3 Americans make field for IAAF Portland indoor 800 exhibition

Leslie, winning at 2014 Winston-Salem nationals, holds records in 1500.

Lesley of Georgia, winning at 2014 Winston-Salem nationals, holds American records in 1500, mile.

American Lesley Chaplin and Britain’s Karen Brooks, who took 2-3 at Lyon worlds in the W55 800, headline the masters invitational 800 at IAAF Portland worlds on March 19. Lesley is one of three Yanks in the elite-woman field, joined by Julie Hayden and Cheryl Bellaire. The Lyon champion, Karin Wåhlstedt of Sweden, apparently didn’t apply. I learned the entry list from one of the top six, which also includes Hélène Douay of France and Aurora Perez of Spain. The alternates are Aussies Marie Kay and Deborah Drennan. So far, I’m aware of only Nolan Shaheed in the men’s M60-plus field. And he may be the oldest, at 66. The women’s field was informed by Sandy Pashkin of WMA. Here’s the W55 women’s outdoor rankings of 2015, and here are the M60 men’s rankings.

Here are the seeded Portland runners:

1 Karen Brooks GBR 2:32.71
2 Lesley Chaplin USA 2:35.43
3 Hélène Douay FRA 2:36.03
4 Julie Hayden USA 2:36.53
5 Aurora Perez ESP 2:36.60
6 Cheryl Bellaire USA 2:39.72
Alternates:
R1 Marie Kay AUS 2:42.00
R2 Deborah Drennan AUS 2:42.73

Here’s the W55 final at Lyon:

1 WÃ¥hlstedt, Karin W55 Sweden 2:36.90
2 Chaplin, Lesley W57 United State 2:38.12
3 Brooks, Karen W56 Great Britai 2:39.76
4 Ehebrecht, Angelika W56 Germany 2:44.66
5 Tolfes, Gunnel W57 Sweden 2:46.09
6 Fox, Vicki W56 United State 2:47.50
7 Fernández Peñafiel, Ma. W59 Mexico 2:47.98
8 Creuzot, Patricia W57 France 2:50.55
9 Desmedt, Nicole W55 France 2:51.19
10 Femia, Rita María W57 Argentina 2:51.56
11 Chernykh, Irina W56 Russia 2:53.10
12 Botelho, Rita W55 Canada 2:53.54

Here’s the M60 final at Lyon:

1 Gough, Joe M62 Ireland 2:15.90
2 Clok, Omar M60 Uruguay 2:16.79
3 Loaiza Londoño, Carlos H M64 Colombia 2:17.10
4 Rentsch, Walter M61 Germany 2:18.56
5 Levasseur, Yves M63 France 2:18.80
6 Kreemke, Wolfgang M60 Germany 2:19.00
7 Ortiz Rivera, Jorge Luis M61 Puerto Rico 2:19.22
8 Dunlop, Alastair M61 Great Britai 2:19.36
9 Lysenko, Oleksandr M60 Ukraine 2:19.58
10 Chantry, Stephen M60 United State 2:20.03
11 Riou, Jean M60 France 2:21.77
12 Sato, Ryuichi M61 Japan 2:24.42

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January 30, 2016

2 Responses

  1. Terry Ballou - January 31, 2016

    Big congrats to all three Americans…what an honor to be selected for such a great event. Go out there, soak it all up, and represent! I’ll be cheering you on!

  2. Julie Hayden - February 1, 2016

    I am very excited to be selected for this wonderful opportunity. I can’t believe my luck that W55 & the 800M were chosen! For several years, winter has been the off season for me for coaching my very large high school cross country & track teams, as well as the youth team I co founded, so I have been able to train myself. I haven’t run outdoor for a few years due to burn out and the unappealing heat, so I do not appear in the Outdoor 2015 rankings, but I did run indoor in 2015 and previously.:) We were allowed to use the 2015 Indoor Season for our seed times too, thankfully!

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