Jen Rhines rocks American record in 5000 at Payton Jordan meet

Jen Rhines made the 2008 Olympic 5K final.

Jen Rhines made the 2008 Olympic 5K final.

Thanks to Nat Larson’s comment, we’ve learned about three-time Olympian (and 5X NCAA champion) Jen Rhines crushing the W40 American record at Stanford University on Sunday. At the same Payton Jordan meet where Bernard Lagat went sub-28 in the 10K at 41, Jen went sub-16 in the 5K at the same age. She clocked an amazing 15:45.94 — not far off her PR of 14:54.29. (See results here.) The listed American record is 16:02.27 by Carmen Troncoso in 1999. The listed WR is 15:04.87 by Britain’s great Joanne Pavey in 2014. Nice run, Jen! You’re only 21 seconds away from the automatic qualifying standard for the Olympic Trials.

Jen’s splits in Palo Alto:

20 Jen Rhines Baa 15:45.94
35.822 (35.822) 1:50.744 (1:14.922) 3:04.550 (1:13.806)
4:17.795 (1:13.245) 5:32.264 (1:14.469) 6:48.066 (1:15.802)
8:02.573 (1:14.507) 9:18.374 (1:15.801) 10:35.439 (1:17.065)
11:52.176 (1:16.737) 13:11.792 (1:19.616) 14:30.088 (1:18.296)
15:45.936 (1:15.849)

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May 3, 2016

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  1. Michael Walker - May 4, 2016

    An impressive 5K performance and an excellent time for anyone but I do wonder if Jen Rhines would agree that she was just off her PR of 14:54.29 but still a great run. Hope she can improve by 20 seconds to get the Olympic trials standard.

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