Aviva British Grand Prix, Gateshead, 8/31/08, Comments by Larry Eder

Matt Tegenkamp took sixth in the 3,000 meter at the Aviva British Grand Prix on August 31, 2008, running 7:47.17!

In a well crafted meet, the Aviva British Grand Prix marks theend for 2009 of the Aviva Athletic Series. Asafa Powell wowed the crowd with a rainy 9.87, and Tyson Gay ran 20.26 for the 200 meter victory. Bernard Lagat ran a nice 2:16.18 to hold off Nick Willis, the bronze medalist from Beijing at 1,500 meters, with his 2:16.93. Nick Symmonds of the US was third to the Kiwi, with Symmonds running 2:17.10. Nate Brannen of Canada ran 2:17.34 to put five runners (Bram Som was fifth in 2:17.50), under 2:17.50!
Kenenisa Bekele ran a yearly best with his blazing 7:31.94, giving him seven seconds over Isaac Kiprono Songok of Kenya, who ran 7:38.15. Mo Farah was fifth in 7:46.39 and Matt Tegenkamp was seventh in 7:47.17 with Chris Solinsky in eighth in 7:49.80.
Lauryn Williams won the 100 meters in 11.24 and the 200 meters in 22.65 for a nice double. Christine Ohuruogo of Great Britian won her final race of the year, in 51.27 over Mary Wineberg! Vivian Cheruiyot ran 8:33.6 for the world leader at 3,000 meters for women as well!
31/08/2008
Aviva British British Grand Prix
Gateshead, 31/08/2008
Men’ results
100 Metres – Men Wind: +0.7 m/s
Pts
1 Powell , Asafa JAM 9.87 10
2 Carter , Nesta JAM 10.13 8
3 Burns , Marc TRI 10.16 7
4 Collins , Kim SKN 10.23 6
5 Pickering , Craig GBR 10.26 5
6 Fifton , Rikki GBR 10.28 4
7 Edgar , Tyrone GBR 10.30 3
8 Martin , Rodney USA 10.37 2
200 Metres – Men Wind: +1.2 m/s
Pts
1 Gay , Tyson USA 20.26 10
2 Spearmon , Wallace USA 20.41 8
3 Hession , Paul IRL 20.61 7
4 Malcolm , Christian GBR 20.65 6
5 Christian , Brendan ANT 20.67 5
6 Collins , Kim SKN 20.68 4
7 Devonish , Marlon GBR 20.70 3
8 Dzingai , Brian ZIM 20.80 2
400 Metres – Men
Pts
1 Rooney , Martyn GBR 45.35 10
2 Bingham , Michael USA 45.71 8
3 Stephens , Ato TRI 46.09 7
4 Gillick , David IRL 46.28 6
5 Williams , Andrae BAH 46.42 5
6 Venel , Teddy FRA 46.62 4
7 Torrance , Jamaal USA 47.03 3
8 Strachan , Richard GBR 48.33 2
1000 Metres – Men
Pts
1 Lagat , Bernard USA 2:16.18 10
2 Willis , Nicholas NZL 2:16.93 8
3 Symmonds , Nick USA 2:17.10 7
4 Brannen , Nathan CAN 2:17.34 6
5 Som , Bram NED 2:17.50 5
6 Kiplagat , Richard KEN 2:17.57 4
7 Smith , Christian USA 2:18.87 3
8 Thomas , Joe GBR 2:19.91 2
9 St.Clair , Darren GBR 2:20.26
10 Baddeley , Andrew GBR 2:21.13
Tangui , Sammy KEN DNF
3000 Metres – Men
Pts
1 Bekele , Kenenisa ETH 7:31.94 10
2 Songok , Isaac Kiprono KEN 7:38.15 8
3 Matebo , Levy KEN 7:39.43 7
4 Kigen , Mike Kipruto KEN 7:44.65 6
5 Farah , Mohammed GBR 7:46.39 5
6 Tegenkamp , Matthew USA 7:47.17 4
7 Kosgei , Shadrack KEN 7:48.20 3
8 Solinsky , Chris USA 7:49.80 2
9 McCormick , Nick GBR 7:55.11 1
10 Songok , Boniface Kiprotich KEN 7:56.66 1
11 Wharmby , Mark GBR 7:58.71 1
12 Thompson , Christopher GBR 7:59.18 1
13 Abdi , Youcef AUS 8:00.48
14 Sullivan , Kevin CAN 8:01.43
15 Torres , Jorge USA 8:03.71
16 Warburton , Chris GBR 8:09.84
17 Bowden , Adam GBR 8:14.05
Kosgei , Collins KEN DNF
110 Metres Hurdles – Men Wind: +0.7 m/s
Pts
1 Merritt , Aries USA 13.39 10
2 Svoboda , Petr CZE 13.59 8
3 Akins , Tyrone USA 13.61 7
4 Wilson , Ryan USA 13.65 6
5 Brown , Joel USA 13.65 5
6 van der Westen , Marcel NED 13.68 4
7 Turner , Andrew GBR 13.74 3
8 Scott , Allan GBR 13.94 2
400 Metres Hurdles – Men
Pts
1 Plawgo , Marek POL 49.07 10
2 Jackson , Bershawn USA 49.11 8
3 Buckley , Markino JAM 50.04 7
4 Greene , David GBR 50.07 6
5 McCoy , Reuben USA 50.28 5
6 Bennett , LaRon USA 50.62 4
7 Yates , Ricardo GBR 50.66 3
8 Johnson , Brandon USA 51.19 2
High Jump – Men
Pts
1 Mason , Germaine GBR 2.27 10
2 Williams , Jesse USA 2.24 8
3 Oni , Samson GBR 2.24 7
4 Parsons , Tom GBR 2.24 6
5 Norman , Cedric USA 2.20 5
6 Nieto , Jamie USA 2.20 4
7 Thomas , Donald BAH 2.16 3
8 Ciotti , Giulio ITA 2.11 1
8 Ciotti , Nicola ITA 2.11 1
Pole Vault – Men
Pts
1 Walker , Brad USA 5.72 10
2 Yurchenko , Denys UKR 5.62 8
3 Lewis , Steve USA 5.52 7
4 Schulze , Fabian GER 5.42 5.50
4 Miles , Derek USA 5.42 5.50
6 Lobinger , Tim GER 5.42 4
7 Straub , Alexander GER 5.42 3
Kucheryanu , Sergey RUS NM
Long Jump – Men
Pts Wind
1 Pate , Miguel USA 8.04 10 +0.7
2 Rutherford , Greg GBR 7.71 8 +0.5
3 Starzak , Marcin POL 7.69 7 -0.3
4 Lapierre , Fabrice AUS 7.67 6 +0.4
5 NovotnâˆšÎ© , Roman CZE 7.66 5 +0.9
6 Kirk , Chris GBR 7.56 4 -0.2
7 Tomlinson , Christopher GBR 7.54 3 +0.3
8 Winter , Nils GER 7.33 2 +0.6
Triple Jump – Men
Pts Wind
1 Gregâˆšâ‰¥rio , Jadel BRA 17.13 10 +0.5
2 Lewis , Randy GRN 16.51 8 -1.5
3 Donato , Fabrizio ITA 16.47 7 +1.1
4 Idowu , Phillips GBR 16.42 6 +1.0
5 Achike , Onochie GBR 16.30 5 +0.0
6 Roulhac , Brandon USA 16.22 4 -0.1
7 Golley , Julian GBR 13.30 3 +0.9
TsiâˆšÂ°mis , Dimâˆšâ‰ trios GRE DNS
Women’ results
100 Metres – Women Wind: -0.8 m/s
Pts
1 Williams , Lauryn USA 11.24 10
2 Fraser , Shelly-Ann JAM 11.29 8
3 Ferguson-McKenzie , Debbie BAH 11.42 7
4 Douglas , Montell GBR 11.47 6
5 Hurtis-Houairi , Muriel FRA 11.49 5
6 Lalova , Ivet BUL 11.60 4
7 Kwakye , Jeanette GBR 11.62 3
8 Simpson , Sherone JAM 11.67 2
200 Metres – Women Wind: +1.6 m/s
Pts
1 Williams , Lauryn USA 22.65 10
2 Ferguson-McKenzie , Debbie BAH 22.73 8
3 Williams , Shericka JAM 22.80 7
4 Jeter , Carmelita USA 23.08 6
5 Durst , Stephanie USA 23.43 5
6 Douglas , Montell GBR 23.53 4
Knight , Bianca USA DNS
400 Metres – Women
Pts
1 Ohuruogu , Christine GBR 51.27 10
2 Wineberg , Mary USA 51.44 8
3 Sanders , Nicola GBR 51.79 7
4 Spencer , Kaliese JAM 51.88 6
5 Sotherton , Kelly GBR 52.19 5
6 Amertil , Christine BAH 52.62 4
7 Barr , Vicki GBR 52.81 3
8 Fraser , Donna GBR 53.32 2
800 Metres – Women
Pts
1 Okoro , Marilyn GBR 1:59.48 10
2 Langerholc , Brigita SLO 2:00.87 8
3 Schmidt , Alice USA 2:01.01 7
4 Uceny , Morgan USA 2:01.35 6
5 Meadows , Jennifer GBR 2:01.64 5
6 Bernard-Thomas , Neisha GRN 2:02.78 4
7 Rostkowska , Anna POL 2:03.47 3
8 Setowska-Dryk , Ewelina POL 2:04.48 2
9 BalciâˆšÂºnaitâˆšÂ© , Egle LTU 2:05.43
Shinkins , Karen IRL DNF
1500 Metres – Women
Pts
1 Dobriskey , Lisa GBR 4:09.68 10
2 Scott , Susan GBR 4:10.23 8
3 Ejdys , Sylwia POL 4:10.43 7
4 Donohue , Erin USA 4:11.57 6
5 Gallo , Lindsey USA 4:12.06 5
6 Frankiewicz , Wioletta POL 4:12.78 4
7 Clarke , Georgie AUS 4:15.36 3
8 Wootton , Katrina GBR 4:19.07 2
9 Wurth-Thomas , Christin USA 4:19.76 1
Gezahegne , Kalkidan ETH DNS
Augusto , Jessica POR DNS
3000 Metres – Women
Pts
1 Cheruiyot , Vivian KEN 8:33.66 10
2 Cherono , Priscah Jepleting KEN 8:42.04 8
3 Masai , Linet Chepkwemoi KEN 8:43.14 7
4 Wangui , Lucy Kabuu KEN 8:46.15 6
5 Utura , Sule ETH 8:57.90 5
6 Kenney , Laura GBR 8:59.36 4
7 Mortimer , Amy USA 8:59.96 3
8 Willard , Anna USA 9:00.75 2
9 Slattery , Sara USA 9:19.59 1
Clarke , Georgie AUS DNF
100 Metres Hurdles – Women Wind: +0.4 m/s
Pts
1 Onyia , Josephine ESP 12.65 10
2 McLellan , Sally AUS 12.70 8
3 Denby , Nichole USA 13.08 7
4 Claxton , Sarah GBR 13.13 6
5 Carruthers , Danielle USA 13.28 5
6 Sotherton , Kelly GBR 13.41 4
7 Bennett , Gemma GBR 13.82 3
Hayes , Joanna USA DNF
400 Metres Hurdles – Women
Pts
1 Walker , Melaine JAM 54.51 10
2 Jesien , Anna POL 55.35 8
3 Danvers , Tasha GBR 55.61 7
4 Spence , Christine USA 57.23 6
5 Barnes , Miriam USA 57.37 5
6 Kirilova , Tsvetelina BUL 57.40 4
7 Tilgner , Jonna GER 57.77 3
8 Kassambara , Aurore FRA 57.90 2
Javelin Throw – Women
Pts
1 Sayers , Goldie GBR 61.62 10
2 Chilla , Mercedes ESP 59.77 8
3 Madejczyk , Barbara POL 58.27 7
4 Bani , Zahra ITA 57.54 6
5 Stahl , Linda GER 57.44 5
6 Piwnicka , Urszula POL 55.45 4
7 Cruz , Sâˆšâ‰ lvia POR 55.41 3
8 Molitor , Kathrina GER 53.87 2

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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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