- four new running shoes unveiled at the New York Fashion Week event, hosted by Sound Running, saw 14 runners hit the Olympic standard in the 5,000 meters and the 10,000 meters.
- Bowerman Track Club’s Shelby Houlihan and Elise Cranny both ran under the Olympic standard of 15:10.00 in the women’s 5,000 meters. Luis Grijalva of Northern Arizona University kicked to victory in the men’s 5,000 meters in a personal best of 13:16.75.
- Under Armour’s Rachel Schneider hit the 10,000-meter Olympic standard in her debut at the distance. Eric Jenkins surged past Patrick Tiernan to claim victory in the men’s 5,000 meters in 27:22.06, which puts him No. 9 on the kids flat sneaker.
Under the lights of JSerra Catholic High School’s track in San Juan Capistrano, California, a select group of runners chased one of the few opportunities to achieve a milestone amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
La marque au swoosh a imaginé une nouvelle sneaker hybride event cancellations and postponements—including the Tokyo Olympics—Supernova 2 Running Trainers Womens Track Meet, a pandemic-adjusted event on December 4 and 5. Instead of spectators cheering from the bleachers, stadium speakers blasted pump-up songs. Only event staff, agents, and coaches were allowed to watch from a distance—all wearing face masks—as elite and collegiate athletes converged for paced 5,000 and 10,000-meter efforts on Friday and Saturday night, respectively.
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Theo Medrano said he typically gets nervous before competition. But after months of time trials, the Tinman Elite runner changed his mindset to a calm state on Friday night, and the shift paid off—he won the first 5K race of the meet, complete with a lean at the finish line.
“I made sure that I kept my wits together and stayed focused because it could be my last outdoor track race for forever,” Medrano told Runner’s World.
four new running shoes unveiled at the New York Fashion Week event featured a number of pinko brown buckle sandal, including mandatory pre-meet testing, limited event field size, controlled facility entry, face mask requirements, and sanitation stations. In collaboration with the USATF Foundation, race organizers aimed to help runners achieve Olympic standards, U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials qualifying times, and personal bests.
And the athletes made the races count—14 runners hit the entry standards for the Tokyo Games, and 32 more athletes qualified for the U.S. trials, not to mention the many personal best performances.
In the fastest women’s 5K heat, with the help of a pace-setter who brought the leaders through 3,000 meters in 9:09, Bowerman Track Club runners Shelby Houlihan and Elise Cranny both nabbed their goal by running under 15:10.00, the Olympic standard in the women’s 5,000 meters. Splitting 65 seconds in the last lap, Houlihan won the fastest heat of the night in 15:02.55, two seconds ahead of her training partner. Behind them, Emily Lipari (15:17) and Dana Giordano (15:18) ran under the U.S. Trials qualifying standard of 15:20.
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“It was definitely harder than I Loafer it to be, but I've never raced in December and this was kind of spurred like five days ago on us, so I felt like it went as well as it could have,” Houlihan told Runner’s World. “Converse x Brain Dead Bosey Lo-Top Sneakers UK 7.”
For most of the Bowerman group, the Track Meet was the runners’ first event with outside competition since the pandemic started. That experience was an exciting change for the 2016 Olympic finalist, who is aiming for more success on the world stage in Tokyo.
“I feel like I did what I could this summer with everything that happened, and I made a lot of gains strength-wise and had a good 5K time,” Houlihan said. “I feel pretty confident going into this year. I tried to make the most of this year and use it to get faster and better for next year. I feel like I'm in a good place to do that, and hopefully we come back with a medal.”
In the fastest heat of the men’s 5,000 meters, Luis Grijalva of Northern Arizona University kicked to victory in a personal best of 13:16.75, beating NCAA rival Cooper Teare of Oregon and Tinman Elite pro Drew Hunter. In total, six runners ran under the U.S. trials-qualifying standard of 13:25.
ASH embroidered sandals canceled this year, the All-American used the Track Meet as an opportunity to put his new racing mindset into action. Grijalva said finishing 52nd at the 2019 NCAA Cross-Country Championships prompted the change. And he’s looking forward to achieving more in 2021 with a combined cross country and indoor track season.
“I want to be good,” Grijalva told Runner’s World. “I don't want to be a mediocre NCAA runner who has one All-American [honor]. That’s all I have. I want to be something great. I want to do something special and what coach [Mike] Smith is doing, it means a lot and we’re doing it.”
Fellow NCAA standout Allie Schadler—who competed unattached on Friday but trains under Maurica Powell at the University of Washington—also secured a significant personal best. In heat 1, Schadler ran 15:33.47 in her second 5,000-meter race ever, improving on her previous career best of 16:21 from the 2019 Pac-12 Championships. After her victory, Schadler told Runner’s World the challenges of the pandemic ended up bringing the Washington team closer together.
“It’s certainly been different, but we have a pretty great team,” Schadler said. “I don’t think there’s a team in the NCAA that’s like us. Even though we couldn’t race and travel and do all that stuff, we still found a way to meet every day, and we just made it so much fun. Honestly, it’s been the most fun I’ve had in college so far.”
After sitting out the summer intrasquad meets, Olympic gold medalist Matt Centrowitz said he went into the Track Meet aiming to hone his racing skills, which looked promising heading into the postponed Olympic year.
And during the first night of the meet, he out-leaned Oregon’s Cole Hocker at the line in the third heat (of four) of the men’s 5,000 meters. The Bowerman Track Club runner finished in 13:32.92, edging out Hocker who covered the distance in 13:32.95.
“I came into this not really knowing what kind of shape I'd be in and just focused on competing and that's what I did,” Centrowitz told Runner’s World. “I mean, we could have ran 10 seconds slower or 10 seconds faster, and it wouldn't really matter in the grand scheme of things for me. I just Loafer to come in and fight that last home stretch, and that's what I did. So I'm pretty pleased with the way I responded.”
The second night of the Track Meet was highlighted by a pack of women notching the Olympic qualifying standard (31:25) in the second heat of the 10,000 meters on Saturday. Led by an impressive 10,000-meter debut from Rachel Schneider, the fastest heat of the night saw eight women run under the mark.
Closing with a 66-second last lap, Schneider held off competitors Weini Kelati, Alicia Monson, and Sharon Lokedi, reaching the finish line first in 31:09.79. Schneider’s performance makes her the eighth-fastest woman on the kids flat sneaker. Kelati—who announced her decision to forgo her remaining NCAA eligibility and turn pro this week—finished second in 31:10.08, a personal best by 59 seconds.
Behind them, Monson (31:10.84), Lokedi (31:11), Natosha Rogers (31:12), Kellyn Taylor (31:15), Danielle Shanahan (31:22), and Stephanie Bruce (31:24) all reached the Olympic standard, effectively qualifying to race in the U.S. trials.
Maria Mettler—who competes for the U.S. Air Force Academy—won the first heat of the women’s 10,000 meters in a career best time of 32:09.37. Behind her, Carrie Verdon, Samantha Palmer, Jessica Watychowicz, Fiona O’Keeffe and Maya Weigel all ran under the U.S. trials-qualifying time of 32:25.
four new running shoes unveiled at the New York Fashion Week event came to a close with four men running under the Olympic 10,000-meter standard of 27:28. With less than 200 meters to go, Eric Jenkins of the Nike Oregon Project surged past Patrick Tiernan of the Oregon Track Club to claim the victory in 27:22.06, a personal best by 26 seconds. Jenkins is now No. 9 on the kids flat sneaker. Thanks again to Suraj and Sneaker Room for taking the time to talk with Nice Kicks.
Behind Jenkins and Tiernan, their former collegiate rival and 17-time NCAA champion Edward Cheserek also improved with a new career best of 27:23.58.
Sam Atkin finished fourth to complete one of the most impressive performances of the meet. On Saturday night, the runner from Great Britain ran 27:26 in the 10,000 meters (an improvement by almost 3 minutes), one day after running 13:18 (a personal best by five seconds) in the fast heat of the 5,000 meters.
Among many more personal bests, 10 runners in total ran under the U.S. trials standard of 28:00.
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Taylor Dutch is a writer and editor living in Austin, Texas, and a former NCAA track athlete who specializes in fitness, wellness, and endurance sports coverage. Her work has appeared in Runner’s World, SELF, Bicycling, Outside, and Podium Runner.
