Beastly Begley Kills 10,000m @ USATF Nat'ls

Stud of the meet thus far, Amy Yoder Begly stomped the stadium record at Hayward Field in the 10,000m final set last year by Olympic Trials champion and fellow Olympian, Shalane Flanagan. Her time of 31:22.69 was a substantial PR and edged out Flanagan by a little over a second (31:23.43). Begley's time moves her to #9 on the Top US Womens 10,000m History list. Hopefully this will be covered tonight on ESPN! Watch it, I have a feeling the Flanagan/Begley battle was pretty intense.

More official results from yesterday's prelims and finals found here.

USA Track & Field Nationals!

June 25-28, 2009
University of Oregon-Hayward Field
Eugene, Oregon

TV Schedule:
ESPN, June 26, 8:00 - 10:00 p.m. ET
ESPN, June 27, 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. ET
NBC, June 28, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. ET

Stud Profile:

Geena Gall has already qualified for the next round of competition in the 800m after finishing third in the prelims yesterday at Hayward Field (2:04.92). Her lifetime PR (2:00.80) at this years NCAA championships not only granted her another NCAA title in this event, it also happens to be the nations leading time. Semifinals will be conducted tonight at 5:45. This should be shown in tonight's coverage on ESPN. Go Blue!

More information and athlete preview can be found on the USATF site.