An historic event occurred last night at Stanford as Chris Solinsky ran 26:59.6 to shatter the American Record that was 27:13.98. It was a fabulous run but what was more surprising was that this was his debut at the distance and the race had been billed as Galen Rupp's attempt to break the record and Chris upstaged the runner from the sister training group. Also, Chris becomes the first non-African born runner under 27 minutes.
The IAAF story above has a good recounting of the race and you can see Flotrack's finish of the race but a quick summary is the rabbits took it through mid-race on 27:10 or so pace and then Rupp took over the lead and pulled everyone along with Chelanga, Salel, and Solinsky close behind (Bairu may have been there too). Rupp made a move with 3 or so to go, Solinsky went with him and passed him with about 2 to go and closed in about 1:56. Rupp finished 4th in 27:10, breaking Meb's former AR time, but Salel and Chelanga beat him, Chelanga setting a new Collegiate Record.
Quite an impressive race, especially considering it was his debut, but clearly shows he is likely in sub-13 5000m shape which it appears is his goal for the year, or rather breaking Dathan Ritzenhein's AR of 12:56 is the goal. He'll be running one in Oslo in early June and then another at the Pre-Classic in July.
It is shaping up to be a great summer for American distance running. Look for Rupp to come back strong and Matt Tegenkamp who went sub-13 last year should have a another go at the AR. Enjoy!
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Sunday, January 31, 2010
University of Washington Invitational Indoor Track Highlights
Being in Seattle, I'm fortunate to get some great indoor track action each winter as UW hosts a number of events at Dempsey Indoor. Two weeks ago they held the UW Indoor Preview and yesterday was the UW Invitational.
I was there yesterday and being a fan of distance running, was excited to see that Olympians Galen Rupp, Chris Solinsky, and Jen Rhines were all scheduled to run. Flotrack and Runnerspace were there too and had some good coverage and videos. But I have my own video of a few races from a different angle (see below). Flotrack's are better, but hey, I was there and took it so you get it too.
First up was the men's mile with Rupp and Solinsky. Both of the headliners started out mid-pack but moved up so that they were at the front with a lap to go with Rupp leading. Coming off the turn with just the straight to go though, Solinsky had taken the lead and would go on to hold off Galen 3:55.75 to 3:56.22. An outstanding early run for both as they do some under distance racing in preparation for the outdoor season.
In the women's 3000, Jen Rhines and Amy Hastings were the class of the field and went to the front and alternated taking the lead up to 1 lap to go. With a lap to go, Rhines took off and gapped Hastings, but at the top of the straight, Hastings started to gather her in and with Rhines moving out into lane 2, Hastings had an opening and was able to eke by winning in 8:58.45 to Rhines' 8:58.47. A great race.
Last, and less than 2 hours after finishing his mile, Rupp came back in the 3000 set to face Scott Bauhs and Aaron Braun. The three of them separated themselves from the pack mid race and with a lap to go it was the three of them right together. Braun got a bit of a gap on the back straight, but then Rupp and Bauhs made their move and as they approached the finishing straight Rupp had pulled alongside Braun with Bauhs close behind. In what may have been his one mistake, Bauhs tried to get in between his competitors but there wasn't room and he had to make a second move outside and came up just short to Rupp's 7:51.48 in 7:51.65 with Braun just 0.03 back at 7:51.68. Another great race!
From the interview with Galen, it sounds like he'll be in Boston next week to run the 5000 against Lagat and others. And there will be action back at Dempsey in 2 weeks and I'll try to be there again and post another report.
Here is the video with highlights from all 3 races:
I was there yesterday and being a fan of distance running, was excited to see that Olympians Galen Rupp, Chris Solinsky, and Jen Rhines were all scheduled to run. Flotrack and Runnerspace were there too and had some good coverage and videos. But I have my own video of a few races from a different angle (see below). Flotrack's are better, but hey, I was there and took it so you get it too.
First up was the men's mile with Rupp and Solinsky. Both of the headliners started out mid-pack but moved up so that they were at the front with a lap to go with Rupp leading. Coming off the turn with just the straight to go though, Solinsky had taken the lead and would go on to hold off Galen 3:55.75 to 3:56.22. An outstanding early run for both as they do some under distance racing in preparation for the outdoor season.
In the women's 3000, Jen Rhines and Amy Hastings were the class of the field and went to the front and alternated taking the lead up to 1 lap to go. With a lap to go, Rhines took off and gapped Hastings, but at the top of the straight, Hastings started to gather her in and with Rhines moving out into lane 2, Hastings had an opening and was able to eke by winning in 8:58.45 to Rhines' 8:58.47. A great race.
Last, and less than 2 hours after finishing his mile, Rupp came back in the 3000 set to face Scott Bauhs and Aaron Braun. The three of them separated themselves from the pack mid race and with a lap to go it was the three of them right together. Braun got a bit of a gap on the back straight, but then Rupp and Bauhs made their move and as they approached the finishing straight Rupp had pulled alongside Braun with Bauhs close behind. In what may have been his one mistake, Bauhs tried to get in between his competitors but there wasn't room and he had to make a second move outside and came up just short to Rupp's 7:51.48 in 7:51.65 with Braun just 0.03 back at 7:51.68. Another great race!
From the interview with Galen, it sounds like he'll be in Boston next week to run the 5000 against Lagat and others. And there will be action back at Dempsey in 2 weeks and I'll try to be there again and post another report.
Here is the video with highlights from all 3 races:
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