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The top four were all very gracious in victory and defeat and congratulated one another at the finish. |
After a disappointing fourth-place finish in the junior 800, Sarah Bowman (leading) was back to race the junior 1,500m final the next day (Saturday). |
Bowman went straight to the lead, and with two laps to go, she was putting more distance on the field. |
With one lap to go, Sarah Bowman — who ran a 4:36 mile one week earlier — continued to maintain a sizeable lead. |
Erin Bedell and Lauren Centrowitz ran 2-3, and the top two would qualify to represent the U.S. at the Junior Pan Am Games in July. |
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Bedell seemed to cut into Bowman's lead on the final lap, but Bowman won the race 4:18.48 to 4:20.64. |
Bowman congratulates Bedell. Both are recent high school graduates. Bowman will run for Tennessee next year, and Bedell will run for Baylor. Lauren Centrowitz (right) finished third in 4:25.11. |
Tiffany McWilliams went to the lead, as she often does, on the first lap of the 1,500m final. |
Anne Shadle, a recent Nebraska graduate, ran near the front and then made a move for the lead 700 meters into the race. |
This was a closely-matched field, but no one had the World Championship "A" standard. It was also a young field. The majority of the runners had graduated from college within the last few years, or not (yet) at all. |
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R-L: Shadle, Christin Wurth-Thomas, Treniere Clement, Sarah Schwald, Jen Toomey, Amy Mortimer, Tiffany McWilliams, Jenelle Deatherage, Lindsey Gallo, and Erin Donohue. |
Jenelle Deatherage leads Tiffany McWilliams and Lindsey Gallo. Erin Donohue begins to drop back. |
Treniere Clement used a powerful kick on the last lap to win the race in 4:06.73. Jen Toomey finished second in 4:07.39 and Amy Mortimer third in 4:07.58. |
Clement, who has been on a roll recently, will be the U.S.'s lone 1,500m representative in Helsinki if nothing changes. Clement has the "B" standard, but she will chase the "A" standard in the upcoming weeks... |
...and based on her recent performances, it seems that running under 4:05.80 will not be a problem for her, as long as she gets into the right race. |
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Lindsey Gallo, a recent Michigan graduate who finished a strong fifth in 4:08.60, congratulates Clement. |
There were only five girls in the junior 3,000m steeplechase. L-R: Marie Lawrence, Lindsay Allen, Hilary McClendon, Amanda Thornberry, and Shelby Brice. |
The five runners ran together early in the race. And yes, Marie Lawrence is blowing a bubble with her gum as she goes over the water barrier. |
Lindsay Allen (right), a freshman at Stanford, eventually assumed the lead and set the pace. |
Marie Lawrence and Hilary McClendon went with Allen and the three ran together for several laps. |
