Shannon Rowbury, 15:00.51 at Payton Jordan 5,000m, video from BATC, notes by Larry Eder

Shannon Rowbury, 15:00.51, Payton Jordon Invitational 5,000m victor,
photo by PhotoRun.net.

Shannon Rowbury is the bronze medalist from the Berlin World Champs at 1,500 meters. She is a force to be reckoned with over 800 meters, 1,500 meters and 5,000 meters. Her subsequent interview, posted here, shows that the 5,000 meters at Stanford was probably her only sojourn over 12.5 laps this season.

Shannon Rowbury has other rivers to cross in 2010-2012.
Shannon’s 5,000 meters was an unusual race for her, running behind, actually five seconds down from the lead at 4,600 meters. Rowbury blasted by Shalane Flanagan (holder of US 5,000m/10,000m outdoors, and 3,000m/5,000m indoors), to win by four seconds, 15:00.51 to 15:04.52, with Amy Begley in tow, just over 15:05!
Rowbury’s talents are many: her focus, her ability to train and keep injuries down, her racing savvy, all gets better. U.S. distance running, on the women’s side, continues to shine!

Event 53  Women 5000 Meter Run Section 1
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    Name                    Year School                  Finals 
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  1   290 Shannon Rowbury        Nike                  15:00.51  
  2   614 Shalane Flanagan       Nike                  15:04.23  
  3   296 Amy Begley             Nike Otc Eli          15:05.59  
  4   167 Lisa Koll              Iowa State            15:17.76  
  5   299 Nicole Edwards         Saucony Racing T      15:33.51  
  6   165 Angela Bizzarri        Illinois              15:37.21  
  7   320 Elizabeth Maloy        NYAC                  15:39.07  
  8   731 Barbara Parker         Unattached            15:39.76  
  9    33 Julie Culley           Asics                 15:45.03  
 10   341 Bridget Franek         Penn State            15:46.08  
 11    24 Toni Salucci           adidas Ralei          15:46.34  
 12   626 Hazel Murphy           Unattached            15:46.64  
 13   732 DulceMaria Rodrigu     Mexico                15:47.54  
 14    42 Lauren Weaver          Asics Aggies          15:58.38  
 15   730 Renee Baillie          Nike                  15:59.06  
 16    34 Sara Hall              Asics                 16:22.04  
 --   263 Megan Metcalfe         New Balance                DNF

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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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