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Shannon Rowbury Hoping Small Steps Get Her Back To Where She Wants To Be in 2020

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DyeStat.com   Jul 20th 2019, 5:19pm
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Rowbury Gains IAAF Standard In 5,000 At Stumptown Twilight

By Doug Binder, DyeStat Editor

PORTLAND -- Shannon Rowbury is taking one day at a time, one race at a time, in her build up to a possible fourth Olympic team.

One of the top U.S distance runners for more than a decade, Rowbury is making a long comeback from the birth of her first child in 2018, and a subsequent injury, in order to regain her top form.

On Friday at the Stumptown Twilight at Lewis and Clark College, Rowbury gained the IAAF world standard when she ran 15:19.14 to win a 5,000-meter race that included Stephanie Garcia and Emily Lipari.

That’s a modest time in the scope of Rowbury’s career. It puts her 11th on the list of entries at next week’s Toyota USATF Outdoor Championships.

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"Between a summer 18 baby and a winter 19 stress fracture, this year's been really tough," the 34-year-old Nike Oregon Project star said. "I'm healthy, which I'm thankful for. And each race is getting better. I'm way far from my PR, but I'm thankful for each small, little victory."

In the men's 1,500 meters, Matthew Centrowitz throttled to the lead in the final lap and won a race for the first time this year, in 3:39.08.

"Today I was working on the gears a little bit,” he said. "Probably didn’t feel as good as I’d like to, but that’s why I’m out here. I’d rather feel good next week than this week.”

Nanami Arai of Japan finished a strong second place in 3:39.58 and eight guys ran faster than 3:42.

In the women’s 1,500 meters, Elise Cranny of the Bowerman Track Club gained the global standard when she won and broke her personal record with 4:06.03.

“It was hard, for sure, but it was a good race,” Cranny said. “I’m grateful to get the world standard.”  

Jesus Tonatiu Lopez lowered his own Mexican national record in the 800 meters when he won the event in 1:45.03. It was a dominant performance and he won by three seconds.

Lindsey Butterworth of New Balance Canada won the women’s 800 meters in 2:00.31 and was one of three to crack the world standard. Jessica Hull, a new pro running for the Nike Oregon Project, made her debut with the group with a seventh-place finish in a personal-best 2:03.78.



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