Jesse's Summer Vacation

[Nevada Hoya]

Before the Malmo (Sweden) meet, Jesse ran against a world class field in the Norwich Union meet in England. Jesse was top American, beating an Olympian (beat Derrick Peterson by over 2 seconds) or two. Time for the winning finisher was not that fast, but Jesse was within a 0.1 s of his best.

Norwich Union British Grand Prix - London (GBR)
Friday, July 30, 2004

Official Result
Men - 800m

Pos Athlete Nat Mark
1 Mutua Joseph KEN 1:45.53
2 Yiampoy William KEN 1:45.66
3 Mulaudzi Mbulaeni RSA 1:45.95
4 Laalou Amine MAR 1:46.06
5 Soos Ricky GBR 1:46.12
6 Saïd-Guerni Djabir ALG 1:46.15
7 Rotich Michael KEN 1:46.46
8 O'Connell Jesse USA 1:46.53
9 Krummenacker David USA 1:47.01
10 Herms René GER 1:47.02
11 Koech Justus KEN 1:47.67
12 Peterson Derrick USA 1:48.88
13 Som Bram NED 1:49.12

[Nevada Hoya]

And Treniere is enjoying Belgium.

Pos Athlete Nat Mark
1 Tollefson Carrie USA 4:06.30
2 Kibiwot Viola KEN 4:06.68
3 Essarokh Latifa FRA 4:06.90
4 Vermeulen Kate CAN 4:07.08
5 Babcock Courtney CAN 4:07.34
6 Dejaeghere Veerle BEL 4:08.08
7 Krakoviak Irina LTU 4:08.87
8 Bahi Azzouhoum Fatiha ALG 4:08.88
9 Suldesová Andrea CZE 4:10.11
10 Geens Mieke BEL 4:10.45
11 Burika Gelete ETH 4:10.52
12 Clement Treniere USA 4:11.11
13 Tóth Lívia HUN 4:11.70
14 Walsham Suzy AUS 4:11.75
15 Deatherage Jenelle USA 4:13.88
16 Jensen Heidi DEN 4:19.43
Carruzzo Christina SUI DNF
Ngotho Margaret KEN DNF
Paulino Tina MOZ DNF

That is either a PR or close to a PR for her.

[Nevada Hoya]

Jesse PRs again, this time in Malmo, Sweden, but he was just nipped by Alan Webb.

MS 800 m A-Final
Plac Namn År Förening/Land Resultat
1 Yussuf Saad Kamel 83 BRN 1.45,40
2 Nicholas Wachira KEN 1.46,05
3 Alan Webb 83 USA 1.46,09
4 Jesse O'Connel 82 USA 1.46,16
5 Samuel Burlie USA 1.46,45
6 Michael Sneberger 78 CZE 1.46,63
7 Vincent Kemboi 82 KEN 1.46,99
8 Rizak Dirshe 72 Malmö AI 1.47,52
9 Derrick Peterson 77 USA 1.48,66
10 Dimitrijs Milkevics 81 LAT 1.48,91
11 Jaroslav Ruza 83 CZE 1.49,21
12 Jonas Dufvenberg 81 Turebergs FK 1.50,28
13 Göran Olofsson 77 Malmö AI 1.51,08

[reformation]

Jesse is amazingly consistent and a fantastic competitor . Its great that he's getting into a lot of races and having good results.

It seems that he will have to work on his base speed to get to the olympic/worlds(1:44) level as his times are pretty consistent in the 1:46 range.

Everythibg seems to point that he will get there.

[reformation]

Its too bad that Eurosport does not air in tthe US, then we couls see the races on TV live.

[Nevada Hoya]

That would be great to see some of these European meets live. I think Jesse is following in the footsteps of the great Hoya middle distance guys. I am not too sure if many were better than 1:46 on graduating. It seems as if Jesse has a similar running style to Rich Kenah. Neither one has the great 400m speed that some of the other 800m guys have, but they seem to have a great kick at the end (or slow down the least). I think Jesse can follow Rich's lead and develop into a sub-1:45 runner. I believe Chris Lukezic will be running around 1:46 before he graduates, and his best distance is the 1500/mile.

[Nevada Hoya]

Speaking of 800m men, it was good to see Dr. Brian McNelis, who was one of the best at Georgetown, get inducted into the GU Hall of Fame. I think Brian's best was around 1:45.xx. It is interesting to see that he now lives in Port Washington, NY, which is one town over from where I grew up and where one of my sisters now lives. Congratulations to Brian. Also, congratulations to Pia Palladino, one of the best GU women runners on her induction.

[reformation]

Treniere Clement ran a PB at the WEltklasse at 800m(2:02:35), strong time for a 1500m runner-she seems to have great range, also great for her to get into the premiere non olympic/wc meet in the world.

[Nevada Hoya]

Reformation, good find, but where did you find it. I had looked at the Weltklasse results, but all I found for the women was

Weltklasse Zürich - Zürich (SUI)Friday, August 06, 2004

Official Result
Women - 800m

Pos Athlete Nat Mark
1 Mutola Maria de Lurdes MOZ 1:57.47
2 Miles Clark Jearl USA 1:58.03
3 Cherkasova Svetlana RUS 1:58.34
4 Teter Nicole USA 1:58.81
5 Aït Hammou Amina MAR 1:58.92
6 Lavshuk Natalya RUS 1:59.22
7 Cummins Diane CAN 1:59.22
8 Samaria Agnes NAM 1:59.62
9 Grousselle Elisabeth FRA 1:59.69
10 Brägger Anita SUI 1:59.91
11 Clark Hazel USA 2:03.11
Vashentseva Irina RUS DNF

Treniere's time was faster than the one posted by Hazel Clark, who is one of our three Olympic 800m runners. Too bad Treniere fell at the trials, she might have had a top three finish and the way she is running might have been able to get the A standard. As it is, the winner of the trials has a B standard, so she may the only one to run.

[reformation]

She ran in the U23 race, I saw it at trackandfieldnews.com

[Nevada Hoya]

Thanks.