Alia Gray one step closer to Olympics

Former Maria Carrillo runner Alia Gray moved one step closer to Olympics at the Peyton Jordan Invitational last night bettering the US Olympic Trials qualifying standard, and the IAAF Olympic qualifying standard at 10,000 meters.
Gray finished in 18th in 31:59.23, right behind American Jordan Hasay.

When u get the Olympic Standard, PR by 30sec, & break 32min for 1st time in a 10k...u smile big!
When u get the Olympic Standard, PR by 30sec, & break 32min for 1st time in a 10k…u smile big!

Going into this meet the American leading 10,000m mark was 31:52.94 by Laura Thweatt (Boulder TC).

U.S. Olympic Team Trials will be Jul. 1-10 in Eugene Oregon. Buy your tickets here

Complete Results
18th Alia Gray Roots Running 31:59.23

1:15.282 (1:15.282) 2:31.832 (1:16.550) 3:47.554 (1:15.722)
5:04.269 (1:16.715) 6:20.189 (1:15.920) 7:35.454 (1:15.265)
8:52.139 (1:16.685) 10:08.092 (1:15.953) 11:24.540 (1:16.448)
12:41.636 (1:17.096) 13:58.739 (1:17.103) 15:15.643 (1:16.904)
16:31.361 (1:15.718) 17:50.341 (1:18.980) 19:06.708 (1:16.367)
20:23.695 (1:16.987) 21:41.157 (1:17.462) 22:57.603 (1:16.446)
24:14.845 (1:17.242) 25:31.441 (1:16.596) 26:47.678 (1:16.237)
28:05.713 (1:18.035) 29:25.219 (1:19.506) 30:43.670 (1:18.451)
31:59.222 (1:15.553)

Story about top people in race

By Gray: You’ve got the crazies: How I ran my fastest 10k, half and full marathon to date with a fracture.
EMPIRE WOMEN ALL-STARS: ALIA GRAY, BY ALEX WOLF-ROOT
February 2016 – Alia Gray

Alia Gray Personal Bests
Event Result Venue Date
1500m 4:29.64 Chico (USA) 13.04.2013
3000m 9:50.93 Davis (USA) 10.03.2012
5000m 15:35.86 Palo Alto (USA) 03.04.2015
OLD 10,000m 32:29.06 Sacramento (USA) 06.12.2015
5 km Road 16:55 San José (USA) 22.11.2012
10 Miles Road 55:12 St. Paul (USA) 04.10.2015
20 km Road 1:12:54 New Haven (USA) 02.09.2013
Half Marathon 1:12:48 Houston (USA) 17.01.2016
Marathon 2:35:53 Los Angeles (USA) 13.02.2016

10,000 METERS
31:48.71 Kim Conley, New Balance (Montgomery ’04) at Stanford 5/4/2014
31:59.23 Alia Gray, Roots Running Project (Maria Carrillo ’07) at Peyton Jordan Invit 5/1/16
32:35.87 Sara “Bei” Hall, ASICS (Montgomery ‘01) at Pacific 10,000m Pursuit-Sacramento 12/6/2015
33:19.77 Sarah Sumpter, UC Davis (Healdsburg ’08) Stanford Invitational 4/6/2012
33:33.81 Chris Boyd, Adidas (Empire Runners ’93) in 1995

At the same meet in the 5000m was
6th Kim Conley New Balance 15:12.73
34.248 (34.248) 1:47.924 (1:13.676) 2:59.456 (1:11.532)
4:11.687 (1:12.231) 5:24.058 (1:12.371) 6:37.447 (1:13.389)
7:49.976 (1:12.529) 9:01.716 (1:11.740) 10:16.458 (1:14.742)
11:27.461 (1:11.003) 12:40.468 (1:13.007) 13:56.632 (1:16.164)
15:12.728 (1:16.096)

Ran 15:12 last night for the ‪#‎paytonjordan‬ 5000m. I’ll take it as a starting point.
Thanks to all friends and fans who made the trip to Palo Alto and were cheering every lap!