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The Providence Cobras ran down the Cambridge Jets on the final leg of the 4 x 200 meter youth relay, and won 1:57.83 to 1:58.17. |
Missy Buttry and Sara Slattery look relaxed before the 5,000, which kicked off the women's elite events. |
As did Tirunesh Dibaba and Ejegayehu Dibaba. |
The Dibaba sisters were both in the process of crossing themselves when the gun went off, and they seemed a little caught off guard. |
Mardrea Hyman of Jamaica was the designated rabbit. |
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Missy Buttry, a former Wartburg standout, runs in the pack. |
Within several laps, Hyman and the Dibaba sisters were well ahead of the rest of the field. |
Ejegayehu Dibaba is the elder of the two sisters. |
Iryna Vaschuk was the rabbit for the second group of runners, who seemed to be involved in an entirely different race, but were still running fast. |
Tirunesh Dibaba follows the rabbit and leads older sister Ejegayehu Dibaba. |
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Former Adams State star Zoila Gomez was stepping up to a new level of competition in running here. |
Iryna Vaschuk, a former middle distance star for USC and a native of Russia, sets the pace for the group of four Americans. |
Tirunesh and Ejegayehu Dibaba were ahead of world record pace early in the race. Tirunesh set that record - 14:32.93 - in this meet a year ago. |
Former University of Colorado runner Sara Slattery runs behind the second rabbit. |
When Mardrea Hyman dropped out, the race for the record was really on... |
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...which brought big cheers from the crowd, which included many Ethiopian fans. |
Tirunesh did not lead the way, Ejegayehu also pushed the pace a couple times. |
Sara Slattery runs in third place. |
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Zoila Gomez made her marathon debut at the 2005 ING New York City Marathon, where she ran 2:41:43. |
