2005 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships - Highlights
Home Depot Center, Carson, California
June 23-26, 2005
All photos by Alison Wade/New York Road Runners


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A pack of four, L-R: Natalie Florence, Lisa Galaviz, Jane Rudkin, and Kara June, ran together for much of the race. All four advanced easily. Early in the second heat of the 3,000m steeplechase, L-R: Ann Gaffigan, Rena Chesser, Elizabeth Jackson, Cassie King, Lisa Antonelli, Brianna Dahm, and Dawn Cromer (formerly Cleary). Chesser (right, 1st, 10:17.81) and Cromer (left, 2nd, 10:23.32) led most of the way, and both advanced to Sunday's final with plenty of room to spare. Dawn Cromer is a former University of Virginia star. Former national champion Elizabeth Jackson finished third in 10:24.88. The women's steeple will be contested for the first time at the 2005 World Championships, so Sunday's final will be a historic moment in the women's steeple.
A pack of four, L-R: Natalie Florence, Lisa Galaviz, Jane Rudkin, and Kara June, ran together for much of the race. All four advanced easily. Early in the second heat of the 3,000m steeplechase, L-R: Ann Gaffigan, Rena Chesser, Elizabeth Jackson, Cassie King, Lisa Antonelli, Brianna Dahm, and Dawn Cromer (formerly Cleary). Chesser (right, 1st, 10:17.81) and Cromer (left, 2nd, 10:23.32) led most of the way, and both advanced to Sunday's final with plenty of room to spare. Dawn Cromer is a former University of Virginia star. Former national champion Elizabeth Jackson finished third in 10:24.88. The women's steeple will be contested for the first time at the 2005 World Championships, so Sunday's final will be a historic moment in the women's steeple.
Sarah Bowman led the junior 800m final with one lap to go, but she had started off near the back of the field and it looked like it took a lot of work for her to work her way up to the front. R-L: Bowman leads Heidi Magill, Alysia Johnson (mostly obscured), Maggie Infield and Trisa Nickoley, and Rebekah Noble (far left) moves up on the outside. Rebekah Noble (who also goes by Becca) used an amazing kick in the last 200 meters and just blew everyone away. The recent high school graduate who will attend Oregon in the fall finished in 2:03.73 to Heidi Magill's 2:04.99. It was pretty dark by the time the women's 800m semis got started. The first round had been cancelled because the field was small. Hazel Clark and Kameisha Bennett led on the first lap. Clark (2:02.47) won the first semi-final and Bennett finished second (2:03.16).
Sarah Bowman led the junior 800m final with one lap to go, but she had started off near the back of the field and it looked like it took a lot of work for her to work her way up to the front. R-L: Bowman leads Heidi Magill, Alysia Johnson (mostly obscured), Maggie Infield and Trisa Nickoley, and Rebekah Noble (far left) moves up on the outside. Rebekah Noble (who also goes by Becca) used an amazing kick in the last 200 meters and just blew everyone away. The recent high school graduate who will attend Oregon in the fall finished in 2:03.73 to Heidi Magill's 2:04.99. It was pretty dark by the time the women's 800m semis got started. The first round had been cancelled because the field was small. Hazel Clark and Kameisha Bennett led on the first lap. Clark (2:02.47) won the first semi-final and Bennett finished second (2:03.16).
Sasha Spencer (left, 3rd, 2:04.72) and Mishael Bertrand (right, fifth, 2:05.05) advanced, as did LSU's Tanya Osborne (behind Spencer, 4th, 2:04.97). Francis Santin (right) and Alice Schmidt led the field on the first lap of the second 800m semi-final. Alice Schmidt won in 2:03.96, Maggie Vessey finished second (2:04.02), and Jearl Miles Clark was third (2:04.42). Frances Santin (right, 4th, 2:05.08) was the last qualifier for Sunday's final. Nicole Blood went to the front at the start of the junior 5,000m. She had run many cross country 5Ks before, but this was her first one on the track. Whitney Anderson, a recent high school graduate from Colorado, gradually worked her way up to second place, and was gaining on Blood at the end of the race.
Sasha Spencer (left, 3rd, 2:04.72) and Mishael Bertrand (right, fifth, 2:05.05) advanced, as did LSU's Tanya Osborne (behind Spencer, 4th, 2:04.97). Francis Santin (right) and Alice Schmidt led the field on the first lap of the second 800m semi-final. Alice Schmidt won in 2:03.96, Maggie Vessey finished second (2:04.02), and Jearl Miles Clark was third (2:04.42). Frances Santin (right, 4th, 2:05.08) was the last qualifier for Sunday's final. Nicole Blood went to the front at the start of the junior 5,000m. She had run many cross country 5Ks before, but this was her first one on the track. Whitney Anderson, a recent high school graduate from Colorado, gradually worked her way up to second place, and was gaining on Blood at the end of the race.
Blood, a high school junior from New York, managed to hold off Anderson for the win, 16:30.90 to 16:33.32. Blake Russell was one of the primary pacesetters in the women's 10,000m. By the time this race rolled around the stadium was so dark that it was virtually impossible to get... ...good photos with our equipment, which was too bad, because it was a fabulous race. Above: Lindsey Scherf, who would be eligible to run in the junior meet (which only had a girls' 5,000 but a boys' 10,000) went with the lead pack early on. Deena Kastor did not assume her usual position in the front of the pack. Instead, she just tried to hang on to the lead group as long as possible. Due to an injury, most of the preparation she had done for this race was in the form of crosstraining. As Blake Russell (and Katie McGregor, on Russell's shoulder) continued to set a quick pace, runners began to drop off the back of the pack one by one.
Blood, a high school junior from New York, managed to hold off Anderson for the win, 16:30.90 to 16:33.32. Blake Russell was one of the primary pacesetters in the women's 10,000m. By the time this race rolled around the stadium was so dark that it was virtually impossible to get... ...good photos with our equipment, which was too bad, because it was a fabulous race. Above: Lindsey Scherf, who would be eligible to run in the junior meet (which only had a girls' 5,000 but a boys' 10,000) went with the lead pack early on. Deena Kastor did not assume her usual position in the front of the pack. Instead, she just tried to hang on to the lead group as long as possible. Due to an injury, most of the preparation she had done for this race was in the form of crosstraining. As Blake Russell (and Katie McGregor, on Russell's shoulder) continued to set a quick pace, runners began to drop off the back of the pack one by one.

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