2011 Mt. SAC Relays: Brown Wins 1,500m in 3:35.70, Solinsky in 3:35.79, Flanagan wins in 4:11.67, Huddle over Simpson in 5,000m in 15:10.63-15:11.49, by Larry Eder

Russell Brown, 2011 NB Indoor Grand Prix, photo by PhotoRun.net

Mt. SAC Relays has had some superb early season performances. Russell Brown, of the Oregon TC/Nike won the 1,500 meters in 3:35.70, with Chris Solinsky in second in 3:35.89. Miles Batty of BYU was third in 3:36.25 with Matt Tegankamp in sixth in 3:40.06. In the women’s 1,500 meters, Shalane Flanagan won in 4:11.67, with Sheila Reid of Villanova in 4:11.85 in second, Emily Infield of Georgetown in third, in 4:12.04, and Alice Schmidt in fourth in 4:12.99.
In the women’s steeple, Cathy Mason of Saucony Hurricanes won in 9:58.62, with Derek Scott of PUMA leading the men in 8:31.52. Molly Huddle (Saucony) and Jenny Barringer (New Balance) battled over 5,000 meters, with Huddle taking the race in 15:10.63 to Simpson’s 15:11.49. Liz Malloy was third in 15:19.87, with Christin Wurth-Thomas in fourth in 15:21.75 and Sara Hall, on her birthday, running 15:27.71 for fifth.

Molly Huddle, 2010 USA Outdoors, photo by PhotoRun.net

On the men’s side, Aaron Brown won the 5,000m in 13:27.01 over Jorge Torress of Reebok, in 13:27.58. Andy Vernon was third in 13:27.85 with Scott Bauhs in 13:30.18, for fifth, running one of the best races he has run in a couple of years.

Emily Brown of New Balance won the women’s 10,000 meters in 33:16.44 and Alfred Kipchumba of the University of Portland won the men’s 10,000m in 28:38.34. For complete results, please go to http://www.mtsacrelays.com/results11.htm.

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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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