Pre-Olympic track meets

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Many of the athletes who competed at the Olympic trials are participating in meets both in the US and Europe. Rachel Schneider did not waste any time to fly to Europe to complete in several races. The first race was in Liege, Belgium:

1 602 BARYSEVICH DARYIA 90 BLR 4:10.94
2 611 TKACHUK ANASTASIYA 93 UKR 4:11.23
3 608 PLIS RENATA 85 POL 4:11.27
4 606 MCGEE CORY 92 USA 4:12.00
5 609 SCHNEIDER RACHEL 91 USA 4:12.23
6 612 TSERNOV LIINA 87 UKR 4:13.28
7 603 DESALEGN BETHLEM 91 UAE 4:19.61
8 605 DELANEY BRIDEY 89 AUS 4:23.31
9 601 BARNES STEPHANIE 88 GBR 4:27.28
607 MEGAN KRUMPOCH 92 USA DNF
613 TVERDOSTUP TAMARA 79 UKR DNF

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Second race for Rachel was in Heusden, Belgium:

1 Betlhem Desalegn UAE 4:05.86
2 Charlene Thomas GBR 4:05.98 SB
3 Ingvill Måkestad Bovim NOR 4:06.03 SB
4 Madeline Hills AUS 4:06.47 PB
5 Sofie Van Accom BEL 4:07.30 PB
6 Cory McGee USA 4:07.34 SB
7 Rachel Schneider USA 4:07.84 SB
8 Margherita Magnani ITA 4:07.91 SB
9 Aisha Praught JAM 4:11.57 SB
10 Mariah Kelly CAN 4:11.88 PB
11 Laura Carlyle CAN 4:12.09 PB
12 Zenobie Vangansbeke BEL 4:20.93 SB
13 Erin Teschuk CAN 4:24.32
14 Manon Kruiver NED 4:28.91
- Lindsey Butterworth CAN DNF

Rachel's PR in the 1500m is 4:06.9, so her time is close to her PR. She will do an 800m run in Europe and then is scheduled for two 1500m in the US.

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Podcast with Emily Infeld: lindseyhein.com/20160722-4197/ill-have-another-podcast-episode-21-emily-infeld/

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Rachel Schneider got a PR of 2:03.91 in the 800m at a meet in Ninove, Belgium. Headed back ot the US now.

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Saturday in Belgium.

Gert Rasschaert Memorial
1500m:
Race A:
1. Jonas Leanderson, SWE, 3:37.78
2. Stijn Baeten, DCLA, 3:38.05
3. Ahmed Bile, USA, 3:38.33
4. Rabii Doukkana, MAR, 3:38.42

Ahmed will not be coming back to GU, although I believe he has eligibility. He will be trying to make the Qatar team next year for the Worlds.

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Rachel will be running the mile tonight in NC.

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Finals
1 Johnson, Lauren Unattached 4:25.04
3:39.705 (3:39.705) 4:25.040 (45.335)
2 Eccleston, Amanda Brooks 4:25.64
4:25.634 (4:25.634)
3 Kampf, Heather Asics Team Usa MN 4:27.23
4:27.222 (4:27.222)
4 McGee, Cory New Balance 4:28.66
4:28.656 (4:28.656)
5 Brown, Stephanie Nike 4:29.06
4:29.058 (4:29.058)
6 Tully, Nicole Hoka One One / N 4:29.78
4:29.776 (4:29.776)
7 Osika, Shannon Saucony 4:30.62
4:30.618 (4:30.618)
8 Schneider, Rachel Under Armour 4:32.41
4:32.408 (4:32.408)
9 Farber, Lianne NewBalance North 4:33.50
4:33.494 (4:33.494)
10 Uceny, Morgan Adidas 4:33.72
4:33.720 (4:33.720)
11 Vaughn, Sara Brooks / Boulder 4:35.52
4:35.520 (4:35.520)
12 Cliff, Rachel Asics Canada 4:38.39
4:38.386 (4:38.386)
13 Handler, Brook Saucony 4:41.49
4:41.486 (4:41.486)
14 Rapp, Sarah Unattached 4:55.65
4:55.650 (4:55.650)
-- Herrick, Steph New Balance Cetr DNF

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Rachel is still running during a very long season. She ran in the West Chester (PA) mile yesterday:

1 14 Lauren Johnson F 4:31.33 0.0 Unattached
2 18 Nicole Tully F 4:32.44 0.0 Hoka One One Njn
3 21 Rachel Schneider F 4:33 0.0 Under Armour
4 16 Emily Lipari F 4:33.95 0.0 BAA
5 17 Ashley Higginson F 4:34.41 0.0 Saucony Njnytc
6 15 Steph Schappert F 4:36.07 0.0 Hoka One One Njn
7 20 Lauren Wallace F 4:38.64 0.0 NorCal Distance
8 22 Christy Cazzola F 4:50.4 0.0 Atlanta TC

She has two more races, the Hoka LI race and the 5th Avenue mile.

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Rachel Schneider won the inaugural Brooklyn road mile last night. The course was either long or had lots of ups and downs as her time was 4:51. She has been running consistently in the 4:30's or better.

Top 10 women:

Nike Women's Fast Mover Mile
Place Name Borough Bib No Age Total Time
1 Rachel Schneider Outside of NYC 54 25 4:51.00
2 Corinne Fitzgerald Manhattan 15 24 5:01.67
3 Ivette Ramirez Manhattan 48 26 5:02.06
4 Jennifer St Jean Outside of NYC 59 41 5:06.00
5 Olga Kosichenko Staten Island 30 29 5:06.43
6 Trina Bills Brooklyn 6 23 5:10.30
7 Stephanie Herrick Manhattan 25 29 5:11.19
8 Lena Placzek Brooklyn 44 24 5:11.32
9 Corinne Birchard Staten Island 7 21 5:13.42
10 Allison Goldstein Outside of NYC 21 30 5:16.00

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Neither track nor pre-Oympic, but the 5th Avenue mile had two alumnae in the race, Emily Infeld, coming down from 10,000m, and Rachel Schneider running her nth race of the season:

New Balance 5th Avenue Mile Professional Women
Pl. Bib First Last Age City State Country Affiliation Time
1 31 Jenny Simpson 30 Boulder CO United States New Balance 04:18.3
2 33 Laura Muir 23 Glasgow United Kingdom Nike 04:18.4
3 43 Heather Kampf 29 Minneapolis MN United States Asics 04:19.7
4 34 Amanda Eccleston 26 Adrian MI United States Brooks 04:20.6
5 35 Kate Grace 27 Sacramento CA United States Oiselle 04:22.7
6 38 Shelby Houlihan 23 Portland OR United States Nike 04:23.0
7 39 Nicole Sifuentes 30 Plymouth MI Canada Saucony 04:23.2
8 42 Katie Mackey 28 Seattle WA United States Brooks 04:23.5
9 32 Emma Coburn 25 Boulder CO United States New Balance 04:23.8
10 36 Morgan Uceny 31 Watertown MA United States Adidas 04:24.6
11 51 Shannon Osika 23 Ann Arbor MI United States Saucony 04:25.1
12 49 Eilish McColgan 25 Carnoustie United Kingdom Nike 04:25.6
13 50 Ashley Higginson 27 Marlboro NJ United States NJ-NY Track Club 04:26.1
14 53 Alison Leonard 26 Birmingham United Kingdom Blackburn Harriers & AC 04:26.3
15 45 Sara Vaughn 30 Boulder CO United States Brooks 04:27.1
16 41 Emily Infeld 26 Portland OR United States Nike 04:27.8
17 44 Stephanie Garcia 28 Greenville SC United States New Balance 04:28.0
18 37 Nicole Schappert Tully 29 Englewood NJ United States New York Athletic Club 04:30.3
19 47 Cory McGee 24 Brighton MA United States New Balance 04:30.3
20 40 Lauren Johnson 29 Eugene OR United States Nike Oregon Track Club 04:30.5
21 48 Rachel Schneider 25 Washington DC United States Under Armour 04:31.1
22 52 Stephanie Brown 25 Big Bear City CA United States Nike 04:34.1
23 54 Stephanie Schappert 23 Clinton NJ United States HOKA/NJ-NY Track Club 04:35.5