Hanne Thomsen 2nd at Indoor Nationals

Montgomery’s Hanne Thomsen turned in another stellar performance finishing 2nd at the New Balance Indoor Nationals in Boston.
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Thomsen battled for the lead for most of the race from 2000 meters on before Indiana’s Mallory Weller past Thomsen and Oregon’s Chloe Huyler with about a 100 meters to go.
Thomsen time of 10:07.44 for the 2 mile race made her the 8th fastest indoor runner in the US this season. Her enroute 3200 time was 10:04.15, giving her the Empire’s 7 fastest 3200’s ever.
Indiana Mallory Weller was the winner in 10:05.56, Video Interview

Hanne Thomsen pre-race

Thomsen’s teammates ran in other heats.
Lacefield leading her heat.

Amrie Lacefield actually won her heat in 10:44.04 for 37th overall out of the 138 total finishers.
Her time moves her to 13th All-Time with a 15 second improvement over her old PR.
Seelah Kittelstrom ran 11:26.25 in her heat.

Also at the meet was Technology’s Josie Hill who finished 3rd in her heat of the 400 in 57.72.

Hill on the far left.

Watch Fridays meet here
Lacefield’s race starts at about 5:47:00 of the video she starts 5th from inside, in gray top.
Thomsen race starts at 7:08:03 of the video.
Hill’s race is at 3:19:00, she is in lane 3.

Most marks in Empire’s top 50
(18) 9:55.31-10:24.96 Hanne Thomsen, Montgomery
(15) 10:12.20-10:33.45 Julia Stamps, Santa Rosa
(8) 10:11.11-10:29.97 Sara Bei, Montgomery
(4) 10:23.85-10:30.95 Gabriel Peterson, Healdsburg
(2) 10:13.20-10:29.61 Rylee Bowen, Sonoma Academy
(2) 10:28.83-10:29.68 Harper McClain, St. Helena
(1) 10:20.64 Amber Trotter, Ukiah
(1) 10:30.82 Trina Cox, Santa Rosa

Times under 10:37    Sr Jr So Fr
Hanne Thomsen        2  5  4  7
Julia Stamps         4  3  5  5
Sara Bei             4  5  5  1
Gabriel Peterson     4  3  0  0

Girls 2 Mile Championship

Girls 400m Championship Prelims
Josie Hill Heat 8, First 200 in 5th at 27.27, finished in 3rd 57.72, 66th out of 133.