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Jones Competing in Prefontaine Classic
June 26, 2019 | Track and Field
BOULDER – With a 5,000-meter NCAA National Championship in her back pocket, Colorado's Dani Jones begins her summer track season this Sunday in the 2019 Nike Prefontaine Classic at 3:31 p.m. MT.
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The junior is set to compete in her second 1,500-meter race this season having qualified with her personal best 4:07.33 that she ran last June in the Portland Track Festival. Last season she won the USATF high performance section at the Pre Classic with a 4:07.74, then paced the Diamond League section the night after through 800 meters.
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The race will feature 14 of the top women in the world, including recent Oregon alum Jessica Hull. The athlete with the fastest personal best in the field is Britain's Laura Muir who has a best of 3:55.22. Jones will compete with a trio of American athletes including Alexa Efraimson, Kate Grace and Shelby Houlihan. Jones beat Efraimson last season in the high performance race.
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A possible favorite in the race is the defending Olympic and World Champion Faith Kipyegon, but she hasn't run a 1,500 since September 2017 after taking off the 2018 season on maternity leave.
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Ethiopia's Gudaf Tsegay has the best season-best mark in the field at 3:59.57. There are seven women that have ran better than 4:06 in the field. Jone's only 1,500 this season was her season debut at CSU in 4:20.57, which converts to 4:14 under the NCAA altitude conversion.
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Jones will compete once again this summer in the US Championships at the end of July in Iowa.
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Also racing in the Diamond League section of the meet will be CU alum Emma Coburn in the steeplechase. It is a stacked field of 17 women, only five of which has times this season. World Record holder Beatrice Chepkoech is in the race alongside current American Record holder Courtney Frerichs. Kenya's Norah Jeruto is also in the race with a world-best time of 9:03.71 this year that she ran in Oslo, beating Chepkoech and Coburn, who ran 9:08.42.
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Other Americans in the race include NCAA Record holder Colleen Quigley, Mel Lawrence and the three-time NCAA Champion Allie Ostrander.
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The meet will be televised live on NBA from 2 p.m. MT to 4 p.m. It will also be streamed live on NBC Sports Gold.
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The junior is set to compete in her second 1,500-meter race this season having qualified with her personal best 4:07.33 that she ran last June in the Portland Track Festival. Last season she won the USATF high performance section at the Pre Classic with a 4:07.74, then paced the Diamond League section the night after through 800 meters.
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The race will feature 14 of the top women in the world, including recent Oregon alum Jessica Hull. The athlete with the fastest personal best in the field is Britain's Laura Muir who has a best of 3:55.22. Jones will compete with a trio of American athletes including Alexa Efraimson, Kate Grace and Shelby Houlihan. Jones beat Efraimson last season in the high performance race.
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A possible favorite in the race is the defending Olympic and World Champion Faith Kipyegon, but she hasn't run a 1,500 since September 2017 after taking off the 2018 season on maternity leave.
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Ethiopia's Gudaf Tsegay has the best season-best mark in the field at 3:59.57. There are seven women that have ran better than 4:06 in the field. Jone's only 1,500 this season was her season debut at CSU in 4:20.57, which converts to 4:14 under the NCAA altitude conversion.
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Jones will compete once again this summer in the US Championships at the end of July in Iowa.
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Also racing in the Diamond League section of the meet will be CU alum Emma Coburn in the steeplechase. It is a stacked field of 17 women, only five of which has times this season. World Record holder Beatrice Chepkoech is in the race alongside current American Record holder Courtney Frerichs. Kenya's Norah Jeruto is also in the race with a world-best time of 9:03.71 this year that she ran in Oslo, beating Chepkoech and Coburn, who ran 9:08.42.
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Other Americans in the race include NCAA Record holder Colleen Quigley, Mel Lawrence and the three-time NCAA Champion Allie Ostrander.
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The meet will be televised live on NBA from 2 p.m. MT to 4 p.m. It will also be streamed live on NBC Sports Gold.
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