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Jen Rhines ran a 14:55.18 for 5,000 meters today in Brussels, Belgium, breaking the personal best that she set earlier in the season by just over 10 seconds. Rhines moves into the #3 spot on the U.S. all-time list, behind Regina Jacobs (who banned for drug use later in her career) and Deena Kastor. Rhines' performance placed her eighth in the women's 5,000 at the Memorial Van Damme meet, in a race that was won by Tirunesh Dibaba in 14:30.63. The USA's Sara Slattery finished 18th in the same race in 15:28.09.
In the 4x800 relay, which is rarely run at the professional level, the U.S. team of Jebreh Harris, Khadevis Robinson, Sam Burley, and David Krummenacker broke the former world record (and set a new American record) with their 7:02.82, but finished .39 of a second behind the Kenyan team. The former world record of 7:03.89 was set in 1982 by Great Britain's Peter Elliott, Gary Cook, Steve Cram, and Sebastian Coe.
In the women's 800 meters, Alice Schmidt finished seventh (2:00.95) in a race that was won by Morocco's Hasna Benhassi in 1:59.06. In the men's 10,000 meters, Adam Goucher finished 13th in 27:59.41. Kenya's Micah Kogo won the race in 26:35.63.
Memorial Van Damme results | Memorial Van Damme photos
Posted by Alison Wade at 12:00 a.m. | Tags: Race Reports, Race Results
Alisha commented, on August 31, 2006 at 9:33 p.m.:
did jacobs ever get officially banned? I thought she just "chose" to make a career change toward real estate
Alison commented, on September 14, 2006 at 10:21 a.m.:
Alisha, sorry, our comment notification seems to only work sporadically, so I didn't see your comment until now. Regina Jacobs was banned for four years after testing positive for THG in 2003. The ban will be over soon, but she had already moved on to other things, plus she's 43 years old.
Randy Miyazaki commented, on August 26, 2006 at 7:21 a.m.:
can i post a link here ? i photographed the mvd again this year. pictures at http://trackandfieldphoto.com/MeetMatrix...