Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Bobby Curtis Begins Post-Trials Efforts in Swedish 5000

On Thursday night in Sweden, Bobby Curtis will begin to put the disappointment of his 10th place finish at the US Olympic Trials 10,000 meters behind him. He'll contest the 5000 meters at a meet in Sollentuna, on the outskirts of Stockholm, against a well balanced field. As is well known, Curtis stayed off the track in the lead-up to the Trials -- a strategy he now admits was a mistake. This will be his first track 5000 of the summer. By all accounts Curtis entered the Trials at a high level of fitness, but he was unable to respond when the pace quickened in the latter stages of the 10,000 final. With all the pressure now off, and with a solid base training banked away, don't be surprised in Curtis runs a creditable 5000 race tomorrow against this field. Three men in the group have better 5000 PRs than Curtis, and Kenyan Josephat Menjo is a sub-13:00 man who has run 13:10 this season. The meet organizers have secured two rabbits for the race, so hopefully the pace with assume the metronome quality that suits Curtis.


Sollentuna Grand Prix 5000 meters -- Start List

Bib   Name                YR    Nat       PB        Year  SB      
106   Bobby Curtis        84    USA       13:18.97  2010   --  
107   Yuki Sato           86    Japan     13:23.57  2006  13:33.16
108   Akinobu Murasawa    91    Japan     13:34.85  2011  13:43.68
109   Adil Boafif         78    Sweden    13:33.47  2012  13:33.47
110   Yoshihiro Wakamatsu 86    Japan     13:42.26  2012  13:42.26
111   Josephat Menjo      79    Kenya     12:55.95  2010  13:10.55
112   Mumin Gala          86    Djibouti  13:17.77  2011  13:32.24
113   Tuomas Jokinen      87    Finland   14:15.99  2010  --  
114   Monder Rizki        79    Belgium   13:04.06  2008  --  
116   Scott Fraser        86    Britain   --        --    14:10.00
117   Anton Danielson     90    Sweden    14:08.36  2011  14:10.06
119   Ørjan Grønnevig     91    Norway    14:10.87  2012  14:10.87
120   Erik Widing         87    Sweden    14:11.20  2012  14:11.20
121   Haben Idris         87    Sweden    14:08.37  2011  14:12.31
122   Jerker Lysell       89    Sweden    16:28.15  2005  --
123   Andreas Åhwall      89    Sweden    14:24.54  2011  14:28.27
124   Alex Korir (pace)   89    Kenya     --         --    --
338   Olle Walleräng      85    Sweden    13:56.08  2009  -- 
392   Willy Rotich (pace) 76    Kenya     --        --    -- 

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