Barbara Parker is donning the Janes uniform in her first race as a Jane tonight in the prestigious Reebok Boston Indoor Games. She’ll be racing in the 3000 against elites such as Olympian Shannon Rowbury (PR of 4:00.33 in the 1500) , Sara Hall (PR of 4:08.99 in the 1500 and came in 2nd at last week’s Millrose Games mile at 4:31.48), former FSU teammate Hannah England (PR of 4:05.87 in the 1500 and 1:59 in the 800 and just won last week’s Millrose Games mile in 4:31.48), Tirunesh Dibaba’s younger sister Genzebe Dibaba and Christian Wurth-Thomas (PR of 3:59.98 in the 1500). Barbara thinks it will take an 8:40-8:50 type effort to win this race. Her race goes off at 6:20 EST but will not be televised until Sunday, Feb 7 from 2p-4p EST on ESPN2.
For a preview on each of the races at BIG on LetsRun.com click here. Click here for coverage on the meet by RunnerSpace.
Visit the BIG site here for more on the meet and to see a full list of athletes in Barbara’s race.
