American Record Attempt and World Outdoor Championship Qualifying attempts

April 24, 2009

If you are in the Bay area head over to Cal tonight. The races start tonight at 6:30 PM and Fam goes for the record at 9:10PM

The Men's 10,000 will be an American Record attempt for 2 time Olympican Anthony Famiglietti tonite(April 24) at the inaugural NYRR Distance Carnival at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational in Berkley, California. Famiglietti who won the 2009 USA 15,000 road championships in March and barely missed the American Road 5000 by a scant 3 seconds at the fast Carlsbad 5000 only 3 weeks ago. He will be paced by Olympian Bolota Asmersom for a solid 13:40 for the first 5000m. In a very solid field, that has been gathered to get World "A" 27.47 and World "B" standards for this summers World Outdoor Championships in Berlin, Germany. The current AR holder at 10km, Olympic Silver Medalist, Meb Keflezighi will be bidding for a PR in Sunday's Flora London Marathon. Keflezighi set the AR in Stanford prior to his Silver Medal performance in Athens 2004

Mexican Olympican, Juan Luis Barrios, a 13:11 5k performer will attempt his first 10,000 and be joined by Olympians, Teodoro Vega(MEX), Alejandro Suarez(MEX), Michael Aish(NZE), Martin Fagan(IRE) and Collis Birmingham(ENG) who has had a fantastic season in achieving Berlin Standards. Ed Moran(USA), James Carnery(USA), Boaz Chemboiyo(KEN), and Juan Carlos Romero(MEX) all sub 28 minute 10km'ers will try to gather bid selections for 1936 Stadium

Philes Ongori, a kenyan based in Japan will lead the pack in the woman's portion of the NYRR Carnival at 10,000 meters. 3-time Mexican Olympian, Dulce Rodriguez, Americans Katie McGregor and Amy Hastings will be joined by Mountain Runner Lara Tamsett of Austraila who recently finished a surprising 3rd in the very fast and competitive Carlsbad 5000.

The NYRR Distance Carnival will consist of the 10, 000, 5,000 and the Men's Steeplechase. In the steeple, Americans Brian Olinger, Kyle Alcorn and Olympian Steve Slattery who have already run faster the World's "A" Standard will try to again achieve those results in 2009. The 5000's should be barn burners as the fields are ready to go.

Canadian Kevin Sullivan, a 3-time Olympian training in Florida will go against Olympican's Yuichiro Ueno(JPN), Jorge Torres(USA) stepping down in distance to battle against Americans, World Cross Country member Bobby Curtis, Thomas Morgan and NCAA champion, Scott Bauhs. Injured Olympian Carrie Tollefson(USA) will toe the line against Serbian Olympian, Marina Muncan, World Indoor Bronze Medalist of Ireland Mary Cullen and Americans, Sara Slattery, Emily Brown, Sara Hall and Julia Lucas.

Watch Flotrack's Coverage of the Brutus Hamilton meet at Cal and Fam's record attempt here.

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#24	Marty Monahan April 25 at 6:45pm Sorry harry i forgot that negative splits were impossible.... reply
#23	When April 25 at 5:52pm Fam never said he was going for an AR at Cal. Sounds like the meet just promoted it that way for press. reply
#22	Anonymous Coward April 25 at 5:21pm negative splitting is a great way to do a 10k reply
#21	Harry X April 25 at 5:03pm how could there be an american record with bolota asmerom taking the pack through 5k in 13:40 which is a lot slower than american record pace. They would have had to come home in 13:30 which would have been a hell of a negative split. Definitely pro-fam. Marty, you can go f yourself. reply
#20	Victor LeMay April 25 at 3:28pm Nevermind, the results were from last year. i'm dumb. reply
#19	Victor LeMay April 25 at 3:22pm Fam also ran the steeple in 8:24 the night before? Sounds like he wasn't trying at all for the AR. He could probable get it if he was fresh. Man he's racing alot. reply
#18	Dude April 25 at 8:48am Hey Marty go f yourself. reply
#17	Hemansteeple April 25 at 6:24am In response to Mr Monahan. I have not read any words directly from Fam where he stated that he was going to get the American Record tonight. If he was really going for the AR I doubt he would have raced the last 4 weekends (Carlsbad Road race, 3:42 solo effort 1500@Sea Ray, 13:17 frontrun the entire thing 5k at Mt Sac, then this 10k. I think as Fam just wants a fast race and honest time. Besides they were already 5 seconds off AR at the 5k, and no one would help with the lead till 2 1/2 laps to go. His day will come. I do not think he's ran a 10k in 3 years. Meb was pulled to his AR, he did not run it on his own. reply
#16	Martin Miller April 25 at 1:48am i like how they don't mention sam chelanga and he wins it! reply
#15	FU April 24 at 10:41pm Where is the race? reply
#14	Anonymous Coward April 24 at 10:16pm Easy big guy. It's a preview for a track meet not a pulitzer prize contender. It got the point across and that's all we ask for. reply
#13	Panthervision April 24 at 8:41pm Actually it's Abdi's long time rival Meb who has the AR. Are they streaming these races or showing them after their completion? reply
#12	Nate April 24 at 8:06pm Abdi's AR is 27:13.98, set in 2001. reply
#11	Anonymous Coward April 24 at 7:55pm This writing was honestly terrible. You guys at flotrack need to see that your people are going through at least some 101 class before you publish them on your site. It really tends to lower your credibility and professionalism. With that said, this should be a sick race. reply
#10	Phillip Hinrichs April 24 at 7:50pm Look at the fast dude, saw him represent USA at Carlsbad reply
#9	Andrew Garai April 24 at 5:38pm definitely wathin the vids tonight. trackside???(please) reply
#8	Matthew Schneider April 24 at 5:11pm Hall 5k in Cal tonight and 1500 at Drake relays tomorrow, dang. reply
#7	Anonymous Coward April 24 at 4:32pm Sarah Hall is in the 5k? That should be pretty good I think she will do well reply
#6	Mark From Flotrack April 24 at 4:27pm runsaul said: “What's an Olympican? Ha Ha Good luck and Run Like Hell Fam!” Fixed Sr. Saul. reply
#5	Runsaul April 24 at 2:20pm What's an Olympican? Ha Ha Good luck and Run Like Hell Fam! reply
#4	SE 06 April 24 at 1:32pm Lancashire is in it....I mean really, how was he skipped over? reply
#3	Robert Lee April 24 at 12:58pm Good Luck Fam.....Keep up the great work!!!!! reply
#2	Justdoit11 April 24 at 12:22pm Will there be live streaming on here? reply
#1	Ryan From Flotrack April 24 at 11:05am here's his 5k race from last week at mt sac where he race 13:17....sweet race M 5k H01 (Invite) Get the Flash Player to see this player. reply