Kris Paaso pulverizes W45 American record in 3000 at Portland

Kris at another race.

Kris at another race.

Competing Saturday at the Portland Track Festival, W45 Kris Paaso won the women’s 3000 by 45 seconds and beat the listed American record by 12 seconds. Kris clocked 9:45.66. The old record was 9:57.27 by Monica Joyce in 2004. (The WR is 9:17.27 by Russian outlier Yekatarina Podkopayeva.) Joshua Gordon won the men’s masters mile Sunday in 4:35.04. Women’s race organizer Joanna Harper writes: “Kris led the race for all but the first lap, constantly clicking off 78-second laps on the cool, cloudy night that was nearly perfect for distance racing.” Kudos to Kris on her latest AR!

Results from Lewis & Clark College:

Event 8 Women 3000 Meter Run Masters
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Meet Record: R 9:42.60 6/12/2010 Kim Passo, New Balance
Name Year Team Seed Finals
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Finals
1 Paaso, Kristine Strava TC 9:47.00 9:45.66
9:45.656 (9:45.656)
2 Kimbrough, Chris Team Red Lizard 10:20.00 10:35.18
10:35.173 (10:35.173)
3 Fischer, Tania The Janes El 10:20.00 10:46.20
10:46.198 (10:46.198)
4 Patenge, Jenniffer SoCal track club 11:30.00 11:41.97
11:41.964 (11:41.964)
— Wilkerson, Sonya Team Red Lizard 11:25.00 DNF

Event 25 Men 1 Mile Run Masters
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Meet Record: R 4:14.47 6/13/2009 Jim Sorenson, Unattached
Name Year Team Finals
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Finals
1 Gordon, Joshua Bowerman TC 4:35.04
1:11.286 (1:11.286) 2:20.097 (1:08.811) 3:29.540 (1:09.443)
4:35.035 (1:05.496)
2 Dignum, Colin Hershey Harr 4:35.89
1:11.564 (1:11.564) 2:20.367 (1:08.803) 3:29.770 (1:09.403)
4:35.884 (1:06.114)
3 Mannino, Paul Seattle Runn 4:41.59
1:11.973 (1:11.973) 2:20.709 (1:08.736) 3:30.124 (1:09.416)
4:41.587 (1:11.463)
4 Farley, Matt Bowerman Track Club 4:43.38
1:13.560 (1:13.560) 2:23.888 (1:10.329) 3:35.168 (1:11.280)
4:43.376 (1:08.208)
5 Rees, David Bowerman Tra 4:53.45
1:13.893 (1:13.893) 2:24.886 (1:10.993) 3:39.296 (1:14.410)
4:53.450 (1:14.155)
6 Messiter, Sean Unattached 4:57.87
1:13.270 (1:13.270) 2:24.246 (1:10.976) 3:38.438 (1:14.193)
4:57.864 (1:19.426)

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June 12, 2016

3 Responses

  1. Joanna - June 12, 2016

    Kris’s race was one of the most impressive efforts I have ever witnessed. She ran bravely from the front without any assistance from a rabbit. She was metronome-like in the constancy of her pace, but it was clear that she was working hard to maintain that steady pace. She parceled her effort out over the seven and half laps perfectly. I will try to post video when it is available.

  2. Joanna - June 12, 2016

    i just noticed that the year of Kris’s meet record is wrong. Kris wasn’t 40 in 2010. I think she ran her 9:42 in 2013 but I’m not certain. Whatever year it was that Kris ran the record, she didn’t lead until the last 400 or 500 meters. I will try to get the date fixed in the Portland Track Festival archives.

  3. Matt B. - June 13, 2016

    Nice run!! Another 218 meters or so – about 43 seconds and she would have gotten the 2 mile record too.

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