Doha 2009: W-1.500m (Burka 4.06,67 WL)

[EPelle]

2009 WL: 4.06,90 Anna Willard USA*

* New WL: 4.06,67

Order

1 323 VARGA Judit HUN
2 328 HILALI Siham MAR
3 329 ARBAB Ehssan SUD
4 330 LISHCHYNSKA Iryna UKR
5 322 TWELL Stephanie GBR
6 321 MELKAMU Meselech ETH
7 326 KIBIWOT JELAGAT Viola KEN
8 327 LAGAT Nancy Jebet KEN
9 325 JEPKOSGEI Janeth KEN
10 324 CHERUIYOT Vivian KEN
11 320 BURKA Gelete ETH
12 319 ASSEFA Meskerem ETH
13 331 LAKHOUAD Btissam MAR

[Jnathletics]

Re: Doha 2009: W-1.500m

2009 WL: 4.06,90 Anna Willard USA
9 325 JEPKOSGEI Janeth KEN

Could this be her moving up or just early season endurance work? With the Russian issues of last year, this event has become more wide open and her potential at the 1500 could be interesting.

[Powell]

Re: Doha 2009: W-1.500m

2009 WL: 4.06,90 Anna Willard USA
9 325 JEPKOSGEI Janeth KEN

Could this be her moving up or just early season endurance work?

She's not new to this distance. She's run at least one 1500/mile race every year since 2004, with a PB of 4:08 (that was a split in the 1 mile at Rieti last year).

[Jnathletics]

Re: Doha 2009: W-1.500m

She's not new to this distance.

I knew she has run the 1500. I just don't remember if she did it this early in the season. So, I'm curious if she is trying something new or not?

[EPelle]

JN -- Jepkosgei competed in the 1.500m in Doha in 2006 (4.15,43) and in 2007 (4.14,70).

[Jnathletics]

JN -- Jepkosgei competed in the 1.500m in Doha in 2006 (4.15,43) and in 2007 (4.14,70).

Thanks, I guess I haven't paid much attention to this meet in the past. ops:

[Brettboy]

And she has already run one earlier this year I'm sure, doing something like a 4:16. I remember reading it on the German DLV site.

[Irish100m]

dont know much about the event or the athletes; jsut wanna see how Twell runs

[Kai88]

Twell in about 4.10 or 4.11 or so midway in the pack, just didn't have the kick in the final 400m when it really got going.

[nevetsllim]

What a mess of a race that was! Burka won (4:06.67 WL) with a 59.78 last lap.

There was a fall at the 400m point, not sure who went down though...

[Irish100m]

didnt Twell nab 4th? Or was that just a differnet white athlete in a generic Nike kit?

[Kai88]

It was so bunched with 400m - 500m to go, so no super fast times were gona be posted by anyone. But Burka ran a monster final lap, noone could match it at all.....

Good to see though Twell put herself in the right position, on the shoulder of the pack coming into the final lap.
Clearly not in any sppedy shape right now, as has been doing distance work recently, ie - 5000m at the weekend.

[Jnathletics]

JN -- Jepkosgei competed in the 1.500m in Doha in 2006 (4.15,43) and in 2007 (4.14,70).

4:13.87 in 2009,

[nevetsllim]

Twell was 9th in 4:11.15.

Very impressed by the Sudanese runner who was third. I've never heard of her and I assumed she was the pace-setter before the race but Sudan have some good young talent emerging from all the middle-distance events and longer sprints.

[EPelle]

JN -- Jepkosgei competed in the 1.500m in Doha in 2006 (4.15,43) and in 2007 (4.14,70).

4:13.87 in 2009,

Nice. It's an improvement on a given track three-consecutive years.