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Time Athlete Date Place Ref 16:16 Julie Shea (USA) 20 September 1981 Jersey City, United States 16:08 Mary Shea (USA) 14 February 1982 Raleigh, United States 15:29 Lorraine Moller (NZL) 31 October 1982 Woodland Hills, United States 15:29 Grete Waitz (NOR) 20 October 1984 West Lafayette, United States 15:26 Liz McColgan (GBR) 20 December 1987
The official world records in the 5000 metres, or 5000-metre run, are held by Joshua Cheptegei with 12:35.36 for men and Gudaf Tsegay with 14:00.21 for women. The first world record in the men's 5000 m was recognized by World Athletics (formerly called the International Association of Athletics Federations, or IAAF) in 1912. As of January 2024 ...
Five women have participated in the Run for Women every year since it began, including Denise Herman, a local runner who won the 5k in 1984 and again in 1987. [4] Lynn Jennings is the race's most successful runner, having won the 10K race twice and the 5K race a further six times over the period between 1987 and 1998.
Brown won the women’s 5-kilometer run in 18 minutes, 58 seconds. Brown set Brighton High School’s 800-meter record with a time of 2:14.59 as a senior in 2019 before running at Oakland University.
The Hot Chocolate 5K in Chicago and the Mercedes-Benz Corporate Run in Miami are the largest organised 5K runs in the United States, having attracted over 20,000 and over 16,000 runners, respectively, in 2012. The number of runners ranked the Hot Chocolate 5K as the 20th largest road running event of any distance in the United States that year ...
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The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to 3 miles 188 yards or 16,404 feet 2 inches.It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over 12 + 1 ⁄ 2 laps of a standard 400 m track, or 25 laps on an indoor 200 m track.
She also finished in the top five at the NCAA Cross Country Championship three times. In the 1500 meters, Fleshman was Pac-10 runner-up three times, and the 2001 Pac-10 cross-country champion. Fleshman graduated from Stanford in 2003 with a BA in human biology and a concentration in "Women's Health and Athletic Performance".