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Lead Stories: Saturday, September 6, 2008

2008 Beijing Olympic Preview: Women’s 1500 Meters

Posted August 12th, 2008 at 3:30 PM by Jesse Squire

Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Olympics

Women’s 1500 Meters

The Schedule: heats, Tuesday Aug 19; semifinals, Thursday Aug 21; finals, Saturday Aug 23
The Americans: #5 Shannon Rowbury, #8 Erin Donohue, #9 Christin Wurth-Thomas
The Contenders: #2 Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BRN), #3 Gelete Burka (ETH), #7 Sarah Jamieson (AUS), #14 Daniela Yordanova (BUL)
The Stats: Records, 2008 List, 2007 Worlds, 2004 Olympics
The Medal Picks: T&FN - Jamal, Soboleva, Tomashova;
SI - Jamal, Lishchynska, Burka
The Story: The USA has never won an Olympic medal in this event, but that may change this year. The Stars & Stripes is fielding its strongest trio ever in this event, headlined by Rowbury. She will be a breakout media star if she manages to win gold.
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Rowbury, Donohue, and Wurth-Thomas Are Beijing-Bound in the 1500m

Posted July 6th, 2008 at 8:27 PM by Stephanie Lowe

Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Olympics

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Shannon Rowbury, Erin Donohue and Christin Wurth-Thomas made the U.S. Olympic Team today in the women’s 1500-meter finals.

Treniere Clement led the race through the first 400 meters in 68.17 seconds. Wurth-Thomas and Rowbury then took the lead around 500 meters. Lindsey Gallo pulled to the front at 800 meters in 2:15.73, but could not hold off Rowbury and Wurth-Thomas.

Rowbury then opened a huge gap to break away from the pack.

“I had a few plans depending on how the race went with the wind, but I just tried to stay relaxed and tried to drive through the finish,” Rowbury said.
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Jordan Hasay Shows No Fear in Women’s 1500m

Posted July 3rd, 2008 at 11:50 PM by Stephanie Lowe

Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Olympics

After two days of rest, the Olympic Trials are back in action tonight. The women’s 1500 meters kicked off with the quarterfinals.

Christin Wurth-Thomas won the first and fastest heat with a time of 4:16.13, followed by Tiffany McWilliams (4:13.54) and Mary Jane Reeves of the Oregon Track Club (4:13.89).

Jordan Hasay is only 16 years old, but she was not afraid to take charge of the second heat. She stayed in front until 1200 meters when Shannon Rowbury passed her. In the end, Rowbury won in 4:16.13. Hasay faded to seventh, but her 4:18.39 qualifies her for the semifinals tomorrow.

The third heat was slower with Lindsey Gallo (4:17.01), Treniere Clement (4:17.33), and Tennessee’s Sarah Bowman (4:17.48) in the top three.
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Great Line-Ups for Sunday’s adidas Track Classic

Posted May 15th, 2008 at 9:00 AM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

Organizers have secured great line-ups for Sunday’s adidas Track Classic at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., and that includes the middle and long distance events.

The men’s 1500m is shaping up to the the top event, led by double world champion and two-time Olympic medalist, Bernard Lagat. Commonwealth Games medalists Nick Willis of Australia and Nate Brannen of Canada are also in the field, along with perennial Canadia star Kevin Sullivan and former NCAA ace Lopez Lomong. Nick Symmonds will be moving up from his usual specialty, the 800m, while 5000m man Adam Goucher will be moving down for a speed workout.
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U.S. Indoor Track & Field Championships Recap

Posted February 25th, 2008 at 12:00 PM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

Shannon Rowbury and Matt Tegenkamp [Pictured] dominated the 3-K’s, while Khadevis Robinson just held off Nick Symmonds in the men’s 800m to highlight two days of action at the AT&T U.S. Indoor Championships here. The meet served as the U.S. trials for next month’s IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics in Valencia, Spain, with the top-2 finishers in each event earning provisional berths on the U.S. team.

As expected, Tegenkamp defended his title, but now has the distinction of winning the national 3000m crown in the slowest ever time since the event was introduced to these championships in 1987. In fact, his 8:02.52 clocking is the only winning time north of eight minutes in the history of the meet.
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USA Indoor T&F Champs: Wurth Continues Strong Winter with 1500m National Championship

Posted February 23rd, 2008 at 8:34 PM by Jeremy Sussman

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

Former University of Arkansas standout Christin Wurth-Thomas put on a dominant front-running display to win her first national title at the 2008 USATF Indoor Championships. Wurth-Thomas ran an outstanding 4:27.18 full mile last week at the Tyson Invitational and followed it up with a 1500m victory here in 4:14.21.

Tonight’s race started off with a very slow first 400m (1:17.9) as the runners jockeyed for position and settled in. Confident in her strength, Wurth-Thomas surged to the lead at that point and never looked back. Jenelle Deatherage and Amy Mortimer gave chase with the rest of the field stringing out behind them.
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Three-Peat for Clement at U.S. Championships

Posted June 24th, 2007 at 11:00 AM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

The key action on the pentultimate day of the AT&T USA Outdoor Championships here was at the 1500m distance, where Treniere Clement won her third consecutive title and Jordan Hasay, competing in the Finish Line Junior Track & Field Championshps, won her first junior title.

Clement, the former Georgetown star, followed the early pace set by Tiffany McWilliams, sitting comfortably in third place through 400m (1:06:06) and 800m (2:12.15). Christin Wurth-Thomas was sitting in second, and she was getting ready to break the race open.
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AT&T USA Outdoor T&F Champs: Saturday event previews

Posted June 23rd, 2007 at 9:00 AM by Martin Kennedy

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

HEPTATHLON, Day Two

Key Athletes: GiGi Johnson, Hyleas Fountain, Diana Pickler, Jacquelyn Johnson

The past two USATF champions are in the field with GiGi Johnson (2006) and Fountain (2005), but it is US list leader Pickler who topped the standings with 3,636 points after the first day. Fountain is 18 points adrift, with Johnson two more behind her. NCAA champ Johnson is fifth at 3,495.

DECATHLON, Day Two

Key Athletes: Tom Pappas, Paul Terek, Jake Arnold

Four-time U.S. winner Pappas, who leads with 4,394 points, is the defending champion and could tie Bill Toomey and Dan O’Brien for most U.S. titles in the event after the withdrawal of ‘05 world champion Bryan Clay. Arnold recently claimed his second NCAA title, scoring 8,215 for the victory, and is sxth after five events. Terek scored 8,134 to win at Desenzano on May 6 and is seeking his third Worlds team berth.
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Alan Webb, Sarah Jamieson win the mile at Reebok Boston Indoor Games

Posted January 27th, 2007 at 8:17 PM by Martha Jones

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

American Alan Webb continued his domination, but Shayne Culpepper was upset by Australia’s Sarah Jamieson in the 1 mile races at tonight’s Reebok Boston Indoor Games.

Webb, who The Final Sprint will be interviewing on Monday, was able to secure the big win in a time of 3:55.18; a new indoor P.R. Canadian Kevin Sullivan was the runner-up, finishing in a time of 3:57.33, and Australia’s Mark Fountain came in third (3:57.76).

Sarah Jamieson was able to pull of the win in a time of at 4:28.03. She upset America’s Shayne Culpepper (4:31.35) and Christin Wurth-Thomas (4:31.84). Sarah Hall, wife of Ryan Hall, had a disappointing fourth-place finish (4:32.24).

In other events, Steven Hooker continued to demonstrate why he holds the number one ranking and came away with yet another victory in the pole vault (not to mention a new Australian record). Stay tuned … the results of the men’s and women’s 3000m will be posted shortly.

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