arizona 33:04.58
8 Catherine White Virginia 33:07.36
9 Gina Valgoi Loyola (Ill.) 33:07.80
10 McKenzie Melander Team USA Minnesota 33:18.89
11 Bradi Hutchison Idaho St 33:22.99
12 Lindsay Flanagan Washington 33:23.53
13 Risper Kimaiyo UTEP 33:24.21
14 Tina Muir Unattached 33:24.74
15 Laura Docherty Minnesota 33:24.93
16 Rhiannon Johns UAB 33:29.99
17 Katie Clark Butler 33:36.36
18 Andie Cozzarelli North Carolina St. 33:47.46
19 Meghan Peyton Team USA Minnesota 33:52.16
20 Juli Accurso Ohio U. 33:52.33
21 Joanna Thompson North Carolina St. 33:52.62
22 Karaleigh Millhouse Oiselle Racing Team 33:53.97
23 Jana Soethout San Francisco 34:07.61
24 Meghan McGlinchey La Salle 34:39.94
25 Gabi Anzalone Wisconsin 34:53.97
26 Sarah-Anne Brault West Virginia 34:56.70
27 Ellie Keyser Boulder Track Club 35:15.29
-- Allison Mendez adidas/RogueAC DNF
-- Tanya Zeferjahn Unattached DNF
-- Katie Kellner Cornell DNF
Post Race 10k Interviews from Flotrack
| Shalane Flanagan |
Kara Goucher Just Misses |
Jordan Hasay After Her Debut |
Women’s 5000m: Alisha Williams Impresses
Event 68 Women 5000 Meter Run Section 1
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Name Year School Finals
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Finals
1 Alisha Williams BRC/adidas 15:09.73
2 Betsy Saina Iowa State 15:12.05
3 Chelsea Reilly Bay Area Track Club 15:13.24
4 Aliphine Tuliamuk-Bolton Wichita State 15:18.86
5 Lisa Uhl NIKE 15:29.64
6 Laura Thweatt Boulder Track Club 15:36.85
7 Sara Hall Asics 15:43.97
8 Christine Babcock Washington 15:44.98
9 Addie Bracy Brooks 15:45.24
10 Amy Van Alstine Adidas-McMil 15:46.76
11 Linsdey Anderson Unattached 15:47.38
12 Jamie Cheever Brooks/Team USA MN 15:48.74
13 Chelsea Oswald Kentucky 15:49.57
14 Katrina Coogan Georgetown 15:50.08
15 Meaghan Nelson Iowa State 15:51.63
16 Nanaka Izawa Juntendo 15:51.63
17 Kelsey Santisteban California 15:52.06
18 Cally Macumber Kentucky 16:04.24
19 Lianne Farber North Carolina 16:07.04
20 Rebeka Stowe Unattached 16:08.77
21 Rosa Del Toro Unattached 16:14.79
22 Azusa Kurusu Juntendo 16:39.69
23 Madeline Chambers Georgetown 16:50.86
-- Hannah Neczypor Georgetown DNF
-- Kathy Kroeger Stanford DNF
-- Yuriko Kobayashi Toyota Wellness DNF
Women’s Steeple
Record Timing FHT Results:
Stanford Invitational – 3/29/2013 to 3/30/2013 Stanford University -Stanford, California
Event 65 Women 3000 Meter Steeplechase Section 1
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Name Year School Finals
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Finals
1 Alexi Pappas Unattached 9:46.73
2 Rachel Sorna Cornell 9:52.58
3 Amber Henry Weber State 9:55.07
4 Alicia Nelson Adams State 10:09.62
5 Carrie Dimoff Bowerman AC 10:10.92
6 Susan Tanui Alaska Anchorage 10:13.40
7 Maggie Callahan Unattached 10:15.24
8 Kara DeWalt Bay Area Track Club 10:16.43
9 Katie Moraczewski Minnesota 10:23.55
10 Brianna Nerud Syracuse 10:26.44
11 Genna Hartung Cornell 10:28.92
12 Ashley Beutler Wisconsin 10:29.48
13 Maddie McClellan North Dakota St. 10:38.37
14 Madeline Aufmann Illinois 10:41.40
Women’s 1500
Event 58 Women 1500 Meter Run Section 1
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Name Year School Finals
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Finals
1 Amanda Mergaert Utah 4:17.22
2 Rebecca Tracy Notre Dame 4:18.07
3 Charlotte Arter New Mexico 4:19.03
4 Ashley Miller Asics 4:19.03
5 Sophie Curl San Francisco 4:19.81
6 Annie Leblanc Oregon 4:21.08
7 Mary Alenbratt SMU 4:21.17
8 Jillian King Boston College 4:21.51
9 Sarah Penney Oregon 4:21.72
10 Nicci Corbin Arizona 4:21.91
11 Jordyn Smith Team Run Eugene 4:22.58
12 Lyndsay Harper Brooks/BATC 4:27.63
-- Alexi Poppos Unattached DNF
Men’s 10,000m
Event 24 Men 10000 Meter Run Section 1
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Name Year School Finals
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Finals
1 John Gilbertson The Masters 28:30.35 2 Parker Stinson Oregon 28:34.71 3 Jared Ward BYU 28:36.15 4 Aldo Vega Unattached 28:46.72 5 Diego Estrada Northern Arizona 28:52.73 6 Andy Wacker BRC/adidas 28:52.81 7 Ernest Kibet Louisville 28:55.55 8 Solomon Haile Arkansas 28:56.92 9 Breandan oNeill Florida St. 28:57.44 10 Tylor Thatcher BYU 28:59.29 11 Mike Murphy Columbia 29:03.33 12 joseph gray SCOTT Sports 29:04.06 13 Erik Olson Stanford 29:06.14 14 Jimmy Clark Florida 29:08.32 15 Maksim Korolev Harvard 29:13.80 16 Martin Grady Notre Dame 29:14.21 17 Brett Kelly Cornell 29:14.85 18 Jake Schmitt Unattached 29:15.43 19 David Perry Portland 29:20.34 20 Josh Izewski Florida 29:21.41 21 Paul Katam UNC-Greensboro 29:21.87 22 David Sanchez Adams State 29:23.30 23 Max Storms Missouri 29:25.42 24 Jake Kildoo Notre Dame 29:26.20 25 Matthew Tebo Boulder Track Club 29:32.75 26 Cale Allen Purdue 29:33.68 27 Jonathan Peterson Team USA Minnesota 29:36.60 28 Elkanah Kibet Unattached 29:43.83 29 Brian Leung Wisconsin 29:49.20 30 Jake Sienko Columbia 29:55.97 31 Nico Composto Columbia 30:07.13 32 Jim Rosa Stanford 30:09.32 -- Sean Brown Boulder Runn DNF -- Elliot Krause Wisconsin DNF -- Maverick Darling Wisconsin DNF
Men’s 5,000m
Event 19 Men 5000 Meter Run Section 1
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Name Year School Finals
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Finals
1 Kemoy Campbell Arkansas 13:32.82
2 Andrew Poore adidas 13:33.03
3 Andrew Bayer Indiana 13:34.82
4 Anthony Rotich UTEP 13:34.84
5 Craig Miller New Balance 13:35.51
6 Ben Hubers Unattached 13:35.97
7 Sean Quigley Boulder Track Club 13:36.70
8 Zachary Mayhew Indiana 13:41.95
9 Paul Chelimo UNC-Greensboro 13:42.03
10 Bolota Asmerom Unattached 13:43.19
11 Andrew Springer Georgetown 13:46.05
12 jose pena VENEZUELA 13:47.25
13 Rico Loy Iowa State 13:50.12
14 Futsum Zienasellassie Northern Arizona 13:50.50
15 Robert Cheseret US ARMY 13:51.58
16 Martin Hehir Syracuse 13:53.65
17 William Nelson Unattached 13:54.74
18 Tyler Stutzman Stanford 14:02.27
19 Mark Feigen Columbia 14:02.46
20 Alfredo Santana La Salle 14:07.42
21 Stanley Kebenei Arkansas 14:12.53
22 Brian Shrader Northern Arizona 14:15.22
23 Joe Rosa Stanford 14:19.05
24 Jeremy Drenckhahn Air Force 14:26.10
25 Kenyon Neuman Unattached 14:34.02
-- Michael Atchoo Stanford DNF
-- MARIO BAZAN Unattached DNF
Men’s Steeple
Event 15 Men 3000 Meter Steeplechase Section 1
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Name Year School Finals
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Finals
1 Mattias Wolter Louisville 8:43.73
2 Zak Seddon Florida St. 8:45.63
3 Steve Flint BYU 8:49.13
4 Mike Hardy Weber State 8:50.08
5 Ole Hesselbjerg Eastern Kentucky 8:51.14
6 Jordan Carlson Unattached 8:53.58
7 Andrew Gonzales Washington St. 8:58.37
8 Collin Jarvis California 8:59.00
9 Spenser Lynass Colorado St. 9:01.21
10 Jonas Legernes Arizona 9:02.03
11 Matt Hillenbrand Kentucky 9:16.23
12 Kyle Enghell Unattached 9:42.59
-- James Tracy BYU DNF
Men’s, 1,500m
Event 8 Men 1500 Meter Run Section 1
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Name Year School Finals
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Finals
1 Riley Masters Oklahoma 3:40.77
2 Matt Miner Oregon 3:42.60
3 Kevin Batt Adams State 3:42.78
4 Elijah Greer Oregon 3:43.56
5 Joey Bywater Washington 3:43.95
6 Isaac Presson North Carolina 3:44.25
7 Connor Winter Colorado 3:44.54
8 Chad Noelle Oregon 3:45.84
9 Blake Theroux Colorado 3:48.19
10 Nick Hutton Minnesota 3:48.97
11 Patrick Rono Arkansas 3:52.40
-- Billy Ledder Georgetown DNF