New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, Sat, Feb 3, 2024
Montgomery’s Hanne Thomsen broke a number of Redwood Empire records recently at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix meet.
Her Mile time and enroute 1600 & 1500 times broke the Empire’s Junior Class record and the Indoor records for both the Mile and 1500, all three previously held by Santa’s Rosa’s Julia Stamps.
Watch the race
In the race Hanne starts out in second to last (darker green top) and runs near the back of the pack for most of the race before moving up near the end.
Hanne came thru 1/4 mile in just under 70 seconds. The rabbit, black top, took the 1/2 mile in 2:14.6 and then dropped out at 3/4 miles at 3:25.08.
Hanne then finishes in 7th at 4:45.24 against some of the best runners in the USA.
Junior 1 Mile 1. 11 Sadie Engelhardt 4:34.45 United States, California 2. 12 Allie Zealand 4:37.76 United States, Virginia 3. 12 Samantha Humphries 4:39.11 United States, Texas 4. 12 Allison (Ali) Ince 4:39.74 United States, Illinois 5. Lyla Belshaw 4:42.85 Great Britain 6. 12 Charlotte Bell 4:44.39 United States, North Carolina 7. 11 Hanne Thomsen 4:45.24 United States, California 8. 11 Abby Faith Cheeseman 4:48.87 United States, Tennessee 9. 12 Isabel Conde de Frankenberg 4:54.08 United States, Texas 10. 12 Logan St John Kletter 4:55.20 United States, Pennsylvania 11. Clodagh Gill 5:08.37 Ireland Enroute 1600 Meters 1. 11 Sadie Engelhardt 4:32.66aPR United States 2. 12 Allie Zealand 4:35.99aPR United States 3. 12 Allison (Ali) Ince 4:37.98aPR United States 4. Lyla Belshaw 4:40.62a Great Britain 5. 12 Charlotte Bell 4:42.69aPR United States 6. 11 Hanne Thomsen 4:43.42aPR United States 7. 11 Abby Faith Cheeseman 4:47.14aPR United States 8. 12 Isabel Conde de Frankenberg 4:52.18aSR United States 9. 12 Logan St John Kletter 4:53.50aPR United States 10. Clodagh Gill 5:06.00a United States Enroute 1500 Meters 1. 11 Sadie Engelhardt 4:14.94aPR United States 2. 12 Allie Zealand 4:18.75aPR United States 3. 12 Allison (Ali) Ince 4:20.52aPR United States 4. Lyla Belshaw 4:21.46a Great Britain 5. 12 Charlotte Bell 4:25.14aPR United States 6. 11 Hanne Thomsen 4:25.79aPR United States 7. 11 Abby Faith Cheeseman 4:29.75aPR United States 8. 12 Isabel Conde de Frankenberg 4:33.76aSR United States 9. 12 Logan St John Kletter 4:34.72aPR United States 10. Clodagh Gill 4:44.40a Ireland
All-Time Empire 1600m Performances
4:42.79 Julia Stamps, Santa Rosa 5/31/97 MOC, Current Empire record
4:43.42i Hanne Thomsen, Montgomery 2/3/24 New Balance Indoor Mile 4:45.24
4:43.63 Hanne Thomsen, Montgomery 5/27/23 State finals
4:43.92 Rylee Bowen, Sonoma Academy 5/30/15 MOC
4:44.57y Julia Stamps, Santa Rosa 4:46.23y 6/14/97 Golden West
4:44.65y Julia Stamps, Santa Rosa 3/97, former Empire record, fastest pre-league finals
4:44.78 Julia Stamps, Santa Rosa 6/7/97 State finals
4:45.07y Julia Stamps, Santa Rosa 2/11/95, former Empire record
4:45.30 Julia Stamps, Santa Rosa 4/22/95
4:45.51 Hanne Thomsen, Montgomery 5/6/22 NBL Finals
Most marks in the top 50
(14) 4:42.79-4:50.10 Julia Stamps, Santa Rosa
(9) 4:43.42-4:49.96 Hanne Thomsen, Montgomery
(9) 4:43.92-4:50.40 Rylee Bowen, Sonoma Academy
(8) 4:46.17-4:49.98 Sara Bei, Montgomery
(6) 4:47.90-4:51.38 Gabrielle Peterson, Healdsburg
Junior Class Records
4:43.42i Hanne Thomsen, Montgomery 2024
4:46.30* Julia Stamps, Santa Rosa 1996
4:47.25* Rylee Bowen, Sonoma Academy 2017
4:48.91 Gabrielle Peterson, Healdsburg 2018
4:49.09 Sara Bei, Montgomery 2000
4:50.56 Jacque Taylor, Casa Grande 2009, 4:52.62
4:54.27 Laurie Hollingworth, Piner 1981, 5:10.54 ’80
4:56.29 Isabel Andrade, Petaluma 2009, 5:07.75 ’08
4:58.03 Sierra Atkins, Analy 2018
4:59.61 Kim Conley, Montgomery 2003
All-Time Empire 1500m
4:23.94+ Julia Stamps, Santa Rosa 1996
4:25.79i Hanne Thomsen, Montgomery 2024
4:30.24+ Sara Bei, Montgomery 1999
4:30.56 Rylee Bowen, Sonoma Academy 2015
4:36.38 Harper McClain, St. Helena 2019
4:38.24+ Lori Shanoff, Petaluma 1981
4:38.97 Gabrielle Peterson, Healdsburg 2018, Arcadia enroute
4:45.64+ Kerri Woolheater, Casa Grande 1992 NCTE
4:47.34+ Trina Cox, Santa Rosa 1996
4:48.76 Adria Barich, Casa Grande 2016
4:48.91 Kate Bowen, Sonoma Academy 2017
4:49.24+ Ann Bettucci, Petaluma 1981
4:49.84+ Nika Horn, Santa Rosa 1992 NCTE
4:50.94+ Dana Flint, Ukiah 1981
8th grader
4:43.39 Ashlin Mallon, Rincon Valley Middle School 2023
Empire’s Indoor Records
1500m
4:25.79 Hanne Thomsen, Montgomery 2/3/24 New Balance Indoor Mile This was an enroute time for mile
4:26.9 Julia Stamps, Santa Rosa 1997 at National Scholastic, Syracuse, N.Y., 10th fastest ever. This was an enroute time for mile
Mile
4:45.24 Hanne Thomsen, Montgomery 2/3/24 New Balance Indoor Mile
4:46.31 Julia Stamps, Santa Rosa 1997 at National Scholastic, Syracuse, N.Y., 11th fastest ever.
4:50.22 Rylee Bowen, Sonoma Academy at New Balance Indoor Nationals, New York 3/13/16
4:53.98 Sara Bei, Montgomery 1999 at National Scholastic, Boston
4:54.19 Jenny Aldridge, Maria Carrillo 2/23/02 at LA Indoor