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Like the 3,000 earlier in the meet, the 5,000 also had a strong Ethiopian contingent. |
R-L: Tirunesh Dibaba, Ejegayehu Dibaba, Sentayehu Ejigu, and Merima Hashim. |
Great Britain's Catherine Berry. |
Jen Toomey and Mardrea Hyman, the designated pacesetters, continued to set the pace through 600 meters. |
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Tirunesh Dibaba leads her older sister, Ejegayehu Dibaba. |
Sentayehu Ejigu runs behind Ejegayehu Dibaba. |
Catherine Berry had run 15:34 for 5,000m earlier this season at the Cardinal Invitational. |
Mardrea Hyman and Jen Toomey continue to lead through 1,000m. |
The leaders were targeting the world record of 14:24.68... |
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...which was run by Turkey's Elvan Abeylegesse exactly one year earlier on this day. |
24-year-old Merima Hashim had finished fourth at the Freihofer's Run for Women in Albany, New York... |
...one week earlier, where she ran 15:49 for a road 5K. |
When the pacesetters dropped out, that left Tirunesh Dibaba in the lead, just ahead of Ejegayehu Dibaba... |
...and Sentayehu Ejigu. |
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Merima Hashim leads Catherine Berry. |
Tirunesh Dibaba seemed to have the best shot at the record. Her last race in the U.S., the Reebok Boston Indoor Games... |
... in February, produced a 5,000m world indoor record of 14:32.93. |
Tirunesh and Ejegayehu took turns setting the pace. |
Though the weather had cooled off a bit by the time of the women's 5,000... |
