¶w1500: Susan Kuijken (Florida St) 4:13.05

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T&FN Formchart:

1. Susan Kuijken’ Florida State
2. Brenda Martinez UC Riverside
3. Lauren Centrowitz Stanford
4. Sarah Bowman Tennessee
5. Heidi Dahl East Tennessee
6. **Lucy Van Dalen’ Stony Brook
7. Alicia Follmar Stanford
8. **Renee Tomlin Georgetown
9. **Alex Kosinski Oregon
10. Maggie Infeld Georgetown

[NumberCruncher]

Dumb

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Is that a rhetorical question?

[Marlow]

Is that a rhetorical question?

TAFNY! (as in, I actually laughed out loud!)

[NumberCruncher]

Is that a rhetorical question?

Whoops, I meant who has the best shot at winning not named Kuijken?

[Bruce Kritzler]

Whoops, I meant who has the best shot at winning not named Kuijken?[/quote]

Bowman

[donley2]

Must admit I was surprised to see Bowman listed 4th.

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me too

[Gleason]

w 1500

What happened to Bowman at Regional? She ran 4:13.xx heat then 4:22xx final.

Was she injured or ill? Did she try to rely on her kick?

Based on her races at PennR and SEC, she should be able to run 4:15c heat and 4:05c final. Without Kipyego, Bowman must set the pace IMHO.

[pickle47]

After watching Bowman get outkicked, what was it, three times at Penn last year, I don't think setting the pace is her strong suit. Doesn't she have the wheels to go with the leaders and then let 'er rip with 200 to go? She's got that long stride, not huge turnover, so I wouldn't wait until the last 80.

[Gleason]

After watching Bowman get outkicked, what was it, three times at Penn last year, I don't think setting the pace is her strong suit. Doesn't she have the wheels to go with the leaders and then let 'er rip with 200 to go? She's got that long stride, not huge turnover, so I wouldn't wait until the last 80.

I disagree, but I appreciate the response.

In January 2008 she had emergency surgery, so its not surprising that her coach said that she is in much better shape this year. In addition, she said that she wasn't agresssive at OT and she will be agressive at nationals in 2009.

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three in the first heat made the all-time U.S. Junior top 10!

[Half Miler]

Must admit I was surprised to see Bowman listed 4th.

I tell you, it's the T&FN Cover Curse!

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Preliminaries
1 Heidi Dahl SR E. Tenn St. 4:14.92Q
2 Brenda Martinez JR Riverside 4:16.67Q
3 Maggie Infeld SR Georgetown 4:16.73Q
4 Emily Infeld FR Georgetown 4:15.48Q
5 Sarah Bowman SR Tennessee 4:17.06Q
6 Susan Kuijken SR Florida State 4:17.97Q
7 Lauren Centrowitz SR Stanford 4:15.54Q
8 Molly Lehman SR Duke 4:17.20Q
9 Danielle Tauro SO Michigan 4:18.66Q
10 Morgane Gay FR Virginia 4:15.56q
11 Christine Babcock FR Washington 4:16.10q
12 Lucy VanDalen FR Stony Brook-SUNY 4:16.11q
13 Elizabeth Yetzer SO Minnesota 4:18.11
14 Jillian Rosen SO Arkansas 4:18.56
15 Alicia Follmar SR Stanford 4:18.69
16 Alexandra Kosinski SO Oregon 4:19.02
17 Kailey Campbell JR Washington 4:20.10
18 Renee Tomlin SO Georgetown 4:20.20
19 Katie Palmer SO Brigham Young 4:20.57
20 Gladys Kipsang JR Texas Tech 4:22.47
21 Lisa Egami JR Washington State 4:23.15
22 Ashley Gibson JR New Mexico 4:23.99
23 Betsy Flood FR Iowa 4:24.11
24 Sheila Reid FR Villanova 4:25.61
25 Ellen Dougherty JR Villanova 4:25.64
26 Lauren Bonds JR Kansas 4:26.73
27 Tarah McKay JR Louisville 4:27.01

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formchart damage

in:
1. Susan Kuijken’ Florida State
2. Brenda Martinez UC Riverside
3. Lauren Centrowitz Stanford
4. Sarah Bowman Tennessee
5. Heidi Dahl East Tennessee
6. **Lucy Van Dalen’ Stony Brook

10. Maggie Infeld Georgetown

out:
7. Alicia Follmar Stanford
8. **Renee Tomlin Georgetown
9. **Alex Kosinski Oregon