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Fast Women @fastwomen.bsky.social · 10h

www.onu.edu/news/onu-alu...

ONU alumna is breaking records

Emily Richards, BS ’18, becomes first former D3 female athlete to run 800m in under 2 minutes.

Fast Women @fastwomen.bsky.social · 22h

Assuming subscription is required, this will make it easier to watch the XC regional meets but harder to watch XC nationals and the Brooks PR meet. www.flotrack.org/articles/146...

FloSports and Brooks Running Announce Multi-Year Partnership - FloTrack

FloSports and Brooks Running Announce Multi-Year Partnership to Elevate the Brooks XC Championships Presented by Fleet Feet on FloTrack

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Athletics Weekly @athleticsweekly.com · 23h

Former British Olympic athletics coach and agent Vicente Leiva-Modahl has been charged with child sexual offences.

He faces 19 separate charges, including four counts of rape and sexual assault of a child.

Vicente Leiva-Modahl charged with child sex offences - Athletics Weekly

The Norwegian faces 19 separate charges following an investigation by Greater Manchester Police. Former British Olympic athletics coach and agent Vicente Le ...

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Fast Women @fastwomen.bsky.social · 2d

Update: It doesn't seem like she ran the Chicago Marathon?

Fast Women @fastwomen.bsky.social · 2d

She clearly stopped for a bit after halfway, and maybe again after that. But when she was moving, she was moving quickly. And she finished the race off with a 5:36 mile.

Fast Women @fastwomen.bsky.social · 2d

Emily Venters finishes her marathon debut in 3:26:32, and I'm sure she has a story to tell. She has been open about her struggle with mid-race panic attacks.

She is a childhood leukemia survivor and she ran the race to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. pages.lls.org/tnt/ut/chica...

Fast Women @fastwomen.bsky.social · 2d

...and start an online coaching business where she promises to help other runners take 30 minutes off of their PRs.

Fast Women @fastwomen.bsky.social · 2d

In her debut, Ejgayehu Taye went through halfway at the Chicago Marathon in 1:07:38. But after 30K, she dropped way off pace and probably ran some of the slowest miles of her life at the end.

But she stayed in it and finished in 2:51:35. And now she can PR by 30+ minutes in her next marathon...

Fast Women @fastwomen.bsky.social · 2d

...and Alana Levy (2:36:53).

And Ashley Heidenrich runs 2:37:04. If that is a chip time, she misses out by four seconds.

Fast Women @fastwomen.bsky.social · 2d

Outside of the pro field, it looks like Rachel McCardell was the top woman at the Chicago Marathon, running 2:34:31.

She qualifies for the 2028 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials, as do Maria Lindberg (2:34:59), Anna Kenig-Ziesler (2:35:25), Rachel Hyland (2:35:41), Kristin Dailey (2:36:08)...

Fast Women @fastwomen.bsky.social · 2d

Chicago Marathon Results, cont.
11. Bedatu Hirpa Badane 2:27:50
12. Mata Galimany 2:28:23
13. Aubrey Frentheway 2:28:56
14. Makenna Myler 2:29:26
15. Maggie Montoya 2:29:50

Fast Women @fastwomen.bsky.social · 2d

Chicago Marathon Results
1. Hawi Feysa 2:14:56
2. Megertu Alemu 2:17:18
3. Magdalena Shauri 2:18:03
4. Loice Chemnung 2:18:23
5. Mary Ngugi-Cooper 2:19:25
6. Natosha Rogers 2:23:28
7. Dakotah Popehn 2:24:21
8. Florencia Borelli 2:24:23
9. Gabi Rooker 2:26:32
10. Melody Julien 2:27:09

Fast Women @fastwomen.bsky.social · 2d

(Updated this because Gabi Rooker was briefly listed as being eighth, but Florencia Borelli has since been inserted into eighth place in the live results.)

Fast Women @fastwomen.bsky.social · 2d

Natosha Rogers is the top American woman at the Chicago Marathon. She finishes sixth in 2:23:28, a 23-second PR.

Dakotah Popehn finishes seventh in 2:24:21, a 19-second PR. And Gabi Rooker takes ninth in 2:26:32.

Fast Women @fastwomen.bsky.social · 2d

Natosha Rogers is running a big gingerly late in the Chicago Marathon, but she's still on track to run a PR.

Fast Women @fastwomen.bsky.social · 2d

Hawi Feysa wins the Chicago Marathon in 2:14:56. Her previous personal best was 2:17:00 at the Tokyo Marathon earlier this year.

Fast Women @fastwomen.bsky.social · 2d

Oh, interesting. She hit 25K in 1:56:48, after going through 20K in 1:09:33. It'll be interesting to see if she's trying to finish this.

Fast Women @fastwomen.bsky.social · 2d

At this point in the race, Hawi Feysa Gejia is four splits ahead of all of the Americans. She hits the mile to go mark in 2:09:53.

Fast Women @fastwomen.bsky.social · 2d

24 miles into the Chicago Marathon, Hawi Feysa Gejia now leads by 59 seconds.

And at 23 miles (2:05:10), Natosha Rogers was on pace to run 2:22:42.

Screenshot from earlier in the broadcast:

Fast Women @fastwomen.bsky.social · 2d

With each passing split, Hawi Feysa Gejia's Chicago Marathon lead is growing slightly. At 22 miles, she had a 17-second cushion over Megertu Alemu.

And Natosha Rogers is continuing to pull away from Dakotah Popehn. She hit 21 miles in 1:53:48, 16 seconds ahead of Popehn.

Fast Women @fastwomen.bsky.social · 2d

21 miles into the Chicago Marathon, Hawi Feysa Gejia's lead has grown slightly. She splits 1:40:05, on pace to run 2:14:58, and Megertu Alemu is 11 seconds back.

Fast Women @fastwomen.bsky.social · 2d

Natosha Rogers is now putting some distance on Dakotah Popehn. She hits 20 miles at the Chicago Marathon in 1:48:11, on pace to run 2:21:52. Popehn is eight seconds back.

Fast Women @fastwomen.bsky.social · 2d

Emily Venters hasn't recorded a split since halfway, so it seems likely that she is out of the Chicago Marathon.

Fast Women @fastwomen.bsky.social · 2d

Here's everyone's 30K splits in Chicago. I like to save these because the predicted finish columm no longer works the same way after the fact..

Fast Women @fastwomen.bsky.social · 2d

20 miles into the Chicago Marathon, Hawi Feysa Gejia's lead has grown slightly. She splits 1:42:52, with Megertu Alemu eight seconds back.

Magdalena Shauri continues to lose ground, but she's still in third place, with a pretty big cushion.