Page 1 of 3 CU Buffs' Emma Coburn, Shayala Kipp qualify for U.S. finals Buffs competing at national championships Camera staff, wire reports Boulder Daily Camera Posted:06/24/2011 11:27:46 PM MDT EUGENE, Ore. -- Emma Coburn decided to leave a little in the tank at the USATF Outdoor Championships on Friday night. The University of Colorado junior finished fourth in the steeplechase semifinals at Hayward Field. Coburn easily advanced to Sunday`s finals with a time of 9 minutes, 59.75 seconds. Coburn led for most of the race, but backed off in the final 100 meters to conserve energy for Sunday`s finals. Joining her in the finals will be fellow Buff Shalaya Kipp. Kipp finished 13th overall in 10:02.11. A total of 14 athletes qualified for the finals. A pair of former Buffs will compete in finals today after qualifying late Thursday. Jenny (Barringer) Simpson won her heat of the 1,500-meter run in 4:14.20. Billy Nelson placed second in the steeplechase in 8:40.76. The women`s 1,500 final is at 3:34 p.m. (MST) and the men`s steeplechase final is at 4:01 p.m. Meanwhile, anyone who saw the way he slowly uncoiled from his crouch and lumbered down the track during his first race at nationals could tell -- something was wrong with Tyson Gay. It turned out to be something big -- a hip injury that forced one of the world`s top sprinters and one of the top challengers to Usain Bolt out of the meet, off the U.S. team for worlds and into rehab mode with the London Olympics only 13 months away. Gay said he made the decision Friday as he was talking to his agent`s assistant while trying, without much success, to warm up before the 100-meter semifinals. "He pulled me to the side and said, 'I can`t take it, seeing your face keep grimacing,'" Gay told The Associated Press. "He said, 'I know you do it because you love it and it`s all you know.` I decided to try to get ready and take care of it." The hip has been bothering Gay for most of the year, and after a lackluster run in Thursday`s prelims -- a major effort in a race he can usually coast through -- he said it was, in fact, still bothering him. Instead of fighting through it Friday, where he needed a top-three finish to secure a spot in worlds, he chose to shut it down. He won`t run in the 200, either. The men`s 100 prelims at the London Olympics are Aug. 4, 2012, a date very much on Gay`s mind when he made the decision to end his stay this week in Eugene. "I`ve been bandaging it up, couldn`t really take any more," Gay said. "I decided to stay healthy. It`s pretty painful running in pain." Gay`s absence put a different twist on the final, where Walter Dix (9.94), Justin Gatlin (9.95) and Michael Rodgers (9.99) finished 1-2-3 to earn the three spots at worlds. Rodgers, the 2009 national champ, sneaked into a spot that probably would`ve gone to Gay had he been healthy. Gatlin, however, was the bigger story. Back at nationals after serving a four- year doping ban, the 29-year-old showed he can still run with the best. The 2004 Olympic champion was crying when he crossed the finish line. "I think that before the finish line I just let it all out with a roar," Gatlin said. http://www.buffzone.com/portlet/article/html/fragments/print_article.jsp?articleId=18350772&siteId=29 6/27/2011 Page 2 of 3 Also of note Friday, CU freshman Genny Mayden finished fourth overall in the heptathlon with 4590 points in the junior championships. She was in ninth after the first day of competition. Mayden earned personal bests in the 100-meter hurdles (15.28), high jump (5-04.25), shot put (37-06.75), javelin (121-06) and 800 (2:27.80). U.S. Championships At Hayward Field Eugene, Ore. All race distances in meters Finals and CU results only MEN 100 -- 1, Dix, 9.94. 2, Gatlin, 9.95. 3, Rodgers, 9.99. 4, Kimmons, 10.04. 5, Demps, 10.05. 6, Patton, 10.09. Williams, DQ. Padgett, DNS. 5,000 -- 1, Bernard Lagat, Nike, 13:23.06. 2, Chris Solinsky, Oregon TC Elite, 13:23.65. 3, Galen Rupp, Nike, 13:25.52. 4, Andrew Bumbalough, Nike, 13:39.94. 5, Matt Tegenkamp, Oregon TC Elite, 13:44.58. 6, Edward Moran, Nike, 13:47.00. 7, Chris Derrick, Stanford, 13:47.28. 8, Ryan Hill, North Carolina State, 13:47.59. 9, Brandon Bethke, unattached, 13:48.61. 10, Benjamin True, In The Arena New Hampshire, 13:52.62. 11, Stephen Furst, adidas Raleigh Club, 13:54.54. 12, Jacob Riley, Stanford, 14:06.07. 13, Maverick Darling, Wisconsin, 14:09.26. 14, Phillip Reid, Asics Aggie Running Club, 14:22.68. Tim Nelson, Oregon TC Elite, DNS. Bolota Asmerom, Saucony, DNS. Javelin -- 1, Mike Hazle, Nike, 256 feet, 7 inches. 2, Sean Furey, unattached, 255-10. 3, Cyrus Hostetler, Oregon TC Elite, 255-4. 4, Ryan Young, unattached, 254-8. 5, Corey White, unattached, 248-0. 6, Timothy Glover, Illinois State, 245-10. 7, Brian Moore, Georgia, 240-2. 8, Craig Kinsley, Brown, 236-2. 9, Nick Lyons, Baylor, 232-4. 10, Aris Borjas, unattached, 231-6. 11, Matthew Byers, Iowa, 231-1. 12, Andrew Fahringer, Virginia, 229-11. 13, Sam Humphreys, Texas A&M, 229-1. 14, Alex Wolff, Oregon, 229-0. 15, Barry Krammes, Shore Athletic Club, 227-1. 16, Christopher Hill, Nike, 225-11. 17, Richard Mckay, Louisiana-Monroe, 225-11. 18, Ted Heitzman, Bucknell, 224-11. 19, Trent Mazanec, unattached, 216-5. 20, John Hetzendorf, unattached, 214-7. 21, Bobby Smith, Monmouth Track Club, 212-5. 22, Ryan Weidman, BAS Athletics, 212-3. 23, William Thompson, USC, 208-5. 24, Kyle Smith, Southern Miss, 199-0. 25, Joe Zimmerman, Washington, 181-3. Colin Moleton, unattached, foul. Decathlon final standings -- 1, Ashton Eaton, Oregon TC Elite, 8,729 points. 2, Jon Harlan, unattached, 8,011. 3, Miller Moss, Clemson, 7,878. 4, Chris Helwick, unattached, 7,736. 5, Chris Randolph, unattached, 7,606. 6, Mark Jellison, unattached, 7,576. 7, Curtis Beach, Duke, 7,573. 8, Nick Adcock, unattached, 7,569. 9, Matthew Johnson, unattached, 7,447. 10, Edward Broadbent, HPC Elite, 7,338. 11, Nick Huber, Cornell, 7,273. 12, Kenny Greaves, Texas, 6,286. Isaac Murphy, Texas, DNF. Jake Arnold, Asics, DNF. Michael Morrison, California, DNF. Bryan Clay, Nike. J Trey Hardee, Nike, DNF. WOMEN 100 -- 1, Jeter, 10.74. 2, Myers, 10.83. 3, Barber, 10.96. 4, Moore, 11.04. 5, Anderson, 11.07. 6, McGrone, 11.07. 7, Young, 11.08. 8, Brookins, 11.16. 3,000 steeplechase semifinals (Top four in each heat plus next six best times advance) Heat 1 -- 1, q-Bridget Franek, Oregon TC Elite, 9:53.33. 2, q-Delilah DiCrescenzo, NJ-NY Track Club/Puma, 9:53.33. 3, q- Mason Cathey, Saucony, 9:53.66. 4, q-Stephanie Garcia, Virginia, 9:55.50. 5, q-Sara Hall, Asics, 9:57.33. 6, q-Shalaya Kipp, Colorado, 10:02.11. 7, q-Stephanie Pezzullo, Sun Elite, 10:02.31. 8, Erin Bedell, McMillan Elite/adidas, 10:03.38. 9, Juliane Masciana, Indiana Invaders, 10:06.94. 10, Jamie Cheever, Team USA Minnesota/Asics, 10:08.44. 11, Hannah Moen, Arizona, 10:09.54. 12, Sarah Madebach, TeamRogue Elite, 10:14.58. 13, Sarah Pease, Indiana, 10:15.18. 14, Lois Ricardi Keller, Club Northwest, 10:21.08. 15, Kristen Hemphill, Boulder Running Company/adidas, 10:22.95. 16, Mary Dell, Keystone Track Club, 10:23.82. Jacqueline Wentz, RIADHA, DNF. http://www.buffzone.com/portlet/article/html/fragments/print_article.jsp?articleId=18350772&siteId=29 6/27/2011 Page 3 of 3 Heat 2 -- 1, q-Nicole Bush, New Balance, 9:59.11. 2, q-Lindsay Allen, McMillan Elite/adidas, 9:59.40. 3, q-Lisa Aguilera, Nike, 9:59.63. 4, q-Emma Coburn, Colorado, 9:59.75. 5, q-Rebeka Stowe, Kansas, 10:00.78. 6, q-Shayla Houlihan, Brooks, 10:00.97. 7, q-Lindsay Sundell, unattached, 10:02.94. 8, Kara June, TeamRogue Elite, 10:04.85. 9, Claire Michel, Oregon, 10:06.55. 10, Alyzza Kulik, Clemson, 10:07.93. 11, Lesley Higgins, New York Athletic Club, 10:15.67. 12, Maggie Callahan, Arizona, 10:17.53. 13, Nicol Traynor, Richmond, 10:17.92. 14, Jane Rudkin, Bowerman Athletic Club, 10:35.67. 15, Keara Thomas, Charlotte, 10:43.20. 16, Kathleen Hursey, Syracuse, 10:46.23. 17, KaraLyn DeWalt, unattached, 10:50.25. 5,000 -- 1, Molly Huddle, Saucony, 15 minutes, 10.01 seconds. 2, Amy Hastings, Brooks, 15:14.31. 3, Angela Bizzarri, Brooks, 15:16.04. 4, Jennifer Rhines, adidas, 15:19.12. 5, Julie Culley, New York Athletic Club, 15:21.18. 6, Desiree Davila, Hansons-Brooks Distance Project, 15:25.35. 7. Neely Spence, Shippensburg, 15:27.72. 8, Lauren Fleshman, Nike, 15:31.26. 9, Alissa McKaig, ZAP Fitness Reebok, 15:33.40. 10, Kim Conley, unattached, 15:38.13. 11, Elizabeth Maloy, New Balance, 15:38.74. 12, Frances Koons, New Balance, 15:45.25. 13, Sara Slattery, unattached, 15:54.21. 14, Kellyn Johnson, McMillan Elite/adidas, 16:07.18.