Biggest Shock: Fiona O'Keeffe Over Anna Rohrer in 5K
"Fiona O'Keeffe has a kick?!" Davis High School head coach Bill Gregg was amazed after watching his star senior out kick Anna Rohrer to win the USATF Jr. Nationals 5K on Friday night, 15:56.84 to 15:57.92.
O'Keeffe's time set a new meet record and ranks No. 6 on the prep all-time list.
Rohrer, who redshirted her freshman outdoor track season at Notre Dame after earning All-American honors in both cross country and the indoor 5K, looked in control of the race with O'Keeffe cruising in second, about 10m to 15m behind.
But in the final 150m, O'Keeffe unleashed the fiercest kick of her career to claim the title and book her ticket to the IAAF World U-20 Championships. After the race, she said she's not sure if she will race in Poland as she needs to talk to her coach at Stanford first. She's also not sure where the kick came from.
Her younger sister, Olivia -- a standout runner in her own right who took third at the CIF State Finals 1600m in 4:48.66 -- tweeted this: