Alumni Update: (Jan. 24, 2012)
(4/11) Alyssa Selve (Glendale College) Mt SAC Results ran 2 PRs doing a TOUGH, 4:42.02-2:20.34, 1500-800 double against
THE top distance runners in the State, in cold and windy weather. All those who beat her in the 800 were running fresh!!!
(4/11) Chris Low (COC) ran 1:54.82 800 at Mt SAC
(3/15) Signal Article on Anthony Pizzo
(3/13) Alyssa Selve Less than 24 hours after destroying her PR in the 1500 at the Oxy Invit, Alyssa Selve
took more than 22 seconds off of her PR in the 3000, with an 10:28 clocking, running in the elite Section 1 at the
Northridge Invitational Saturday Afternoon. So far this year, she has set at least 1 PR in every meet she has entered!!!
Her 3000 time equates out to about an 11:09 3200.
Women 3000 Meter Run
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Name Year School Seed Finals
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Section 1
1 Murakami, Shannon UCLA 9:30.91 9:47.14
2 Morejon, Lilyanna CSUN 9:57.63 9:55.27
3 Branch, Emily Pepperdine 10:45.00 10:05.12
4 Goldring, Katja UCLA 10:00.84 10:07.88
5 Wiemann, Kelcie UCLA 9:54.93 10:14.92
6 Vega, Sierra Unattached 9:58.00 10:20.63
7 Guzman, Monica Cal SB 10:45.78 10:21.31
8 Rosas, Karen Glendale 10:13.56 10:23.34
9 Blue, Whitney UCLA 10:18.56 10:23.94
10 Martinez, Angela Glendale 10:39.77 10:26.64
11 Selve, Alyssa Glendale 10:50.54 10:28.32
12 Mobley, Paige Pepperdine 10:23.27 10:29.78
13 Colin, Maria El Camino 10:50.00 10:43.25
14 Glassey, Cassandra CSB 10:35.11 10:47.51
15 Zainos, Araceli CSUN 10:23.01 10:49.09
3/12 Chris Low had a couple of PRs last week running for COC. He ran a 1:55.02 800 and a 4:01 1500.
3/12 Alyssa Selve had a MONSTER PR at the Oxy Distance Carnival tonight (her 4th in as many individual events she has run this year) with a 4:42.99 - 1500 competing against a National-Class field. She will be at the CSUN Invit. today running both the 800 and 3000. Former Cowboy runners, Hayley Parkinson (17:45.05 5000) and Anthony Pizzo (3:58.9 1500), now competing at The Masters College, also had excellent efforts. See link below.
Click here: DirectAthletics | Oxy Distance Carnival (Colleges)
More Benny Brown RESULTS
3/5Anthony Pizzo ran a PR of 14:18 for 5000 m and qualified for NAIA Nationals again. Stephen Kent ran 15:28.
3/5Alyssa Selve (Glendale College) PR'd in both teh 800 2:20.96 and 1500 4:49.89 in the Benny Brown Invite in Fullerton.
3/3 Alyssa Selve (Glendale College)At the opening meet of the year, an All Comers Meet at Pomona-Pitzer on 2/19, on a rainy/windy/
cold day (39 degrees), Alyssa Selve won the 800 2:22.69 in the worst weather I have ever seen for a track meet, after being totally boxed in at the final
curve, and being written off. The fact she beat some 4-year college competition and set a PR after last seasons surgery is nothing short of amazing
in that weather at an early season meet. This could be a BIG year for her. In addition to her individual successes, look for her to anchor the
GCC 4 x 800 team to break the school record which has stood for over 30 years (Carol Adams, Jan Correia, etc) She may also attempt a VERY
difficult 1500/800 double at the season-ending meets. We will have to wait on that one. BTW, Alyssa was 10th in State (18:34 at Woodward
Park in the rain) in XC and made 2nd Team All-American, which is all the more amazing considering she didn't begin running again until 8/1/10
after 8 months ?? of inactivity due to the leg surgery.
2/26 Andi Behring won the Indoor Shot Put in the Big Sky Championships throwing a school record 50-3.5 feet. Keep up the good work Andi!
1/30 Andi Behring won the Boise State Invitational with a throw of 47-11. She beat 52 throwers! and remains undefeated this indoor season.
1/22 Andi Behring throwing for Sacramento State set the school record for the indoor shot put today at the
Bronco Invite at Boise State. She threw 49-2. Great Job Andi! Way to make us Cowboys proud!
Signal Article: "Defining Athlete" about Alysia Johnson
Track and Field News Final US Rankings for 2010
800 METERS
1. Alysia Johnson (ranked 3 in WORLD rankings)
2. Anna Pierce
3. Morgan Uceny
4. Phoebe Wright
5. Maggie Vessey
6. Christin Wurth-Thomas
7. Erin Donohue
8. Treniere Moser
9. Molly Beckwith
10. LaTavia Thomas
5000 METERS
1. Molly Huddle
2. Shalane Flanagan
3. Amy Begley
4. Shannon Rowbury
5. Lisa Koll
6. Lauren Fleshman
7. Jen Rhines
8. Jenny Barringer
9. Desiree Davila
10. Angela Bizzarri
Lauren Fleshman is National Champion
Story
Flotrack Interview
Lauren's Journal
From the USA Track & Field Championships in Des Moines, Iowa
Womens 5000 Meter Run Sr FINAL RESULTS
1 Lauren Fleshman Oregon TC-Nike 15:28.70 1(1)
2 Molly Huddle Saucony 15:30.89 1(2)
3 Jenny Barringer New Balance 15:33.33 1(3)
4 Jen Rhines adidas 15:35.71 1(4)
Other Links about Lauren's win!
Runner's Space
Runblogrun
RunnersSpaceInterview
Yes, Canyon's Lauren Fleshman is the National Champion in the 5000 meters! Congratulations,
Lauren, we are so proud of you!
Alysia Johnson won her heat today in the 800 meters with the fastest qualifying time for
tomorrow's final running a 1:59.43. The meet is on ESPN tomorrow.
Alumni Links
April 7, 2007: Alysia Johnson Yesterday at the Stanford/Cal meet,
star junior Alysia Johnson set the only Big Meet record,
clocking 2:03.43 to win the 800 by six seconds. She eclipsed a 24-year-old mark
held by Cal's Louise Romo, whose school record Johnson also is chasing. "She's
a beast," Cal coach Chris Huffins said affectionately.
March 28, 2007 Salim Benmohamed at C.O.C.
Hey coach, I ran a 1:54.16 at Cal Relays. Im working towards my goal
of 1:51 or faster. Hopefully i'll get that mark at the UCLA invite.
My splits were 56.6 57.5
Take Care, Salim
Feb 21, 2007 Lauren Fleshman has a blog here
Feb 12, 2007 Cory Cunningham
I found these results interesting, and thought maybe you would too. Now, this is a different study than the core temperature one. It will have something to do with running with some special shoes on a submerged treadmill or something. Anyway, my account of this follows: VO2 Max test. It started out walking for a couple minutes after they put the whole apparatus/mask on me. Then, they put it up to 7.5 mph, or 8:00 mile pace. I did this for a couple of minutes, during which they told me that when I had only about a minute left of energy in me, to raise up one finger and I would just go until I couldn't anymore. Every minute after that, they increased the incline by 1.5 increments. Even though it was at a fairly slow pace, it was hard because it was like running a race up a progressively steeper hill. I got to about 14:30 total. I couldn't run anymore. My quads, calves, shoulders, and lungs were burning. I got good results, though. A "well above average" VO2 Max for my agre group is a 52 according to the chart they showed me, and I got a 65.1, which stands for mL Oxygen/kg body weight/ minute. My heart rate got above 200 bpm by the time I ended. I supposedly tied for the highest VO2 Max tested in the study. So even though it was a VERY difficult effort, an all-out race effort, I felt good afterward. I was satisfied. Even now, though, a day later, I'm still feeling the effects of it.
Feb 1, 2007 Cory Cunningham
writes: I hope you are all doing well back in old Canyon Country. I thought you would be interested in something I'm participating in right now. For a little background first, I am one of the 3 or 4 stalwart members of the Running Club, showing up every day to run. The regulars are me and a few guys who either used to be on the BYU team or have tried out for it--something I am considering doing once I get back from my mission. Anyway, one of the staff here, Iain Hunter, is a biomechanist for USATF, and the coach here, Ed Eyestone, is still very involved with Nike. They have been doing some research the last couple years on body temperature and warming up. They have been testing out some "ice vests," which are basically vests with a whole bunch of pockets for ice packs. The idea behind them is that if you wear them about an hour before the race and as you warm up, your core body temperature will stay lower and have more capacity to rise as you run, thus yielding higher performance. So for some more test subjects, they were looking for some experienced, pretty quick runners who had tried out for the team before--probably to make sure they were getting the quality of runner they desired. I was let in also since the leader of our running club said that I could handle it and that theyd probably like another person anyway. So this morning, I woke up at 5 AM to swallow a pill as the first part of the testing. The pill is a thermometer that transmits its reading to be read by an outside device. So I went back to sleep, then woke up to be down at the lab at 8:00. I took off my shirt, so it wouldn't slow the cooling process, and put on the ice vest after a first temperature reading was taken. I sat with it on until I was ready to warm up for a treadmill speed session to be held at 9. Iain would take readings every 10 minutes and record the results. I warmed up on the treadmill while still wearing the vest, then took it off and began. It was a 15 minute session at slightly slower than lactic threshold pace, which right now is only about 6:15. So I did that while he took readings of my core temperature and heart rate. I go back on Tuesday to do a session without the ice vest, and sometime in the near future to get a bone density scan so they can figure out my body fat. It has been cool to be a part of so far. One of the things I found interesting about it is how my heart rate acted. It was only 86 BPM when I finished my warmup and was stretching before the threshold run. As soon as I started, though, it jumped up to 168 BPM. It slowly rose from there, minute by minute, until I was at about 188 BPM for the last 5 or 6. It still felt pretty good, though, and I didn't feel especially tired like a race effort.
Anyway, I again hope you are all doing well. I just thought I'd share this cool running-related activity with you all. Good luck and good hunting this track season.
-Cory Cunningham