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2006 Steeple Results:
Results from Women's Steeplechase Report, a free newsletter sent to readers about 30 times each year.

Automatic Timing and 3000m race distance unless stated otherwise. Reported Age, Birthdate, or Birth Year included (in parentheses) of athletes eligible for age-based championships such as Under age 23, Juniors, Youth, or Masters.

DNF=Did Not Finish MR = Meet Record; NR=National Record PB = Personal Best; SB = Season Best


New Zealand Schools Championship
December 10, 2006
Christchurch, New Zealand
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Sarah McSweeney, Morrinsville 7:00.76; 2-Ruth Croft, Rangi Ruru 7:08.96; 3-Alice Collins, Wanganui 7:10.96; 4-Danielle Trevis, Sacred Heart 7:23.93; 5-Sara Bradley, Howick 7:34.31; 6-Sarah Brooks, Freyberg 7:38.75; 7-Emmah Ussher, New Plymouth 7:41.75; 8-Hannah Wall, Hargest HS 7:44.49; 9-Rebecca Jamieson, Pukekohe 7:53.22; 10-Romana Salis, Queen's HS 7:55.77; 11-Bella Bloomfield, Otago 8:53.88; 12-Caitlyn Campbell, Kuranui 8:57.03; 13-Alison Hetherington, Timaru 9:44.61; DNF: Rosalind Poulgrain, Thames HS.

2006 All-Schools/Youth National Championships
December 7, 2006
Sydney, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
Athletes represent their states whose championships select and advance individuals to the national meet. State affiliations, following athlete names below are abbreviated: ACT = Australian Capital Territory, NSW = New South Wales, QLD = Queensland, SA = South Australia, TAS = Tasmania, VIC = Victoria, WA = Western Australia. All events shown are 2000m Steeplechase.

December 7, Girls under age 15: 1-Jessica Gilfillan, QLD 6:45.12; 2-Charlotte Wilson, NSW 7:08.82; 3-Natalie Dudkowski, QLD 7:26.64; 4-Caitlin O'Donnell, WA 7:34.07; . 5-Kiandra Paterson, VIC 7:34.26; 6-Lottie Ferrier, NSW 7:43.32; 7-Jillian Lyall, TAS 7:45.44; 8-Shannen Hickson, QLD 7:47.20; 9-Imogen Batt-Doyle, SA 7:49.31; 10-Heather Richards, TAS 7:53.85; 11-Darcie Harvey, QLD 7:55.21; 12-Chavon Livey, WA 7:57.69; 13-Emma Treadwell, NSW 8:00.04; 14-Lilly Stanesby, TAS 8:02.99; 15-Catherine Connolly, SA 8:08.67; 16-Anna McCauley, VIC 8:09.86; 17-Anna Hampton, VIC 8:12.85; 18-Maxine Barry, VIC, 8:13.43; 19-Kellie Jesberg, QLD, 9:02.32. DQ-Bridget Hanson, VIC. [Jessica Gilfillan also won the 1500m flat race in her age group at this meet with a time of 4:30.39.]

December 7, Girls under age 16: 1-Samantha Carberry, VIC 6:42.00; 2-Grace Thek, VIC 6:52.54; 3-Kate Sly, VIC 6:52.60; 4-Loren Hadwiger, WA 7:35.73; 5-Jessie O'Brien, NSW 7:37.84; 6-Casey West, QLD 7:38.40; 7-Maegan Urry, QLD 7:38.67; 8-Roisin O'Dwyer-Mazur, QLD 7:39.43; 9-Kate Grope, SA 7:39.62; 10-Juliet Temperton, QLD 7:45.52; 11-Jasmin Princi, SA, 9:29.04. [Carberry's time was well under the 6:52 qualifier for the 2007 World Youth Championship. Thek and Sly both missed a World Youth qualifier by less than a second, running in other events at this meet -- notably Thek's 9:43.47 runnerup performance in 3000m flat race for girls under age 16.]

December 9, Girls under age 17: 1-Elise Clayton, VIC 6:56.88; 2-Sarah Hall, QLD 7:10.76; 3-Lauren McKillop, NSW 7:13.48; 4-Sarah James, QLD 7:18.44; 5-April Sloan, QLD 7:35.10; 6-Hannah Cook, QLD 7:45.79; 7-Sarah Crittendon, ACT 7:53.20; 8-Holly Lipson, VIC 8:00.22; 9-Indiah Hope, QLD 8:07.95; 10-Emily Davidson, QLD 8:08.02; 11-Jacqueline Ann Stacey, QLD 8:12.73; 12-Grace Mackintosh, QLD 8:35.02; DNF-Alyce McKenzie, QLD.

December 9, Girls under age 18: 1-Rachel Green, VIC 6:39.32; 2-Alexis McKillop, NSW 6:53.08; 3-Sarah Grahame, VIC 6:59.56; 4-Libby Clarke, TAS 7:00.33; 5-Hollie Emery, NSW 7:10.55; 6-Anne Southgate, ACT 7:21.47; 7-Leanne Golebiowski, NSW 7:31.04; 8-Emma Stubbs, QLD 7:33.98; 9-Megan Brooks, SA 7:41.22; 10-Roisin O'Dwyer-Mazur, QLD 7:50.79; 11- Lauren Mayne, QLD 7:55.98; 12-Caitlin Knight, QLD, 8:03.19. [Green achieves a world list time for this event, and ran 4:27.98 in her age group's 1500m -- just a stride behind the winner, suggesting she will be ready for the 2008 World Junior Championships.]

Strive Competition
November 26, 2006
Perth, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Lauren Miller 7:43.62; 2-Loren Hadwiger 7:58.49; 3-C.Lively 8:45.74 [8 finishers; Last = 10:47.79]

Club Premiership
November 25, 2006
Sydney, Australia
Hand Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Alexis McKillop 7:08.5; 2-Charlotte Wilson 7:28.4; 3-Lauren McKillop 7:34.8 [6 finish; Last = 8:53.4]

3000m Steeple: 1-Hollie Emery 11:26.0; 2-Lynda Glasson 12:21.9; 3-Michelle Delaney 13:03.7.

Interclubs Meet
November 25, 2006
Adelaide, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Megan Brooks 8:04.52; 2-Catherine Connolly 8:23.19; 3-Jasmin Princi 9:09.81 [6 finish; Last = 10:40.62]

3000m Steeple: 1-Nikki Donnelly 12:06.35; 2-Lisa Davis 13:53.60; 3-Elsa Dent 15:39.40

Argentina Youth Champs
November 19, 2006
La Pampa, Argentina
Automatic Timing
Results:
(Athlete birthdates in parentheses; sequence: year-month-day)

1500m Steeple: 1-Jorgelina Vanesa Monin (91-05-31) 5:47.58; 2-Lucia Gonzalez (91-04-12) 5:49.65; 3-Carolina Rodriguez (91-01-18) 6:14.67; 4-Florenicia Enrique (91-11-19) 6:31.39; 5-Giselle Bravo (91-01-27) 6:45.27; 6-Alejandra Diaz (93-06-03) 7:03.57.

Regional Qualifier Meet
November 18, 2006
Wellington, New Zealand
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Alice Collins 7:27.88; 2-Greta Porter 7:57.39; 3-Andrea Williams 8:07.65; 4-Sarah Brooks 8:18.13.

South America Under Age 23 Champs
November 12, 2006
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Automatic Timing
Results:
3000m Steeple: 1-Jorgelina Angela Figueroa, COL 10:29.5; 2-Sabine Heitling, BRA 10:37.38; 3-Ingrid Galloso, CHI 10:50.46; 4-Rocio Huillca, PER 10:59.60; 5-Gisela Benso, ARG 11:59.26; 6-Lorena Ferrari, ARG 12:11.46; 7-Gerlane Silva, BRA 12:21.80. [Heitling also placed third in 1500m run]

Gold Coast Personal Best Meet
November 11, 2006
Southport, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
(Reported age of athlete shown in parentheses)

2000m Steeple: 1-Sarah Hall (16) 7:22.6; 2-Sarah James (16) 7:33.3; 3-Natalie Dudowski (14) 7:37.8; Hannah Cook (16) 7:48.4; 5-Lauren Mayne (17) 7:52.5; 6-Juliet Templeton (15) 8:07.1; 7-Emily Davidson (16) 8:14.4; 8-Grace McIntosh (16) 8:23.5; 9-Indiah Hope (16) 8:25.5; 10-Jacqui Stacey (16) 8:37.9.

Tasmania Schools Athetlics Games
November 5, 2006
Hobart, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
(Age groups in parentheses: under 18, under 16, under 15)

1-Libby Clarke (u18) 7:04.39; 2-Sophie Ireland (u18) 7:32.52; 3-Heather Richards (u15) 8:03.42; 4-Lilly Stanesby (u15) 8:12.16; 5-Margaret Lyall (u16) 8:29.41.

Clubs Meet
November 4, 2006
Campbelltown, Australia
Hand Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: (Reported athlete age in parentheses)

1-Alexis McKillop (17) 7:13.9; 2-Lauren McKillop (16) 7:36.3; 3-Jessie O'Brien 7:58.9; 4-Leanne Golebiowski (17) 8:39.2; 5-Elizabeth Barton (13) 8:39.2.

All-Comers Meet
November 4, 2006
Ballarat, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Kate Sly 7:07.46; 2-Breanna Ryan 7:54.00; 3-Holly Lipson 8:08.67. [5 finishers]

Interclub Meet
November 4, 2006
Adelaide, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Catherine Connolly 8:08.42; 2-Imogen Batt-Doyle 8:27.15; 3-Jasmin Princi 8:51.04 [6 finishers]

National Interstate Champs
November 3, 2006
Chennai, India
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Kiran Tiwari, Uttaranchal 11:21.62; 2-Chaina Bhattacharjee, West Bengal 11:45.65; 3-K. Maheswari, Tamil Nadu 12:00.81; 4-A. Papathi, Tamil Nadu 12:30.26

South Australia Schools Meet
October 29, 2006
Mile End, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Megan Brooks 7:45.50; 2-Laura Poppleton 7:57.15; 3-Catherine Connolly 8:11.70; 4-Ebony Grieger 8:22.49. [7 finishers]

Victoria Schools Under Age 16 Champs
October 29, 2006
Melbourne, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple:

Girls under age 16: 1-Kate Sly 6:55.09; 2-Grace Thek 6:56.18; 3-Samantha Carberry 7:02.62; 4-Stephanie Kondogonis 7:39.38; 5-Helena Hall 8:29.56. [birth year is 1991 for all]

Girls under age 15 (birth year in parentheses): 1-Tayla Daly (93) 7:40.57; 2-Kiandra Paterson (92) 7:57.68; 3-Bridget Hanson (92) 8:08.17; 4-Anna McCauley (92) 8:17.77; 5-Samantha Howard (92) 8:19.97; 6-Maxine Barry (92) 8:32.69; 7-Jamie Kenny-Page (92) 8:37.13; 8-Charlotte Hanson (94) 8:44.94.

National Meet
October 28, 2006
Changsha, China
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Li Zhenzhu 9:48.63 National Record; X-Zhu Yanmeo 10:01.93; 2-Chen Xiaofang 10:05.18; 3-Zhang Jiaomei 10:07.21; x-Zhao Yanni 10:16.99; 4-Wang Hong 10:17.63; 5-Xu Yinuo 10:23.28; 6-Wang Huan 10:24.71; 7-Li Chingfeng 10:30.72; 8-Lu Minhong 10:48.77; 9-Mu Yingxiu 10:48.79; 10-Zhang Hailian 11:03.58; 11-Zhang Jing 11:42.14. [Zhao Yanni became age 15 on 1 September 2006.]

Queensland All-Schools Champs
October 21, 2006
Brisbane, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple:

Women Age 18-19: 1-Ashleigh Gifillan 7:15.82; 2-Krystle Israel 9:03.15.

Girls Age 16-17: 1-Alyce McKenzie 7:03.14; 2-Sarah Hall 7:13.01; 3-April Sloan 7:28.91; 4-Sarah James 7:33.08; 5-Emma Stubbs 7:41.80; 6-Claire Ogden 7:51.23; 7-Hannah Cook 8:00.23; 8-Lauren Mayne 8:04.79; 9-Caitlyn Knight 8:11.26.

Girls Age 13-15: 1-Jessica Gilfillan 6:45.05; 2-Jasmine Hurikino 7:16.79; 3-Natalie Dudkowski 7.36.33; 4-Darcie Harvey 7:49.11; 5-Roisin O'Dwyer-Mazur 7.57.51; 6-Shannen Hickson 8:01.08; 7-Kellie Jesberg 8:09.84; 8-Juliet Temperton 8:11.38; 9-Kate Feeley 8:24.07.

South America Youth Champs
October 15, 2006
San Cristobal, Venezuela
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Tatiana da Silva (90-06-10) BRA 6:57.72; 2-Luz Moreno, COL 7:05.63; 3-Pamela Chiriboga, ECU 7:11.23; 4-Sarahi Perez, VEN 7:29.69; 5-Rafaela dos Santos, BRA 7:39.59; 6-Mayerlie Contreras, VEN 7:40.71; 7-Helen Rojas, CHI 7:46.69.

Victoria Schools Meet
October 8, 2006
Melbourne, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Grace Thek (91-11-04) 7.09.00; 2-Sarah Grahame 7.09.04; 3-Juliette Booth 7.28.72; 4-Jaimi Chisholm 7.49.29.

Northern Schools Meet
October 8, 2006
Launceston, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Libby Clarke (89-07-02) 7.15.16; 2-C. Waters 8:10.36; 3-L. Stanesby 8:46.41.

New South Wales School Meet
October 1, 2006
Sydney, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Alexis McKillop 7:08.52; 2-Hollie Emery (90-08-05) 7.20.92; 3-Charlotte Wilson (92-10-02) 7.28.09; 4-Cherry Cummins 7.38.26; 5-Leanne Gelebiowski 7:45.39; 6-Jessica Drysdale 7.53.21; 7-Emma Treadwell 8:00.88; 8-Jessica Brewster 8:03.43.

South America Champs
September 30, 2006
Tunja, Colombia
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Bertha Sanchez, COL 10:48.44; 2-Zenaide Vieira, BRA 10;56.16; 3-Michelle Barreto de Costa, BRA 11:34.53; 4-Silvia Paredes, ECU 12:01.46. [Tunja altitude is 2810 meters / 9219 feet. Colombia's Sanchez may have been well acclimated to that altitude; she also won th 5km and 10km runs -- while the two Brazilians were far off their earlier 9:54 steeple pace near sea level.]

Czech Junior Clubs Championships
September 30, 2006
Kladno, Czech Republic
Automatic Timing
Results:
3000m Steeple: 1-Eva Krchova (89) 11:26.23; 2-Marketa Schubertova (88) 11:44.53; 3-Marketa Schybolova (89) 11:48.59; 4-. Lucie Skybova (87) 12:03.27; 5-Petra Dundaekova (89) 12:37.05; 6-Andrea Sykorova (88) 13:51.52.

Czech Youth Clubs Championships
September 30, 2006
Olomouc, Czech Republic
Automatic Timing
Results:
1500 m Steeple: 1-Eliaka Antoaova (89) 5:27.10; 2-Lucie Tvrzn kova (89) 6:29.82; 3-Jana Bystrohova (90) 6:39.24.

Corporate Games
September 30, 2006
Oita, Japan
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Haruna Mori 10:07.65; 2-Ayumi Minami 10:18.22 [Personal best marks for both steeplers]

Australian University Games
September 27, 2006
Adelaide, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
3000m Steeple: 1-Sophie Barker 11.27.31; 2-Aplin 11.54.42; 3-Alice McDonald 11.56.29; 4-Katie Jameson 12.02.17; S.Kaidonis 12.11.04; 5-Jessica Boyd 12.30.77; 6-Isobella Henzell 12.34.44; 7-Jasmine Neve 12.55.99.

International Grand Prix Meet
September 23, 2006
Shanghai, China
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Alesia Turava, BLR 9:29.68; 2-Wioletta Janowska, POL 9:31.30; 3-Salome Chepchumba KEN 9:38.97; 4-Cristina Casandra, ROM 9:40.40; 5-Minori Hayakari, JPN 9:45.77 ; 6-Gladys Kipkemoi Jerotich, KEN 9:45.79; 7-Xiaofang Chen, CHN 9:53.64; 8-Katarzyna Kowalska, POL 9:59.99; 9-Lisa Galaviz, USA 10:03.86; 10-Carrie Messner, USA 10:11.39. DNF: Lyubov Ivanova, RUS; Christin Johansson, SWE.

Johansson led at 1000m in 3:11.39. Turava was up front at 2000m in 6:25.58, a modest pace for this level of racing, but then ran her last kilometer in 3:04.10 to defeat, again, the usual rivals.

Italian Club Championships
September 23, 2006
Busto Arsizio, Italy
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Jeruto Kiptum 10:10.93; 2-Elene Romagnolo 10:23.51; 3-Simona Santini 10:49.37; 4-Sabrina Varrone 11:06.73; 5-Giulia Basoli 11:40.19; 6-Giovanna Lentini 11:48.02; 7-Giulia Schillani 11:54.71; 8-Martina Pacifici 11:59.46 [12 finishers; Last = 15:54.39. Kenya's Kiptum competes for an Italian Club.]

Personal Best Meet
September 22, 2006
Gold Coast, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
Girls 2000m Steeple (athlete age in parentheses)

1-Jessica Gilfillan (14) 6:38.00; 2-Sarah Hall (16) 7:16.99; 3-Natalie Dudkowski (14) 7:39.28; 4-Lauren Mayne (17) 7:59.45; 5-Grace McIntosh (16) 8:13.97; 6-Juliet Temperton (15) 8:28.28; 7-Alexandra Fryer (15) 9:03.49. [Gilfillan, born 92-02-10, improves her age 14 World Best for 2000m Steeple]

World Cup
September 17, 2006
Athens, Greece
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Alesia Turava, BLR-Europe 9:29.10; 2-Jeruto Kiptum, KEN-Africa 9:31.44; 3-Janowska Wioletta, POL 9:35.08; 4-Victoria Mitchell, AUS-Oceania 9:36.34; 5-Tatyana Petrova, Russia 9:36.50; 6-Korene Hinds, JAM-The Americas 9:47.86; 7-Lisa Galaviz, USA 9:49.32; 8-Minori Hayakari, JPN-Asia 9:49.49; 9-Irene Kokinariou, GRE 10:35.78.

Once again a fast finisher foiled a tactical group. A five-runner pack started the last lap but Turava then swiftly broke contact with her pursuers although Kiptum stayed close than most. Mitchell passed Petrova in the short run from last barrier to finish. Seven runners were under the "A" standard for entry into 2007 World Championship meet at Osaka.

Czech Republic Club Champs
September 16, 2006
Pardubice, Czech Republic
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Lenka Ptaekova 10:42.77; 2-Petra Makalova 11:42.78; 3-Jana Stykova (SVK) 11:52.52; 4-Zuzana Dolejova 12:05.33; 5-Gabriela Fojtova 12:44.57; 6-Sooa Smekalova (89) 12:52.91; 7-Petra Dundaekova (89) 13:08.19.

European Champion Clubs Cup for Juniors: "A" Group
September 16, 2006
Moscow, Russia
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Gulcan Mingir (89-05-21) TUR 10:57.87; 2-Eva Krchova (89-09-10) CZE 11:14.62; 3-Ivana Cebic, SCG 11:38.30; 4-Tatyana Degtyarova (90-11-30) RUS 12:02.88; 5-Angela Rosi (88-11-25) ITA 12:18.73; 6-Rebecca Taylor (89-11-17) GBR 13:20.46; 7-Roza Brotkina (90-04-28) EST 13:21.41.

European Champion Clubs Cup for Juniors: "B" Group
September 16, 2006
Castellon, Spain
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Nicole Kubli (87-07-22) SUI 11:27.53; 2-Jasmina Delic (88) BIH 11:37.72; 3-Marine Ricaille (88) FRA 11:47.21; 4-Tajda Starman (92) SLO 11:47.30; 5-Judith Sanchez (88) ESP 12:05.82; 6-Maja Alm (88) DEN 12:09.96; 7-Simona Lileikute (88) LTU 13:43.46; 8-Saja Galovic (91) CRO 18:34.96.

European Champion Clubs Cup for Juniors: "C" Group
September 16, 2006
Cottbus, Germany
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Anna Wojtulewicz (87) POL 12:06.50; 2-Franziska Paech (88) GER 12:40.21; 3-Grainne Quinn (89) IRL 12:55.19; 4-Dajana Kondeova (91) SVK 13:09.17; 5-Kari van Daele (89) BEL 13:26.53; 6-Bony Bardaka (87) GRE 15:15.43.

(Reported birthdates or birth years appear inside parentheses.)

World Athletics Final
September 9, 2006
Stuttgart, Germany
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Alesia Turava, BLR 9:27.08; 2-Jeruto Kiptum, KEN 9:28.60; 3-Salome Chepchumba, KEN 9:29.58; 4-Lyubov Ivanova, RUS 9:35.96; 5-Gladys Jerotich Kipkemoi, KEN 9:37.57; 6-Cristina Casandra, ROM 9:40.47; 7-Wioletta Janowska. POL 9:45.01; 8-Victoria Mitchell, AUS 9:47.63; 9-Roisin McGettigan, IRL 9:52.85; 10-Carrie Messner, USA 10:04.72.

Janowska has the world best-ever time of 6:03.38 for 2000m steeple (15 July 2006 at Gdansk) and is the 2006 world leader for 3000m steeple with 9:17.15 on July 3 at Athens. But she and some other major contenders here allowed a cautious pace to keep fast finishers in the hunt for big cash prizes. Chepchumba led the WAF field for 1600 meters, then Kiptum moved up, but Turava was in charge through the final lap.

Zenaide Vieira of Brazil, who qualified via three World Athletic Tour races, did not start here. Turava, who had only one WAT scoring meet all season, was an IAAF "wild card" addition to the start list. Three of the 10 runners were Kenyans and each finished in the top five.

Chinese National Grand Prix
September 9, 2006
Guilin, China
Automatic Timing
Results:
(Birth years in parentheses)
1-Wang Hong (1987) 10:27.80/PB; 2-Xu Yinuo (1988) 10:42.93; 3-Zhang Jing (1988) 10:53.25; 4-Mu Yingxiu (1986) 10:58.08; 5-Zhang Sige (1987) 11:04.20.

Balkan Junior Champs
September 9, 2006
Tripoli, Greece
Automatic Timing
Results:
Balkan Junior Champs, 9 Sep 2006 - Tripoli 1-Ancuta Bobocel, ROM 10:29.11; 2-Gulcan Mingur, TUR 11:21.92; 3-Dionisia Kowbouli, GRE 11:34.15; 4-Ivana Cebic, SER 11:53.67; 5-Vanya Netova, BUL 12:39.38. [Mingur birth year is 1989; all others are 1987.]

Grand Prix Meet
September 9, 2006
Guilin, China
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Wang Hong (87) 10:27.80; 2-Xu Yinuo (88) 10:49.23; 3-Zhang Jing (88) 10:53.25; 4-Mu Yingxiu (86) 10:58.08; 5-Zhang Sige (87) 11:04.20.

All India Railways Champs
September 6, 2006
New Delhi, India
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Kamlesh Bhagel 11:34.09; 2-L. Manjula 11:42.42; 3-Chaina Bhattacharya 11:59.16.

Slovenia Meet
September 6, 2006
Maribor, Slovenia
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Maja Mohorovic (86) 11:34.92; 2-Irena Augustin (88) 11:41.82; 3-Tajda Starman (92) 12:05.67.

Nordic Junior Champs
September 3, 2006
Eskilstuna, Sweden
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Karoline Bjerkeli Grovdal (90-06-14) NOR 6:22.64; 2-Saara Skytta (87-03-25) FIN 6:47.34; 3-Lena Orn (88-01-20) SWE 6:57.70; 4-Silje Fjortoft (87) NOR 7:04.10; 5-Suvi Miettinen (88) FIN 7:20.00; 6-Cecilia Norrborn (88) SWE 7:21.42; 7-Maria Madsen (89) DEN 7:28.52. [Grovdal produces World Best time by age 16 female steepler. Orn ran 6:46.38 on 7 July 2006 at Goteborg.]

Belgian Youth Meet
September 3, 2006
Kessel-Lo, Belgium
Automatic Timing
Results:
1500m Steeple: 1-Eline Daleman 5:10.35; 2-Dinje DeWin 5:14.72; 3-Evy Hens 5:17.03; 4-Alison Bogaert 5:17.24. [Four listed names all BEL, birth year 91. There were 9 finishers; Last = 5:53.89]

Colombia Under Age 23 Champs
September 3, 2006
Medellin, Colombia
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Yeismi Gonzales (90) 11;44.91; 2-Luz Aleyda Sanchez 12:05.84; 3-Luz Marina Moreno (89) 12:23.17; 4-Zoraida Gomez (84) 12:46.86.

CZE Clubs Championship Final
September 2, 2006
Praha, Czech Republic
Automatic Timing
Results:
(Birthdates in parentheses; sequence: Year-Month-Day)
1- Marcela Lustigova (82-11-11) 10:31.81; 2-Alena R cklova (81-10-07) 10:33.27; 3-Ivana Sekyrova (71-10-13) 10:34.43; 4-Barbora Kuncova (82-04-26) 10:48.38; 5-KateYina Pechakova (85-05-13) 11:05.31; 6-Eliaka Antoaova (89-05-23) 11:22.02; 7-Lucie Kriscova (87-05-18) 11:30.13; 8-Lucie Skybova (87-06-02) 11:44.26; 9-Marketa Schubertova (88-06-29) 11:56.48; 10-Krist na Proticova (79-09-27) SVK guest 12:05.94.

61st Balkan Championships
September 2, 2006
Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Dobrinka Shalamanova, BUL 10:17.41; 2-Irini Kokkinariou, GRE 10:34.93; 3-Catalina Oprea, ROM 10:46.81; 4-Maria Pardalou, GRE 10:57.63; 5-Biljana Jovic, SER 11:03.85; 6-Jasmina Delic, BIH 11:08.51; 7-Yonka Aleksandrova, BUL 11:34.36.

Nacht van Volharding
September 2, 2006
Beveren, Belgium
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Tamara Sanfabio (78) ESP 6:26.41; 2-Nicole Buytaert (79) 6:41.28; 3-Annelore Desaedeleer (87) 6:43.55; 4-Caroline De Geyter (67) 7:55.03. [Remarkable race: ESP National Record for Sanfabio, BEL National Junior Record for Desaedeleer, 2006 world list 2km mark for Buytaert, and a good master /senior /veteran performance by DeGeyter.]

Stadionfest
September 1, 2006
Konigs Wusterhausen, Germany
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Andrea Mayr, AUT 9:59.05; 2-Fathia Bahi Azzouhoum, ALG 10:00.16; 3-Stefanie DeCroock, BEL 10:02.62; 4-Carrie Messner, USA 10:04.77; 5-Claire Entwistle, GBR 10:06.29; 6-Jo Ankier, GBR 10:17.14; 7-Jolanda Verstaten, NED 10:19.07; 8-Maiken Toftegaard, DEN 10:56.42.

Serbian Junior Cup-Qual. Round
August 29, 2006
Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia and Montenegro
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Vasilisa Gacesa (89) 7:55.00; 2-Danijela Savic (90) 8:02.84; 3-Jovana Nikolic (91) 8:54.70.

Grand Prix meet
August 27, 2006
Rieti, Italy
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Wiolette Janowska, POL 9:22.48; 2-Jeruto Kiptum, KEN 9:23.35; 3-Salome Chepchumba, KEN 9:26.07; 4-Victoria Mitchell, AUS 9:34.67; 5-Gladys Jerotich Kipkemoi, KEN 9:35.94; 6-Roisin McGettigan, IRL 9:37.38; 7-Cristina Casandra, ROM 9:42.48; 8-Carrie Messner, USA 9:48.08; 9-Diana Martin, ESP 9:50.74; 10-Lyubov Ivanova, RUS 10:02.70; 11-Minori Hayakari, JPN 10:02.82; 12-Agnes Tschurtschenthaler, ITA 10:04.67; 13-Fatiha Bahi Azzouhoum, ALG 10:11.26; 14-Irene Pelayo, ESP 10:22.03; DNF: Tamara Sanfabio, ESP; DNS: Bouchra Chaabi, MAR.

CZE Under Age 23 Championships
August 27, 2006
Uherske Hradist, Czech Republic
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Petakova Lenka (85) 10:15.74; 2-Katerina Pechakova (85) 11:02.91; 3-Lucie Kr cova (87) 11:09.15; 4- Eliska Antosova (89) 11:16.25; 5-Myroslava Petronyuk (UKR, 87) 11:21.70; 6-Eva Krichova (89) 11:28.83; 7-Lucie Skybova (87) 11:38.10; 8- Marketa Schybolova (89) 11:46.68; 9-Zuzana Dolejsova (85) 11:55.46; 10-Dana Fickerova (87) 12:03.11; 11-Veronika Faktorova (84) 12:28.75.

Iranian Meet
August ?, 2006
Tehran, Iran
Hand Timing
Results:
1-Fahimeh Kalhor 11:21.6 NR; 2-Setareh Maghsoodi 11:26.4; 3-Naryam Abrisham Froshan 11:53.9.

H. Hubbeling reports that "The first-ever 3000m Steeple competition for Women was held in the Islamic Republic of Iran, where meetings are always held separately for men and women, and the top 3 results are "even excellent for a first attempt. The competition was held during August; however, the exact date was not yet reported."

DecaNation Meet
August 26, 2006
Paris, France
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Zulema Fuentes Pila, ESP 9:49.11; 2-Verena Dreier, GER 9:52.77; 3-Lisa Galaviz, USA 9:53.73; 4-Elodie Olivares, FRA 10:03.28; 5-Danuta Wosczek, POL 10:40.77; 6-Valentya Gorpyynch, UKR 11:23.59; DNF: Yekaterina Volkova, RUS.

Finland vs. Sweden Dual Meet
August 26, 2006
Helsinki, Finland
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Ebba Stenback Morrison, SWE 10:00.66; 2-Christin Johansson, SWE 10:03.46; 3-Ulrika Johansson, SWE 10:16.34; 4-Saara Skytta, FIN 10:25.68; 5-Mira Tuominen, FIN 10:33.38; 6-Sanna Kullberg, FIN 10:38.42.

Polish Nation Under Age 23 Champs
August 26, 2006
Torun, Poland
Automatic Timing
Results:
(athletes reported birth years in parentheses)

1-Katarzyna Kowalska (85) 10:14.63; 2-Iwona Lewandowska (85) 10:16.22; 3-Natalia Jarawka (86) 10:17.63; 4-Justyna Mudy (84) 10:18.52; 5-Angelika Stanek (85) 10:32.50; 6-Eliza Gawryluk (88) 10:40.30 guest; 7-Agata Drozdz (84) 10:46.14; 8-Emilia Kumos (86) 10:52.32; 9-Marta Barcewicz (86) 10:57.27; 10-Agnieszka Staniewska (86) 11:12.27; 11-Izabela Cytrowska (85) 11:14.98. [ Personal best times for Jarawka, Mudy, Gawryluk]

Herculis Grand Prix Meet
August 20, 2006
Monte Carlo, Monaco
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Alesia Turava, BLR 9:20.16; 2-Lyubov Ivanova, RUS 9:23.61; 3-Jeruto Kiptum, KEN 9:26.07; 4-Wiolette Janowska, POL 9:27.34; 5-Salome Chepchumba, KEN 9:30.58; 6-Victoria Mitchell, AUS 9:31.80; 7-Veerle Dejaeghere, BEL 9:38.86; 8-Gladys Jerotich Kipkemoi, KEN 9:38.87; 9-Cristina Casandra, ROM 9:40.00; 10-Korene Hinds, JAM 9:41.01; 11-Zulema Fuentes-Pila, ESP 9:41.39; 12-Katarzyna Kowalska, POL 9:45.14; 13-Roisin McGettigan, IRL 9:47.43; 14-Kate McIlroy NZL 9:55.44; 15-Minori Hayakari, JPN 10:21.91. DNF-Christin Johansson, SWE (rabbit)

13 runners under 9:48 world championships "A" standard despite the absence of some previously listed world-class athletes. Splits: 1000m at 3:10.09 by Christin Johansson, SWE; 2000m at 6:19.24 by Lyubov Ivanova, RUS.

Nordic Under Age 23 Champs
August 20, 2006
Arhus, Denmark
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Maiken Toftegard (84) DEN 10:51.67; 2-Hanna Hyvonen (86) FIN 11:05.18; 3-Jonna Valimaa (84) FIN 11:28.17; 4-Pernilla Savenstrand (86) SWE 11:44.98.

CHN-GBR-RUS-USA International Meet
August 19, 2006
Birmingham, England
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Tatyana Petrova, RUS 9:22.82; 2-Yelena Sidorchenkova, RUS 9:46.09; 3-Hattie Dean, GBR 9:52.33; 4-Xiaofang Chen, CHN 9:59.19; 5-Lisa Galaviz, USA 10:03.90; 6-Jo Ankier, GBR 10:22.60; 7-Kristin Anderson, USA 10:30.63. DNS: Yanmei Zhu, CHN.

Petrova led all the way. Splits: 1000m at 3:04.54; 2000m at 6:09.55 (3:05.01) and last kilometer in 3:13.27.

World Junior Championship Final
August 17, 2006
Beijing, China
Automatic Timing
Results:
Reported birth year ((in parentheses) after athlete names.

1-Caroline Chepkurui Tuigong (87) KEN 9:40.95; 2-Ancuta Bobocel (87) ROM 9:46.19; 3-Mekdes Bekele Tadese (87) ETH 9:48.67; 4-Polina Jelizarova (89) LAT 9:58.76 NJR; 5-Karoline Bjerkeli Grovdal (90) NOR 10:00.44; 6-Beatrice Cheruiyot Kirop (89) KEN 10:10.99; 7-Julia Hiller (87) GER 10:11.67; 8-Amy Fowler (87) USA 10:11.73; 9-Ruth Senior (87) GBR 10:13.58; 10-Marie Lawrence (89) USA 10:17.84; 11-Sabine Heitling (87) BRA 10:28.32; 12-Zsofia Erdelyi (87) HUN 10:41.71.

Official Report: 29c temperature, 63 percent humidity. Tadese led at 1km in 3:19.08 and 2km in 6:28.79. She retained the lead through 2600m but collided with the first barrier of the final lap, and was then passed by Bobocel -- as well as Tuigong who broke away on the final turn for victory.

World Junior Champs Heats
August 15, 2006
Beijing, China
Automatic Timing
Results:
Finalists = first 4 places each heat and 4 more based on time.

The "time fiinalists" were places 5 and 6 in each heat.

Heat 1: 1-Mekdes Bekele Tadese, ETH 9:46.67; 2-Caroline Chepkurui Tuigong, KEN 9:51.94; 3-Polina Jelizarova, LAT 10:08.64; 4-Ruth Senior, GBR 10:12.50; 5-Julia Hiller, GER 10:18.16; 6-Marie Lawrence, USA 10:22.85; 7-Natalya Kovtun, UKR 10:31.31; 8-Yelena Arzhakova, RUS 10:35.06; 9-Sarah Grahame, AUS 10:42.08; 10-Solange Jesus, POR 10:44.24 NJR; 11-Lena Orn, SWE 10:44.39; 12-Dionisia Koubouli, GRE 10:51.75; 13-Suvi Miettinen, FIN 11:00.21; 14-Yamina Mescari, ALG 11:03.92; 15-Jasmina Delic, BIH 11:05.42; 16-Ruth Croft, NZL 11:17.35; 17-Monika Nagy, HUN 11:42.57; DNS: Kristine Engeset Eikrem, NOR.

Heat 2: 1-Karoline Bjerkeli Grovdal, NOR 10:11.96; 2-Beatrice Cheruiyot Kirop, KEN 10:12.89; 3-Ancuta Bobocel, ROM 10:13.12; 4-Amy Fowler, USA 10:18.54; 5-Sabine Heitling, BRA 10:24.44; 6-Zsofia Erdelyi, HUN 10:26.82; 7-Elodie Mouthon, FRA 10:33.26; 8-Samira Latamna, ALG 10:37.01; 9-Danelle Woods, CAN 10:38.84; 10-Saara Skytta, FIN 10:39.56; 11-Hulya Ongun, TUR 10:40.14; 12-Qie Liping, CHN 10:44.02; 13-Nezka Pori, SLO 10:54.55; 14-Ciulia Basoli, ITA 11:07.62; 15-Marta Quintana, ESP 11:20.45; 16-Melissa Murrihy, NZL 11:43.03; DNF: Destiny Tities, RSA; DNS: Susi Lutz, GER.

European Championships
August 12, 2006
Goteborg, Sweden
Automatic Timing
Results:
Final, 8 August:

1-Alesia Turava, BLR 9:26.05; 2-Tatyana Petrova, RUS 9:28.05; 3-Wiolette Janowska, POL 9:31.62; 4-Lyubov Ivanova, RUS 9:33.53; 5-Veerle Dejaeghere, BEL 9:35.78; 6-Yelena Sidorchenkova, RUS 9:38.05; 7-Ida Nilsson, SWE 9:39.24 NR; 8-Zulema Fuentes-Pila, ESP 9:40.36 NR; 9-Katarzyna Kowalska, POL 9:42.89; 10-Cristina Casandra, ROM 9:42.94; 11-Elodie Olivares, FRA 9:52.69; 12-Miranda Boonstra, NED 10:20.01. [1 km 3:17.17 Turava; 2 km 6:28.62 Janowska]

Janowska was leading after a cautious pace for five laps, then succumbed to Turava (who closed with a 2:57.43 final kilometer, and Petrova who secured second shortly before entering the final turn. The field's depth was evident by NR (national records) for seventh and eighth place runners.

Semi-Finals, 10 August:

A 31-athlete field was reduced to 12 in the final: first four placers (P) in each semi and just as many (4) advancing by time (T) which is a system often advantageous to only those in the second semi who know how fast to run for advancment. At this meet, a major victim was Ireland's Roisin McGettigan with a 9:32.04 NR on July 22 but not fast enough semi here.

First Semi: 1-Tatyana Petrova, RUS 9:42.08 P; 2-Lyubov Ivanova, RUS 9:42.32 P; 3-Katarzyna Kowalska, POL 9:42.50 P; 4-Zulema Fuentes-Pila, ESP 9:43.12 P; 5-Roisin McGettigan, IRL 9:47.37; 6-Livia Toth, HUN 9:48.10; 7-Rosa Maria Morato, ESP 9:52.02; 8-Hattie Dean, GBR 9:52.97; 9-Rasa Troup, LTU 9:53.14; 10-Christin Johansson, SWE 9:58.37; 11-Agnes Tschurtschenthaler, ITA 10:00.09; 12-Ebba Stenback Morrison, SWE 10:00.36; 13-Dobrinka Shalamanova, BUL 10:01.56; 14-Marzena Michalska, ITA 10:11.21; 15-Louise Morch, DEN 10:29.12; 16-Andrea Deelstra, NED 10:46.12. [1 km 3:17.90 Petrova; 2km 6:31.97 Petrova]

Second Semi: 1-Alesia Turava, BLR 9:37.01 P; 2-Wioletta Janowska, POL 9:37.39 P; 3-Veerle Dejaeghere, BEL 9:37.64 P; 4-Yelena Sidorchenkova, RUS 9:38.53 P; 5-Ida Nilsson, SWE 9:40.31 T/NR; 6-Elodie Olivares, FRA 9:41.25 T; 7-Cristina Casandra, ROM 9:41.63 T; 8-Miranda Boonstra, NED 9:45.87 T/NR; 9-Diana Mart n, ESP 9:47.52; 10-Verena Dreier, GER 9:48.90; 11-Fionnuala Britton, IRL 9:49.20; 12-Elena Romagnolo, ITA 9:52.38 NR; 13-Irini Kokkinar ou, GRE 9:53.07 NR; 14-Turkan Erismis, TUR 10:21.36; DNF: Iris Monteiro, POR [1 km 3:13.60 Olivares; 2km 6:28.40 Turava]

African Championships
August 11, 2006
Bambous, Mauritius, Africa
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Jeruto Kiptum, KEN 10:00.02; 2-Habiba Ghribi, TUN 10:10.93; 3-Chaabi Bouchra,MAR 10:11.52; 4-Nestenet Abeyo, ETH 10:17.89; 5-Hanane Ouhadou, MAR 10:18.38; 6-Tebogo Masehla, RSA 10:19.30; 7-Beatrice Kibor, KEN 10:33.02; 8-Nolene Conrad, RSA 10:39.75. [Docus Inzikuru of Uganda was entered but did not start, reportedly because she needed more time to recover from an injury at a May 30 meet.]

AUS Winter Series
August 11, 2006
Gold Coast, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Jessica Gilfillan 6.39.45; 2-Ashlea Gilfillan 6.54.45; 3-Sarah Hall 7.14.79; 4-Natalie Dudkowski 7.37.43; 5-Hannah Cook 7.52.70; 6-Darcie Harvey 7.54.49 [11 finish; Last = 9:32.92]

Jessica Gilfillan, born 10 Feb 1992 is age 14; her 6:39.45 is World Best-ever time for her age.

African Senior Champs
August 11, 2006
Bambous, Mauritius
Automatic Timing
Results:
3000m Steeple: 1-Jeruto Kiptum, KEN 10:00.02; 2-Habiba Ghribi, TUN 10:10.93; 3-Bouchra Chaabi, MAR 10:11.52; 4-Netsanet Achamo, ETH 10:17.89; 5-Hanane Ouhaddou, MAR 10:18.38; 6-Tebogo Masehla, RSA 10:19.30; 7-Beatrice Kibor, KEN 10:33.07; 8-Nolene Conrad, RSA 10:39.75. DNS-Docus Inzikuru, UGA.

Invitational Meet (Non-Steeple Results)
August 8, 2006
Eugene, Oregon, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m flat race (hand times): 1-Erin Bedell 6:04.6; 2-Danielle Tauro 6:08.9; 3- Marie Lawrence 6:09.3;. 4-Amy Fowler 6:16.9. [All members of USA Junior Team going to China for 2006 World Junior Champs next week. Eugene race was similar to 1500m run in which Bedell and Tauro compete at Beijing -- where Lawrence and Fowler are in 3000m steeplechase.]

Chinese Championships
August 6, 2006
Shijiazhuang, China
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-LI Zhenzhu (13 Dec 85) 9:49.72 NR; 2-CHEN Xiaofang (28 Oct 81) 9:53.32; 3-WANG Huan (12 Jan 89) 9:57.34; 4-ZHU Yanmei (16 Oct 86) 10:13.37; 5-ZHANG Jiaomei (2 Mar 86) 10:22.39; 6-ZHAO Yanni (9 Jan 91) 10:24.22; 7-QIE Liping (12 Jan 87) 10:24.81; 8-XU Yinuo (23 Dec 88) 10:28.93; 9-LI Chongfeng (3 Jan 85) 10:36.09; 10-ZHU Liping (8 May 88) 10:59.26.

One athlete, ZHU Liping, was faster on Aug 5 in the heats where she ran 10:42.86. Fastest time in the heats was 10:40.95 by ZHAO Yanni, age 15.

Canadian National Champs
August 6, 2006
Ottawa, Canada
Automatic Timing
Results:
1x-Delilah DiCrescenzo, USA 10:16.16; 2-Bevin Kennelly, BC 10:38.42; 3-Danelle Woods, ON Lions 10:42.40; 4-Dana Buchanan, ON 10:46.94; 5-Meredith MacGregor, BC 10:57.77; 6-Tara Dressler, AB 11:05.15; 7-Rosie Mullins, NS 11:11.54.

DiCrescenzo of USA was a guest competitor. Kennelly of British Columbia was first Canadian. The meet record of 10:17.55 was set in 1999 by Karen Harvey who now coaches at University of Illinois.

Winter Meet
August 6, 2006
Gold Coast, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Melissa Murrihy (16) NZL 10:57.39; 2-Ruth Croft (17) NZL 11:01.75; 3-Sarah Grahame (17) AUS 11:10.62.

USATF Masters
August 4, 2006
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Nicole Lycan (32*) Lawton, MI 7:47.27; 2-Lauren Jefferson (31) Linville, VA 7:47.47; 3-Karen Kunz (51*) Folsom, CA 8:31.15; 4--Sheri Kidwell (33) Sacramento, CA 8:57.68; 5-Debbie Zakerski (44*) Elk Grove, CA 8:58.26; 6-Lisa Marie Render (41) Fort Worth, TX 9:47.22; 7-Mary Diver (52) New York, NY 10:01.16; 8-Christine Long (W47*) Tustin, CA 10:23.27; 9-Cynthia Marks (41) Sacramento, CA 10:30.85; 10-Odette Dunn (W46) Gold River, CA 10:35.94; 11-Rusty Barnett (64*) El Dorado Hills, CA 11:39.97; 12-Debbie Selby (49) Fallbrook, CA 12:15.07; 13- Mary Gibson (60) Coin, IA 12:25.74

"Masters" athletes compete against others in their 5-year age group. Asterisk * next to athlete ages indicate winners of various age groups. Kunz 8:31.15 broke Age 50-54 record of 8:54.2 held by Sharlet Gilbert. Official results did not account for entrants in 55-59 and 65-69 age groups; if received.later, they will be reported.

AAU Junior Olympics
August 2, 2006
Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple:

Young Women born 1987-89: 1-Ashlyn Sinclair (89) Silver Spring, MD 7:13.11 Meet Record; 2-Rachel York (88) St. Clair, MO 7:16.84; 3-Meagan Hudson (87) Crystal City, MO 7:29.76; 4-Allyson Dunn (89) San Antonio, TX 7:37.97; 5-Jasmine Rainwater (89) Mesquite, TX 7:42.69; 6-Emily Webb (89) Gloucester, VA 7:43.43; 7-April North (88) Round Rock, TX 7:50.05; 8-Caprice Bradshaw (87) Sacramento, CA 7:55.13. [17 finish; Last = 11:14.7]

Youth Girls born 1990-91: 1-Alyssa Allison (90) Herculaneum, MO 7:11.68; 2-Andrea Glenn (91) Lima, OH 8:08.93; 3-Lindsey Fulenwider (90) Mesquite, TX 8:16.32; 4-Rachel Apostoles (91) Williamsburg, VA 8:25.01; 5-Jocelyn Clemons (90) Austin, TX 8:37.19; 6-Alexandra Iverson (91) Austin, TX 8:42.74. [13 finish; Last = 13:24.68]

The AAU Junior Olympics program began more than a half-century ago.

Ontario Youth Championships
July 30, 2006
Windsor, Canada
Automatic Timing
Results:
1500m Steeple:

Girls born 1989-90: 1-Kelsie Slater (89) 5:15.53; 2-Cassandra Wilbur (90) 5:22.59; 3-Helena Fiore (89) 5:25.38; 4-Haley Cadwallader (90) 5:26.25; 5-Keegan Castrillo (89) 5:28.25; 6-Amber Welch (90) 5:40.61; 7-Ellen Ross (89) 5:41.68; 8-Jocelyn Noll (89) 5:48.63. [12 finish; Last = 7:01.99]

Girls born 1991: 1-Chelsea Lynes 5:33.91; 2-Jenine Boyce 5:59.92; 3-Lizz Hodgson 6:23.51.

Serbian Youth Champs
July 30, 2006
Senta, Serbia and Montenegro
Automatic Timing
Results:
1500m Steeple: 1-Mirjana Pajic (92) 5:27.89; 2-Nina Vlaski (89) 5:38.56; 3-Vasilisa Gacesa (89) 5:44.52.

Memorial Geert Rasschaert
July 29, 2006
Ninove, Belgium
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Tamara Sanfabio (86) ESP 9:51.05; 2-Ebba Stenback (86) SWE 9:53.51; 3-Stephanie De Croock (79) BEL 10:02.43; 4-Fanny Pruvost (79) FRA 10:03.19; 5-Sophie Duarte (80) FRA 10:14.36; 6-Annelore Desaedeleer (87) BEL 10:32.7; 7-Amaya Sanfabio (78) ESP 10:45.70 [9 finish; Last = 13:09.16]

Norway National Champs
July 29, 2006
Oslo, Norway
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Karoline Bjerkeli Grovdal (90) 9:55.95 NJR; 2-Silje Fjortoft (87) 10:34.94; 3-Ruth Ashild Sandstad 11:44.11; DNF-Hanne Lyngstad (75) who fell. [Grovdal splits: 1km 3:12.8; 1500m 4:53.3; 2km 6:34.2]

Spanish Junior National Champs
July 29, 2006
San Sebastian, Spain
Automatic Timing
Results:
1x-Emily Pidgeon (89) GBR 10:06.34; 2-Marta Quintana (87) 10:52.40; 3-Sara Cardona (88) 11:08.99; 4-Calara Simal (87) 11:24.63; 5-Judith Sanchez (88) 11:44.23; 6-Estella Alvarez (87) 11:52.36; 7-Ane Lasa (87) 11:54.47; 8-Silvia Benito (87) 11:59.90. [12 finish; Last = 12:53.03]

Emily Pidgeon of GBR was a guest competitor and youngest in this race. She showed fitness despite recent conflict with her nationa's athletics governing body that reportedly could keep her out of the 2006 World Junior Championships.

Greek Junior Championships
July 29, 2006
Athens, Greece
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Dionisia Koubouli (87) 10:54.77; 2-Magdalini Kotsasavva (87) 11:41.67; 3-Thessal a-Kleopatra Fraggopoulou (88) 11:49.15; 4-Theoni Louvi (87) 12:51.04; 5-Ismini Tamihtsi Ismini (88) 13:02.21; 6-Moraiti Isida (87) 13:02.24.

USATF National Junior Olympics
July 25, 2006
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple:

Girls born 31 July 1987-31 Dec 1989: 1-Nefeteri Williams 7:10.47; 2-Ashlyn Sinclair 7:16.46; 3-Megan Hudson 7:16.92; 4-Lauren Trapani, 7:47.12; 5-Jennifer Piskor 7:53.94. [14 finish; Last = 10:20.41]

Girls born 1990-91: 1-Alyssa Allison 7:13.70; 2-Sarah Higgens 7:41.39; 3-Elizabeth Meier 7:50.81; 4-Jessica Dallager 7:55.99. [14 finish; Last = 9:09.19]

Note: AAU Junior Olympics steeplechase is on Wednesday, 2 August 2006, at Norfolk, Virginia.

Olympic (EAA Premium) Meeting
July 24, 2006
Thessaloniki, Greece
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Jeruto Kiptum, KEN 9.31.39; 2-Dorcus Izinkuru, UGA 9.36.78; 3-Gladys Kipkemoi, KEN 9.49.58; 4-Carrie Messner, USA 9.55.90; 5-Korene Hinds, JAM 9.59.68; 6-Lisa Galaviz, USA 10.06.71; 7-Agnes Tschrtschenthaler, ITA 10.08.67; 8- Maria Pardalou, GRE 10.10.37; 9-Ann Gaffigan, USA 10.11.51; 10-Delilah DiCrescenzo, USA 10.16.64; 11-Konstantina Kefala. GRE 10.23.70; 12-Xenia Kazimirova, GRE 10.39.50; 13-Dionisia Koumpouli, GRE 10.46.66; 14-Maria Evaggelou, GRE 10.57.06.

Romania National Champs
July 24, 2006
Bucharest, Romania
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Cristina Casandra (77) 9:39.54; 2-Ancuta Bobocel (87) 9:51.08; 3-Catalina Oprea (86) 10:07.82; 4-Claudia Colita (76) 10:29.50; 5-Andrea David (87) 10:36.53; 6-Andra Licara (88) 10:46.95; 7-Ana Sandu (87) 10:59.07.

Track City Meet
July 23, 2006
Eugene, Oregon, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple, Girls born 1988-89: 1-Caprice Bradshaw 7:42.61; 2-Annie Laweryson 7:56.33; 3-Justice DeCarteret 8:34.46; 4-Denise Lopez 8:46.46; 5-Nicole Chesnut 8:54.10. [7 finishers; last 9:29.76]

2000m Steeple, Girls born 1990-91: 1-Jeanette Lindstrom 8:05.56; 2-Amanda Robles 8:19.87; 3-Stephanie Fekete 9:18.30.

Spain National Champs
July 23, 2006
Zaragoza, Spain
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Rosa Maria Morato (79) 9:49.26; 2-Zulema Fuentes-Pila (77) 9:49.89; 3-Diana Martin (81) 9:54.44; 4-Tamara Sanfabio (78) 9:54.94; 5-Maria Teresa Urbina (85) 10:07.62; 6-Irene Pelayo (80) 10:12.23; 7-Yamilka Gonzalez (72) 10:28.49; 8-Alina Proca (83) ROM 10:36.51; 9-Raquel Gomez (82) 10:51.84; 10-Raquel Suarez (82) 10:57.21. [15 finish; Last = 11:33.06]

Canadian Junior National Champs
July 23, 2006
Sherbrooke, Canada
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Jessica Furlan (90) 10:43.27; 2-Danielle Woods (89) 10:51.99; 3-Amber Cushnie (88) 11:08.36; 4-Charlotte Farquharson (88) 11:18.80; 5-Kelsie Slater (89) 11:21.25; 6-Rebecca Coady (89) 11:21.42. [14 finish; Last = 12:35.79]

Slovenia Champs
July 23, 2006
Novo Mesto, Slovenia
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Daneja Grandovec (84) 10:35.29; 2-Necka Pori (87) 10:51.80; 3-Maja Tera (89) 11:33.99. DNF-Maja Mohorovi (86).

British Under Age 23 / Under Age 20 Champs
July 23, 2006
Bedford, Great Britain
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Ruth Senior (u20) 10:32.96; 2-Carolyn Boosey (u23) 10:48.41; 3-Becky Ellis (u23) 11:21.71

KBC Night of Athletics
July 22, 2006
Heusden-Zolder, Belgium
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Jeruto Kiptum (81) KEN 9:26.79; 2-Victoria Mitchell (82) AUS 9:30.92; 3-Roisin McGettigan (80) IRL 9:32.04; 4-Salome Chepchumba (82) KEN 9:32.17; 5-Kate McIlroy (81) NZL 9:32.54; 6-Gladys Jerotich Kipkemoi (86) KEN 9:32.68; 7-Veerle Dejaeghere (73) BEL 9:32.69; 8-Christin Johansson (78) SWE 9:40.90; 9-Ida Nilsson (81) SWE 9:42.58; 10-Carrie Messner (77) USA 9:51.30; 11-Korene Hinds (76) JAM 9:52.72; 12-Miranda Boonstra (72) NED 9:53.15; 13-Lisa Galaviz (79) USA 9:54.14; 14-Andrea Deelstra, NED 9:54.25; 15-Jo Ankier (82) GBR 9:56.38; 16-Stephane Decroock (79) BEL 10:00.57; 17Zenaide Vieira (85) BRA 10:05.64; 18-Ann Gaffigan (81) USA 10:07.54; 19-Jolanda Verstraeten, NED 10:23.37; DNF-Bouchra Chaabi (80) MAR, and Olesia Gyurina (80) RUS.

[National records for Kiptum, McGettigan, Dejaeghere and Johansson. McGettigan ran 4:11.71 for 1500m on July 16 at Ghent, Belgium.]

Polish Champs
July 22, 2006
Bydgoszcz, Poland
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Wioletta Janowska (77) 9:35.44; 2-Katarzyna Kowalska (85) 9:58.26; 3-Agata Drozdz (84) 10:20.74; 4-Anna Kadziela (80) 10:23.63; 5-Agnieszka Fulbiszewska (80) 10:26.79; 6-Danuta Woszczek (78) 10:27.00; 7-Mariola Konowalska (82) 10:27.74; 8- Justyna Mudy (84) 10:38.12; 9-Julia Budniak (81) 10:43.04; 10-Angelika Stanek (85) 10:44.96; 11-Ewa Gielec (88) 10:45.32; 12-Adrianna Palka (87) 10:47.93; 13-Marta Barcewicz (86) 10:54.88; 14-Natalia Jarawka (86) 10:56.90.

Finnish Champs
July 22, 2006
Jyvaskyla, Finland
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Mira Tuominen (81) 10:35.13; 2-Sanna Kullberg (75) 10:38.96; 3-Janka Marika (83) 10:41.1; 4-Saara Skytta (87) 10:48.15; 5-Suvi Miettinen (88) 10:49.30; 6-Riikka Pakarinen (86) 10:57.51; 7-Hanna Hyvonen (86) 11:04.41; 8-Sandra Eriksson (89) 11:06.73; 9-Jonna Valimaa (84) 11:12.42; 10-Tiia Taipale (87) 11:14.11; 11-Heli Sampolahti (88) 11:24.03; 12-Heidi Grondahl (82) 11:24.38.

Hungary National Champs
July 22, 2006
Debrechen, Hungary
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Eszter Erdelyi (82) 10:10.43; 2-Zsofia Erdelyi (87) 10:13.97 NJR; 3-Monika Nagy (87) 11:06.69; 4-Viktoria Madarasz (85) 11:23.21; 5-Reka Batai (83) 11:34.25; 6-Csilla Reichnach (89) 11:38.16; 7-Edit Bartha (85) 12:25.70.

Portugal National Champs
July 22, 2006
Guarda, Portugal
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Clarisse Cruz (78) 10:41.40; 2-Filomena Costa (85) 10:47.11; 3-Solange Jesus (87) 10:52.7.

German Junior Champs
July 22, 2006
Bochum-Wattenscheid, Germany
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Julia Hiller (87) 6:31.01; 2-Susi Lutz (87) 6:51.65; 3-Natalie Buchfelder (87) 7:02.09; 4-Lena Arndt (88) 7:05.41; 5-Laura Von der Horst (88) 7:08.28; 6-Steffi Mewes (87) 7:13.83; 7-Anika Mallwitz (87) 7:21.54; 8-Nadine Lofski (88) 7:30.22; 9-Stefanie Neumann (88) 7:30.20; 10-Jana Palmowski (88) 7:38.28; 11-Annika Kreilkamp 7:47.54; 12-Jessica Glaner 7:50.98. [Hiller improves to 2nd on 2006 World Junior List.]

German Youth Champs
July 22, 2006
Bochum-Wattenscheid, Germany
Automatic Timing
Results:
1500m Steeple: 1-Julia Borner (90) 4:54.03; 2-Sarah Cornelsen (90) 4:58.04; Sarah Heuberger (89) 5:03.72; 4-Svenja Meyer (89) 5:05.48; 5-Miriam Neumann (89) 5:07.60; 6-Sarah Schwar (89) 5:07.70; 7-Monika Kipp (90) 5:07.76; 8-Kathrin Durrbeck (89) 5:09.30; 9-Julia Kick (90) 5:09.39; 10-Christina Schuler (90) 5:11.09; 11-Marina Tremmel (89) 5:13.12; 12-Evi Sonnleitner (89) 5:13.13; 13-Lucia Neugebauer (90) 5:14.83; 14-Corina Luthardt (89) 5:15.91 [1 DNF; 26 finish; Last = 5:43.82]

The 1500m steeple would be a good event for 2007 World Youth Champs July 18-22 at Ostrava, CZE.

Serbian Championships
July 22, 2006
Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Dobrinka Shalamanova, BUL 9:59.97; 2-Jelena Mimic (84) 10:49.15; 3-Ivana Cebic (87) 11:34.43; 4- Biljana Kanjeric (90) 12:40.55.

Russian Junior Champs
July 22, 2006
Tula, Russia
Automatic Timing
Results:
(Birthdates of athletes are in parentheses)
1-Yelena Arzhakova (08 Sep 89) 10:12.72; 2-Yelena Cherniak (21 Feb 88) 10.37.25; 3-Natalia Nemkina (26 Sep 88) 10:44.73.

French Championships
July 21, 2006
Tomblaine, France
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Elodie Olivares 9.51.52; 2-Gwendoline Despres 10.05.12; 3-Meriem Mered 10.06.30; 4-Aminata Banba 10.22.31, 5-Aurelie Casado 10.22.53; 6-Fanny Pruvost 10.22.66; 7-Nancy Frouin 10.23.21; 8-Valerie Houte 10.33.57; 9-Veronique Turmel 10.38.95; 10-Elsa Delaunay 10.40. 83; 11-Clemence Orhant 10.41.69; 12-Juliette Balage 10.41.74; 13-Ckryssie Girard 10.54.07; 14-Audrey Nicolaud 11.00.03; 15-Florence De Villeneuve 11.05.86; 16-Lara Meyer 11.15.78.

Latvia National Champs
July 21, 2006
Riga, Latvia
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Polina Jelizarova (89) 10:10.65; 2-Irina Stula-Pankova (83) 10:47.69; 3-Lasma Grinberga (87) 11:04.12.

Ukraine National Champs
July 21, 2006
Kiev, Ukraine
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Yuliya Ihnatova (83) 10:16.56; 2-Valentyna Horpynych (83) 10:27.47; 3-Nataliya Kovtun (87) 10:28.83; 4-Oksana Ilyutchyk (87) 10:31.53; 5-Svetlana Denchuk (87) 10:35.74; 6-Svetlana Ocheredko (84) 10:38.94; 7-Anna Pyeshkova (85) 10:55.60; 8-Nataliya Orel (90) 10:59.26.

International Meet
July 19, 2006
Maribor, Slovenia
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Andrea Mayr (79) AUT 10:16.25; 2-Hanne Lyngstad NOR 10:21.32; 3-Daneja Grandovec (84) SLO 10:28.22; 4-Oxana Juravel (86) MOL 10:39.51; 5-Nezka Pori (87) SLO 10:50.87; 6-Jamina Delic (88) BIH 11:30.33.

USA Club Champs
July 16, 2006
Walnut, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Felice Kelly, Nike Central 11:49.41; 2-Lisa Sandoval, Nike Central 12:27.47; 3-Mary Rosado, Nike Central 17:03.55. [DNS: Jane Rudkin and Anna Willard, both 10:06 steeplers]

German Champs
July 16, 2006
Ulm, Germany
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Verena Dreier 9:56.28; 2-Meike Rosenauer 10:16.56; 3-Birte Bultmann 10:26.78; 4-Melanie Schulz 10:33.84; 5-Corinna Nuber 10:45.59; 6-Annette Weiss 10:52.44; 7-Felicitas Mensing 10:53.06; 8-Kristin Moller 11:01.03; 9-Friederike Feil 11:04.72; 10-Uta Schafer 11:16.39; 11-Nina Wimmer 11:42.31 DNF - Rebecca Adams. [1000m - Bultmann 3:15.21; 2000m - Dreier 6:39.86]

British AAA Champs / EUR Champs Trials
July 16, 2006
Manchester, Great Britain
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Hattie Dean (82) 9:52.04; 2-Fionnuala Britton (84) IRL 9:53.44; 3-Jo Ankier (82) 9:58.22; 4-Sonia Thomas (79) 10:24.99; 5-Claire Entwistle (76) 10:29.85; 6-Carolyn Boosey (84) 10:35.99; 7-Celia De Maria (79) 10:58.03; 8-Louise Bardsley (80) 11:24.06.

Joseph Zylewicza Memorial
July 15, 2006
Gdansk, Poland
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m steeple: 1-Wioletta Janowska (77) POL 6:03.38 World Best; 2-Livia Toth, HUN 6:11.63; 3-Agnieszka (Fulbiszewska (80) POL 6:37.75; 4-Julia Budniak (81) POL 6:48.52; 5-Ewelina Wolos 87) POL 6:59.67.

Russian Cup
July 15, 2006
Tula, Russia
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Natalya Cherepanova, RUS 9:53.50; 2-Natalia Izmodenova (81 ) RUS 10:16.87; 3-Yekaterina Chebotareva RUS 10:50.98.

Swedish National Champs
July 15, 2006
Sollentuna, Sweden
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Ebba Stenback (81) Soderkoping 10:12.70; 2-Linda Strom (77) Hsselby SK 10:32.98; 3-Lena Orn, (88) SoiK Hellas 10:37.97; 4-Hanna Holst (85) Ranas 4H 10:49.18; 5-Jenni Nilsson, 85, Hasselby SK, 12:53.49.

Puertollano Meet
July 15, 2006
Castilla La Mancha, Spain
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Tamara Sanfabio 10.25.83; 2-Alicia Gonzalez 10.59.87; 3-Mireia Izaguirre 11.22.24.

Comunidad Murciana Meet
July 15, 2006
Cartagena, Spain
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Teresa Urbina 10.10.20; Yamilka Gonzalez 10.25.32; Mar a Azucena D az 10.38.79; Sara Cardona 11.22.51; Mar a Garc a 11.28.35.

British Columbia Champs
July 15, 2006
Abbotsford, Canada
Automatic Timing
Results:
(Birth year in parentheses) 1500m Steeple: 1-Samantha Lotnick (89) 5:04.90; 2-Brittany Cooper (90) 5:14.89; 3-Aleah Teer (91) 5:15.69; 4-Chantelle Groenewoud (89) 5:18.83; 5-Emma Vogt (90) 5:29.26; 6-Hayley McIvor (90) 5:34.69; 7-Sydney Rothdram (89) 5:40.03.

Serbian Junior Champs
July 15, 2006
Kragujevic, Serbia and Montenegro
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Ivana Cebic (87) 7:39.44; 2-Biljana Kanjeric (90) 7:47.61; 3-Vasilisa Gacesa (89) 8:44.86.

French Age-Group Champs
July 14, 2006
Dreux, France
Automatic Timing
Results:
Under 23 / 3000m steeple 1-Nancy Frouin 10.33.79; 2-Clemence Orhant 10.44.50; 3-Aurelie Feltz 11.06.52; 4-Elodie Dulot 11.17.04.

Under 20 / 2000m steeple 1-Elodie Mouthon 6.53.16; 2-Louise Ghesquiere 6.54.77; 3-Anne Collignon 7.05.48; 4-Marine Ricaille 7.05.66

Under 17: / 1500m steeple: 1-Manon Juwa (90) 5:14.55; 2-Marine Huet (89) 5.16.59; 3-Louisa Aknouche (90) 5.17.14; 4-Chloe Susset (90) 5:19.52; 5-Ophelie Malgras (90) 5:21.39; 6-Fanny Charabot (90) 5:21.49; 7-Chloe Blin (89) 5:21.69; 8-Charlene Gorse (89) 5:23.59; 9-Steffie Coutard (89) 5;26.16; 10-Mylene Corradi (89) 5:26.69. [19 finishers]

Krka International Meet
July 12, 2006
Novomesto, Slovenia
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Deneja Grandovec (84) SLO 10:26.50; 2-Oxana Juravel (86) MOL 10:42.38; 3-Jasmina Deli (88) BSH 10:58.20; 4-Neka Pori (87) SLO 11:03.52; 5-Maja Mohorovi (86) SLO 11:27.90.

Mataro Meet
July 10, 2006
Catalunya, Spain
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Barbara Ramon 11.00.21; 2-Elisabeth Ruz 11.01.54; 3-Encarna Nunez 11.03.35; 4-Mireia Izaguirre 11.04.98; Raquel Landin 11.21.70.

French "B" Level Champs
July 9, 2006
Lanballe/Bretagne, France
Automatic Timing
Results:
1- Veronique Turmel 10.33.86; 2-Elsa Delaunay 10.38.63; 3-Valerie Houte 10.41.64; 4-Clemence Orhant 10.46.97; 5-Nancy Frouin 10.54.14; 6-Aminata Banba 11.01.50; 7-Ckryssie Girard 11.02.01; 8-Audrey Nicoulaud 11.03.40.

French "B" Level Champs
July 9, 2006
Lanballe/Bretagne, France
Automatic Timing
Results:
1- Veronique Turmel 10.33.86; 2-Elsa Delaunay 10.38.63; 3-Valerie Houte 10.41.64; 4-Clemence Orhant 10.46.97; 5-Nancy Frouin 10.54.14; 6-Aminata Banba 11.01.50; 7-Ckryssie Girard 11.02.01; 8-Audrey Nicoulaud 11.03.40.

Polish National Junior Champs
July 9, 2006
Slupsk, Poland
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m: 1-Sandra Michalak (87) 6:46.92; 2-Ewa Gielec (88) 6:49.06; 3-Adrianna Palka (87) 6:49.19; 4-Joanna Drobiec (87) 6:49.21; 5-Judyta Apolinarska (87) 7:01.82; 6-Anna Wojtulewicz (87) 7:02.06; 7-Ewelina Wolos (87) 7:02.11; 8-Agnieszka Paluszka (88) 7:05.86; 9-Magdalena Czuczola (87) 7:07.60; 10-Weronika Dudzic (87) 7:17.52; 11-Angelika Manczuk (88) 7:21.86; 12-Dagmara Sztykiel (87) 7:23.75; 13-Agata Malicka (88) 7:24.57; 14-Aleksandra Sakowicz (87) 7:25.23; 15-Olga Borowska (88) 7:26.25; 16-Justyna Ruducha (88) 7:29.39; 17-Monika Wikrus (88) 7:32.93; 18-Izabela Zaniewska (88) 7:38.48.

Russian Under Age 23
July 9, 2006
Kazan, Russia
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Olga Akhmetshina 10:25.38; 2-Anastasia Filippova 10:28.17; 3-Svetlana Shustova 10:30.67; 4-Natalia Nemkina 10:38.50; 5-Marina Romanovskaia 10:39.84; 6-Valentina Galimova 10:45.60; 7-Irina Orlova 10:52.71; 8-Galina Nekhoroshkova 10:55.38.

Netherlands National Champs
July 9, 2006
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Miranda Boonstra (72) 9:49.64; 2-Andrea Deelstra (85) 10:08.37; 3-Jolanda Verstraten (83) 10:36.98; 4-Helen Hofstede (80) 11:00.54.

British "Masters" Champs
July 9, 2006
Birmingham, Great Britain
Automatic Timing
Results:
(Age of athletes in parentheses) 2000m Steeple: 1-Deborah Doherty (37) 7:46.09; 2-Jane Pidgeon (42) 7:55.93; 3-Fiona Lampkin (36) 8:34.12; 4-Angie Alstrachen (40) 8:37.72; 5-Anne Darby (53) 8-49.20; 1-Anne Martin (70) 10:50.35.

Spanish Cup of Clubs
July 8, 2006
Elche/Valenciana, Spain
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Rosa Morat 9.50.41; 2-Diana Mart n 10.00.16; 3-Tamara Sanfabio 10.01.11; 4-Azucena D az 10.33.75; 5-Alina Proca [ROM] 10.50.90; 6-Silvia Martinez 10.55.64.

NACAC Under Age 23 Champs
July 8, 2006
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Anna Willard, USA 10:23.23; 2-Cassie King, USA 10:36.97; 3-Bevin Kennelly, Canada 10:43.74; 4-Sandra Lopez, Mexico 10:57.90; 5-Violeta Gomez, Mexico 11:26.17; 6-Yohanna Joseph, Dominican Rep. 12:28.94. [NACAC = North America, Central America and Caribbean Athletic Association]

Caribbean Scholastic Invitational
July 8, 2006
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m steeple: 1-Lindsay Ferguson, USA-Team NSSF 6:45.05; 2-Adriana Rosado, Puerto Rico 8:17.28; 3-Johanna Freeman, Puerto Rico 8:31.86.

USATF Region 5 Junior Olympic Meet
July 8, 2006
Millerburg, Ohio, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m steeple: 1-Rachel Perry (87) Flying Js 8:01.00; 2-Elizabeth Hieber (91) Miami Valley TC 8:34.70; 3-Jessica Cooper (91) MVTC 8:47.00. [Steeple at Wooster, Ohio, College; water jump inside the track. Named teams all from Ohio. 5 finishers; Last = 10:54.60]

Italian Champs
July 8, 2006
Torino, Italy
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Elena Romagnolo (82) 10:05.47; 2-Agnes Tschurtschenthaler (82) 10:07.99; 3-Marzena Michalska ITA (75) 10:17.38; 4-Giorgia Robaudo (84) 10:20.96; 5-Micaela Bonessi (80) 10:24.65; 6-Cecilia Sampietro (83) 10:31.40; 7-Catia Libertone (86) 10:39.42; 8-Simona Santini (80) 10:42.58; 9-Gloria Barale (85) 10:43.54; 10-Martina Malquori (77) 10:49.64; 11-Veronica Chiusole (72) 10:57.82; 12-Michela Guizzardi (82) 11:01.62.

Varldsungdomsspelen
July 7, 2006
Goteborf, Sweden
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m: 1-Lena Orn (88) 6:46.38; 2- Hanna Holst (85) 6:53.23; 3-Cecilia Norrbom (88) 7:11.93; 4- Ann-Sofie Landstrom (85) 7:19.98; 5-Anna Forshufvud (88) 7:53.63. All athletes SWE.

1500m: 1-Klara Bodinson (90) 5:05.82; 2-Maria Westher (90) 5:09.80; 3-Josefine Berggren (89) 5:10.25; 4-Hanna Erlandsson (91) 5:15.61; 5-Ida Ivarsson (89) 5:22.24; 6-Elin Borglund (91) 5:22.26; 7-Ida Verwijst (89) 5:29.36; 8-Martina Welen (90) 5:29.51; 9-Emma Dahl (91) 5:37.00; 10-Maria Sandstrom (90) 5:37.32; 11-Camilla Andersson (90) 5:50.38; 12-Sara Holmgren (90) 5:57.05; 13-Linnea Lord (90) 6:00.38; 14-Maja Jansson (91) 6:03.76. All athletes SWE.

Hungarian Age-Class Champs
July 7, 2006
Budapest, Hungary
Automatic Timing
Results:
Under 23 / 3000m SC - July 9: 1-Viktoria Madarasz (85) 11:38.24; 2-Edit Bartha (85) 12:09.97; 3-Nora Kleiner (86) 12:28.24.

Junior, under 20 / 2000m SC - July 8: 1-Zsofia Erdekyi (87) 6:46.21 National U20 record; 2-Krisztina Kacser (88) 7:07.84; 3-Timea Molnar (87) 7:14.04; 4-Zita Kacser (88) 7:18.24.

Youth, under 18 / 1500m SC - July 7: 1-Csilla Reichnach (89) 5:24.60; 2-Csilla Berki (90) 5;32.36; 3-Zsuzsanna Somi (89) 5:41.06; 4-Zsofia Balogh 5;50.41.

USATF Region 8 Jr. Olympic Meet
July 7, 2006
Indianola, Iowa, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000 meter steeple: 1-Jessica Dallager (90), Northstar United, Eagan, MN 7:51.97; 2-Jordan Williams (89), Corhnusker Flyers, Glenwood, IA 8:15.36; 3-Jennifer Piskor (89), Northstar United, Eagan, MN 8:19.42. [Water barrier at Simpson College meet site was too high for first two laps.]

Belarus Champs
July 7, 2006
Brest, Belarus
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Alesya Turova 9:26.23; 2-Natalia Grigorjeva 10:34.61; 3-Natalia Vasilevskaja 10:48.34. [Former world leader Turova returns fast.]

Super Grand Prix
July 3, 2006
Athens, Greece
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Wioletta Janowska (77) POL 9:17.15 PB; 2-Lyubov Ivanova (81) RUS 9:21.94 PB; 3-Tatyana Petrova (83) RUS 9:22.96 PB; 4-Victoria Mitchell (82) AUS 9:30.84 PB; 5-Livia Toth (80) HUN 9:31.50 SB; 6-Salome Chepchumba (82) KEN 9:37.93 SB; 7-Gladys Kipkemboi (86) KEN 9:38.68 PB; 8-Johanna Lehtinen (79) FIN 9:40.28 PB; 9-Carrie Messner (77) USA 9:50.52; 10-Hattie Dean (82) GBR 9:51.12; 11-Miranda Boonstra (72) NED 9:51.13; 12-Roisin McGettigan (80) IRL 9:55.22 SB; 13-Justyna Bak (74) POL 9:58.11; 14-Irini Kokkinariou (81) GRE 9:58.25; 15-Natalya Izmodenova (81) RUS 10:04.02; 16-Ines Monteiro (80) POR 10:06.16. DNF: Yelena Sidorchenkova (80) RUS; Svetlana Ivanova (83) RUS.

Janowska produced this year's world-leading time to defeat a great international field of 18 steeplers -- half of them achieving Personal Best or Season Best marks in this finals-only competition.

Eastern Canada High Performance Series
July 3, 2006
Ottawa, Canada
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Danielle Woods (89) Ottawa Lions 11:04.14; 2-Rosie Mullins, Swift Athletics 11:18.73; 3-Amber Cushnie (88) U. of Toronto 11:39.58; 4-Christina Lobasso (85) Montreal Olympique 12:18.54.

Eastern Canada High Performance Series
July 3, 2006
Ottawa, Canada
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m: 1-Charlotte Farquharson (88) Toronto Olympic Club 7:28.51; 2-Brittany Moran (87) Durham 7:33.48; 3-Keegan Castrillo (89) Sarnia ASW 7:43.50; 4-Carly Gill (88) Sarnia ASW 7:43.84.

Paavo Nurmi Games
July 2, 2006
Turku, Finland
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Linda Strom (77) SWE 10:32.13; 2-Sanna Kullberg (75) FIN 10:45.03; 3-Riikka Pakarinen (81) FIN 10:48.46; 4-Marika Janka (83) FIN 10:50.94; 5-Saara Skytta (87) FIN 11:07.81; 6-Jonna Valimaa (84) FIN 11:19.29; 7-Tia Taipale (87) FIN 11:26.65.

Slovakia National Championship
July 2, 2006
Trnava, Slovakia
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Kristina Proticova (79) 10:55.10; 2-Jana Stykova (85) 11:52.92; 3-Rodika Tasbirekova (88) 13:07.58

International Meet
July 1, 2006
Bilbao, Spain
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Netsanet Achamo, ETH 10:10.11; 2-Sofia Assefa (87) ETH 10:17.48; 3-Yamilka Gonzalez Viamonte (75) ESP 10:23.29; 4-Sonia Thomas (79) GBR 10:26.33; 5-Encarna Nunez Mesa (78) ESP 11:00.84; 6-Barbara Ramon Salamanya (83) ESP 11:10.06; 7-Silvia Martin Blazquez (73) ESP 11:10.96; 8-Filomena Costa (85) POR 11:13.59; 9-Sara Moreira (85) POR 11:24.16; 10-Alejandra Gonzalez Esteban (76) ESP 11:45.27; 11-Laura Fernandez Alonso (82) 11:56.08.

Kenya Champs
July 1, 2006
Nairobi, Kenya
Hand Timing
Results:
Final: 1-Jeruto Kiptum 9:53.0; 2-Beatrice Korir 10:08.1; 3-Tabitha Chelangat 10:17.3. Kenya Semi-Finals, 29 June 2006

First Semi: 1-Jeruto Kiptum 10.06.1; 2-Clara Chepkorir 10:21.8; 3 Beatrice Kibor 10:30.8.

Second Semi: 1-Tabitha Chelangat 10:25.1; 2-Ruth Waithera 10:28.0; 3-Jackline Chemwok 10:34.6

EAA Permit Meet
July 1, 2006
Kaunsas, Lithuania
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Marzena Michalska (75) ITA 9:54.71 PB; 2-Agnes Tschurtschenthaler (82) ITA 9:58.44 SB, 3-Polina Jelizarova (89) LAT 10:04.75 NR; 4-Hanne Lyngstad (75) NOR 10:06.06 SB; 5-Jekaterine Patjuk (83) EST 10:21.65 NR; 6-Lenka Ptackova (85) CZE 10:28.90. [NR=National Record; PB=Personal Best; SB=Season Best]

Spanish Under Age 23 Champs
July 1, 2006
La Coruna, Spain
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Maria Teresa Urbina (85) 10.18.07; 2-Wanda Sanchez 10.36.58; 3-Mireia Izaguirre 10.52.63; 4-Maria Garcia 11.07.35; 5-Monica Gutierrez 11.13.66; 6-Raquel Landan 11.20.96.

World Junior Champs Test Meet
July 1, 2006
Beijing, China
Automatic Timing
Results:
2- Zhou Huilian 10:35.41; 3-Li Lihua 10:51.84; 4-Zhao Hui 10:54.60; 5-Wang Kaiqiu 10:55.02; 6-Xu Huan 11:03.39; 7-Xu Min 11:20.69; 8-Li Jinhua 11:46.42. [No winner = guest or rabbit maybe first.]

Czech Junior Champs
July 1, 2006
Ostrava, Czech Republic
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Myroslava Petronyuk (87) 10:52.81; 2-Lucie Krizcova (87) 11:04.64; 3-Lucie Skybova (87) 11:15.21; 4-Marketa Schubertova (88) 11:21.29; 5-Marcela Joglova (87) 11:36.34; 6-Petra Grycova (87) 12:01.68; 7-Lenka Schauerova (88) 12:28.30; 8-Zuzana Albrechtova (88) 12:38.55.

Czech Republic Youth Champs
July 1, 2006
Ostrava, Canada
Automatic Timing
Results:
1500m: 1-Eliska Antosova (89) 5:06.75; 2-Karol na Grohova (90) 5:12.10; 3-Sona Smekalova (89) 5:20.56; 4-Marketa Schybolova (89) 5:25.65; 5-Lucie Jiraskova (89) 5:40.44; 6-Sabina Hamanova (89) 5:41.87; 7-Eliska Rigova (89) 5:52.13; 8-Radka Krygarova (89) 5:57.28.

Japan National Champs
June 30, 2006
Kobe, Japan
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Minori Hayakari (72) 9:49.88 ; 2-Haruna Mori (85) 10:19.74; 3-Nanae Sano (85) 10:35.12; 4-Rina Fujioka (82) 10:39.90; 5-Kae Sawada (83) 10:49.55; 6-Yoshiko Ichikawa (76) 10:58.62.

SPAR European Cup
June 28, 2006
Malaga, Spain
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Yelena Sidorchenkova, RUS 9:45.73; 2-Rosa Maria Morato, ESP 9:49.81; 3-Katarzyna Kowalska, POL 9:56.10; 4-Elodie Olivares, FRA 9:57.15; 5-Ida Nilsson, SWE 10:04.78; 6-Cristina Casandra, ROM 10:08.08; 7-Tina Brown, GBR 10:28.26; 8-Yuliya Ihnatova, UKR 10:30.60; 9-Birte Bultmann, GER 10:50.03.

Chinese Junior Champs
June 28, 2006
Luohe, China
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Qie Liping (87-01-12) 10:34.01; 2-Zhang Jing (88-08-23) 10:45.14; 3-Feng Lijuan (88-06-12) 10:53.04; 4-Jin Xianfen (87-01-13) 10:56.93; 5-Li Hui (87-05-11) 11:01.30; 6-Li Yong (88-06-18) 11:04.01.

These athlete are all age-eligible for 2006 World Junior Championships next month.at Beijing

Note: Chinese Junior 2000-meter steeple championship was held in May at Yichun; results were in Steeple Report 366. Those girls were younger -- born in 1989 or 1990 and thus candidates for IAAF World Youth Championships in odd-numbered years.

Chinese Juvenile Champs
June 28, 2006
Luohe, China
Automatic Timing
Results:
2-Zhang Jing 10:45.14; 3-Feng Lijuan 10:53.04; 4-Jin Xianfen 10:56.93; 5-Li Hui 11:01.30; 6-Li Yong 11:04.01; 7-Wu Huizhen 11:23.70; 8-Zhu Liping 11:33.40; 9-Zhang Hailian 12:13.23; 10-Long Furong 12:23.03. [No winner = guest or rabbit maybe first.]

USATF Youth Champs
June 27, 2006
Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple:

Young Women (born 1988-1989): 1-Jessica Nichols, unattached 7:47.65; 2-Laua Brentnell, Greensboro Pacesetters 7:51.89; 3-Jordan Williams, Cornhusker Flyers 8:01.54; 4-Ashleigh Scott, unattached 8:15.90

Intermediate Girls (born 1990-1991): 1-Emily Reese, Northside Red Runners 7:22.83; 2-Rachel Apostoles, unattached 9:22.96; DNS: Brittany McCan, Central Florida Gliders.

USATF Minnesota Jr. Olympics
June 25, 2006
St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple:

1-Jessica Dallager (1990), Northstar United, Eagan, MN 8:00.53 2-Jennifer Piskor (1989), Northstar United, Eagan, MN 8:35.33.

USA Championships Final
June 24, 2006
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Lisa Galaviz, Nike 9:57.58; 2-Kristin Anderson, unattached/Central Missouri 9:57.98; 3-Delilah DiCrescenzo, Westchester TC 10:03.31; 4-Trina Cox, unattached/Abilene Christian 10:06.32; 5-Kelly Strong, Asics 10:07.64; 6-Carrie Messner, Asics 10:12.91; 7-Liz Wort, unattached/Duke 10:13.77; 8-Amanda Kuca, unattached/Concordia Wisconsin 10:14.11; 9-Jane Rudkin, Team XO 10:15.98; 10-Cassie Hunt, Illinois 10:16.54; 11-Ann Gaffigan; New Balance 10:19.71; 12-Rena Chesser; Brigham Young 10:24.61; 13-Kelly Siefker, Indiana 10:31.32; DNF: Dawn Cromer, Pacers/Brooks.

This meet has for years annoyed lady steeplers in varied ways such as changing distance, selection vs. entry, scant recognition, low barrier, short pit, inconsistent rulings, slim funding, flawed entry standards, useless heats. This year was similar but again the athletes prevailed -- with a cautious pace in the final for surprising results.

Without American record-holder Briana Shook and veteran champ Elizabeth Jackson (neither entered --for reasons not announced) pre-race favorite roles went to six ladies with personal bests under 10 minutes for 3000m steeple. Only one of them, winner Lisa Galaviz, broke 10 for the final in 80-degree heat where they were held at the start twice as long as the race. As a group that speedy six averaged 22.3 seconds slower than their bests.

After running heats not needed, the pack seemed weary and unwilling to challenge USA 2006 leader Carrie Messner before she faded at 2400 meters. Such a tactical race with an inevitable finish sprint brought some new faces to the front, notably Kristin Anderson (2005 NCAA Division 2 champ) with her first-ever sub-10 effort close to winner Lisa Galaviz.

Trina Cox, the 2006 Division 2 champ, took fourth behind veteran Delilah DiCrescenzo; and Division 3 Champ Amanda Kuca led the second half of the field.

Kenya Provincial Champs
June 24, 2006
Nyeri, Kenya
Hand Timing
Results:
1-Ruth Waithera, 10:55.0; 2-Rachael Wanjiru, 11:18.0; 3-Caroline Muthoni, 11:32.0.

Kenyan Provincial Champs
June 24, 2006
Nairobi, Kenya
Hand Timing
Results:
1-Pauline Njeri, 10:39.4; 2-Violet Kemunto, 11:11.3; 3-Susan Chepkok, 12:00.3.

Greek Under Age 23 Champs
June 24, 2006
Argos, Greece
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Maria Pardalou (84) 10:22.16; 2-Xenia Kazim rova (84) 10:32.54; 3-Dionisia Koubouli (87) 10:55.94; 4-Maria Zoidi (87) 11:50.11; 5-Magdalini Kotsasavva (87) 11:53.74; 6-Thessal a-Kleopatra Fraggopoulou (88) 12:13.44; 7-Irini Kefalidou (85) 12:54.44; 8-Irini Tamihtsi (88) 13:08.19; 9-Theoni Louvi (87) 13:39.90; 10-Anisoara-Mariana Tsiobanou (87) 13:54.52.

Czech Republic Championship
June 24, 2006
Prague, Czech Republic
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Lenka Ptackova (85) 10:14.61; 2-Marcela Lustigova (82) 10:21.05; 3-Barbora Kuncova (82) 10:28.09; 4-Katerina Pechackova (85) 10:58.07; 5-Ivana Sekyrova (71) 11:01.00; 6-Marta Vlcovska (76) 11:03.36; 7-Lucie Krizova (87) 11:13.67; 8-Myroslava Petronyuk (87) 11:16.05. [14 finishers; Last = 11:58.65]

USATF Junior National Champs
June 23, 2006
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Marie Lawrence, unattached / Reno HS 10:15.26; 2-Amy Fowler, Brigham Young Univ 10:18.88; 3-Katelyn Bowen, Weber State Univ 10:24.15; 4-Ashlyn Sinclair, Mach Los Track Club 11:29.21; 5-Meagan Hudson, Jefferson County Jets 11:41.92.

This small-field race, for athletes under age 20 throughout 2006, selects USA team entrants for the World Junior Championships in August at Beijing, China. Not entered were some good young USA steeplers, notably Lindsay Ferguson who is on the 2000m steeple World List with Lawrence. A possible reason is the 3000m distance (35 barriers) adopted by IAAF in 2004 for World Juniors although most nations use the shorter 2000m (23 barriers) for their juniors.

Winter Invitation Meet
June 23, 2006
Brisbane, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Roisin O Dwyer-Mazur 7:51.06, 2-Natalie Dudkowski 7:51.98.

AT&T USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships Heats
June 22, 2006
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
First Heat: 1-Rena Chesser, Brigham Young Univ 10:17.97; 2-Kelly Strong, Asics 10:18.09; 3-Jane Rudkin, Team XO 10:18.19; 4-Lisa Galaviz, Nike 10:18.25; 5-Liz Wort, unattached 10:18.39; 6-Delilah DiCrescenzo, Westchester TC 10:19.27; 7-Amanda Kuca, unattached 10:20.09; 8-Kelly Siefker, Indiana 10:25.98; 9-Lucinda Hull, Adidas Raleigh 10:45.24
[First 4 advanced by place to final, next 4 advanced by time. Only last place did not advance.]

Second Heat: 1-Carrie Messner, Asics 10:17.67; 2-Trina Cox, unattached 10:17.82; 3-Dawn Cromer, Pacers/Brooks 10:17.84; 4-Kristin Anderson, unattached 10:17.87; 5-Cassie Hunt, Illinois 10:18.22; 6-Ann Gaffigan, New Balance 10:19.63; 7-Kara June, Asics Aggies 10:29.79.
[First 4 advanced by place to final; next 2 advanced by time. Only last place did not advance.]

As storm weather raged, canceling some races and postponing some to another day, needless heats were again run in women's steeple as they were last year. Finishes were crowded. In heat one the first five runners finished within 4/10 of a second; in heat two the first four finished within 2/10 of a second.

Except for last place in each heat, everyone advanced to a 14-runner final scheduled for Saturday, June 24. Kara June, former USA Junior National Champion now with 10:12 PR, fell on a rain-soaked water-jump barrier and could not recover well enough to advance.

Without heats the final would have had 16 runners; 18 are permissible by rules. (For women's 1500m run, after the storm delay there were only 16 runners -- and all were advanced to the Saturday final without being subjected to heats.)

South England Champs
June 18, 2006
London, Great Britain
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple:

Under 20 Women: 1-Ruth Senior, City of Norwich AC 6:50.29; 2-Charlie Gaspar, MMK AC 7:12.94; 3-Lucy Yates, Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers 8:12.78

Senior Women: 1-Lois Bowles, Enfield & Haringey AC 7:04.39; 2-Shavaun Henry, Blackheath & Bromley Harriers 7:15.13; 3-Lorna King, Radley AC 7:51.33.

Scottish Age-Class Champs
June 18, 2006
Glasgow, Scotland
Automatic Timing
Results:
Under 20 Women: 1-Nicola Hood, Nithsdale AC 5:23.01; 2-Laura McCord, Whitemoss AAC 5:41.79; 3-Stacey Louch, Pitreavie AAC 6:49.11.

Nike High School Nationals
June 17, 2006
Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple

First Race: 1-Danielle Karagannis /Northport, NY 7:38.55; 2-Patricia Wardwell /Clifton Park, NY 7:39.08; 3-Amanda Rusilas / Charlton 7:43.66; 4-Julia Rooney /New York, NY 7:51.15; 5-Nefeteri Williams /Bellwood, Indiana 7:51.38; 6-Brigid Carey /Birmingham, Alabama 7:51.45. [10 finishers; Last = 8:56.16]

Second Race: 1-Marie Lawrence /Reno, Nevada 6:35.63; 2-Lindsey Ferguson /Greenfield, NY 6:45.46; 3-Hannah Davidson /Saratoga Springs, NY 6:58.79; 4-Leah Andrianos /East Syracuse, NY 7:14.33; 5-Ashlyn Sinclair /Silver Spring, Maryland 7:20.77; 6-Mary Nothum / Washington, Missouri 7:25.33; 7-Amanda Walsh /New Rochelle, NY 7:30.70; 8-Nicole Rozario /Middletown, NY 7:33.58; 9-Karen Roa /Flushing, NY 7:37.75; 10-Courtney Kelly /North Bellmore, NY 7:38.64; 11-Amber Riley /Morgantown, West Virginia 7:44.80. [13 finishers; Last = 8:17.18]

Steeple Report 334 last summer introduced Marie Lawrence, a precocious 15-year-old steepler who took second in the Pan-American Junior Championships behind Brazil's Sabine Heitling. Now Lawrence has won this USA high school national meet in record time and on June 23 at Indianapolis tries for USA team going to Beijing for 2006 World Junior Championships -- where she would still be only age 16. At Greensboro she showed her strength on the global standard 3.66m water jump, then increased the pace on final backstretch to overtake favored Lindsey Ferguson and win by almost 10 seconds.

Domspitzmilch Gala
June 17, 2006
Regensburg, Germany
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Agnes Tschurtschenthaler (82) ITA 10:05.82; 2-Birte Bultmann (74) GER 10:07.41; 3-Julia Hiller (87) GER 10:12.75; 3-Uta Sch fer (80) GER 11:03.54; 5-Marzena Michalska (75) ITA 10:24.92; 6-Meike Rosenauer (81) GER 10:25.99; 7-Melanie Schulz (79) GER 10:44.24; 8-Andreina Byrd (78) GER 11:03.28; 9-Susi Lutz (87) GER 10:21.43. DNF: Verena Dreier (85) GER.

European Cup: First League Group A
June 17, 2006
Prague, Czech Republic
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Johanna Lehtinen (79)FIN 09:45.64; 2-Fionnuala Britton (84) IRL 09:56.03; 3-Polina Jelizarova (89) LAT 10:07.59; 4-Stephanie de Croock (79) BEL 10:11.78; 5-Marcela Listigova (82) CZE 10:20.43; 6-Natalya Grigoryeva (84) BLR 10:26.61; 7-Elena Romagnolo (82) ITA 10:31.37; 8-Louisa Welbergen (86) SUI 11:30.77.

European Cup: First League Group B
June 17, 2006
Thessaloniki, Greece
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Ines Monteiro, POR 9:53.99; 2-Miranda Boonstra, NED 9:54.94; 3-T rkan Erismis, TUR 10:03.46; 4-Ir ni Kokkinariou, GRE 10:03.57; 5-Eszter Erdelyi, HUN 10:18.51; 6-Daneja Grandovec, SLO 10:37.83; 7-Rumiana Panovska, BUL 11:09.03; 8-Liubov Novosad, LTU 11:45.59.

European Cup: Second League Group A
June 17, 2006
Banska Bystrica, Slovakia
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Karoline Bjerkeli Grovdal (90) NOR 10:17.27; 2-Kristina Proticova (79) SVK 10:50.44; 3-Irina Weingarten, ISR 10:50.45; 4-Maiken Toftgaard (84) DEN 10:50.61; 5-Herdis Arnalds (88) ISL 12:13.75; 6-Mia Kusekovic (88) CRO 12:38.24; 7-Gatnau Castellarnau (89) AND 14:08.19.

European Cup: Second League Group B
June 17, 2006
Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Biljana Jovic (85) SCG 10:09.50; 2-Andrea Mayr (79) AUT 10:13.01; 3-Jasmina Delic (88) BIH 11:01.75; 4-Nino Tatruiadize (88) GEO; 5-Eugenia Korkokiou (88) CYP; 6-Olga Andrejeva (85) EST 11:51.99; 7-Mahira Ismayilova (87) AZE; 8-Gohar Astrayan (85) 12:33.05.

Club Athletics Meeting
June 17, 2006
Valencia, Spain
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Rosa Morato (79) 9:42.51; 2-Tamara Sanfabio (78) 10:09.30; 3-Diana Martain Jiminez (81) 10:26.30; 4-Maazucena Daaz Calvo (82) 10:31.98.
[Morato lowers her ESP National Record]

Domspitzmilch Gala
June 17, 2006
Regensburg, Germany
Automatic Timing
Results:
International Race: 1-Agnes Tschurtschenthaler (82) ITA 10:05.82; 2-Birte Bultmann (74) GER 10:07.41; 3-Marzena Michalska (75) ITA 10:24.92; 4-Meike Rosenauer (81) GER 10:25.99; 5-Melanie Schulz (79) GER 10:44.24; 6-Andreina Byrd (78) GER 11:03.28; 7-Natascha Schmitt (86) GER 11:12.09. DNF: Verena Dreier (85) GER.

Regional Champs: 1-Julia Hiller (87) GER 10:12.75; 2-Susi Lutz (87) GER 10:21.43; 3-Uta Schaffer (80) GER 11:03.54; 4-Kristin Moller (84) GER 11:20.17. [Hiller and Lutz are both Juniors]

This is a corrected, two-race version of Gala results previously reported.

European Cup, League 2 Group B
June 17, 2006
Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro
Automatic Timing
Results:
Replacing incomplete event report of June 18 in SR 368.

1-Biljana Jovic (85) SCG 10:09.50; 2-Andrea Mayr (79) AUT 10:13.01; 3-Jasmina Delic (88) BIH 11:01.75; 4-Nino Tatruiadize (88) GEO; 5-Eugenia Korkokiou (88) CYP 11:39.59; 6-Olga Andrejeva (85) EST 11:51.99; 7-Mahira Ismayilova (87) AZE 12:14.12; 8-Gohar Astrayan (85) ARM 12:33.05; 9-Oltiona Lushi (89) ALB 12:41.82; 10-Lisa Keiffer (88) LUX 13:10.85.

Ukraine Meet
June 15, 2006
Kiev, Ukraine
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Natalya Kovtun (87-10-24) 10:35.00; 2-Svetlana Denchuk (87-10-14) 10:40.63; 3-Yelena Ocheredko (81-11-04) 10:43.06.

Russian Championships
June 12, 2006
Tula, Russia
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Liubov Ivanova 9:26.54; 2-Yelena Sidorchenkova 9:27.35; 3-Tatiana Petrova 9:30.06; 4-Svetlana Ivanova 9:46.98; 5-Tatiana Vilisova 9:50.88; 6-Olesya Tyurina 10:00.08; 7-Yekaterina Chebotareva 10:27.11; 8-Svetlana Shustova 10:44.29. 9-Marina Romanovskaya 10:44.79; 10-Irina Orlova 10:45.39

Budapest Champs
June 11, 2006
Budapest, Hungary
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Eszter Erdelyi 10:44.20; 2-Zsofia Erdelyi (87) 10:46.23.

Slovenian Cup
June 11, 2006
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Daneja Grandovec (84) 10:39.23; 2-Maja Morohovi (86) 11:30.69; 3-Nezka Pori (87) 11:37.20.

International Meet
June 10, 2006
Bucharest, Romania
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Cristina Casandra (77) Suceava 9:38.82; 2-Ancuta Bobocel (87) Drobeta Severin 9:51.13; 3-Catalina Oprea (86) Targov-Univ. Craiova 9:58.13; 4-Claudia Elena Colita (77) CSM-Univ. Craiova 10:33.53; 5-Oxana Juravel (86) Republica Moldova 10:35.35.

BMC Grand Prix
June 10, 2006
Watford, Great Britain
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Lizzie Hall (85) 9:48.51; 2-Hattie Dean (82) 9:52.22; 3-Emily Pidgeon (89) 10:13.24; 4-Ruth Senior (87) 10:24.91; 5-Carolyn Boosey 10:50.39; 6- Shavaun Henry 11:26.78, 7-Louise Bardsley 11:28.92. [Hall bettered GBR record of 9:48.57 by Tina Brown in 2005. Pidgeon and Senior are both under age 20 and eligible for the 2006 World Junior Championships in August at Beijing. BMC = British Milers Club]

Hradec Kralove
June 10, 2006
, Czech Republic
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Tatiana Metelkova 10:48.85; 2-Marta Vlcovska 11:11.24; 3-Jasminka Guber, BIH 11:41.62; 4-Anna Bacova 11:45.79; 5- Ivana Kl mova (87) 12:06.23; 6-Lenka Schauerova (88) 12:27.44.

Midwest Distance Solution
June 10, 2006
Hillsdale, Michigan, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Kristin Andersen, unattached 10:07.05; 2-Julia Rudd, unattached 10:32.61; 3-Brooke Ferguson, unattached 11:12.12.

Greek Women's National Championships
June 10, 2006
Trikala, Greece
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Irini Kokkinariou 10:01.66; 2-Maria Pardalou (84) 10:14.92; 3-Konstad na Kefala 10:29.74; 4-Maria Evaggelou 10:45.67; 5-Xenia Kazim rova (84) 10:45.82; 6-Dionisia Koubouli (87) 11:15.00; 7-Kleopatra Thessalia Fraggopoulou (88) 12:40.86; 8-Flora Hristofaki 12:53.13.

International Meet
June 10, 2006
Rabat, Morocco
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Drissia Faouzi 6:50.65; 2-Ibtissam Guermoumen (Jr) 7:03.44; 3-Houria Baddar 8:20.76.

Serbian Cup Final
June 10, 2006
Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Biljana Jovic (85) 10:04.60 \ Meet Record; 2-Jelena Mimic (84) 10:57.02; 3-Ivana Cebic (87) 11:34.43.

NCAA Division I Final
June 9, 2006
Sacramento, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Jenny Barringer( 86) Colorado 9:53.04; 2-Cassie Hunt (83) Illinois 9:55.75; 3-Shannon Wommack (83) Tennessee-Chattanooga 9:56.50; 4-Emily Brown (84) Minnesota 9:56.62; 5-Nicole Bush (86) Michigan State 10:01.04; 6-Anna Willard (84) Brown 10:06.83; 7-Amy Fowler (87) Brigham Young 10:08.12; 8-Ebba Stenback (81) Toledo 10:08.68; 9-Kelly Siefker (84) Indiana 10:11.73; 10-Lisa Stublic (84) Columbia 10:18.67; 11-Arianne Field (84) Michigan 10:19.31; 12-Rena Chesser (83) Brigham Young 10:19.47; 13-Cassie King (84) North Carolina 10:25.31; 14-Molly Landreth (82) Penn State 10:30.96.

As the pace accelerated to an unofficial 75.5 last lap, Cassie King yielded to Cassie Hunt who led over the last water jump. Barringer moved up quickly on the final straightaway but five strides from the last on-track hurdle she drifted left into Lane 1 toward Hunt, and both landed awkwardly after semi-sharing hurdle space. Barringer recovered better and sprinted home for a personal best, clasping her hands overhead as she crossed the finish line. She and six behind her achieved personal best times in this race.

Barringer is a first-year college student, age 19, and might be considered a top candidate for 2006 World Junior Championships (under age 20) if age on the date of competition was the determinant. But the rules of track and field athletics use age in the year of competition, so reaching age 20 on January 1 or 364 days later on December 31 is considered the same. Barringer reaches age 20 on 23 August 2006, after World Junior steeple, but will not be eligible to run in WJC.

However, Amy Fowler from this race remains age-eligible for WJC. Young Barringer can be consoled by now having a "B" qualifier for 2007 World Champs and 2008 Olympic Games -- and many opportunities remain for her upgrade to an "A" qualifier.

Swedish Meet
June 9, 2006
Huddlnge, Sweden
Automatic Timing
Results:
1500m, under age 18: 1-Natalie Role (90) 4:58.69; 2-Clara Bodkins (90) 5:06.08; x-Joanna Also (91) 5:19.51; 3-Josefine Berggren (89) 5:23.55. [x = competitor under age 16]

2000m, under age 20: 1-Lena Orn (88) 6:50.75; 2-Cecilia Norrbom (88) 7:21.65; 3-Maria Sodenstrom (88) 7:44.02.

Kenya Military Champs
June 8, 2006
Nairobi, Kenya
Hand Timing
Results:
1-Jeruto Kiptum (1981) 10:54.9; 2-L. Mueni 11:31.5. [Kiptum ran 9:26.95 last August in the World Championships at Helsinki.]

NCAA DI Heats
June 7, 2006
Sacramento, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
First 5 places each heat + 4 fast times to June 9 Final
This means that first 7 finishers each heat will advance

FIRST HEAT: 1-Ebba Stenback, Toledo 10:11.38; 2-Jenny Barringer, Colorado 10:12.38; 3-Anna Willard, Brown 10:12.66; 4-Cassie Hunt, Illinois 10:12.71; 5-Amy Fowler, Brigham Young 10:12.78; 6-Lisa Stublic, Columbia 10:15.73; 7-Molly Landreth, Penn State 10:16.45; 8-Brooke Bennett, Arizona State 10:18.91; 9-A Havahla Haynes, Wisconsin 10:22.81; 10-Bevin Kennelly, Idaho 10:27.78; 11-Stacie Lifferth, Utah State 10:29.36; 12-Suzanne Andrews, Princeton 10:30.05; 13-Monique Ortega, Baylor 10:33.73; 14-Eva Tomankova, Oklahoma State 10:39.85.

SECOND HEAT: 1-Shannon Wommack, U.Tenn-Chattanooga 10:08.20; 2-Cassie King, North Carolina 10:09.41; 3-Nicole Bush, Michigan State 10:09.67; 4-Emily Brown, Minnesota 10:09.73; 5-Kelly Siefker, Indiana 10:10.79; 6-Rena Chesser, Brigham Young 10:17.40; 7-Arianne Field, Michigan 10:17.44; 8-Barbara Parker, Florida State 10:22.57; 9-Sariah St.Laurent, Weber State 10:22.89; 10-Nelly Anderson, James Madison 10:28.10; 11-Bethany Nickless, Santa Barbara 10:33.09; 12-Tsehaye Dagnachew, Charlotte 10:38.66; 13-Sarah Becker, Wichita State 10:44.68.

Athetics Meet
June 5, 2006
Neerpelt, Belgium
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Veerle Dejaeghere (1973) BEL 9:43.14; 2-Miranda Boonstra (1972) BEL 9:47.87; 3-Ida Nilsson (1981) SWE 9:48.36; 4-Christin Johanson (1978) SWE 9:50.01; 5-Fionnulla Britton (1984) IRL 9:53.61; 6-Tina Brown (1976) GBR 9:58.50; 7-Stefanie DeCroock (1979) BEL 10:03.87; 8-Andrea Deelstra (1985) NED 10:14.21; 9-Monique Zimmer, SUI 10:19.07. DNF: Helen Hofstede, NED; Sophie Duarte, FRA.

Memorial Josefa Odlo
June 5, 2006
Prague, Czech Republic
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Victoria Mitchell AUS 9:40.27; 2-Gladys Kipkemboi, KEN 9:48.94; 3-Johanna Lehtinen, FIN 9:50.61 NR; 4-Katarzyna Kowalska, POL 9:52.85; 5-Yamina Bouchaouante, FRA 10:00.59; 6-Andrea Mayr, AUT 10:16.35; 7-Marcela Lustigova, CZE 10:18.52; 8-Valeriya Mara, UKR 10:37.67. DNF: Ivana Sekyrova, CZE.

Wisconsin Twilight Meet
June 5, 2006
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Amanda Kuca, Concordia Univ. 10:07.67; 2-Jackie Oestriech, Univ of Wisconsin 11:37.85; 3-Annette Dahler, Univ. of Wisconsin 12:05.06; 4-Bree Lannon, Carroll College 12:06.84 [8 finishers; Last = 12:54.45]

Southern California USATF Champs
June 4, 2006
Los Angeles, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Kristin Anderson, unattached 10:17.95; 2-Erin Doherty, Farm Team 10:43.94; 3-Jinny Hanifan, Farm Team 10:45.49; 4-Alison Mann, Nike Team Run LA 11:30.98.

Gobierno de Aragon
June 3, 2006
Zaragoza, Spain
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Jeruto Kiptum, KEN 9:44.54; 2-Mekdes Bekele, ESP 9:48.19; 3-Rosa Morato, ESP 9:52.71; 4-Zenaide Vieira, BRA 10:05.62; 5-Justyna Bak, POL 10:05.74; 6-Ines Montiero, POR 10:09.85; 7-Maria Azucena Diaz, ESP 10:34.33; 8-Irene Pelayo, ESP 10:36.33; DNF: Yamilka Gonzalez, ESP; Gladys Jerotich Kipkemoi, KEN; Marzena Michalska, ITA; Tamara Sanfabio, ESP. [4 DNF of 12]

Music City Distance Carnival
June 3, 2006
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Kelly Strong, Asics 9:58.34; 2-Delilah DiCrescenzo, Westchester TC 9:59.48; 3-Ann Gaffigan, New Balance 9:59.78; 4-Jane Rudkin, Team XO 10:17.74; 5-Jennifer Davis, Westchester TC 10:25.45; 6-Lucinda Hull, Adidas 10:27.00; 7-Dawn Cromer, Pacers/Brooks 10:27.16; 8-Stefanie Calhoun, unattached 10:37.11. [Very close finish for first three runners. First four broke 10:20.12 stadium record by Cromer.]

Cezmi Or Memorial
June 3, 2006
Istanbul, Turkey
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Christin Johansson , SWE 9:57.12; 2-Catalina Oprea, ROM 10:03.81; 3-Ancuta Bobocel, ROM 10:07.90; 4-Turkan Erismis, TUR 10:08.19; 5-Yuliya Ihnatova, UKR 10:12.56; 6- Dobrinka Shalamanova, BUL 10:21.41; 7-Hulya Ongun, TUR 10:35.41; 8-Fadime Suna, TUR 11:31.68; 9- Ruth Kalunda KEN 12:04.89. [Bobocel born 1987 = young enough for 2006 World Junior Champs]

National Competition
June 3, 2006
Zeven, Germany
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Julia Hiller (1987) 6:38.52; 2-Steffi Mewes (1987) 7:27.89; 3-Stefanie Neumann (1988) 7:38.58; 4-Jana Palmowski (1988) 7:39.72; 5-Nadine Lofski (1988) 7:42.25. [Hiller now 2nd in 2006 World Junior list.]

National Competition
June 3, 2006
Zeven, Germany
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Jana Jungnickel (1979) 11:14.70; 2-Gwendolyn Mewes (1984) 11:42.85. [Third = 12:15.61]

British Columbia High School Champs
June 3, 2006
Burnaby, Canada
Automatic Timing
Results:
1500m Steeple: 1-Laurel Draper, Oak Bay 5:12.22; 2-Samantha Lotnick, Brookswood 5:14.23; 3-Chantelle Groenewoud, Handsworth 5:16.98; 4-Brittany Cooper, Oak Bay 5:17.03; 5-Cali Olleck, Revelstoke 5:20.17; 6-Megan Schaufele, Holy Cross 5:21.29; 7-Gillian Wright, Crofton House 5:22.50; 8-Aleah Teer, WJ Mouat 5:25.04; 9-Alexis Thornhill, Prince George 5:30.97; 10-Hayley McIvor, Moscrop 5:34.57; 11-Kalee Andrew, Lambrick Park 5:34.77; 12-Rana Hazarat, Fleetwood Park 5:41.99 [25 finishers; Last = 6:46.57]

CZE Regional Club Champs
June 3, 2006
Stara Boleslav, Czech Republic
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Iva Milesova 11:10.65; 2-Myroslava Petronyuk (UKR, 87) 11:25.04; 3-Kateoina Loubkova 12:09.16, [11 finishers; Last = 14:52.98]

CZE Regional Club Champs
June 3, 2006
Plzen, Czech Republic
Automatic Timing
Results:
1. Ivana Sekyrova 11:13.77, 2. Monika Preibischova 11:27.06, 3. Marcela Joglova (87) 11:47.92. [11 finishers; Last = 13:59.48]

Regional Champs
June 2, 2006
Diez, Germany
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Verena Dreier 10:06.04 [German Leader 2006]; 2-Annette Weiss 10:44.85; 3-Rebecca Adams 10:49.77.

National High School Champs
June 2, 2006
Daegu, Korea
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Ju Hye-Suk (1987) 11:18.64 National Junior Record; 2-Bae Yoo-Jin 11:22.27; 3-Lee Sun-Hwa 11:25.01; 4-Kim Jin-Ha 11:35.72.

Sukma National Games
June 1, 2006
Alor Star, Malaysia
Automatic Timing
Results:
1- Melinder Kaur (1988) 12:03.74; 2-Subramaniam Sangeetha (1987) 12:12.98; 3-Fariza Abdul Hamid (1990) 12:23.55; 4-Ganesan Thavaneswary (1986) 12:49.35. [3 DNF; 6 finishers; Last = 13:34.81]

Golden Spike Meet
May 30, 2006
Ostrava, Czech Republic
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Tatyana Petrova, RUS 9:29.84; 2-Svetlana Ivanova, RUS 9:38.48; 3-Victoria Mitchell, AUS 9:39.61; 4-Salome Chepchumba, KEN 9:40.63; 5-Gladys Jerotich Kipkemoi, KEN 9:48.05; 6-Ida Nilsson, SWE 9:48.42; 7-Cristina Casandra, ROM 9:48.88; 8-Yamina Bouchaouante, FRA 9:50.80; 9-Irini Kokkinar ou, GRE 9:55.82; 10-Barbora Kuncova, CZE 10:20.66; 11-Kristina Proticova, SVK 10:59.93. DNF: Inzikuru Docus, UGA. [World Champion DNF; no USA steeplers got into this race.]

Inter Counties Champs
May 29, 2006
Bedford, Great Britain
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Hatti Dean, Oxfordshire 6:44.90; 2-Ruth Senior, Norfolk 6:51.69; 3-Sarah Hopkinson, Gloucestershire 7:03.23; 4-Carolyn Boosey, Buckinghamshire 7:08.40; 5-Celia DeMaria, Yorkshire 7:19.42; 6-Becky Ellis, N/S Cheshire 7:24.83; 7-Emily Brown, Cheshire 7:26.99. [10 finishers; Last = 8:08.75]

National Grand Prix
May 28, 2006
Zhengzhou, China
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Li Zhenzhu 10:06.87; 2-Wang Huan 10:22.54; 3-Zhang Jiaomei 10:25.48 ; 4-Chen Xiaofang 10:32.26; 5-Xu Yinuo 10:34.34; 6-Lu Minhong 10:41.02; 7-Li Chongfeng 10:45.26; 8-Jin Xianfen 10:48.56; 9-Zhang Jing 10:52.39; 10-Zhao Hui 10:56.34; 11-Feng Lijuan 11:00.05; 12-Fang Xiaoyu 11:02.38; 13- Li Lihua 11:02.39. [Wang Huan is only age 16, still in Youth category. Five others are age-eligible for 2006 World Junior Champs.]

National Race
May 28, 2006
Zeulenroda, Germany
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Birte Bultmann 10:38.84; 2-Meike Rosenauer 10:46.98; 3-Corinna Nuber 10:59.75; 4-Andreina Byrd 11:04.87; 5-Ute Schafer 11:07.73; 6-Dagmar Schaedel 11:29.46.

Northern Greece Championships
May 28, 2006
Thessaloniki, Greece
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Maria Pardalou (85) 10:21.28. DNF: Elpida Christodoulidou (87) CYP.

Rigas Kausi
May 27, 2006
Riga, Latvia
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Christin Johansson, SWE 9:53.05; 2-Fionnula Britton, IRL 10:08.85; 3-Kristina Proticova, SVK 10:49.26; 4-Irina Stula-Pankova, LAT 10:56.98; 5- Lasma Grinberga, LAT 11:55.93; DQ-Polina Jelizarova, LAT.

NCAA East Regional
May 27, 2006
Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
East Region, 27 May 2006 - Greensboro, North Carolina (3 sections)

Race 1: 1-Liz Gesel, Villanova 10:44.89; 2-Amy Ruffolo, Duquesne 10:56.35; 3-Anne Hessberg, Boston College 10:57.78; 4-Sonja Hinish, Penn State 11:16.33; 5-Claire Hamilton, Yale 11:17.34; 6-Nicole Kurtain, Richmond 11:23.86; 7-Carrie Selmer, Winthrop 11:26.39; 8-Katie Simon, Syracuse 11:32.52; 9-Orlaith Cunningham, Connecticut 11:35.21; 10-Kathleen Duffy, Sacred Heart 11:37.73; 11-Kate Curran, Penn State 11:40.38.

Race 2: 1-Robyn Ellerbrock, JR Cornell 10:36.75; 2-Catherine Parker, New Hampshire 10:38.57; 3-Madeline McKeever, Duke 10:41.15; 4-Shelby Leland, Columbia 10:44.58; 5-Tara Dressler, Campbell 10:51.65; 6-Karen Pulliam, William & Mary 10:53.05; 7-Kristin Hart, Virginia Tech 10:54.04; 8-Lindsay Kahn, Brown 10:56.70; 9-Sarah Madebach, Georgia 10:56.92; 10-Lise Ogrodnick, Georgetown 10:56.98; 11-Erin Henry, Georgetown 10:57.51; 12-Elena Linn, Georgia Tech 11:03.86; 13-Meghan Gaffney, Appalachian State 11:04.47; 14-Alexis Lake, Boston College 11:18.18.

Race 3: 1-Anna Willard, Brown 10:12.88; 2-Cassie King, North Carolina 10:16.33; 3-Molly Landreth, Penn State 10:21.22; 4-Lisa Stublic, Columbia 10:21.67; 5-Suzanne Andrews, Princeton 10:21.92; 6-Tsehaye Dagnachew, UNC-Charlotte 10:24.39; 7-Laura Meyers, Columbia 10:24.83; 8-Susan Davis, West Virginia 10:26.03; 9-Nelly Anderson, James Madison 10:28.95; 10-Marisa Ryan, Boston University 10:30.77; 11-Lydia Willemse, Florida State 10:31.36; 12-Barbara Parker, Florida State 10:33.45; 13-Jillian Sullivan, Connecticut 10:37.99; 14-Kristina Roth, NC State 10:41.44; 15-Lindsay Sundell, Florida 10:41.95; 16-Ioana Parusheva, Villanova 10:54.96; 17-Jessica Cickay, Boston University 11:23.20; DNF: Felicitas Mensing, Coastal Carolina.

NCAA Mideast Regional
May 27, 2006
Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
Race 1: 1-Caroline Peyton, Arkansas 10:42.84; 2-Michelle Brewer, Samford 10:53.72; 3-Stephanie Greer, Indiana 10:55.29; 4-Theresa Emond, Marquette 11:01.58; 5-Ashley Billstrom, Valparaiso 11:07.97; 6-Katie DeRusso, Notre Dame 11:11.03; 7-Morgan Sulzener, Akron 11:17.03; 8-Megan Carnes, Alabama 11:18.32; 9-Emily Adama, Michigan State 11:24.85.

Race 2: 1-Ebba Stenback, Toledo 10:04.33; 2-Shannon Wommack, Chattanooga 10:07.50; 3-Cassie Hunt, Illinois 10:13.81; 4-Nicole Bush, Michigan State 10:16.29; 5-Arianne Field, Michigan 10:22.15; 6- AHavahla Haynes, Wisconsin 10:23.72; 7-Kelly Siefker, Indiana 10:24.80; 8-Amber Ferner, Purdue 10:34.60; 9-Jenny Fascione, Kent State 10:39.31; 10-Jamie Roflow, Bowling Green State 10:41.13; 11-Casey DeWitt, Missouri State 10:43.76; 12-Katie Stuckey, Butler 10:45.74; 13-Whitney Mays, Alabama-Birmingham 10:48.38; 14-Laura Kennedy, Illinois State 10:51.28; 15-Tiffany Redlarczyk, Arkansas 11:04.72; 16-Amanda Ganser, Wisconsin 11:05.57; 17-Sabrina LeFort, Chattanooga 11:06.51; 18-Joy Griffith, Mississippi State 11:55.05.

Click Here for Photo by Sally McMillan, from left: Hunt, Stenback, Wommack who broke away with Bush from the pack after 2000m of tactics and lead exchanges.

NCAA Midwest Regional
May 27, 2006
Austin, Texas, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Jenny Barringer, Colorado 10:26.04; 2-Emily Brown, Minnesota 10:33.54; 3-Eva Tomankova, Oklahoma State 10:38.92; 4-Monique Ortega, Baylor 10:39.40; 5-Sarah Becker, Wichita State 10:42.16; 6-Sarah Yoder, Rice 10:48.16; 7-Micah Land, Wichita State 10:49.09; 8-Kristen Hemphill, Colorado State 10:50.47; 9-Kate Gorry, Rice 10:50.51; 10-Renee Graham, Lamar 10:57.08; 11-Amanda King, Lamar 11:01.98; 12-Lyndsy Bedell, Baylor 11:16.77; 13-Margaret Frash, Air Force 11:17.41; 14-Charity Williams, Baylor 11:32.86; 15-Sarah Ravenelle, Texas A&M 11:54.28.

NCAA West Regional
May 27, 2006
Provo, Utah, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
Race 1: 1-Collier Lawrence, Washington State 11:07.93; 2-Amy Blodgett, Weber State 11:13.12; 3-Lisa Crampton, San Diego State 11:23.67; 4-Celeste Tyson, San Diego State 11:24.47.

Race 2: 1-Amy Fowler, Brigham Young 10:32.36; 2-Bethany Nickless, Santa Barbara 10:33.54; 3-Brooke Bennett, Arizona State 10:33.94; 4-Sariah St.Laurent, Weber State 10:34.33; 5-Bevin Kennelly, Idaho 10:36.80; 6-Stacie Lifferth, Utah State 10:37.41; 7-Tiffany Strickland, Utah State 10:46.02; 8-Lindsey Anderson, Weber State 10:53.93; 9-Anna Masinelli, Arizona State 10:55.21; 10-Katie Bowen, Weber State 10:58.05; 11-Lindsay Allen, Stanford 10:59.03; 12-Rena Chesser, Brigham Young 11:01.29; 13-Dana Buchanan, Oregon 11:12.85; 14-Amanda Fitz-Gustafson, Oregon 11:16.30; 15-Leslie Barrie, UCLA 11:17.51.

NCAA DII Championships
May 27, 2006
Emporia, Kansas, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Trina Cox, Abilene Christian 10:27.71; 2-Brittany Somers, Adams State 10:52.57; 3-Kelly Richards, Edinboro 11:03.00; 4-Savita Chelimo, Harding 11:05.50; 5-Jennifer James, Calif State-Chico 11:08.13; 6-Ashley Birger, Colorado Springs 11:09.94; 7-Laura Aderman, Grand Valley State 11:10.10; 8-Pilar Delgado, Calif State-LA 11:10.30; 9-Missy Burgin, Southern Indiana 11:12.57; 10-Karla Alburez, Calif State-LA 11:22.07; 11-Veronica Sackett, North Dakota 11:27.35; 12-Brandi McCoy, Seattle Pacific 11:48.73.

NCAA Rule 5-9(c) says no heats, just a final, for 18 or fewer steeplers. But two heats of eight runners each were used to reduce the final field from 16 to 12.

NAIA Championships
May 27, 2006
Fresno, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Jen Kempers, Dordt College / Iowa 10:55.04; 2-Elisabeth Pyles, Cedarville 11:06.98; 3-Ericka Franklin, Southwestern 11:09.04; 4-Crystal Hostetter, Black Hills 11:10.65; 5-Whitney Jacobsmeyer, Azusa Pacific 11:13.52; 6-Meredith MacGregor, Simon Fraser 11:15.26; 7-Angela Matthews, Concordia /Nebraska 11:26.00; 8-Kristin Carpenter, British Columbia 11:34.82; 9-Laura Bowman, Vanguard 11:41.33; 10-Amber DeHaan, MidAmerica 11:42.99; 11-Laurelle Irvine, Minot State 11:45.95 [15 finishers, Last = 12:44.04]

European Cup for Champion Clubs Group A
May 27, 2006
Valencia, Spain
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Lybov Ivanova, RUS 9:32.83; 2-Jeruto Kiptum, KEN 9:38.13; 3-Wioleta Janowska, POL 9:54.19; 4-Zulema Fuentes-Pila, ESP 10:02.03; 5-Turkan Erismis, TUR 10:11.17; 6-Marcela Lustigova, CZE 10:18.04; 7-Meriem Mered, FRA 10:22.04; 8-Laura Azevedo, POR 10:28.41. [Kiptum led at 1 km in 3:12.23 and at 2km in 6:25.11.]

European Cup for Champion Clubs Group B
May 27, 2006
Istanbul, Turkey
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Helen Hofstede, NED 10:38.45; 2-Louise Morch, DEN 10:39.73; 3-Irina Weingarten, ISR 11:07.06; 4-Ivana Cebic, SCG 11:32.68; 5-Tanja Wittmann, GER 11:47.71; 6-Marlies Butikofer, SUI 12:44.25.

Belarus Cup
May 27, 2006
Brest, Belarus
Hand Timing
Results:
1-Nataliya Hryhoryeva 10:12.8; 2-Iryna Bakhanouskaya 10:13.8; 3-Natallia Vasileuskaya 10:55.4.

All-Russia Meet
May 27, 2006
Sochi, Russia
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Nataliya Izmodenova (81-01-01) 9:47.82; 2-Yekaterina Chebotareva (81-11-06) 10:41.95; 3-KyHayw Aneha (88-03-26) 11:17.97. [We struggled to translate cyrillic characters for name of third-place junior athlete; correction welcome.]

Ibero-Americana Champs
May 26, 2006
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Zenaide Vieira, Brazil 9:55.95; 2-Teresa Urbina, Spain 10:05.74; 3-Tamara Sanfabio, Spain 10:13.66; 4-Angelica Sanchez Ibarra, Mexico 10:43.07; 5-Gabriela Trigueros, Costa Rica 10:59.80.

NCAA DIII Championships
May 26, 2006
Lisle, Illinois, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Amanda Kuca, Concordia (Wisconsin) 10:15.72; 2-Ellie Fernandez, John Carroll 10:23.95; 3-Julia Rudd, Wisconsin La Crosse 10:33.22; 4-Shauneen Garrahan, Amherst College 10:43.85; 5-Kim Sonne, Claremont Mudd 10:46.48; 6-Melinda Sprague, Illinois Wesleyan 10:46.56; 7-Becca Ades, Tufts Univ 10:47.64; 8-Kathryn Moore, Bates 10:49.46; 9-Kourtney Joyce, Gustavus Adolphus 10:53.47; 10-Anna King, Colby 10:59.51; 11-Julie Coats, Hendrix 11:05.31; 12-Lydia Singer, Calvin 11:09.15; 13-Caitlin Bradley, Dickinson 11:10.58; 14-Teri Wilson, Brockport SUNY 11:14.15; 15-Jenny Graef, Wisconsin Oshkosh 11:14.20; 16-Fran Magri, Geneseo SUNY 11:23.40; 17-Teresa Stanley, Wisconsin Stevens Pt 11:25.04; 18-Nora Youngs, Smith 11:28.55.

Korea National Champs
May 26, 2006
Gongju, Korea
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Kwon Keun-Young 10:58.03 National Record; 2-Ju Hye-Suk 11:20.77 NJR; 3-Kang Young-Soon 11:29.07; 4-Lee Sang-Im 11:38.89. [6 finishers; Last = 12:33.91]

Ve ejne zavody
May 24, 2006
Prague, Czech Republic
Hand Timing
Results:
1-Myroslava Petronyuk , UKR 11:27.1; 2- Lenka Sibravova 12:06.0.

Grand Prix
May 21, 2006
Belem, Brazil
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Carrie Messner, USA 9:41.55; 2-Lisa Galaviz, USA 9:48.96; 3-Michelle da Costa, BRA 9:54.00; 4-Zenaide Vieira, BRA 9:54.12; 5-Sabine Heitling, BRA 10:24.81; 6-Patricia Lobo, BRA 10:36.76; 7-Franciele Maria da Silva BRA 11:01.75.

Messner achieves best Western Hemisphere time of 2006. First six finishers earn Grand Prix points to improve their world ranking: http://www.iaaf.org/asp/world/Rankings/content/w3000msc.html

Open Athletics Meet
May 21, 2006
Loughborough, England
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Clare Entwistle, England 10:17.60; 2-Tara Krziwicki, guest 10:22.80; 3-Sonia Thomas, Loughborough 10:24.43; 4-Ruth Senior, guest 10:30.47; 5-Emily Brown, BUSA 11:39.75; Dnf: Emily Pidgeon.

National Jr. College Champs
May 20, 2006
Coffeyville, Kansas, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Angela Petersen, Paradise Valley 11:11.44; 2-Kellyn Johnson, Cloud County 11:26.55; 3-Samantha Hatch, Paradise Valley 11:54.42. [14 finishers; Last = 14:16.11]

Extraleague Club Meet
May 20, 2006
Ostrava, Czech Republic
Automatic Timing
Results:
(birth year in parentheses) 1-Barbora Kuncova (82) 10:28.61; 2-Lucie Krizova (87) 10:59.11; 3-Katerina Pechackova (85)11:08.39; 4-Ivana Sekyrov (71) 11:14.44; 5-Eliska Antosova (89) 11:19.75; 6-Eva Krchova (89) 11:20.31; 7-Marketa Schubertova (88) 11:44.49 [10 finishers; Last = 13:48.42]

Grand Prix Meet
May 14, 2006
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Carrie Messner, USA 9:51.98; 2-Zenaide Vieira, BRA 10:00.15; 3-Michelle da Costa, BRA 10:00.95; 4-Patricia Lobo, BRA 10:08.45; 5-Sabine Heitling, BRA 10:11.47; 6-Maria Peralta, ARG 10:33.93; 7-Gisele de Jesus, BRA 10:39.05; 8-Franciele Maria da Silva, BRA 10:50.47. [Messner, fastest USA steepler last year with 9:39.68 at World Champs, seems ready for another good season.]

Big 12 Champs
May 14, 2006
Waco, Texas, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Mary Davies, Oklahoma State 10:09.42; 2-Jenny Barringer, Colorado 10:21.90; 3-Monique Ortega, Baylor 10:37.19; 4-Lyndsy Bedell, Baylor 10:45.20; 5-Sarah Ravenelle, Texas A&M 10:48.08; 6-Charity Williams, Baylor 10:48.58; 7-Angela Potrykus, Missouri 11:01.01; 8-Carolyn Rauen, Missouri 11:10.10; 9-Larkin Geyer, Texas 11:14.79. (Davies also won the Big 12 10,000m (33:28) and 5,000m (16:16) in the same weekend. Her 10:09.42 winning time in the steeplechase is a Big 12 Meet Record.)

Southland Champs
May 14, 2006
Arlington, Texas, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Amanda King, Lamar 10:31.46; 2-Renee Graham, Lamar 10:52.06; 3-Katrina Nicholas, SF Austin State 11:07.75; 4-Sarah Hershman, Sam Houston State 11:17.89; 5-Allison Ferries, Sam Houston State 11:18.62; 6-Erika Wright, Sam Houston State 11:28.71; 7-Karilyn Petty, Texas-San Antonio 11:37.58; 8-Amanda Bartlett, Louisiana-Monroe 11:41.44 [12 finishers; Last = 15:11.27]

New England Champs
May 14, 2006
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Hand Timing
Results:
1-Jillian Sullivan, Connecticut 10:39.1; 2-Catherine Parker, New Hampshire 10:41.9; 3-Anne Hessberg, Boston College 10:44.2; 4-Rebecca Ades, Tufts 10:47.8; 5-Nora Young, Smith 10:58.0; 6-Anna King, Colby 10:58.3; 7-Andrea Giddings, Middlebury 11:05.9; 8-Kristen Coon, Boston College 11:08.5; 9-Orlaith Cunningham, Connecticut 11:12.4; 10-Alexis Lake, Boston College 11:17.1; 11-Laura Ellison, Williams 11:20.9; 12-Kathleen Duffy, Sacred Heart 11:24.8; 13-Jamie Sweeney, Rhode Island 11:28.2; 14-Heather Carmichael, New Hampshire 11:32.4; 15-Kathy Guilfoyle, Rhode Island 11:33.4; 16-Elise Tropiano, Amherst 11:36.2; 17- Alisha Schor, MIT 11:37.4; 18-Abbey Gosling, Quinnipiac 11:37.6; 19-Andrea Newton, Rhode Island 11:37.9; 20-Hillary Easter, Colby 11:44.0. [29 finishers; Last = 13:47.6]

Southland Conference
May 14, 2006
Arlington, Texas, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Amanda King, Lamar 10:31.46; 2-Renee Graham, Lamar 10:52.06; 3-Katrina Nicholas, SF Austin State 11:07.75; 4-Sarah Hershman, Sam Houston State 11:17.89; 5-Allison Ferries, SHS 11:18.62; 6-Erika Wright, SHS 11:28.71; 7-Karilyn Petty, Texas-San Antonio 11:37.58; 8-Amanda Bartlett, Louisiana-Monroe 11:41.44. [12 finishers; Last = 15:11.27]

International Meet
May 14, 2006
Pliezhausen, Germany
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Louise Morch, DEN 6:44.08; 2-Meike Rosenauer, GER 6:44.71; 3-Carolin Lang, GER 6:50.46; 4-Annette Weiss, GER 6:53.39; 5-Lucie Krizova, CZE 6:55.54; 6-Uta Schafer, GER 6:56.87; 7-Friederike Feil, GER 6:57.30; 8- Lenka Petackova, CZE 6:59.54; 9-Corinna Nuber, GER 6:69.76; 10-Natalie Buchfelder, GER 7:04.68; 11-Katrin Engelen, GER 7:15.58 [16 finishers; Last = 7:54.80]

Youth Competition
May 14, 2006
Pliezhausen, Germany
Automatic Timing
Results:
1500m Steeple (birth year in parentheses)
1-Sarah Schwar (89) 5:10.61; 2-Christina Schuler (90) 5:11.34; 3-Marina Tremmel (89) 5:12.83; 4-Sarah Heuberger (89) 5:13.76; 5-Kathrin Durrbeck (89) 5:15.08; 6-Lisa Hubner (90) 5:20.26; 7-Rebekka Ludin (90) 5:23.37; 8-Teresa Fellinger (89) 5:25.36 [10 finishers; Last = 5:50.61]

Big Ten Champs
May 13, 2006
East Lansing, Michigan, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Emily Brown, Minnesota 10:00.98; 2-Cassie Hunt, Illinois 10:01.40; 3-Nicole Bush, Mich State 10:10.94; 4-Arianne Field, Michigan 10:22.22; 5-Kelly Siefker, Indiana 10:29.55; 6-Molly Landreth, Penn State 10:31.53; 7-Amber Ferner, Purdue 10:33.55; 8-Amanda Ganser, Wisconsin 10:37.14; 9- Ahavahla Haynes, Wisconsin 10:44.34; 10-Sonja Hinish, Penn State 10:56.70; 11-Stephanie Greer, Indiana 10:57.05; 12-Melanie Price, Ohio State 10:57.06; 13-Kate Curran, Penn State 11:04.68; 14-Ashley Sommer, Indiana 11:07.87; 15-Emily Adama, Mich State 11:16.08.

PAC-10 Champs
May 13, 2006
Eugene, Oregon, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Brooke Bennett, Arizona State Univ 10:20.08; 2-Anna Masinelli, ASU 10:29.54; 3-Lindsay Allen, Stanford 10:33.62; 4-Dana Buchanan, Oregon 10:35.59; 5-Corey Randall, ASU 10:36.24; 6-Mandi Fitz-Gustafson, Oregon 10:40.11; 7-Ciara Viehweg, UCLA 10:43.54; 8-Collier Lawrence, Washington State Univ 10:48.28; 9-Leslie Barrie, UCLA 10:52.64; 10-Emily Mathis, Oregon 10:53.95; 11-Kayle Peterson, WSU 11:00.37; 12-Trisha Rasmussen, Washington 11:04.87; 13-Ashley Ippolito, Arizona 11:06.81; 14-Lauren Denfeld, Oregon State 11:08.67; 15-Meghan Leonard, WSU 11:17.05; 16-Abby Parker, California 11:32.82.

Tennessee Distance Solution
May 13, 2006
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Dawn Cromer, Brooks Pacers 10:20.12; 2-Lucinda Hull, Adidas Raleigh 10:36.96; 3-Julie Coats, Hendrix College 10:42.36; 4-Missy Burgin, Southern Indiana 10:59.08; 5-Jennifer Burn, Trinity College 11:42.58.

Missouri Valley Champs
May 13, 2006
Wichita, Kansas, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Sarah Becker, Wichita State 10:25.69; 2-Laura Kennedy, Illinois State 10:30.53; 3-Casey DeWitt, Missouri State Univ 10:32.86; 4-Mica Land, Wichita State 10:42.95; 5-Jamie Vest, MSU 11:02.99; 6-Kelly Malarkey, Drake Univ 11:09.97; 7-Shelby Brice, Southern Illinois 11:16.57; 8-Leah Durr, Indiana State 11:24.29; 9-Kristin Wolkey, MSU 11:26.91.

SEC Champs
May 13, 2006
Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Tiffany Redlarczyk, Arkansas 10:31.35; 2-Sarah Madebach, Georgia 10:35.12; 3-Joy Griffith, Miss State 10:43.30; 4-Megan Carnes, Alabama 10:43.66; 5-Lindsay Sundell, Florida 10:44.89; 6-Caroline Peyton, Arkansas 10:50.21; 7-Meggan Hodge, Miss State 10:52.14; 8-LeeAnn Nawrocki, Florida 11:02.77; 9-Carly Matthews, Tennessee 11:06.13; 10-Ashleigh Wetzel, Vanderbilt 11:10.68; 11-Laura Kerr, Arkansas 11:15.31; 12-Kathryn Kramer, Florida 11:19.16; 13-Katherine Accardo, LSU 11:39.09.

Occidental Invitational
May 13, 2006
Los Angeles, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Julia Budniak, Poland 10:45.52; 2-Erin Doherty, Nike Farm 10:45.74; 3-Karla Alburez, Cal State LA 11:03.46; 4-Sandra Prado, Concordia Univ 11:03.80; 5-Whitney Jacobsmeyer, Azusa Pacific 11:11.90; 6-Laura Bowman, Vanguard Univ 11:32.63; 7-Catherine Strouse, UCSD 11:36.65 [10 finishers; Last = 12:02.29 ... 5 others NT]

OAC Champs
May 13, 2006
Marietta, Ohio, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Ellie Fernandez, John Carroll Univ 10:46.75; 2-Melinda Keesee, Otterbein 11:08.52; 3-Darci Walthew, Ohio Northern 11:16.79; 4-Tricia Stege, JCU 11:19.20; 5-Julie Meyers, JCU 11:42.69. [10 finishers; Last = 12:52.82]

Minnesota Collegiates
May 13, 2006
St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Joyce Kourtney, GAC, 10:52.8; 2-Anne Iddins, UST 11:23.35; 3-Melissa Francis, Hamline 11:30.08; 4-Heather Hoecker, CAR 11:31.07; 5-Kezia Manlove, STO 11:36.71; 6-Sarah Estill, STO 11:44.35 [18 finishers; Last = 12:52.76]

Foreman Invitational
May 13, 2006
West Seattle, Washington, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Karin Rohde, Seattle Pacific Univ 10:58.70; 2-Brandi McCoy, SPU 11:13.10; 3-Sarah Benson, Central Washington Univ 11:18.30; 4-Kristin Carpenter, British Columbia 11:42.20 [7 finishers; Last = 12:59.40]

North Central Conference
May 13, 2006
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Veronica Sackett, North Dakota 11:01.51; 2-Lexie Dunlop, South Dakota 11:29.48; 3-Sarah Getty, St. Cloud State 11:30.84. [13 finishers; Last = 13:19.37]

Sun Belt Champs
May 13, 2006
Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Latari Lovrantova, U-Arkansas Little Rock 11:02.62; 2-Natalie Leeper, Western Kentucky Univ 11:12.79; 3-Emily Leeper, WKU 11:20.79; 4-Heather Coulter, WKU 11:28.31; 5-Sara Lunning, Middle Tennessee 11:32.26. [10 finishers; Last = 14:26.43]

Midwest Distance Running Solution
May 13, 2006
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Dawn Cromer, Brooks Pacers 10:20.12; 2-Lucinda Hull, Adidas Raleigh 10:36.96; 3-Julie Coats, Hendrix College 10:42.36; 4-Missy Burgin, Univ. Southern Indiana 10:59.08; 5-Jennifer Burn, Trinity College 11:42.58.

Junior National Champs
May 13, 2006
Paphos, Cyprus
Automatic Timing
Results:
(Reported birth years appear in parentheses)
2000m Steeple: 1-Eugenia Korkokiou (88) 7:18.67 Cyprus National Junior record; 2-Christiana Katsari (88) 7:56.91; 3-Elena Chrysostomou (92) 8:04.06.

IAAF Super Tour
May 12, 2006
Doha, Qatar
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Jeruto Kiptum, KEN 9:35.65; 2-Donna MacFarlane, AUS 9:39.36; 3-Salome Chepchumba, KEN 9:40.49; 4-Cristina Casandra, ROM 9:45.75; 5-Victoria Mitchell, AUS 9:46.69; 6-Minori Hayakari, JPN 9:54.45; 7-Lisa Galaviz, USA 9:56.18; 8-Bouchra Chaabi, MAR 9:56.87; 9-Veerle Dejaeghere, BEL 10:03.52; 10-Jackline Chemwok Rionoropo, KEN 10:06.28; 11-Melissa Rollison, AUS 10:06.92; 12-Ines Monteiro, POR 10:11.31; 13-Ancuta Bobocel, ROM 10:14.81; 14-Stephanie de Croock, BEL 10:18.69. dnf: Ann Gaffigan, USA-rabbit

A great field of World Championship and Commonwealth Games stars gathered in the global mideast to push World Champ Docus Inzikuru of Uganda toward a new world record. Ann Gaffigan of USA, the designated rabbit, was to pull that field at record pace which she did -- going through the first kilometer in 3:01 despite losing her track shoes and uniform when an airline misplaced her luggage. But Gaffigan was not followed by Inzikuru who scratched due to illness shortly before race day.

By halfway Kiptum and Chepchumba shared the lead though, without Inzikuru or rabbit, they slowed to 6:20 at 2000m. Kiptum pulled away for victory in the third kilometer and MacFarlane passed Chepchumba. Many women decelerated in the later laps and fell short of their previous best times, presumably the result of an early blistering pace plus heat and swirling wind.

Mid-American Conference
May 12, 2006
Toledo, Ohio, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Ebba Stenbeck, Toledo 10:14.55; 2-Jamie Roflow, Bowling Green 10:27.37; 3-Jenny Fascione, Kent State 10:39.67; 4-Morgan Sulzener, University of Akron 10:51.70; 5-Becki Michael, Univ of Akron 10:58.39; 6-Kim Settle, Bowling Green 11:05.09; 7-Kelly Ardelean, Miami-Ohio 11:29.03; 8-Stephanie Hillman, Bowling Green 11:30.03; 9-Kelly McClure, Central Michigan 11:39.99 [17 finishers; Last = 12:48.48]

Georgia Tech Invitational
May 12, 2006
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Cassie King, North Carolina 10:19.40; 2-Tsehaye Dagnachew, Charlotte 10:22.44; 3-Felicitas Mensing, Coastal Carolina 10:24.24; 4-Kris Roth, NC State 10:37.36; 5-Elena Linn, Georgia Tech 10:45.04; 6-Michelle Brewer, Samford 10:47.61; 7-Nicole Kurtain, Richmond 10:49.20; 8-Carrie Selmer, Winthrop 10:51.40; 9-Fallon Heffernan, Jacksonville 11:00.61; 10-Katie DeRusso, Notre Dame 11:08.41; 11-Savita Chelimo, Harding 11:09.41; 12-Andrea Smith, Georgia State 11:14.27; 13-Katina Zuganelis, Georgia Tech 11:36.22; 14-Kate Atkinson, High Point 11:40.93.

Western Athletic Conference
May 12, 2006
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Stacie Lifferth, Utah State 10:24.67; 2-Beven Kennelly, Idaho 10:28.87; 3-Tiffany Strickland, Utah State 10:49.00; 4-Jennfer Twitchell, Utah State 11:12.49; 5-Melis Garner, Nevada 11:23.33; 6-Jessica Friend, Idaho 11:27.72; 7-Beth Sandoval, New Mexico State 11:30.44; 8-Marina Santana, Fresno State 11:31.61; 9-Michel Wilson, Hawaii 11:41.11; 10-Alix Lee-Painter, Idaho 11:42.77. [12 finishers; Last = 12:10.40]

ECAC Champs
May 12, 2006
Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Laura Meyers, Columbia 10:27.78; 2-Robyn Ellerbrock, Cornell 10:33.84; 3-Shelby Leland, Columbia 10:36.54; 4-Suzanne Andrews, Princeton 10:37.21; 5-Elizabeth Gesel, Villanova 10:46.01; 6-Katie Simon, Syracuse 10:49.86; 7-Claire Hamilton, Yale 10:52.23; 8-Brianne Scott, Duquesne 10:59.33; 9-Karen Pulliam, William & Mary 11:02.80; 10-Lauren Simeson, Iona 11:36.22 [1 DNF)

Big West
May 12, 2006
Northridge, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Bethany Nickless, UC Santa Barbara 10:40.86; 2-Karina Ortiz, Cal State Fullerton 11:08.27; 3-Julian Masciana, CSF 11:09.21; 4-Amanda Eichmann, CSF 11:17.53; 5-Celene Reyes, UC Riverside 11:17.57; 6-Laura Zung, UC Santa Barbara 11:20.99; 7-Kendall Bruton, UC Irvine 11:21.75; 8-Bridgette Sexton, Cal Poly 11:36.12; 9-Kristina Tudor, UCR 11:39.54 [13 finishers; Last = 12:03.48]

Big West
May 12, 2006
Northridge, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Bethany Nickless, UC Santa Barbara 10:40.86; 2-Karina Ortiz, Cal State Fullerton 11:08.27; 3-Julian Masciana, CSF 11:09.21; 4-Amanda Eichmann, CSF 11:17.53; 5-Celene Reyes, UC Riverside 11:17.57; 6-Laura Zung, UC Santa Barbara 11:20.99; 7-Kendall Bruton, UC Irvine 11:21.75; 8-Bridgette Sexton, Cal Poly 11:36.12; 9-Kristina Tudor, UCR 11:39.54 [13 finishers; Last = 12:03.48]

Big Sky Champs
May 12, 2006
Cheney, Washington, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Sarah St. Laurent, Weber State 10:43.45; 2-Lindsey Anderson, Weber St 10:46.14; 3-Katie Bowen, Weber St 10:57.38; 4-Amy Blodgett, Weber St 11:01.83; 5-Kim Tritz, Montana 11:20.11; 6-Kayla Larson, Montana St 11:21.20; 7-Jayme Larson, Montana St 11:24.53; 8-Cheryl Stuart, Weber St 11:33.91; 9-Holly Evans, E. Wash 11:38.25; 10-Nikki Buchholtz, E Wash 11:44.53 [14 finishers; Last = 12:09.47]

Mid-Continent Champs
May 12, 2006
Macomb, Illinois, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Ashley Billstrom, Valparaiso 10:51.01; 2-Tawny Parks, Southern Utah Univ 10:58.49; 3-Jody Welcker, SUU 11:27.27; 4-Meagan Corry, SUU 11:30.87; 5-Rebekah Brunner, Western Illinois 11:42.93 [1 DNF, 8 finishers; Last = 13:14.62]

Mountain West Champs
May 12, 2006
Provo, Utah, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Rena Chesser, BYU 10:53.53; 2-Kristen Hemphill, Colorado St. 10:58.57; 3-Lisa Crampton, San Diego State Univ 11:03.10; 4-Amy Fowler, BYU 11:03.27; 5-Margaret Frash, Air Force Academy 11:09.32; 6-Kristi Barrus, BYU 11:14.95; 7-Ashlee Velez, Colorado State Univ 11:17.89; 8-Sarah Ingebretsen, BYU 11:19.57; 9-Celeste Tyson, SDSU 11:24.24; 10-Erin Weber, CSU 11:37.45; 11-Kate Papenberg, Air Force Academy 11:44.05 [12 finishers; Last = 12:28.83]

Conference USA
May 12, 2006
El Paso, Texas, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Kate Gorry, Rice 10:56.15; 2-Whitney Mays, UAB 11:06.01; 3-Lisa Olivier, Tulsa 11:06.79 [12 finishers; Last 13:00.2]

Division I Independents
May 12, 2006
Greeley, Colorado, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Katie Thornberg, S.Dakota State 11;17.78; 2-Kirsten Barney, Utah Valley State 11;32.52; 3-Abbie Galloway, UC-Davis 11:38.54 [9 fnishers; Last = 12:29.92]

Horizon League
May 12, 2006
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-LeAnn Sarka, Detroit 11:24.37; 2-Katie Anderson, U.Wisconsin-Milwaukee 11:30.13; 3-Emily Cicero, Youngstown State 11:41.89 [7 finishers; Last = 13:35.97]

National Junior Champs
May 10, 2006
Yichun, China
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Wang Kaiqiu (1989) 6:53.68 / Asian Junior Record; 2-Huang Zhongyan (1989) 6:59.71; 3-Duan Shaomin (1990) 7:05.01

America East Champs
May 8, 2006
Durham, New Hampshire, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Cathy Parker, New Hampshire 10:32.76; 2-Jessica Ortman, Albany 10:34.62; 3-Marisa Ryan, Boston 10:40.97; 4-Danielle Trimpop, Albany 11:03.17; 5-Jenna Ortman, Albany 11:09.80; 6-Heather Mitchell, Vermont 11:17.11; 7-Heather Carmichael, New Hampshire 11:36.44; 8-Hilary Greene, New Hampshire 11:40.33. [12 finishers; Last = 12:28.48]

Rocky Mountain Champs
May 8, 2006
Gunnison, Colorado, USA
Hand Timing
Results:
1-Brittany Somers, Adams State 11:08.3 [1 DNF, 8 finishers; Last = 13:42.7]

Shannon Invitational
May 6, 2006
Seattle, Washington, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Kelly Strong, Asics 9:48.90; 2-Brittany Hodgson, Univ Puget Sound 11:26.27; 3-Nicolle Buchholtz, Eastern Wash. 11:32.96; 4-Karen Schwager, Washington 11:42.92 [6 finishers; Last = 12:00.28] Personal best for Strong, moving up on 2006 World List.

Wisconsin Twilight
May 6, 2006
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Amanda Kuca, Concordia University 10:07.67; 2-Jackie Oestriech, Univ Wisconsin 11:37.85 [8 finishers; Last = 12:54.45] Kuca lost a 10:11 mark to low barriers last week in Iowa but returns to run even faster at Madison.

Heptagonal Champs
May 6, 2006
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Anna Willard, Brown 10:11.51; 2-Lisa Stublic, Columbia 10:18.87; 3-Susanne Andrews, Princeton 10:32.10; 4-Robyn Ellerbrock, Cornell 10:32.77; 5-Laura Meyers, Columbia 10:36.33; 6-Shelby Leland, Columbia 10:39.83; 7-Lindsay Kahn, Brown 10:40.71; 8-Toni Salucci, Cornell 10:40.74; 9-Rachel Farnsworth, Princeton 10:56.40; 10-Claire Hamilton, Yale 10:59.11; 11-Angela Kudla, Cornell 11:06.59; 12-Elizabeth Calle, Yale 11:10.67; 13-Bevin Peters, Yale 11:20.95; 14-Lauren Walker, Harvard 11:32.62; 15-Jacqueline Dunn, Penn 11:36.05; 16-Oriana Campbell, Columbia 11:38.46.

Big East Champs
May 6, 2006
Stoors, Connecticut, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Ioana Parusheva, Villanova 10:14.88; 2-Susan Davis, West Virginia 10:25.93; 3-Jilian Sullivan, Connecticut 10:31.79; 4-Orlaith Cunningham, Southern Connecticut 10:46.53; 5-Lise Ogrodnick, Georgetown 10:49.38; 6-Theresa Emond, Marquette 10:50.05; 7-Erin Henry, Georgetown 10:51.77; 8-Elizabeth Gesel, Villanova 10:53.63; 9-Katie Simon, Syracuse 11:02.18; 10-Katie DeRusso, Notre Dame 11:05.16; 11-Elizabeth Philipp, Notre Dame 11:10.10; 12-Julie Opet, Notre Dame 11:13.39; 13-Bridget Akard, Villanova 11:18.92; 14-Tara Hinke, Marquette 11:18.93; 15-Cristy Doll, Cincinnati 11:29.96 16-Danielle Patoir, Rutgers 11:32.93

Atlantic 10 Champs
May 6, 2006
, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Tshehaye Dagnachew, Charlotte 10:32.11; 2-Amy Ruffolo, Duquesne 10:46.21; 3-Nicole Kurtain, Richmond 10:52.05; 4-Brianne Scott, Duquesne 11:11.09; 5-Jamie Sweeney, Rhode Island 11:11.34; 6-Kathy Guilfoyle, RI 11:21.15; 7-Andrea Newton, RI 11:36.67; 8-Anne Oltman, Dayton 11:38.24; 9-Erin Geiger, La Salle 11:40.38; 10-Kate Dobransky, La Salle 11:44.64. [1 DNF, 13 finishers; Last = 12:50.98]

PSAC Champs
May 6, 2006
California, Pennsylvania, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Kelly Richards, Edinboro 10:59.16; 2-Rachel Hall, Mansfield 11:06.14; 3-Tasha Wheatley, Clarion 11:22.88; 4-Desiree Bower, Kutztown 11:24.36; 5-Bridget Danner, Shippensburg 11:24.84; 6-Mary Bacher, Bloomsburg 11:30.17; 7-Kristen Jordan, Slippery Rock 11:34.50; 8-Stacie Stockard, Indiana-PA 11:44.36. [15 finishers; Last = 13:04.83]

Claremont Classic
May 6, 2006
Claremont, California, USA
Hand Timing
Results:
1- Melissa McBain, Future TC 10:37.6; 2-Kim Sonne, CMS 10:48.3; 3-Clara Kerley, Redlands 11:41.3. [7 finishers; Last = 12:49.2]

CCCA Champs
May 6, 2006
San Diego, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Pilar Delgado, Cal State-LA 10:46.59; 2-Jennifer James, Chico State 10:49.31; 3-Karla Alburez, Cal State-LA 11:10.29; 4-Clara Harvey, Chico State 11:23.80; 5-Jamie Ray, Cal Poly Pomona 11:26.36; 6-Catherine Strause, UC-San Diego 11:27.85; 7-Ashleigh Montgomery, UC-San Diego 11:28.85; 8-Danielle Ciraulo, CS-Stanislaus 11:40.67; 9-Alyssa Lewis, CS-Bakersfield 11:43.85. [14 finishers; Last = 12:47.31]

Butler Twilight
May 6, 2006
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Abbey Hartmann, Washington Univ 11:05.78; 2-Lauren Simpson, IPFW 11:11.07; 3-Johanna Fickenscher, DePauw Univ 11:20.70; 4-Cristina Martinez, IPFW 11:38.50; 5-May King, Rhodes College 11:42.59 [8 finishers; Last = 12:01.86]

UTA Open
May 6, 2006
Arlington, Texas, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Niki Williams, TAMU Commerce 11:06.17; 2-Chelimo Savita, Harding Univ 11:15.18; 3-Krista Morris, Tarleton State 11:19.19 [4 finishers; Last = 13:47.80]

Centennial Conference
May 6, 2006
Westminster, Maryland, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Cait Bradley, Dickinson 11:07.36; 2-Darcy McDonald, Dickinson 11:18.90; 3-Maxine Markfield, Haverford 11:22.14; 4-Meredith Janeczek, Franklin & Marshall 11:35.70. [13 finishers; Last = 14:01.47]

CCIW Champs
May 6, 2006
Decatur, Illinois, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Melinda Sprague, Illinois Wesleyan 11:08.21 [13 finishers; Last = 13:53.63]

GLVC Champs
May 6, 2006
Rensselaer, Indiana, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
GLVC Champs, 6 May 2006 - Rensselaer, Indiana 1-Melissa Burgin, Indiana 11:08.33; 2-Karen Bower, Indianapolis 11:44.40 [12 finishers; Last =13:35.92]

GNAC Champs
May 6, 2006
Monmouth, Oregon, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Karin Rohde, SPU 11:09.21; 2-Brandi McCoy, SPU 11:15.00; 3-Sarah Benson, CWU 11:22.41; [8 finishers; Last = 12:25.89]

NYSTC Champs
May 6, 2006
Canton, New York, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Trisha Sliker, Rochester 11:10.40; 2-Elizabeth Wilcox and Jessica Wilcox, Ithaca both 11:13.20; 4-Kerry Banazek, St. Lawrence 11:25.10. [14 finishers; Last = 13:09.10. Wilcox sisters are twins]

Patriot League
May 6, 2006
Worceter, Massachusetts, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Lauren Bricker, Bucknell 11:14.90; 2-Frances Morro, Lafayette 11:25.86; 3-Christy Totten, Bucknell 11:26.40; 4-Jull Hajec, Army 11:32.61; 5-Kyleigh Millhouse, Navy 11:34.69; 6-Nicole Falcaro, Bucknell 11:44.51 [DQ-missed barrier: Myra Markey, Army; 15 finishers; Last = 12:40.63]

St. Thomas Invitational
May 6, 2006
St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Sarah Getty, St. Cloud State 11:15.02 [6 finishers; Last = 12:40.39]

Cal Poly-SLO
May 6, 2006
Santa Barbara, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Laura Zung, UC-Santa Barbara 11:23.61; 2-Christie Farson, UCSB 11:34.23 [3 finishers; Last = 12:25.09]

Mid-Atlantic Champs
May 6, 2006
Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Heather Matta, Susquehanna 11:27.89; 2-Kate Glunt, Juniata 11:44.76 [11 finishers; Last = 14:03.48]

Metro Atlantic Champs
May 6, 2006
Lawrenceville, New Jersey, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Lauren Simeson, Iona 11:36.68; 2-Andrea Campbell, Rider 11:41.03 [7 finishers; Last = 13:54.20]

Jesse Owens Meet
May 5, 2006
Columbus, Ohio, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Ann Gaffigan, New Balance 10:10.47; 2-Delilah DiCrescenzo, Westchester TC 10:19.66; 3-Melinda Keesee, Otterbein College 11:14.28. [no others]

Oregon Twilight Meet
May 5, 2006
Eugene, Oregon, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Brianna Dahm, Nike Farm Team 10:17.68; 2-Mandi Fitz-Gustafson, Oregon 10:44.30; 3-Emily Mathis, Oregon 10:58.45; 4-Maddie Coffman, Willamette 11:39.42; DNF: Dana Buchanan, Oregon.

WIAC Champs
May 5, 2006
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Julia Rudd, La Crosse 10:37.77; 2-Jenny Graef, Oshkosh 11:05.26; 3-Beth Medinger, La Crosse 11:30.48; 4-Rosa Alvarez, Oshkosh 11:34.20; 5-Bridget Bocher, Eau Claire 11:34.99; 6-Amanda Kozicky, River Falls 11:39.02; 7-Heather Winum, Whitewater 11:44.53. [1 DNF, 18 finishers; Last = 12:54.71]

Billy Hayes Invitational
May 5, 2006
Bloomington, Indiana, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Katie Stuckey, Butler 10:40.01; 2-Ashleigh Wetzel, Vanderbilt 11:15.52; 3-Ashley Sommer, Indiana 11:17.50; 4-Maura Ratcliff, unattached 11:42.32 [5 finishers; Last = 12:05.42]

Rocket Open
May 5, 2006
Toledo, Ohio, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1500 Meter Steeple: 1-LeAnn Sarka, Detroit Mercy 5:22.69; 2-Rachel Pabst, Mount Union College 5:52.79. [no others]

Ohio Valley Champs
May 5, 2006
Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Michelle Brewer, Samford 11:08.26; 2-Juli Koenegstein, SE Missouri 11:25.76; 3-Kim Archer, Eastern Illinois 11:29.74; 4-Sarah Verelst, SE Missouri 11:36.99 [17 finishers; Last = 13:37.88]

NCAC Champs
May 5, 2006
Delaware, Ohio, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Katie Coleman OWU 11:33.30; 2-Christine Collins, Denison 11:39.95; 3-Ariane Burwell, Oberlin 11:43.65 [12 finishers; Last = 14:54.26]

GLIAC Champs
May 4, 2006
Big Rapids, Michigan, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Laura Aderman, Grand Valley 11:21.80; 2-Stephanie Kandas, Grand Valley 11:41.50. [11 finishers; Last = 14:30.10]

Weber Twilight Meet
May 3, 2006
Ogden, Utah, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Mary Ann Schaurerhamer, unattached 11:07.13; 2-Jennifer Turnbull, unat 11:23.75; 3-Kristy Barrus, BYU 11:26.23.

British Universities Champs
May 1, 2006
Birmingham, Great Britain
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Carolyn Boosey, St, Marys 6:55.08; 2-Nicola Sykes 7:05.40; 3-Emily Brown, UWIC 7:10.13; 4-Amanda Crook, Edge Hill 7:13.46; Becky Ellis, Loughborough 7:19.44; 6-Sian Pritchard, Coventry 7:32.58 [11 finishers; Last = 9:12.79]

Payton Jordan Invitational
April 30, 2006
Palo Alto, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Lisa Galaviz, Nike 9:46.87; 2-Ann Gaffigan, New Balance 9:55.91; 3-Kara June, Asics Aggies 10:12.79; 4-Bevin Kennelly [CAN] Idaho 10:15.77; 5-Dawn Cromer, Brooks 10:16.90; 6-Jenny Barringer, Colorado 10:19.08; 7-Stefanie Calhoun, unattached 10:20.86; 8-Ali Mann, Nike-LA 10:37.70; 9-Ahavahla Haynes, Wisconsin 10:38.08; 10-Amanda Ganser, Wisconsin 10:43.95; 11-Jinny Hanifan, Nike Farm Team 10:50.86; 12-Masako Hirata [JPN] Acom 11:07.44; 13-Clara Harvey,Chico State 11:34.67; DNF-Jennifer James, Chico State.

Greek Interclub Champs
April 30, 2006
Athens, Greece
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Irini Kokkinar ou 10:07.21 National Record; 2-Maria Pardalou 10:45.80; 3-Filippa Poul dou 12:22.85.

Rice Twilight
April 29, 2006
Houston, Texas, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Sarah Yoder, Rice 10:31.57 [1 DNF, 3 finishers; Last = 12:05.75]

Southern Conference Champs
April 29, 2006
Statesboro, Georgia, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Shannon Wommack, Univ Tenn-Chattanooga 10:34.87; 2-Meghan Gaffney, Appalachian 11:17.10; 3-Nettie Halcomb, UTC 11:26.32; 4-Page Bridges, Furman 11:31.79; 5-Katie Poole, Furman 11:40.79. [14 finishers; Last = 13:49.22]

Arizona Dual Meet
April 29, 2006
Tucson, Arizona, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Anna Masinelli, Arizona State Univ 10:40.51; 2-Jenna Wrieden, ASU 11:13.13; 3-Ashley Ippolito, U.of Arizona 11:35.85.

USC vs UCLA Dual Meet
April 29, 2006
Los Angeles, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Clara Viehweg, UCLA 10:43.29; 2-Jenna Timinsky, UCLA 10:49.59; 3-Leslie Barrie, UCLA 11:14.53; 4-Kristen Berglas, USC 11:30.33.

Steve Scott Invitational
April 29, 2006
Irvine, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Celeste Tyson, San Diego State Univ 10:48.35; 2-Pilar Delgado, Cal State-LA 10:48.41; 3-Lisa Crampton, SDSU 10:51.12; 4-Karla Alburez, CSLA 11:16.53; 5-Danielle Miller, Long Beach State 11:19.36; 6-Juliane Masciana, Cal State Fullerton 11:19.82; 7-Kendall Bruton, UC Irvine 11:29.73; 8-Katie Vahoviak, LB State 11:39.63.

Robison Invitational
April 29, 2006
Provo, Utah, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Stacie Lifferth, Utah State Univ 10:49.65; 2-Ann Heiner, Brigham Young Univ 10:54.47; 3-Mary Ann Schauerhamer, unattached 10:56.91; 4-Tiffany Strickland, USU 11:07.94; 5-Sarah Ingebretsen, BYU 11:14.24; 6-Tawny Parks, Southern Utah 11:18.24; 7-Kristy Barrus, BYU 11:24.95. [11 finishers; Last = 12:11.93]

SUNYAC Champs
April 29, 2006
Brockport, New York, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Kaitlin O'Sullivan, Oneonta 11:04.80; 2-Fran Magri, Geneseo 11:23.59; 3-Christianna Martin Geneseo 11:35.23 [15 finishers; Last = 14:26.92]

National City Invitational
April 29, 2006
Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Sarah Henize, Miami of Ohio 11:06.05; 2-Kelly Ardelean, Miami 11:26.84; 3-Ryanne Fortney, UAB 11:35.60 [5 DNF, 6 Finishers; Last = 13:21.88]

Sacramento Invitational
April 29, 2006
Sacramento, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Karina Ortiz, Cal State Fullerton 11:09.16; 2-Melis Garner, Nevada 11:22.97; 3-Amanda Eichmann, CSF 11:35.64; 4-Virginia Grillo, Sacramento State 11:40.31 [8 finishers; Last = 12:26.17]

Kirby Memorial
April 29, 2006
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Kristen Hemphill, Colorado State Univ 11:11.01; 2-Ashlee Velez, CSU 11:27.14; 3-Beth Sandoval, New Mexico State 11:32.16; 4-Stasia Ploskonka, Univ of NM 11:32.28; 5-Erin Weber, Colorado State Univ 11:36.20.

U. Washington vs. Washington State
April 29, 2006
Pullman, Washington, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Kayle Peterson, WSU 11:10.76; 2-Collier Lawrence, WSU 11:16.35 ; 3-Trisha Rasmussen, UW 11:30.45 [4 finishers; Last = 12:23.80]

NEWMAC Champs
April 29, 2006
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Nora Young, Smith 11:12.96; 2-Alicia Schor, MIT 11:28.54; 3-Aidan VanCleef, Coast Guard 11:33.94; 4-Caitlin Quinn, Coast Guard 11:44.38. [8 finishers: Last = 13:19.80]

Lyons Invitational
April 29, 2006
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Leah Durr, Indiana State Univ 11:19.14; 2-Sarah Jarvis, ISU 11:36.79; [4 finishers; Last = 12:31.50]

Inter-Clubs Meet
April 29, 2006
Barcelona, Spain
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Rosa Morat 10:01.27; 2-Teresa Urbina Gomez 10:16.43; 3-Elizabet Gutierrez 11:28.22 [7 finishers; Last = 14:17.91]

Gina Relays
April 28, 2006
Hillsdale, Michigan, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Nicole Bush, Michigan State 10:21.97; 2-Jamie Roflow, Bowling Green 10:27.36; 3-Ellie Fernandez, John Carroll 10:44.84; 4-Emily Adams, Michigan State 10:47.85; 5-Melanie Price, Ohio State 10:52.23; 6-Laura Aderman, Grand Valley State 11:10.00; 7-Kim Settle, Bowling Green 11:13.45; 8-Rose Lehe, Ball State 11:13.53; 9-LeeAnn Sarka, Detroit Mercy 11:17.35; 10-Stephanie Kandas, GVS 11:17.48; 11-Lydia Singer, Calvin 11:21.19; 12-Lauren Simpson, IPFW 11:22.09; 13-Nicole Schmidt, Saginaw Valley 11:24.20; 14-Kristen Simpson, IPFW 11:28.15; 15-Stephanie Hillman, Bowling Green 11:31.69; 16-Kelly McClure, Central Michigan 11:35.53; 17-Mandi DeBlock, Lake Superior 11:40.70. [29 finishers; Last = 13:42.47]

Drake Relays
April 28, 2006
Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
FLAWED RESULTS
http://drakerelays.com/06results/results/FridayPMColResults.html displays results of 3000m steeple at Drake Relays (Des Moines, Iowa) where, on 28 April 2006, Rasa Troup of Lithuania led in 9:55.77. Amanda Kuca of Concordia was the first collegian with 10:11.11. But results are topped by "Note: Barriers set too low for qualifying and records." Steeple Report observer did not hear flaw announced at meet.

Penn Relays
April 27, 2006
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
First Race: 1-Trina Cox Abilene Christian 10:05.19; 2-Ebba Stenback [SWE] Toledo 10:13.68; 3-Lindsey Sundel, Florida 10:21.11; 4-Barbara Parker [GBR] Florida State 10:27.37; 5-Lydia Willemse [CAN] Florida State 10:27.86 2; 6-Felicitas Mensing [GER] Coastal Carolina 10:28.86; 7-Amber Ferner, Purdue 10:32.63; 8-Tiffany Redlarczyk, Arkansas 10:33.14; 9-Suzanne Andrews Princeton 10:34.65; 10-Joy Griffith, Mississippi State 10:35.31; 11-Kelly Richards, Edinboro 10:39.67; 12-Claire Duncan, unattached 10:41.87; 13-Gina Lucrezi, unattached 10:51.57 61; 14-Nicole Kurtain, Richmond 10:52.35; 15-Anne Hessberg, Boston College 10:53.93; 16- Amy Ruffolo, Duquesne 10:55.57; 17-Lise Ogrodnick [CAN] Georgetown 10:56.40; 18-Meggan Hodge, Mississippi State 10:58.00.

Second Race: 1-Toni Salucci, Cornell 10:36.02; 2-Robyn Ellerbrock Cornell 10:36.54; 3-Jenny Fascione Kent State 10:41.62; 4-Karen Pulliam, William & Mary 10:44.65; 5-Claire Hamilton, Yale 10:47.18; 6-Sonja Hinish, Penn State 10:47.40; 7-Kate Curran Penn State 10:49.05; 8-Kathryn Moore, Bates 10:50.24; 9-Brianne Scott, Duquesne 10:50.48; 10-Erin Henry, Georgetown 10:50.69; 11-Alexis Lake, Boston College 10:53.99; 12-Caitlin Bradley, Dickinson 10:55.24; 13-Becki Michael, Akron 11:02.17; 14-Claire Percival, Penn State 11:06.59; 15-Carly Matthews, Tennessee 11:10.98; 16-Kelly Sullivan, Salisbury 11:18.29; 17-Kathleen Duffy Sacred Heart 11:18.84; 18-Tasha Wheatley, Clarion 11:21.10; 19-Sara Marzouk, unattached 11:26.35.

Ty Terrell Relays
April 27, 2006
Beaumont, Texas, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Amanda King, Lamar 10:44.54; 2-Renee Graham, Lamar 10:46.27; 3-Sarah Hershman, Sam Houston 11:16.90; 4-Allison Ferries, Sam Houston 11:29.18; 5-Erika Wright, Sam Houston 11:36.29 [7 finishers; Last = 15:20.00]

National Championships
April 27, 2006
Hanoi, Vietnam
Hand Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple / Hand times: 1-Duong Thi Uyen (1987) 7:10.6 National Record and NJR; 2-Tguyen Thi My Thoa (1990) 7:23.4; 3-Nguyen Thi Dong (1986) 7:38.0. [6 finishers; Last = 8:41.6]

Open National Championship
April 27, 2006
Nicosia, Cyprus
Automatic Timing
Results:
(Reported birth years appear in parentheses)
3000m Steeple: 1-Eugenia Korkokiou (88) 11:51.82; 2-Tziovana Tziovani (89) 12;45.86; 3-Christiana Katsari (87) 12;50.65; 4-Elena Chrysostomou (92) 12:50.93; 5-Viktoria Tzama (89) 13:31.14; 6-Christina Polydorou (90) 14:04.57.

Grand Prix
April 23, 2006
Chongqing, China
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Li Chongfeng (1985) 10:38.34; 2-Mu Yongxiu (1986) 10:55.12.

Musco Twilight
April 22, 2006
Iowa City, Iowa, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Emily Brown, Univ of Minnesota 10:16.71; 2-Jen Hess, UM 11:12.42; 3-Kelly Malarkey, Drake 11:14.64; 4-Carie Steil, UM 11:25.78.

"Bulldog Limited" Meet
April 22, 2006
Athens, Georgia, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Tsehaye Dagnachew, UNC-Charlotte 10:30.68; 2-Sarah Madebach, Georgia 10:53.47; 3-Andrea Morrow, U.Central Florida 11:25.78 [no others].

Triton Invitational
April 22, 2006
San Diego, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Melissa McBain, Future Track 10:34.35; 2-Angela Petersen, Paradise Valley 10:46.96; 3-Celeste Tyson, SDSU 10:48.32; 4-Catherine Strouse, UCSD 11:20.94; 5-Heather West, Paradise Valley 11:30.57; 6-Jamie Ray, Cal Poly Pomona 11:42.43; 7-Samantha Hatch, Paradise Valley 11:42.44; 8-Katie Vahoviak, Cal State Long Beach 11:43.62. [1 DNF, 13 finishers; Last = 12:59.67]

Colonial Athletic Association
April 22, 2006
Richmond, Virginia, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Nelly Anderson, James Madison Univ 10:38.90; 2-Karen Pulliam, William & Mary 10:47.03; 3-Britta Nelson, Towson 11:02.32; 4-Kate Willever, William & Mary 11:16.54; 5-Andrea Smith, Georgia State Univ 11:19.19; 6-Emily Watson, Northeastern Univ 11:22.20; 7-Emily Arena, William & Mary 11:26.90; 8-Aspen Foster, James Madison 11:35.53; 9-Emily Thompson, VCU 11:39.47 [16 finishers; Last = 12:39.98]

Nutmeg State Games
April 22, 2006
Storrs, Connecticut, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Lindsay Kahn, Brown 10:45.37; 2-Orlaith Cunningham, Univ Conn 11:10.87; 3-Jamie Sweeney, Univ Rhode island 11:13.74; 4-Kathy Guilfoyle, URI 11:18.33. [6 finishers; Last = 12:44.73]

Michael Johnson Classic
April 22, 2006
Waco, Texas, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Lyndsy Bedell, Baylor 10:46.45; 2-Lise Oliver, Tulsa 10:51.38; 3-Monque Ortega, Baylor 10:56.53; 4-Laura Kerr, U. Arkansas 11:15.76; 5-Renine LeHeron, Tulsa 11:38.16. [8 finish; Last = 12:24.78]

Woody Wilson Open
April 22, 2006
Davis, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Heather Gibson, unattached 10:48.32; 2 Lucy Miller, San Francisco 11:19.90; 3-Abbie Galloway, UC Davis 11:28.16 [12 finishers; Last = 13:03.04]

Cardinal Classic
April 22, 2006
Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Melanie Price, Ohio State 10:51.08; 2-Carolyn Rauen, Missouri 11:05.46; 3-Ashley Ruberg, Louisville 11:22.89; 4-Anne King, Purdue 11:41.83 [7 finishers; Last = 13:15.81]

Spring Classic
April 22, 2006
Albany, New York, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Jessica Ortman, Univ Albany 10:55.15; 2-Danielle Trimpop, UA 11:09.04; 3-Jenna Ortman, UA; 4-Allison Connor, unattached 12:52.39.

Central Collegiate Champs
April 22, 2006
Ypsilanti, Michigan, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Ashley Billstrom, Valparaiso 10:56.38; 2-Julie Opet, Notre Dame 11:20.85; 3-Liz Philipp, Notre Dame 11:29.35 [5 finishers; Last = 12:03.63]

Texas Twillight
April 22, 2006
Austin, Texas, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Karilyn Petty, UTSA 7:19.99; 2-Larkin Geyer, Univ Texas 7:20.34; 3-Amber Reber, Univ Texas 7:53.21; 4-Mary Shelton, Texas A&M-CC 7:57.07; 5-Kelly Heinbaugh, Univ Texas 8:18.77.

Cornell at University of Pennsylvania
April 22, 2006
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Robyn Ellerbrock, Cornell 10:38.26; 2-Toni Salucci, Cornell 10:40.12; 3-Angela Kudla, Cornell 11:06.81; 4- Kinjal Parikh, Penn 11:33.03.

Cougar Invitational
April 22, 2006
Pullman, Washington, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Karin Rohde, Seattle Pacific 11:19.18; 2-Jessica Friend, Idaho 11:28.27; 3-Brandi McCoy, Seattle Pacific 11:33.79; 4-Alex Lee-Painter, Idaho 11:41.01 [8 finishers; Last = 12:59.73]

Christiansen Invitational
April 22, 2006
Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Brooke Kish, unattached 11:19.78; 2-Crystal Hostetter, Black Hills State 11:28.09; 3-Erin Weber, Colorado State 11:43.04. [1 DNF, 8 finishers; Last = 12:18.54]

International Meet
April 22, 2006
Alicante, Spain
Hand Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Yamika Gonzales, ESP 6:39.62; 2-Hanane Ouahaddou, MAR 6:40.98; 3-Sarai Sarmiento, ESP 6:45.23.

Oregon Invitational
April 21, 2006
Eugene, Oregon, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1- Carrie Messner, Asics 9:59.61; 2-Kelly Strong, Asics 10:01.70; 3-Brianna Dahm, Nike Farm Team 10:16.53; 4-Rena Chesser, BYU 10:17.49; 5-Amy Fowler, BYU 10:17.71; 6-Sariah St Laurent, Weber State 10:22.66; 7-Jane Rudkin, Team XO 10:24.11; 8-Bethany Nickless, UC-Santa Barbara 10:32.33; 9-Lindsey Anderson, Weber State 10:37.78; 10-Mandi Fitz-Gustafson, Oregon 10:38.50; 11-Tiffany Strickland, Utah State 10:41.77; 12-Amy Blodgett, Weber State 10:43.06; 13-Emily Mathis, Oregon 11:02.09; 14- Ashley Ippolito, Arizona 11:05.52; 15- Lauren Denfeld, Oregon State 11:11.37; 16-Masako Hirata, Acom 11:15.15.

Ellis Invitational
April 21, 2006
Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Natalie Florence, New York AC 10:13.68; 2-Lisa Stublic, Columbia 10:20.83; 3-Laua Meyers, Columbia 10:32.52; 4-Shelby Leland, Columbia 10:41.26; 5-Lesley Higgins, NYAC 10:50.72; 6-Katie Simon, Syracuse 10:52.54; 7-Myra Markey, Army 10:53.59; 8-Fran Magri, SUNY Geneseo 10:58.21; 9-Rachel Farnsworth, Princeton 11:03.97; 10-Oriana Campbell, Columbia 11:13.01; 11-Kate Dobransky, La Salle 11:14.90; 12-Martine McGrath, College of New Jersey 11:17.49; 13-Bridget Akard, Villanova 11:19.99; 14-Frances Morro, Lafayette 11:20.09; 15-Lindsay Bryant, Lafayette 11:26.23 {17 finishers; Last = 12:52.51]

ACC Champs
April 21, 2006
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Barbara Parker [GBR] Florida State 10:21.16; 2-Lydia Willemse [CAN] Florida State 10:27.01; 3-Kris Roth, NC State 10:28.25; 4-Cassie King, U. North Carolina 10:33.17; 5-Alexis Lake, Boston College 10:36.58; 6-Kristin Hart, Virginia Tech 10:38.22; 7-Madeline McKeever, Duke 10:39.92; 8-Elena Linn, Georgia Tech 10:43.24; 9-Anne Hessberg, Boston College 10:54.30; 10-Jenny Barton, Clemson 10:59.98; 11-Kelly Fillnow Duke 11:04.16; 12-Kristen Coon, Boston College 11:09.27; 13-Addie Bracy, North Carolina 11:13.83; 14-Sarah Stein, Maryland 11:17.09; 15-Allison Carney, Maryland 11:18.32. [19 finish; Last = 11:48.91]

Kansas Relays
April 21, 2006
Lawrence, Kansas, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Tiffany Czarnomska, Univ of Mary (North Dakota) 10:54.37; 2-Casey DeWitt, Missouri State 10:56.35; 3-Jamie Vest, Missouri State 11:21.21; 4-Kristin Wolkey, Missouri State 11:38.48; 5-Lauren Simpson, Indiana PFW 11:44.94. [14 finish; Last = 13:43.72]

Lone Star Conference Champs
April 21, 2006
Stephenville, Texas, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Olha Kryv'yak, Abilene Christian 11:02.25; 2-Niki Williams, Commerce 11:24.41; 3-Krista Morris, Tarleton 11:32.18; 4-Hayley Garner, Abilene Christian 11:35.59. [6 finishers; Last = 15:02.93]

Metropolitan Champs
April 21, 2006
New York City, New York, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Zuri Wilson, Iona 11:20.68; 2-Danielle Patoir, Rutgers 11:29.38; 3-Lauren Simeson, Iona 11:35.37; 4-Jodey Johnson, St. John's 11:44.49. {8 finishers; Last = 14:15.83]

Big South Champs
April 21, 2006
Conway, South Carolina, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Felicitas Mensing, Coastal Carolina 10:39.47; 2-Carrie Selmer, Winthrop Univ 10:50.68; 3-Piper Newby, Liberty Univ 11:10.48; 4-Rebekah Wahlquist, Liberty Univ 11:24.11; 5-Eileen Wicker, Coastal Carolina 11:39.49; 6-Kate Atkinson, High Point Univ 11:45.00. [10 finishers; Last = 12:37.36]

Volunteer Classic (High Schools)
April 21, 2006
Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000mSteeple: 1-Brigid Carey, Mountain Brook HS (Alabama) 7:29.50; 2-Leslie Boozer, Mountain Brook HS 7:51.44; 3-Emily Webb, Gloucester HS 8:05.72; 4-Brooke Wilson, Blount HS 8:24.60; 5-Christina Zaffiro, Cincinnati-Ohio 8:25.00; 6-Katharine Scherer, Cincinnati, Ohio 8:34.30; 7-Rachael Walters, Red Bank 8:37.55; 8-Lindsey Whiteley, Houston HS 8:44.34; 9-Emily Blake, Louisville-Kentucky 8:46.76 [1 DNF, 15 finishers; Last = 9:27.61]

Carey, a high school sophomore running her first-ever steeplechase, ran faster than some collegians to break the 7:41.22 record for this multi-state meet held by Laura Neufarth of Centerville, Ohio. Race photos may be seen at http://steeplechics.com/gallery.php when webmaster returns from California meet.

Irish University Champs
April 21, 2006
Antrim, Ireland
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Fionnula Briton, Dublin City Univ 10;35.58; 2-Cora Russell, Univ College-Dublin 11:35.03; 3-Ellen Diskin, DCU 11:39.57 [1 FNF, 6 finishers; Last = 14:28.04]

Solid Orange Classic
April 16, 2006
Clemson, South Carolina, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Jenny Barton, Clemson 11:15.96 [4 finishers; Last = 12:24.88]

Nebraska Invitational
April 15, 2006
Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Ann Gaffigan, unattached 10:12.50; 2-Katie Tornberg, South Dakota State 11:03.94; 3-Sanaa Kouba, Oral Roberts 11:18.94; 4-Lexic Dunlop 10:41.58, South Dakota. [9 finishers; Last = 13:34.08]

Sea-Ray Relays
April 15, 2006
Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Shannon Wommack, UT-Chattanooga 10:21.49; 2-Cassie Hunt, U. of Illinois 10:26.53; 3-Kelly Siefker, Indiana Univ 10:35.10; 4-Laura Kennedy, Illinois State Univ 10:45.06; 5-Julie Coats, Hendrix College 10:48.77; 6-Stephanie Greer, Indiana Univ 10:49.49; 7-Jenny Fascione, Kent State U 10:52.09; 8-Meghan Gaffney, Appalachian State 10:54.03; 9-Nicki Angstadt, Pittsburgh 10:56.68; 10-Toni Salucci, Cornell 10:57.12; 11-Claire Percival, Penn State 11:01.80; 12-Robyn Ellerbrock, Cornell 11:04.63; 13-Sonja Hinish, Penn State 11:08.99; 14-Emily Malinowski, Univ Of Memphis 11:12.12; 15-Carly Matthews, Tennessee 11:15.91; 16-Jamie Vest, Missouri Univ 11:19.06; 17-Melonie Price, Ohio State Univ 11:20.14; 18-Casey Dewitt, Missouri State Univ 11:21.13; 19-Ashley Sommer, Indiana Univ 11:24.83; 20-Kristin Wolkey; Missouri State Univ 11:28.19; 21-Kate Curran, Penn State 11:39.60; 22-Val Kazmer, Vanderbilt Univ 11:43.75.

Carolina Fast Times meet
April 15, 2006
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Liz Wort, unattached 10:31.17; 2-Maddie McKeever, Duke Univ 10:56.37; 3-Katie Simon, Syracuse 11:11.59; 4-Kelly Fillnow, Duke Univ 11:13.80; 5-Heidi Pinkerton, UNC-Greensboro 11:27.41 [10 finishers; Last = 13:20.70]

Brown Invitational
April 15, 2006
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Anna Willard, Brown 10:31.64; 2-Jillian Sullivan, University of Connecticut 10:37.37 [3 finishers; Last = 12:46.97]

Triangular Meet
April 15, 2006
New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Suzanne Andrews, Princeton 10:37.70; 2-Claire Hamilton, Yale 10:56.87; 3-Rachel Farnsworth, Princeton 11:13.34; 4-Heather Iatuaro, Princeton 11:28.28; 5-Kinjal Parikh, Univ Pennsylvania 11:38.39.

Spartan Invitational
April 15, 2006
East Lansing, Michigan, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Nicole Bush, Michigan State Univ 10:40.80; 2-Emily Adama, MSU 10:51.20 [8 finish; Last = 14:14.38]

Brigham Young Invitational
April 15, 2006
Provo, Utah, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Sarah St. Laurent, Weber State 10:50.26; 2-Ann Heiner, BYU 10:58.37; 3-Lindsey Anderson, Weber State 11:00.57; 4-Sarah Ingebretsen, BYU 11:10.34; 5-Amy Blodgett, Weber State 11:11.04; 6- Mary Ann Schauerhamer, unat 11:18.61 [1 DNF, 9 finishers; Last = 12:10.61]

State Pacesetters Meet
April 15, 2006
Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Amber Ferner, Purdue 10:53.00; 2-Leah Durr, Indiana State 11:36.41; 3-Sarah Jarvis, Indiana State 11:36.69; 4-Anne King, Purdue 11:44.80 [5 finishers; Last = 12:05.50]

Ohio Div 3 Champs
April 15, 2006
Delaware, Ohio, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Ellie Fernandez, John Carroll Univ 10:54.34; 2-Darci Walthew, Ohio Northern Univ 11:31.10; 3-Christine Collins, Denison Univ 11:43.38. [14 finishers; Last = 13:28.98]

LaCoste Invitational
April 15, 2006
Starkville, Mississippi, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Meggan Hodge, Miss State Univ 10:56.40; 2-Joy Griffith, Miss State Univ 11:02.82 [5 finishers; Last = 13:58.23]

UTEP Invitational
April 15, 2006
El Paso, Texas, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Stasia Ploskonka, Univ. New Mexico 7:47.85; 2-Beth Sandoval, New Mexico State 7:53.82; 3-Katelin Engard, NM Highlands 8:08.67; 4-Myrriah Gomez, NM Highlands 8:43.39.

Mesa Classic
April 15, 2006
Mesa, Arizona, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Kristen Hemphill, Colorado State 11:04.53 [4 finishers; Last = 13:18.98]

Godfather's Challenge
April 15, 2006
Emporia, Kansas, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Veronica Sackett, North Dakota 11:26.14 [12 finishers; Last = 12:48.33]

Onesty-Abramson Invitational
April 15, 2006
Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Allison Carney, Maryland 11:28.71; 2-Shari Gorga, Maryland 11:35.70 [10 finishers; Last = 13:19.87]

Liberty League Champs
April 15, 2006
Troy, New York, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Kerry Banazek, St. Lawrence 11:30.92 [6 finishers; Last = 14:06.69]

Panther Invitational
April 15, 2006
Middlebury, Vermont, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Andrea Giddings, Middlebury College 11:32.78 [3 finishers; Last = 13:27.28]

New Jersey Invitational
April 15, 2006
Trenton, New Jersey, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Jessica Wilcox, Ithaca College 11:39.67; 2-Elizabeth Wilcox, Ithaca College 11:39.72. [1 DNF, 6 finishers; Last = 13:10.85]

Northeastern Invitational
April 15, 2006
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Lauren Walker, Harvard 11:41.14 [3 finishers; Last = 13:40.60]

University of Toledo High School Invitational
April 15, 2006
Toledo, Ohio, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Kate Worley, Toledo Christian HS 8:34.75; 2-Marquita Byrd, Warrensville 8:45.43; 3-Tara Cardenas, Oregon Clay 8:48.32; 4-Fran Melzer, Bedford St. Peters 9:06.30; 5-Christina Snyder, Toledo Christian HS 9:12.81 [15 runners; Last = 10:56.90]

Junior/Under Age 20 Meet
April 15, 2006
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Automatic Timing
Results:
(birth years in parentheses)
2000m Steeple: 1-Tina Bercic (90) 7:37.23; 2-Anja Zlatecan ((89) 7:59.41; 3-Sabina Planinc (88) 8:01.20

Pomona-Pitzer Invitational
April 14, 2006
Claremont, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Marisa Ryan, Boston Univ 10:46.28; 2-Caroline Peyton, Arkansas 10:47.39; 3-Katie Stuckey, Butler 10:48.76; 4-Kaitlin O'Sullivan, Oneonta 11:07.29; 5-Jody Welcker, Southern Utah 11:13.26; 6-Celene Reyes, UC Riverside 11:19.58; 7-Tasha Wheatley, Clarion 11:19.62; 8-Whitney Jacobsmeyer, Azusa Pacific 11:25.33; 9-Jamie Ray, Cal Poly Pomona 11:25.86; 10-Sandra Prado, Concordia Irvine 11:26.94; 11-Juliane Masciana, CSU Fullerton 11:27.70; 12-Kristina Tudor, UC-Riverside 11:32.08; 13-Kate Papenberg, Air Force 11:32.87; 14-Laura Bowman, Vanguard Univ 11:40.53; 15-Sarah Madebach, Georgia 11:44.80; 16-Meagan Corry, Southern Utah 11:44.80 [2 DNF, 34 finish; Last = 13:50.16]

Tom Botts Invitational
April 14, 2006
Columbia, Missouri, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Jane Rudkin, Team XO 10:48.62; 2-Angela Potrykus, U.Missouri 11:11.51; 3-Jessica Schmidt, U. Iowa 11:23.70.

Army vs Navy
April 14, 2006
West Point, New York, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Myra Markey, Army 11:06.54; 2-Jill Hajec, Army 11:21.83; 3-Kyleigh Millhouse, Navy 11:34.61; 4-Sammy Jo Andrews, Navy 11:39.75; 5-Roxanne Wegman, Army 11:40.22.

Montana State Invitational
April 14, 2006
Bozeman, Montana, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Tiffany Czarnowska, College of Mary 11:26.80 [3 finishers; Last = 12:14.34]

Springco Invitational
April 14, 2006
Long Beach, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Anna Wheatley, Santa Clara 11:43.40 [7 finishers; Last = 14:24.30]

Mt. San Antonio College Relays
April 13, 2006
Walnut, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
Section 3 (Invitational) 1-Korine Hinds, Jamaica 9:57.02; 2-Brooke Bennett, Arizona State 10:20.50; 3-Mary Davies, Oklahoma State 10:28.91; 4-Brittany Somers, Adams State 10:39.24; 5-Meghan Leonard, Washington State 10:41.74; 6-Ali Mann, Nike 10:51.07; 7-Lindsay Allen, Stanford 10:54.13; 8-Meredith MacGregor, Simon Fraser 10:59.19; 9-Leslie Barrie, UCLA 11:02.01; 10- Stefanie Calhoun, unattached 11:09.38.

Section 2 (Open) 1-Kristin Anderson, unattached 10:23.61; 2-Bevin Kennelly, Idaho 10:38.23; 3-Lindsay Sundell, Florida 10:40.51; 4-Tiffany Redlarczyk, Arkansas 10:43.91; 5-Jinny Hanifan, Nike Farm Team 10:49.44; 6-Sarah Madebach, Georgia 10:50.59; 7-Katie Stuckey, Butler 10:58.69; 8-Whitney Mays, Alabama Birmingham 11:05.41; 9-Ashley Birger, Colorado Springs 11:05.86; 10-Theresa Emond, Marquette 11:14.98; 11-Katie DeRusso, Notre Dame 11:17.35; 12-Tara Hinke, Marquette 11:24.41; 13-Hannah Davey, Colorado Mines 11:39.48.

Section 1 (Schools): 1-Margaret Frash, Air Force Academy 10:58.63; 2-Ciara Viehweg, UCLA 10:59.54; 3-Morgan Sulzener, Akron 11:04.65; 4-Collier Lawrence, Washington State 11:07.07; 5-Katrina Nicholas, SF Austin 11:08.56; 6-Ashley Ippolito, Arizona 14.57; 7-Kathryn Kramer, Florida 11:15.14; 8-Tawny Parks, Southern Utah 11:25.84; 9-Tasha Wheatley, Clarion 11:26.03; 10-Whitney Patton, Mt. SAC 11:33.32; 11-Kayle Peterson, Washington State 11:33.75; 12-LeeAnn Nawrocki, Florida 11:37.01; 13-Ciara Harvey, Chico State 11:43.12; 14-Karla Alburez, CSU Los Angeles 11:43.76.

Dogwood Invitational
April 13, 2006
Nacogdoches, Texas, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Amanda King, Lamar 10:47.25; 2-Renee Graham, Lamar 10:57.13; 3-Breeka Johnson, unattached 11;35.40.

University of Toledo Tri-Meet
April 13, 2006
Toledo, Ohio, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Ebba Stenback, U. Toledo 6:41.30; 2-Stephanie Hillman, Bowling Green 7:21.94; 3-Andrea Pollack, Bowling Green 7:41.36; 4-Meghan Ginter, Northern Illinois 7:51.50; 5-Dennise Valladaras, N. Illinois 8:10.93.

JJK Invitational
April 8, 2006
Los Angeles, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Rena Chesser, BYU 10:21.69; 2-Amy Fowler, BYU 10:31.02; 3-Leslie Barrie, UCLA 10:33.48; 4-Ali Mann, Nike-LA 10:35.97; 5-Clara Viehwig, UCLA 10:56.11; 6-Jennie Twitchell, Utah State 11:17.32; 7-Lucy Miller, San Francisco 11:20.87; 8-Michelle Ishio, Track West 11:38.10.

Oregon Pepsi (5-teams) Invitational
April 8, 2006
Eugene, Oregon, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
3000m Steeple: 1-Dana Buchanan, Oregon 10:33.77; 2-Molly Landreth, Penn State 10:34.18; 3-Mandi Fitz-Gustafson, Oregon 10:45.68; 4-Kate Curran, Penn State 10:59.79; 5-Claire Percival, Penn State 11:06.07; 6-Emily Mathis, Oregon 11:15.98; 7-Karen Schwager, Washington 11:37.22.

Duke Invitational
April 8, 2006
Durham, North Carolina, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Felcitas Mensing, Coastal Carolina 10:37.02; 2-Lise Ogrodnick, Georgetown 10:39.73; 3-Lisa Crampton, San Diego State 10:42.11; 4 -Erin Henry, Georgetown 10:44.19; 5-Anne Hessberg, Boston College 10:46.04; 6-Carrie Selmer, Winthrop 10:46.46; 7-Karen Pulliam, William & Mary 10:50.91; 8-Nicole Kurtain, Richmond 10:58.03; 9-Kim Malcolm, Georgetown 11:00.10; 10-Celeste Tyson, San Diego State 11:04.90; 11-Addie Bracy, North Carolina 11:04.93; 12-Andrea Morrow, Central Florida 11:05.84; 13-Danielle Trimpop, Albany 11:10.69; 14-Heidi Pinkerton, UNC Greensboro 11:11.08; 15-Sarah Stein, Maryland 11:15.27; 16-Emily Low, Christopher Newport 11:26.16; 17-Eileen Wicker, Coastal Carolina 11:26.78; 18-Shari Gorga, Maryland 11:27.34; 19-Kate Willever, William & Mary 11;29.05; 20-Emily Arena, William & Mary 11:31.85; 21-Emily Thompson, 11:36.38; 22-Morgan Stengel, North Carolina 11:36.68; 23-Allison Carney, Maryland 11:37.73; 24-Cristy Falcone, Mary Washington 11:41.11; 25-Kate Atkinson, High Point 11:43.38; 26-Anne Iddins, St. Thomas 11:43.94.

Wartburg Select Meet
April 8, 2006
Waverly, Iowa, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Julia Rudd, UW-La Crosse 10:38.66; 2-Kourtney Joyce, Gustavus 10:59.94; 3-Brooke Ferguson, unattached 11:02.01; 4-Jill Wagaman, Wartburg 11:23.21; 4-Jessica Scott, Wisconsin-Platteville 11:37.37 [17 finishers; Last = 13:59.42]

Sam Howell Invitational
April 8, 2006
Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Laura Meyers, Columbia 10:40.92; 2-Lauren Bricker, 10:52.97; 3-Lesly Higgins, New York AC 10:54.45; 4 -Claire Hamilton, Yale 10:57.21; 5-Shelby Leland, Columbia 11:01.12; 6-Katie Simon, Syracuse 11:10.16; 7-Oriana Campbell, Columbia 11:18.40; 8-Lauren Simeson, Iona College 11:19.13; 9-Elizabeth Calle, Yale 11:20.05; 10-Maxine Markfield, Haverford 11:20.37; 11-Bevin Peters, Yale 11:20.94; 12-Zuri Wilson, Iona College 11:24.51; 13-Martine McGrath, College of NJ 11:26.54; 14-Beverly Pierotti, Bucknell 11:35.97.

Miami Invitational
April 8, 2006
Oxford, Ohio, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Ellie Fernandez, John Carroll 10:45.55; 2-Ashley Billstrom, Valparaiso 10:58.94; 3-Sarah Henize, Miami Univ 11:07.77; 4-Julie Opet, Notre Dame 11:09.22; 5-Elizabeth Philipp, Notre Dame 11:15.02; 6-Lauren Simpson, IPFW 11:23.61; 7-Kelly Ardelean, Miami 11:30.82; 8-Jobeth Schmiesing, Valparaiso 11:35.84; 9-Tricia Stege, John Carroll 11:38.49 [13 finishers; Last = 12:31.34]

Azusa Pacific Meet
April 8, 2006
Azusa, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Pilar Delgado, Cal State-LA 10:46.33 [12 finishers; Last = 13:23.82]

Penn Invitational
April 8, 2006
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Hand Timing
Results:
1-Robyn Ellerbrock, Cornell 10:50.3; 2 -Toni Salucci, Cornell 10:54.4; 3-Angela Kudle, Cornell 11:00.3; 4-Elizabeth Gesel, Villanova 11:00.9.

U-Conn Invitational
April 8, 2006
Storrs, Connecticut, USA
Hand Timing
Results:
1-Lindsay Kahn, Brown 10:52.10; 2-Kathleen Duffy, Sacred Heart 11:05.30; 3-Ashley Jensen, Providence 11:19.20; 4-Orlaith Cunningham, Univ of Conn 11:28.40 [8 finishers; Last = 13:01.60]

Ole Miss Invitational
April 8, 2006
Oxford, Mississippi, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Emily Malinowski, Memphis 10:55.92; 2-Megan Carnes, Alabama 11:03.18. [7 finishers; Last = 12:26.98]

All-Ohio Champs
April 8, 2006
Columbus, Ohio, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Becki Michael, Akron 10:55.94; 2-Morgan Sulzener, Akron 11:01.63; 3-Jamie Roflow, Bowling Green 11:05.90; 4-Melanie Price, Ohio State 11:19.81 [1 DNF, 10 finishers; Last = 12:46.03]

Wildcat Invitational
April 8, 2006
Durham, New Hampshire, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Catherine Parker, Univ. New Hampshire 11:01.93; 2-Alexis Lake, Boston College 11:06.67; 3-Kristin Coon, Boston College 11:14.37 [7 finishers; Last = 13:16.27]

Augustana Invitational
April 8, 2006
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
Hand Timing
Results:
Hand timing: 1-Jen Kempers, Dordt 11:02.0; 2-Renee Aune, N. Dakota 11:06.6; 3-Veronica Sackett, N. Dakota 11:07.0; [5 finishers; Last = 14:26.5]

Spec Towns Invitational
April 8, 2006
Athens, Georgia, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Kathryn Kramer, U.Florida 11:06.01; 2-LeeAnn Nawrocki, U. Florida 11:12.85; 3-Anne King, Purdue 11:34.77 [1 DNF]

Redbird Classic
April 8, 2006
Charleston, Illinois, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Theresa Edmond, Marquette 11:09.40; 2-Melinda Sprague, Illinois Wesleyan 11:30.66 [7 finishers; Last = 1309.92]

Willamette Invitational
April 8, 2006
Salem, Oregon, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Kaitlin Poggi, Oregon State 11:18.74; 2-Asley Sharratt, Willamette 11:43.24 [15 finishers; Last = 14:28.11]

Messersmith Invitational
April 8, 2006
Cedar Falls, Iowa, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Kelly Malarkey, Drake University 11:21.05 [6 finishers; Last = 12:53.75]

Indiana Little State Champs
April 8, 2006
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Missy Burgin, Southern Indiana 11:23.90; 2-Marci White, Franklin 11:38.92 [28 finishers; Last = 14:16.02]

Williams Relays
April 8, 2006
Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Shauneen Garrahan, Amherst College 11:27.20 [6 finishers; Last = 13;38.88]

Emporia State Relays
April 8, 2006
Emporia, Kansas, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Amber DeHaan, MidAmerica Nazarene 11:34.73 [6 finishers; Last = 13:27.18]

Seminole Invitational
April 8, 2006
Tallahassee, Florida, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Julie Stackhouse, unattached 11:40.46 [1 DNF, 4 finishers; Last = 12:12.16]

Indiana Relays
April 8, 2006
Bloomington, Indiana, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Ashley Sommer, Indiana 7:19.73; 2-Val Kazmer, Vanderbilt 7:29.69; 3-Maura Ratcliff, Indiana 7:36.01; 4-Christing Brown, Vanderbilt 7:57.71.

Central Michigan Triangular
April 8, 2006
Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Rachael Lindman, Western Michigan 7:31.33; 2-Kelly McClure, CMU 7:38.78; 3-Libby Carpenter, CMU 7:48.07; 4-Susan Duncan, CMU 7:50.86

South Africa Junior (Under Age 20)
April 8, 2006
Pretoria, South Africa
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Destiny Titus 10:59.52; 2-Pulane Mosome 11:02.17; 3-Masello Moekoa 11:18.11; 4-Thandi Malindi 11:19.10.

Texas Relays
April 7, 2006
Austin, Texas, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
7 April 2006, Section A: 1-Trina Cox, Abilene Christian 10:10.93; 2-Sarah Becker, Wichita State 10:38.01; 3-Sarah Yoder, Rice 10:43.78; 4-Mica Land, Wichita State 10:46.80; 5-Sarah Ravenelle, Texas A&M 10:48.22; 6-Caroline Peyton, Arkansas 10:54.87; 7-Meggan Hodge, Mississippi State 11:13.66; 8-Laura Kerr, Arkansas 11:16.09; 9-Sana Kouba, Oral Roberts 11:24.11. [1 DNF, 11 finishers; Last = 11:50.96]

5 April 2006, Section B: 1-Niki Williams, TAMU-Commerce 11:24.47; 2-Karilyn Petty, UT-San Antonio 11:37.18; 3-Sarah Hershman, Sam Houston State 11:37.49. [4 finishers; Last = 12:23.37]

Big West Challenge
April 7, 2006
Irvine, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Bethany Nickless, UC Santa Barbara 10:42.21; 2-Karina Ortiz, CS Fullerton 11:12.88; 3-Christie Farson, UC Santa Barbara 11:25.06; 4-Laura Zung, UC Santa Barbara 11:25.34; 5-Danielle Miller, Long Beach State 11:30.61; 6-Kendall Burton, UC Irvine 11:41.37. [1 DNF, 14 finishers; Last = 12:43.55]

Tufts Hillside Relays
April 7, 2006
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Anna King, Colby 11:09.10; 2-Rebecca Ades, Tufts 11:13.28; 3-Katy O'Brien, Tufts 11:20.40 [11 finishers; Last = 13:16.27]

Marv Frye Invitational
April 7, 2006
Delaware, Ohio, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Melinda Keesee, Otterbein 11:21.04 [6 finishers; Last = 15:59.63]

Pelluer Invitational
April 7, 2006
Cheney, Washington, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Jessica Friend, Idaho 11:40.43; [7 finishers; Last = 13:28.49]

Brazilian Meet
April 7, 2006
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Zenaide Viera 9:53.40; 2-Michelle Barreto da Costa 9:54.52; 3-Sabine Let cia Heitling 10:19.60; 4-Patricia Lobo 10:30.11; 5-Franciele da Silva 10:40.51.

Phlein Invitational
April 1, 2006
West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Amber Ferner, Purdue Univ 10:33.73; 2-Tara Hinke, Marquette 11:32.40 [5 finishers; Last = 14:06.07]

Diet Pepsi Classic
April 1, 2006
Gainesville, Florida, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Lindsay Sundell, U. Florida 10:43.08; 2-Kathryn Kramer, UF 11:01.87; 3-LeeAnn Nawrocki, UF 11:22.11 [5 finishers; Last = 13:56.63]

Oliver Jackson Open
April 1, 2006
Abilene, Texas, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Trina Cox, Abilene Christian Univ, 10:45.32 [3 finishers; Last = 14:59.99]

Geo Mason Invitational
April 1, 2006
Fairfax, Virginia, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Susanne Andrews, Princeton 10:55.99; 2-Heather Iatauro, Princeton 11:18.00; 3-Rachel Farnsworth, Princeton 11:22.51; 4-Britta Nelson, Towson 11:30.34 [9 finishers; Last = 13:03.41]

Tufts Snowflake Meet
April 1, 2006
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Kathryn Moore, Bates 11:03.22; 2-Rebecca Ades, 11:30.01 [4 Finishers; Last = 13:50.24]

Benich Classic
April 1, 2006
Greeley, Colorado, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Brittany Somers, Adams State College 11:05.91 [6 finishers; Last = 13:40.69]

Yellow Jacket Invitational
April 1, 2006
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Sabrina Lefort, UT-Chattanooga 11:06.73; 2-Jenny Barton, Clemson Univ 11:08.19 [3 finishers; Last = 14:44.59]

Owl Invitational
April 1, 2006
New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Claire Hamilton, Yale 11:09.10; 2-Anne Hessberg, Boston College 11:15.10; 3-Alexis Lake, BC 11:17.50; 4Jill Hajec, Army 11:17.80; 5-Elizabeth Calle, Yale 11:34.10; 6-Bevin Peters, Yale 11:37.30; 7-Kristen Coon, BC 11:44.30 [9 finishers; Last = 13:10.90]

Northwest Invitational
April 1, 2006
Maryville, Missouri, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Veronica Sackett, North Dakota 11:16.54; 2-Renee Aune, ND 11:24.94; 3-Dana Kelly, Truman State 11:27.93; 4-Katherime Hoffman, unattached 11:40.32; 5-Amber DeHaan, MidAmerica 11:44.27. [8 finishers; Last =13:15.29]

Al Manuel Invitational
April 1, 2006
Missoula, Montana, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Tiffany Czarnowska, Univ of Mary 11:19.26 [5 finishers; Last = 13:42.68]

Libery Asics Meet
April 1, 2006
Lynchburg, Virginia, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Piper Newby, Liberty Univ 11:19.62 [10 finishers; Last = 13:27.52]

Emory Classic
April 1, 2006
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Elizabeth Pyles, Cedar 11:21.71 [12 finishers; last = 13:43.68]

Charlotte Invitational
April 1, 2006
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
3000m Steeple: 1-Jamie Sweeney Rhode Island 11:26.12; 2 Kathy Guilfoyle Rhode Island 11:26.36 [4 finishers; last = 12:26.31]

2000m Steeple: 1-Kyleigh Millhouse, Navy 7:35.38; 2-Chelsea Decker, Navy 7:39.49; 3 -Aspen Foster, James Madison 7:45.60; 4-Maureen Dooley, Navy 7:48.69 [7 finishers; :ast = 8:19.79]

Terrapin Invitational
April 1, 2006
College Park, Maryland, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Sarah Stein, U.Maryland 11:27.38; 2-Allison Carney, UM 11:33.20; 3-Shari Gorga, UM 11:38.06; 4-Kelly Sullivan, Salisbury 11:38.96 [7 finishers; Last = 12:54.10]

Brockport (New York) Invitational
April 1, 2006
Brockport, New York, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
Brockport (New York) Invitational, 1 Apr 2006 1-Fran Magri, Geneseo 11:28.91 [6 finishers; Last = 14:04.41]

Age Class Champs
March 31, 2006
Adelaide, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
Under age 20: 1-Georgia Kaidonis 10:42.58; 2-Rebecca Lowe 10:50.40; . 3-Ashlea Gilfillan 11:02.83.

Under age 23: 1-Kathryn Archbold 10:47.82; 2-Josie Gellert 11:13.67; 3-Lisa Roberts 12:09.23; 4-Cassie Dege 12:58.73.

Stanford Invitational
March 31, 2006
Palo Alto, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
Section 1 (31 March 2006) 1-Nelly Anderson, James Madison 10:18.97; 2-Brianna Dahm, Nike 10:19.20; 3-Barbara Parker, Florida State 10:24.75; 4-Sarah St.Laurent, Weber State 10:26.59; 5-Stacie Lifferth, Utah State 10:28.05; 6-Lydia Willemse, Florida State 10:28.20; 7-Kelly Siefker, Indiana 10:29.15; 8-Lyndsy Bedell, Baylor 10:30.55; 9-Marisa Ryan, Boston 10:30.57; 10 Tsehaye Dagnachew, Charlotte 10:30.73; 11-Eva Tomankova, Oklahoma State 10:31.52; 12-Monique Ortega, Baylor 10:34.08; 13- Lindsey Anderson, Weber State 10:36.11; 14-Anna Masinelli, Arizona State 10:36.36; 15-Jinny Hannifan, Nike 10:54.90.

Section 2 (1 April 2006) 1-Jess Cickay, Boston 10:24.38; 2-Micah Land, Wichita State 10:35.05; 3-Meghan Leonard, Washington State 10:41.04; 4-Amy Blodgett, Weber State 10:45.27; 5-Arianne Field, Michigan 10:46.41; 6-Katie DeRusso, Notre Dame 10:47.05; 7-Margaret Frash, Air Force 10:48.76; 8-Celeste Tyson, San Diego State 10:52.49; 9-Kristy Barrus, BYU 10:52.99; 10-Kayle Peterson, Washington State 10:53.09; 11-Emily Adams, Michigan State 10:53.30; 12-Tawny Parks, Southern Utah 10:53.60; 13-Karin Rhode, Seattle Pacific 11:05.85; 14-Lawrence Collier, Washington State 11:11.01; 15-Amanda Ganser, Wisconsin 11:13.43; 16-Brandi McCoy, Seattle Pacific 11:17.02; 17-Julie Opet, Notre Dame 11:17.17; 18-Ciara Harvey, Chico State 11:18.12; 19-Katie Anderson, SR Wisconsin Milwaukee 11:18.73; 20-Danielle Miller, Long Beach State 11:19.24.

California vs. Nevada
March 31, 2006
Fresno, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Pilar Delgado, Cal State-Los Angeles 10:47.35; 2- Leslie Barrie, UCLA 10:50.78; 3-Ciara Viehweg, UCLA 11:11.84; 4-Abbie Galloway, UC Davis 11:21.97; 5-Christie Farson, UC-Santa Barbara 11:26.69; 6-Karla Alburez, CSLA 11:35.39; 7-Jamie Ray, Cal Poly Pomona 11:39.99 [13 finishers; Last = 12:50.81]

Missouri Relays
March 31, 2006
Columbia, Missouri, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Vicky Echeverria, Harding Univ 10:59.21; 2-Angela Potrykus, Missouri 11:17.00; 3-Nicole Hasemeier, Central Missouri 11:26.63; 4-Renine LeHeron, Tulsa 11:34.61; 5-Breanna Chipney, Tulsa 11:38.38 [10 finishers; Last = 12:40.73]

Cougar Invitational
March 31, 2006
Provo, Utah, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Mary Ann Schauerhamer, unat 11:25.08; 2-Jody Welcker, Southern Utah 11:43.32 [6 finishers; Last = 12:45.23]

South Africa Student Championships
March 31, 2006
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Tebogo Masehla 10:29.56, 2-Nolene Conrad 10:38.40; 3-Andrea Horak 10:57.56.

Raleigh Relays
March 25, 2006
Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
Seeded Afternoon race: 1-Ioana Parusheva, Villanova 10:15.31; 2-Tara Dressler, Campbell 10:39.06; 3-Felicitas Mensing, Coastal Carolina 10:40.98; 4-Morgan Sulzener, Akron 10:45.01; 5-Anne Hessberg, Boston College 10:49.22; 6-Clair Duncan, unattached 10:50.30; 7-Amy Ruffolo, Duquesne 10:51.01; 8-Jennifer Fascione, Kent State 10:53.45; 9-Meghan Gaffney, Appalachian State 10:56.75; 10-Ncki Angstadt, Pittsburgh 11:02.09; 11-Brianne Scott, Duquesne 11:12.65; 12-Kristen Coon, Boston College 11:18.27; 13-Alexis Lake, Boston College 11:19.44; 14-Heidi Pinkerton, UNC Greensboro 11:21.99; 15-Christine Collins, Denison 11:25.52; 16-Erin Geiger, La Salle 11:30.66.

Unseeded Morning race: 1-Claire Percival, Penn State 11:02.18; 2-Becky Michael, Akron 11:02.93; 3-Kate Curran, Penn State 11:15.90; 4-Danielle Trimpop, Albany 11:23.05; 5-Sonja Hinish, Penn State 11:36.25; 6-Valerie Kazmer, Vanderbilt 11:40.87; 7-Kate Dobransky, La Salle Univ 11:42.03 [13 finishers; Last = 12:21.10]

Hornet Invit
March 25, 2006
Sacramento, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Sarah St Laurent, Weber State 10:29.88; 2-Katie Bowen, Weber State 10:31.52; 3-Bevin Kennelly, CAN-Idaho 10:37.32; 4-Lindsey Anderson, Weber State 10:37.89; 5-Amy Blodgett, Weber State 10:53.05; 6-Shirley Stuart, Weber State 11:17.32; 7-Abbie Galloway,UC-Davis 11:18.27; 8-Melis Garner, Nevada 11:26.23; 9-Lucy Miller, San Francisco 11:28.00 10-Virginia Grillo, Sacramento State 11:30.06 [20 finishers; Last = 13:43.92]

Arizona State Invitational
March 25, 2006
Tempe, Arizona, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Brooke Bennett, Arizona State 10:35.43; 2-Sereena Harmon, Arizona State 11:22.01; 3-Jenna Wrieden, Arizona State 11:38.05. [4 finishers; Last = 12:35.09]

Southern Illinois Spring Classic
March 25, 2006
Carbondale, Illinois, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Laura Kennedy, Illinois State 10:38.21; 2-Sarah Henize, Miami Ohio 11:11.89; 3-Theresa Emond, Marquette 11:20.46. [4 finishers; Last = 12:38.68]

Collegiate Classic
March 25, 2006
Irvine, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Toni Salucci, Cornell 10:49.70; 2-Robyn Ellerbrock, Cornell 10:57.29; 3-Kate Papenberg, Air Force 11:22.82; 4-Celene Reyes, UC Riverside 11:31.85; 5-Tracy Dantema, UC Irvine 11:37.87 [10 finishers; Last = 12:26.16]

Fred Hardy Invitational
March 25, 2006
Richmond, Virginia, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Nicole Kurtain, U.Richmond 10:55.94; 2Kate Willever, William and Mary 11:26.74 [1 DNF, 6 Finishers; Last =12:36.12]

Susquehanna Invitational
March 25, 2006
Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Caitlin Bradley, Dickinson 11:00.62; 2-Mary Bacher, Bloomsburg 11:24.73; 3-Katy Glunt, Juniata 11:45.71 [17 finishers; Last = 14:30.03]

Disney World Invitational
March 25, 2006
Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Melanie Price, Ohio State Univ 11:08.35; 2-Andrea Morrow, U.Central Florida 11:19.71 [4 finishers; Last = 12:45.07]

Baylor Dr. Pepper Meet
March 25, 2006
Waco, Texas, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Emily Loeffler, Trinity 11:23.97; 2 -Charity Williams, Baylor 11:25.43; 3-Krista Morris, TSU 11:25.67 [6 finishers; Last = 12:34.13]

Five-Team Meet
March 25, 2006
Annapolis, Maryland, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Sarah Stein, U.Md 11:29.15; 2-Shari Gorga, U.Md 11:32.12; 3-Kyleigh Millhous, Navy 11:42.05 [Six finishers; Last = 13:13.55]

Monmouth Opener
March 25, 2006
West Long Branch, New Jersey, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Sarah Peterson, Rutgers 11:44.16 [6 finishers; Last = 13:29.87]

Clemson Relays
March 24, 2006
Clemson, South Carolina, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Jenny Barton, Clemson 11:16.18; 2-Page Bridges, Furman 11:32.80; 3-Katie Poole, Furman 11:36.76 [7 finishers; last = 12:40.96]

LSU Relays
March 23, 2006
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Whitney Mays, UAB 10:42.32; 2-Joy Griffith, Mississippi St. 10:56.79; 3-Meggan Hodge, Miss State 11:04.90; 4-Ryanne Fortney, UAB 11:19.07; 5-Sonia Clark, McNeese State 11:32.27 [6 finishers; Last = 12:08.15]

2006 Commonwealth Games
March 22, 2006
Melbourne, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Dorcus Inzikuru, UGA 9:19.51; 2-Melissa Rollison, AUS 9:24.29; 3-Donna MacFarlane, AUS 9:25.05; 4-Victoria Mitchell, AUS 9:34.24; 5-Kate McIlroy, NZL 9:35.70; 6-Jeruto Kiptum, KEN 9:49.09; 7-Jo Ankier, ENG 9:53.12; 8-Tina Brown, ENG 10:09.14; 9- Mardrea Hyman, JAM 10:09.74; 10-Tebogo Masehla RSA 10:11.64; 11-Jackline Chemwok, KEN 10:15.65; 12-Esther Tuwei, KEN 10:24.09; 13-Nolene Conrad, RSA 10:26.84; 14-Rebecca Forlong NZL 10:36.08.

Husky Invitational
March 18, 2006
Seattle, Washington, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Kelly Strong, Asics 10:03.28; 2-Brandi McCoy, Seattle Pacific 11:16.05; 3-Karen Schwager, U.Washington 11:55.85. [Strong becomes USA 2006 season leader.]

Aztec Invitational
March 18, 2006
San Diego, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Kim Sonne, CMS 10:45.56; 2-Lisa Crampton, SDSU 10:59.41; 3-Ashleigh Montgomery, UC-SD 11:44.66. [8 finishers; Last = 13:18.56]

Alabama Relays
March 18, 2006
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Carrie Selmer, Winthrop 10:48.68; 2-Megan Carnes, Alabama 10:51.33; 3-Joy Griffith, Mississippi State 11:12.31; 4-Ruth Mick, Lipscomb Track Club 11:32.59; 5-Val Kazmer, Vanderbilt 11:43.70. [2 DNF, 21 finishers; Last = 13:42.91]

Baldy Castillo Invitational
March 18, 2006
Tempe, Arizona, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Sarah Ravenelle, Texas A&M 10:54.46; 2-Krista Stepa, N.Arizona Univ 11:20.75; 3-Serena Harmon, Arizona State Univ 11:43.49. [5 finishers; Last = 14:47.52]

LB Classic
March 18, 2006
Long Beach, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Robyn Ellerbrock, Cornell 10:55:82; 2-Toni Salucci, Cornell 11:01:37; 3-Karinne Bentley Utah Valley State 11:49:63; 4-Kristen Barney, UVS 11:04:65; 5-Claire Hamilton, Yale 11:04:79; 6-Danielle Miller, Long Beach State 11:07:43; 7-Liz Calle, Yale 11:30:45. [10 finishers; Last=12:17.07]

Rhodes Open
March 18, 2006
Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Julie Coats, Hendrix College 11:00.72; 2-Emily Malinowski, Memphis 11:06.75. [5 finishers; Last=12:40.04]

Shamrock Invitational
March 18, 2006
Conway, South Carolina, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Melinda Keesee, Otterbein 11:09.26; 2-Jessica Schmidt, Iowa 11:20.85; 3-Stefanie Zeihan, Minnesota 11:38.22 [22 finishers; Last=14:36.62]

Hurricane Invitational
March 18, 2006
Coral Gables, Florida, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Fallon Heffernan, Jacksonville 11:13.87 [5 finishers; Last = 13:28.43]

Louisiana Classic
March 18, 2006
Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
Hand Timing
Results:
1-Ashley Billston, Valparaiso 11:14.5 [5 finishers; Last = 14:58.4]

Baskin Relays
March 18, 2006
Columbia, South Carolina, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Jenny Barton, Clemson 11:15.80; 2-Page Bridges, Furman 11:22.41; 3-Katie Poole, Furman 11:32.44 [4 finishers; Last = 12:33.98]

49er Classic
March 18, 2006
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Piper Newby, Liberty Univ 11:17.42 [4 finishers; Last = 12:38.39]

Early Bird Meet
March 18, 2006
Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Johanna Fickenscher, DePauw 11:18.12 [8 finishers; Last = 15:12.42]

Early Bird Relays
March 18, 2006
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Lauren Simpson, IPFW 11:30.45; 2-Kristen Simpson, IPFW 11:37.81 [5 finishers; Last = 12:28.18]

Cal Poly Invitational
March 18, 2006
San Luis Obispo, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Dallon Williams, Santa Barbara CC 11:30.72 [3 finishers; Last = 12:51.09]

VCU Ram Invitational
March 18, 2006
Richmond, Virginia, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Lauren Simeson, Iona 11:32.02; 2-Zuri Wilson, Iona 11:32.31; 3-Cristina Falcone, Mary Washington 11:36.25; 4-Mary Bacher, Bloomsburg 11:37.70. [16 finishers; Last = 15:02.58]

Willie Williams Classic
March 17, 2006
Tucson, Arizona, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Nancy Davies, Oklahoma State 10:18.70; 2-Pilar Delgado, CSU-LA 11:16.78; 3-Kayle Peterson, Washington State 11:21.76; [5 finishers; Last = 12:35.39]

Seahawk Invitational
March 17, 2006
Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Ellie Fernandez, John Carroll 10:51.46 [5 finishers; Last=13:59.96]

Wildcat Relays
March 11, 2006
Chico, CA, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
3000m Steeple: 1-Jen James, Chico State 10:55.54; 2-Marina Santana, Fresno State 11:52.33; 3-Danielle Ciraulo, CSU Stanislaus 12:21.33. [8 finishers; Last = 14:18.75]

Ben Brown Invitational
March 11, 2006
Walnut, CA, USA
Hand Timing
Results:
3000m Steeple (hand times) 1-Jamie Ray, Cal Poly Pomona 11:34.4; 2-Juliane Masciana, Cal State Fullerton 11:35.9; 3-Mandy Eichmann, CSF 11:47.3; 4-Emily Jones, Mt SAC 11:48.8; 5-Kristen Jordan, Slippery Rock 11:58.9; 6-Amber Gordon, UC Irvine 11:59.6. [17 finishers; last = 14:15.7

Coastal Carolina Invitational
March 11, 2006
Conway, South Carolina, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
3000m Steeple: 1-Piper Newby, Liberty Univ 11:45.20; 2-Lauren Simpson, IPFW 11:48.18; 3-Kristen Simpson, IPFW 11:49.01. [8 finishers; Last = 12:57.52]

Southern Mississippi Invitational
March 11, 2006
Hattiesburg, MS, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
3000m Steeple: 1-Whitney Mays, UAB 11:29.45; 2-Ray Fortney, UAB 12:00.82; 3-Amy Harris, Louisiana Monroe 13:00.41.

South Florida Invitational
March 10, 2006
Tampa, Florida, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Amy Springer, Florida Atlantic 8:47.81; 2-Danielle Harris, South Florida 8:54.40; 3-Kristen Poulos, South Florida 9:00.62.

UCLA Invitational
March 4, 2006
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
3000m Steeple: 1-Leslie Barrie, UCLA 10:52.27; 2-Clara Viehweg, UCLA 11:03.69; 3-Carolyn Ellis, CSU-Fullerton 11:15.92; 4-Karina Ortiz, CSU Fullerton 11:24.52 [8 finishers; Last = 12:31.43]

California Challenge Cup
March 4, 2006
University of California @ Irvine, CA, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
3000m Steeple: 1-Abbie Galloway, UC Davis 11:33.42; 2-Celene Reyes, UC Riverside 11:37.41; 3-Kristina Tudor, UCR 11:37.47; 4-Laura Zung, UC Santa Barbara 11:53.84; 5-Alisa Gammon, UCSB 11:56.94; 6-Ashleigh Montgomery, UC San Diego 12:04.46; 7-Tracy Dantema, UC Irvine 12:05.23; 8-Catherine Strouse, UC San Diego 12:07.88.

UNC-Wilmington
March 4, 2006
@ Coastal Carolina, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
3000m Steeple: 1-Eileen Wicker, CC 11:44.61; 2-Jessica Goeden, CC 12:26.46; 3-Alyssa Super, NCW 13:22.16; 4-Sarah Rivers, NCW 13:28.62.

Snowbird Invitational
March 4, 2006
Tallahassee, FL, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
3000m Steeple: 1-Kelly Hunter, North Florida 12:20.91; 2-Iris Pickett, Clark-Atlanta 12:48.26; 3-Francesca Martino, Embry-Riddle 13:59.73.

Senior Champs of India
March 1, 2006
New Delhi, India
Automatic Timing
Results:
3000m Steeple: 1-S. Shanti, Tamilnadu 10:44.76 new meet record; 2-Kiran Tiwari, Uttranchal 11:48.87; 3-Asha Rani, Punjab Police 11:49.17; 4-Sharda Chandel,Punjab Police 12:20.58; 5-Vinita Sonkar, Uttar Pradesh 13:11.50.

New Zealand Junior Champs
February 26, 2006
Hamilton, New Zealand
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple, age 16 and under: 1-Ruth Croft 6:54.83; 2-Sarah McSweeney 6:54.86; 3-Melissa Murrihy 7:05.08; 4-Hannah Wall 7:29.99; 5-Allice Collins 7:36.55; 6-Sarah Brooks 7:56.33; 7-Ashleigh Hall 8:00.81.

Trinity Univ. Invitational
February 26, 2006
San Antonio, TX, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
3000m Steeple: 1-Emily Loeffler, Trinity 11:37.61; 2-Karilyn Petty,UT-San Antonio 11:53.68; 3-Jennifer Grove, Trinity 12:15.55. [6 finishers; last = 14:37.61]

All-Comers Meet
February 25, 2006
Sydney, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Alexis McKillop 7:10.27; 2-Charlotte Wilson 7.38.7; 3-Stacey Argent 9:14.53.

3000m Steeple: 1-Rebecca Lowe 11:17.76; 2-Hollie Emery 11:49.50; 3-Miriam Orr 13:58.24.

Trinity University Invitational
February 25, 2006
San Antonio, TX, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
3000m Steeple: 1-Emily Loeffler, Trinity 11:37.61; 2-Karilyn Petty, UT-San Antonio 11:53.68; 3-Jennifer Burn, Trinity 12:15.55; 4-Krista Morris, Tarleton State 12:18.69; 5-Susanna Pierce, Trinity 12:29.24; 6-Mallory Bird, Southwestern Univ 14:37.61.

South Australia Meet
February 22, 2006
Adelaide, Australia
Hand Timing
Results:
3000m Steeple: 1-Kristy Villis 11:25.6; 2-Jane Mudge 11:31.7; 3-Lisa Roberts 12.34.1 [hand times]

Victoria Open Meet
February 19, 2006
Melbourne, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
3000m Steeple: 1-Donna MacFarlane, AUS 9:39.11; 2-Kate McIlroy, NZL 9:41.43; 3-Jo Ankier, GBR 10:07.64; 4-Rebecca Forlong, NZL 10:09.93; 5-Sarah Grahame, AUS 10:37.50; 6-Julia Edwards, AUS 11:02.58; 7-Jane Mudge, AUS 11:15.90; 8-Josie Gellert, AUS 11:31.64; 9-Debbie Walsham, AUS 11:46.34; 10-Rachel Effeney, AUS 12:08.33. [15 finishers; last = 13:09.01] DNF: Fiona Crombie, NZL

Russian INDOOR Champs
February 17, 2006
Moscow, Russia
Automatic Timing
Results:
3000m Steeple: 1-Tatyana Petrova (83-04-08) 9:07.00; 2-Natalya Cherepanova (67-03-09) 9:27.82; 3-Yelena Motalova (71-01-28) 9:26.83; 4-Olesya Tyurina (80-09-03) 9:43.84; 5-Svetlana Ivanova (83-08-18) 9:49.50; 6-Tatyana Vilisova (79-11-27) 9:50.39; 7-Marina Ivanova (83-06-30) 9:56.59; 8-Yekaterina Bespalova (84-10-26) 10:01.19; 9-Yekaterina Chebotaryova (82-08-10) 10:24.47; 10-Olga Nazarenko (82-09-14) 10:38.97.

Steeple Report has responded, with facility design suggestions, to inquiries from different nations about the feasibility of indoor steepling, But indoor steeples are so far not recognized by IAAF rules. Construction and placement of a water jump, or some approved alternative, remains elusive. So indoor results are presumed to be without water, although we welcome authoritative evidence to the contrary.

South Africa Challenge Meet
February 17, 2006
Belleville, South Africa
Automatic Timing
Results:
3000m Steeplechase: 1-Tebogo Mashela 10:01.14; 2-Nolene Conrad 10:25.94; 3-Destiny Titus 10:46.09; 4-Pulane Mosome 11:03.15; 5-Myrette Filmalter 11:03.79.

Mashela regained the South African record she had lost one week earlier to Nolene Conrad. Belleville race details and good photo at http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=33505.html

South Africa Champs (and Trials for Commonwealth Games)
February 11, 2006
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Automatic Timing
Results:
W3000m Steeple: 1-Nolene Conrad 10:05.30; 2-Tebogo Masehla 10:05.68. 3-Myrette Filmater 11:00.31. [Veteran RSA steepler Poppy Mlambo chose to run the 10km which she won in 34:29.07.]

New South Wales U23/U20 Champs
February 11, 2006
Sydney, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
3000m Steeple: 1-Rebecca Lowe 11.04.64; 2-Kathryn Archbold 11.08.95; 3-Eliza Stewart 11.34.24 .

Australian National Championships
February 5, 2006
Sydney, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
The largest-ever Australian team for Commonwealth Games will be named on Tuesday, 7 Feb 2005 following the completion of the 84th Australian Championships (selection trials) in Sydney. Women's 3000m steeplechase could be a difficult choice because the first four finishers bettered 9 minutes 45 seconds -- all far under the Games "A" standard of 10:05.

Women's 3000m Steeple: 1-Melissa Rollison (83) QLD 9:35.46; 2-Donna MacFarlane (77) TAS 9:40.06; 3-Kate McIlroy (81) NZL 9:40.20; 4-Victoria Mitchell (82) VIC 9:44.06; 5-Madeleine Heiner (87) NSW 10:08.82; 6-Kristy Villis (76) SA 10:30.56; 7-Rachel Green (89) VIC 10:39.90; 8-Jessica Gilfillan (92) QLD 10:59.67; 9-Georgia Kaidonis (87) SAS 11:02.89; 10-Kathryn Archbold (86) NSW 11:04.85; 11-Courtney Jarrett (85) QLD 11:11.99; 12-Rebecca Lowe (88) NSW 11:12.56; 13-Sarah Grahame (89) VIC 11:25.14; 14-Ashlea Gilfillan (88) QLD 11:39.94; 15-Andrea Ilakovac (83) ACT 11:41.98; 16-Debbie Walsham (75) NSW 11:49.55; 17-Natalie Kolodziej (82) NSW 11:54.79; DNF-Kate Seibold-Crosbie (75) VIC.

National Youth Interstate Challenge
February 5, 2006
Sydney, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
Girls 2000m Steeple, Under age 18: 1-Alexis McKillop, NSW 7:16.29; 2-Anne Southgate, ACT 7:25.07; 3- Melissa Bell, VIC 7:25.11; 4-Sophie Ireland, TAS 8:01.71.

Open Meet
February 4, 2006
Mairobi, Kenya
Automatic Timing
Results:
3000m Steeple: 1-Jackline Chemwok Rionoropo (83-09-13) 10:06.15; 2-Esther Chebor (81) 10:12.99.

South Africa State Winners
January 28, 2006
Pretoria/Germiston, South Africa
Automatic Timing
Results:
North Gauteng Champs at Pretoria: Myrette Filmalter 11:26.22

Central Gauteng Champs at Germiston (Hand Timing): Tebogo Masehla 11:36.4.

New Zealand Championhips
January 28, 2006
Christchurch, New Zealand
Hand Timing
Results:
W3000m Steeple: 1-Kate McIlroy, Welington 9:47.99; 2-Fiona Crombie, Canterbury 9:59.16 3-Rebecca Forlong, Auckland 10:16.77; 4-Maria Akesson, Otago 10:41.20; 5-Ruth Croft, Canterbury 11:04.55.

Ukraine INDOOR Meet
January 25, 2006
Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine
Automatic Timing
Results:
3000m Steeple: 1-Yuliya Ignatova (83-07-30) 10:06.31; 2-Olha Kalendaryova (85-07-15) 10:25.28; 3-Inna Lebedeva (81-06-07) 10:29.69.

Queensland Under 18 State Champs
January 21, 2006
Nathan, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
W2000m Steeple (Age of athletes in parentheses)

1-Jessica Gilfillan (14) GCV 7:06.62; 2-Jasmin Hurikino (15) Ashgrove Rangers AC 7:31.34; 3-Courtney Gilfillan, Courtney (17) GCV 7:50.39; 4-Roisin O'Dwyer-Mazur (15) QE2 Track Club 7:58.56; 5-Tara Capel (16) Ashgrove Rangers AC 8:11.69.

Victoria Age-Class Champs
January 21, 2006
Melbourne, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
(Athletes birth years in parentheses) W3000m Steeple: 1-Sarah Grahame (89) 11:27.27; 2-Josie Gellert (86) 11:56.88; 3-Bianca Share (84) 12:52.12.

W2000m Steeple: 1-Grace Thek (91) 7:38.36; 2-Stephanie Kndogonis (91) 8:10.04; 3-Helen Hall (91) 9:16.20.

Sydney Track Classic
January 19, 2006
Sydney, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
W3000m Steeple: 1-Melissa Rollison, Queensland 9:31.30; 2-Donna Macfarlane, Tasmania 9:34.76; 3-Madeleine Heiner, Sydney 9:56.54; 4-Rebecca Forlong, New Zealand 9:57.74; 5-Kristy Villis, South Australia 10:25.53; 6-Sarah Grahame, Victoria 10:37.83; DNF - Kate Seibold, Victoria. [Victoria Mitchell did not compete in this steeple Instead, she ran in the 5000 meters where she was second with 15:36.15]

Oceania Masters Meet
January 19, 2006
Christchurch, New Zealand
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple (athletes age group in parentheses)

1-Vicky Adams (50-54) NZL 8:21.69; 2-Linda Reynolds (40-44) NZL 8:33.67; 3-Delia Baldock (40-44) AUS 9:27.80. [16 finishers including Dawn Cumming (70-74) of NZL who defeated three runners including two in younger age groups.]

Sylvia Potts Classic
January 15, 2006
Hastings, New Zealand
Automatic Timing
Results:
W3000m Steeple: 1-Fiona Crombie, University Canterbury AC 10:19.72; 2-Sarah McSweeney, Te Aroha Athletics Club 11:08.02; 3-Melissa Murrihy, Taumarunui Athletics Club 11:54.21; 4-Jess Charlton, Palmerston North Athletics 12:12.98; 5-Sarah Rachel Lynskey, Valleys United Athletic Club 12:29.07.

New South Wales State Champs
January 15, 2006
Sydney, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
W3000m Steeple: 1-Rebecca Lowe 10:49.17; 2-Kathryn Archbold 10:54.46; 3-Alexis McKillop 11:29.64; 4-Debbie Walsham 11:51.06; 5-Natalie Kolodziej 11:58.53.

South Australia State Champs
January 15, 2006
Mile End, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
W3000m Steeple: 1-Kristy Villis 10:24.01; 2-Georgia Kaidonis 10:40.71; 3-Jane Mudge 10:42.08.

All-Comers Meet
January 7, 2006
Box Hill, Melbourne
Hand Timing
Results:
W 3000 St. 1-Rachel Green 10.46.78; 2-Clayton 10.59.78; 3-Edwards 11.36.39; 4-Cosgriff 12.53.49.

Senior Meet at Papakura
January 7, 2006
South Auckland, New Zealand
Automatic Timing
Results:
W3000m Steeple: 1-Kate McIlroy (81-08-26) 9:51.39; 2-Sarah McSweeney (90-01-08) 10:54.19; 3-Michelle Hopkins (74-08-01) 11:31.44; 4-Leah Hirschfeld (75-10-14) 11:56.92. [McIlroy becomes first New Zealand woman to break 10 min for 3km steeple. McSweeney runs 10:54.19 at age 14 -- the day before her 15th birthday]

Interclub Meet
January 3, 2006
Canberra, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
W3000 Steeple. 1-Madeleine Heiner 9.57.01; also ran: Jessica Millan, Catriona Windsor.


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