Villanovans Compete on Day 1 of USA Outdoor Nationals

Two former and one current Villanova All Americans competed yesterday in Des Moines one day 1 of the USA Outdoor National Championships.  In the women's 1500 meter heats, one former Wildcat -- Nicole Schappert -- was up against a lack of proper preparation due to a missed indoor and a truncated outdoor season due to injury.  The other -- current Villanova stalwart Emily Lipari -- was beset by perhaps the opposite issue: fatigue due to a very busy indoor and outdoor season.  Neither ran to their best ability and were eliminated from the national championship final:

Women's 1500 Meter Run Senior Thursday June 20 - 4:40pm Prelim Event is Official

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Treniere Moser Nike	4:11.20	Q
2	Mary Cain Unattached	4:11.48	Q
3	Gabriele Anderson Brooks / Team USA Minnesota	4:11.55	Q
4	Shannon Rowbury Nike	4:11.71	Q
5	Kerri Gallagher Pacers/New Balance	4:12.58	Q
6	Sarah Brown New Balance	4:12.93	q
7	Morgan Uceny adidas	4:13.82	q
8	Katherine Mackey Brooks	4:13.90	Q
9	Cory McGee University of Florida	4:14.03	q
10	Hillary Holt College of Idaho	4:14.89	q
11	Heather Wilson Unattached	4:14.91	q
12	Amanda Mergaert University of Utah	4:15.54	q
13	Renee Tomlin Nike	4:15.60
14	Rebecca Tracy Notre Dame	4:16.59
15	Carly Hamilton Georgia	4:16.71
16	Amanda Winslow Florida State	4:17.70
17	Stephanie Brown University of Arkansas	4:19.65
18	Emily Lipari Villanova	4:19.73
19	Lauren Penney Syracuse University	4:20.15
20	Nicole Schappert Brooks / New York Athletic Clu	4:20.20
21	Ashley Miller Unattached	4:20.41
22	Rachel Schneider Georgetown University	4:20.47
23	Kristen Findley Vanderbilt University	4:20.49
24	Laura Roxberg Missouri	4:21.65
25	Jordyn Smith Team Run Eugene	4:21.67
26	Dana Mecke Unattached	4:21.78
27	Lianne Farber North Carolina	4:22.45
28	Amanda Eccleston University of Michigan	4:24.00
29	Rebecca Friday Oregon	4:27.07
30	Callie Thomas Unattached	4:29.28
DNF	Christina Cazzola Wisconsin-Oshkosh
DNS	Kate Grace Oiselle / NJNYTC

Last night Bobby Curtis, a former NCAA champion over 5000 meter, competed in the 10,000 meter final. Running under adverse conditions -- it was 82 degree and humid at the 9:00 pm start time -- Curtis finished 16th in 29:57.64. Given the heat, the race went out slowly (14:56 at the 5000 meter mark), but at the 7000 meter mark Curtis tried to inject some pace into the race. He took the lead and pushed through a sub 64-second lap 18. Unfortunately, the heat affected Curtis and he dropped back over the final 1500 meters to finish 16th overall. Next up for Curtis is a likely 10K at the Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta on July 4th. He is contemplating a fall marathon -- perhaps the Fukuoka Marathon in Japan on December 1.

Men's 10000 Meter Run Senior Thursday June 20 - 9:00pm Final Event is Official

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Galen Rupp Nike	28:47.32
2	Dathan Ritzenhein Nike	28:49.66
3	Chris Derrick Nike	28:52.25
4	Benjamin True Saucony	29:07.26
5	Aaron Braun adidas	29:09.48
6	Ryan Vail Brooks	29:14.76
7	Matt Tegenkamp Nike	29:21.93
8	Jacob Riley Hansons-Brooks Distance Projec	29:25.66
9	Luke Puskedra Nike	29:27.28
10	Tyler Pennel ZAP Fitness Reebok	29:27.36
11	Gabriel Proctor Western State College	29:36.62
12	Christopher Landry Mizuno	29:38.82
13	Jared Ward Sr Unattached	29:40.92
14	Girma Mecheso Oklahoma State University	29:51.81
15	Michael Fout Unattached	29:54.25
16	Robert Curtis Hansons-Brooks Distance Projec	29:57.64
17	Stephen Furst adidas	29:59.88
18	Aron Rono Unattached	30:07.50
19	Elliot Krause Wisconsin	30:09.41
20	Scott Smith adidas	30:11.40
21	Jonathan Peterson Team USA Minnesota	30:19.74
22	Brendan Gregg Hansons-Brooks Distance Projec	30:31.53
23	Aiman Scullion Team Ohio	31:05.65
24	Dustin Emerick Hansons-Brooks Distance Projec	31:20.79
25	John Gilbertson The Master's College	32:20.33