Saturday, June 1, 2013

Big 1500 Meter PR for Sheila Reid at Pre Classic
4:02.96 Shatters Old PR and Betters IAAF "A" Standard



Sheila Reid entered the Prefontaine Classic with virtually the slowest PR over 1500 meters of anyone in the race. She used a massive PR performance of 4:02.96 to finish 6th of 13 competitors and to knock 4.1 seconds off her previous 4:07.07 PR. The race constituted a big breakthrough result for Reid, as she easily attained the IAAF "A" standard of 4:05.50 necessary to qualify for the 2013 World Championships in Moscow.  As she states in the post-race interview below, she thought she could run 4:02-4:03 if she got in the right race -- today was that race and she "rode the train" to a new PR.

Rank Athlete Nation Result
1
KEN
3:58.58
MR
2
KEN
4:01.08

3
KEN
4:01.41
SB
4
MAR
4:02.16
SB
5
USA
4:02.85
PB
6
CAN
4:02.96
PB
7
KEN
4:03.13

8
GBR
4:03.38

9
RUS
4:04.30

10
MAR
4:04.63
SB
11
GBR
4:05.36

12
KEN
4:05.54

13
ETH
4:26.42

USA
DNF

USA
DNS




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