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Lead Stories: Monday, September 8, 2008

“Best” American Records: 800m - 10000m

Posted March 26th, 2008 at 8:00 AM by Jimmie R. Markham

Section: News & Results, Track & Field, SoundOFF, Columns

Rick Wohlhuter With the 2008 outdoor track & field season upon us, and all of the recent hoopla about the resurgence of American distance running, it’s time to analyze the current middle and long-distance American records, some of which are in jeopardy of falling this Olympic season. Some of them, on the other hand, are almost assuredly safe.

I calculated the variances between the American and World records in all of the “official” middle and long-distance events: 800m, 1000m, 1500m, Mile, 2000m, 3000m, 3000m Steeplechase, 5000m and 10000m runs. So which American record is the “best” according to this calculation?

Rick Wohlhuter’s American record of 2:13.90 in the 1000m, a mark he set way back on 07/20/74, is the “best” American record when compared to its % variance to the world record. The current world record in the 1000m was set by Kenya’s Noah Ngeny back on 9/05/1999. His time was 2:11.96. Wohlhuter’s mark is just 1.470% off Ngeny’s mark.
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IAAF World Athletics Final: Women’s 3000m Steeplechase

Posted September 22nd, 2007 at 8:30 AM by Jimmie R. Markham

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

WAF 2007 Yekaterina Volkova (RUS) was the clear favorite going into women’s 3000m Steeplechase of the IAAF World Athletics Final with a season and personal best of 9:06.57, which was 7.95 seconds faster than any other woman in the race. She went straight to the front at the gun.

She led at 1000m in a time of 3:16.11, on pace for a time of 9:48.33. All 10 women were still in contention at this point.

Cristina Casandra (ROM) led at 2000m in 6:29.65 (a 1000m split of 3:13.54). They were now on track for a time of 9:44.48. Volkova was 2m back at this point.
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