Boston High Performance Series/New Balance CanAm Elite #2

Byfield, MA, July 3, 2001

Boston High Performance Series/New Balance CanAm Elite Meet #2

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The world on her shoulder...

New Balance CanAm Elite #2	Elite Events starting at 7:00 PM
no open events at this meet	800m, 3000m, 1500m

Results

800m Women

Heat 1 - 7:00 PM
Rabbit: Caitlin Murphy

Stephanie Best closing on Nicole Teter, who opened in 57.	Nicole Teter	Reebok Aggies	2:04.13
	Stephanie Best	unattached	2:04.26
	Jill Snyder	adidas	2:06.07
	Janet Trujillo	Nike	2:06.41
	Ikuko Tamura	Globally	2:07.70
	Rebecca Donaghue	Reebok Boston	2:07.71
	Hope Sanders	Indiana Invaders	2:07.87

Heat 2 - 7:05 PM

Blake Russel showed her versatility, dropping down to win the second section of the 800m.	Blake Russell	New Balance	2:08.0H
	Lauren King	University of Toronto Track Club	2:09.2H
	Vicky Fleschner	unattached	2:09.5H
	Samantha Read	Nike Farm Team	2:09.8H
	Sarah Hann	GLRR	2:10.2H
	Maura Schneider	Cambridge Running Club	2:13.8H
	Maureen Ferris	adidas	DNF
	Christine Gentile	NYAC	DNS

800m Men

Heat 1 - 7:15 PM
Rabbit: Joe Moody

Lubert Lewis had to go four lanes wide to win a stacked heat of the men's 800m.	Lubert Lewis	Syracuse Chargers	1:48.26
	Eric Nedeau	New Balance	1:48.85
	Charlie Gruber	Team USA	1:48.91
	Kevin Elliot	Team USA	1:49.14
	Mahmmoud Al Kherat	SMTC	1:49.24
	Bryce Knight	Team USA	1:49.33
	Clay Schwabe	Team USA	1:49.53
	Gbolahan Fatuga	Reebok Boston	1:50.46
	Hamish Thorpe	Providence College	1:51.13
	Jean Destine	SMTC	DNS

Heat 2 - 7:20 PM

Ryan Hall looked trapped in a dense field for the first 600m before breaking free around the final turn.	Ryan Hall	Team USA	1:51.07
	Joe Ciollo	Reebok Boston	1:51.89
	Ryan Chaney	Reebok	1:52.27
	Jamey Harris	Reebok Aggies	1:52.71
	Aaron Brinsko	GBTC	1:54.36
	Christopher Simpson	GBTC	1:54.70
	Jeff Paterno	Reebok Boston	1:55.46
	Kip Sigsworth	MTLO (Club Montreal-Olympique)	DNS

3000m Women - 7:30 PM
Rabbit: TBA

Kristin Chisum led throughout the 3k with Kumi Tanabe on her shoulder to the finish.	Kristin Chisum	Reebok Boston	9:17.13
	Kumi Tanabe	Daihatse	9:18.80
	Priscilla Hein	Nike Indiana Invaders	9:32.57
	Samantha Bates*	NYAC	DNS

3000m Men - 7:45 PM
Rabbit: TBA

Michitane Noda and Terukazu Ohmori led a great group of visitors from Japan in the men's 3000m.	Michitane Noda	Honda	8:09.02
	Terukazu Ohmori	Kuroshio Tsuushin	8:09.88
	Shoji Yanagidani	NEC	8:11.74
	Jack Dwyer	Reebok Boston	8:13.97
	Yoji Yamaguchi	NEC	8:15.02
	Toshikazu Goda	Sanyo	8:17.26
	Daisuke Kojima	Honda	8:20.35
	Dan Johnson	BAA	8:29.25
	Nephi Tyler	Days Sports	8:36.74
	Mike Richardson	BAA	8:39.19
	Torin Koos	Team Whitney	8:41.77
	Colby Frazier	Team Adirondack	8:42.63
	Peter Flynn	Willow St. AC	8:59.84
	Bob Dickie	US Air Force Track Team	DNS

1500m Women

Heat 1 - 8:00 PM
Rabbit: Caitlin Murphy & Rebecca Donaghue

Rabbited by Caitlin Murphy for the first lap and Rebecca Donaghue for the second, Nicole Jefferson built a big lead on the field to win in 4:16.67. Jen Toomey closed quickly in the final straight for second. Blake Russell bounced back from her 800m with enough to take third.	Nicole Jefferson	Nike International	4:16.67
	Jen Toomey	Reebok Boston	4:17.05
	Blake Russell	New Balance	4:18.71
	Yukiko Fujihara	Globally	4:18.82
	Sarah Dupre	BAA	4:20.05
	Akiko Kawashima	Tokai Bank	4:20.82
	Yuko Manabe	Shikoku Electric Power	4:21.29
	Shannon Grady	Fila Discovery USA	4:24.99
	Kristin Harper	FILA Track West	4:25.54
	Rebecca Moore*	Oregon StateTrack & Field Club	4:27.15
	Janelle Kraus	Asics	4:28.68
	Christie Engesser Cesar	unattached	4:29.39
	Teresa Duck	Tri-City Track Club	4:30.38
	Orla O Mahoney	Ireland	4:33.60
	Annemarie Van Parys	Brown University	4:35.25
	Vanessa Mazandi	unattached	4:42.70
	Petra Staskova	Mizuno	DNS
	Samantha Bates*	NYAC	DNS
	Karine Lefebvre	Rouge et Or	DNS
	Jackie Concaugh	Saucony/Powerbar	DNS

1500m Men
Rabbit: Gbolahan Fatuga

Heat 1 - 8:20 PM

The best grimmace wins the the first section of the men's 1500m. Less than a half a second separated the top four.	Brian Baker	New Balance	3:44.91
	Kenta Oshima	Kuroshio Tsuushin	3:45.14
	Jeremy Deere	Calgary Spartans	3:45.14
	Sandu Rebenciuc	Army WCAP	3:45.40
	Alex Hutchinson	University of Toronto Track Club	3:45.83
	Raymond Weeden	KI-SHY	3:46.16
	Andy Tate	U. of Kansas/USA Development	3:48.16
	Moses Joseph	Team USA	3:48.70
	Mike Maceiko	Reebok Boston	3:50.49
	Paul Ndachi	unattached	3:53.24
	David Cisewski	unattached	3:53.50
	Rich Tremain	Nike Canada	DNS
	Peter Sherry	NYAC	DNS

Heat 2 - 8:30 PM
Rabbit: Joe Ciollo

Macaulay's kick stretched out a dense field in the last 200m.	Drew Macaulay	Windsor Legion	3:50.06
	Masatoshi Oike	Otsuka Pharmaceutical	3:50.72
	Nick Conway	Willow St. AC	3:50.90
	Tsuyoshi Nakano	Sagawa Kyuubin	3:51.22
	Shane Bilodeau	Kajaks Track Club	3:52.59
	Shinichi Watanabe	Sanyo	3:52.65
	Gus Harper	FILA Track West	3:52.82
	Dan McGinn	unattached	3:53.61
	David Liebowitz	Ric Rojas Running/RLX	3:54.99
	Jim Wardle	Speed River Track Club	4:00.23
	Artie Gilkes	Reebok Boston	4:02.99
	Bruce G. Perlow	Ric Rojas Running/RLX Polo	4:17.98
	Chris Bakal	University of Toronto Track Club	DNF

At the "end of the series" party, Kathy Nary presents New Balance coach John Evans and Reebok Boston coach Bob Sevene with a cake that would shortly be devoured by a crowd of hungry athletes.

Again, thanks to all who helped make these meets such a success!