2006 World Junior
Championships
Day 1 - 8/15 - am session
WOMEN'S 3000 METER
STEEPLECHASE
Tuesday August 15th, 2006
At Beijing, China
Women's 3000 Meter Steeplechase
Heat #1
Marie Lawrence - US - Heat 1 - Women's 3000m Steeplechase
HEAT ONE—Muigong Tadese of Ethiopia, Caroline Tuigong
of Kenya and Yelena Arzhakova of Russia broke away form the field but only
Tadese and Tuigong were able to maintain with Tadese prevailing in 9:46.67
to 9:56.94. Polina Jelizarova of Latvia was third in 10:08.64, Ruth Senior
of Great Britain Was fourth in 10:12.50 and Jilia Hiller of Germany was sixth
in 10:18.16. Marie Lawrence of the U.S. and Reno High ran a very smart race
staying back in the early going moving up from eight to seventh in the third
lap and eventually getting as high as fifth place with two laps remaining
before falling back to sixth on the final lap running 10:22.85, the second
fastest time ever run by a high schooler. Both Hiller and Lawrence were time
qualifiers.
Heat 1 Race Leaders
Heat 1 - Tuesday, August 15, 2006 - 19:10
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 191 Tadese Mekdes Bekele ETH 9:46.67 Q (CR)
2 383 Tuigong Caroline Chepkurui KEN 9:51.94 Q (PB)
3 391 Jelizarova Polina LAT 10:08.64 Q
4 248 Senior Ruth GBR 10:12.50 Q (PB)
5 273 Hiller Julia GER 10:18.16 q
6 622 Lawrence Marie USA 10:22.85 q
7 591 Kovtun Natalya UKR 10:31.31
8 498 Arzhakova Yelena RUS 10:35.06
9 17 Grahame Sarah AUS 10:42.08
10 468 Jesus Solange POR 10:44.24 (NJ)
11 561 Örn Lena SWE 10:44.39
12 295 Kouboúli Dionisía GRE 10:51.75
13 206 Miettinen Suvi FIN 11:00.21
14 3 Mescari Yamina ALG 11:03.92
15 43 Delic Jasmina BIH 11:05.42
16 443 Croft Ruth NZL 11:17.35
17 307 Nagy Mónika HUN 11:42.57
431 Eikrem Engeset Kristine NOR DNS
Heat #2
Amy Fowler United States - Heat 2 3000m Steeplechase World Junior Finalist!
HEAT TWO—Karoline Grovdal of Norway, Ancuta Bobocel of Romania, Amy
Fowler of the U.S. and BYU and Beatrice Kiprop of Kenya ran in that order
for much of the second half of the race before Kiprop moved from to second
on the final lap to finish b ehind Grovdal, 10:11.96 to 10:12.89 and Flower
clocked 10:18.54 to make up the automatic qualifiers.. Sabine Heitling of
Brazil was fifth in 10:24 and Zsofia Erdelyi of Hungary was sixth in 10:26.82
to become time qualifiers.
Heat 2 - Tuesday, August 15, 2006 - 19:28
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 430 Bjerkeli Grøvdal Karoline NOR 10:11.96 Q
2 378 Kirop Beatrice Cheruiyot KEN 10:12.89 Q
3 473 Bobocel Ancuta ROM 10:13.12 Q
4 614 Fowler Amy USA 10:18.54 Q
5 75 Heitling Sabine BRA 10:24.44 q
6 303 Erdélyi Zsófia HUN 10:26.82 q
7 225 Mouthon Elodie FRA 10:33.26 (NJ)
8 2 Latamna Samira ALG 10:37.01 (NJ)
9 99 Woods Danelle CAN 10:38.84 (PB)
10 210 Skyttä Saara FIN 10:39.56 (PB)
11 584 Ongun Hülya TUR 10:40.14
12 127 Qie Liping CHN 10:44.02
13 543 Pori Nezka SLO 10:54.55
14 326 Basoli Giulia ITA 11:07.62
15 178 Quintana Marta ESP 11:20.45
16 444 Murrihy Melissa NZL 11:43.03 (SB)
496 Tities Destiny RSA DNF
281 Lutz Susi GER DNS
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