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2008 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 School Champs
December 14, 2008
Hamilton, New Zealand
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Danielle Trevis 6:59.22; 2-Greta Porter 7:00.35; 3-Caroline Melsop 7:11.60; 4-Christina Taylor 7:20.15; 5-Hayley Williams 7:49.43; 6-Rachel Swansbury 7:51.86; 7-Deborah Lynch 7:52.75; 8-Jenna Hansen 8:03.99; 9-Georgie Quinn 8:05.04; 10-Ariana Blackwood 8:05.11; 11-Heidi Van Loon 8:16.05; 12-Meredith Paterson 8:18.14; 13-Annie Creagh 8:19.72; 14-Becky Bouterey 8:51.41. [First two placers bettered meet record of 7:01.08 by Sarah McSweeney.]

Pacific School Games, Age 17
December 5, 2008
Canberra, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
Summaries below use abbreviated affiliations:
ACT= Australian Capital Territory
SA = South Australia
NSW = South Wales
TAS = Tasmania
NZL = New Zealand
VIC = Victoria
QLD = Queensland
WA = Western Australia

2000m Steeple:
1-Grace Thek, VIC 7:16.30; 2-Kate Sly, VIC 7:17.06; 3- Stephanie Kondogonis, VIC 7:26.82; 4-Jessie O'Brien, NSW 7:40.26; 5-Katie Thackray, SA 7:49.25; 6-Loren Hadwiger, WA 7:51.29; 7-Freya Wilson, TAS 7:52.95; 8-Alicia Hallett, WA 8:30.61; 9-Roisin O'Dwyer-Mazur, QLD 8:49.65.

Pacific School Games, Age 16
December 5, 2008
Canberra, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
Summaries below use abbreviated affiliations:
ACT= Australian Capital Territory
SA = South Australia
NSW = South Wales
TAS = Tasmania
NZL = New Zealand
VIC = Victoria
QLD = Queensland
WA = Western Australia

2000m Steeple:
1-Natalie Dudowski, QLD 6:59.68; 2-Robyn Bennett, QLD 7:09.20; 3-Charlotte Wilson, NSW 7:14.26; 4-Greta Porter, NZL 7:19.01; 5-Tia Nation, QLD 7:24.48; 6-Christina Taylor, NZL 7:32.79; 7- Paige Single, NSW 7:36.66; 8-Zondile Chong-we, WA 7:50.05; 9-Lottie Ferrier, NSW 7:54.86; 10-Charlotte Lane, WA 8:06.00; 11-Cassandra Dodd, QLD 8:14.42; 12-Shannen Hickson, QLD 8:17.07; 13-Eleanor Ross, NSW 8:29.93.

Pacific School Games, Age 15
December 2, 2008
Canberra, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
Summaries below use abbreviated affiliations:
ACT= Australian Capital Territory
SA = South Australia
NSW = South Wales
TAS = Tasmania
NZL = New Zealand
VIC = Victoria
QLD = Queensland
WA = Western Australia

2000m Steeple:
1- Nikki Hiscock, QLD 7:10.60; 2-Jillian Lyall, TAS 7:14.46; 3-Eleanor Wardleworth, SA 7:14.70; 4-Taneil Davidson, QLD 7:34.37; 5-Kimberley Duthie, VIC 7:48.86; 6-Imogen Batt-Doyle, SA 7:52.90; 7-Hayley Williams, NZL 7:57.95; 8-Jenna Hansen, NZL 8:11.32; 9-Molly Thackray, SA 8:23.22.

Pacific School Games, Age 14
December 2, 2008
Canberra, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
Summaries below use abbreviated affiliations:
ACT= Australian Capital Territory
SA = South Australia
NSW = South Wales
TAS = Tasmania
NZL = New Zealand
VIC = Victoria
QLD = Queensland
WA = Western Australia

2000m Steeple:
1-Amy Cashin, VIC 7:17.15; 2-Tashana Kehoe-Sporton, VIC 7:19.65; 3-Alanah Hayes, VIC 7:31.73; 4-Jade Dowling, QLD 7:35.41; 5-Natalia Smith, TAS 7:38.37; 6-Natalie Vear, QLD 7:48.91; 7- Kartia Stephens, SA 7:56.29; 8-Kate London, QLD 8:01.00; 9-Natalie Tanks, ACT 8:01.68; 10-Laura Malo, QLD 8:11.51; 11-Catriona Windsor, ACT 8:23.28; 12-Arielle Valdez-Baltgalvis, QLD 8:25.49; 13-Kimberley Hallett, WA 8:26.10; 14-Madeline Campbell, NSW 8:28.05; 15-Ariana Blackwood, NZL 8:29.09.

Colombia National Champs
November 28, 2008
Cali, Colombia
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Angela Figueroa (28 Jun 84) 10:43.13; 2-Lorena Gonzales (11 Dec 90) 11:50.73; 3-Eva Bayona (3 Mar 88) 12:09.53.

Shield Meet
November 22, 2008
Brisbane, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple:
1-Natalie Dudowski 7.05.54; 2-Margo Mackintosh 7.16.38; 3- Nation 7.25.24; 4-Davidson 7.48.98; 5-Natalie Vear 7.55.12.

All-Comers Meet
November 22, 2008
Sydney, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple:
1-C.Wilson 7.00.97; 2-Ferrier 7.48.64; 3-Gabrielle Sattout-Day 7.57.48.

Interclub Meet
November 22, 2008
Adelaide, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple:
1-Eleanor Wardlewort, unattached 7:23.60; 2-Tessa Potezny , Hills District 7:41.52; 3-Kartia Stephens, Port Adelaide 7:57.80; 4-Georgia Hughes, unattached 8:01.94; 5-Charlotte Venn, unattached 8:33.21; 6-Molly Thackray, Salisbury 8:46.65. (for competitors under age 16)

Chinese Grand Prix
November 9, 2008
Zhaoquing, China
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Zhu Yanmei (86) 9:55.18; 2-Fang Xiaoyu (87) 9:56.51; 3-Qie Liping (87) 10:18.09 PB; 4-Lu Minhong (86) 10:24.07; 5-Li Chongfeng (85) 10:30.72; 6-Ding Changqin (89) 10:38.50 PB; 7-Wang Hong CHN (87) 10:55.38.

Victoria All-Schools Champs
November 8, 2008
Melbourne, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple:

Girls under age 18: ¬ 1-Kate Sly (91) 7:13.16; 2-Grace Thek (91) 7:19.99; 3-Samantha Howard (92) 7:40.56; 4-Emma Plumb (91) 8:41.10

Girls under age 15: 1-Alanah Hayes (94) 7:24.90; 2-Jess Howard (94) 7:32.87; 3-Amy Cashin (94) 7:54.04; 4-Laura Butler (95) 8:14.09; 5-Amanda Heard (95) 8:49.50.

Interclub Meet
November 8, 2008
Adelaide, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple:

1-Kartia Stephens, Port Adelaide 7:51.04; 2-Molly Thackray, Salisbury 8:19.82; 3-Kelly Rose, Southerns 8:55.03.

Chinese Youth Champs
November 3, 2008
Taian, China
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Sun Ran (5 Oct 91) 6:40.72 PB; 2-Wang Haina (5 Oct 92) 6:58.11 PB. [Asian Junior and Youth Record for winner]

Vietnam National Champs
November 3, 2008
Hanoi, Vietnam
Automatic Timing
Results:
Le Thi Hang (1990) won 3km Steeple in 10:43.69, breaking meet record 10:55.63 set by Nguyen Thi Quyen in 2007.

Chinese Junior Champs
November 2, 2008
Taian, China
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Wang Huan (89) 10:39.81; 2-Yu Linping (89) 10:47.81; 3-Ding Changqin (89) 10:50.36.

Pan Pacific Masters Games
November 2, 2008
Southport, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Sue Walter (43) New Zealand 9:08.57; 2-Anne Venema (30) Queensland 9:12.32; 3-Fran Harris (67) Australian Capi-tal Territory 12:31.12. (athletes age in parentheses)

Interclub Meet
November 2, 2008
Canberra, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Nicola Torley (under 14) 7:52.69; 2-Natalaie Tanks (under 16) 8:32.49.

Western Australia Schools Champs
November 1, 2008
Perth, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple:

Under age 18: 1-L. Hadwiger 7:29.29; 2-Z. Chongwe 7:39.12; 3-C Lane 7:46.86.

Under age 16: 1-S. Stockwell 7:25.81; 2-M. O'Brien-Smith 7:57.31; 3-K. Hallett 8:26.58.

South Australia Schools Champs
October 25, 2008
Adelaide, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple:

Under age 18: 1-Katie Thackray (91) Xavier 7:58.93; 2-Jordan King (91) Walford 8:38.35

Under age 16: 1-Imogen Batt Doyle (93) Scotch 7:42.42; 2-Eleanor Wardleworth (93) Mercedes 7:51.78; 3-Mollie Thackray (93) Xavier College 8:31.50.

Under age 15: 1- Kartia Stephens (94) Clare 8:20.19; 2-Charlotte Venn (94) Mercedes 8:50.58; 3-Rebecca Roesler (94) Nurioopta 9:03.01.

Tasmania All-Schools Meet
October 25, 2008
Hobart, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Freya Wilson (under 18) 7:33.60; 2-Jillian Lyall (u16) 7:35.27; 3-Natalea Smith (u15) 7:55.44; 4-Lilly Stanesby (u16) 8:44.79; 5-Felicity Stringer (u15) 9:03.36; 6-Miranda Allender (u15) 9:17.20.

Club Premiership
October 18, 2008
Sydney, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeplechase: 1-Charlotte Wilson 7:18.93; 2-Hanna Menday 7:35.00; 3-Brittany Annear 8:42.51; 4-Gabrielle Sattout-Day 8:49.19. [8 finishers, all under age 17]

ACT Interclub Meet
October 18, 2008
Canberra, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeplechase: 1-Nicola Torley (under 14) 7:41.53; 2-Catriona Windsor 7:47.66 (u16); 3-Natalie Tanks (u16) 7:49.91

Joanna Stone Shield Meet
October 18, 2008
Nathan, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Roisin O'Dwyer-Mazur (17) 8:00.77; 2-Rhiannon Hess (14) 8:08.95; 3-Courtney Dickins (23) 8:36.81. (Actual ages)

Korean National Games
October 13, 2008
Yeosu, South Korea
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeplechase: 1-Choi Kyung-Hee (1981) 10:24.74; 2-Lee Se-Jung (1989) 10:29.44; 3-Kwon Geun-Young (1979) 10:32.17; 4-Kim Mi-Young (1973) 10:49.73; 5-Park Jung-Sook (1980) 10:53.68

National Record for winner; National Junior Record for second. (Birth year for each is in parentheses)

Chinese National Meet
October 12, 2008
Shijiazhuang, China
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Zhu Yanmei (1986) 9:52.58; 2-Fang Xiaoyu (1987) 9:52.99; 3-Jin Yuan (1988) 9:55.91; 4-Wang Huan (1989) 10:08.58; 5-Li Zhenzhu (1985) 10:08.96; 6-Zhu Liping (1988) 10:18.33; 7-Wang Kaiqiu (1989) 10:21.13; 8-Sun Ran (1991) 10:26.76; 9-Yu Linping (1989) 10:41.76; 10-Li Chongfeng (1985) 10:44.83; 11-Wang Hong (1987) 10:51.65; 12-Xu Yina (1988) 11:03.41; 13-Niu Qianfang (1990) 11:34.10.

Queensland Secondary Schools
October 11, 2008
Brisbane, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple:

Ages 16-17: 1-Natalie Dudkowski 6:52.89; 2-Robyn Benett 7:22.79; 3-Cassandra Dodd 7:39.36; 4-Tia Nation 7:40.93; 5-Jodie Harris 7:43.99; 6-Shannen Hickson 7:46.91; 7-Roisin O'Dwyer-Mazur 7:55.56.

Under age 16: 1-Nikki Hiscock 7:16.18; 2-Taneil Davidson 7:29.80; 3-Natalie Vear 7:46.33; 4-Arielle Valdez-Baltgalvis 7:47.50; 5-Elleni Stewart 7:50.67; 6-Laura Malo 7:59.94; 7-Kate London 8:02.02.

Australian Universities Games
October 1, 2008
Melbourne, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Sophie Barker, Melbourne Univ 10:56.31; 2-Fiona Nash, Monash Univ 11:08.89; 3-Bianca Share, Melbourne Univ 12:08.88; 4-Katie Jameson, Macquarie 12:32.21; 5-Simone Boorn-Wells, Univ of Ballarat 13:04.45; 6-Fiona Cross, Univ of Sydney 14:14.03; 7-Michelle Delaney, University of Western Sydney 15:28.47.
[Winner breaks 11:01.40 meet record set in 1999]

Personal Best Meet
September 26, 2008
Southport, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Jade Brandt 7:28.87; 2-Taneil Davidson 7:30.09; 3-Tia Nation 7:53.35; 4-Natalie Vear 8:04.46.

North Queensland Champs
September 26, 2008
Townsville, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Natalie Dudkowski 7:04.92; 2-Robyn Bennett 7:24.75; 3-Shannen Hickson 7:49.77.

New South Wales School Champs
September 25, 2008
Sydney, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Charlotte Wilson (16) 7:13.91; 2-Paige Single (16) 7:26.67; 3-Jessie O'Brien (17) 7:27.66; 4-Cherry Cummins (18) 7:57.71; 5-Lottie Ferrier (16) 7:57.91; 6-Madeline Campbell (14 ) 8:05.26.

(Athletes age appears in parentheses.)

Korean Athletics Meet
September 25, 2008
Daegu, Korea
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Ruth Bisibori (88) KEN 9:35.94; 2-Halima Hassen (92) ETH 9:40.31; 3-Elizabeth Mueni (91) KEN 9:42.11; 4-Cristina Casan-dra (77) ROU 9:43.79; 5-Yekaterina Volkova (78) RUS 10:00.63 6-Yoshika Tatsumi (82) JPN 10:20.79; 7-Kim Soo-Jin (90) KOR 11:00.91.

European Club Championships for Juniors (Group A)
September 20, 2008
Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Elena Azhakova, RUS 12:44.09; 2-Marketa Schybolova, CZE 12:58.97; 3-Mirjana Paji, SRB 13:05.35; 4-Tugba Malakci, TUR 13:31.34; 5-Svenja Siemonsen, GER 13:36.33; 6-Tajda Starman, SLO 13:36.90; 7-Ana Krizanac, CRO 13:40.25; 8-Amy De Matos, GBR 14:45.65.
[Results unofficial, athletes ran one lap too many]

European Club Championships for Juniors (Group B)
September 20, 2008
Rennes, France
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Giulia Martinelli, ITA 11:31.17; 2-Dejana Samardoija, BIH 11:49.29; 3-Cristina Parez, ESP 12:04.66; 4-Karina Klok, DEN 12:08.99; 5-Dajana Kondeova, SVK 13:23.74.

European Club Championships for Juniors (Group C)
September 20, 2008
Nivelles, Belgium
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Ines Nobre, POR 12:18.43; 2-Marzena Zuk, POL 12:24.99; 3-Inga Timaite, LTU 12:47.07; 4-Gisele D'herde, BEL 14:30.13; 5-Jolijn Leermakers, NED 14:48.46.

British National Junior League
September 14, 2008
Derby, Great Britain
Automatic Timing
Results:
1500m Steeplechase:

Section A: 1-Laura Parker 5.15.44; 2-Lauren Stoddart 5.26.83; 3-Kayleigh Brown 5.32.67; 4 Amy De-Matos (U17) 5.38.53.

Section B: 1-Hilary Arredondo 5.40.93; 2-Catrin Lewis (U17) 5.43.53; 3-Rebecca Smith (U17) 5.58.62. [U17=under age 17]

World Athletics Final
September 13, 2008
Stuttgart, Germany
Automatic Timing
Results:
1.Gulnara GalkinaRussia 9:21.73
2.Eunice JepkorirKenya 9:24.03
3.Ruth Bisibori NyangauKenya 9:24.38
4.Yekaterina VolkovaRussia9:29.49
5.Wioletta Frankiewicz Poland9:31.89
6.Cristina CasandraRomania9:35.27
7.Donna MacFarlaneAustralia9:36.72
8.Ancuta BobocelRomania 9:37.89
9.Helen ClitheroeGreat Britain9:39.72
10.Zemzem Ahmed Ethiopia10:03.20.

Placers 1-6 and 10 were Olympic finalists at Beijing; placers 7-9 ran in Beijing semifinals. All 10 were slower at Stuttgart, a reportedly colder venue than Beijing. The WAF meet evolved from the IAAF Grand Prix Final, qualifying athlete entrants with a point scoring system based on performances at IAAF Grand Prix and Area Permit meets during the current IAAF season.

Chinese National Grand Prix
September 13, 2008
Luohe, China
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Zhu Liping (88) 10:07.57; 2-Wang Huan (89) 10:17.58; 3-Yu Linping (89) 10:21.39; 4-Wang Hong (87) 10:47.38; 5-Niu (90) 11:05.54; 6-Geng Xueming (89) 11:06.56; 7-Wu Hongxia (91) 11:22.09.

Polish Athletics Meet
September 13, 2008
Grudziadz, Poland
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Anna Wojna 10:35.57; 2-Justyna Korytkowska 10:35.63; 3-Angelika Przygodska 10:38.75; 4-Katarzyna Rurnykiewicz 10:41.34; 5-Eliza Gawryluk 10:42.11; 6-Joanna Rybacka 10:44.29; 7-Monika WIrkus 11:15.55; 8-Marta Barcewicz 11:36.42; 9-Joanna Drobiec 11:49.24.

Swedish High School Champs
September 13, 2008
Sollentuna, Sweden
Automatic Timing
Results:
Age 18 -- born in 1990:

1-Maria Westher 5:29.70; 2-Camilla Andersson 5:50.64; 3-Isabell Johansson 6:34.05; 4-Martina Markne Rossland 7:14.87.

Under age 18 -- born in 1991:

1-Emma Jansson 5:11.72; 2-Anna-Lisa Lundqvist 6:38.60; 3-Emilia Segerdahl 7:14.19; 4-Victoria Dronsfield 7:14.20.

Under age 17 -- born in 1992:

1-Caroline Hogardh 5:11.40; 2-Stina E Jansson 5:12.36; 3-Tilda Helgesson 5:30.30; 4-Julia Nilsson 5:32.16.

Under age 16 -- born in 1993:

1-Julia Forsmark 5:22.57; 2-Johanna Busk 5:27.28; 3-Malin Strand 5:35.17; 4-Kristin Edquist Servold 5:39.52; 5-Johanna Hultgren 5:39.78; 6-Therese Moberg 5:42.62; 7-Caroline Hjalmarsson 5:43.27; 8-Louise Agustsson 5:56.80.

Pacific Schools Games Trials
September 12, 2008
Melbourne, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
Under age 18: 1-Samantha Carberry 7.02.44, 2-Grace Thek 7.11.39, 3-Freya Wilson 7.29.90.

Under age 15: 1-Amy Cashin 7.30.42; 2-Tashana Kehoe-Sporton 7.39.49, 3-Tareena Little 7.55.10.

India Open National Champs
September 10, 2008
Kochi, India
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Sudha Singh, Railways 10:24.08; 2-Kiran Tiwari, Railways 10:32.21; 3-Kamlesh Baghel, Railways 11:21.76; 4-Santi Barman, West Bengal 12:27.05; 5-Gurbari Behra, Jharkhand 13:17.23.

IAAF Grand Prix Meet
September 7, 2008
Rieti, Italy
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Ruth Bisibori Nyangau, KEN 9:21.30; 2-Wioletta Frankiewicz, POL 9:28.07; 3-Yekaterina Volkova, RUS 9:34.59; 4-Cristina Casandra, ROU 9:38.81; 5-Donna MacFarlane , AUS 9:44.29; 6-Zemzem Ahmed, ETH 9:45.51; 7-Marta Dominguez, ESP 9:49.29; 8-Elizabeth Mueni ,KEN 9:57.96; 9-Roisin McGettigan, IRL 9:58.52; 10-Helen Clitheroe, GBR 9:59.84 11-Habiba Ghribi, TUN 10:05.27; 12-Ancuta Bobocel, ROU 10:12.95; 13-Micaela Bonessi , ITA 10:13.11; 14-Agnes Tschurtschenthaler, ITA 10:13.56.
DNF - Yelena Sidorchenkova, RUS

Athletic Bridge
September 7, 2008
Dubnica, Slovakia
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Pavla Solivarska (88) 11:03.36; 2-Jana Puskarova (91) 12:33.60; 3-Lenka Bila (91) 12:38.09.

Russian Challenge
September 6, 2008
Moscow, Russia
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Gulnara Galkina-Samitova, RUS 9:24.01; 2-Eunice Jepkorir, KEN 9:24.08; 3-Yulia Zarudneva-Ivanova, RUS 10:12.52; 4-Yulia Mochalova, RUS 10:56.59. [no others]

Deca-Nation
September 6, 2008
Paris, France
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Lindsey Anderson (85) USA 9:45.28; 2-Yelena Sidor-chenkova (80) RUS 9:51.90; 3-Antje Moldner (84) GER 9:54.86; 4-Eva Arias (80) ESP 9:56.08; 5-Valentyna Hor-pynych (83) UKR 10:18.79; 6-Christine Bardelle (74) FRA 10:34.12.
[Winner is youngest competitor, born in 1985.]

Balkan Youth Championships
September 6, 2008
Bar, Montenegro
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeplechase: 1-Mirjana Paji (92) SRB 6:52.36 [National Record]; 2-Ionela Dragomir (92) ROM 7:06.08; 3-Deger Malek (91) TUR) 7:21.50; 4-Dejana Samardija (92) BIH 7:22.81; 5-Konstantina Patrikeli (92) GRE 7:39.78.

Personal Best Series
September 5, 2008
Southport, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
Girls Age 16-17: 1-Natalie Dudkowski 7:00.70; 2-Miriam Smith 7:20.10; 3-Roisin O'Dwyer-Mazur 7:55.86 [6 finishers including age 18-19 athlete Maegan Smith 7:33.01]

Girls 15 & Under: 1-Taneil Davidson 7:35.45; 2-Ellie Lund 7:51.42; 3-Arielle Valdez-Baltgalvis 7:55.47; 4-Laura-Sofia Malo 7:55.59; 5-Elleni Stewart 7:56.36 [7 finishers]

Serbian Youth Champs
August 31, 2008
Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia
Automatic Timing
Results:
1500m Steeplechase: 1-Teodora Simovi (93) 4:51.90 [National Youth best] 2-Mirjana Paji (92) 4:59.80; 3-Nevena Rajkovi (91) 5:19.55.

Athletics Meet
August 30, 2008
Bottrop, Germany
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Elizabeth Mueni (91) KEN 9:50.48; 2-Sigrid Vandenbempt (81) BEL 9:53.47; 3-Victoria Mitchell (82) AUS 9:55.97.

Finland vs Sweden
August 30, 2008
Helsinki, Finland
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Ulrika Johansson (75) SWE 9:56.48; 2-Sandra Eriksson (89) FIN 10:07.05; 3-Lena Om (88) SWE 10:08.67; 4 Sara Sajanti (87) FIN 10:31.11; 5-Eva Sajanti (87) FIN 10:33.23.
DNF – Christin Johansson (78) SWE.

Scottish Champs
August 30, 2008
Dunfermline, Scotland
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Nicola Hood (90) 10:33.71; 2-Eilish McColgan (90) 10:52.13; 3-Emma Waterhouse (83) 10:58.52; 4-Elizabeth Egan (79) 11:23.51.

Serbian Junior Cup
August 23, 2008
Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeplechase: 1-Mirjana Paji (92) 6:44.45; 2-Danijela Savi (90) 8:00.70 [eight hurdles missing: 1st and 2nd hurdle in each lap]

Athletics Meet
August 20, 2008
Huddinge, Sweden
Automatic Timing
Results:
1500m steeple: 1-Emma Jansson (91) 5:17.40; 2-Christina Hultman (91) 5:20.24; 3-Gunnel Tolfes (58) 6:10.73.

Athletics Meet
August 17, 2008
Huizingen, Belgium
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m steeple: 1-Sigrid Vanden Bempt (81) 6:15.60 81 NR; 2-Annelore Desaedeleer (87) 7:01.52; 3-Goedele Vanhenten-rijk (90) 7:35.88; 4-Hanne Schoofs (90) 8:03.85. [Vanden Bempt not entered by Belgium in Olympic Games. On the day of Olympic Final she ran at home and set a national record.]

Olympic Games Final
August 17, 2008
Beijing, China
Automatic Timing
Results:
1. Gulnara Samitova-GalkinaRussia 8:58.81
2. Eunice Jepkorir Kenya9:07.41
3. Yekaterina Volkova Russia 9:07.64
4. Tatyana Petrova Russia 9:12.33
5. Cristina Casandra Romania 9:16.85
6. Ruth Bisibori Nyangau Kenya 9:17.35
7. Zemzem Ahmed Ethiopia 9:17.85
8. Wioletta Frankiewicz Poland 9:21.76
9. Jennifer Barringer United States 9:22.26
10. Anna Willard United States9:25.63
11. Elena Romagnolo Italy 9:30.04
12. Zulema Fuentes-Pila Spain 9:35.16
13. Habiba Ghribi Tunisia 9:36.43
14. Roisin McGettigan Ireland 9:55.89
Dnf Marta Dominguez Spain (fell on last lap)

World Record by winner Samitova-Galkina. National Records by Jepkorir, Casandra, Ahmed, Barringer. Personal Best by Nyangau

Winner led all the way — passing 1000m in 2:58.63 and 2000m in 6:01.20. Russia, first (1988) to include women’s steeple in National Championships, placed 1-3-4 here.

Nordic Junior Match
August 17, 2008
Bergen, Norway
Automatic Timing
Results:
(Denmark-Finland-Iceland-Norway-Sweden)

2000m Steeplechase: 1-Sandra Eriksson, FIN 6:34.03; 2-Klara Bodinson, SWE 6:52.25; 3-Martine Kongsten, NOR 7:08.19; 4-Josefin Berggren, SWE 7:08.71; 5-Simone Glad, DEN-ISL 7:18.09; 6-Helene Stromblad Hansen, NOR 7:20.19; 7-Nina Korpisaari, FIN 7:43.03. DNS: Iris Anna Skuladottir, DEN-ISL

Winner Eriksson had on June 28 run the world's third-best junior time (6:32.49) for a 2000m steeple race (23 barriers) which is used by many major nations for their Junior Championships.

But 3000m with 35 barriers are used for the World Junior Champs where none of this year's top four were medalists.

Athletics Meet
August 16, 2008
Trelleborg, Sweden
Automatic Timing
Results:
1500m steeple: 1-Patricia Wiedel (89) 5:36.16; 2-Hanna Ribers (85) 5:42.50; 3-Ellinor Tjarnlund (92) 5:50.00.

Olympic Games Semi-Finals
August 15, 2008
Beijing, China
Automatic Timing
Results:
P = advance to Final by Place, T = advance by Time

First Semi-Final:
1-Gulnara S-Galkina, RUS 9:15.17 P; 2-Ruth B-Nyangau, KEN 9:19.75 P; 3-Wioletta Frankiewicz, POL 9:21.88 P; 4-Cristina Casandra, ROU 9:22.38 P; 5-Habiba Ghribi, TUN 9:25.50 T; 6-Helen Clitheroe, GBR 9:29.14; 7-Yanmei Zhu, CHN 9:29.63; 8-Lindsey Anderson 9:36.81; 9-Mekdes Bekele 9:41.43; 10-Fionnuala Britton, IRL 9:43.57; 11-Valentyna Horpynych, UKR 9:43.95; 12-Rosa Morato, ESP 9:45.33; 13-Victoria Mitchell, AUS 0:47.88; 14-Turkan Erismis, TUR 9:48.54; 15-Clarisse Cruz, POR 9:49.45; 16-Minori Hayakari, JPN 9:49.70; 17-Widad Mendil, ALG 9:52.35.
[National Records by Casandra, Hriibi, Clitheroe; Personal Best by Zhu]

Second Semi-Final:
1-Tatyana Petrova, RUS 9:28.85 P; 2-Roisin McGettigan, IRL 9:28.92 P; 3-Jennifer Barringer, USA 9:29.20 P; 4-Zulema Fuentes-Pila, ESP 9:20.40 P; 5-Jessica Augusto, 9:30.23; 6-Ancuta Bobocel, ROU 9:35.31; 7-Sophie Duarte, FRA 9:38.08; 9-Muna Durka, SUD 9:53.09; 10-Veerle Dejaeghere, BEL 9:54.69; 11-Hanane Ouhaddou, MAR 9:56.41; 12-Veronica Nyaruai Wanjiru, KEN 10:01.69; 13-Oxana Juravel, MDA 10:04.38; 14-Asli Cakir, TUR 10:05.76; 15-Irinia Kokkinariou, GRE 10:22.39; 16-Yanni Zhao, CHN 10:36.77; Dnf: Mardrea Hyman, JAM. [Personal Best by Fuentes-Pila]

Third Semi-Final:
1-Eunice Jepkorir, KEN 9:21.31 P; 2-Marta Dominguez, ESP 9:22.11 P; 3-Yekaterina Volkova, RUS 9:23.06 P; 4-ZemZem Ahmed, ETH 9:25.63 P; 5-Elena Romagnolo, ITA 9:27.48 T; 6-Anna Willard, USA 9:28.52 T; 7-Antje Moldner, GER 9:29.86; 8-Rasa Troup, LTU 9:30.21; 9-Donna MacFarlane, AUS 9:32.05; 10-Sara Moreir, POR 9:34.39; 11-Katarzyna Kowalska, POL 9:47.02; 12-Barbara Parker, GBR 9:51.93; 13-Zhenzhu Li, CHN 10:04.05; 14-Inna Poluskina, LAT 10:18.60; Dnf: Korene Hinds, JAM; Zenaide Vieira, BRA; Dobrinka Shalamanova, BUL [National Records by Romagnolo, Moldner, Troup; Personal Best by Ahmed]

Winter Series
August 15, 2008
Southport, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Jessica Gilfillan 7.03.57; 2-Miriam Smith 7.32.06; 3-Taneil Davidson 7.39.23; 4-Monique Bygott 7.45.96; 5-Breanne Goschnick 7.59.08. [7 finishers]

Norwegian Junior Champs
August 10, 2008
Stavanger, Norway
Automatic Timing
Results:
The World-Best junior (under age 20) time for 2000m steeple, 6:21.76 by Catalina Oprea of Romania in 2003, was improved to 6:21.39. Results include [bracketed] 2 or 3 digit number worn on athletes vests, good for identification in race photos at this URL: http://kondis.no/lop/index.php?aid=74912&k=lop%2Flop&mid=

1-Karoline Bjerkeli Grovdal [150] 6:21.39; 2- Monika Korra [243] 7:07.87; 3-Martine Kongsten [271] 7:20.68; 4-Helene Stromblad [52] 7:35.54; 5-Maria Fjose [432] 7:57.15; 6-Marie Rekve [57] 8:01.02; 7-Maria Ringstad [37 ] 8:03.36; 8-Bertine Helene [42] 8:04.73; 9-Ingrid Rosseland [431] 8:05.06; 10-Johanne Ligaard [355] 8:06.19.

Note: Grovdal birthdate is 14 June 1990. Oprea. born 11 April 1986, ran her junior best on 27 July 2003 at Tampere, so she still has the best 2000m steeple mark by a female athlete age 17.

National U17 and U16 Champs
August 9, 2008
Taby, Sweden
Automatic Timing
Results:
1500m steeple under age 17, August 9:
1-Lina Alainentalo 4:59.06; 2-Caroline Hogardh (92) 5:11.73; 3-Stina Jansson (92) 5:14.55; 4-Tilda Helgesson (92) 5:29.24; 5-Ylva Stenstrom (92 5:38.06; 6-Daniela Pekkarinen-Kallstrom (92) 5:45.78; 7-Josefin Eriksson (92) 5:57.51.

1500m steeple under age 16, Aug 8:
1-Malin Strand (93) 5:18.21; 2-Julia Forsmark 5:23.21; 3-Jennifer Himaj (93) 5:38.01; 4-Alexandra Bjarrenholt (93) 5:43.87; 5-Louise Augustsson (93) 5:45.65; 6-Johanna Hultgren (93) 5:48.90; 7-Caroline Hjalmarsson (93) 5:58.36.

Poland vs Germany Under Age 18
August 9, 2008
Slubice, Poland
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Gesa Krause (92) GER 6:55.67; 2-Julia Dobmeier (91) GER 7:03.87; 3-Kornelia Kostka (92) POL 7:08.79; 4-Justyna Jendro (92) POL 7:12.51.

Canadian Youth Champs
August 9, 2008
Sherbrooke/Quebec, Canada
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Britney Allard (92) 7:05.93; 2-Gabrielle Jeannotte-Maranda (91) 7:10.58; 3-Ciara Kary (92) 7:13.67; 4-Alycia Butterworth (92) 7:30.47; 5-Nicole Francki (91) 7:33.82; 6-Lauren Doherty (91) 7:33.89; 7-Julia Zrinyi (94) 7:37.01; 8-Katherine Digby (91) 7:42.66; 9-Carole-Anne Monette (92) 7:56.25; 10-Rebecca Barton (92) 8:11.01. (Birth years in parentheses)

Note: The next World Youth Championships are scheduled for 8-12 July 2009 at Bressanone, Italy.

USA Masters Champs
August 8, 2008
Spokane, Washington, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1.Karen Steen (44 ) Olympia, Washington 7:24.59
2. Andi Camp (34) Portland, Oregon 7:30.40
3. Kathryn Martin (56) Northport, New York 8:23.20
4. Caren Ware (46) Twin Peaks, California 8:59.11
5. Margot Sheehan (49) New York, NY 9:35.82
6. Lauriea Blume-Michels (41) Spokane 10:00.85
7. Christine Long (49) Tustin, California 11:55.28
8. Debbie Selby (51) Fallbrook, California 13:26.30
9. Jane Van Eeuwen (67) New Jersey 14:32.90
10. Essie Faria (73) North Miami, Florida 14:37.24

All ran in same 2000m race, but awards are based on 5-year age groups: 30-34 through 70-74. [Ware is 45-49 age group champ.]

National Age-Group Champs
August 8, 2008
Norrtalje, Sweden
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m steeple, under age 23:
1-Lena Orn (88) Sparvagens FK 6:40.61; 2-Emmi Ostlund (88) Hammarby IF 7:21.86.

2000m steeple, under 20:
1-Klara Bodinson (90) 6:55.03; 2-Josefine Berggren (89) 7:22.20; 3-Maria Westher (90) 7:34.12.

Swedish Age-Group Champs
August 8, 2008
Norrtalje, Sweden
Automatic Timing
Results:
1500m Steeplechase:

1-Olivia Lindh 4:54.52; 2-Johanna Olsson 5:06.02; 3-Emma Dahl 5:11.56; 4-Emma Jansson 5:14.81; 5-Erika Svanborg 5:16.32; 6-Christina Hultman 5:21.38; 7-Helena Eriksson 5:46.39.
[ All under 18, born in 1991.

This race, with first four times probably good for our annual 1500m Steeple World List, was inadvertently omitted from SR 460 in August.

European Veterans Champs
August 3, 2008
Ljubljana, Slovakia
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple sections , five-year groups (birth years)

Age 35-39 1-Paola Tiselli (1973) ITA 7:48.01; 2-Katerina Doubkova (1972) CZE 8:11.31; 3-Visnja Odri (1972) SRB 8:11.54.

Age 40-44 1-Annette Weiss (68) GER 7:21.61; 2-Mirella Pergola (66) ITA 7:30.60; 3-Jane Pidgeon (64) GBR 7:31.72; 4-Katarina Stare (68) SLO 8:08.29; 5-Krasimira Chahova (67) BUL 8:14.56; 6-Francesca Ragnetti 88) ITA 8:18.21; 7-Ana Pecek (68) SLO 9:12.57; 8-Giuseppa Lacava (68) 1968 ITA 9:28.81.

Age 45-49 1-Zofia Wieciorkowska (63) POL 7:28.09; 2-Jeanine van Overveld (61) NED 8:18.68; 3-Gabriele Tendler (61) GER 8:28.89; 4-Ludmila Jorova (62) CZE 9:05.12.

Age 50-54 1-Elisabeth Henn (57) GER 8:28.31; 2-Gunnel Tolfes (58) SWE 9:00.03.

Age 55-59 1-Eilisa Reijonen (52) FIN 9:12.69; 2-Anne Darby (53) GBR 9:41.82; 3-Helena Pires De Carvalho (50) POR 11:17.73; DQ - Galina Lapaeva (49) RUS.

Age 60-64 1-Miloslava Roenakova (45) CZE 10:46.83

2-Eva Cupalova (47) CZE 11:22.26. Age 65-69 1-Diethild Nix (42) GER 12:39.40.

Age 70-74 1-Anne Martin (36) GBR 10:54.37; 2-Maria Ivone Carvalho Lobo (36) POR 14:28.84.

Swedish National Champs
August 2, 2008
Vasteras, Sweden
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Ulrika Johansson (75) Ranas 4H 9:57.95; 2-Lena Orn (88) Sparvagens FK,10:07.53; 3-Charlotta Fougberg (85) Ullevi FK 11:18.68; 4-Christina Hultman (91) Huddinge AIS 11:54.48.

AAU Junior Olympics
July 30, 2008
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
"Young Women" (born 1989-91) 2000m Steeple

1-Ashley Isham (91) Texas 7:25.74; 2-Ashton Avery (89) Ohio 7:44.15; 3-Andrea Glenn (91) Ohio 7:47.39; 4-Erin Gallagher (91) 8:06.05; 5-Catriona McClowry (91) Illinois 8:29.77; 6-Samantha Waldner (89) Missouri 8:57.53. [10 finishers]

"Intermediate Girls" (Born 1992-93) 2000m Steeple

1-McKinzie Schulz (92) Illinois 7:21.54; 2-Destiny Jenkins (93) Georgia 7:34.08; 3-Jahnell Horton (93) Illinois 7:35.90; 4-Celia Venezia (92) Missouri 7:50.23; 5-Emily Mazzaferri (92) Ohio 7:53.51; 6-Tess Lackey (92) Oklahoma 7:56.19. [19 finishers] USATF Junior Olympic

Hurdle & Steeple Meet
July 29, 2008
Oudenaarde, Belgium
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Louise Deldicque (81) 10:59.06; 2-Sofie Picavet Sofie (88) 11:02.07; 3-Valerie Van Bogaert (86) 11:11.97 [7th = 15:47.48]

Trafford Grand Pric
July 29, 2008
Stretford, Great Britain
Automatic Timing
Results:
2km Steeple: 1-Elish McColgan (90) 6:42.70; 2-Ruth Senior (87) 6:43.11; 3-Emma Waterhouse (83) 6:56.34; 4-Nicole Hood (90) 7:01.52; 5-Laura Parker (90) 7:17.45

Canada Junior National Champs
July 27, 2008
Abbotsford, Canada
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple, for athletes born in 1989 or later 1-Jessica Furlan (90) 6:39.97; 2-Leah Larocque (89) 7:06.91; 3-Karoline Hoy (89) 7:11.56; 4-Jennifer Corrick ((90)7:12.80; 5-Deanna Zidar (90) 7:20.55; 6-Rebecca Pieterson (90) 7:21.59; 7-Haley Cadwallader (90) 7:21.62; 8-Sara Giovan-netti (90) 7:21.64; 9-Lauren Doherty (91) 7:28.37; 10-Alycia Butterworth (92) 7:28.63; 11-Samantha Walkow (91) 7:32.47; 12-Christine Foth (89) 7:32.48; 13-Katherine Digby (91) 7:36,74; 14-Caroline Gendron (89) 7:46.72; 15-Helena Fiore (89) 7:51.09; 16-Jessica Shaw (89) 8:22.88.

Furlan broke CAN Junior Record, earning a place on World All-Time List (sub-6:40 times) with 7th best 2008 world mark.

Host facilities, management, and officials were excellent –providing a fine experience for athletes and spectators.

Germann U23 Champs
July 27, 2008
Recklinghausen, Germany
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Julia Hiller (87) 10:01.67; 2-Susi Lutz (87) 10:12.07; 3-Carolin Lang (86} 10:21.78; 4-Svenja Meyer (89) 11:18.50; 5-Miriam Neumann (89) 11:27.22; 6-Lisa Heimann (87) 11:34.27; 7-Nadine Lofski (88) 11:34.51; 8-Maike Gabriel (88) 11:36.60; 9-Julia Fischer (87) 12:09.19.

Spanish NC
July 27, 2008
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Rosa Maria Morato 10:04.24; 2-Zulema Fuentes-Pila 10:04.92; 3-Eva Arias 10:06.90; 4-Diana Martin 10:14.29; 5-Teresa Urbina 10:24.14; 6-Concepcion Hidalgo 10:29.18; 7-Raquel Gomez 10:36.01; 8-Gemma Masnou 10:41.04; 9-Maria Pilar Garcia 10:43.00 [22 finish; Last = 11:18.20]

Hungray Junior Champs
July 27, 2008
Budapest, Hungary
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Agnes Kostyal (89) 10:32.55; 2-Sara Tuhegyi (89) 10:37.28; 3-Zsaklin Kodzsagogov (90) 10:39.46; 4-Csilla Reichnach (89) 10:40.10; 5-Tunde Szabo (89) 11:01.36; 6-Melinda Kovacs (90) 11:19.54; 7-Petra Recsei (90) 11:46.35.

Hungary Youth Champs
July 27, 2008
Budapest, Hungary
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Tamara Tobak (91) 10:53.17; 2-Zsofia Lukacs (91) 10:55.91; 3-Timea Szabo (91) 11:01.46; 4-Rita Hajdu (92) 11:15.53; 5-Greta Rakovszky (92) 11:20.92; 6-Nikolett Sturovics (92) 11:30.81; 7-Eniko Csoke (92) 11:31.10; 8-Krisztina Derecskey (92) 12:18.33.

National Jr. Athletic League
July 27, 2008
Eton, Great Britain
Automatic Timing
Results:
1500m Steeple: 1-Laura Parker (90) 5:15.89; 2-Lara Nyman (92) 5:37.80; 3-Hillary Arrendondo (90) 5:38.16.

Serbian Cup Finals
July 26, 2008
Kragujevac, Serbia
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Milana Gavrilov 10:57.02; 2-Mirjana Pajic 11:05.54; 3-Danijela Savic 12:08.32; 4-Biljana Kanjeric 12:48.85.

Greek Under 23 Champs
July 26, 2008
Triakala, Greece
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Maria Malai (89) 10:55.25; 2-Ourania Rebouli (89) 11:01.91; 3-Thessalia-Kleopatra Fraggopoulou (88) 11:20.67; 4-Maria Aggeliki Rigopoulou (88) 11:36.20; 5-Maria Ritsou (90) 11:53.33; 6-Magdalini Kotsasavva (87) 12:28.65; 7-Vasiliki Kakkoni (89) 12:40.73; 8-Veronika-Agapi Vavoulidou (86) 12:43.67; 9-Maria Olga Lovera (89) 12:51.87.

Norwich Union Grand Prix Meet
July 25, 2008
London, Great Britain
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Roisin McGettigan (27) IRL 9:33.76; 2-Ancuta Bobocel (20) ROU 9:37.45; 3-Korine Hinds (32) JAM 9:40.02; 4-Bar-bara Parker (25) GBR 9:40.43; 5-Mercy Njoroge (22) KEN 9:42.99; 6-Lisa Galaviz (28) USA 9:43.27; 7-Helen Clitheroe (34) GBR 9:43.41; 8-Fionnuala Britton (23) IRL 9:45.82; 9-Victoria Mitchell (26) AUS 9:47.43; 10-Delilah DiCrescenzo (25) USA 10:08.74; 11-Una English (37) IRL 10:09.63.
Dnf: Jessica Augusto (26) POR; Tina Brown (31) GBR.

Splits: 1km Bobocel 3:10.23; 2km Bobocel 3:14.05 (6:24.28); 3km McGettigan 3:09.48 (9:33.76)

Note: 2km splits may not include 5 water jumps, so not equal to a 2000m steeple race.

French National Championships
July 25, 2008
Albi, France
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Sophie Duarte (81) 9:42.66; 2-Elodie Olivares (76) 9:44.69; 3-Meriem Mered (76) 10:12.87; 4-Haingo Ny Aina Rakotomal-ala (81) MAD 10:26.03; 5-Louise Ghesquiere (88) 10:33.78; 6-Elsa Delaunay (83) 10:52.71; 7-Sophie Menard (85) 10:54.18; 8-Mathilde Chachignon (82) 10:57.86.

Finnish National Champs
July 25, 2008
Tampere, Finland
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Sandra Eriksson (89) 10:15.25; 2-Mira Tuominen (81) 10:27.98; 3-Eva Sajanti (87) 10:37.74; 4-Sanna Kullberg (75) 10:42.45; 5-Saara Skytta (87) 10:48.32; 6-Sara Sajanti (87) 10:50.48; 7-Marika Janka (83) 10:53.94; 8-Janica Makela (86) 10:57.70
[13 finishers; Last = 11:32.83]

Empire State Games
July 25, 2008
Binghampton, New York, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Nocole Rozario 7:06.77; 2-Kirsten Weberg 7:19.31; 3-Brianna Cano 7:37.99; 4-Trina Bills 7:43.73; 5-Samantha Watson 7:50.77; 6-Tess Massaroni 7:51.88; 7-Christy Bak 8:00.76; 8-Victoria Luongo 8:12.00.
[12 finishers; :Last = 8:59.82]

Youth Meet
July 25, 2008
Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
Automatic Timing
Results:
1500m Steeple: 1-Katelyn Hayward (94) 5:10.27; 2-Courtney Roskelly (93) 5:41.35; 3-Emily Childs (93) 5:53.97.

Cyprus vs. Greece U18 Match
July 23, 2008
Nicosia, Cyprus
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Marina Maniadaki (91) GRE 7:18.65; 2-Konsta-dina Patrikelli (92) GRE 7:43.39; 3-Elena Chrysostomou (92) CYP 8:02.45; 4-Chrystalla Hadjipolydorou (92) CYP 8:54.87.

USATF Junior Olympics
July 22, 2008
Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
"Young Women" (born 1989-91) 2000m Steeple

1-Alyssa Allison (90) 6:54.37; 2-Sarah Higgens (90) 7:06.36; 3-Amanda Whowell (90) 7:15.92; 4-Kelli Budd (91) 7:21.59; 5-Lynnea Sjoerdsma (90) 7:25.35; 6-Kylie Fitzgerald (90) 7:31.50 [14 finishers; first two broke meet record of 7:10.47]

“Intermediate Girls" (born 1992-93) 2000m Steeple

1-Eleanor Fulton (93) 6:56.97[under USATF 6:57.46 “Youth” Record] 2-McKinzie Schulz (92) 7:12.77; 3-Dominique Gerard (93) 7:15.88; 4-Kristen Kientz (93) 7:17.57; 5-Melissa Parks (92) Norfolk 7:24.66; 6-Angelica Peck (93) 7:24.83. [16 finish]

KBC-Nacht Night of Athletics
July 20, 2008
Huesden-Zolder, Belgium
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Jenny Barringer (86) USA 9:22.73; 2-Anna Willard (84) USA 9:22.76; 3-Irini Kokkinariou (81) GRE 9:33.11; 4-Minori Hayakari (72) JPN 9:33.93; 5-Sophie Duarte (81) FRA 9:35.35 6-Veerle Dejaeghere (73) BEL 9:36.56; 7-Sigrid Vandenbempt (81) BEL 9:39.15; 8-Korene Hinds (76) JAM 9:42.09; 9-Lisa Galaviz (79) USA 9:45.91; 10-Miranda Boonstra (72) NED 9:47.39; 11-Mendil Widad, ALG 9:47.88. Dnf – Mardrea Hyman (72) JAM

Close race – first two runners broke Willard’s 9:27.59 USA record set 17 days earlier. It was the third year in which the USA national record was bettered at this meet / venue. Previous years this occurred: 2004 (Briana Shook, 9:29.32) and 2007 (Lisa Galaviz, 9:28.75).

Italian National Champs
July 20, 2008
Cagliari, Italy
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Emma Quaglia (80) 10:07.48; 2-Agnes Tschurtschenthaler (82) 10:10.19; 3-Micaela Bonessi (80) 10:18.53; 4-Valeria Roffino (90) 10:24.71; 5-Gloria Barale (85) 10:34.39; 6-Elisa Stefani (86) 10:36.06; 7-Cecilia Sampietro (83) 10:36.76; 8-Cinzia Scarpignato (87) 10:43.99
[15 finish; Last 11:18.90]

Hovedmesterkapet
July 19, 2008
Trondheim, Norway
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Silje Fjortoft 10:22.17; 2-Ingun Weltzien 10:24.69; 3-Monika Korra 10:48.90; 4-Kristin Brondbo 11:04.37 [km 3:16, 2km 6:48]

NACAC U23 Champs
July 19, 2008
Toluca, Mexico
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Nicole Bush (22) USA 10:42.17; 2-Bridget Franek (20) USA 11:12.65; 3-Carolyn Ellis (21) CAN 11:49.78; 4-Ana Rosa Murillo (20) MEX 12:25.92. Meet altitude 2680 m / 8793 feet

EAA Permit Meet
July 19, 2008
Barcelona, Spain
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Eunice Jepkorir, KEN 9:18.76; 2-Marta Dominguez Azpeleta, ESP 9:21.76; 3-Elodie Alvarez, FRA 9:46.95; 4-Kalameya Durka Mana, SUD 9:47.41; 5-Eva Arias Aira, ESP 9:47.81; 6-Mercy Njoroge, KEN 9:51.61; 7-Diana Martin Giminez 9:51.92; 8-Yosika Tatsumi, JPN 9:58.93; 9-Sabine Heitling, BRA 10:09.41; 10-Christine Bardelle, FRA 10:10.46; 11-Kara June, USA 10:13.91; 12-Maria Urbina Gomez, ESP 10:16.69.

Dnf – Netsanet Achamo Abeyo, ETH; Jessica Augusto, POR; Una English, IRL; Rosa Morato Rodriguez, ESP.

Portuguese National Champs
July 19, 2008
Seixal, Portugal
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Sara Moreira (85) 9:37.96; 2-Clarisse Cruz (78) 9:59.19; 3-Solange Jesus (87) 10:34.88; 4-Filomena Costa (85) 10:37.38.

German Junior National Champs
July 19, 2008
Berlin, Germany
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m steeple 1-Diana Sujew 6:42.61; 2-Sarah Cornelsen 6:49.19; 3-Julia Kick 6:49.91; 4-Jana Hirschhauser 6:51.60; 5-Tamara Stocker 6:56.37; 6-Miriam Neumann 7:04.64; 7-Julia Cremer 7:04.93; 8-Lea Suss 7:06.09; 9-Henrika Langen 7:06.94; 10-Monika Kipp 7:09.82 (6th born 1989; others 1990)
There were 17 finishers; last place time was 7:46.37.

Hungary National Champs
July 19, 2008
Debrecen, Hungary
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Livia Toth (80) 10:01.55; 2-Zsofia Erdelyi (87) 10:02.39; 3-Zita Kacser (88) 10:37.76; 4-Barbara Molnar (84) 10:43.88.

Balkan Champs
July 19, 2008
Argos Orestiko, Greece
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Maria Pardalou (84) GRE 10:22.80; 2-Gulcan Minger (80) TUR 10:36.86; 3-Biljana Jovic (85) SRB 10:48.85; 4-Cristina Alexandria (88) ROU 11:07.33; 5-Jasmina Delic (88) BIH 11:36.74.

Balkan Junior Champs
July 19, 2008
Bursa, Turkey
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Teodora Simovic SRB (93) 10:30.69; 2-Ecaterina Gheorghiu (89) ROU (89) 10:30.70; 3-Ourania Rebouli (89) GRE 10:58.62; 4-Mirjana Pajic (92) SRB 11:06.4; 5-Savina Stoyan- chova (89) BUL 11:19.14; 6-Tugba Malakci (91) TUR 11:25.78; 7-Gamze Bulut (92) TUR 12:11.53; 8-Aleksandra Mitreska (92) MKD 13:01.60.

Irish National Champs
July 19, 2008
Dublin, Ireland
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Fionnuala Britton (84) 9:51.93; 2-Stephanie O'Reilly (78) 10:19.35; 3-Liz Egan (79) 11:38.50.

USA Club Championships
July 18, 2008
Olathe, Kansas, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Vanessa Martell, Brockport 11:14.29; 2-Aileen Conlon, Nike Central Park 11:27.56; 3-Victoria Barnaby, Boston 11:48.49.

Russian Championships
July 18, 2008
Kazan, Russia
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Gulnara Galkina-Samitova 9:08.21; 2-Tatiana Petrova 9:15.84; 3-Yelena Sidorchenkova 9:24.04; 4-Natalia Medved-eva 9:42.32; 5-Svetlana Ivanova 9:48.38; 6-Yulia Ivanova 9:55.42; 7-Olga Gorshkova 10:07.86; 8-Oleysa Tyurina 10:08.64; 9-Yuliya Mochalova 10:21.34; 10-Yekaterina Mezhu- nova 10:26.43; 11-Marina Trofimova 10:32.02; 12-Kamila Khanipova 10:33.88 [Final only; no heats.]

French Jr National Champs
July 18, 2008
Venissieux, France
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Louise Ghesquiere (88) 10:22.52; 2-Hasna Tabboussi (86) 10:35.86; 3-Anne Cecile Thevenot (86) 10:36.32.

National D1 Meeting
July 16, 2008
La Roche-sur-Yon, France
Automatic Timing
Results:
3000m Steeple, under age 23: 1-Louise Ghesquiere 10:22.52; 2-Hasna Tabbousi 10:35.86; 3-AnneCecile Thevennot 10:38.62

2000m Steeple, under age 20: 1-Mathilde Carrez 6:49.33; 2-Chloe Susset 6:55.40; 3-Fanny Charabot 6:57.98.

1500m Steeple, under age 17: 1-Sarah Rayczakowski 4:53.47; 2-Floriane Chevalier-Garenne 4:59.13; 3-Solene Le Bellec 5:07.16

Spitzenleichathletik
July 16, 2008
Lucerne, Switzerland
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Victoria Mitchell, AUS 9:49.24; 2-Minori Hayakari, JPN 9:49.37; 3-Tina Brown, GBR 9:51.25; 4-Una English, IRL 9:51.54 5-Mardrea Hyman, JAM 9:53.24; 6-Elodie Olivares, FRA 9:54.36; 7-Fionnuala Britton, IRL 9:54.47; 8-Jo Ankier, GBR 9:59.23; 9-Delilah Dicrescenzo, USA 10:07.19; 10-Jolanda Verstraten, NED 10:17.07; 11-Susi Lutz, GER 10:19.33; 12-Stephanie O’Reilly, IRL 10:20.60; 13-Simret Restle, GER 10:35.63. Dnf – Andrea Mayr, AUT; Marcela Lustigova, CZE; Sabine Heitling, BRA

[The 1500m run here drew USA steeplers Anna Willard, second in 4:07.32, and Jennifer Barringer, ninth in 4:11.36. On June 14, Willard won a 1500m in 4:06.26 at Indianapolis; a faster 2008 time than one USA 1500m Olympian this year.]

Tsilikitria Grand Prix
July 13, 2008
Athens, Greece
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Eunice Jepkorir, KEN 9:26.56; 2-Ahmed Zemzem, ETH 9:29.84; 3-Ruth Bisibori Nyangau, KEN 9:30.23; 4-Roisin Mc Gettigan, IRL 9:30.56; 5-Irini Kokkinariou, GRE 9:30.72; 6-Cristina Casandra, ROU 9:31.11; 7-Elena Romagnolo, ITA 9:31.19; 8-Zulema Fuentes-Pila, ESP 9:31.53; 9-Sofia Assefa, ETH 9:31.58; 10-Korine Hinds, JAM 9:32.06; 11-Sarah More-ira, POR 9:34.84; 12-Netsanet Achamo, ETH 9:35.81; 13-Veerle Dejaeghere, BEL 9:43.59; 14-Dobrinka Shalamanova, BUL 9:44.06; 15-Mercy Njoroge, KEN 9:44.65; 16-Mardrea Hyman, JAM 9:47.91; 17-Maria Pardalou, GRE 9:54.73; 18-Widad Mendil, ALG 10:03.20. Dnf – Svetlana Ivanova, RUS.
[Only 1.35 seconds from third to ninth place.]

British Championships
July 13, 2008
Birmingham, Great Britain
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Helen Clitheroe (34) 9:36.98; 2-Barbara Parker (25) 9:40.10; 3-Jo Ankier (25) 9:48.14; 4-Tina Brown (31) 10:10.22; 5-Sonia Samuels (29) 10:26.14; 6-Emily Brown (24) 11:16.95; 7-Shavaun Henry (23) 11:17.26; 8-Ruth Waller (24) 11:25.60.

Clitheroe was timed at 3:10.06 for 1000m and 6:23.70 for 2000m. Temperature 19 centigrade; Humdity 50 percent.

Serbian Cup Qualifier
July 12, 2008
Novi Sad, Serbia
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Biljana Jovic (85) 10:36.29; 2-Milana Gavrilov 10:52.47; 3-Mirjana Pajic (92) 10:56.54; 4-Ivana Cebic (87) 11:47.89; 5-Danijela Savic (90) 12;21.53.

World Junior Champs
July 10, 2008
Bydogoszcz, Poland
Automatic Timing
Results:
1. Christine Kambua Muyanga Kenya 9:31.35
2. Elizabeth Mueni Kenya 9:36.50
3. Korahubish Itaa Ethiopa 9:37.81
4. Halima Hassen Ethiopia 9:38.44
5. Sandra Eriksson Finland 10:00.87
6. Polina Jelizarova Latvia 10:07.15
7. Aleksandra Kudryashova Russia 10:12.74
8. Lucie Sekanova Czech Republic 10:16.31
9. Jessica Furlan Canada 10:16.32
10. Mariya Shatalova Ukraine 10:16.54
11. Valeria Roffino Italy 10:25.84
12. Gulcan Mingir Turkey 10:29.77


Championship Meet Record: Muyanga
National Junior Records: Itaa, Eriksson, Sekanova
Personal Bests: Mueni, Hassen, Furlan, Shatalova

Muyanga, barefooted, led all the way -- passing 1000m in 3:12.88 and 2000m in 6:24.34. Steeplers enjoyed the modern position of water jump, closer to finish straightaway than backstretch, as well as a clear-vision barrier at the water.

Belarus Champs
July 9, 2008
Grodno, Belarus
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Iryna Bakhanouskaia 10:21.34; 2-Natalia Grigoryeva 10:30.19; 3-Volha Kaminskaya 10:51.67.

World Junior Championships Semi-Finals
July 8, 2008
Bydogoszcz, Poland
Automatic Timing
Results:
P = advance to Final by Place
T = advance by Time

First Semi-Final

1-Elizabeth Mueni, KEN 10:07.47 P; 2-Korahubish Itaa, ETH 10:08.15 P; 3-Polina Jelizarova, LAT 10:10.39 P; 4-Aleksan-dra Kudryashova, RUS 10:11.82 P; 5-Gulcan Mingir, TUR 10:15.67 T; 6-Lucie Sekanova, CZE 10:22.18 T; 7-Valeria Roffino, ITA 10:23.72 T; 8-Jessica Furlan, CAN 10:23.88 T; 9-Rebecca Wade, USA 10:24.14; 10-Julia Kick, GER 10:34.83; 11-Ecaterina Gheorghiu, ROU 10:41.46; 12-Monika Korra, NOR 10:42.94; 13-Sarah Hattab, ALG 10:46.63; 14-Anna Skuladottir, ISL 10:50.45; 15-Tara Jameson, IRL 10:57.47.

Jelizarova led at 1000m in 3:22.14; Itaa led at 2km in 6:48.86. Italy’s Roffino achieved a National Junior Record.

Second Semi-Final

1-Christine Kambua Muyanga, KEN 9:59.88 P; 2-Halima Hassen, ETH 10:00.27 P; 3-Sandra Eriksson, FIN 10:17.92 P; 4-Mariya Shatalova, UKR 10:19.20 P; 5-Martina Barinova, CZE 10:30.61; 6-Elizabeth Graney, USA 10:37.96; 7-Chantelle Groenewoud, CAN 10:38.68; 8-Klara Bodinsson, SWE 10:41.62; 9-Renata Krasnova, RUS 10:43.71; 10-Sarah McSweeney, NZL 10:44.07; 11-Carla Salome Rocha, POR 10:49.19; 12-Diana Sujew, GER 10:50.87; 13-Liliana Wodkow-ska, POL 10:54.06; 14-Marina Podkorytova, KAZ 11:04.56.

Dnf - Mathilde Carrez, FRA. Hassen led at 1000m in 3:23.84 and 2000m in 6:46.24.

The common last-heat advantage, knowing for sure the time needed to advance, did not work for Barinova, Krasnova, and McSweeney who came to WJC with personal bests faster than the 10:23.88 that qualified into the final.

Kilpailut
July 8, 2008
Helsinki, Finland
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Sara Sajanti 10:20.45; 2-Eva Sajanti 10:25.83; 3-Janica Makela 10:48.97; 4-Mira Tuominen 10:49.00; 5-Marika Janka 10:56.30; 6-Sanna Kullberg 10:59.13 [Sajantis born 17 Dec 87]

Down Under Champs
July 7, 2008
Gold Coast, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Courtney Gilfillan (19) 6:56.73; 2-Natalie Dudowski (16) 7:15.36; 3-Christina Taylor (16) NZL 7:20.56; 4-Miriam Smith (16) 7:26.10; 5-Maegan Smith (18) 7:26.19; 6-Jade Dowling (12) 7:49.40; 7-Taneil Davidson (15) 7:55.72.

German National Champs
July 6, 2008
Nuremberg, Germany
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Antje Moldner 9:50.05; 2-Julia Hiller 10:07.65; 3-Verena Dreier 10:12.62; 4-Sanaa Koubaa 10:17.92; 5-Carolin Lang 10:23.88; 6-Corinna Nuber 10:25.68.

Polish Champs
July 6, 2008
Szczecin, Poland
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Katarzyna Kowalska 9:53.93; 2-Justyna Korytkowska 10:24.51; 3-Iwona Lewandowska 10:26.80; 4-Mariola Konowalska 10:27.56; 5-Anna Wojna 10:32.23; 6-Agata Drozdz 10:44.23; 7-Angelika Stanek 10:54.43; 8-Anna Wojtulewicz 11:11.28; 9-Beata Przybyla 11:16.87.

Netherlands Champs
July 6, 2008
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Jolanda Verstraten (1983) 10:12.75; 2-Andrea Deelstra (1985) 11:04.05

Canadian Champs
July 6, 2008
Windsor, Canada
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Shauneen Garrahan, USA 10:17.48; 2-Claire Percival, CAN 10:23.88; 3-Meredith McGregor, CAN 10:24.75; 4-Bevin Kennelly, CAN 10:28.20; 5-Dana Buchanan, CAN 10:33.56; 6-Carolyn Ellis, USA 10:39.85; 7-Julia Rudd, USA 10:42.05.

Romanian Champs
July 5, 2008
Bucharest, Romania
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Ancuta Bobocel (87) 9:30.07; 2-Cristina Casandra (77) 9:35.60; 3-Cristiana Frumuz (88) 10:41.31.

Russian Cup
July 5, 2008
Tula, Russia
Automatic Timing
Results:
1 Yelena Zadorozhnaya (77) 9:39.92; 2-Yekaterina Mez-hunova (84) 10:19.69; 3-Marina Trofimova (87) 11:02.21.

Hungary Under 23 Champs
July 5, 2008
Veszprem, Hungary
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Zsofia Erdelyi (87) 10:16.39; 2-Zita Kacser (88) 10:46.24; 3-Nora Kleiner (86) 11:30.82.

Central America Meet
July 5, 2008
Cali, Colombia
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Angela Figueroa (84) COL 10:18.23; 2-Milena Perez (89) CUB 10:45.46.

Greek Youth Champs
July 5, 2008
Thessaloniki, Greece
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Athina Ko (92) 6:57.73 NYR; 2-Marina Maniadaki (91) 7:13.95; 3-Konstandina Patrikelli (92) 7:33.01; 4-Stilian Koumoudi (91) 7:49.91; 5-Kalipso Pesi (91) 7:55.74; 6-Fotini Ikonomou (92) 8:01.78; 7-Marinela Troskou (91) 8:02.26; 8-Anastasia Pantsiou (91) 8:06.98; 9-Stavroula Tsitkanou (91) 8:10.19; 10-Eleftheria Kouvata (91) 8:16.26.
[Winner set National Youth Record. 16 started; 15 finished]

National D2 Meeting
July 4, 2008
Bordeaux, France
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Svetlana Ivanova, RUS 9.37.88; 2-Elodie Olivares 9.40.41; 3-Christine Bardelle 9.56.92; 4-Una English, GBR 10.05.09; 5-Meriem Mered 10.14.27; 6-Haingo Ny Aina Rakotomalala, MAD 10:27.45; 7-Hasna Tabboussi, MAR 10:30.98; 8-Elsa Delaunay, FRA 10:40.53.

Kenyan Olympic Trials
July 4, 2008
Nairobi, Kenya
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Ruth Bisibori 9:48.78; 2-Eunice Jepkorir 9:51.28; 3-Mercy Njoroge (86) 10:06.94; 4-Regina Cherotich 10:12.06; 5-Veronica Nyarwai Wanjiru 10:22.22; 6-Lydia Jebet 10:23.55; 7-Irene Limika 10:23.59; 8-Purity Cherotich 10:30.97.

National Champs
July 4, 2008
Tabor, Czech Republic
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Ivana Sekyrova (71) CZE 10:58.57; 2-Katerina Pechackova (85) CZE 11:11.37.

USA Olympic Trials Final
July 3, 2008
Eugene, Oregon, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Anna Willard, Nike 9:27.59
2-Lindsey Anderson, Nike 9:30.75
3-Jennifer Barringer, Univ of Colorado 9:33.11
4-Nicole Bush, Michigan State 9:40.27
5-Lisa Galaviz, Nike 9:48.27
6-Kara June, Asics Aggies 9:49.56
7-Amanda Lorenzen. Team Indiana Elite 9:49.74
8-Carrie Messner-Vickers, Asics 9:49.93
9-Carrie Strickland, Bowerman Athletic Club 9:53.67
10-Ann Gaffigan, New Balance 9:54.93
11-Kristin Anderson, Nike 10:00.24
12-Sariah Long, unattached 10:00.62
13-Lesley Higgins, New York Athletic Club 10:04.04
14-Delilah DiCrescenzo, Riadha/Puma 10:04.70

Timing "Splits" for all of these USOT finalists can be seen at http://www.flashresults.com/2008_Meets/outdoor/OlympicTrials/SplitResults-F20-LapSplits.pdf

Cuban Youth Champs
July 3, 2008
Santiago, Cuba
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Rosemary Alfonso (1992) 7:11.1; 2-Daimaris Guerra (1991) 7:24.4; 3-Maite Garaldo (1992) 7:27.0; 4-Dane Hechavarria (1991) 7:48.6; 5. Marisyenis Arevalo (1992) 8:02.2.

Belgium National Champs
July 2, 2008
Jambes, Belgium
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Veerle Dejaeghere (73) 09:47.42; 2-Andrea Mayr (79) AUT 09:47.61; 3-Vanja Cnops (87) 10:51.85; 4-Annelore Desaedeleer (87) 10:58.58; 5-Hanne Naessens (82) 12:01.07.

Austrian guest runner Andrea Mayr narrowly missed the Austrian Olympic qualification mark (“A” standard) of 9:46.

Two Belgian international athletes did not compete. Sigrid Vanden Bempt is at a training camp in St Moritz. Stephanie Decroock underwent surgery (achilles tendon torn) and is out of competition for the rest of this season.

Ukraine Champs
July 2, 2008
Kiev, Ukraine
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Valentyna Horpynych (83) 9:59.99; 2-Valeriya Mara (83) 10:17.56; 3-Oksana Ilyutchik (87) 10:25.89; 4-Nataliya Kru-shynska (88) 10:55.67; 5-Olha Drabovska (89) 11:09.25.

Cuban Junior Champs
July 2, 2008
Santiago, Cuba
Hand Timing
Results:
1-Yorlin Ocampo (90) 10:45.8; 2-Yaumara Pita (89) 11:26.6; 3-Liubis M. Figueredo (90) 11:59.9; 4-Daineris Ondares (90) 13:19.8.

USA Olympic Trials/Team Selection: Women's Steeplechase Semi-Finals
June 30, 2008
Eugene, Oregon, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
P = advance to Final by Place; T = advance by Time

First Semi-Final:
1 Nicole Bush, Michigan State University 9:49.53 P
2 Lindsey Anderson, Nike 9:49.71 P
3 Lisa Galaviz, Nike 9:52.66 P
4 Kara June, Asics Aggies 9:53.01 P
5 Delilah DiCrescenzo, Riadha/Puma 9:56.44 T
6 Sariah Long, unattached 9:56.72 T
7 Kristin Anderson, Nike 9:59.62 T
8 Lesley Higgins, New York Athletic Club 10:02.88 T
9 Dawn Cromer, Brooks 10:21.77
10 Brittany Somers, unattached 10:22.34
11 Liz Wort, Brooks, Brooks 10:29.37
12 A Havahla Haynes, Wisconsin RRT 10:48.81

Second Semi-Final:
1 Jennifer Barringer, University of Colorado 9:48.50 P
2 Anna Willard, Nike 9:52.06 P
3 Carrie Strickland, Bowerman Athletic Club 9:53.43 P
4 Carrie Messner-Vickers, Asics 9:53.78 P
5 Ann Gaffigan, New Balance 9:55.24 T
6 Amanda Lorenzen, Team Indiana Elite 9:58.92 T
7 Lindsay Allen, Stanford 10:04.47
8 Bridget Franek, Penn State University 10:11.56
9 Kelly Strong, Asics 10:13.70
10 Sarah Madebach, University of Georgia 10:14.10
11 Lindsay Sundell, University of Florida 10:19.57
12 Kathryn [Kassie] Andersen, Nike 10:37.23

Final for above qualifiers is the last scheduled event on Thursday night, 3 July 2008. Look for results in SR 455.

Tofalia Meeting
June 30, 2008
Patra, Greece
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Tina Brown (76) GBR 9:50.42; 2-Oleysa Tyurina (80) RUS 9:51.43; 3-Helen Clitheroe (74) GBR 9:52.11; 4-Miranda Boonstra (72) NED 9:56.01; 5-Maria Malai (89) GRE 11:01.78; 6-Kleopatra Fraggopoulou (88) 11:27.51; 7-Eugenia Korkokiou (88) CYP 11:29.84; 8-Filippa Poulidou (89) GRE 11:30.57; 9-Maria Ritsou (90) GRE 11:50.73.

Cezmi Or Memorial
June 28, 2008
Istanbul, Turkey
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Valentyna Horpynych (83) UKR 9:33.80; 2-Ancuta Bobocel (87) ROU 9:41.08; 3-Dobrinka Shalamanova (83) BUL 9:43.32; 4-Jo Ankier (82) GBR 9:47.28; 5-Trkan Erismis (84) TUR 9:50.60; 6-Marcela Lustigova (82) CZE 9:55.30; 7-Jolanda Verstraten (83) NED 10:10.59; 8-Gulcan Mingir (89) TUR 10:32.65; 9-Lenka Ptackova (85) CZE 10:34.28; 10-Claire Entwistle (76) GBR 10:40.30; 11-Vania Netova (87) BUL 10:47.80; dnf - Inna Poluskina (84) LAT.

Chinese Olympic Trials
June 28, 2008
Suzhou, China
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Zhao Yanni (91) 9:43.60; 2-Liu Nian (88) 9:50.92; 3-Sun Ran (91) 10:15.71; 4-Zhu Liping (85) 10:24.10; 5-Yu Lin- ping (89) 10:30.37; 6-Wang Hong (87) 11:01.31; 7-Geng Xueming (89) 11:17.14.

Japanese National Champs
June 28, 2008
Kawasaki, Japan
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Minori Hayakari (72) 9:48.43; 2-Kazuka Wakatsuki (83) 9:54.93; 3-Yoshika Tatsumi (82) 10:01.59; 4-Mizuho Nasukawa (79) 10:05.37; 5-Haruka Obara (86) 10:14.00; 6-Chisa Nishio (59) 10:28.59; 7-Mayu Hitomi (85) 10:40.00; 8-Misato Horie (87) 10:40.19; 9-Ayana Tahira 10:43.47

Germany vs. Poland
June 28, 2008
Rostock, Germany
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Carolin Lang (86) GER 10:34.38; 2-Justyna Korytkowska (86) POL 10:39.40 ; 3-Sarah Cornelsen (90) GER 10:42.40; 4-Anna Wojtulewicz (87) POL 10:43.17.

Varldsungdomsspelen
June 27, 2008
Goteborg, Sweden
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: Results from Peter Larsson
,br> 1-Sandra Eriksson (89) FIN 6:32.49; 2-Kristin Brondbo (88) NOR 7:01.15; 3-Emmi Ostlund (88) SWE 7:13.24; 4-Josefine Berggren (89) SWE 7:21.76; 5-Cecilia Norrbom (88) SWE 7:23.42; 6-Simone Glad (90) DEN 7:27.54; 7-Patricia Wiedel (89) SWE 7:46.78; 8-Anneli Gabriel (90) SWE 7:57.71.

1500m Steeple: 1-Lina Alainentalo (92) SWE 4:47.61; 2-Olivia Lindh (91) SWE, 4:51.58; 3-Johanna Olsson (91) SWE 4:59.21; 4-Martine Kongsten (91) NOR 5:06.97; 5-Emma Dahl (91) SWE. 5:11.23; 6-Erika Svanborg (91) SWE 5:13.15; 7-Caroline Hogardh (92) SWE 5:16.37; 8-Stina Jansson (92) SWE 5:16.95; 9-Helene Stromblad Hansen (92) NOR, 5:20.84; 10-Emma Jansson (91) SWE 5:22.79: 11-Nicoline Kongsten Tomt, (91) NOR 5:26.59; 12-Marie Rekve, (91) NOR 5:39.01; 13-Tilda Helgesson, (92) DEN 5:39.47; 14-Caroline Hjalmarsson (93) SWE, 5:49.29.

National Club Champs
June 27, 2008
Goteborg, Sweden
Automatic Timing
Results:
1500m Steeple: 1-Magdalena Ottersten (85) Hasselby SK 5:07.64; 2-Ann-Sofie Landstrom (85) Sparvagen FK, 5:23.03; 3-Anna Stenback (82) Ullevi FK 5:33.31; 4-Daniela Kallstrom Pekkarinen (90) Vasteras FK 5:53.83; 5-Emilia Segerdahl (91) IF Gota 6:28.16.

Italian Club Champs
June 27, 2008
Firenze, Italy
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Elena Romagnolo (82) ITA 10:06.19; 2 Agnes Tschurts-chenthaler ITA (82) 10:21.65; 3-Cinzia Scarpignato (87) ITA 10:58.72; 4-Barbara Tava(82) TA 11:06.76

USATF Youth Champs
June 24, 2008
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Hand Timing
Results:
“Young Women” (born 1990-91) 2000m Steeple:
1-Kelli Budd 7:12.95; 2-Bronwyn Bedrick 7:37.50; 3-Janette Lindstrom 7:41.49; 4-Kylie Fitzgerald 7:41.50.

“Intermediate” Girls (born 1992-93) 2000m Steeple:
1-Destiny Jenkins 7:18.04; 2-Alexis Percy 8:34.96.

Ottawa Junior Champs
June 22, 2008
Ottawa, Canada
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Karoline Hoy (89) 7:20.74; 2-Deanna Zidar (90) 7:28.45; 3-Sara Giovannetti (90) 7:29.98; 4-Nicole Francki (91) 7:47.24.

England U20/U23 Champs
June 22, 2008
Bedford, Great Britain
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Sarah McSweeney, NZL 10:56.84; 2-Lucy Mayho, Birming-ham University 11:05.02; 3-Nicole Hood, Glasgow 11:21.77.

Arab Junior Champs
June 22, 2008
Rades, Tunisia
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Rawia Issaoui, TUN 11:00.62; 2-Monia Zeidi, TUN 11:17.06; 3-Elaa Khalife, JOR 11:45.78.

Nike Outdoor Nationals
June 21, 2008
Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
High School 2000m Steeple - Two races/sections

Race 1: 1-Teshika Rivers, Greenbelt MD 7:15.22; 2-Courtney Roosa, Liberty NY 7:17.16; 3-Lindsay Bertulis, Cedarville NJ 7:19.16; 4-Lauren Scholl, Highland Mills NY 7:29.06; 5-Erica Howes, Saratoga Springs NY 7:31.21; 6-Mary Kate Anselmini, Ward Melville 7:33.39; 7-Alexa Kearns, Portland OR 7:33.76; 8-Julia McMahon, Staten Island NY 7:39.94; 9-Michelle Sava-rese, Middletown NJ 7:45.71; 10-Elizabeth Meier, Des Plaines IL 8:14.90. DNS-McKinzie Schulz, 2007 National AAU JO Champ

Race 2; 1-Shelby Greany, Suffern 6:42.86; 2-Emma Coburn, Crested Butte CO 6:44.42; 3-Hannah Davidson, Saratoga Springs 6:54.69; 4-Emma Miller Bedell, Orangeburg 6:55.74; 5-Allison Linnell, Colts Neck NJ 6:56.72; 6-Nicole Rozario, Middletown NY 6:56.93; 7-Janie Turek, Mount Sinai 7:07.87; 8-Danielle Winslow, Queensbury 7:08.63; 9-Courtney Kelly, North Bellmore 7:17.51; 10-Sara Graney, Palisades NY 7:18.84; 11-Jessica Tobin, West Nyack 7:21.86; 12-Kelsey Fraser, Lockport 7:34.60. [All New York except 2 & 5]

National Junior Champs
June 21, 2008
Vitoria, Spain
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Ainho Sanz (89) 11:23.56; 2-Cristina Perez (90) 11:41.98; 3-Saleta Aboy (89) 11:44.05 [10 finish; Last 13:20.29]

Pacific NW Jr. Olympics
June 21, 2008
Seattle, Washington, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m St, ages 14-17: 1-Holly Meler, Flanagan Clan 8:05.40; 2-Michelle Bastian, Snohomish 8:17.40; 3-Adrianna Royal, Federal Way TC 8:36.28 [all in their first-ever steeplechase]

SPAR European Cup
June 21, 2008
Annecy, France
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Gulnara Galkina, RUS 9:35.32; 2-Velentyna Horpynych, UKR 9:35.42; 3-Wioletta Frankiewicz, POL 9:39.60; 4-Elena Romagnolo, ITA 9:40.59; 5-Antje Moldner, GER 9:41.04; 6-Elodie Olivares, FRA 9:59.49; 7-Hattie Dean, GBR 9:59.36; 8-Iryna Bakhanouskaia, BLR 10:42.57.

Frankiewicz led at 1km in 3:19.99 and at 2km in 6:33.95. Then she ran her final kilometer in 3:05.65, a 9:17 pace, but good for only third place as four other runners joined that long sprint to produce five Olympic "A" qualifying times.

Euro Cup First League Group A
June 21, 2008
Leiria, Portugal
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Maria Morato (79) ESP 9:36.27; 2-Sara Moreira (85) POR 9:39.72; 3-Roisin McGettigan (80) IRL 9:39.95; 4-Sigrid Van-den Bempt (81) BEL 9:56.94; 5-Marcela Lustigova, CZE 10:02.08; 6-Sandra Erikson (89) FIN 10:06.12; 7-Jolanda Ver-straten (83) NED 10:24.92; 8-Gintare Kubiliute (89) LTU 11:48.17.

EuroCup First League Group B
June 21, 2008
Istanbul, Turkey
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Irina Kokkinariou, GRE 9:37.07; 2-Cristina Casandra, ROU 9:40.84; 3-Asli Cakir, TUR 9:43.34; 4-Dobrinka Shalamanova, BUL 9:52.50; 5-Livia Toth, HUN 10:07.95; 6-Christin Johans-son, SWE 10:12.94; 7-Biljana Jovic, SRB 10:30.81; 8-Lisa Stublic, CRO 10:44.16.

Euro Cup, Second League Group A
June 21, 2008
Tallinn, Estonia
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Andrea Mayr (79) AUT 9:50.95; 2-Polina Jelizarova (89) LAT 10:01.89; 3-Jekaterina Patjuk (83) EST 10:21.47; 4-Arlette Hunger (75) SUI 10.36,15; 5-Iris Anna Skuladottir (89) ISL 10:42.25; 6-Monika Korra (89) NOR 10:49.96; 7-Veronique Hansen (80) LUX 11:11.86; 8-Signe Gadegard (82) DEN 11:23.39.

Euro Cup 2nd League Group B
June 21, 2008
Banska Bystrica, Slovakia
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Oxana Juravel (86) MDA 9:46.88; 2-Daneja Grandovec (84) SLO 10:35.92; 3-Pavla Solivarska (88) SVK 10:54.07; 4-Jasmina Delie (88) BIH 11:01.86; 5-Maygai Atias (55) ISR 11:22.70; 6-Eugenia Korkokiou (88) CYP 11:40.11; 7-Natia Galashvili (90) GEO 12:36.24; 8-Laia Castellarnau (89) AND 15:08.24.

Athletics Reunion
June 21, 2008
Bilbao, Spain
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Tina Brown (76) GBR 9:57.34; 2-Trihas Gebre (73) ETH 10:13.73; 3-Gemma Barerra (80) 10:38.11; 4-Sonia Sanchez (88) 10:51.28; 5-Monica Millan (73) 11:01.18; 6-Judith Heras (88) 11:04.98; 7-Pilar Castro (72) 11:54.50; 8-Paula Perez (86) 11:54.69.

Russian Junior Champs
June 21, 2008
Cheboksary, Russia
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Aleksandra Kudryshova 10:07.86; 2-Renata Krasnova 10:18.50; 3-Albina Chinchikeeva 10:27.52.

USATF Junior Champs
June 20, 2008
Columbus, Ohio, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Rebecca Wade, Rice 10:29.64; 2-Elizabeth Graney, unat 10:34.11; 3-Alyssa Allison, Team Missouri 10:42.22; 4-Elisa-beth Deir, Princeton 10:49.10; 5-Kauren Tarver, unat 10:57.99; 6-Megan Hoelscher, S.Illinois 11:05.44; 7-Sarah Higgens, Fast Feat RC 11:16.37; 8-Jen Webers, Nebraska 11:17.37; 9-Casey McDermott, unattached 11:36.35; 10-Kelly Crowley, Grand Valley State11:44.86; 11-Kristine Mun, Albany 11:49.31; 12-Carolina Cortes, Stony Brook 11:57.87

Southern Province Champs
June 20, 2008
Machakos, Kenya
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Irene Vose 11:05.04; 2-Nzembi Kithome 11:25.68; 3-Martha Mwikal 11:25.77.

Kenyan WJC Trials
June 18, 2008
Nairobi, Kenya
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Kambua Muyanga, Southern, 9:57.0; 2-Elizabeth Mueni, Secondary Schools, 9:59.3; 3-Caroline Chepkurui, Secondary Schools, 10:01.3. [Hand timing]

National Inter-State Champs
June 16, 2008
Madurai, India
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-O.P. Jaisha, Kerala 10:20.15; 2-Sudha Singh, Jharkhand 10:29.94; 3-Kiran Tiwari, Uttarakhand 10:51.42; 4-Anupama Patil, Maharastra 12:26.72.

Lagardere Athletics Tour
June 15, 2008
Sotteville, France
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Habiba Ghribi, TUN 9:36.52; 2-Netsanet Achamo, ETH 9:42.41; 3-Victoria Mitchell, AUS 9:43.21; 4-Sophie Duarte, FRA 9:43.70; 5-Fionnuala Britton, IRL 9:45.54; 6-Olesia Tyurina, RUS 9:45.87; 7-Elodie Olivares, FRA 9:51.31; 8-Elodie Mouthon, FRA 10:10.23; 9-Meriem Mered, FRA 10:11.69; 10-Una English, IRL 10:12.88; 11-Louise Ghesquire, FRA 10:15.91; 12-Christine Bardelle, FRA 10:23.88; 13-Hain Go Ny Aina Rakotomolala, MAD 10:42.88. [First 6 finishers were under the 9:46. "A" standard for Olympic Games entry.]

New England Champs
June 15, 2008
Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Shauneen Garrahan 10:13.33; 2-Sara Graves 11:26.88; 3-Victoria Barnaby 11:44.13; 4-Alyssa Mullen (17) 12:02.05.

National Junior Qualifier
June 15, 2008
Toronto, Canada
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Jen Corrick (90) 7:35.96; 2-Sara Giovannetti (90) 7:39.02; 3-Helena Fiore (89) 7:53.54; 4-Catherine Zidar (90) 8:01.58.

American Milers Meet
June 14, 2008
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Brittany Somers 10:09.87; 2-Andrea Parker 10:10.07; 3-Kelly Fullerton 10:16.36; 4-Julia Rudd 10:17.17; 5-Rena Chesser 10:19.20; 6-Jessica Furlan 10:20.22. [all USA except for Furlan, Canada]

Greek National Championships
June 14, 2008
Athens, Greece
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Irini Kokkinariou 9:36.71 National Record; 2-Maria Pardalou 9:55.86; 3-Konstadina Kefala 10:00.97; 4-Maria Malai (89) 11:13.83; 5-Thessalia Kleopatra Fraggopoulou (88) 11:20.77; 6-Ourania Rebouli (89) 11:28.59; 7-Maria Evaggelou 11:28.94; 8-Maria Aggeliki Rigopoulou 11:31.11; 9-Maria Ritsou (90) 11:31.90; 10-Anastasia Koudouni 11:41.33; 11-Fillipa Pouli- dou 11:41.73; 12-Anastasia Koutsimani 11:48.59. [17 finish]

New York High School Champs
June 14, 2008
Buffalo, New York, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Shelby Greany, Suffern 6:43.03; 2-Erin Cawley, Newark Valley 6:53.19; 3-Danielle Winslow, Queens-bury 6:56.57; 4-Nicole Rozario, Pine Bush 6:59.42; 5-Meaghan Gregory, Burnt Hills 7:00.36; 6-Ryann Cretney, Lansing 7:01.63; 7-Janie Turek, Mount Sinai 7:05.21; 8-Lindsay Raulli, Cicero/Syracuse 7:08.40; 9-Jess Tobin, Clarkstown 7:11.08; 10-Meghan VanHouten, Honeoye Falls 7:13.06; 11-Ada Lauterbach, Berne 7:14.29; 12-Kirsten Weberg, East Aurora 7:15.85 [27 finishers; Last = 8:56.88]

Serbian Junior Championships
June 14, 2008
Senta, Serbia
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Mirjana Paji (92) 7:19.10; 2-Biljana Kanjeri (90) 7:43.30; 3-Danijela Savi (90) 8:01.62.

Asian Junior Championships
June 13, 2008
Jakarta, Indonesia
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Marina Podkorytova (18) Kazakhstan 10:57.99; 2-Bara'ah Awadallah (16) Jordan 11:32.90; 3-Novita Andriani (18) Indo-nesia 11:37.25; 4-Lilia Asserian (18) Iran 12:43.17.

NCAA Division I Finals
June 13, 2008
Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Jenny Barringer, Colorado 9:29.20; 2-Silje Fjortoft, Southern Methodist 9:55.54; 3-Bridget Franek, Penn State 9:58.74; 4-Lindsay Allen, Stanford 10:05.26; 5-Irene Kimaiyo, Texas Tech 10:05.29; 6-Angela Wagner, BYU 10:06.05; 7-Sarah Madebach, Georgia 10:07.16; 8-Sariah Long, Weber State 10:07.77; 9-Zsofia Erdelyi, Southern California 10:10.71; 10-Mica Land, Wichita State 10:12.28; 11-Jamie Cheever, Minnesota 10:15.31; 12-Beverly Ramos, Kansas State 10:24.81; 13-Kristen Hemphill, Colorado State 10:30.78; 14-Liz Haglund, Villanova 10:39.46.

Barringer’s finish time at Des Moines moves her to second place on the USA all-time list – between Lisa Galaviz and Briana Shook, the current and former USA record holders.

Iberomericano Meet
June 13, 2008
Huelva, Spain
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Eunice Jepkorir, KEN 9:11.18; 2-Bekele Tadesse, ETH 9:20.23; 3-Jessica Augusto, POR 9:22.50; 4-Sofia Assefa, ETH 9:35.08; 5-Rosa Morato, ESP 9:35.91; 6-Marta Domin-guez, ESP 9:39.18; 7-Zulema Fuentes-Pila, ESP 9:41.73; 8-Helen Clitheroe, GBR 9:43.56; 9-Clarisse Cruz, POR 9:44.94; 10-Christin Johansson, SWE 9:49.91; 11-Diana Martin, ESP 9:51.69; 12-Lydia Rotich, KEN 9:55.62; Claire Entwistle, GBR 10:00.25; 14-Sandra Teixeira, POR 10:00.69; 15-Eva Arias, ESP 10:02.51; 16-Miranda Boonstra, NED 10:03.58; 17-Simret Restle, GER 10:12.21; 18-Raquel Gomez, ESP 10:12.94; 19-Concepcion Hidalgo ESP 10:30.98; 20-Tamara Sanfabio, ESP 10:33.5. [9 under Olympic “A” standard.]

Splits: 1km Jepkorir, Bekele, Assefa, Augusto 3:01.21; 2km 6:06.06 Jepkorir (alone).enroute to world-leading victory.

Ibero-American Champs
June 13, 2008
Iquique, Chile
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Sabine Heitling, BRA 9:54.70; 2-Rosa Godoy, ARG 10:00.36 National Record; 3-Angela Figueroa, COL 10:02.13; 4-Teresa Urbina, ESP 10:06.70.

Swedish Juniors Meet
June 13, 2008
Huddinge, Sweden
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m steeple, Under age 20: 1-Klara Bodinson (90) 6:47.44; 2-Emmi Ostlund (88) 7:11.53; 3-Josefine Berggren (89) 7:21.93; 4-Cecilia Norrbom (88) 7:30.89.

1500m steeple, Under age 18: 1-Erika Svanborg (91) 5:18.50; 2-Emma Jansson (91) 5:24.60; 3-Christina Hultman (91) 5:35.96; 5-Lovisa Gronros (93) 5:43.14; 6-Josefin Eriksson (92) 5:50.18; 7-Anna Lisa Lundqvist (91) 6:49.83.

NCAA Division I Semi-Finals
June 11, 2008
Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
P = Advance by Place T = Advance by Time
First Semi: 1-Jenny Barringer, Colorado 10:00.56 P; 2-Mica Land, Wichita State 10:12.28 P; 3-Angela Wagner, BYU 10:12.51 P; 4-Lindsay Allen, Stanford 10:13.25 P; 5-Silje Fjortoft, Southern Methodist 10:18.32 P; 6-Kristen Hemphill, Colorado State 10:22.84 T; 7-Sarah Madebach, Georgia 10:23.87 T; 8-Danelle Woods, Illinois 10:26.91; 9-Lindsay Sundell, Florida 10:33.65; 10-Meghan Leonard, Arkansas 10:51.26; 12-Jamie Vest, Missouri State 10:58.75; DNF: Tsehaye Dagnachew, UN-Charlotte.

Second Semi: 1-Bridget Franek, Penn State 10:13.36 P; 2-Zsofia Erdelyi, USC 10:13.38 P; 3-Sariah Long, Weber State 10:15.68 P; 4-Irene Kimaiyo, Texas Tech 10:18.45 P; 5-Jamie Cheever, Minnesota 10:18.87 P; 6-Beverly Ramos, Kansas State 10:22.21 T; 7-Liz Haglund, Villanova 10:25.48 T; 8-Stephanie Garcia, Virginia 10:27.14; 9-Nicole Mericle, Rice 10:30.97; 10-Sara Trane, Washington State 10:36.06; 11-Sarah Price, Michigan State 10:46.47; 12-Chantelle Groen- ewoud, Illinois 10:48.38; 13-Lydia Willemse, Florida State 10:52.50; 14-Joanna Rodgers, Georgetown 10:54.36.

APS Final
June 8, 2008
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Daneja Grandovec (84) 10:29.93; 2-Irina Augustin (88) 11:37.37; 3-Tajda Starman (92) 11:54.08.

Sparkassen Meet
June 8, 2008
Regensburg, Germany
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Andrea Mayr, AUT 10:01.73; 2-Julia Borner, GER 10:05.16; 3-Sanaa Koubaa, GER 10:08.83; 4-Micaela Bonessi, ITA 10:09.75; 5-Jolanda Verstraten, NED 10:10.18; 6-Arlette Meier-Hunger, SUI 10:21.62; 7-Carolin Lang, GER 10:22.31; 8-Corinna Nuber, GER 10:22.34; 9-Suzi Lutz, GER 10:25.55; 10-Diana Sujew, GER 10:30.04; 11-Natalie Buchfelder, GER 10:31.11; 12-Agnes Tschurtschenthaler, ITA 10:31.11; 13-Jekaterina Patjuk, EST 10:31.15; 14-Julia Kick, GER 10:33.85; 15-Sarah Cornelsen, GER 10:49.87.

Western USATF Championships
June 7, 2008
Los Angeles, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Lindsey Anderson, Nike 9:41.35; 2-Rasa Troup, LTU 9:44.22; 3-Kelly Strong, Asics 10:04.83; 4-Kara June, Asics Aggies 10:08.64; 5-Jane Rudkin; Team XO 10:14.52; 6-Rena Chesser, unattached 10:17.61; 7-Sarna Becker, Club North- west 10:35.24; 8-Kelly Fullerton, Team XO 10:38.57; 9-Mere- dith MacGregor, CAN 10:39.57; 10-Kauren Tarver, unattached 10:54.17.

Midwest Distance Solution
June 7, 2008
Hillsdale, Michigan, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Lesley Higgins 9:58.63; 2-Amanda Lorenzen 9:59.61; 3-Kristin Anderson 10:05.36; 4-Shauneen Garrahan 10:15.66; 5-Brittany Somers 10:17.58; 6-Addie Bracy 10:39.19; 7-Ahav- ahla Haynes 10:44.73; 8-Julia Rudd 10:45.30; 9-Ashley Birger 10:58.41; 10-Brooke Ferguson 11:16.58.

Delilah DiCrescenzo, in USA top three this year, passed up steeple to win 1500m run at this meet with a 4:17.91 time.

Extraliga Round 2
June 7, 2008
Prague, Czech Republic
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Martina Barinova (90) 10:17.86 National Junior Record; 2-Ivana Sekyrova 10:30.02; 3-Lenka Ptackova 10:38.24; 4-Katerina Pechackova 10:45.79; 5-Lucie Sarova 10:55.30; 6-Zuzana Schindlerova 11:00.49; 7- Lucie Krizova 11:27.38; 8-Lenka Sibravova 11:34.67; 9-Lucie Skybova 11:56.78 [13 finishers; Last = 14:21.23

Serbian National Champs
June 7, 2008
Novi Sad, Serbia
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Biljana Jovic (86) 10:54.37; 2-Milana Gavrilov (87) 11:13.56; 3-Biljana Kanjeric (90) 12:12.52; 4-Danijela Savic (90) 12:57.52

Bislett Games
June 6, 2008
Oslo, Norway
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Gulnara Samitova-Galkina, RUS 9:14.77; 2-Yekaterina Volkova, RUS 9:18.24; 3-Donna MacFarlane, AUS 9:18.35; 4-Ruth Bisibori Nyangau, KEN 9:18.43; 5-Wioletta Frankiew- icz, POL 9:25.20; 6-Zemzem Ahmed, ETH 9:25.80; 7-Mekdes Bekele, ETH 9:34.34; 8-Tatyana Petrova, RUS 9:35.09; 9- Eunice Jepkorir, KEN 9:37.94; 10-Hattie Dean, GBR 9:39.19; 11-Cristina Casandra, ROU 9:43.13; 12-Jo Ankier, GBR 9:45.44; 13-Helen Clitheroe, GBR 9:46.75; 14-Sofia Assefa, ETH 9:49.18; 15-Katarzyna Kowalska, POL 9:50.15; 16- Johanna Lehtinen, FIN 9:50.84; 17-Ancuta Bobocel, ROU 10:06.30; 18-Melissa Rollison, AUS 10:20.73.

Winner Galkina took the lead at start of Lap 4 and is now atop the 2008 world leaders list. MacFarlane and Ahmed im- proved their nation’s records. [DNF: Sophie Duarte, FRA; Christin Johansson, SWE; Mercy Wanjiku Njoroge, KEN]

Southwest Classic
June 6, 2008
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
High School Meet with 2000m Steeple:
Emma Coburn,Colorado :7:00.51; 2-Natalie Haws, Utah 7:04.22; 3-Lacey Cramer, Utah 7:43.49; 4-Laura LaVezo, New Mexico 8:08.51; 5-Amanda Dunlap, Texas 8:32.10; 6-Meghan Valdez, New Mexico 8:38.05.

Romanian Open Meet
June 6, 2008
Bucharest, Romania
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Asli Cakir, TUR 9:55.49; 2-Turkan Erismis, TUR 10:02.27; 3-Ecaternia Gheorghiu, ROU 10:44.48.

St. Mary's Classic
June 4, 2008
Twickenham, Great Britain
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Victoria Mitchell, AUS 9:54.81; 2-Tina Brown, GBR 10:05.83; 3-Lucy Mayho, GBR 10:55.89 [DNF: 3 including pacesetter Mercy Njorogo]

NCAA D1 East Regional Championships
May 31, 2008
Tallahassee, Florida, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
First Section: 1-Jessica Cickay, Boston U 10:36.27; 2-Liz Deir, Princeton 10:47.20; 3-Morgan Stengel, N. Carolina 10:50.03; 4-Emily Arena, Wm & Mary 10:52.20; 5-Elizabeth Calle, Yale 10:56.51; 6-Jessica Hampson, Stony Brook 10:57.52; 7-Stephanie Pancoast, Cornell 11:01.67; 8-Sarah Morrison, Villanova 11:03.19; 9-Kirsten Hagen, Florida State 11:05.47 [3 DNF, 14 finish; Last 11:49.80]

Second Section: 1-Bridget Franek, Penn State 10:01.56; 2-Lindsay Sundell, Florida 10:17.86; 3-Liz Haglund, Villanova 10:18.26; 4-Sarah Madebach, Georgia 10:23.61; 5-Stephanie Garcia, Virginia 10:25.70; 6-Lydia Willemse, Florida State 10:30.78; -Betsy Graney, William & Mary 10:31.47; 8-Patricia Loughlin, Duke 10:33.57; 9-Tsehaye Dagnachew, Charlotte 10:35.61; 10-Joanna Rodgers, Georgetown 10:37.56; 12-Friederike Feil, Florida Atlantic 10:38.31; 13-Claire Percival, Penn State 10:38.67; 14-Megan Brandeland, Princeton 10:48.25; 15-Cheryl Spring, Penn State 10:57.56; 16-Laura Cummings, Albany 11:00.17; 17-Erin Reddan, Va Tech 11:07.67; 18-Felicitas Mensing, Coastal Carolina 11:29.11.

NCAA D1 Mideast Regional Championships
May 31, 2008
Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
First Section: 1-Crystal Martinez, IPFW 10:58.62; 2-Cassandra Schenck, Akron 11:09.31; 3-Crystina Martinez, IPFW 11:12.38; 4-Melissa Green, Eastern Michigan 11:21.06 [1 DNF]

Second Section: 1-Danelle Woods, Illinois 10:32.83; 2-Chan-telle Groenewoud, Illinois 10:35.88; 3-Sarah Price, Michigan State 10:35.91; 4-Jamie Vest,Missouri State 10:35.94; 5-Meg-an Jackson, Arkansas 10:35.94; 6-Sarah Hurley, Wisconsin 10:36.00; 7-Caroline Peyton, Arkansas 10:51.75; 8-Andrea Halasek, Kentucky 10:56.90; 9-Lindsey Ferguson, Notre Dame 11:00.61; 10-Terry Phillips, Missouri State 11:01.86; 11-Nata-lie Leeper, Western Kentucky 11:03.91; 12-Whitney Mays, UAB 11:18.65; 13-Val Kazmer, Vanderbilt 11:19.88; 14-Jess-ica Ortman, Kentucky 11:31.33. [1 DNF]

NCAA D1 Midwest Regional Championships
May 31, 2008
Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
First Section: 1-Kara DeWalt, Montana 10:30.36; 2-Chepleting Boit, Tex Tech 10:42.03; 3-Megan Duwell, Minnesota 10:54.54; 4-Kara Henry, New Mexico 10:54.95; 5-Allison Sawyer, Colo-rado 11:04.38; 6-Allison Ferries, Sam Houston 11:37.08

Second Section: 1-Jenny Barringer, Colorado 9:44.46; 2-Silje Fjortoft, SMU 10:10.89; 3-Irene Kimaiyo, Tex Tech 10:12.63; 4-Mica Land, Wichita State 10:14.90; 5-Nicole Mericle, Rice 10:15.67; 6-Kristen Hemphill, Colo State 10:15.72; 7-Jamie Cheever, Minnesota 10:18.61; 8-Eva Tomankova, Okla State 10:23.56; 9-Rachel Carrizales, Nebraska 10:24.91; 10-Erin Bedell, Baylor 10:26.74; 11-Beverly Ramos, Kansas State 10:28.32; 12-Danielle Bradley, Baylor 10:30.01; 13-Becky Wade, Rice 10:32.93; 15-Jessica Schmidt, Iowa 10:41.15; 16-Lauren Bonds, Kansas 10:49.65; 17-Joslyn Dalton. Nebraska 10:52.86; 18-Brenna Williamson, Texas A&M 10:54.07

NCAA D1 West Regional Championships
May 31, 2008
Northridge, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
First Section: 1-Katie Harrington, Stanford 10:32.95; 2-Brooke Giuffre, Oregon 10:38.08; 3-Margaret Callahan, Ariz 10:43.11; 4-Angela Petersen, BYU 10:47.18; 4-Erin Stratton, Utah State 10:47.88; 6-Allix Lee-Painter, Idaho 10:48.04; 7-Angela Spad-afino, Ariz State 10:48.92; 8-Lauren Denfeld, Oregon State 10:52.75; 9-Natalie Hemphill, Portland 10:54.99; 10-Meridith Hawkins, Fresno St. 10:57.21; 11-Lauren Chramosta, Irvine 11:01.81; 12-Rowena Tam, California 11:01.92 [13 finishers]

Second Section: 1-Angela Wagner, BYU 9:58.68; 2-Zsofia Erdelyi, USC 10:03.73; 3-Sariah Long, Weber State 10:06.73; 4-Lindsay Allen, Stanford 10:06.92; 5-Sara Trane, WSU 10:14.29; 6-Stacie Lifferth, Utah State 10:20.93; 7-Claire Michel, Oregon 10:26.62; 8-Kristina Holtz, Sac State 10:27.53; 9-Meghan Leonard, WSU 10:31.88; 10-Bethany Nickless, Santa Barbara 10:32.61; 11-Lois Ricardi, Idaho State 10:35.00; 12-Carolyn Ellis, Fullerton 10:38.73; 13-Collier Lawrence, WSU 10:39.99; 14-Amy Fowler-Layne, BYU 10:40.41; 15-Nell Rojas,N. Arizona 10:43.24; 16-Tawny Bybee, BYU 10:51.99; Emily Mathis, Oregon 10:57.17; 18-Cris Olivas, UCR 11:03.59

American Milers Club High Performance Meet
May 31, 2008
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Anna Willard, USA 9:37.00; 2-Barbara Parker, GBR 9:37.08; 3-Nicole Bush, USA 9:49.92; 4-Ann Gaffigan, USA 10:01.69; 5-Minori Hayakari, JPN 10:04.76; 6-Kristin Anderson, USA 10:08.78; 7-Lesley Higgins, USA 10:09.64; 8-Rena Chesser, USA 10:09.89; 9-Dawn Cromer, USA 10:11.63; 10-Brittany Somers, USA 10:15.63; 11-Shauneen Garrahan, USA 10:15.76; 12-Addie Bracy, USA 10:16.72; 13-Andrea Parker, USA 10:18.65; 14-Kara June, USA 10:21.19; 15-A'Havahla Haynes, USA 10:21.82; 16-Julia Rudd, USA 10:23.14; 17-Mary Ann Schauerhamer, USA 10:36.39; 18-Amanda Lay-tham, USA 10:38.97; 19-Jessica Furlan, CAN 10:39.61.

Parker set GBR record, but sprinted too late for victory.

Night of the Euregion
May 31, 2008
Neerpelt, Belgium
Hand Timing
Results:
1-Sofia Assefa, ETH 9:33.65; 2-Antje Moldner, GER 9:34.21NR 3-Sarah Moreira, POR 9:34.30 NR; 4-Veerle Dejaeghere, BEL 9:35.54; 5-Veronia Wanjiru, KEN 9:37.11; 6- Elena Romagnolo, ITA 9:37.26 NR 7-Sigrid Vandenbempt, BEL 9:38.28; 8-Julia Hiller, GER 9:42.72; 9-Miranda Boonstra, NED 9:42.87 NR; 10-Stephanie de Croock, BEL 9:43.76; 11-Jo Ankier, GBR 9:43.88; 12-Elodie Olivares, FRA 9:49.19; 13-Christin Johans-son, SWE 9:50.99; 14-Zenaide Viera, BRA 9:51.94; 15-Fionu-alla Britton, IRL 9:52.49; 16-Lydia Rotich, KEN 9:56.81; 17- Trihas Gerbe, ETH 10:23.17. [Splits 3.07 at 1km, 6.23 at 2km.]

British Columbia HS Champs
May 31, 2008
Burnaby, Canada
Automatic Timing
Results:
1500m Steeple: 1-Katherine Digby 5:15.28; 2-Alycia Butter- worth 5:18.20; 3-Samantha Walkow 5:23.53; 4-Aleah Teer 5:26.00; 5-Jenny Strong 5:29.41; 6-Sarah Sawatzky 5:33.96; 7-Megan Schoufele 5:39.39; 8-Jocelyn Poirier-Hardy 5:39.49; 9-Brittany Cooper 5:43.26; 10-Alexis Thornhill 5:46.82; 11-Alex i Foster 5:46.85; 12-Hilary Desmarais 5:50.59; 13-Hayley McIvor 5:50.93; 14-Amber Forsythe 5:54.73.

Kenyan Prisons Champs
May 31, 2008
Nairobi, Kenya
Hand Timing
Results:
1-Jane Murage, Coast 10:06.7; 2-Agnes Katunge, PSTC 10:25.1; 3-Regina Cherotich, Guest 10:28.9; 4-Pamela Cherono, RVP 11:26.0

Extraliga Round 1
May 31, 2008
Ostrava, Czech Republic
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Martina Barinova (90) 10:25.60; 2-Lucie Sekanova (89) 10:31.80; 3-Lenka Ptackova 10:57.55; 4-Zuzana Schindlerova 11:18.04; 5-Marketa Schybolova (89) 12:06.56

Swedish Youth Competition
May 31, 2008
Villstad, Sweden
Automatic Timing
Results:
1500m Steeple: 1-Ida Andersson (93) 5:59.29; 2-Kajsa Lundberg (94) 6:02.01; 3-Alexandra Petersson (94) 6:05.99; 4-Julia Persson (94) 6:15.43.

Kvilles Vartavling
May 29, 2008
Goteborg, Sweden
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Ulrika Johansson (1975) 10:02.41; 2-Klara Bodinsson (1990) 10:40.53; 3-Emma Dahl (1991) 11:29.78.

Brazil Grand Prix
May 25, 2008
Belem, Brazil
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Korene Hinds, JAM 9:36.12; 2-Zemzem Ahmed, ETH 9:38.65 8; 3-Delilah DiCrescenzo, USA 9:41.68; 4-Mardrea Hyman, JAM 9:42.95; 5-Lisa Galaviz, USA 9:43.18; 6-Carrie Messner-Vickers, USA 9:44.46; 7-Zenaide Vieira, BRA 9:45.88; 8-Angela Figueroa, COL 9:58.82; 9-Sabine Heitling BRA 10:04.50.

[Meet Record for Hinds, National Record for Figueroa, and Personal Best for DiCrescenzo.]

NAIA Finals
May 24, 2008
Edwardsville, Illinois, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Dallon Williams, CSU-San Marcos 10:18.96; 2-Jen Kempers, Dordt 10:30.61; 3-Meagan Hudson, Missouri Baptist 10:49.47; 4-Elisabeth Pyles, Cedarville 10:49.86; 5-Whitney Patton, CS San Marcos 10:54.28; 6-Ericka Franklin, Southwestern 10:56.54; 7-Erin Lynn Keitges, Morningside 11:07.41 8-Amber DeHaan, MidAmerica Nazarene 11:10.23; 9-Stephanie Windle, Eastern Oregon 11:19.29; 10-Sarah Hines, Malone 11:21.30; 11-Lindsey Pifher, Malone 11:22.09; 12-MacKenzie LaBonte, Milligan 11:22.37; 13-Alicia Verhulst, Black Hills 11:30.52; 14-Miranda Meeks, Campbellsville 11:38.66; 15-Emily Palibroda, Simon Fraser-CAN 11:42.62; 16-Kaeley Matuz, Olivet Naza-rene 11:43.56

NCAA Division 2 Finals
May 24, 2008
Walnut, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Winrose Karunde, Abilene Chrstian 10:20.42; 2-Rachel Stangler, Augustana 10:28.64; 3-Sheila Salil, Western State 10:34.40; 4-LeAnn Sarka, Indianapolis 10:40.19; 5-Janette Cary, Adams State 10:43.38;. 6-Jessica Harper, Western Oregon 10:44.22; 7-Suzie Strickler, Seattle Pacific, 10:45.54; 8-Loice Cheboi, Abilene Chrstian 10:46.54; 9-Lisa Thomas, Western State 10:49.87; 10-Mary Ballinger, Southern Indiana 10:57.93; 11-Lyndsey McKillip, Western Oregon 10:58.38; 12-Kara Eckard, Missouri Southern 11:20.43.

Good Luck Meet Finals
May 24, 2008
Beijing, China
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Zhu Yanmei 9:50.47; 2-Li Zhenzhu 9:50.95; 3-Zhao Yanni 9:51.81; 4-Jin Yuan 9:54.88; 5-Liu Nian 10:06.80; 6-Lu Minhong 10:09.77; 7-Fang Xiaoyu 10:14.26; 8-Chen Xiaofang 10:20.01; 9-Wang Huan 10:20.08; 10-Zhu Liping 10:22.07; 11-Li Chongfeng 10:43.11 [Race held in Olympic stadium; personal bests for Zhao, Lu, and Fang.]

European Clubs Cup
May 24, 2008
Santo Antonio, Portugal
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Yelena Zadorozhnaya, Rus 9:50.47; 2-Elodie Olivares, FRA 9:55.04; 3-Zulema Fuentes, ESP 9:56.20; 4-Turkan Erismis, TUR 10:00.29; 5-Marcela Lustigova, CZE 10:06.26; 6-Maria Pardalou, GRE 10:30.22; 7-Pavla Solivarska, SVK 11:00.16.

Good Luck Meet Semifinals
May 23, 2008
Beijing, China
Automatic Timing
Results:
First Semi: 1-Zhao Yanni (91) 10:25.16; 2-Jin Yuan (88) 10:27.46; 3-Liu Nian (88) 10:32.60; 4-Chen Xiaofang (81) 10:37.08; 5-Li Chongfeng (85) 10:53.65; 6-Xu Yina (88) 11:00.73. Winner is age 16 – still in IAAF “Youth” group!

Second Semi: 1-Lu Minhong (86) 10:19.81; 2-Wang Huan (89) 10:19.92; 3-Zhu Yanmei (86) 10:19.92; 4-Fang Xiaoyu (87) 10:19.93; 5-Li Zhenzhu (85) 10:20.00; 6-Zhu Liping (85) 10:56.47; 7-Guo Yanfei (91) 11:20.65.

This meet, serving as a dress rehearsal for Beijing Olympics, let global athletes experience the new stadium’s facilities which would be most important for steeplechase. But steeple is so far the sole “Good Luck” event with only Chinese competitors.

NCAA Division 3 Champs
May 23, 2008
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Caitlin Bradley, Dickinson 10:22.60; 2-Anna King, Colby College 10:27.56; 3-Emily Loeffler, Trinity-Texas 10:28.31; 4-Evelyn Ross, Claremont 10:30.59; 5-Cassandra Knight, Colby 10:32.94; 6-Elise Tropiano, Amherst 10:35.78; 7-Cristy Falcone, Mary Washington 10:42.01; 8-Wendy Pavlus, St. Lawrence 10:46.29; 9-Rachel Venezia, Univ of Chicago 10:46.42; 10-Elizabeth Smit, Calvin 10:46.59; 11-Abbey Hartmann, Washington-MO 10:53.42; 12-Bridget Baldwin, Nebraska Wesleyan 10:56.65; 13-Hannah Humbach, Wisconsin Eau Claire 10:58.67; 14-Rachael Richards, Principia 11:00.81; 15-Grace Peck, Occidental 11:02.54; 16-Amanda Godemann, Nebraska Wesleyan 11:03.90; 17-Jena Winger, Willamette 11:06.68; 18-Brittany Hodgson, UPS 11:06.70.

Div. 3 followed NCAA Rule 9.11f that says “If 18 or fewer competitors report [for steeplechase] the event shall be run as finals.” No needless, fatiguing races were required

NW Community College Champ
May 23, 2008
Spokane, Washington, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Karen Owens, Spokane 11:57.14; 2-Francesca Frasier, SW Oregon 12:12.65; 3-Tara Krempley, Lane 12:41.18; 4-Jessie Ward, SW Oregon 12:50.92 [11 finishers; Last = 14:52.65]

NCAA Division 2 Semifinals
May 22, 2008
Walnut, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
P = Advance by Place T = Advance by Time

First Semi: 1-Winrose Karunde, Abilene Christian 10:40.12 P; 2 Kara Eckard, Jr Missouri Southern 10:51.92 P; 3-Loice Cheboi, Abilene 10:55.35 P; 4-Suzie Strickler, Seattle Pacific 10:56.30 P; 5-Lyndsey McKillip, Western Oregon 10:58.88 T; 6-Karin Rohde, Seattle Pacific 11:01.17; 7-Erica Ogle, Pittsburg State 11:01.60; 8-Jacquelyn Dibbern. Neb-Kearney 11:05.42; 9-Shannon McVannel, Cal State Chico 11:06.10;

Second Semi: 1-Sheila Salil, Western State 10:41.14 P; 2-Rachel Stangler, Augustana 10:41.47 P; 3-Mary Ballinger, Indiana 10:46.82 P; 4-Janette Cary, Adams State 10:47.53 P; 5-Jessica Harper, W. Oregon 10:47.63 T; 6-Lisa Thomas, Western State 10:50.45 T; 7-LeAnn Sarka, Indianapolis 10:54.56 T; 8-Katy Grant, Harding 11:23.35.

NAIA Semifinals
May 22, 2008
Edwardsville, Illinois, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
P = Advance by Place T = Advance by Time

First Semi: 1-Dallon Williams, CSU San Marcos 11:24.84 P; 2-Amber DeHaan, MidAm Nazarene 11:26.78 P. 3-Whitney Patton, CSU San Marcos 11:27.16 P; 4-Elisabeth Pyles, Cedarville 11:27.74 P; 5-Alicia Verhulst, Black Hills 11:28.00 P; 6-Miranda Meeks, Campbellsville 11:28.02 P; 7-Sarah Hines, Malone 11:37.36 T; 8-Lindsay Szybura, Lewis&Clark 11:45.96; 9-Erika Perez, Biola 11:47.71; 10-Bianca Gonzales, Simon Fraser 11:54.15; 11-Emily Uhlig, Evergreen State 11:56.85.

Second Semi: 1-Jen Kempers, Dordt 11:23.19 P; 2-Stephanie Windle, E.Oregon 11:23.45 P; 3-Ericka Franklin, Southwestern 11:23.75 P; 4-Meagan Hudson, Missouri Baptist 11:25.74P. 5-Erin Keitges, Morningside 11:25.78 P; 6-Kaeley Matuz, Olivet Nazarene 11:26.25 P; 7-Lindsey Pifher, Malone 11:34.09 T; 8-MacKenzie LaBonte, Milligan 11:36.69 T; 9-Emily Palibroda, Simon Fraser 11:38.60 T; 10-Justine Clift, British Columbia 11:51.83; 11-Kaitlyn Meernik, Aquinas 11:52.93.

High School Champs
May 20, 2008
Middle Island, New York, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Christine Johnston, Longwood 7:17.80; 2-Allison Stapleton, Commack 7:31.53; 3-Camille D'Amato, Northport 7:35.26; 4-Katherine Skinner, Riverhead 7:38.78; 5-Kelly Grosskurth, East 7:38.97; 6-Katie Chun, Port Jeffers 7:39.36; 7-Taylor Fleming 11 Northport 7:47.42; 8-Kim Sherman, Commack 7:51.45.

Eng-Scot-Wales Meet
May 20, 2008
Loughborough, Great Britain
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Claire Entwistle 10:14.65; 2-Jo Ankier 10:21.09; 3-Sonia Thomas 10:25.91; 4-Louise Webb (91) 10:48.55; 5-Lucy Mayho 11:12.91; 6-Emily Brown 11:32.41.

Big 12 Conference
May 18, 2008
Boulder, Colorado, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Irene Kimaiyo, Texas Tech 10:15.43; 2-Jenny Barringer, Colorado 10:19.82; 3-Danielle Bradley, Baylor 10:55.20; 4-Lauren Bonds, Kansas 10:56.13; 5-Eva Tomankova, Oklahoma State 10:57.38; 6-Chepleting Boit, Texas Tech 11:04.00; 7-Beverly Ramos, Kansas State 11:10.12; 8-Rachel Carrizales, Nebraska 11:17.51 [15 finish; Last = 12:43.53]

Rio Grand Prix
May 18, 2008
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Zemzem Ahmed (84), ETH 9:32.53; 2-Mardrea Hyman (72) JAM 9:41.68; 3-Zenaide Vieira (85) BRA 9:42.10; 4-Delilah DiCrescenzo (83) USA 9:43.57; 5-Carrie Messner Vickers (77) USA 10:08.04; 6-Sabine Leticia Heitling (87) BRA 10:18.92. DNF: Silvia Paredes, ECU. [National Record for Vieira; Personal Bests for Ahmed and DiCrescenzo]

All six finishers will race again on Sunday, May 25, at Belem in another Grand Prix race where they will be joined by Lisa Galaviz (USA) and Korene Hinds (JAM) plus four other women steeplers.

Swedish Meet
May 18, 2008
Falun, Sweden
Automatic Timing
Results:
1500m steeple: 1-Johanna Olsson (91) 5:19.31; 2-Stina Jansson (92) 5:30.55; 3, Kristina Hultman (91) 5:43.12.

Swedish Meet
May 18, 2008
Helsingborg, Sweden
Automatic Timing
Results:
1500m steeple: 1-Annelie Gabriel (90) 5:40.44; 2-Emma Broman (89) 5:41.92; 3-Elin Persson (90) 6:09.46.

Czech Republic Meet
May 18, 2008
Brno, Czech Republic
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Lucie Skybova 11:48.84; 2-Hana Jelinkova (91) 11:49.12; 3-Tanja Eberhart (89) AUT 11:49.58; 4-Martina Horakova (90) 11:58.82.

Big Ten Champs
May 17, 2008
Champaign, Illinois, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Bridget Franek, Penn State 9:58.56; 2-Jamie Cheever, Minnesota 10:21.26; 3-Danelle Woods, Illinois 10:23.46; 4-Jessica Schmidt, Iowa 10:27.18; 5-Sarah Hurley, Wisconsin 10:31.70; 6-Claire Percival, Penn State 10:33.53; 7-Cheryl Spring, Penn State 10:34.25; 8-Sarah Price, Michigan State 10:43.28; 9-Chantelle Groenewoud, CAN-Illinois 10:46.12; 10-Megan Duwell, Minnesota 10:50.51; 11-Kira Cerroni, Wis-consin 10:55.82 [1 DNF, 13 finish; Last = 11:19.65]

Southeast Conference
May 17, 2008
Auburn, Alabama, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Sarah Madebach, Georgia 10:14.89; 2-Lindsay Sundell, Florida 10:24.00; 3-Andrea Halasek, Kentucky 10:35.76; 4-Caroline Peyton, Arkansas 10:44.68; 5-Megan Jackson, Arkansas 10:44.77; 6-Jenna Ortman, Kentucky 10:55.30; 7-Lindsay Petri,Kentucky 10:56.77; 8-Julia Hicks, Alabama 10:58.50; 9-Tiffany Redlarczyk, Arkansas 11:03.55; 10-Val Kazmer, Vanderbilt 11:08.65 [13 finish; Last = 11:48.64]

Missouri Valley Champs
May 17, 2008
Carbondale, Illinois, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Mica Land, Wichita State 10:25.96; 2-Terry Phillips, Missouri State 10:38.34; 3-Jamie Vest, Missouri State 10:38.42; 4-A'Seret Dokubo, SIU 10:50.97; 5-Megan Hoelscher, SIU 10:57.39; 6-Casey McDermott, Drake 11:02.81; 7-Kirsten Lang, Illinois State 11:03.00; 8-Jess Husted, Illinois State 11:11.17.; [13 finish; Last = 12:01.81]

Championships of Flanders
May 17, 2008
Oordegem, Belgium
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Sofie Picavet (1988) 11:13.69; 2-Hanne Naessens (1982) 11:28.61

Club Championships
May 17, 2008
Valencia, Spain
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Maria Teresa Urbina 10:04.94; 2-Diana Martin 10:06.51; 3-Wanda Sanchez 10:44.96; [8 finishers; Last 12:25.11]

Club Championships
May 17, 2008
Oviedo, Spain
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Raquel Gomez 10:38.64; 2-Maria Garcia 10;45.73; 3-Raquel Suarez 10:46.40; Clara Simal 10:53.09; 5-Judith Sanchez 11:02.91 [8 finishers; Last = 12:06.70]

Georgia Tech Invitational
May 16, 2008
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Barbara Parker, GBR-New Balance 9:55.07; 2-Lydia Willemse, CAN-Florida State 10:18.94; 3-Tsehaye Dagna-chew, Charlotte 10:28.42; 4-Kirsten Hagen, Florida State 10:44.48; 5-Felicitas Mensing, GER-Coastal Carolina 10:52.60; 6-Amanda Quick, Florida State 11:01.49; 7-Kelly Clark, Virginia Tech 11:15.68; 8-Stephanie Poore, Georgia State 11:17.55; 9-Ashlyn Sinclair, Radford 11:18.52.

PAC-10 Champs
May 16, 2008
Tempe, Arizona, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Sara Trane, Wash State Univ 10:17.80; 2-Lindsay Allen, Stanford 10:20.06; 3-Meghan Leonard, WSU 10:23.25; 4-Zsofia Erdelyi, USC 10:23.46; 5-Colier Lawrence, WSU 10:34.24; 6-Emily Mathis, Oregon 10:34.44; 7-Claire Michel, Oregon 10:36.83; 8-Angela Spadafino, Arizona State 10:38.64; 9-Rowena Tam, California 10:39.30; 10-Margaret Callahan, Arizona 10:46.87; 11-Mo Huber, U.Washington 10:49.34; 12-Katie Harrington, Stanford 10:55.89; 13-Amanda Andrews, WSU 11:08.24; 14-Laura Meyers, USC 11:16.13.

ECAC Outdoor Champs
May 16, 2008
Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Stephanie Garcia, Virginia 10:19.74; 2-Patricia Loughlin, Duke 10:31.54; 3-Elizabeth Graney, William & Mary 10:41.68; 4-Sarah Morrison, Villanova 10:44.81; 5-Liz Deir, Princeton 10:45.19; 6-Laura Cummings, Albany 10:46.75; 7-Stephanie Pancoast, Cornell 10:47.29; 8-Megan Brandeland, Princeton 10:47.44; 9-Shelby Leland, Columbia 10:48.47; 10-Amy Ruf-folo, Pittsburgh 10:48.79; 11-Erin Roberts, Cornell 10:54.12; 12-Samantha Stafford, Virginia 10:57.37; 13-Alison Spiker, W.Virginia 10:59.98; 14-Aspen Foster, JMU 11:00.59; 15-Elizabeth Calle, Yale 11:04.07; 16-Sarah Rogers, Manhattan 11:05.06; 17-Laura Tabor, Dartmouth 11:05.84; 18-Meghan Rowcliffe, Syracuse 11:08.74 [21 finish; Last = 12:11.64]

Mountain West Conference
May 16, 2008
Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Angela Wagner, BYU 10:23.83; 2-Kristen Hemphill, Colorado State 10:24.56; 3-Amy Layne, BYU 10:40.27; 4-Shayla Houli-han, Utah 10:43.60; 5-Kara Henry, New Mexico 10:45.96; 6-Angela Petersen, BYU 10:49.94; 7-Tawny Bybee, BYU 10:59.88; [11 finish; Last = 11:51.73]

Big Sky Championships
May 16, 2008
Sacramento, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Sariah Long, Weber State 10:25.14; 2-Nell Rojas, N.Arizona 10:28.22; 3-Kristina Holtz, CSU-Sacramento 10:39.56; 4-Lois Ricardi, Idaho State 10:51.85; 5-Kara DeWalt, Montana 10:58.60; 6-Erica Wendt, Idaho St 11:05.89; 7-Amy Cook, Weber St 11:12.24; 8-Jodie Leal, CSU-Sac 11:17.48.

Conference USA
May 16, 2008
El Paso, Texas, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Silje Fjortoft, SMU 10:33.72; 2-Nicole Mericle, Rice 10:35.88 3-Becky Wade, Rice 10:52.70; 4-Ashlea Gilfillan, Tulsa 11:01.03 5-Whitney Mays, UAB 11:21.27 [12/Last = 12:53.49]

Big West Conference
May 16, 2008
Northridge, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Carolyn Ellis, CSU Fullerton 10:37.21; 2-Cristina Olivas, UC Riverside 10:44.26; 3-Bethany Nickless, UCSB 10:48.99; 4-Kendall Bruton, UCI 10:51.93 [14 finish; Last = 11:54.40]

Summit League
May 16, 2008
Macomb, Illinois, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Cody Halsey, ND State 10:44.94; 2-Crystal Martinez, IPFW 10:50.59; 3-Mary Kate Jackson, W.Illinois 11:02.93; 4-Nicole Davis, S.Dakota 11.09.00 [16 finish; Last = 12:55.69]

Western Athletic Conference
May 16, 2008
Boise, Idaho, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Stacie Lifferth, Utah State 10:46.39; 2-Alix Lee-Painter, Idaho 11:00.55; 3-Meredith Hawkins, Fresno State 11:11.99.

Mid-American Conference
May 16, 2008
Bowling Green, Ohio, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Cassandra Schenck, Akron 10:52.40; 2-Kelly McClure, C.Michigan 10:53.17; 3-Melissa Green, E. Michigan 10:58.31; 4-Sarah McCort, Kent State 11:05.92 [21 finish; Last =12:36.66

National Jr. College Champs
May 16, 2008
Levelland, Texas, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Aybuke Kizilarslan, TUR-Central Arizona 11:24.88; 2-Jen- nifer Cherono, KEN-Cowley County CC 11:31.86; 3-Ashley Cronin, Cowley CCC 11:51.89 [15 finish; Last 16:17.76]

Pruebo Meet
May 16, 2008
Santa Clara, Cuba
Hand Timing
Results:
1-Milena Perez (89) 10:17.0; 2-Yorlin Ocampo (90) 10:44.7; 3-Yaumara Pita (89) 11:29.2.

Heptagonal Games
May 11, 2008
New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Megan Brandeland, Princeton 10:40.57; 2-Liz Deir, Princeton 10:45.41; 3-Erin Roberts, Cornell 10:48.24; 4-Elizabeth Calle, Yale 10:49.28; 5-Stephanie Pancoast, Cornell 10:51.76; 6-Lindsey Kahn, Brown 11:00.34; 7-Alexandra Smrcina, Dartmouth 11:05.88; 8-Emily Bartlett, Cornell 11:10.74; 9-Shelby Leland, Columbia 11:13.20; 10-Laura Tabor, Dartmouth 11:17.07; 11-Cara Sprague, Harvard 11:21.06; 12-Bevin Peters, Yale 11:30.56.

Clemson Classic
May 10, 2008
Clemson, South Carolina, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-MacKenzie LaBonte, Milligan 11:15.49; 2-Emily Tangwar, South Carolina 11:40.74 [4 finish; Last = 13:37.72]

Shannon-Foreman Invitational
May 10, 2008
Seattle, Washington, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Kelly Strong, Asics 10:04.08; 2-Sarna Becker, Club North-west 10:34.89; 3-Karin Rohde, Seattle Pacific 10:54.73; 4-Brittany Hodgson, UPS 11:10.87; 5-Sarah Benson, Central Wash Univ 11:14.82; 6-Amanda Stopa, Washington 11:16.38; 7-Bianca Gonzales, Simon Fraser 11:17.52; 8-Karen Steen, Club Northwest 11:24.04 [14 finish; Last = 11:47.62]

North Central Conference
May 10, 2008
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Rachel Stangler, Augustana 10:34.85; 2-Amanda Dettman, Mankato 11:24.89; 3-Kristi Dahlheimer, North Dakota 11:29.94 [9 finish; Last = 12:11.91]

New England Champs
May 10, 2008
Durham, New Hampshire, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Anna King, Colby 10:45.22; 2-Cassandra Knight, Colby 10:54.85; 3-Jacqui Wentz, MIT 11:07.63; 4-Jen Gardynski, Stonehill 11:14.47; 5-Elizabeth Morrissey, New Hampshire 11:16.30; 6-Abbey Gosling, Quinnipiac 11:18.45; 7-Nicole Radzik, Bryant 11:25.00; 8-Ceara Danaher, Middlebury 11:26.46 [24 finish; Last = 13:18.28]

Occidental Invitational
May 10, 2008
Los Angeles, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Brittany Somers, Adams State 10:45.98; 2-Shawna Burger, unat 10:58.49; 3-Shannon Mcvannel, Chico State 11:02.79; 4-Tiffany Turner, Cal Poly 11:08.87; 5-Lily Hernandez, Cal State-LA 11:09.48; 6-Grace Peck, Occidental 11:15.11; 7-Katherine Ellis, USC 11:19.07; 8-Danielle Miller, Santa Clara 11:25.19 [12 finish; Last = 12:33.11]

Sun Belt Champs
May 10, 2008
Denton, Texas, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Friederike Fell, GER-Florida Atlantic 10:55.52; 2-Natalie Leeper, W. Kentucky 11:04.24 [11 finish; Last = 12:35.67]

Western Oregon Twilight Meet
May 10, 2008
Monmouth, Oregon, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Jessica Harper, W.Oregon 11:01.97; 2-Lyndsey McKillip, W.Oregon 11:07.42; 3-Megan Rolland, Humboldt 11:09.71.

Southland Conference
May 10, 2008
Huntsville, Texas, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Allison Ferries, Sam Houston 11:14.58; 2-Whitney Rister, Sam Houston 11:14.73; 3-Meredith Blocker, S.F. Austin 11:14.74 [11 finish; Last = 13:59.63]

Scottish District Champs
May 10, 2008
Edinburgh, Scotland
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Eilish McColgan (90) 6:56.59; 2-Emma Waterhouse (83) 6:59.53; 3-Hayley Ovens (75) 7:03.65.

IAAF Super Grand Prix
May 9, 2008
Doha, Qatar
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Donna MacFarlane, AUS 9:31.47; 2-Ruth Bisibori Nyangau, KEN 9:32.15; 3-Eunice Jepkorir, KEN 9:36.23; 4-Korene Hinds, JAM 9:37.67; 5-Cristina Casandra, ROU 9:42.98; 6-Mercy Wanjiku Njoroge, KEN 9:45.57; 7-Lisa Galaviz, USA 9:52.16; 8-Sigrid Vanden Bempt, BEL 9:53.11; 9-Hattie Dean, GBR 9:54.99; 10-Jo Ankier, GBR 10:04.82; 11-Victoria Mitchell, AUS 10:14.50; DNF – Melissa Rollison, AUS.

Oregon Twilight Meet
May 9, 2008
Eugene, Oregon, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Carrie Vickers, Asics 9:51.08; 2-Lesley Higgins, New York AC 10:12.18; 3-Stacie Lifferth, Utah State 10:21.11; 4-Jane Rudkin, Team XO 10:22.29; 5-Kelly Fullerton, Team XO 10:29.57; 6-Claire Michel, Oregon 10:36.68; 7-Allix Lee-Painter, Idaho 10:37.24; 8-Erin Reddan, Virginia Tech 10:37.68; 9-Emily Mathis, Oregon 10:43.21; 10-Brooke Giuffre, Oregon 10:47.15; 11-Megan Rolland, Humboldt State 11:21.89.

Cattle Farm Classic
May 9, 2008
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Addie Bracy, unattached 10:22.44; 2-Morgan Stengel, North Carolina 11:04.2; 3-Kelly Clark, Virginia Tech 11:04.22.

Wisconsin Twilight
May 9, 2008
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-A'Havahla Haynes, Wisconsin Runners 10:35.94; 2-Brooke Ferguson, unattached 11:17.73; 3-Alexa Renstrom, unat 11:26.58 [10 finish; Last = 13:19.03]

Billy Hayes Invitational
May 9, 2008
Bloomington, Indiana, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Sarah Pease, unat 10:48.75; 2-Kelly Crowley, Grand Valley 11:10.79; 3-Kristen Geiger, Bellarmine 11:13.75; 4-Miranda Meeks, Campbellsville 11:16.15 [20 finish; Last 12:17.20]

Seminole Twilight
May 9, 2008
Tallahassee, Florida, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Amanda Quick, Florida State 10:54.00; 2-Elena Linn, Georgia Tech 10:59.97 [4 finish; Last 12:54.22]

Gator Invitational
May 9, 2008
Meadville, Pennsylvania, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Katie Kelly, Duquesne 11:14.58; 2-Raissa Weiss, SRU 11:19.75; 3-Justine Jeroski, Case Western 11:23.98 [5 finish; Last = 12:26.40]

Greek Club Champs
May 9, 2008
Athens, Greece
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Irene Kokinariou 10.28.39; 2-Thessalia Fragopoulou 11.35.26; 3-Maria Malai 11.42.42.

Minnesota Open
May 9, 2008
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Danie Ashford, Minnesota 11:10.93; 2-Maggie Bobbin, Minnesota 11:38.78 [5 finish; Last = 14:44.79]

Korean Meet
May 9, 2008
Kimchon, Korea
Automatic Timing
Results:
Se-Jung Lee (89) 10:36.67 NR; 2. Geun-Young Kwon (79) 10:37.42; 3. Su-Jung Uh (89) 11:09.71

Iriarte Meet
May 9, 2008
Caracas, Venezuela
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Angela Figueroa, COL (84) 10:16.38 NR; 2-Yeisy Alvarez, VEN (84) 11:02.22.

Greek Interclub Champs
May 9, 2008
Athens, Greece
Automatic Timing
Results:
First Day Leaders (05/09): 1-Irini Kokkinariou 10:28.39; 2-Thes- salia Kleopatra Fraggopoulou (88) 11:35.26; 3-Maria Malai (89) 11:42.42; 4-Maria Ritsou (90) 11:46.02.

Second Day Leaders (05/10): 1-Konstadina Kefala 9:55.96; 2-Ourania Rebouli (89) 11:47.39; 3-Maria Aggeliki Rigo- poulou (88) 11:54.69.

Czech Republic Meet
May 8, 2008
Jabonec, Czech Republic
Automatic Timing
Results:
1500m Steeple: 1-Petra Kurikova (91) 5:21.02; 2-Barbora Jisova (92) 5:32.19; 3-Hana Svitakova (90) 6:21.31.

Aqua Pure Steeplechase
May 5, 2008
Portsmouth, Great Britain
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple 1-Claire Entwistle (76) 6:39.7; 2-Louise Webb (91) 7:05.3; 3-Louisa Warwick (92) 7:42.0.

Payton Jordan Invitational
May 4, 2008
Palo Alto, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Anna Willard, Nike 9:37.73; 2-Lindsey Anderson, Nike 9:41.41; 3-Yuan Jin, CHN 9:41.60; 4-Amanda Lorenzen, Brooks 9:51.76; 5-Irene Kimaiyo, KEN-Texas Tech 9:55.12; 6-Jo Ankier, GBR 9:59.16; 7 -Sariah Long, Weber State 9:59.63; 8-Carrie Strickland, Bowerman AC 10:02.43; 9-Lind-say Allen, Stanford 10:08.84; 10-Meredith McGregor, CAN 10:13.93; 11-Yoshika Tatsumi, JPN 10:14.71; 12-Fiona Crombie, NZL 10:15.46; 13-Beverly Ramos, PUR-Kansas State 10:15.56; 14-Danielle Bradley, Baylor 10:17.86; 15-Lesley Higgins, New York AC 10:19.91; 16-Jane Rudkin, Team XO 10:21.64; 17-Bevin Kennelly, CAN 10:24.32; 18-Bethany Nickless, UC Santa Barbara 10:32.19; 19-Lauren Denfeld, Oregon State 10:38.28; 20-Kara Henry, New Mexico 10:38.58.

The first three finishers move up on the 2008 World List for this event, now ranking second, third, and fourth behind Donna MacFarlane of New Zealand.

Jin, Lorenzen, Kimaiyo, and Long got personal best times. Long joined USA Olympic Trials sub-10 “A” standard list.

See this race at http://www.runnerspace.com/CardinalInvite

African Championships
May 4, 2008
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Zemzem Ahmed, ETH 9:44.58; 2-Mekdes Bekele, ETH 9:59.52; 3-Ruth Bosibori, KEN 10:00.18; 4-Sofia Asefa, ETH 10:05.73; 5-Mercy Njoroge, KEN 10:38.28; 6-Tebogo Masehla, RSA 11:13.24.

Northeast Conference Champs
May 4, 2008
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Abbey Gosling, Quinnipiac 11:25.60; 2-Jessica Jones, Monmouth 11:46.96; 3-Elizabeth Kessler, Mount St. Mary 11:56.00 [12 finish; Last = 13:20.54]

Kenyan CC Meet
May 4, 2008
Eldoret, Kenya
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Jackline Cheruto 11:14.6; 2-Chelagat Sang 11:26.9; 3-Nancy Yator 11:35.8.

Big East Champs
May 3, 2008
Villanova, Pennsylvania, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Elizabeth Haglund, Villanova 10:17.12; 2-Joanna Rodgers, Georgetown 10:18.15; 3-Lindsey Ferguson, Notre Dame 10:29.63; 4-Alison Spiker, West. Virginia 10:47.55; 5-Amy Ruffolo, Pittsburgh 10:49.17; 6-Sarah Morrison, Villanova 10:52.18; 7-Meghan Rowcliffe, Syracuse 10:54.65; 8-Lauren Gregory, Georgetown 11:02.28 [12 finish; Last = 11:33.45]

Atlantic 10 Champs
May 3, 2008
Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Tsehaye Dagnachew, Charlotte 10:29.16; 2-Christa Plummer, LaSalle 10:45.83; 3-Katie Kelly, Duquesne 10:56.26; 4-Elisabeth Mayer, La Salle 11:10.19; 5-Anne Oltman, Dayton 11:15.73; 6-Erin Macauley, Charlotte 11:18.73; 7-Ellen Nien-haus, Dayton 11:20.60; 8-Caitlin Thomas, Xavier 11:22.70. [14 finish; Last = 12:49.47]

America Easy Champs
May 3, 2008
Orono, Maine, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Laura Cummings, Albany 10:33.60; 2-Carolina Cortes, Stony Brook 10:41.77; 3-Jessica Cickay, Boston U 10:43.26; 4-Jessica Hampson, Stony Brook 10:47.32; 5-Kristine Mun, Albany 11:00.31; 6-Ashley Horton, Binghampton 11:04.14; 7-Danielle Trimpop, Albany 11:08.62; 8-Elizabeth Morrissey, New Hampshire 11:19.44 [12 finish; Last = 13:05.97]

New England Division 3 Champs
May 3, 2008
New London, Connecticut, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Elise Tropiano, Amherst 10:36.46; 2-Cassandra Knight, Colby 10:39.90; 3-Jacqui Wentz, MIT 11:04.47; 4-Ceara Danaher, Middlebury 11:10.34; 5-Meghan Shea, Williams 11:23.79 [25 finish; Last = 12:41.05]

Steve Scott Invitational
May 3, 2008
Irvine, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Cristina Olivas, UC Riverside 10:42.94; 2-Kristina Holtz, Sacramento 10:53.58; 3-Jodie Leal, Sacramento 11:05.76; 4-Carly Harris, Long Beach 11:09.22; 5-Kendall Bruton, UC Irvine 11:19.56; 6-Kristin Glen, San Diego 11:21.16 [11 finish; Last = 11:50.80]

George Mason Invitational
May 3, 2008
Fairfax, Virginia, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Cristina Falcone, Mary Washington 10:45.06 [3rd = 12:28.60]

Musco Invitational
May 3, 2008
Iowa City, Iowa, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Megan Duwell, Minnesota 10:49.71; 2-Kira Cerroni, Wis-consin 11:01.23 [7 finish; Last 11:44.22]

Washington @ Washington State
May 3, 2008
Pullman, Washington, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Collier Lawrence, WS 10:52.36; 2-Mo Huber, W 11:02.95 [4 finish; Last 11:37.98]

Centennial Conference
May 3, 2008
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Caitlin Bradley, Dickinson 10:44.46; 2-Christa Johnson, Ursinus 11:00.37; 3-Caitlin Mullarkey, Swarthmore 11:22.25 [13 finish; Last = 13:09.69]

Ohio Valley Conference
May 3, 2008
Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Katelyn Jones, Murray State 10:57.92 [9 finishers; Last = 12:37.44]

Patriot League Champs
May 3, 2008
Annapolis, Maryland, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Arwyn Becker, Navy 10:59.01; 2-Maureen Dooley, Navy 11:10.40; 3-Kerry Taylor, Lafayette 11:19.67; 4-Megan Howell, Army 11:24.72 [14 finish; Last = 12:26.84]

CCAA Championships
May 3, 2008
Los Angeles, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Megan Rolland, Humboldt State 11:14.55; 2-Liliana Hernandez, CSU Los Angeles 11:19.07; 3-Cherise McNair, CSU Stanislaus 11:21.15; 4-Tiffany Turner, Cal Poly Pomona 11:24.22 [17 finish; Last = 13:43.89]

Great Plains Conference
May 3, 2008
Sioux City, Iowa, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Jen Kempers, Dordt 11:05.98; 2-Erin Keitges, Morningside 11:15.90; 3-Amanda Goodwin, Nebraska Wesleyan 11:18.84 [9 finish; Last = 13:01.73]

BUSA Champs
May 3, 2008
Bedford, Great Britain
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Emily Brown 7:03.7; 2-Lucy Mayho 7:08.5; 3-Jenna Hill 7:09.3; 4-Alison Lavender 7:09.6; 5-Polly Keen 7:19.9; 6-Robyn Matson 7:23.0; 7-Alison Crocker 7:24.7; 8-Marina Johns 7:25.5; 9-Amy Ledvina 7:33.3; 10-Jane Pidgeon 7:34.2.

Butler Twilight
May 3, 2008
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Crystal Martinez, IPFW 10:52.25; 2-Crystina Martinez, IPFW 10:55.70; 3-Alison Case, DePauw 11:10.06; 4-Valerie Hardesty, IPFW 11:27.64 15 [8 finish;Last 13:33.49]

Jesse Owens Classic
May 2, 2008
Columbus, Ohio, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
Race 1: 1-Barbara Parker, GBR 9:55.94; 2-Nicole Bush, unat 10:01.69; 3-Ann Gaffigan, New Balance 10:22.70; 4-Andrea Parker, Ann Arbor 10:29.61; 5-Claire Percival, CAN-Penn State 10:38.14; 6-Julia Rudd, Indiana Invaders 10:38.15; 7-Sarah Price, Michigan State 10:53.80; 8-Jessica Furlan, Excel 10:59.52; 9-Sonja Hinish, Penn State 11:28.80.

Race 2: 1-Andra Halasek, Kentucky 10:51.08; 2-A'Seret Dokubo, S.Illinois 10:52.93; 3-Cassandra Schenck, Akron 10:54.76; 4-Claire Laverty, Kentucky 11:12.78 [11 finish; Last = 12:09.89]

Arkansas Twilight
May 2, 2008
Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Mica Land, Wichita State 10:27.58; 2-Carolyn Rauen, Missouri 11:11.03; DNF-Tiffany Redlarczyk, Arkansas.

GLVC Champs
May 2, 2008
Edwardsville, Illinois, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Mary Ballinger, Southern. Indiana 10:57.15; 2-LeAnn Sarka, Indianapolis 11:02.71 [11 finish; Last = 13:13.70]

Princeton Elite Meet
May 2, 2008
Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Amanda Laytham, Syracuse Chargers 10:59.45; 2-Lindsay Kahn, Brown 11:16.80; 3-Irena Ossola, Columbia 11:29.59.

Mikio Oda Memorial Meet
April 29, 2008
Hiroshima, Japan
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Chisa Nishio 10:05.43; 2-Mizuho Nasukawa 10:06.07; 3-Minori Hayakari 10:11.47; 4-Haruna Mori 10:12.57; 5-Kazuka Wakatsuki 10:16.12; 6-Maiko Yamaguchi 10:17.64; 7-Mayu Hitomi 10:39.55. [Hayakari led with splits of 3:13.4 at 1000m and 6:40.5 at 2000m.]

Midland Premier Meet
April 27, 2008
Birmingham, Great Britain
Automatic Timing
Results:
1500m Steeple, under age 17: 1-Tamara Armoush 5:30.49; 2-Alex Turner 5:45.43; 3-Catrin Lewis 5:51.07.

Junior Athletic League
April 27, 2008
Hendon, Great Britain
Automatic Timing
Results:
1500m Steeple: 1-Laura Parker (90) 5:18.91; 2-Gamma Kersey (92) 5:49.28; 3-Hillary Arrendondo (90) 5:48.92; 4-Amy DeMatos 5:57.69.

New England Small College Championships
April 26, 2008
Clinton, New York, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Anna King, Colby 10:34.65; 2-Cassandra Knight, Colby 11:10.22; 3-Ceara Danaher, Middlebury 11:22.02; 4-Sophie Galleher, Amherst 11:31.15; 5-Meghan Shea, Williams Col-lege 11:37.83 [19 finishers; Last = 13:19.94]

Southern Conference Champs
April 26, 2008
Cullowhee, North Carolina, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Magal Atias, ISR-Davidson 11:10.01; 2-Sabrina Lefort, Chattanooga 11:16.71; 3-Shelley Taylor, Chattanooga 11:20.39; 4-Emily Fournier, Elon 11:20.60; 5-Charlotte Walsh, Appalachian State. 11:25.85 [10 finish; Last 12:56.27]

Drake Relays
April 26, 2008
Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Emily Brown, Team USA 9:45.38; 2-Rasa Troup, LIT 9:51.28; 3-Amanda Lorenzen, unattached 10:07.40; 4-Kristin Anderson, Nike 10:19.20; 5-Irene Kimaiyo, KEN-Texas Tech 10:19.28; 5-Jessica Schmidt, Iowa 10:34.60; 6-Joslyn Dalton, Nebraska 10:37.53; 7-Rachel Stangler, Augustana 10:40.17; 8-Lauren Bonds, Kansas 10:40.45; 9-Jessica Ortman, Kentucky 10:40.88; 10-Nell Rojas, Northern Arizona 10:43.89; 11-Jamie Vest, Missouri State 10:45.08; 12-Chepleting Boit, KEN-Texas Tech 10:49.80; 13-Kara DeWalt, Montana 10:52.89; 14-Melissa Green, Eastern Michigan 10:54.44; 15-Shayla Houlihan, Utah 10:57.93 [19 finish; Last 11:33.93]

BYU Robison Invitational
April 26, 2008
Provo, Utah, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Amy Fowler-Layne, Brigham Young 10:40.26; 2-Mary Schauerhamer, Sojourners 10:43.57; 3-Lois Ricardi, Idaho State 10:45.10; 4-Rena Chesser, unattached 10:46.70. [7 finish; Last 12:16.57]

Brutus Hamilton Invitational
April 25, 2008
Berkeley, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Erin Stratton,Utah State 10:38.18; 2-Chantelle Groenewoud, CAN-Illinois 10:40.06; 3-Meredith Hawkins; Fresno State 10:42.33; 4-Vanessa Hawkins, Utah State 11:05.04

Oregon Relays High School Race
April 25, 2008
Eugene, Oregon, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Alexa Kearns, St Mary's 7:33.02; 2-Lucy Whipps, St Mary's 7:35.03; 3-Piper Nash, Summit 7:53.00; 4-Sarah Auer, Crescent Valley 7:57.40; 5-Kall Wells, Crescent Valley 8:08.03; 6-Emily Wallen, Capital 8:12.60. [11 finishers, Last = 8:54.75

Oregon Relays
April 25, 2008
Eugene, Oregon, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Sarah Madebach, Georgia 10:17.86; 2-Mica Land, Wichita State 10:21.78; 3-Kristen Hemphill, Colorado State 10:22.66; 4-Stacie Lifferth, Utah State 10:24.56; 5-Meredith MacGregor, CAN-Valley Royals 10:26.00; 6-Bethany Nickless, UC Santa Barbara 10:31.72; 7-Kelly Fullerton, Team XO 10:32.85; 8-Lauren Denfield, Oregon State 10:33.79; 9-Sarna Becker, Club Northwest 10:36.70; 10-Lara Henry, New Mexico 10:38.20; 11-Emily Mathis 10:40.30; 12-Angela Spadafino, Arizona State 10:40.79; 13-Allix Lee-Painter, Idaho 10:43.73; 14-Claire Michel, Oregon 10:44.22; 15-Mo Huber, Washington 10:48.94; 16-Kelly McClure, Central Michigan 10:50.00; 17-Brook Giuffre, Oregon 10:58.55 [19 finish; Last = 11:41.85].

Two major steeplers opted for 1500m run; Jenny Barringer finished first in 4:17.19; Kelly Strong was sixth in 4:26.01.

Gina Relays
April 25, 2008
Hillsdale, Michigan, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
Race 2 (Invitational) 1-Angela Matthews, Front Line 10:43.04; 2-Ashley Birger, Boulder 10:45.20; 3-Meagan Hudson, Missouri Baptist 10:59.50; 4-Elizabeth Smit, Calvin 11:02.90; 5-LeAnn Sarka, Indianapolis 11:06.32; 6-Hannah Humbach, Wisconsin Eau Claire 11:07.73 [20 finish; Last = 12:10.82]

Race 1 (Open) Winner 11:33.76 [26 finish; Last 14:26.55]

Preparation Meet
April 25, 2008
Reduit, Mauritius
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple 1-Danyshel Alexandre (Youth) 8:12.3; 2-Lorna Radis (Junior) 8:44.9.

Prueba de Confrontacion
April 25, 2008
Santa Clara, Cuba
Hand Timing
Results:
1-Milena Perez (1989) 10:27.7; 2-Yorlin Ocampo (1990) 10:50.1

Penn Relays
April 24, 2008
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Lindsay Sundell, Florida 10:18.51; 2-Addie Bracy, unattached 10:21.09; 3-Megan Brandeland, Princeton 10:24.67; 4-Caitlin Bradley, Dickinson 10:35.41; 5-Felicitas Mensing, GER-Coastal Carolina 10:35.91; 6-Amanda Laytham, Syracuse Chargers 10:36.43; 7-Shelby Leland Columbia 10:37.18; 8-Friederike Feil, GER-Florida Atlantic 10:38.06; 9-Liz Deir, Princeton 10:41.88; 10-Stephanie Pancoast, Cornell 10:44.41; 11-Erin Roberts Cornell 10:48.59; 12-Loice Cheboi, KEN-Abilene Christian 10:53.60; 13-Sonja Hinish, Penn State 10:56.24; 14-Elena Linn, Georgia Tech 11:00.71; 15-Lindsay Kahn, Brown 11:07.74. [Sundell third with a lap remaining but finished fast.]

Rice Twilight Meet
April 24, 2008
Houston, Texas, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Lenny Waite, unattached 10:28.17; 2-Becky Wade, Rice 10:29.23; 3-Meredith Blocker, SF Austin 11:18.53; 4-Annabelle Everitt, Texas-Arlington 11:27.97 [9 finish; Last 12:10.66]

New York Relays
April 20, 2008
New York City, New York, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
High School 2000m Steeple: 1-Allison Linnell, Colts Neck 6:57.63; 2-Maddie Adams, Garden City 7:26.80; 3-Brianna Cano, Valley Stream 7:32.43; 4-Michelle Rotondo, Garden City 7:34.21; 5-Samantha Rodriguez, St. John's Prep 7:43.57; 6-Christine Johnston, Longwood 7:52.40 [9 finishers]

McDonnell Invitational
April 19, 2008
Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Chepleting Boit, KEN/Texas Tech 10:46.99; 2-Kara Eckard, MIssouri Southern 11:05.70; [4 finish; Last 12:31.77]

Volunteer Classic
April 18, 2008
Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple:
1-Jennifer Dunn, Decatur Alabama 7:19.71 Meet record; 2-Sarah Dorrell, Blacksburg VA 8:11.33; 3-Jacki Ferrance, Virginia 8:17.95; 4-Lilly Odea, Midlothian VA 8:21.27; 5-Maryholland Novkov, Chattanooga Tennessee 8:32.52; 6-Ling Beisecker, Blacksburg VA 8:32.59; 7-Deanna Butler, Asheville North Carolina 8:38.09; 8-Katie Ostrochouv, Oak Ridge TN 8:46.93 [12 finish; Last 9:55.32]

Atlantic Coast Conference
April 18, 2008
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Stephanie Garcia, Virginia 10:17.38; 2-Lydia Willemse, Florida State 10:32.60; 3-Erin Reddan, Virginia Tech 10:35.82; 4-Kirsten Hagen, Florida State 10:44.79; 5-Samantha Stafford, Virginia 10:45.71; 6-Suzanne Ginnow, Virginia 10:48.30; 7-Patricia Loughlin, Duke 10:48.93; 8-Elena Linn, Georgia Tech 10:53.22; 9-Morgan Stengel, North Carolina 11:07.26; 10-Gretchen Andrus, Boston College 11:13.10 [13 finish; Last 12:22.21]

Vanderbilt Challenge
April 18, 2008
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Whitney Mays, UAB 10:42.11; 2-Natalie Leeper, Western Kentucky 10:52.06; 3-A'Seret Dokubo, SIU 10:54.14; 4-Megan Hoelscher, SIU 11:18.52; 5-Meg Ziarek, Jacksonville 11:18.57; 6-Kirsten Lang, Illinois State 11:20.39 [15 finish; Last 13:25.58]

Larry Ellis Invitational
April 18, 2008
Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Christa Plummer, La Salle 10:52.26; 2-Arianne Field, New York AC 10:54.35; 3-Maureen Dooley, Navy 10:55.24; 4-Sarah Morrison, Villanova 10:56.04; 5-Meghan Rowcliffe, Syracuse 10:58.07; 6-Lynne Mundy, Syracuse 11:05.22; 7-Christa Johnson, Ursinus 11:08.22; 8-Jen Gardynski, Stonehill 11:17.58 [20 finishers; Last 12:36.93]

Big South Conference
April 18, 2008
Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Felicitas Mensing, GER/Coastal Carolina 10:51.90; 2-Kelsey Stafford, VMI 11:08.59; 3-Ashlyn Sinclair, Radford 11:14.59; 4-Piper Newby, Liberty 11:22.19 [10 finish; Last 13:10.55]

Mt. SAC Relays
April 18, 2008
Walnut, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
Race 4 (Invitational):
1-Korene Hinds, JAM 9:41.88; 2-Yuan Jin, CHN 9:46.03; 3-Delilah DiCrescenzo, Riadha 9:51.49; 4-Lindsey Anderson, Nike 9:56.44; 5-Mardrea Hyman, JAM 9:57.18; 6-Carrie Messner-Vickers, Asics 9:57.82; 7-Ann Gaffigan, unat 9:57.98; 8-Fiona Crombie, NZL 10:03.06; 9-Sariah Long, Weber State 10:07.60; 10-Dawn Cromer, Brooks 10:08.16; 11-Tsehaye Dagnachew, UN Charlotte 10:10.53; 12-Angela Wagner, BYU 10:12.06; 13-Brittany Somers, Asc 10:25.07; 14-Rachel Carrizales, U.Nebraska 10:28.97; 15-Brianna Dahm, OTC 10:33.89; 16-Jane Rudkin, Team XO 10:37.08.

See April 18 Mt, SAC steeples via these Flocast videos:
Women's Olympic Development Steeplechase
Women's Invitational Steeplechase

Race 3 (Olympic Development):
1-Carrie Strickland, Bowerman AC 9:59.66; 2-Zsofia Erdelyi, HUN/USC 10:11.32; 3-Meghan Leonard, Washington State 10:16.36; 4-Sara Trane, Washington St. 10:16.75; 5-Eva Tomankova, CZE/Oklahoma State 10:21.17; 6-Carolyn Ellis, CSU Fullerton 10:26.62; 7-Beverly Ramos, Kansas State 10:28.70; 8-Collier Lawrence, Washington State 10:32.23; 9-Mary Ann Schauerhamer, Sojourners 10:32.25; 10-Tawny Bybee, BYU 10:33.28; 11-Sarah Hurley, Wisconsin 10:33.56; 12-Rachel Stangler, Augustana SD 10:40.21; 13-Meredith MacGregor, CAN/Valley Royals 10:43.92; 14-Cristina Olivas, UC Riverside 10:50.55; 15-Laura Meyers, USC 11:13.64.

Kansas Relays
April 18, 2008
Lawrence, Kansas, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Lauren Bonds, Kansas 11:02.83; 2-Meagan Hudson, Missouri Baptist 11:10.73; 3-Megan Duwell, Minnesota 11:11.36; 4-Ericka Franklin, Southwestern College 11:21.15; 5-Terry Phillips, Missouri St 11:29.23 [19 finish; Last 13:00.91]

South Africa Junior Champs
April 18, 2008
Pretoria, South Africa
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Thembi Baloyi 11:17.06; 2-Amukelani Baloyi 11:24.29; 3-Ashley Schnetler 11:34.56: 4-Thato Makhafalo 11:51.63; 5-Vuyokazi Mabhude 12:19.75; 6-Zaan Erwee 12:43.13.

Northwest Conference Champs
April 18, 2008
Newberg, Oregon, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Jena Winger, Willamette 10:46.5; 2-Brittany Hodgson, Puget Sound 10:53.8; 3-Casey Stepan, Linfield 11:13.0 [hand timing, 20 finish; Last 12:54.3]

Mt. SAC Relays
April 17, 2008
Walnut, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
Race 2: 1-Dallon Williams, CSU-San Marcos 10:31.21; 2-Joslyn Dalton, U.Nebraska 10:36.20; 3-Lois Ricardi, Idaho State 10:40.64; 4-Lindsey Ferguson, Notre Dame 10:45.73; 5-Natalia Kovtun, UKR/ Oklahoma State 10:48.90; 6-Amy Cook, Weber State 10:54.07; 7-Janette Cary, Adams State 10:56.41; 8-Allix Lee-Painter, Idaho 11:01.35; 9-Margaret Callahan, Arizona 11:04.38; 10-Mairead Kelly, Augustana SD 11:28.04.

Race 1: 1-Allison Sawyer, Colorado 10:45.80; 2-Nicole Mericle, Rice 10:49.98; 3-Lisa Thomas, Western State 10:52.94; 4-Whitney Patton, CSU San Marcos 11:02.99; 5-Meridith Hawkins, Fresno State 11:04.02; 6-Sheila Salil, Western State 11:06.39; 7-Dinora Moran, Chico State 11:14.54; 8-Liliana Hernandez, CSU Los Angeles 11:17.23; 9-Shelly Splittberger, Arizona 11:17.59; 10-Hillory Davis, Western State 11:18.11; 11-Teresa Stanley, Wisconsin RR 11:18.46; 12-Megan Rolland, Humboldt State 11:25.51; 13-Kendall Bruton, UC Irvine 11:27.01 [23 finish; Last 13:20.01]

Sea Ray Relays
April 12, 2008
Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Kelly McClure, Central Michigan 10:56.80; 2-Jenna Ortman, Univ Kentucky 11:05.15; 3-Lindsay Petri, Kentucky 11:07.85; 4-Claire Laverty, Kentucky 11:14.82; 5-Sarah Hurley, Univ of Wisconsin 11:20.04; 6-Rachael Richards, Principia 11:27.05. [15 finish; Last = 12:39.43]

Stanford-California Dual Meet
April 12, 2008
Berkeley, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Lindsay Allen, Stanford 10:24.95; 2-Rowena Tam, Calif-ornia 10:37.28; 3-Katie Harrington, Stanford 10:37.78.

Penn-Princeton-Yale Triangular
April 12, 2008
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Liz Deir, Princeton, 10:43.11; 2-Megan Brandeland, Princeton 10:44.60; 3-Elizabeth Calle, Yale 11:00.05.

Lou Onesty Invitational
April 12, 2008
Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Julia Rudd, unattached 10:59.74 [6 finish; Last = 12:49.15]

Sun Angel Classic
April 12, 2008
Tempe, Arizona, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Danelle Woods, Illinois 10:22.36; 2-Elizabeth Haglund, Villanova 10:26.06; 3-Angela Spadafino, Arizona State 10:38.62; 4-Cheryl Spring, Penn State 10:43.13; 5-Claire Percival, CAN-Penn State 10:43.49; 6-Amber Riley, Auburn 11:06.16; 7-Chantelle Groenewoud, CAN-Illinois 11:30.31 [10 finish; Last = 12:57.36]

Massachusetts Invitational
April 12, 2008
Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Jessica Hampson, Stony Brook 10:52.83; 2-Elise Tropiano, Amherst 10:58.60; 3-Gretchen Andrus, Boston College 11:10.53; 4-Kristine Mun, Albany 11:21.03 [[11 finish; Last = 13:53.60]

Spartan Invitational
April 12, 2008
East Lansing, Michigan, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Lindsey Ferguson, Notre Dame 10:58.0; 2-Becca Bauman, Notre Dame 11:18.0 [5 finish – but 6 DQ ! Last = 12:54] ________________________________________

Chinese Grand Prix
April 12, 2008
Hangzhou, China
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Yanni Zhao (91) 9:53.10; 2-Xiaoyu Fang (87) 9:54.36; 3-Ran Sun (91) 10:06.13; 4-Xu Yinuo (88) 10:16.48; 5-Wang Huan (89) 10:19.60; 6-Cha Caijuan (85) 10:33.94; 7-Wang Kaiqui (89) 10:41.24.

Bucknell Bison Classic
April 11, 2008
Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Erin Roberts, Cornell 10:53.9; 2-Emily Bartlett, Cornell 11:06.9; 3-Ashley Horton, Binghamton 11:09.8; 4-Brittany Zuver, Millersville 11:13.3; 5-Stacie Stockard, Indiana-PA 11:23.3; 6-Raissa Weiss, Slippery Rock 11:27.2; 7-Jackie Kirby, Keystone 11:28.7 [26 finish; Last = 12:26.4]

Big West Challenge
April 11, 2008
Irvine, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Bethany Nickless, UC Santa Barbara 10:44.21; 2-Megan Fairley, UC Irvine 11:21.37; 3-Katie Voigtlander, UC Santa Barbara 11:27.58 [6 finish; Last = 13:02.46]

Army vs. Navy Dual
April 11, 2008
West Point, New York, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Arwyn Becker, Navy 10:58.87; 2-Maureen Dooley, Navy 11:05.52; 3-Kayla Sax, Navy 11:25.75. [4 and 5 were Army]

Distance Invitational
April 11, 2008
Chico, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Ali Stoakley, UC Davis 11:19.32; 2-Shannon McVannel, Chico State 11:23.76; 3-Kelly Crowley, Grand Valley 11:29.24; 4-Dinora Moran, Chico State 11:29.86 [9 finish; Last 12:32.41]

Joyner-Kersee Invitational
April 11, 2008
Los Angeles, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Stacie Lifferth, Utah State 10:36.65; 2-Amanda Andrews, Washington State 10:49.08; 3-Jodie Leal, Sacramento State 10:52.50; 4-Erin Stratton, Utah State 10:53.56; 5-Mary Nothum, Utah Valley 10:55.36; 6-Vanessa Hawkins, Utah State 10:59.70; 7-Brenna Williamson, Texas A&M 10:59.73; 8-Nicole Bowler, San Francisco 11:00.00; 9-Jessica Harper, Western Oregon 11:06.62; 10-Melissa Baird, Utah Valley 11:22.52.

Ralph Vernaccia Classic
April 11, 2008
Bellingham, Washington, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Suzie Strickler, Seattle Pacific Univ 10:50.24; 2-Karin Rohde, SPU 11:17.47 [4 finish; Last = 12:09.17]

Pepsi Team Invitational
April 5, 2008
Eugene, Oregon, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Jamie Cheever, Minnesota 10:11.33; 2 -Bridget Franek, Penn State 10:12.27; 3-Ladia Albertson-Junkans, Minnesota 10:34.13; 4-Claire Percival, Penn State 10:45.42; 5-Emily Mathis, Oregon 10:48.23; 6-Mo Huber, Washington 10:56.81; 7-Claire Michel, Oregon 10:57.86; 8-Danielle Ashford, Minnesota 11:12.25; 9-Anna Imperati, Washington 11:21.45; 10-Sonja Hinish, Penn State 11:22.56.

Tom Benich Classic
April 5, 2008
Greeley, Colorado, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Jenny Barringer, U.Colorado 10:28.18 [4 others from 12:13 to 12:59]

Jim Click Shootout
April 5, 2008
Tucson, Arizona, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Rachel Carrizales, Nebraska 10:48.62; 2-Joslyn Dalton, Nebraska 10:57.78; 3-Margaret Callahan, Arizona 11:11.33 6.

Duke Invitational
April 5, 2008
Durham, North Carolina, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
Section 1: 1-Felicitas Mensing, GER/Coastal Carolina 10:32.72; 2-Kara McKenna,unat 10:37.59; -Laura Cummings, Albany 10:40.49; 4-Patricia Loughlin, Duke 10:56.06; 5-Cristy Falcone, Mary Washington 10:59.79; 6-Jessica Hampson, Stony Brook 11:00.53; 7-Irene Jeptolo, KEN / Winston-Salem 11:01.50; 8-Carolina Cortes, Stony Brook 11:02.93; 9-Kelly Sullivan, Salisbury 11:15.97; 10-Danielle Trimpop, Albany 11:18.37; 11-Hannah Granger, VMI 11:19.89; 12-Kristine Mun, Albany 11:29.88.

Section 2: 1-Kelsey Stafford, VMI 11:20.74; 2-Emily Fournier, Elon 11:22.87 [15 finish; Last = 12:44.36]

Penn Invitational
April 5, 2008
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Hand Timing
Results:
1-Erin Roberts, Cornell 10:45.83; 2-Stephanie Pancoast, Cornell 10:47.81; 3-Britta Nelson, Towson 11:00.59 4-Emily Bartlett, Cornell 11:26.68 [14 finish; Last = 13:21.48]

Bearcat Invitational
April 5, 2008
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Crystina Martinez, IPFW 10:47.29; 2-LeAnn Sarka, Indianapolis 11:08.29; 3-Justine Jeroski, Case Western 11:26.94 [13 finish; Last = 14:46.92]

SEMotion Relays
April 5, 2008
Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Mary Ballinger, S.Indiana 10:48.49; 2-Megan Hoelscher, SIU-Carbondale 11:09.05; 3-Emily Toennies, SIUC 11:19.72.

Missouri at Virginia Dual Meet
April 5, 2008
Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Suzanne Ginnow, V 10:50.64; 2-Samantha Stafford, V 10:50.91; 3-Ellen Riues, M 10:51.81; 4-Carolyn Rauen, M 11:16.41.

Vance Butler Invitational
April 5, 2008
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Jen Kempers, Dordt College 10:54.20 (4 finish, last 12:30.20]

Willamette Invitational
April 5, 2008
Salem, Oregon, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Lauren Denfeld, Oregon State 10:57.19; 2-Suzie Strickler, Seattle Pacific 11:08.40; 3-Lyndsey McKillip, Western Oregon 11:17.93; 4-Karin Rohde, Seattle Pacific 11:21.27; 5-Sarah Benson, Central Washington 11:22.51; 6-Megan Rolland, Humboldt State 11:23.36 [25 finish; Last = 14:54.66]

Pomona-Pitzer Invitational
April 5, 2008
Claremont, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Emily Loeffler, Trinity-Texas 10:57.93; 2-Sandra Prado, Concordia-Calif 11:19.15; 3-Kristin Glen, San Diego State 11:28.06 [12 finish; Last = 14:06.40]

Shotwell Invitational
April 5, 2008
Tacoma, Washington, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Brittany Hodgson, Puget Sound 10:59.99; 2-Casey Stepan, Linfield 11:14.71 [6 finish; Last = 12:46.69]

South Island Champs
April 5, 2008
Timaru, New Zealand
Automatic Timing
Results:
1500m Steeple: 1-Christina Taylor, Southland HS 5:13.70; 2-Josie Wilcox, Nelson 5:39.73; 3-Deborah Lambie, Columba 5:47.10; 4-Rachel Somerville, Otago 5:50.99; 4-Kate Hewitt, Rangiora HS 5:56.63. [Secondary Schools]

North Island Champs
April 5, 2008
Auckland, New Zealand
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Danielle Trevis, Taranaki 7:02.13; 2-Greta Porter, East Coast 7:19.32; 3-Caroline Melsop, Wanganui 7:32.82; 4-Kirsty Sclater, Waikato Bay 7:36.18; 5-Hayley Williams, North Harbour 7:36.90 [Secondary Schools]

Stanford Invitational
April 4, 2008
Palo Alto, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
Race 1 (April 4) 1-Yuan Jin, Team CHN 9:51.49; 2-Silje Fjortoft, NOR/Southern Methodist 9:59.01; 3-Ann Gaffigan, New Balance 10:15.41; 4-Lindsay Sundell, Florida 10:18.21 5-Meghan Leonard, Washington State 10:22.35; 6-Angela Wagner, BYU 10:23.64; 7-Lydia Willemse, CAN/Florida State 10:24.21; 8-Erin Bedell, Baylor 10:24.56; 9-Stephanie Garcia, Virginia 10:25.64; 10-Kristen Hemphill, Colorado State 10:29.45; 11-Megan Jackson, Arkansas 10:34.70; 12-Tawny Bybee, BYU 10:37.21; 13-Amy Layne, BYU 10:44.95; 14-Andrea Halasek, Kentucky 10:47.65; 15-Jamie Vest, Missouri State 10:48.23.

Race 2 ( April 5) 1-Collier Lawrence, Washington State 10:25.27; 2-Julianne Masciana, CSU Fullerton 10:30.95; 3-Jessica Schmidt, Iowa 10:32.50; 4-Neil Rojas, N.Arizona 10:36.97; 5-Tiffany Redlarczyk, Arkansas 10:38.44; 6-Kara Henry, New Mexico 10:41.16; 7-Val Kazmer, Vanderbilt 10:43.92; 8-Shayla Houlihan, Utah 10:44.31; 9-Sarna Becker, Club Northwest 10:46.25; 10-Caroline Peyton, Arkansas 10:46.71; 11-Natalie Hemphill, Portland 10:47.23; 12-Melissa Green, E.Michigan 10:48.14; 13-Kirsten Hagen, Florida State 10:48.19; 14-Laura Meyers, USC 10:49.95; 5-Natalie Leeper, W.Kentucky 10:50.57; 16-Amy Cook, Weber State 10:50.78; 17-Kendall Bruton, UC Irvine 10:54.81; 18-Carolyn Boosey, New Mexico 10:56.74; 19-Alison Spiker, West Virginia 11:11.40; 20-Lauren Chramosta, UC Irvine 11:27.95.

Sam Howell Invitational
April 4, 2008
Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Delilah DiCrescenzo, Riadha 10:03.80; 2-Lesley Higgins, NYAC 10:31.06; 3-Megan Brandeland, Princeton 10:41.13; 4-Liz Deir, Princeton 10:49.58; 5-Laura Tabor, Dartmouth 11:02.65; 6-Stefanie Slekis, Syracuse 11:03.50; 7-Ashley Horton, Binghampton 11:10.40; 8-Meghan Rowcliffe, Syracuse 11:12.14; 9-Lynne Mundy, Syracuse 11:14.99; 10-Alexandra Smrcina, Dartmouth 11:20.01; 11-Sarah Rogers, Manhattan 11:23.46 [15 finish; Last = 12:22.85] "Riadha" is a Swahili word, meaning athletics, associated with "Shoe4Africa" project.

Texas Relas
April 4, 2008
Austin, Texas, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Winrose Karunde, KEN / Abilene Christian 10:29.81; 2-Becky Wade, Rice 10:42.17; 3-Whitney Mays, UAB 10:47.01; 4-Lauren Salisbury, Texas 10:55.04; 5-Nicole Mericle, Rice 11:00.57; 6-Allison Ferries, Sam Houston 11:01.19; 7-Loice Cheboi, KEN / Abilene Christian 11:02.69; 8-Laura Clarke, UTEP 11:09.30.

Colonial Relays
April 4, 2008
Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Betsy Graney, William & Mary 10:46.11; 2-Arwyn Becker, Navy 10:50.95; 3-Elizabeth Calle, Yale 10:53.09; 4-Aspen Foster, JMU 10:53.92; 5-Maureen Dooley, Navy 11:06.28; 6-Bevin Peters, Yale 11:20.42; 7-Kayla Sax, Navy 11:26.14 [15 Finish; Last = 15:02.48]

Villa Clara Meet
April 4, 2008
Santa Clara, Cuba
Automatic Timing
Results:
3000m Steeple: 1-Milana Perez 10:30.7; 2-Yaumara Pita 11:52.7 [both athletes were born in 1989, so are now Juniors]

New Zealand Champs
March 30, 2008
Auckland, New Zealand
Automatic Timing
Results:
Women’s 3000m Steeple 1-Fiona Crombie, Canterbury 10:15.36; 2-Alice Mason, Auckland 10:29.58; 3-Sarah McSweeney, Waikato 10:41.02.

Girls 2000m Steeple: 1-Danielle Trevis, Taranaki 6:59.32; 2-Christina Taylor, Southland 7:21.30; 3-Hayley Wiiliams, Auckland 7:40.51; 4-Ariana Blackwood, Wanganui 7:55.25; 5-Rebekah Burbery, Pakuranga 7:58.44.

Nike Elite Invitational
March 29, 2008
Sacramento, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Beverly Ramos, Kansas State 10:29.95; 2-Kristina Holtz, Sacramento State 10:35.65; 3-Amanda Andrews, Washington State 11:01.98; 4-Jodie Leal, Sacramento State 11:04.21.

Raleigh Relays
March 29, 2008
Raliegh, North Carolina, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
First Race (morning) 1-Tesehaye Dagnachew, Charlotte 10:30.51; 2-Ashlyn Sinclair, Radford 11:15.42; 3-Kristine Mun, Albany 11:21.96; 4-Kelly Jemison, JMU 11:22.88; 5-Daniella Trimpop, Albany 11:26.14; 6-Nicole Soblosky, Buffalo 11:26.15; 7-Raissa Weiss, Slippery Rock 11:27.29; 8-Kira Cerroni, Wisconsin 11:29.20; 9-Maggie Collison, Wisconsin 11:35.39; 10-Karen Gruel, Wisconsin 11:40.53; 11-Valerie Hardesty, IPFW 11:42.92; 12-Brittany Christian, Radford 11:43.25; 13-Erin Macauley, Charlotte 11:46.54; 14-Justine Thompson, Charlotte 11:54.45 [19 finishers]

Second Race (afternoon) 1-Joanna Rodgers, Georgetown 10:39.52; 2-Lauren Gregory, Georgetown 10:47.67; 3-Morgan Stengel, N. Carolina 10:52.72; 4-Amy Ruffolo, Pittsburgh 10:54.09; 5-Courtlin Lareau, N. Carolina 10:57.14; 6-Aspen Foster, JMU 10:57.76; 7-Laura Cummings, Albany 10:57.79; 8-Amanda Laytham, Syracuse Chargers 10:59.76; 9-Katie Kelly, Duquesne 11:02.42; 10-Lynne Mundy, Syracuse 11:14.68; 11-Stefanie Slekis, Syracuse 11:20.52.

Arizona State Invitational
March 29, 2008
Tempe, Arizona, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Mary Ann Schauerhamer, Sojourners 10:40.57; 2-Rachel Stangler, ,Augustana SD 10:53.55; 3-Nell Rojas, Northern Arizona 11:16.76; 4-Sheila Salil, Western State 11:18.50; 5-Lisa Thomas, Western State 11:25.57; 6-Kristen Hernandez, CS Fullerton 11:59.34.

Cal-Nevada Champs
March 29, 2008
Freson, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Dallon Williams, CS-San Marcos 10:45.07; 2-Evelyn Ross, Claremont-Mudd 11:11.06; 3-Whitney Patton, San Marcos 11:13.10; 4-Liliana Hernandez,Cal St LA 11:13.86; 5-Meredith Hawkins, Fresno St 11:14.60; 6-Grace Peck, Oxy 11:16.42; 7-Ali Stoakley, UC-Davis 11:17.41; 8-Danielle Miller, Santa Clara 11:18.39; 9-Ashleigh Montgomery, UC-San Diego 11:33.90; 10-Amanda Kuehn UC-SD 11:37.00.

Bulldog Invitational
March 29, 2008
Starkville, Mississippi, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Katelyn Jones, Murray State 10:59.14; 2-Sarah Hammes, Mississippi State 11:34.42 [third finisher 13:07.70]

Rhodes Invitational
March 29, 2008
Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Katy Grant, Harding 11:01.38; 2-Rachael Richards, Prin-cipia 11:14.08; 3-Rachel Krasich, Rose Hulman 11:26.45

Yellow Jacket Invitational
March 29, 2008
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Val Kazmer, Vanderbilt 11:03.14; 2-Claire Laverty, Kentucky 11:12.39; 3-Sabrina Lefort, UT-Chattanooga 11:22.47; 4-Rebecca Coady, Tulane 11:29.68; 5-Jordyn Radke, UTC 11:35.16; 6-Christine Meagher, Connecticut 11:45.42 [9 finish]

Alabama Relays
March 29, 2008
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Whitney Mays, UAB 11:24.58; 2-Samantha Draney, Western Michigan 11:39.56; 3-Ashley Ard, Alabama 11:49.62; 4-Candice James, Arkansas State 11:57.20 [10 finishers]

Winthrop Invitational
March 29, 2008
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Aubrey Bergquist, Coastal Carolina 11:31.34; 2-Christine Sloat, Delaware 11:36.69 [4 finishers; Last = 13:11.43]

Owl Invitational
March 29, 2008
New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Carolina Cortes, Stony Brook 11:32.59; 2-Sarah Jans-sen, Manhattan 12:03.82 [5 finishers; Last = 12:43.28

Rob Upton Invitational
March 29, 2008
Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Tanya Gaurmer, Adams State 11:32.89; [4 finishers; Last = 13:24.65]

Maryland Invitational
March 29, 2008
College Park, Maryland, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Kelly Sullivan, Salisbury 11:33.84; 2-Gaby Skovira, Buck-nell 11:57.16 [6 finishers; Last = 12:49.30].

Southern Ohio Cup
March 29, 2008
Miami, Ohio, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Anne Oltmann, Dayton 11:38.84; 2-Caitlin Thomas, Xavier-Ohio 11:44.92; 3-Jessica DeWitt, Miami-Ohio 11:44.97 4-Sydney Hubbard, Dayton 11:57.31 [9 finishers]

Alex Francis Classic
March 29, 2008
Fort Hays, Kansas, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
High School 1500m Steeple: 1-Molly Schmeidler, Thomas More 6:38.54; 2-Samantha Eschliman, Hutchinson 7:14.71; 3-Abigal Weaver, Flint Hills 8:12.87.

Rice Bayou Classic
March 28, 2008
Houston, Texas, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Irene Kimaiyo, Texas Tech 10:26.62; 2-Becky Wade, Rice 10:41.77; 3-Alison Ferries, Sam Houston 10:55.78; 4-Meredith Blocker, SF Austin 11:29.02; 5-Caitlin Arrumbula, TAM-CC 11:38.15; 6-Courtney Johnson, TAM-CC 11:53.04; 7-Kirsten Wiesman, SF Austin 11:57.74 [12 finishers; Last = 12:26.53]

Florida State Relays
March 28, 2008
Tallahassee, Florida, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Brenna Williamson, Texas A&M 10:48.73; 2-Kirsten Hagen, Florida State 10:55.16; 3-Annie Scully, Northeastern 11:33.22; 4-Rosanna Bell, FSU 11:52.52; 5-Kristi Dahlheimer, N.Dakota 11:56.92; 5-Jenean Corcoran, Troy 11:58.32 [9 finishers]

Fred Hardy Invitational
March 28, 2008
Richmond, Virginia, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Betsy Graney, Wm & Mary 10:55.60; 2-Elizabeth Kessler, Mt. St. Mary's 11:44.63 [5 finishers; Last = 12:29.78]

Missouri Relays
March 28, 2008
Columbia, Missouri, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Meagan Hudson, Missouri Baptist 10:58.37; 2-Terry Phillips, Missouri State 11:01.84; 3-Sandy Davidson, Central Missouri 11:40.69; 4-Courtney Heinz, Drake 11:46.83; 5-Nikura Walls, Rend Lake 11:49.83; 6-Staci Nelson, Missouri State 11:53.66.

Husky Invitational
March 28, 2008
Seattle, Washington, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Lauren Denfeld, Oregon State Univ 6:51.81; 2-Sarna Becker, Club Northwest 6:59.55; 3-Anna Imperati, U. Washington 7:05.06; 4-Suzie Strickler, Seattle Pacific 7:14.96; 5-Karin Rohde, Seattle Pacific 7:23.92; 6-Justine Clift, British Columbia 7:31.15; 7-Lauren Ho, U. Washington 7:41.05; 8-Emily Palibroda, Simon Fraser U 7:44.24; 9-Kim Beamon, Seattle Pacific 7:49.89; 10-Emily Uhlig, Evergreen 7:57.42. [12 finish in rain, snow, wind]

Australian Masters Champs
March 23, 2008
Sydney, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: (age in parentheses)
1-Mary Fien (35) New South Wales 7:49.46; 2-Anne Nowill (30) Queensland 8:45.29; 3-Julie Steele (47) NSW 10:19.16; 4-Trish Stallard (50) NSW 11:32.76; 5-Lynne Schickert (66) Western Australia 14:12.08.

Hornet Invitational
March 22, 2008
Sacramento, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Kristina Holtz, Sacramento State 10:56.94; 2-Jodie Leal, Sacramento State 11:16.04; 3-Danielle Miller, Santa Clara 11:25.65; 4-Shannon McVannel, Chico State 11:33.64 5-Dinora Moran, Chico State 11:38.43; 6-Tiffany Tandy, Nevada 11:39.64; 7-Jessica Nelson, Chico State 11:41.69 [12 finishers; Last = 13:20.92]

49er Classic
March 22, 2008
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Erin Richard, Clarion 10:58.76; 2-Cassandra Schenck, Akron 11:13.65; 3-Heidi Gross, Akron 11:30.88; 4-Olivia Jaworek, Akron 11:37.71; 5-Liana Blue, Charlotte 11:43.56; 6-Molly Smathers, Clarion 11:56.65 [8 finish; Last 13:23.94]

Disney World Invitational
March 22, 2008
Orlando, Florida, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Liz Deir, Princeton 11:01.74; 2-Rebecca Coady, Tulane 11:49.53; 3-Anna Hagen, Concordia-Moorhead 12:19.11; 4-Claire Bird, Hope 12:40.85.

Shamrock Invitational
March 22, 2008
Conway, South Carolina, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Jessica Schmidt, Iowa 11:03.29; 2-Piper Newby, Liberty 11:22.78; 3-Kelsey Stafford, VMI 11:33.60; 4-Sarah Strickland, Citadel 11:57.97 [11 finishers; Last = 13:06.42]

Emory Invitational
March 22, 2008
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Elisabeth Pyles, Cedarville Univ 11:06.48; 2-Claudia Borlee, UW-Eau Claire 11:31.75; 3-Kelly Sullivan,unat- tached 11:41.37; 4-Page Bridges, Furman Univ 11:56.85
[9 finishers; Last = 13:31.04]

Navy 5-way Opener
March 22, 2008
Annapolis, Maryland, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Arwyn Becker, Navy 11:07.30; 2-Maureen Dooley, Navy 11:16.71; 3-Dana Stellar, LU 11:26.46; 4-Kathleen McCler- nand, Lehigh 11:27.00
[8 Finishers; Last = 12:09.25]

Snowbird Invitational
March 22, 2008
Tallahassee, Florida, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Kara Eckard, Missouri Southern 11:08.87; 2-Amber DeHaan, MidAmerica Nazarene 11:24.69; 3-Kari Fritchie, Missouri Southern 11:51.57; 4-Ashley Moore, Western Kentucky 11:56.23

Baldy Castillo Invitational
March 22, 2008
Tempe, Arizona, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Kara Henry, New Mexico 11:13.06; 2-Karin Rohde, Seattle Pacific 11:18.12; 3-Suzie Strickler, Seattle Pacific 11:23.59; 4-Carolyn Boosey, New Mexico 11:24.33; 5-Stasia Ploskonka, New Mexico 11:45.93.

Texas Invitational
March 22, 2008
Austin, Texas, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Allison Ferries, Sam Houston State 11:20.75; 2-Whitney Rister, Sam Houston 11:39.10; 3 -Caitlin Arrumbula, Texas A&M at Corpus Christi 11:48.89; 4-Courtney Johnson, TAM at CC 11:55.30.

Early Bird Relays
March 22, 2008
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Valerie Hardesty, IPFW 11:46.56; 2-Caitlin Thomas, Xavier-Ohio 11:54.78 [7 finishers; Last = 13:33.50]

Rose Hulman Meet
March 22, 2008
Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Rachel Krasich, Rose-Hulman 11:47.72; 2-Alison Case, DePauw 11:50.18 [5 finishers; Last = 13:17.70]

49er Classic
March 22, 2008
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Tsehaye Dagnachew, Charlotte 6:51.67; 2-Stephanie Garcia, U.Virginia 6:54.50; 3-Suzanne Ginnow, U. Virginia 7:13.23; 4-Janine Ricci, U. Virginia 7:16.81; 5-Samantha Stafford, U.Virginia 7:20.42; 6-Erin Macauley, Charlotte 7:33.68; 7-Justine Thompson, Charlotte 7:52.29; 8-Alyssa Lowe, Lenoir-Rhyne 9:04.86.

Spring Break Invitational
March 21, 2008
Irvine, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Cristina Olivas, UC Riverside 10:28.45; 2-Stephanie Pancoast, Cornell 10:43.42; 3-Lauren Chramosta, UCI 10:49.92; 4-Erin Roberts, Cornell 10:53.28; 5-Kendall Bruton, UCI 10:56.64; 6-Liz Calle, Yale 11:02.57; 7-Rachel Kirsch, Cornell 11:07.17; 8-Celene Reyes, unattached 11:12.39; 9-Emily Bartlett, Cornell 11:15.69; 10-Megan Fairley, UC Irvine 11:35.76; 11-Erika Perez, Biola 11:53.68; 12-Jessica Hogan, UC Riverside 11:56.06; 13- Amber Gordon, UC Irvine 11:57.32.

Willie Williams Classic
March 21, 2008
Tucson, Arizona, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Stacie Lifferth, Utah State 10:46.61; 2-Mary Ann Schauerhamer, Sojurners 10:47.66; 3-Vanessa Hawkins, Utah State 11:14.01; 4-Margaret Callihan, Arizona 11:27.85; 5-Shelly Splitterger, Arizona 11:51.51.

Charles Bowles Classic
March 21, 2008
Salem, Oregon, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Brittany Hodgson, Puget Sound 10:59.58; 2-Ashley Sharratt, Willamette 11:23.37; 3-Molly Lewis, Willamette 11:43.88; 4-Erika Snawder, Linfield 11:59.82.
[11 finishers; Last - 12:55.64]

Wake Forest Open
March 21, 2008
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Irene Jeptolo, KEN / Winston-Salem Univ 11:18.80; 2-Stacie Stockard, U. Indiana 11:35.79; 3-Veronica Nagel, North Dakota 11:40.30; 4-Kelly Jemison, James Madison 11:46.30; 5-Sarah Hines, Malone College 11:55.22; 6-Samantha Herdrich, Findlay 11:58.10; 7-Erica Hoffman, U. Indiana 11:58.87 [10 finishers; Last = 13:42.14]

Washington U Twilight
March 21, 2008
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Abbey Hartmann, Wash. Univ 11:28.71; 2-Hope Rath-nam, WU 11:28.94; 3-Alex Jackson, Greenville 12:21.80.

South Africa
March 15, 2008
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Tebogo Mashela 10:40.32; 2-Myrette Filmater 10:44.12; 3-Thandi Malindi 11:00.11; 4-Asiphe Sikhabalanjana 11:12.07; 5-Ashleigh Schnetler [1991]11:16.88.

CSN Relays
March 15, 2008
Northridge, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Juliane Masciana, CS-Fullerton 10:43.27; 2-Erin Roberts, Cornell 10:43.94; 3-Stephanie Pancoast, Cornell 10:45.61; 4-Rachel Kirsch, Cornell 11:16.06; 5-Emily Bartlett, Cornell 11:23.68; 6-Kristen Hernandez, CSF 11:25.31; 7-Valerie Acevedo, CSF 12:23.27; 8-Sarah Whitaker, CSF 12:47.28.

Triangular Meet
March 15, 2008
Salem, Oregon, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Jena Winger, Willamette U 10:51.06; 2-Jessica Harper, Western Oregon U 10:51.52; 3-Lyndsey McKillip, WOU 11:19.42; 4-Ashley Sharratt, WU 11:31.17; 5-Maya Velez, WU 12:30.98; 6-Laura Bocko, UO Running Club 12:42.64.

Coastal Invitational
March 15, 2008
Conway, South Carolina, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Irene Jeptolo, Winston-Salem 11:19.64; 2 -Ashlyn Sinclair, Radford 11:34.99; 3-Becca Wright, Cornerstone 11:40.90; 4-Brittany Zuver, Millersville 11:50.31; 5-Sarah Strickland, Citadel 11:54.60; 6-Carli Stout, Concord 12:03.13; 7-Brittany Christian, Radford 12:05.71; 8-Colleen McCarthy, Elon 12:09.71; 9-Jess Jacobson, Millersville 12:13.72.

Bakersfield Relays
March 15, 2008
Bakersfield, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Zitalic Ley,Glendale 11:54.02; 2-Megan Adams, El Camino 12:15.86; 3-Brigette Fernandez, Glendale 12:20.84; 4-Daisy Perez, Cerritos 12:31.69; 5-Gabriela Rubi, El Camino 12:51.32.

Dusty Lane Invitational
March 15, 2008
Spokane, Washington, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Karen Owens, Spokane CC 12:28.30; 2-Amy Anderson, Whitworth Univ 12:44.80; 3-Karissa Thomsen, Whitworth 12:56.51; 4-Kim Henderson, WU 12:58.14.

Southern Miss Invitational
March 15, 2008
Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Katie Almand, Samford 12:29.90; 2-Jewell Wells, Ala bama State 12:37.40; 3-Tevy Henry, Alabama St 12:57.10.

Waikato School Champs
March 15, 2008
Hamilton, New Zealand
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-K. Sclater 7:52.57; 2-Jenna Hanson 7:57.28; 3-Holly Sprosen 8:01.71; 4- A. Cooper 8:07.80; 5-R. Poulgrain 8:15.73. [secondary schools meet]

AUS U23/U20 Champs
March 14, 2008
Gold Coast, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
Under age 23: 1-Alice Mason, NZL, 10:22.07; 2-Elise Aplin, VIC, 11:59.77; 3-Michelle Delaney, NSW 13:04.18.

Under age 20: 1-Kate Sly, VIC 10:39.06; 2-Sarah McSweeney, NZL 10:43.71; 3-Lauren McKillop, NSW 11:02.17; 4-Alexis McKillop, NSW 11:08.75; 5; Katherine Conder, NSW 11:33.04; 6-Natalie Dudkowski, QLD 11:34.90; 7-Roisin O'Dwyer-Mazur, QLD 12:00.83; 8-Megan Brooks, SA, 12:50.61.

Aztec Invitational
March 14, 2008
San Diego, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Amanda Kuehn, UC-San Diego 11:29.66; 2-Ashleigh Montgomery, UCSD 11:41.02; 3-Lynzee Baxter, Southern Utah 11:46.28; 4-Kate Eborn, S.Utah 11:46.30; 5-Hillary Davis, Western State 11:52.67; 6-Steffi Minson, S.Utah 11:55.22; 7-Alyssa Robinson, San Diego State 11:57.37; 8-Alexandra Tayrien, Western State 12:00.96; 9-Lyndsay Barajas, SD State 12:07.30; 10-Sarah Lyle, unattached 12:12.04; 11-Catherine Strouse, UCSD 12:18.00; 12-Caprice Thompson, UCSD 12:41.86; 13-Kristen Lundgren, Southern Utah 12:52.31; 14-Sylvia Violett, unat 12:53.67

Morehouse Relays
March 14, 2008
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Phyllis Shelman-Ford, Clark-Atlanta 11:31.19; 2-Katori Makin, Fort Valley 11:53.17; DNF: Breanna Pleasant, C-A.

NSW Masters Champs
March 8, 2008
Sydney, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple (Athletes age in parentheses) 1-Mary Fien (35) 8:06.73; 2-Caroline Yarnell (47) 9:27.71; 3-Julie Steele (47) 10:07.89; 4-Trish Stallard (50) 11:41.37.

Joe Peyton Invitational
March 8, 2008
Tacoma, Washington, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
3000m Steeple: 1-Sarna Becker, unattached 10:38.57; 2-Susie Strickler, SPU 11:28.04; 3-Sarah Benson, Central 11:41.55; 4-Kim Beaman, SPU 12:12.85; 5-Kyla Rohde, SPU 13:35.55.

Ben Brown Invitational
March 8, 2008
Walnut, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
3000m Steeple: 1-Natalie Hemphill, U.Portland 10:48.7; 2-Juliane Masciana, CSU Fullerton 10:55.6; 3-Lisa Thomas, Western State 11:07.9; 4-Lauren Chramosta, UC Irvine 11:08.7; 5-Liliana Hernandez, Cal State LA 11:31.7; 5-Amber Gordon, UCI 11:31.7; 7 Hillary Davis, unat 11:34.4; 8-Kristen Hernan-dez, CSUF 11:49.9; 9-Amanda Stephens, unat 12:13.3; 10-Naomi Pride, Cal Poly Pomona 12:29.9; 11-Valerie Acevedo, CSUF 12:32.2; 12-Holly Kinder, unat 13:20.6.

Texas State Relays
March 8, 2008
San Marcos, Texas, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Emily Loeffler 10:53.90; 2-Jennifer Burns 12:10.71; 3-Leda McDaniel 12:11.53. (all from Trinity University)

Hendrix Invitational
March 8, 2008
Conway, Arkansas, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Calah Schlabach, Calvin 11:11.41; 2-Liz Smith, Calvin 11:51.17; 3-Michelle Pitoniak, Central Arkansas 12:08.99; 4-Kayla Waldrup, Arkansas Tech 12:46.98.

ACT Champs
March 8, 2008
Canberra, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple:
Under age 18: 1-Charlotte Wilson 7:09.32; 2-Jessie O'Brien 7:42.50; 3-Francesca Teng 8:23.55

Under age 16: 1-Madeline Campbell 8:30.61; 2-Georgina Whigham 8:31.79; 3-Gabrielle Sattout-Day 8:52.57; 4-Lovella Adey 8:57.27 [6 finishers]

Tasmania State Champs
March 8, 2008
Hobart, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Freya .Wilson 7.15.20; 2-Jillian Lyall 7.45.68; 3-Heather Richards 7.59.82; 4-Lilly Stanesby 8:27.93. [Stanesby under age 16; others under age 18]

Mustang Classic
March 8, 2008
Kayenta, Arizona, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Tiffany Nez, Tuba City 8:54.37; 2-Diandra James, Ganado 9:05.49 8; 3-Cortney Ivins, Alchesay 9:21.06 6; 4-Kristy Dennison, Window Rock 9:23.26 4 [8 finishers in this now-annual high school competition]

Mustang Classic
March 8, 2008
Kayenta, Arizona, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Tiffany Nez, Tuba City 8:54.37; 2-Diandra James, Ganado 9:05.49 8; 3-Cortney Ivins, Alchesay 9:21.06 6; 4-Kristy Dennison, Window Rock 9:23.26 4 [8 finishers in this now-annual high school competition]

Yellow Pages Meet
March 7, 2008
Tshwane, South Africa
Automatic Timing
Results:
3000m Steeple: 1-Tebogo Masehla 10:26.24; 2-Myrette Filmater 10:27.76; 3-Nolene Conrad 10:56.73; 4-Thandi Malindi 11:19.45.

Pomona Invitational
March 1, 2008
Claremont, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Rachael Martin, Claremont-Scripps 8:37.39; 2-Perrin Considine, Cal Tech 9:09.39.

Manwatu Champs
March 1, 2008
Wanganui, New Zealand
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Ariana Blackwood 8:05.97; 2-Eilysh Burney 8:37.58.

UPS Opener
March 1, 2008
Tacoma, Washington, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Sarna Becker, unattached 10:48.37; 2-Brittany Hodg-son, Univ..Puget Sound 11:23.41; 3-Hannah Hultine, Lewis & Clark 12:37.00.

University Challenge Cup
March 1, 2008
Irvine, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Kendall Bruton, UC-Irvine 11:14.76; 2-Meryla Follosco, UCI 11:25.03; 3-Megan Fairley, UCI 11:29.33; 4-Ali Stoakley, UC-Davis 11:29.79; 5-Amanda Kuehn, UC San Diego 11:31.41; 6-Catherine Strouse, UCSD 12:05.32; 7-Catherine Murillo, UC Santa Barbara 12:19.60

Linfield Icebreaker
March 1, 2008
McMinnville, Oregon, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Jessica Harper, Western Oregon 11:21.66; 2-Lyndsey McKillip, Western Oregon 11:34.77; 3-Jodi Moss, Clark College 13:37.54.

Eye-Opener
March 1, 2008
Savannah, Georgia, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Andrea DiNinno, Walsh Univ 11:53.69; 2-Hanna Robinson, West.Virginia Wesleyan 12:38.38; 3-Adrienne Moretz, WV. Wesleyan 13:01.53; 4-Leandra Makin, Fort Valley State 14:35.47.

Trojan Relays
March 1, 2008
Los Angeles, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Sarah Grahame {AUS] Central Arizona 12:02.59; 2-Sarah Muniz, Cerritos 12:04.29; 3-Kaili Hewitt, Central Arizona 12:49.94; 4-Leah Houdetsanakis, Mt SAC 13:10.27.

Willamette Opener
March 1, 2008
Salem, Oregon, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Emily Morehouse, Whitworth 12:07.83; 2-Jenna Cunningham 12:12.45; 3-Kathryn Williams 12:34.63; 4-Amy Anderson 12:34.79; 5-Karissa Thomsen 12:46.23; 6-Kimberly Henderson 12:52.53; 7-Laura Bocko 13:02.18. [First 6 Whitworth College; 7th U.Oregon Running Club]

Olympic Trials Meet
February 29, 2008
Brisbane, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
Women's 3000m Steeplechase:
1-Donna MacFarlane 9:36.09; 2-Melissa Rollison 9:50.59; 3-Victoria Mitchell 10:03.35; 4-Fiona Crombie 10:09.58; 5-Leonora Joy 10:10.22; 6-Jessica Gilfillan 10:21.89; 7-Kate Sly 10:45.98; 8-Courtney Gilfillan 10:59.09; 9-Sophie Barker 11:05.16; 10-Jane Mudge 11:19.84; 11-Andrea Ilakovac 11:29.50; 12-Elise Aplin 11:34.57; 13-Bianca Share, VIC 12:08.81.

Having broken 9:30 eight days earlier MacFarlane hoped for a faster time in the trials but was pleased to win an automatic qualifier for Australia's Olympic team.

Rollison won a flat 1500m in 4:23.24 seven days earlier but was not on the trials entry list a day before this race. It was her first steeple after losing a year (2007) because of injury. Now she and others behind MacFarlane will chase the 9:46 Olympic entry "A" standard which has to be made between 1 Jan 2007 and 23 July 2008.

In 2006 Rollison ran under 9:46 three times including her 9:24.29 personal best. Mitchell ran a 9:30.84 personal best in 2006 and nine races under the 9:46 "A" standard.

Jessica Gilfillan, born 10 Feb 1992, is now the youngest qualifier for 2008 World Junior Championships. In this meet she was far under was far under the 11:00 entry standard.

India Federation Cup
February 28, 2008
Bhopal, India
Automatic Timing
Results:
3000m Steeple: 1-Sudha Singh 10:29.92; 2-Rajashree Patil 10:50.99; 3-Kamlesh Bhagel 11:01.07.

Victorian U/20 Champs
February 24, 2008
Sydney, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
2km Steeple, under 18: 1-Samantha Carberry 7:08.08 2-Stephanie Kondogonis 7:18.21; 3-Natalie Exon 8:12.36; 4-Emma Plumb 8:14.47. (Exon born 1992; others 1991)

2km Steeple under 16: 1-Alanah Hayes (1994) 7:20.74; 2-Kimberly Duthie 7:40.61; 3-Sonia Morey (1993) 9:05.85; 4-Laura Salamito (1993) 9:06.30.

Wellington Champs
February 23, 2008
Newtown Park, New Zealand
Automatic Timing
Results:
1500m Steeple: 1-Florence Reynolds 5:39.48; 2-Georgie Quin 5:50.97; 3-Caitlyn Campbell 6:17.67.

Cerritos Invitational
February 22, 2008
Cerritos, California, USA
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Cassie Mitchell, Orange Coast 11:23.22; 2-Claire Fleming, OC 11:56.48; 3-Zitalic Ley, Glendale 12:03.05; 4-Desiree Ruiz, Glendale 12:04.06; 5-Brigette Fernandez, Glendale 12:32.92; 6-Leah Houdetsanakis, Mt. San Antonio 12:55.26; 7-Brianna Smith, Moorpark 13:10.72; 8-Reina Ayala, Palomar 13:51.98.

IAAF Grand Prix
February 21, 2008
Melbourne, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
3000m Steeple: 1-Donna MacFarlane, AUS 9:29.93; 2-Zhenzhu Li, CHN 9:56.7; 3-Yanmei Zhu, CHN 9:57.24 4-Victoria Mitchell, AUS 10:02.38; 5-Fiona Crombie , NZL 10:07.40; 6-Jessica Gilfillan, AUS 10:35.56.

MacFarlane, nee Tyberek, dominated this opening World Athletics Tour race with an impressive move to top of the 2008 best performances list. Gilfillan was running just 11 days after her 16th birthday.

Black Singlet Meet
February 19, 2008
Waitakere, New Zealand
Automatic Timing
Results:
3000m Steeple: 1-Leonora Joy 10:07.40; 2-Alice Mason 10:32.53; 3-Ruth Croft 11:06.55.

Queensland U23/U20 Champs
February 16, 2008
Nathan, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
3000m Steeple: 1-Sarah McSweeney, NZL 10:37.49; 2-Katherine Conder 11:11.78; 3-Maegan Smith 11:45.40; 4-Natalie Dudkowski 11:46.65; 5-Roisin O'Dwyer-Mazur 12:38.72.

South Australia Champs
February 16, 2008
Mile End, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
(Age of athlete age shown in parentheses)
3000m Steeple: 1-Jane Mudge (29) 11:05.40; 2-Sophia Kaidonis (19) 11:57.36; 3-Megan Brooks (18) 12:31.18

2000m Steeple-Under 18: 1-Katie Thackray (16) 7:27.90 2-Laura Dreyer (17) 8:46.00; 3-Jasmin Princi (16) 8:55.54.

2000m Steeple-Under 16: 1-Eleanor Wardlewort 7:24.30; 2-Jordana Tarca 7:36.61; 3-Molly Thackray 7:41.16; 4-Ashley Jordan 7:48.67; 5-Millie Allcraft (15) 8:03.96.
(Places 1-4 all age 14)

2000m Steeple for Masters age 35 and older: 1-Karen Hilton (37) 8:10.46; 2-Sally Taylor (46) 8:58.34.

Victoria Shield Final
February 16, 2008
Doncaster, Australia
Hand Timing
Results:
3000m Steeple: 1-Delwyn Hewitt 12:14.6; 2-Jacinta Nash 12:29.8; 3-Simone Boorn-Wells 12:59.0. [7 finish]

2000m Steeple: 1-Stephanie Kondogonis 7:46.0; 2-Elise Aplin 08:20.5; 3-Melissa Casha 8:33.0; 4-Uma Muthia 8:52.3. [6 finishers]

Victoria Championships
February 10, 2008
Melbourne, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
3000m Steeple: 1-Victoria Mitchell 10:10.11; 2-Kate Sly 10:36.74; 3-Sophie Barker 10:42.83; 4-Jane Mudge 11:13.41; 5-Elise Aplin 11:43.17; -6-Bianca Share 12:00.99

Queensland Open/U18 Champs
February 10, 2008
Nathan, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Natalie Dudowski 7:35.38; 2-Roisin O'Dwyer-Mazur 8:09.61; 3-Shannen Hickson 8:24.59.

New South Wales Champs
February 9, 2008
Sydney, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
3000m Steeple: 1-Fiona Crombie, New Zealand 10:29.99; 2-Lauren McKillop 10:54.52; 3-Alexis McKillop 10:57.97; 4-Charlotte Wilson 11:12.34; 5-Kathryn Archbold 11:43.39; 6-Lynda Glasson 12:22.08; DQ-Katherine Conder.

Porritt Classic
February 9, 2008
Hamilton, New Zealand
Automatic Timing
Results:
3000m Steeple: 1-Sarah McSweeney (90) Hamilton 10:22.98; 2-Alice Mason (87) Pakarunga 10:28.96.

Yellow Page Series Meet
February 8, 2008
Durban, South Africa
Automatic Timing
Results:
3000m Steeple: 1-Tebogo Masehla 10:28.31; 2-Thandi Melindi 10:43.41; 3-Masello Moekoa 11:15.14; 4-Destiny Titus 11:21.32; 5-Vuyokazi Mabhude 11:58.63.

Masehla opens South Africa steeple season after several 3km flat races, notably 9:53.20 at Secunda on January 19.

Victoria Shield meet
February 2, 2008
Aberfeldie, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Alanah Hayes 7:22.62; 2-Stephanie Kondogonis 7:48.87; 3-Melissa Casha 8:33.72; 4-Laura Butler 8:41.20. [9 finishers]

Victoria Shield meet
February 2, 2008
Ballarat, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Simone Boorn-Wells 8:13.94; 2-Karen Clark 8:25.85; 3-Belinda Mirabella 8:53.79; 4-Kate Mitchell 8:54.96. [17 finishers]

Victoria Shield Meet
February 2, 2008
Doncaster, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
3000m Steeple: 1-Jacinta Nash 12:22.63; 2-Whitney Sharpe 12:41.89; 3-Alice Scholfield 12:55.26.

Victoria Shield meet
January 31, 2008
Melbourne, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
3000m Steeple: 1-Samantha Carberry 11:03.73; 2-Bianca Share 11:59.40; 3-Marguerite Conley 12:22.31.

NSW Country Champs
January 27, 2008
Glendale, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Celia Sullohern (16) 7:28.01; 2-Eleanor Ross (16) 7:35.36; 3-Paige Single (16) 7:47.32; 4-Sarah Gunn (17) 8:50.97.

Victorian Country Champs
January 26, 2008
Albury, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
3000m Steeple: 1-Marnie Ponton 10:38.99; 2-Simone Boorn-Wells 13:24.92; 3-Fiona King 13:26.93.

2000m Steeple: 1-Jessica Howard (94) 7:44.65; 2-Emma Plumb (91) 8:19.07; 3-Samantha Howard (92) 8:20.89. (Birth years shown inside parentheses.)

Masters 2000m Steeple: Anne Buckley (67) 8:45.90; 2-Nadia Mellor (56) 10:21.72; 3-Heather Carr (49) 10:58.71 4-Sally Buckingham (56) 10:59.20.

Centre Meet
January 26, 2008
Ericsson, New Zealand
Automatic Timing
Results:
3000m Steeple: 1-Leonora Joy 10:24.09; 2-Alice Mason 10:40.35; 3-Sarah McSweeney 10:44.13.

Interclub Twilight Meet
January 25, 2008
Adelaide, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Sophia Kaidonis 7:19.88; 2-Jordana Tarca 7:27.63; 3-Melissa Lloyd 7:44.58; 4-Katie Thackray 7:53.70; 5-Ashley Jordan 7:55.39.

All-Comers Meet
January 24, 2008
Sydney, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple: 1-Charlotte Wilson (16) 7:16.44; 2-Hannah Menday (15) 7:52.53; 3-Madeline Campbell (14) 8:47.84.

3000m Steeple: 1-Alexis McKillop (19) 11:24.78; 2-Kathryn Archbold (22) 11:50.55; 3-Katherine Conder (19) 12:42.74.

Otago Steeple Champs
January 19, 2008
Dunedin, New Zealand
Automatic Timing
Results:
1-Fiona Crombie 10:44.29; 2-Ruth Croft 11:20.99.

Victoria Shield Meet
January 8, 2008
Doncaster, Australia
Hand Timing
Results:
3000m Steeple: 1-Samantha Carberry 10:45.3; 2-Alice Schofield 11:44.2; 3-Whitney Sharpe 12:04.1; 4-Laura Reilly 12:26.4 (6 finishers)

NSW Underage Meet
January 5, 2008
Sydney, Australia
Hand Timing
Results:
2000m Steeple (athlete age in parentheses)
1-Alexis McKillop (19) 7:09.1; 2-Charlotte Wilson (16) 7:35.7; 3-Tara Vance (14) 7:38.8; 4-Hannah Menday (15) 7:39.0; 5-Eleanor Ross (16) 7:55.3; 6-Hannah Wrigley (14)) 7:57.7; 7-Tia Brady (14) 8:00.8. [2 others DNF]

Interclub Meet
January 3, 2008
Canberra, Australia
Automatic Timing
Results:
1500m Steeple: 1-Hannah Angove 6:20.68; 2-Rebecca Harris 7:25.61; 3-Bridgette Angove 7:34.69.


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