Monica Joyce, Aeron Arlin Genet post nice times at Stanford

Monica Joyce, running at the Payton Jordan Invitational yesterday at Stanford, again broke the listed W50 world record for 5000 meters. This time she ran 17:13.42 — almost a minute behind the 16:19.1 she ran at Mt. SAC, but that was a mark that probably won’t get record recognition.  In the 1500, W40 Aeron Arlin Genet ran 4:35.12, which is behind her season best of 4:27.5. On her Twitter blog, Aeron wrote: “My 1500 was a long way off from what I was gunin 4. I felt every inch of 41, & those 2 back 2 back marathon expos. Need 2 refocus 4 next wk.” Don’t sweat it, Aeron. Just consider it a fast workout! Here is video of Aeron’s race. Here is video of Monica’s race. Thanks to Flocast!

The Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational was the first since Payton’s death from cancer in February. A memorial tribute for the masters sprint legend was held the night before the meet, and according to John Reid’s article:   

Jordan will be remembered with a moment of silence at Saturday’s Payton Jordan Invitational at Cobb Track and Angell Field at the 5:10 p.m. break. The official starter will start the race and the moment of silence will take all of 14.65 seconds. That was Jordan’s best 100-meter time after he had reached the age of 80. I agree. We weren’t worthy to live on the same planet as the man.

Event 49  Women 1500 Meter Run Section 3
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    Name                    Year School                  Finals
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Finals                                                         
  1 Ali Mann                     Nike Team Run LA       4:26.52
  2 Nicole Bowler                U of San Francisco     4:26.74
  3 Brianna Anderson-Gregg       Ehp                    4:28.47
  4 Laken Skidmore               Weber                  4:28.91
  5 Ashley Miller                Nebraska               4:29.85
  6 Heather Mancell              Simon Fraser           4:30.66
  7 Kristin Reese                Stanford               4:31.99
  8 Jennifer Pancoast            Nebraska               4:32.90
  9 Aeron Arlin Genet            Running Divas          4:35.12
 10 Claire Thielke               Stanford               4:39.64
Event 53  Women 5000 Meter Run Section 1
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    Name                    Year School                  Finals
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Finals                                                         
  1 Jennifer Barringer           Colorado              15:07.64
  2 Deirdre Byrne                Unattached            15:51.28
  3 Gwen Jorgensen               Wisconsin             15:52.19
  4 Lauren Weaver                Unattached            15:55.12
  5 Lindsay Carson               Speed River Tfc       15:55.62
  6 Michelle Sikes               Nike                  15:56.19
  7 Alisha Williams              Brc Adidas            15:56.62
  8 Danielle Domenichelli        Unattached            16:01.03
  9 Kellyn Johnson               Wichita State         16:02.25
 10 Emily Anderson               William & Mary        16:10.63
 11 Christine Kalmer             Arkansas              16:11.77
 12 Romero Marisol               MX International      16:14.60
 13 Jenna Kingma                 Arizona State         16:36.66
 14 Monica Joyce                 Unattached            17:13.42
 — Janelle Deatherage           Reebok                     DNF
 — Renee Baillie                Nike                       DNF
 — Amy Yoder-Begley             Oregon Track               DNF
 — Lesley Van Miert             Unattached                 DNF

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May 3, 2009

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  1. Mark Cleary - May 5, 2009

    I would like to invite Monica and Aeron to race in the Invitational Masters 1500m to be held in Eugene at the Open Outdoor Nationals-we could build a great field around them- ladies please contact me at runnermark@cox.net Thanks–Mark Cleary USATF Masters Invitational Program

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