Barbara Parker ran a tough race at the USATF High Performance Meet held at Occidental College this past weekend. Barbara finished in ninth place running 4:13.08. Nicole Edwards from Canada won the race in a time of 4:06.34. The USATF High Performance Meet was a meet of four races – a men and women’s 800 and a men and women’s 1500. Many of the top middle and distance runners in the nation as well as some international runners ran in these races.

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Barbara Parker ran a strong race at the USATF High Performance Meet held at Occidental College this past Saturday night in the 1500 meters. Barbara finished in 9th place running 4:13.18. Nicole Edwards from Canada won the race in 4:06.3. This race fielded the top distance and middle distance women in the nation and world.

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Occidental College will be hosting the USATF High Performance meet this Saturday, May 22 where only the 800 and 1500 meters will be run. In the woman’s 800 meter run alone, high profile athletes, Jenny Barringer, Hazel Clark, Trenierre Clemment-Moser, Erin Donahue, Shannon Rowbury and Anna Pierce, will be running. Galen Rupp, Leo Manzano, Ian Dobson and Ian Cronin will be in the 1500. Our own Barbara Parker will be running in the 1500 with Amy Begley, Shalane Flannagan, Lauren Fleshman, Sara Hall and Amy Mortimer. If you want to watch some high powered races with many of the top athletes in the nation, come on out to this local meet.

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The Janes ran in the Santa Monica Classic 5k this past Sunday. Barbara Parker was the first woman running 16:40, Tania Fischer was fourth in 17:41, Adrienne Schumm was eighth in 18:13, Jenna Dee was ninth in 18:22, Kelle Taylor ran 19:08, Tiffany Turner at 19:48, Cambria Wu at 19:49, Amanda Rondash at 20:19 and Emily Mitchell at 22:03. (I think the official times were off by around 10 seconds since I saw some of the girls come in 10 seconds faster than what the reported times were.)

We have to wait and see how the points are dispersed for this event to see if Tania will hang on with the top spot after four events.

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Cambria Wu after her win in the 10k last year

The Janes will be in full force this Sunday running the 5k at the Santa Monica Classic that happens to be the USATF Southern California road running Grand Prix. The Janes head into the weekend race with more points in the team rankings per scoring runner but in third place in the total team scoring since the first and second place teams have more runner competing in the series than the Janes. Individually, Tania Fischer looks to open the gap as the number one runner in the series with 1758 points this weekend when she goes head to head against the number two ranked runner, Nathalie Higley. For more news about the series, click here. For scoring of the series, click here. For more information on the Santa Monica Classic, click here.

Check back here on Sunday for results and a story about the race.