Meet Records in Jepardy at Les Internationaux de Demi-Fond de Montreal I
(Montreal, Quebec) -- Meet records in all events are in jepardy at
Tuesday's Les Internationaux de Demi-Fond de Montreal I at Centre Claude
Robillard in Montreal, the fourth stop on the 2002 CanAm High Performance
Distance Circuit.
The men's 800 features three time NCAA champion Otukile LEKOTE, winner at
the Boston I and Maine 2002 CanAm Circuit meets, Olympian Bryan WOODWARD,
1:45.74 performer Moise JOSEPH, and '01 Canadian 800 champ Achraf TADILI.
Botswana's Lekote, who has won 1 indoor and 2 outdoor NCAA 800 titles,
set the CanAm Circuit record of 1:44.47 last year in Montreal. 2000 US
Olympian Woodward also won the 1997 NCAA title at this distance. Joseph
lowered his personal best to 1:45.74 when claiming the bronze medal at
this year's edition of the NCAA championships, while Montreal's own
Tadili won the 2001 Canadian championship with a 1:45.48 PB. The meet
record is 1:47.11, established by the US's Michael Stember back in 1998.
The women's 800 features new Maine Distance Festival meet record holder
Chantee EARL, who ran 2:00.26 last Saturday in Brunswick, Maine to record
the second fastest 800 ever run during the CanAm High Performance
Circuit. Joining Earl in the half-mile is former NCAA champion Miesha
MARZELL-ARNOLD, and USATF 1500 finalist and national cross country team
member Janet TRUJILLO. Jennifer Toomey's meet record of 2:03.58 was set
in 2000.
Canadian mile star Kevin SULLIVAN headlines a strong field in the metric
mile. Sullivan, an Olympian and former NCAA champion while at Michigan,
will be joined by former Big East champ Dan WILSON, steeple stars Ray
HUGHES and Ian CONNER, and half-mile specialist Jesse STRUZEL. Mexico's
Hector Torres set the meet standard of 3:43.35 in 2000.
The women's 1500 features Mexican 10,000 and marathon record holder
Adriana FERNANDEZ, Japanese distance star Kazue OGOSHI, USATF finalists
Priscilla HEIN and Sally HAUSER, Canadian 800 runner-up Heather HENNIGAR,
and Canadian distance standout Sarah DILLABAUGH, winner of the Boston II
metric mile.
The women's steeple is shaping up well, with Canadian champ Margaret
BUTLER, '01 USATF bronze medalist Kelly MACDONALD, and CanAm Circuit and
meet record holder Tanya DODGE. Dodge's CanAm Circuit and meet record is
10:29.40, which is well within the capability of these athletes.
The men's 10,000 features Mexico's Derek GALVAN, the 1999 Pan American
Games 5000 bronze medalist, as well as Japan's Masakazu FUJIWARA and
Michitaka HOSOKAWA and former NCAA champ Teddy MITCHELL.
The Les Internationaux de Demi-Fond de Montreal I international
competition gets underway at 8:15pm. For directions, complete list of
entries, results, and other CanAm information, visit the CanAm website at:
http://miscott.home.att.net/canam
The CanAm Circuit was founded in 1998 to provide low cost high
performance competition opportunities to elite and emerging elite
distance runners in North America during the summer months following the
national championships. The 2002 edition consists of the two New Balance
Boston High Performance Meets (Waltham, Mass, June 29 & July 2), the New
Balance Maine Distance Festival (Brunswick, Maine, July 6), and the two
Les Internationaux de Demi-Fond de Montreal meets (Montreal, Quebec, July
9 & July 12).
Montreal I [Formerly Sherbrooke] Meet Records
Men's 800 - 1:47.11, Michael Stember, '98
Women's 800 - 2:03.58, Jennifer Toomey, USA, '00
Men's 1500 - 3:43.35, Hector Torres, MEX, '00
Women's 1500 - 4:06.79, Robyn Meagher, CAN, '99
Men's 3000 - 7:56.29, Pete Julian, USA, '99
Women's 3000 - 9:13.06, Adriana Fernandez, MEX, '98
Men's Steeple - 8:43.01, Donovan Bergstorm, USA, '99
Women's Steeple - 10:29.40, Tanya Dodge, USA, '00
Women's 10,000 - 32:39.05, Adriana Fernandez, MEX, '98
CanAm Circuit Records:
Women's 800-1:59.45 M. Rainey-Valmon Reebok Enclave '98 Montreal
Women's 1500-4:02.29 Regina Jacobs Mizuno '98 Boston II
Women's Mile-4:31.07 Cindy O'Krane Kajaks/CAN '98 Maine
Women's 3000-8:52.96* Regina Jacobs Mizuno '98 Maine
9:06.08 Molly Watcke New Balance '00 Maine
Women's Steeplechase-10:29.40 Tonya Dodge Syracuse Chargers '00 Sherbrooke
Women's 5000-14:52.49 Regina Jacobs Mizuno '98 Maine
Women's 10,000-31:08.27 Derartu Tulu Ethiopia '00 Maine
Men's 800-1:44.47 Otukile Lekote Botswana '01 Montreal
Men's 1500-3:38.12 Mark Carroll Ireland '98 Montreal
Men's Mile-3:56.82 Jason Pyrah Mizuno '98 Maine
Men's 3000-7:53.22 Brian Baker New Balance '00 Maine
Men's Steeplechase-8:22.09 Mark Croghan adidas '00 Maine
Men's 5000-13:37.25 David Galvan Mexico '00 Montreal
Men's 10,000-28:06.89, Toshihiro Iwasa, Japan, '00 Montreal
Mike Scott
Vice Chair/Secretary, USATF Cross Country Council
Clubs Coordinator, Team USA Distance Running
Coordinator, CanAm High Performance Distance Circuit
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