Oregon Twilight: Edward Cheserek Beaten By Guy You’ve Never Heard of at Oregon Twilight, Mary Cain Runs 2:08 800, Edward Kemboi Wins 800
by LetsRun.com
May 6, 2016
The Oregon Twilight meet was tonight in Eugene, Oregon.
We’ve got the highlights below.
Cheserek Suffers 2nd Straight Shock Loss in a Row
With the Pac-12 meet next week, a lot of the Oregon Duck stars did not compete, but the biggest news was NCAA stud Edward Cheserek did compete in the 3000m and he suffered his second straight home loss in a row having nothing in the final kick, losing to Sam Atkin of Lewis-Clark State College. Video of the finish and results below.
Cheserek told GoDucks.com, “I just wanted to get out here again, get my legs moving. I feel OK, just getting ready for Pac-12s, to go out and help the team.”
WHOA!! Lewis & Clark's Sam Atkin takes down Edward Cheserek in the 3,000m!
Watch #Pac12TF: https://t.co/YfMNDWLu5w https://t.co/luKmYg0etk
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Men 3000 Meter Run
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Meet: # 7:37.7h 1979 Rudy Chapa, Oregon
UO: ! 7:37.70 1979 Rudy Chapa, Oregon
Name Year School Finals
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1 Sam Atkin Lewis-Clark 7:56.70
2 Edward Cheserek Oregon 7:57.26
3 Eric Avila Team Run Eug 8:05.24
4 Matthew Clowes Unattached 8:10.71
5 Tanner Anderson Unattached 8:11.72
6 DJ Flores Team Run Eug 8:21.28
7 Brody Smith Unattached 8:22.36
8 Walter Vail Unattached 8:22.81
9 Andy Monroe Unattached 8:32.75
10 Doug Benson Team Run Eug 8:33.97
11 Mitchell Butler Unattached 8:54.85
-- Bryan Fernandez Oregon DNF
-- John Ricardi Club NW DNF
-- Brendan Scanlon Team Run Eug DNF
-- Matthew Melancon Oregon DNF
Discuss what’s wrong with King Ches: Down Goes Edward Cheserek (again)… King Ches just lost to a guy from Lewis and Clark College
Men’s 800m: Edward Kemboi Edges Cas Loxsom
The top distance event with multiple pros was the men’s 800m where former NCAA champ Edward Kemboi, who joined the High Performance West group today in Portland, edged Cas Loxsom for the win ahead of former World Championship team member Brandon Johnson.
Men 800 Meter Run Invitational
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Meet: # 1:45.15 2008 Boaz Lanag, Rend Lake Co
UO: ! 1:41.77 1984 Joaquin Cruz, Oregon
Name Year School Finals
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1 Edward Kemboi High Perform 1:48.13
2 Casimir Loxsom Brooks 1:48.16
3 Brandon Johnson NIKE 1:48.70
4 Nathan Fleck High Perform 1:49.41
5 Stephan Bullard Team Run Eug 1:50.14
6 Josh Dempsey Western Oreg 1:51.06
7 Badane Sultessa Western Oreg 1:51.49
8 Josh Hanna Western Oreg 1:54.37
-- Roba Sultessa Clackamas CC DNF
800m: Mary Cain Runs Only 2:08.50
We didn’t see this race and don’t know what Cain’s goal was but she was well beaten and 2:08.50 isn’t even 4:00 1500m pace.
Women 800 Meter Run Invitational
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Meet: # 2:01.28 1985 Claudette Groendaal, Oregon
UO: ! 1:58.33 1985 Claudette Groenendaal, Oregon
Name Year School Finals
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1 Treniere Moser Oregon Project 2:05.36
2 Junia Limage ATS Track Club 2:08.02
3 Mary Cain Oregon Project 2:08.50
4 Ashley Maton Oregon 2:09.10
5 Dezirae Johnson Fresno State 2:10.98
6 Jordan Hasay Oregon Project 2:11.00
-- McKayla Fricker Brooks DNF
Women’s 1500m: Katie Rainsberger Becomes 5th Fastest High Schooler Ever
Pro Treniere Moser got the win but high schooler Katie Rainsberger beat Jordan Hasay and others, lowering her pr from 4:17.50 to 4:14.20 in the process, which is #5 all-time for high school in the U.S. according to GoDucks.com. Rainsberger’s mom, Lisa won the 1985 Boston Marathon. Rainsberger will attend Oregon next year.
Women 1500 Meter Run Invitational
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Meet: # 4:07.50 1992 Maria Mutola, Mozambique
UO: ! 4:05.88 1982 Leann Warren, Oregon
Name Year School Finals
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1 Treniere Moser Oregon Project 4:13.59
2 Katie Rainsberger Unattached 4:14.20
3 Jordan Hasay Oregon Project 4:16.67
4 Mel Lawrence Oiselle 4:17.19
5 Alexi Pappas NIKE OTC Elite 4:17.53
6 Frida Berge Oregon 4:17.80
7 Megan Patrignelli Team Run Eug 4:18.38
8 Emma Abrahamson Oregon 4:20.51
9 Nozomi Takamatsu NIKE 4:21.74
10 Jane Ricardi Club NW 4:22.17
11 Kimber Mattox Team Run Eug 4:22.25
12 Morgan Anderson Oregon State 4:22.94
13 Brianna Nerud Oregon 4:23.99
14 Allison Morgan Brooks 4:25.15
15 Nicole Blood High Perform 4:26.12
16 Kristen Findley High Perform 4:28.61
-- McKayla Fricker Brooks DNF
Mike Berry Beats Ashton Eaton in 400m
Eaton ran 45.00 last year in the decathlon but could “only” manage 45.78 here. He also high jumped 6’5″.
Men 400 Meter Dash Nissan Invit Meet: 46.06 # 2010 Matt Scherer UO: 44.75 ! 2012 Mike Berry Name School Finals Finals 1 Mike Berry NIKE 45.56# 2 Ashton Eaton Oregon Track Clu 45.78# 3 Jake Mihelich Linfield 47.37 4 Chance Tanner High Perform 47.55 5 Korey Thieleke High Perform 47.57 6 Jack Galpin Oregon 48.70 7 Ben Kelly Lane CC 48.74 8 Chin Ng Unattached 50.32 *Full results here *Go Ducks recap