Derrick 13:29.98 AJR

[Half Miler]

Fantastic race! Derrick looked incredibly strong in the last 600. Fernandez also under Rupp's old mark at 13:31.78.

Wow.

[Half Miler]

Event 19 Men 5000 Meter Run Section 2
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Name Year School Finals
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Finals
1 Hasssan Mead Minnesota 13:28.45
2 Evan Jager Oregon Track 13:29.65
3 Chris Derrick Stanford 13:29.98
4 German Fernandez Oklahoma State 13:31.78
5 Stephen Furst Adidas Raleigh TC 13:36.42
6 Ryan Vail Oklahoma State 13:37.02
7 Michael Crouch Queens University 13:40.89
8 Emmanuel Bor Alabama 13:43.15
9 Alfred Kipchumba Portland 13:45.56
10 John Kosgei Oklahoma State 13:49.65
11 Chris Rombough Minnesota 13:54.37
12 Kyle Boorsma Speed River Tfc 13:54.92
13 Ryan Bak Otc Elite 13:55.72
14 Ian Fitzgerald William & Mary 13:56.52
15 Louie Luchini Otc Elite 13:57.88
16 James Strang Arkansas 14:05.40
17 Jeremy Johnson Unattached 14:11.65
18 Teodoro Vega Mexico 14:26.92
19 Kevin Davis Nike 14:40.78
-- Matt Clark McMillan DNF
-- Michael Coe California DNF
-- Tom Kloos Unattached DNF
-- Luke Gunn Great Britain DNF


And this was the B race.

[BCBaroo]

Good stuff for the AJers!

[ed gee]

Finally, better than Lindgren's 13:04 3 mile on the composite list.

Too bad Derrick is not running a 10,000 as a junior.

Also, Jager (2008 USATF Junior Champion in the 1500) and Derrick were IL HSers.

Winner Mead is only a sophomore.

[Half Miler]

Ian Dobson miscounted the laps in the A race. What a bummer. Cragg held off Teg for the win, 13:22.36 to 13:22.60.

[ed gee]

Good opener for Teg after a knee injury over the winter.

[bad hammy]

Event 19 Men 5000 Meter Run Section 2
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Name Year School Finals
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Finals
1 Hasssan Mead Minnesota 13:28.45
2 Evan Jager Oregon Track 13:29.65
3 Chris Derrick Stanford 13:29.98
4 German Fernandez Oklahoma State 13:31.78

Great race - any of the top three could have won. When the racing began Fernandez never looked like he was in it.

[Dave]

3:36 by Centrowitz is not too shabby either. That will alter the formchart.

[ed gee]

BTW, Centrowitz, Jager and Mead are still teenagers.

Mead - 28.08.1989
Jager - 08.03.1989
Centro -18.10.1989

[Half Miler]

Speaking of teenagers, Monica Joyce ran 17:13.42 as a 50 yo tonight.

[EPelle]

Looks like about 8.36-8.37 closer for the lead group; 8.38ish for Fernandez - following 1.800m of racing. Fernandez stated after his race (on Flotrack) that he can't hold all the American Junior records. I think he's understood that he won't win all of his races, either. A terrific run, nevertheless, for his first race outdoors. Even better result for Derrick, who was gunning to beat Fernandez.

[bad hammy]

Meet write-up from the local (SF) rag: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... 17DMAE.DTL

[EPelle]

http://www.gostanford.com/sports/c-trac ... 09aab.html

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Meade's winning time smashed his own previous Gopher school record (13.44,30)

[gh]

Derrick's splits, as printed in eTrack Newsletter yesterday:

(33.65, 66.54 [1:40.19], 64.42 [2:44.61], 63.99 [3:48.60], 64.76 [4:53.36], 64.66 [5:58.02], 65.31 [7:03.33], 67.00 [8:10.33], 67.79 [9:18.12], 65.13 [10:23.25], 64.13 [11:27.38], 63.87 [12:31.25], 58.73)

finish:
(58.73, 2:02.60, 3:06.73, 4:11.86)

[Half Miler]

Is Mead a naturalized US Citizen? I had thought he was Somalian. Just read the newest eTN today and noticed there wasn't a tick mark by his name.