FINAL FIELDS RELEASED FOR TONIGHT'S BRUTUS HAMILTON INVITATIONAL By David Monti (c) 2009 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved. April 24, 2009
The final fields for the two-day Brutus Hamilton Invitational meeting, which kicks off this evening at the University of California at Berkley, have been released. Invitational sections have been organized for the men's and women's steeplechase, 5000m and 10,000m on Friday and the men's mile on Saturday. Here are the final fields from New York Road Runners' professional athletes manager, Sam Grotewold, in summary form, below (the complete fields are attached).
MEN - 1 Mile Run Don Bowden Invitational 1 Miguel Brisuela SR FMA 2 Darren Brown NA Unattached 3 David Torrence NA Unattached 4 Tim Baley NA Unattached 5 Tommy Schmitz NA Saucony/WRRT 6 Mark Matusak NA Brutus Hamil 7 Kevin Davis NA Nike 8 Michael Coe SO Cal 9 Jim Sorensen NA Unattached 10 Eric Lee SO Cal
5000 Meter Run Invitational: 1 Tom Lancashire NA Nike 2 Kevin Sullivan NA Reebok 3 Sam Chelanga O= Liberty 4 Yuichiro Ueno NA S&B Shokuhin 5 Jorge Torres NA Reebok 6 Robert Curtis NA Reebok 7 Thomas Morgan NA ZAP Fitness 8 Yosef Ghebray JR Cal 9 Scott Bauhs NA adidas 10 Ben St Lawrence NA New Balance 11 Miguel Ordu–a SR FMA 12 Amado Garcia SR GUATEMALA 13 Isaias Haro SR FMA 14 Diego Alberto Borrego NA Mexico 15 Blake Boldon NA Boulder Runn 16 Jordan Horn NA adidas-McMil 17 Matt Clark NA adidas-McMil 18 Geoff Kerr SR U of Calgary 19 Kristopher Houghton NA Dukes Track 20 Jefferey Eggleston NA Brooks 21 Haron Lagat NA New Balance (pace) 22 Ed Torres NA Reebok 23 Jon Pierce NA Unattached (pace)
10,000 Meter Run Invitational: 1 Juan Luis Barrios NA Nike 2 Anthony Famiglietti NA Saucony 3 Teodoro Vega NA New York Roa 4 Ed Moran NA Nike 5 James Carney NA New Balance 6 Alejandro Suarez NA adidas 7 Boaz Chemboiywo NA Nike 8 Juan Carlos Romero NA Nike 9 Fasil Bizuneh NA New Balance 10 Yuki Sato NA Nissin Group 11 Satoru Kitamura NA Nissin Group 12 Collis Birmingham NA New Balance 13 Michael Shelley NA Nike 14 Seigo Ikegami NA Honda Motor 15 Martin Fagan NA Reebok 16 Julio Cesar Perez NA New York Roa 17 Suehiro Ishikawa NA Honda Motor 18 Fernando Cabada NA Reebok 19 Andrew Lemoncello NA adidas-McMil 20 Mark Matusak NA Brutus Hamil 21 Josh Moen NA Team USA MN 22 Guor Marial JR Iowa State 23 Matt Gabrielson NA Reebok 24 Bolota Asmerom NA Nike 25 Haron Lagat NA New Balance 26 Sam Chelanga O= Liberty
3000 Meter Steeplechase Invitational: 1 Brian Olinger NA Reebok 2 Kyle Alcorn NA Nike 3 Jacques Sallberg NA Unattached 4 David Olson JR Weber
WOMEN - 5000 Meter Run Invitational: 1 Marina Muncan NA New Balance (pacer) 2 Carrie Tollefson NA adidas 3 Sara Slattery NA Nike 4 Emily Brown NA New Balance 5 Sara Hall NA Asics 6 Shannon Rowbury NA Nike 7 Kristen Nicolini NA Saucony 8 Marisol Romero NA Mexico Inter 9 Allison Grace NA ZAP Fitness 10 Jenn Donovan SR NB Boston 11 Maria Elena Calle NA Invicta
10,000 Meter Run Invitational: 1 Philes Moraa Ongori NA Hokuren 2 Katie McGregor NA Reebok 3 Lisa Koll JR Iowa State 4 Amy Hastings NA adidas 5 Lara Tamsett NA adidas 6 Desiree Davila NA Hansons-Broo 7 Tara Storage NA Run Ohio 8 Kara Storage NA Run Ohio 9 Meghan Armstrong NA Strands 10 Kristen Nicolini NA Saucony 11 Margarita Tapia NA Mexico 12 Grace Kemmey SR Iowa State 13 Abbi Antablin NA NYAC xx Teyba Naser, Unattached (pacer)
3000 Meter Steeplechase University/Open: 1 Lesley Higgins NA NYAC 2 Christa Avena SR Nevada-Reno 3 Stasia Ploskonka SR New Mexico 4 Alex Darling FR New Mexico 5 Jodie Leal SR Sacramento S 6 Ali Stoakley JR UC Davis 7 Caitlin Fitzgerald SO UC Davis 8 Jenni Eiremo SO Sacramento S 9 Kristin Glen SR San Diego St 10 Anna Wheatley SR Santa Clara 11 Caprice Bradshaw JR Sacramento S 12 Mandy Russ JR Nevada-Reno 13 Natalia Jarawka JR Nevada-Reno