Vessey 1:57.85!!

looked so good...finally she went for it and got in good position!!

brilliant. good for her!

That was awesome. fun race to watch!

also Wurth in 1:59.95

and Uncey in 200.06 !

great job by all 3 americans!

56.5 at the quarter for the leaders

looking forward to a video to watch it again

Order Athlete Nation PB SB

1 VESSEY, Maggie USA

2:00.04 2:00.04

2 KOSTETSKAYA, Yekaterina RUS

1:56.67 1:59.43

3 MEADOWS, Jennifer GBR

1:59.11 2:00.15

3 GUÉGAN, Élodie FRA

1:58.93 1:59.57

4 KREVSUN, Yuliya UKR

1:57.32 1:58.62

5 SAVINOVA, Mariya RUS

1:57.90 1:57.90

6 SIMPSON, Jemma GBR

1:59.17 1:59.31

6 WURTH-THOMAS, Christine USA

2:00.16 2:00.16

7 SINCLAIR, Kenia JAM

1:57.88 1:59.66

8 TVERDOSTUP, Tamara UKR

2:00.76 2:00.77

8 UCENY, Morgan USA

2:00.01 2:00.95

American women are on fire this year. This could shake up the letsrun fraternity.

Vessey held the inside lane the whole way, and made a brilliant move at at 550, to hold the rail. If she runs that way in the heats and semis, the finals are a real possibility.

She made the team right?

Excellent question--does Vessey qualify for worlds?

good q wrote:

Excellent question--does Vessey qualify for worlds?

yesssss

I think she goes if the gal who got 3rd doesn't get the A standard (i.e., break 2:00).

Well, today was her last shot to hit the standard, but I don't know if anyone else ahead of her has hit it.

I know she definitely has the A standard, no question there. The issue is if the other girls got standard in the last day or two.

Here are the results

1 Maggie Vessey [USA] 1:57.84 20

2 Mariya Savinova [RUS] 1:58.39 16

3 Jennifer Meadows [GBR] 1:58.63 14

4 Jemma Simpson [GBR] 1:59.07 12

5 Kenia Sinclair [JAM] 1:59.13 10

6 Ekaterina Kostetskaya [RUS] 1:59.31 8

7 Christin Wurth-Thomas [USA] 1:59.35 6

8 Yuliya Krevsun [UKR] UKR 1:59.47 4

9 Élodie Guégan [FRA] FRA 1:59.77

10 Morgan Uceny [USA] USA 2:00.07

Tamara Tverdostup [UKR] UKR DNF

Jenny Meadows from the UK goes 1:58--nice run for her too.

She just dropped a bomb! What a finish. Despite being way back in that back stretch, looked so smooth in her kick. Way to go!

Also, that Russian Kostetskaya that keeps popping up - is she the same Katya Kostetskaya that was a 400m hurdler in high school and ran at Texas State?

Nope, I went to school with the Russian. Nice girl, but her penchant for clear liquor and clear injections will catch up with her soon.

good q wrote:

I know she definitely has the A standard, no question there. The issue is if the other girls got standard in the last day or two.

Women 20-24 800 Meter Run

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Name Age Team Finals

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1 22 Phoebe Wright 20 Chattanooga, TN 2:01.23

2 23 Sarah Bowman 22 Warrenton, VA 2:27.21

Do Vessey lift weights? She looks like a pole vaulter...which is a really good thing.