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#1. Diamond League- Doha

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• Faith Kipyegon Continues dominance in the 1500m
  • Since the start of 2017, only one woman has defeated Kipyegon in a 1500m race: Sifan Hassan, who is currently recovering from winning the London Marathon. 
  • Her 11th straight at 1500 meters after a perfect 2022.
  •  20-year-old Ethiopian Diribe Welteji (4th at Worlds in the 800 last year) put up a good fight, but no one closes like Faith Kipyegon! 
• Men’s 3,000m 
  • Lamecha Girma got the win in 7:26.18
  • Selemon Barega, second in a pb of 7:27.16
  • Berihu Aregawi third in 7:27.61. 
  • It was just the third time three men broke 7:28 in the same race, with the other two races coming in Doha in 2011 and indoors in Lievin in 2021.

#2. Sound Running Meet 

(Source & Source)

• Women’s 5000m
  • Josette Andrews won the 5000 in 14:43.36
    •  World Lead
    • US #7 All-Time
    • 4:34.35 final 1600 and 2:12.75 final 800.
    • 14:57.00 is the world standard.
    • Stadium record at Hilmer Lodge Stadium
    • Previous week broke the 27-year old Penn Relays Record in the 1500m in 4:04.88

US women’s 5,000 all-time list

1. 14:23.92 Shelby Houlihan 2020
2. 14:26.34 Karissa Schweizer 2020
3. 14:31.11 Alicia Monson 2022
4. 14:33.17i Elise Cranny 2022
5. 14:38.92 Shannon Rowbury 2016
6. 14:42.64 Molly Huddle 2014
7. 14:43.36 Josette Andrews 2023
8. 14:44.80 Shalane Flanagan 2007

• Venezuela’s Joselyn Brea ran a national record, finishing second place in 14:47 
  • This crushes her own national record time of 15:21 that Brea ran in 2021
• Mexico’s Laura Galvan (3rd in race) ran a national record and also achieved the world standard time. Her time was 14:49, beating her own national record of 14:51.15.
• 5 Women under the world standard: Joselyn, Laura, Josette, (as mentioned)
  • As well as Americans Emily Infeld and Elly Hene
• Katelyn Tuohy ran 15:03.12 
  • an 11-second pb 
  • the fastest ever by a collegiate woman outdoors
  • Jenny Simpson has run faster indoors.

• Men’s 5000m
  • Connor Burns narrowly breaks Galen Rupp’s US high school 5,000m record: 
    • In B heat of 5000m
    • Burns ran 13:37.30
    • Galen’s previous record was 13:37.91
    • Burns broke 4:00 in the mile as a junior last year
• Men’s 800m
  • Yared Nuguse comes from behind to win in a lifetime-best of 1:46.30.
  • Season opener.
  • Took everyone down in the last 100m.
• A couple interesting Steeplechase notes
  • In mens: They rang the bell too early!
  • Krissy Gear: Pretty far back in 4th, reeled it in to beat Courtney Wayment . Interesting countdown mental strategy. Gear missed the World standard by an agonizing .55 tonight, but it will likely take a sub-9:23 to finish in the top 3 at USAs anyway.

#3. USATF Trail & Mountain Championships

• USATF Trail Marathon championships 
  • Brittany Charboneau won the women’s USATF Trail Marathon championships on a brutal
  • 8000 feet of elevation gain
• USATF Mountain Running Championship & Vertical Mountain Champion titles both went to  Grayson Murphy

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