Helly Visser lowers own W80 indoor WR in 15, adds WR in 3000

Helly has a helluva good time winning medals, setting records.

Helly has a helluva good time setting records.

Christa Bortignon reports from Canada: “After breaking the 1500m world record last month, Helly Visser now broke the 3000m with a time of 15:57.73 at the 2014 Alberta Indoor Games, Feb 08-09, 2014, in Edmonton, Alberta, at the Universiade Pavillion. The current listed record is 16:04.94 by Melitta Czerwenka-Nagel, of Germany in 2011.” Helly also ran the 1500 at the meet in 7:47.78, a half-second faster than her late-January WR. She was last in both fields, but she was running with some girls born in 1996 — 62 years younger. Can’t wait to see what the kiddies are running in the year 2076 (a century after the Montreal Games). Here are results from Edmonton. Notice how Helly keeps her speed at twice the distance.

1500 Metre Run Open Women
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Name Year Team Seed Finals H#
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1 Emma Cook-Clarke 93 U of Calgary 4:39.41 4:38.59 3
2 Vanessa Trofimenkoff 94 MAC Track 4:45.59 4:47.18 3
3 Gloria Kanuka 91 U of Calgary 4:56.11 4:51.03 3
4 Nicole Kitt 96 NEAT 4:57.33 4:53.50 3
5 Rebecca Gould 93 UCAC 4:51.22 4:53.86 3
6 Ariana Dirk 94 U of Calgary 4:54.00 4:54.81 3
7 Gillian Ceyhan 96 Caltaf 4:45.00 4:57.79 3
8 Isabella Englert 92 U of Alberta 4:57.92 5:00.10 3
9 Theres Leboeuf 85 Unattached Alberta 5:00.00 5:00.86 3
10 Claudia Belanger 96 Caltaf 5:10.19 2
11 Katie Girgurlis 95 U of Calgary 5:13.97 5:13.72 2
12 Donna Dixon 62 CPST 5:16.00 5:30.20 2
13 Shelby Edgar 91 CUCA 5:33.15 2
14 Kyran McKee 90 Passtrak 5:38.67 2
15 Renee Talbot 79 Passtrak 6:08.04 2
16 Rayna Howlett 96 Edmonton Harriers 5:19.42 6:23.66 2
17 Helly Visser 34 Calgary Roadrunners 7:48.00 7:47.78 1
— Lesley Koopman 94 MAC Track 4:52.88 DNF 3
— Amy Buzikievich 91 U of Alberta 4:50.98 SCR

3000 Metre Run Open Women
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Name Year Team Seed Finals
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1 Nicole Kitt 96 NEAT 10:27.42 10:31.20
2 Jennifer Norminton 83 RRAC 10:15.00 10:38.22
3 Marriya Jenkins 93 CUCA 10:44.01 10:38.77
4 Rebecca Gould 93 UCAC 10:44.50 10:45.52
5 Katie Girgurlis 95 U of Calgary 11:09.39 11:11.62
6 Rhonda Clark 66 CPST 11:20.00 11:47.84
7 Donna Dixon 62 CPST 11:30.00 12:02.74
8 Megan Paxton 88 Trojans 13:01.00 14:10.15
9 Malorie Goasdoue 93 Trojans 14:36.56
10 Helly Visser 34 Calgary Roadrunners 17:00.00 15:57.73
— BobbiJo Waite Lang 70 CPST 11:15.00 DNS
— Nagi Iida 96 Red Deer Titans SCR

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February 13, 2014

2 Responses

  1. Ken Stone - February 13, 2014

    Helly has plans to lower 1500 record yet again, says a source:

    “She is doing the 1500m again on March 1, and hopes to do better.”

    Go Helly! Sub 7:40!

  2. Mary Harada - February 13, 2014

    good for Helly – she is a great inspiration.

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