Track and Field News: Special Sections: 2000 US Olympic Trials

Women's 10,000 Analysis

1. Deena Drossin
2. Libbie Hickman
3. Annette Peters
4. Blake Russell
5. Jennifer Rhines
6. Anne Marie Lauck
7. Kim Fitchen
8. Kristin Beaney
9. Rachel Sauder
10. Katie McGregor

You can't run a 10k every weekend. More than any other seed list, the women's 10k is deceptive. The top three entered times are from '99, led by Libbie Hickman's winning mark from Eugene last June (31:41.33). Hickman and Anne Marie Lauck (next at 31:43.50) both ran the marathon Trials in late February and haven't hit the track yet. It's tough to be sharp without some tuneup races, but figure Hickman to be ready. Deena Drossin (at 32:00.72) ran such a spectacular cross country season that she seems nearly overwhelming here. Vet Annette Peters will has the leading mark from 2000 (32:03.06) and will need all her experience to secure a berth, as Blake Russell, Kim Fitchen and Jen Rhines are also looking strong./Kirk Reynolds/

Here are seasonal records for the entrants:

Libbie Hickman
2:39:57		8)OT			02/26
8:49.75		4)Portland GP		06/25

Anne Marie Lauck
9:11.43i	1)NBal Games		01/08
75:08		4)Naples		01/30
2:36:06		3)OT			02/26
9:24.99		15)Portland GP		06/25

Deena Drossin
73:16		1)Carlsbad		01/16
27.48		1)USATF XC		02/13
13:30		1)USATF XC		02/13
26:59		12)World XC		03/19
8:51.76		5)Portland GP		06/25

Annette Peters
9:16.67		1)Eugene		03/11
9:09.17		2)Hayward R		04/08
32:03.06	1)Mt. SAC Inv		04/14
16:01.77	2)Stanford OT Qual	06/17
15:48.36	1)GMC Open		07/01

Blake Russell
9:24.49i	1)Blacksburg		01/22
9:08.11i	3)Boston		01/30
14:07		5)USATF XC		02/13
9:15.53i	8)USATF Ind		03/04
4:19.43		1)Durham		04/08
32:16.33	3)Mt. SAC Inv		04/14
15:21.37	1)Penn R Open		04/28
9:06.54		1)Dedham I		05/20
4:18.06		5-f2)Can-Am Maine	07/01

Kim Fitchen
29:10		5)USATF XC		02/13
9:18.22		1)Stanford		03/04
27:48		37)World XC		03/19
27:48		37)World XC		03/19
32:16.95	4)Mt. SAC Inv		04/14
15:50.38	3)Cardinal Inv		05/05
4:20.80		4)Stanford OT Qual	06/17
9:11.17		9)Portland GP		06/25

Sylvia Mosqueda
73:45		1)Los Angeles		01/30
32:17.71	5)Mt. SAC Inv		04/14

Jen Rhines
9:07.56i	1)University Park	01/29
27:11		13)World XC		03/19
15:39.33	7)Oregon Twi		05/13
4:17.56		4)Brookline		05/27
4:20.17		10)Raleigh GP		06/17
8:58.47		7)Portland GP		06/25

Katie McGregor
4:43.62i	1)Ann Arbor		01/08
9:18.57i	1)Ann Arbor		01/22
9:23.95i	2)Notre Dame		02/05
9:09.30i	6)USATF Ind		03/04
32:33.62	1)Stanford		03/25
9:30.37		2)Sea Ray R		04/13
9:25.11		16)Portland GP		06/25

Donna Garcia
9:20.60o	1)Johnson City		01/29
29:30		6)USATF XC		02/13
14:08		6)USATF XC		02/13
9:04.50i	4)USATF Ind		03/04
28:35		55)World XC		03/19
32:34.51	7)Mt. SAC Inv		04/14
15:53.89	4)Cardinal Inv		05/05

Kristin Beaney
4:43.81i	2)GBTC Inv		01/23
15:57.97i	1)Boston		01/30
32:41.00	3)Jerome		06/03
9:09.86		5)Can-Am Maine		07/01

Rachel Sauder
29:03		4)USATF XC		02/13
27:47		36)World XC		03/19
32:43.22	8)Mt. SAC Inv		04/14
15:45.22	1)Cardinal Inv		05/05
4:18.94		3)Mi Intl		06/10
4:21.72		11)Can-Am Dedham I	06/24
9:08.44		3)Can-Am Maine		07/01

Leigh Daniel
16:02.28i	1)Indianapolis		02/12
9:39.72i	1)Lubbock		02/19
16:39.91i	1)Big 12		02/25
9:23.78i	1)Big 12		02/26
15:59.65i	4)NCAA Ind		03/10
9:23.03i	8)NCAA Ind		03/11
32:47.42	2)Stanford		03/25
17:40.75	1)Texas Tech Inv	04/21
34:27.67	13)Jerome		06/03

Shelly Steely
16:09.33	14)Oregon Twi		05/13
4:31.54		11)Stanford OT Qual	06/17
16:00.61	5)GMC Open		07/01

Chris McNamara
2:42:12		13)OT			02/26

Michelle Borgert
16:03.08	18)Mt. SAC Inv		04/14
9:32.73		2)Oregon Inv		04/29
33:08.41	2)Cardinal Qual		05/12
9:21.13		2)Kajaks Cl		05/31
16:07.69	6)GMC Open		07/01

Jenny Crain
2:42:12		14)OT			02/26
33:10.75	10)Mt. SAC Inv		04/14
16:13.20	7)Penn R Open		04/28
dnf		0)Jerome		06/03
16:07.19	4)Stanford OT Qual	06/17

Lynn Fitzsimmons
33:14.06	11)Mt. SAC Inv		04/14
16:17.29	8)Penn R Open		04/28

Tara Chaplin
16:35.18i	4)Indianapolis		02/12
16:51.56i	1)Mtn Pac		02/26
16:03.21i	5)NCAA Ind		03/10
33:45.64	5)Stanford		03/25
33:17.39	13)Mt. SAC Inv		04/14
16:11.73	12)Cardinal Inv		05/05
9:34.56		4)Pac-10		05/20
16:35.05	4)Pac-10		05/21
34:31.22	11)NCAA			05/31
16:29.31	11)NCAA			06/02

Laura Baker
9:23.97i	5)NBal Games		01/08
4:43.90i	3)University Park	01/29
4:42.07i	2)University Park	02/12
9:18.84		3)Dedham I		05/20
4:22.86		12)Brookline		05/27
16:03.15	1)Can-Am Dedham I	06/24
4:26.21		5)Can-Am Maine		07/01
9:08.48		4)Can-Am Maine		07/01

Marty Shue
33:19.09	4)Stanford		03/25
9:49.13		8)Can-Am Maine		07/01

Natalie Nalepa
33:19.60	8)Jerome		06/03

Melody Fairchild
71:38		1)Las Vegas		02/06
3:05:55		128)OT			02/26
33:50.35	20)Mt. SAC Inv		04/14
33:34.22	8)Can-Am Maine		07/01

Kate Fonshell
34:08.23	1)Penn R Open		04/28
16:01.86	2)Stanford OT Qual	06/17
4:21.39		11-f2)Can-Am Maine	07/01

Marty Hernandez
16:41.60i	7)Indianapolis		02/12
17:33.65o	1)Mtn West		02/25
16:19.98	10)Stanford		03/25
33:21.52	15)Mt. SAC Inv		04/14
15:59.86	5)Cardinal Inv		05/05
36:23.98	1)Mtn West		05/19
16:45.39	2)Mtn West		05/20
33:50.45	2)NCAA			05/31
16:11.90	4)NCAA			06/02

Erica Palmer
4:45.75i	1)Madison		01/15
33:20.50	14)Mt. SAC Inv		04/14
16:31.45	4)Drake R Inv		04/29
34:24.91	1)Big 10		05/19
9:29.11		2)Big 10		05/20
16:24.62	1)Big 10		05/21
34:13.79	5)NCAA			05/31
16:27.11	10)NCAA			06/02