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* Requires RegistrationEmma Coburn signs with New Balance
June 11, 2013
New Balance has signed 2012 Olympic steeplechase finalist and two-time U.S. national champion Emma Coburn to a multi-year endorsement contract.... more
| 2013 NCAA Women’s 3,000m Steeplechase: Emma Coburn Wins As Colleen Quigley Gets The "A"
June 10, 2013
From the gun, it was essentially a two-woman race between Coburn and Colleen Quigley of Florida State. Aside from Quigley approaching Coburn throughout the race, Coburn steadily maintained her lead and eventually crossed the finish line a champion. From day one of the NCAA Championships through the final day, Coburn proved her number one ranking and continues to hold as a serious contender in the women’s 3000 meter steeplechase.... more
| Lidya Chepkurui Gets her Second Diamond League Victory In Dominating Fashion
May 26, 2013
At the IAAF opener in Doha, Kenya’s Lidya Chepkurui was viewed as a big surprise as the non-Olympian beat five of the top six from last year’s Olympics. Well, this afternoon in New York, in a rematch with the runner-up from Doha (Ethiopia’s 2012 Olympic bronze medallist Sofia Assefa), Chepkurui showed that her win in Doha was no fluke as she won again in very similar fashion... more
| Emma Coburn wins NCAA West Prelim Title
May 25, 2013
“Days like this are funny because you are sitting in your hotel room ready to go and then it’s an hour delay, then a two-hour delay and then a three-hour delay,” Coburn said. “It kind of messes up your schedule a little bit, but everyone has to deal with it, so it doesn’t make it a disadvantage to a specific athlete. I liked it because we got to run in perfect Austin weather.”... more
| Florida State's Colleen Quigley wins East Regional, scares school record
May 25, 2013
Running at the front from the gun, 2012 All-American Colleen Quigley ran away from the first heat field, winning in a personal-best time of 9:49.44, which is off the school record held by 2012 Olympian Barbara Parker (9:48.42).
"I wasn't training through this," said Quigley. "I was peaking for this so I was ready for a hard effort and a PR. It felt surprisingly easy. ... It's just kind of fun to see how fast I can run by myself and I know I can go faster if I had people to push me."... more
| Adidas Grand Prix Preview: Lyda Chepkurui, Sofia Assefa top Women's Steeplechase Field
May 24, 2013
The IAAF opener in Doha featured five of the top six from the 2012 Olympics and the surprise winner was 27-year old Lyda Chepkurui of Kenya. The non-Olympian got the victory in a new personal best of 9:13.75 (previous pb of 9:14.98) after a blistering last 1 km of 2:57.32 (last lap 67 low). Chepkurui, the 6th placer at the Kenyan Trials last year, will be New York and is the woman to beat.
Lydiah Lidya Chepkurui after the biggest win of her career
On paper there only seems to be one woman with a shot of beating her and that’s Doha runner-up and 2012 Olympic bronze medallist Sofia Assefa.... more
| Australia's Genevieve Lacaze earns World berth
May 20, 2013
Genevieve Lacaze will compete in the women’s 3000m steeplechase at the IAAF World Championships after running 9:37.62, an IAAF World Championships A-Qualifier and a personal best, to win at the Ponce Grand Prix.... more
| O'Connor defends her Big Ten title with a 10-second PR
May 11, 2013
Defending her 2012 3,000-meter steeplechase title, redshirt sophomore Leah O'Connor pushed ahead in the last 200-meters to earn the win. She won her second-straight gold medal honor by shaving 10 seconds off her personal-best time, clocking a 9:53.53. The mark moves her into third in the NCAA East Region and fifth in the nation. O'Connor has now won every Big Ten steeplechase that she has competed in as a Spartan.... more
| 2013 Doha Women’s Steeplechase: Lydiah Chepkurui pulls off a big upset
May 10, 2013
The women’s steeple at the Diamond League opener in Doha, Qatar tonight featured five of the top six finishers from the London Olympics and four of the five women who went sub 9:10 last year.
In the end, the winner was a surprise. 27-year old Kenyan Lydiah Chepkurui, who came in with a 9:14.98 pb and didn’t make the Olympics last year (6th at Kenyan Trials), got the victory in a new personal best of 9:13.75 after a blistering last 1 km of 2:57.32 (last lap 67 low).... more
| Emma Coburn and Jamie Cheever run fastest times in the world this season
April 29, 2013
Colorado's Emma Coburn and Team USA Minnesota's Jamie Cheever ran the fastest (9:28.26) and second-fastest (9:29.13) times in the world this year, respectively, at the Payton Jordan Invitational Sunday evening. For Coburn, it came just 2 days after setting a 1500m PR at Drake Relays. For Cheever, it was a more than 20 second PR.... more
| Jamie Cheever Runs 9:29 to PR in the Steeplechase at Payton Jordan Meet; Achieves World 'A' Standard
April 29, 2013
Minneapolis/St. Paul - April 29, 2013 - Team USA Minnesota's Jamie Cheever ran a personal best of 9:29.13 (previous was 9:51.42) in the 3000-meter steeplechase at the Payton Jordan Invitational and finished second in the race after 2012 Olympian Emma Coburn from Colorado, who ran 9:28.26. Both women achieved the World 'A' standard in the steeple of 9:43 or better and are currently ranked #1 and #2 in the World in the event for 2013.... more
| Coburn Runs World Leading Steeplechase Mark
April 29, 2013
STANFORD, Calif. – Just two days after a 1,500-meter race at the 104th Drake Relays in Iowa, University of Colorado senior Emma Coburn won the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational at Stanford on Sunday night with the best time in the world this year.... more
| Alexi Pappas wins Stanford Invite in Homemade Singlet
March 30, 2013
Alexi Pappas set a personal best (9:46.73) in winning the 3000m steeplechase at the Stanford Invitational in a singlet made by her friend as a birthday gift.... more
| Cornell's Rachel Sorna Sets Ivy League Record
March 23, 2013
Cornell junior Rachel Sorna continued her breakout season on Friday night, setting a new Ivy League record in the 3K steeplechase with a mark of 9:50.39.
Competing at the Spring Break Invitational in Irvine, Calif., Sorna bested the previous Ivy League record by two seconds. She also topped teammate Genna Hartung's meet record from the year before by 37 seconds.... more
| Bridget Franek Named USA Track & Field Athlete of the Week
March 20, 2013
Bridget Franek (Eugene, Ore.) has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week after setting a 2,000m steeplechase American record of 6:19.09 at the Oregon Preview meet in Eugene on Saturday.
Franek’s time eclipsed the previous American mark of 6:20.66 set by Carrie Messner in 2007.... more
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