World Championships of Track and Field 2015

[Nevada Hoya]

The games will be in China this year, site of the 2008 Olympics. Emily Infeld will be on her first international USA team, where she will be running the 10,000m (and she almost made the team in the 5000m). At the US National meet, where the made the 10,000m team, she had not had a long training period because of her injuries, plus the day of the race was hot. So a place in the top 10 would be great for Emily.

This is from a preview on letsrun.com:

Flanagan’s 25-year-old training partner Emily Infeld rounds out Team USA in the 10,000. She’s not nearly as experienced as Flanagan (this is her first appearance at Worlds) but she almost beat Flanagan in the 10,000 at USAs (she was .31 of a second behind) and did beat Flanagan in the 5,000 (finishing 2.84 seconds ahead). She should have the same goals as Flanagan for this race.

The worry for Infeld is that 10 women in this field have run faster than her for 10,000 this year, and that doesn’t include Huddle, Saina or Kipyego. Infeld, of course, hadn’t run any 10,000s at all before her 31:38 debut at Payton Jordan, and going into that race she had only six weeks of training under her belt — initially coach Jerry Schumacher just wanted her to tempo it — and considering she ran just four seconds slower at USAs in hotter championship conditions, she should be in 31:10-20 shape if her training has gone well since USAs. Beating Flanagan and breaking into the top 8 would be a great day for Infeld and would position her nicely heading into next year’s Olympic Game and be a sign she could possibly could be the next American long distance star in the Kastor/Goucher/Flanagan/Huddle line.

LRC Prediction: 1. Cheruiyot 2. Burka 3. Huddle

When she’s on her game, no one in this field can touch Cheruiyot and she’s shown enough this year for us to pick her despite a great year from Burka who w. Huddle has been on fire the last two years and she’ll validate the decision to move up to the 10,000 with a medal here.

Top 11 Seasonal Best Times of Entrants
1 30:49.68 Gelete Burka ETH
2 30:50.83 Alemitu Haroye ETH
3 30:53.69 Belaynesh Oljira ETH
4 31:09.02 Shalane Flanagan USA
5 31:12.93 Sara Moreira POR
6 31:13.29 Vivian Cheruiyot KEN
7 31:31.97 Susan Kuijken NED
8 31:34.17 Dulce Félix POR
9 31:35.48 Jip Vastenburg NED
10 31:37.32 Yuka Takashima JPN
11 31:38.71 Emily Infeld USA

[Nevada Hoya]

These are the results of the 10000m, where Emily Infeld won the bronze. Emily has suffered two stress fractures in the recent past and was on the verge of quitting, when she puts in this wonderful performance.

POS BIB ATHLETE COUNTRY MARK
1 560 Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot KEN KEN 31:41.31
2 338 Gelete Burka ETH ETH 31:41.77
3 891 Emily Infeld USA USA 31:43.49
4 890 Molly Huddle USA USA 31:43.58
5 566 Sally Jepkosgei Kipyego KEN KEN 31:44.42 SB
6 880 Shalane Flanagan USA USA 31:46.23
7 348 Alemitu Heroye ETH ETH 31:49.73
8 573 Betsy Saina KEN KEN 31:51.35 SB
9 349 Belaynesh Oljira ETH ETH 31:53.01
10 618 Susan Kuijken NED NED 31:54.32
11 626 Jip Vastenburg NED NED 32:03.03
12 689 Sara Moreira POR POR 32:06.14
13 542 Kasumi Nishihara JPN JPN 32:12.95
14 609 Brenda Flores MEX MEX 32:15.26
15 384 Kate Avery GBR GBR 32:16.19
16 323 Trihas Gebre ESP ESP 32:20.87
17 822 Juliet Chekwel UGA UGA 32:20.95 NR
18 220 Lanni Marchant CAN CAN 32:22.50
19 687 Ana Dulce Félix POR POR 32:26.07
20 548 Yuka Takashima JPN JPN 32:27.79
21 148 Almensh Belete BEL BEL 32:47.62 SB
22 543 Rei Ohara JPN JPN 32:47.74
23 224 Natasha Wodak CAN CAN 32:59.20
24 316 Nazret Weldu ERI ERI 35:14.18 SB
821 Alia Saeed Mohammed UAE UAE DNF

[sleepyjackson21]

Just a fantastic performance! Great job Emily!

[Nevada Hoya]

Emily is the first Hoya since Rich Kenah in 1997 to medal at a World Championship race, and I believe Rich and Emily are the only two Hoyas to medal at the Worlds, which started in 1983.

[Nevada Hoya]

Emily adds to her resume. She was part of the NCAA cross country championship team, she was an individual NCAA winner (3000m indoors), and now a medal winner at the top of the heap, the Worlds.

[Nevada Hoya]

Nice story and interview with Emily: www.letsrun.com/news/2015/08/agony-ecstasy-in-the-womens-10000-molly-huddle-gives-the-bronze-away-to-emily-infeld-as-vivian-cheruiyot-wins-gold-once-again/

It was mentioned in the article that Emily ran a lot of the race on the inside, which seems to be characteristic of Hoya runners. You do not want to add distance to your run, if possible.

[Nevada Hoya]

From teamusa.org:

Rookie Infeld claims 10k bronze
The Team USA trio of Infeld, Molly Huddle (Providence, Rhode Island) and Shalane Flanagan (Marblehead, Massachusetts) turned in the best overall women’s 10,000m performance for the U.S. in World Championships history. Perhaps more eyebrow-raising that the overall team performance was that the top performer was the least-heralded of the three … until Monday.

All three stayed in the lead pack for the entirety of the race, which saw slow lap splits ranging from the mid-to-high 70 seconds, often hitting 79. The pace started to pick up at 6,000 meters as Huddle, the American record holder at 5,000 meters, stayed reliably near the front end of the pack, sitting just off the lead in the final four laps. At the bell, Huddle moved to the front of the pack and looked to be in medal contention with seconds remaining in the race. However, a surging Infeld edged Huddle at the line to claim a spot on the podium in her first World Championships appearance, crossing in 31:43.49, matching Kara Goucher (2007, bronze) as the only woman to win a medal in the 10,000m. Huddle finished fourth in 31:43.58 and Flanagan, the American record holder and 2008 Olympic bronze medalist, was sixth in 31:46.23. It marked the first time three American women finished in the top six of the 10k at World Outdoors.


If the 10,000m race were scored as a XC meet, the US would have won with 13 points with Kenya and Ethiopia, traditional powers in this race, followed.

[prhoya]

Congratulations to Emily! Wow!

[gutuna]

Infeld showing why every inch of a race counts

[Nevada Hoya]

More stories on the race: www.letsrun.com/news/2015/08/agony-ecstasy-in-the-womens-10000-molly-huddle-gives-the-bronze-away-to-emily-infeld-as-vivian-cheruiyot-wins-gold-once-again/

[Nevada Hoya]

Another good story on Emily: www.runnersworld.com/world-championships/how-emily-infeld-became-a-surprise-world-10k-medalist?cid=social51423806&adbid=636297064364666880&adbpl=tw&adbpr=16031688

[Nevada Hoya]

Some nice pictures of Emily receiving her medal. So far she is the only American to get a medal in events about 400m. www.letsrun.com/photos/2015/world-championships/day-4/index2.php

[Nevada Hoya]

With the close of the World Championships in China, the ONLY track medal for the USA (men or women) longer than the 400m distance was Emily Infeld's bronze in the 10000m!!!

[Nevada Hoya]

Another good interview with Emily: www.flotrack.org/coverage/251784-Friday-Focus/article/35466-Friday-Focus-Emily-Infeld#.VfL8ZpevwaR

[Nevada Hoya]

One more story about Emily: spikes.iaaf.org/post/emily-infeld-world-medallist

[Nevada Hoya]

Emily named female track athlete of the year by this blogger: www.trackerati.com/2016/01/2015-athletes-of-year-infeld-and-simon.html

[Nevada Hoya]

Track and Field News, the bible of track and field, just came out with its global and US rankings. The only Hoyas to make the lists this year were Emily Infeld, Treniere Clement Mosier, and Rachel Schneider. Emily was ranked 4th in the World in the 10,000m and 2nd in the US. Treniere was ranked 9th in the US in the 800m and 5th in the US in the 1500m. Rachel was ranked 8th in the US in the 1500m.

[reformation]

Is Bumbalough still running

[Nevada Hoya]

Bumby is still running as far as I know. He had injuries which sabotaged his season last year. His best effort was a 13:28 5000m indoors, which was the 14th fastest time in the US last year. I expect him to make a concerted effort this year either in the 5000 or 10000m.