2013 Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational: Men’s Results and Flash Recap

by LetsRun.com
April 29, 2013

The 2013 Payton Jordan Invitational was Sunday night (Monday morning ET) in Palo Alto. Since the meet is really all about a chase for times, below we give you the results for the top heat of each the men’s distance events as well as a brief comment or two if the race was significant.

The times next to the event are the 2013 Moscow World Championship ‘A’ and ‘B’ standards. It’s important to remember that unlike in the Olympics, you can go to the Moscow World Champs with a ‘B’ qualifier (two ‘As’ and one ‘B’ can go).

We start with the men’s 5000 as that was the most hyped event and then give you the events with the most qualifiers next.

For the results from other events/heats, click here.

Men’s 5000 (13:15/13:20)

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Event 18  Men 5000 Meter Run Section 1
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   Name                    Year School                  Finals
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Finals
  1 Ben True                     Saucony               13:14.44
  2 Evan Jager                   Nike                  13:14.60
  3 Diego Estrada                Northern Arizona      13:15.33
  4 Leonard Korir                Global Sport          13:15.45
  5 Hassan Mead                  Otc                   13:15.50
  6 Dan Huling                   Nike                  13:18.42
  7 Eric Jenkins                 Northeastern          13:18.57
  8 Garrett Heath                Saucony/Aurum         13:20.01
  9 Sam Chelanga                 Otc                   13:20.07
 10 Zane Robertson               Unattached            13:21.15
 11 Chris Solinsky               Nike                  13:23.62
 12 Brett Robinson               Melbourne Tr          13:26.35
 13 Jeff See                     Saucony               13:29.08
 14 George-Byron Alex            Unattached            13:29.55
 15 Luke Caldwell                New Mexico            13:29.94
 16 Maverick Darling             Wisconsin             13:30.40
 17 Parker Stinson               Oregon                13:31.70
 18 Bobby Curtis                 Hansons-Brooks Odp    13:32.57
 19 Paul Chelimo                 Unc-Greensboro        13:36.27
 20 Byron Piedra                 Ecuador               13:37.60
 21 Alan Webb                    Nike                  13:37.68
 22 Aldo Vega                    Unattached            13:41.73
 23 José Mauricio González G     Colombia              13:53.55
 24 David McCarthy               Unattached            13:56.80
 -- Alex Hatz                    Wisconsin                  DNF
 -- Arne Gabius                  Unattached                 DNF
 -- Chris Derrick                Nike/Aurum                 DNF  8:01.07-3k

The fine season for World Cross Country sixth placer Ben True continued as he got the narrow win and ‘A’ qualifier over Evan Jager 13:14.44 to 13:14.60 as the top seven all got at least a ‘B’ qualifier. Both True and Jager PR’d in the process as their previous pbs were 13:20.53 and 13:22.18 respectively.

However, the guy having the biggest breakthrough in the US in 2013 isn’t True. It’s Eric Jenkins. The junior from New Hampshire, who took his 3000 PR from 8:37 to 7:50 indoors (and 7:46.21 ignoring a DQ), took his pb from 14:04 to 13:18 on Sunday in Palo Alto. Wow!!!

Quick Take #1: Jenkins is now the ninth tenth fastest collegian and fourth (or fifth see below) fastest American collegian in history according to Track and Field News

Correction: Diego Estrada is so good we forgot he’s still in college. Diego is running for NAU this spring. Estrada is a US and Mexican citizen but runs for Mexico internationally. So Estrada’s run makes him the fastest time by an American collegian, but not the fastest time by an American who can represent the US internationally.

Ten Fastest Collegians in History at 5000
(Bold = American)
13:08.28i        Lawi Lalang’ (Arizona)        02/11/12
13:08.4            Henry Rono’ (Washington St)        04/08/78
13:13.74i        Stephen Sambu’ (Arizona)        02/11/02
13:15.33         Diego Estrada (NAU)   4/28/2013*
13:15.77      Bill McChesney (Oregon)        05/16/81
13:16.98         Alistair Cragg’ (Arkansas)        04/30/04
13:18.12i        Galen Rupp (Oregon)        02/13/09
13:18.46        Brent Vaughn (Colorado)        05/04/08
13:18.47        Cam Levins’ (Southern Utah)        04/20/12
13:18.58         Eric Jenkins (Northeastern)    4/28/2013
13:19.22        Rudy Chapa (Oregon)        04/07/79
*US Citizen but runs for Mexico internationally.
Note: Track and Filed News collegiate lists do not count marks after the NCAA meet of an athlete’s senior year. Stanford list Ian Dobson (13:15.33) and Ryan Hall (13:16.03) on its 5k lists, but those marks were ran after NCAAs.

Quick Take #2: Not that they are likely to go for the US or Kenya in the 5000, but it sucks that Garrett Heath and Sam Chelanga missed it by .01 and .07 respectively.

Quick Take #3: The ultimate big story from this heat may be the fact that the comeback of former 26:59 man Chris Solinsky is coming along very well. His 13:23 is a big step up from the 8:05 3000 he ran indoors.

Quick Take #4: We know Alan Webb improved a lot in a short period last year but it’s painful to see him third to last in a race.

Quick Take #5: Added Monday am: Alan Webb fading to 13:37 in his first race of the year isn’t a disaster. Not sure why he wouldn’t do some sort of rust buster before this. How many other guys were in their first race of the year? Nonetheless, to be really relevant now as a US guy on the international stage, you need to be a 13:00 guy. That’s a long way from 13:37.

More: MB: WEBB IS BACK, BABY, 13:37

Men’s 1000 (27:40/28:05)

1 Ben St Lawrence Melbourne Tr 27:37.55
2 Suguru Osako Waseda University 27:38.31
3 Yuki Sato Nissin Foods 27:39.50
4 Chris Thompson Otc 27:40.81
5 Bashir Abdi Golazo Sports 27:43.99
6 Ryan Vail Unattached 27:44.05
7 Aaron Braun Adidas 27:44.58
8 Jake Robertson Unattached 27:45.46
9 Sean Quigley Boulder Track Club 27:50.78
10 Girma Mecheso Oklahoma State 27:52.38
11 Tonny Okello Santa Monica TC 27:55.07
12 Tsuyoshi Ugachi Konica Minolta 27:55.27
13 Andrew Bumbalough Nike 27:56.78
14 Christo Landry Mizuno 27:59.22
15 Liam Adams Adidas Australia 28:16.18
16 Bobby Mack Reebok 28:31.14
17 Chihiro Miyawaki Toyotabw 28:33.23
18 Stephen Furst Adidas 28:38.16
19 Robert Cheseret US Army 28:39.95
20 Jonny Mellor Adidas 28:42.20
21 Abdi Nageeye Global Sport 28:44.51
22 Joseph Chirlee Unattached 28:54.29
23 Chris Barnicle Unattached 28:56.28
24 Tiidrek Nurme Estonia 28:59.88
25 Tyler Pennel Zap Fitness 29:04.56
26 Jake Riley Hansons-Brooks Odp 29:06.29
27 Dan Lowry Unattached 29:22.17
28 Daisuke Shimizu Kanebo 29:31.59
— Bolota Asmerom Unattached DNF
— Matt Tegenkamp Unattached DNF

Quick Take #1: Can someone tell us why the IAAF lowered the ‘A” standard from 27:45 for Londo to 27:40? Seems stupid to us.

Quick Take #2: As fans, we were hoping to see 2013 World Cross Country heroes Bobby Mack and Ryan Vail get the ‘A’. Vail got the ‘B’ which he already had. Mack has the ‘B’ from last year as well.

Men’s Steeple (8:26/8:32)

Event 14  Men 3000 Meter Steeplechase Section 1
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    Name                    Year School                  Finals
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Finals
  1 Matt Hughes                  Unattached             8:21.34
       33.524 (33.524)     1:40.974 (1:07.450)     2:50.060 (1:09.087)
   3:59.274 (1:09.214)     5:07.540 (1:08.266)     6:14.154 (1:06.615)
   7:19.104 (1:04.950)
  2 jose pena                    venezuela              8:22.56
       33.137 (33.137)     1:40.744 (1:07.607)     2:49.843 (1:09.100)
   3:59.493 (1:09.650)     5:07.666 (1:08.173)     6:14.108 (1:06.442)
   7:18.770 (1:04.663)
  3 Alex Genest                  Speed River Nbtf       8:23.43
       34.170 (34.170)     1:42.074 (1:07.905)     3:59.896 (2:17.822)
   5:08.518 (1:08.623)        5:08.740 (0.222)     6:15.611 (1:06.872)
   7:21.601 (1:05.990)
  4 Haron Lagat                  Kenya                  8:24.90
       34.837 (34.837)     1:41.464 (1:06.628)     2:49.756 (1:08.292)
   3:59.039 (1:09.284)     5:07.304 (1:08.266)     6:14.393 (1:07.089)
   7:19.979 (1:05.586)
  5 DeSean Turner                Team Indiana           8:29.99
       34.376 (34.376)     1:41.822 (1:07.447)     2:50.652 (1:08.830)
   4:00.071 (1:09.420)     5:08.172 (1:08.101)     6:15.452 (1:07.281)
   7:23.157 (1:07.705)
  6 Chris Winter                 Speed River Nbtf       8:31.39
       34.546 (34.546)     1:41.794 (1:07.248)     2:50.566 (1:08.772)
   3:59.960 (1:09.395)     5:08.314 (1:08.354)     6:17.895 (1:09.581)
   7:25.338 (1:07.444)
  7 Hillary Bor                  Unattached             8:32.41
       33.936 (33.936)     1:41.370 (1:07.434)     2:50.312 (1:08.942)
   3:59.699 (1:09.387)     5:08.038 (1:08.339)     6:16.112 (1:08.074)
   7:25.418 (1:09.306)
  8 Cameron Bean                 Zap Fitness            8:32.57
       34.270 (34.270)     1:41.492 (1:07.222)     2:50.348 (1:08.857)
   3:59.644 (1:09.296)     5:08.490 (1:08.847)     6:17.447 (1:08.957)
   7:26.205 (1:08.758)
  9 Donald Cowart                World Express AC       8:32.84
       33.662 (33.662)     1:41.088 (1:07.426)     2:50.000 (1:08.912)
   3:59.310 (1:09.311)     5:07.424 (1:08.114)     6:14.851 (1:07.428)
   7:22.946 (1:08.095)
 10 Jun Shinoto                  Sanyo Special Steel    8:32.89
       35.664 (35.664)     1:42.841 (1:07.178)     2:51.396 (1:08.556)
   4:00.754 (1:09.358)     5:09.036 (1:08.282)     6:17.703 (1:08.667)
   7:26.671 (1:08.968)
 11 Zak Seddon                   Florida State          8:34.42
       35.090 (35.090)     1:42.356 (1:07.267)     2:50.864 (1:08.508)
   4:00.218 (1:09.354)     5:08.740 (1:08.522)     6:16.438 (1:07.698)
   7:25.070 (1:08.632)
 12 Luis Ibarra                  Nike Run LA            8:39.91
       34.628 (34.628)     1:41.606 (1:06.979)     2:50.550 (1:08.944)
   3:59.835 (1:09.285)     5:08.666 (1:08.832)     6:19.015 (1:10.349)
   7:30.450 (1:11.435)
 13 James Wilkinson              Leeds AC               8:41.39
       35.533 (35.533)     1:42.956 (1:07.423)     2:51.226 (1:08.270)
   4:00.351 (1:09.126)     5:08.968 (1:08.617)     6:18.196 (1:09.229)
   7:28.520 (1:10.324)
 14 Aric VanHalen                Colorado               8:44.32
       35.698 (35.698)     1:42.422 (1:06.725)     2:50.943 (1:08.521)
   3:59.612 (1:08.670)     5:08.134 (1:08.522)     6:18.046 (1:09.912)
   7:29.202 (1:11.156)
 15 Augustus Maiyo               US Army                8:48.40
       34.943 (34.943)     1:43.128 (1:08.186)     2:51.812 (1:08.684)
   4:01.468 (1:09.656)     5:11.154 (1:09.686)     6:22.879 (1:11.725)
   7:35.676 (1:12.798)
 16 Tsuyoshi Takeda              Suzuki Hamamatsu AC    8:49.47
       35.458 (35.458)     1:42.558 (1:07.100)     2:51.142 (1:08.585)
   4:00.496 (1:09.354)     5:10.914 (1:10.418)     6:24.758 (1:13.844)
   7:38.080 (1:13.322)
 17 Mark Parrish                 Florida                8:57.99
       35.314 (35.314)     1:43.425 (1:08.112)     2:52.075 (1:08.650)
   4:00.993 (1:08.918)     5:10.832 (1:09.839)     6:31.283 (1:20.452)
   7:46.206 (1:14.923)
 18 John Sullivan                adidas/RogueAC         9:00.05
       35.266 (35.266)     1:43.008 (1:07.742)     2:52.095 (1:09.088)
   4:01.636 (1:09.541)     5:13.240 (1:11.604)     6:29.111 (1:15.872)
   7:46.141 (1:17.030)

The top four all got the ‘A’ including heat winner in former two-time NCAA champ Matt Hughes of Canada.

Men’s 800 (1:45.30/1:46.20)

Event 4  Men 800 Meter Run
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    Name                    Year School                  Finals
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Section  1
  1 Brandon Johnson              Hsi- Nike              1:46.47
       52.937 (52.937)
  2 Felix Kitur                  Santa Monica TC        1:47.28
       52.603 (52.603)
  3 Joe Abbott                   Unattached             1:47.43
       53.168 (53.168)
  4 Pablo Solares                Bay Area Track Club    1:47.71
       53.279 (53.279)
  5 Prince Mumba                 Santa Monica TC        1:47.87
       53.097 (53.097)
  6 Anthony Romaniw              Guelph                 1:47.93
       53.325 (53.325)
  7 Mark Husted                  Denver TC              1:48.25
       53.706 (53.706)
  8 Masato Yokota                Fujitsu                1:54.16
       53.832 (53.832)

Men’s 1500 (3:35/3:37)

Event 8  Men 1500 Meter Run Section 1
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    Name                    Year School                  Finals
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Finals
  1 Chris O'Hare                 Unattached             3:38.48
       44.819 (44.819)       1:44.017 (59.198)       2:42.257 (58.240)
  2 Riley Masters                Oklahoma               3:38.79
       43.490 (43.490)       1:42.859 (59.369)       2:42.127 (59.269)
  3 Henrik Ingebrigtsen          Aam                    3:39.07
       43.861 (43.861)       1:43.218 (59.357)       2:42.323 (59.106)
  4 Michael Atchoo               Stanford               3:39.57
       44.335 (44.335)       1:43.668 (59.333)       2:42.993 (59.325)
  5 Ben Blankenship              Otc                    3:39.71
       44.610 (44.610)       1:43.502 (58.892)       2:42.825 (59.324)
  6 John Bolas                   New Balance            3:39.73
       44.243 (44.243)       1:43.797 (59.555)       2:42.606 (58.809)
  7 Craig Miller                 New Balance            3:39.81
       44.056 (44.056)       1:43.387 (59.331)       2:42.561 (59.175)
  8 Rich Peters                  Boston U.              3:40.05
       43.671 (43.671)       1:43.025 (59.354)       2:42.478 (59.454)
  9 Russell Brown                Otc                    3:40.09
       44.203 (44.203)       1:43.533 (59.330)       2:42.764 (59.231)
 10 Tyler Stutzman               Stanford               3:40.43
       44.465 (44.465)       1:43.807 (59.343)       2:42.754 (58.947)
 11 Duncan Phillips              Austin Track Club      3:42.62
       44.757 (44.757)       1:44.087 (59.330)       2:43.302 (59.216)
 -- Austin Mudd                  Wisconsin                  DNF
       44.452 (44.452)       1:44.223 (59.771)     2:47.566 (1:03.344)
 -- Andres Perezchica            Unattached                 DNF
       42.611 (42.611)       1:42.415 (59.804)

 

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