Sam McEntee is the second athlete who scored an Olympic Qualifier at the Payton Jordan meet in the United States. McEntee ran a 13:20.72 in the 5000m which breaks the 13:25.00 qualifying standard.

After winning the Open National Championships in Sydney last month, McEntee is expected to be announced on the Australian Olympic Team. Training partner Brett Robinson and Collis Birmingham also have qualifiers and Robinson was announced on the team at the awards Gala after the national championships.

Patrick Tiernan was also in the race and just missed out on the qualifer with his 13:25.78 run.

                      Payton Jordan Invitational
              Stanford University --Stanford, California
 
Event 21  Men 5000 Meter Run Section 1
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    Name                    Year School                  Finals
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Finals
  1 shadrack kipchirchir         US Army Wcap          13:18.52
       32.561 (32.561)     1:38.739 (1:06.178)     2:44.530 (1:05.791)
   3:49.220 (1:04.690)     4:52.602 (1:03.382)     5:56.851 (1:04.249)
   7:00.509 (1:03.658)     8:04.611 (1:04.102)     9:09.556 (1:04.945)
  10:13.720 (1:04.164)    11:19.755 (1:06.035)    12:22.757 (1:03.002)
    13:18.513 (55.756)
  2 Andrew Butchart              Unattached            13:18.96
       32.189 (32.189)     1:38.565 (1:06.376)     2:44.421 (1:05.856)
   3:48.580 (1:04.159)     4:52.232 (1:03.652)     5:57.009 (1:04.777)
   7:01.491 (1:04.482)     8:04.247 (1:02.756)     9:08.553 (1:04.306)
  10:14.137 (1:05.584)    11:18.505 (1:04.368)    12:21.149 (1:02.644)
    13:18.953 (57.804)
  3 David Torrence               Hoka One One          13:19.42
       32.273 (32.273)     1:38.230 (1:05.957)     2:44.069 (1:05.839)
   3:48.333 (1:04.264)     4:52.216 (1:03.883)     5:56.748 (1:04.532)
   7:00.496 (1:03.748)     8:03.288 (1:02.792)     9:09.008 (1:05.720)
  10:13.715 (1:04.707)    11:19.160 (1:05.445)    12:21.811 (1:02.651)
    13:19.417 (57.606)
  4 Sam McEntee                  Melbourne Tr          13:20.72
       32.506 (32.506)     1:39.307 (1:06.801)     2:43.750 (1:04.443)
   3:47.665 (1:03.915)     4:52.212 (1:04.547)     5:55.698 (1:03.486)
   7:00.938 (1:05.240)     8:04.867 (1:03.929)     9:08.002 (1:03.135)
  10:14.268 (1:06.266)    11:20.009 (1:05.741)    12:21.960 (1:01.951)
    13:20.716 (58.756)
  5 Stephen Sambu                Nike                  13:21.14
       28.486 (28.486)     1:33.316 (1:04.830)     2:41.497 (1:08.181)
   3:46.542 (1:05.045)     4:50.688 (1:04.146)     5:54.025 (1:03.337)
   6:57.941 (1:03.916)     8:02.306 (1:04.365)     9:05.834 (1:03.528)
  10:11.677 (1:05.843)    11:15.001 (1:03.324)    12:20.852 (1:05.851)
  13:21.136 (1:00.284)
  6 Garrett Heath                Brooks Beasts         13:23.06
       31.015 (31.015)     1:37.917 (1:06.902)     2:43.633 (1:05.716)
   3:47.894 (1:04.261)     4:51.835 (1:03.941)     5:56.540 (1:04.705)
   7:00.490 (1:03.950)     8:04.300 (1:03.810)     9:08.824 (1:04.524)
  10:13.946 (1:05.122)    11:19.573 (1:05.627)    12:22.540 (1:02.967)
  13:23.060 (1:00.520)
  7 Sean McGorty                 Stanford              13:24.25
       32.786 (32.786)     1:38.955 (1:06.169)     2:44.286 (1:05.331)
   3:48.095 (1:03.809)     4:52.722 (1:04.627)     5:57.525 (1:04.803)
   7:01.719 (1:04.194)     8:05.003 (1:03.284)     9:09.099 (1:04.096)
  10:15.156 (1:06.057)    11:20.561 (1:05.405)    12:23.755 (1:03.194)
  13:24.250 (1:00.495)
  8 leonard korir                Unattached            13:25.35
       31.079 (31.079)     1:36.531 (1:05.452)     2:42.228 (1:05.697)
   3:47.681 (1:05.453)     4:51.097 (1:03.416)     5:54.024 (1:02.927)
   6:58.105 (1:04.081)     8:03.776 (1:05.671)     9:07.385 (1:03.609)
  10:12.098 (1:04.713)    11:18.840 (1:06.742)    12:22.863 (1:04.023)
  13:25.342 (1:02.479)
  9 Patrick Tiernan              Villanova             13:25.78
       30.579 (30.579)     1:39.303 (1:08.724)     2:42.362 (1:03.059)
   3:46.179 (1:03.817)     4:51.399 (1:05.220)     5:54.463 (1:03.064)
   6:58.510 (1:04.047)     8:02.166 (1:03.656)     9:06.527 (1:04.361)
  10:11.627 (1:05.100)    11:17.850 (1:06.223)    12:21.247 (1:03.397)
  13:25.774 (1:04.527)
 10 Justyn Knight                Syracuse              13:27.23
       32.638 (32.638)     1:39.658 (1:07.020)     2:43.964 (1:04.306)
   3:47.178 (1:03.214)     4:52.586 (1:05.408)     5:57.003 (1:04.417)
   7:00.604 (1:03.601)     8:04.259 (1:03.655)     9:10.308 (1:06.049)
  10:13.404 (1:03.096)    11:18.934 (1:05.530)    12:22.494 (1:03.560)
  13:27.227 (1:04.733)
 11 Donn Cabral                  Nike                  13:29.87
       31.753 (31.753)     1:37.862 (1:06.109)     2:43.204 (1:05.342)
   3:47.518 (1:04.314)     4:51.587 (1:04.069)     5:54.801 (1:03.214)
   6:59.234 (1:04.433)     8:02.850 (1:03.616)     9:06.525 (1:03.675)
  10:13.127 (1:06.602)    11:19.327 (1:06.200)    12:22.917 (1:03.590)
  13:29.862 (1:06.945)
 12 Thomas Curtin                Virginia Tech         13:33.88
       30.873 (30.873)     1:38.600 (1:07.727)     2:44.289 (1:05.689)
   3:48.026 (1:03.737)     4:53.496 (1:05.470)     5:57.937 (1:04.441)
   7:02.324 (1:04.387)     8:07.033 (1:04.709)     9:12.729 (1:05.696)
  10:20.198 (1:07.469)    11:24.775 (1:04.577)    12:32.463 (1:07.688)
  13:33.876 (1:01.413)
 13 Reed Connor                  N.J. N.Y. T.C.        13:38.78
       31.698 (31.698)     1:39.144 (1:07.446)     2:44.518 (1:05.374)
   3:48.538 (1:04.020)     4:53.612 (1:05.074)     5:58.066 (1:04.454)
   7:03.035 (1:04.969)     8:07.181 (1:04.146)     9:13.323 (1:06.142)
  10:19.923 (1:06.600)    11:26.090 (1:06.167)    12:31.776 (1:05.686)
  13:38.773 (1:06.997)
 14 Dennis Licht                 Knapp-Messch          13:39.26
       32.228 (32.228)     1:39.398 (1:07.170)     2:44.724 (1:05.326)
   3:48.719 (1:03.995)     4:52.443 (1:03.724)     5:56.256 (1:03.813)
   7:00.220 (1:03.964)     8:04.645 (1:04.425)     9:09.774 (1:05.129)
  10:14.155 (1:04.381)    11:19.752 (1:05.597)    12:23.904 (1:04.152)
  13:39.260 (1:15.356)
 15 Jeff See                     Asics Furman Elite    13:39.47
       31.953 (31.953)     1:38.886 (1:06.933)     2:44.809 (1:05.923)
   3:47.985 (1:03.176)     4:53.156 (1:05.171)     5:56.936 (1:03.780)
   7:02.552 (1:05.616)     8:05.499 (1:02.947)     9:11.063 (1:05.564)
  10:17.984 (1:06.921)    11:25.151 (1:07.167)    12:32.115 (1:06.964)
  13:39.462 (1:07.347)
 16 Chris Derrick                Nike Bowerman TC      13:40.91
       32.466 (32.466)     1:38.448 (1:05.982)     2:44.189 (1:05.741)
   3:47.442 (1:03.253)     4:52.837 (1:05.395)     5:57.320 (1:04.483)
   7:02.067 (1:04.747)     8:06.705 (1:04.638)     9:12.790 (1:06.085)
  10:20.133 (1:07.343)    11:27.110 (1:06.977)    12:35.877 (1:08.767)
  13:40.910 (1:05.033)
 17 Florian Orth                 Germany               13:41.46
       31.963 (31.963)     1:38.874 (1:06.911)     2:43.853 (1:04.979)
   3:46.365 (1:02.512)     4:50.903 (1:04.538)     5:54.733 (1:03.830)
   7:00.468 (1:05.735)     8:05.014 (1:04.546)     9:08.980 (1:03.966)
  10:14.870 (1:05.890)    11:20.465 (1:05.595)    12:26.028 (1:05.563)
  13:41.454 (1:15.426)
 18 Sindre Buraas                Ready                 13:43.51
       32.903 (32.903)     1:39.363 (1:06.460)     2:44.922 (1:05.559)
   3:49.285 (1:04.363)     4:52.978 (1:03.693)     5:57.914 (1:04.936)
   7:02.482 (1:04.568)     8:05.253 (1:02.771)     9:11.548 (1:06.295)
  10:19.863 (1:08.315)    11:27.522 (1:07.659)    12:35.340 (1:07.818)
  13:43.510 (1:08.170)
 -- Kemoy Campbell               New Balance                DNF
       32.602 (32.602)     1:38.102 (1:05.500)     2:43.491 (1:05.389)
   3:47.891 (1:04.400)     4:51.096 (1:03.205)     5:55.099 (1:04.003)
   6:59.854 (1:04.755)     8:03.672 (1:03.818)     9:08.763 (1:05.091)
 -- Cristian Soratos             Adidas                     DNF
       32.762 (32.762)     1:38.881 (1:06.119)     2:44.579 (1:05.698)
   3:49.486 (1:04.907)     4:53.023 (1:03.537)     5:58.608 (1:05.585)
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