On Sunday night at Payton Jordan, Oregon's Ella Donaghu and Montana's Christina Aragon tore up the high school 1500m record books. First, Donaghu took second her section in 4:15.28--#5 of all-time when she ran it. Then slightly less than three hours later, Aragon won a loaded section in 4:11.24. That's #4 all-time and pushes Donaghu back to #6.
Donaghu said after the race that "I love racing, getting in there with people--just trying to beat people. That's what I love doing. I knew in this race that I'd have the chance to do that, and that was the game changer--not worrying about leading."
Her future Stanford teammate Aragon, meanwhile, was "super excited to find myself feeling better with 400 to go than I thought I would. I definitely thought it'd be more of a hanging on [type race]. So I was really excited to feel good and get this opportunity to run with girls that are going to push you to be your best."
Women 1500 Meter Run Section 2 ========================================================================= Name Year School Seed Finals ========================================================================= 1 Christina Aragon Unattached 4:16.36 4:11.24 50.302 (50.302) 1:59.548 (1:09.246) 3:07.800 (1:08.252) 4:11.237 (1:03.438) 2 Sara Sutherland Saucony 4:12.43 49.801 (49.801) 1:59.822 (1:10.021) 3:07.807 (1:07.985) 4:12.425 (1:04.619) 3 Anna Maxwell Washington 4:17.96 4:12.62 4:12.613 49.939 (49.939) 2:00.071 (1:10.132) 3:07.804 (1:07.733) 4:12.613 (1:04.810) 4 Phoebe Wright NIKE 4:08.60 4:12.62 4:12.619 49.029 (49.029) 1:59.224 (1:10.195) 3:07.095 (1:07.871) 4:12.619 (1:05.525) 5 Shannon Osika Michigan 4:14.26 4:13.43 49.753 (49.753) 1:59.530 (1:09.777) 3:07.657 (1:08.127) 4:13.423 (1:05.767)
Women 1500 Meter Run Section 3 ========================================================================= Name Year School Seed Finals ========================================================================= 1 Brook Handler Unattached 4:15.48 4:15.22 49.966 (49.966) 2:01.478 (1:11.512) 3:08.978 (1:07.500) 4:15.219 (1:06.242) 2 Ella Donaghu Unattached 4:20.83 4:15.28 50.596 (50.596) 2:01.756 (1:11.160) 3:10.315 (1:08.559) 4:15.274 (1:04.960) 3 Laura Carlyle Oiselle 4:16.00 4:15.36 50.142 (50.142) 2:01.480 (1:11.338) 3:09.665 (1:08.185) 4:15.360 (1:05.696) 4 Emily Lipari Baa 4:12.17 4:17.12 49.813 (49.813) 2:01.139 (1:11.326) 3:08.406 (1:07.267) 4:17.119 (1:08.713)