Men's 1500 Meter Results
The backstretch crowd (includng the gregarious Aggies) was hollering and ringing cowbells in anticipation of the 1500. They were treated to a fantastic race.
The pace was honest, with Krummenacker leading a tight pack through 400 in 58.63. The pace stayed constant into the homestretch approaching 2 laps to go until Richie Boulet took the lead, stretching the pack out and passing 800 in 1:56.95 with Jennings a few meters back and Pyrah and Lassiter in close tow.
Heading into the turn with 600 to go, Jennings moved to Boulet's shoulder and took the lead halfway into the turn. With the crowd now roaring, Jennings quickly opened up a gap as the Lassiter, Krummenacker and Pyrah moved up on Boulet, Krummenacker moving into second.
Jennings hit the bell in 2:39.3 and looked full of run. He hit 1200 in 2:53.2, giving him a third circuit of 55.8. He powered down the backstretch in 13.8, began to tie up, closing in 29.1, but holding on to win in an Olympic "A" qualifer of 3:35.90.
Heading into the turn, Pyrah surged past Lassiter looking very strong. He closed a bit on Jennings around the turn, but began to slow in the straight. Stember, 4th with 200 to go, really began to move off the turn.
Down the homestretch, Pyrah was clear for second. Lassiter began to tie up and Stember, the local favorite, slowly creeped by Seneca, as Jason Lunn made a mad rush in the final stretch. Pyrah's final time was 3:36.70 with Stember just missing the Olypic "A", running 3:37.04.
Lunn finished 4thin 3:37.24, with Holman (who has an Olympic "A" time should Stember fail to crack 3:36.80) finishing 5th in 3:37.36.
/Dan Lilot/Splits
400
Krummenacker 58.63
Jennings & Pyrah 59.0
Lassiter & Stember 59.2
Ryan 59.3
Paranya 59.4
Holman 59.5
Downin 59.6
Boulet, Holthaus & Lunn 59.9800
Boulet 1:56.95
Jennings 1:57.4
Lassiter 1:57.9
Pyrah 1:58.0
Holman & Lunn 1:58.4
Krummenacker, Ryan & Stember 1:58.5
Downin 1:58.6
Paranya 1:58.7
Holthaus 1:58.91200
Jennings 2:53.05
Krummenacker 2:54.3
Lassiter 2:54.5
Stember 2:54.7
Boulet 2:54.8
Pyrah 2:54.9
Holman 2:55.4
Downin 2:55.6
Lunn 2:55.9
Paranya 2:56.2
Ryan 2:56.4
Holthaus 2:56.6Last Laps
Lunn 54.6
Pyrah 55.9
Holman, Jennings & Stember 56.4
Downin 57.0
Holthaus 57.7
Lassiter 58.5
Paranya & Ryan 59.2
Boulet 64.5
Krummenacker 70.0Last 100 meters (all not available)
Lunn 13.5
Holman 14.0
Downin 14.3
Stember 14.4
Pyrah 14.5
Jennings 16.0
Lassiter 16.4Results
1500: 1. Gabe Jennings (Stan) 3:35.90 PR (AL) (59.0, 58.4 [1:57.4], 55.7 [2:53.05], 42.8) (16.0, 29.2, 56.4, 1:52.6, 2:51.9); 2. Jason Pyrah (Nik) 3:36.70 (59.o0, 59.0 [1:58.0], 56.9 [2:54.9], 41.8) (14.5, 28.5, 55.9, 1:53.8, 2:52.6); 3. Michael Stember (Stan) 3:37.04 PR (59.2, 59.3 [1:58.5], 55.2 [2:54.7], 42.3); 4. Jason Lunn (unat) 3:37.24 PR (59.9, 58.5 [1:58.4], 57.5 [2:55.9], 41.3) (13.5, 27.7, 54.6, 1:53.1, 2:52.5); 5. Steve Holman (Nik) 3:37.36 (59.5, 58.9 [1:58.4], 57.0 [2:55.4], 42.0) (14.0, 28.0, 56.4, 1:53.4, 2:53.0); 6. Andy Downin (WiR) 3:38.36 PR (59.6, 59.0, [1:58.6], 57.0 [2:55.6], 42.8) (14.3, 28.9, 57.0, 1:54.4, 2:54.1); 7. Seneca Lassiter (Nik) 3:38.81 (59.2, 58.7 [1:57.9], 56.6 [2:54.5], 44.3) (16.4, 30.4, 58.5, 1:55.2, 2:54.5); 8. Matt Holthaus (Reeb) 3:39.85 (59.9, 59.0 [1:58.9], 57.7 [2:56.6], 43.3) (57.7, 1:55.7, 2:55.3); 9. Karl Paranya (Asics) 3:40.72; 10. Michael Ryan (Reeb) 3:41.14 (59.3, 59.2 [1:58.5], 57.9 [2:56.4], 44.7) (59.2); 11. Richie Boulet (NBal) 3:43.88 (59.9, 57.1 [1:56.95], 57.8 [2:54.8], 49.1) (64.5, 2:00.7, 2:59.2); 12. David Krummenacker (adi) 3:50.50 (58.63, 58.9 [1:57.5], 56.8 [2:54.3], 56.2) (40.5).
Heat 1: Jake Maas jumped into the lead, followed by Dan Wilson. At 400m (58.74), Maas continued to lead, with Holman moving into third on Wilson's shoulder. Down the homestretch Holman moved into the lead, with Seneca Lassiter in second. At 800 (1:59.14), Richie Boulet joined Holman and Lassiter, with Michael Stember pushing to stay with the three. Holman led through 1200 (2:58.19), but Gabe Jennings exploded down the backstretch to take the lead, with Lassiter and Stember in tow. Jennings stormed around the corner into the sunshine coming by the stadium's edge, and Holman is passed by a crowd. Jennings won in 3:38.96, followed by Stember and a late-charging Andy Downin in third, just edging Lassiter, and with Holman hanging on for fifth.
Heat 2: Jason Pyrah grabbed the early lead, leading a tight pack through in 57.83, with Jeremy Huffman in second. At 800m (1:57.39), Pyrah led Jamey Harris and Matt Holthaus. At the bell, Krummenacker moved to Pyrah's shoulder, crossing 1200m in 2:56.02. Karl Paranya moved to third down the backstretch. Coming down the homestretch, Jason Lunn came from way back to pass all of them to win in 3:38.68, followed by Paranya, Pyrah, and Krummenacker.
Results
I-1. Gabe Jennings (Stan) 3:38.96 (27.4, 55.7); 2. Michael Stember (Stan) 3:39.51 (27.1, 54.3); 3. Andy Downin (WiRR) 3:39.53; 4. Seneca Lassiter (Nik) 3:39.71 (56.1); 5. Steve Holman (Nik) 3:40.11; 6. Richie Boulet (NBal) 3:40.99; 7. Bryan Berryhill (CoSt) 3:41.14; 8. Jacob Maas (unat) 3:42.23; 9. Mike Miller (unat) 3:42.26; 10. Paul McMullen (Sauc) 3:50.13; 11. Daniel Wilson (Ct) 3:58.73.
II-1. Jason Lunn (unat) 3:38.68 (56.8); 2. Karl Paranya (Asics) 3:38.86 (56.7); 3. Jason Pyrah (Nik) 3:39.18 (57.4); 4. David Krummenacker (adi) 3:39.86 (58.3); 5. Michael Ryan (Reeb) 3:40.47; 6. Matt Holthaus (Reeb) 3:40.81; 7. Jeremy Huffman (unat) 3:47.40; 8. Jamey Harris (ReebA) 3:48.07; 9. Terrance Herrington (unat) 3:55.05; 10. Charlie Gruber (Ks) 3:57.08; 11. Ricky Etheridge (unat) 3:57.15.