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USA Indoor T&F Champs: Rowbury Blasts Ahead to Win Women’s 3k

Posted February 23rd, 2008 at 7:20 PM by Jared Markowitz

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

The Women’s 3000m at the 2008 USATF Indoor Championships was a very closely contested race until former Duke star Shannon Rowbury shifted gears and dropped the field impressively in the last 300m to claim the title in 8:55.19.

The race started with a tight pack reaching the 400m in 1:12 and the 800m in 2:25.37 led by Kristen Anderson. From there Jen Rhines took charge and was followed closely by Erin Donahue, Shannon Rowbury, Katie McGregor, Julie Culley and Amy Hastings (in that order). They reached 1200m in 3:36 and the mile in 4:48.83, right around 9:00 3k pace.

Hastings dropped off a bit as Rhines continued to push the pace and it became a 5 woman race as the 2k was reached in 6:02.9 and 2400m in 7:17.4. Katie McGregor and Julie Culley made bids to move up but were unsuccessful as they were forced outside.

With 300m to go, the field swept by Jen Rhines, with Erin Donahue moving to the lead briefly before she was eclipsed by the fast closing Rowbury.

Rowbury went through 2800 in 8:25.73 and almost instantly built a 35-40m lead before closing strong in a 29.5 last 200 m. Rowbury was followed by Jen Rhines in 8:59.98, Julie Culley in 9:00.14, Katie McGregor in 9:03.34 and Erin Donahue in 9:07.88.

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[…] The Women’s 3000m at the 2008 USATF Indoor Championships was a very closely contested race until former Duke star Shannon Rowbury shifted gears and dropped the field impressively in the last 300m to claim the title in 8:55.19. The race started with a tight pack reaching the 400m in 1:12 and the 800m in 2:25.37 led by Kristen Anderson. From there Jen Rhines took charge and was followed closely by Erin Donahue, Shannon Rowbury, Katie McGregor, Julie Culley and Amy Hastings (in that order). They Click here for the source […]
February 23rd, 2008 at 9:03 pm
Grace said:

Great job Julie culley…. grace, sandra and pat are cheering for you:))
March 1st, 2008 at 9:38 am