Payton Jordan was real running Paradise! Great running depth in Palo Alto: 3 World Leads, from EME News

15:05 in her first 5k on the track. @NicoleSchappert won the weekend! pic.twitter.com/VpSwzLGOzj
— Stephanie (@stephschapp) May 3, 2015

A fantastic night of distance running at the Payton Jordan! So happy for so many deserving runners who ran so well!

Great running depth, 3 World leads
PALO ALTO (USA, May 2): Payton Jordan Invitational was the real running paradise with many top results, among them three World leads in men 10 000 m and steeple and women 5000 m. In steeple Stanley Kebenei of Kenya 8:23.93 WL over Dan Huling 8:24.61 and Canadian Alex Genest 8:24.84. In the 10 000 m Briton Andy Vernon 27:42.62 WL over Ben True 27:43.79 and Australians Ben St. Lawrence 27:44.24 and David McNeill 27:45.01. Great depth also in the 5000 m with 6 runners under 13:20. Winner was Mexican Juan Luis Barrios 13:15.71 over Garrett Heath 13:16.31, Diego Estrada 13:17.30, Briton Tom Farrell 13:17.87, Riley Masters 13:17.97 and Matt Hughes 13:19.56. Seventh Jamaican Kemoy Campbell 13:20.39, great national record. Lopez Loming was 9th 13:21.32 and Henrik Ingebrigtsen 11th 13:27.10. Also to note 800 m by Boris Berian 1:45.30 PB over Brannon Kidder 1:45.58. Ryan Hill won the main race of the 1500 m 3:38.79, but overall fastest Chad Noelle in race two 3:38.35. In women races great World lead for Kenyan Sally Kipyego 14:57.44 in the 5000 m over another Kenyan Betsy Saina 15:00.48 and Nicole Tully 15:05.58. To note Dutch Maureen Koster 5th 15:07.73 and Briton Stephanie Twell 8th 15:13.82. Excellent depth also in the 10 000 m with in total 15 athletes going under 32 minutes. Dutch Susan Kuijken won in 31:31.97 (her track debut at the distance) over Ethiopian Buze Diriba 31.33.27 and another Dutch Jip Vastenburg 31:35.48 European U23 record and Japanese Yuka Takashima 31:37.32. Also under 31:40 US runners Emily Sisson 31:38.03 and Emily Infeld 31:38.71. Ines Melchor from Peru won the second race in huge national record 31:56.62. Courtney Frerichs 9:32.12 and Coleen Quigley 9:33.63 were top two in steeple and Chrishuna Williams topped the 800 m in 2:01.61. Also to note two British hammer wins for Nick Miller 76.97 PB and Sophie Hitchon 69.20.

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Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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