Koons and Dougherty Run Well at Boston Twilight 1500

We almost missed this one, inasmuch as it was held the same day Matt Gibney and Sheila Reid were contesting the NCAA 1500 meter final in Des Moines. At Bentley College outside Boston last Sunday, Frances Koons and Ellen Dougherty competed in the 1500 meters at the New Balance Twilight meet. According to the race description at the New Jersey-New York Track Club blog, Frances Koons was out front racing Lauren Centrowitz, both leading with about 400m to go. As Koons and Centrowitz exchanged leads, they were caught in the last 100 meters by Karly Hamric (6th 2010 NCAA 1500m) and Annick Lamar from Haverford College. Koons finished fourth, in a very respectable 4:15.31. Ellen Dougherty was less than 2 seconds behind, running 4:17.18 in 6th place.

 1   462 Karly Hamric           Riadha                 4:14.30  
 2   453 Annick Lamar           NYAC                   4:14.36  
 3   441 Lauren Centrowitz      New Balance            4:15.28  
 4   444 Frances Koons          New Balance/           4:15.31  
 5   358 Lauren Hagans          Asics/Knoxvi           4:15.87  
 6   452 Ellen Dougherty        NYAC                   4:17.18  
 7   443 Melissa Salerno        New Balance            4:18.83  
 8   455 Erin Koch              Pacers New B           4:20.33  
 9   445 Rachel Cliff           New Balance/           4:20.79  
10   366 Catherine Beck         CPTC- New Ba           4:20.92  
11   503 Laura Nagel            Unattached             4:22.44  
12   487 Lindsey Gallo          Unattached             4:23.12  
13   451 Rolanda Bell           NYAC                   4:23.61  
14   479 Randelle Boots         Unattached             4:28.24