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 ================================================================ Name Year School Finals ================================================================ 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)