An all-out team effort from the Bowerman Track Club resulted in an American record at the BU Last Chance Invitational on Thursday night. 🔥
An all-out team effort from the Bowerman Track Club resulted in an American record at the BU Last Chance Invitational on Thursday night.
Finishing with a swift kick on the homestretch, Karissa Schweizer crossed the line in 8:25:70 to become the new American record-holder in the 3,000 meters. Schweizer, 23, broke the previous indoor record of 8:33.25, set by her former training partner and now assistant coach Shalane Flanagan in 2007. Schweizer and teammate Shelby Houlihan battled all the way into the finish line in the historic race. Behind Schweizer, Houlihan ran 8:26.66 for a nine-second personal best and Colleen Quigley followed for third in 8:28.71, a 16-second improvement. All three Bowerman athletes beat the previous American record and their times put them on theOnly world record-holder Genzebe Dibaba , Meseret Defar , Meselech Melkamu , and Sentayehu Ejigu have run faster than Schweizer in the event.
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