Boston, MA
This indoor season, only two US women (Shelby Houlihan and Elise Cranny) have run faster than the top four finishers in the mile race and no Canadian runner has run faster this year than Lucia Stafford.
Lucia Stafford finished first in the first heat and recorded the fastest time of the day, winning in 4:21.74. New Balance’s Danielle Jones finished second, recording a very fast time of 4:22.45, setting her personal best. Gabija Galvydyte of the Nike Bowerman Track Club ran 4:22.76 to finish third and also set her personal best for the mile. As you would expect from the fastest track in the world, Adidas’ Taryn Rawlings ran a personal best at 4:22.80. Oregon’s Silan Ayyildiz set the NCAA mile record in the race, finishing in 4:23.46.
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Lauren Ryan and Doris Lemngole stayed within a stride of each for most of the 3000 meter race. Each ran hard to the finish line, with Lauren Ryan leaning for the win. Lauren Ryan crossed the finish line in 8:41.80 with Doris Lemngole finishing in 8:41.83 (setting a school record Alabama.) Annie Rodenfels finished third in the heat and also posted the third fastest time of the day.
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Even his warm-up strides look awesome!
On Friday evening, Grant Fisher set the indoor world record in the 5,000 meters at the 2025 David Hemery Valentine Invitational. It was a masterful display of running, but looking at the split times is really impressive. Only four of his 200 meter laps was above 31 seconds. He ran his last lap at 29.28 with his first and second laps also in 29 seconds.
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