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On Wednesday, July 26th, in Helsinki, Finland, Kara Goucher finished third in the 10,000m at the GE Money Grand Prix with a 31:17.12. Her performance vaulted her to #3 on the U.S. all-time performance list, and made her the U.S.'s second-fastest 10,000m runner of all time (the top two times have both been run by Deena Kastor). Jen Rhines finished fourth in the race in 31:24.16, breaking her previous personal best of 31:26.66, which she ran at the 2005 World Championships. Despite the PR, Goucher's performance actually pushed Rhines back one spot on the all-time performers list, to seventh. Katie McGregor, who is now #5 on the all-time U.S. performers list with her 31:21.20 from the 2005 World Championships, also had a strong run in finishing fifth (31:32.17). Other U.S. finishers included Sara Slattery (eighth in a PR 31:57.94), Victoria Jackson (ninth, 32:59.32), and Samia Akbar (10th, 33:30.84). Missy Buttry and Renee Metivier were listed as DNFs and Blake Russell was listed as a DNS.
Not to be outdone, Alice Schmidt finished second in the 800m, behind Mozambique's Maria Mutola, in 1:59.47. Mutola, who has run 1:56.77 this season, won the race in 1:58.72. Nikeya Green of the U.S. finished ninth in the same race in 2:02.36.
On the men's side, the U.S.'s Tom Brooks finished 10th in the steeplechase in 8:40.87. The race was won by Poland's Radoslaw Poplawski in 8:19.25. Steve Slattery of the U.S. was listed as a DNF.
Complete GE Money Grand Prix results
U.S. Women's 10,000m All-Time List
Deena Drossin 30:50.32 (2002) (1)
Deena Kastor 31:09.65 (2004)
Kara Goucher 31:17.12 (2006) (2)
Deena Drossin 31:17.86 (2003)
Amy Rudolph 31:18.96 (2005) (3)
Lynn Jennings 31:19.89 (1992) (4)
Katie McGregor 31:21.20 (2005) (5)
Elva Dryer 31:21.92 (2005) (6)
Jen Rhines 31:24.16 (2006) (7)
Katie McGregor 31:25.94 (2005)
Jen Rhines 31:26.66 (2005)
Elva Dryer 31:26.88 (2003)
Francie Larrieu 31:28.92 (1991) (8)
Deena Drossin 31:28.97 (2003)
Lynn Jennings 31:30.53 (1993)
Annette Peters 31:30.89 (1997) (9)
Katie McGregor 31:33.82 (2005)
Kate O'Neill 31:34.37 (2004) (10)
Posted by Alison Wade at 4:46 p.m. | Tags: Statistics, Race Results