On December 6, 2015 three of the Redwood Empire’s premier women’s runners showed off their stuff at the Pacific 10,000m Pursuit at Sacramento State.
2004 Montgomery grad Kim Conley won the race with an Olympic standard qualifying time of 31:58.54.
2007 Maria Carrillo grad Alia Gray placed 5th in a time only Conley has bettered in 32:29.06.
2001 Montgomery grad Sara “Bei” Hall was 6th in 32:35.87.
Empire’s best 10,000 METERS
31:48.71 Kim Conley, New Balance (Montgomery ’04) at Stanford 5/4/2014
32:29.06 Alia Gray, Roots Running Project (Maria Carrillo ’07) at Pacific 10,000m Pursuit-Sacramento 12/6/2015
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
35:45.80 Kathy Lenno, SSU at San Francisco State 5/11/01
36:28.41 Shannon Rich, Chico State (Rancho Cotate) at Mt. SAC Relays 4/15/10
36:52.73 Lisa Gay, Chico (Montgomery) 1994
37:22.91 Jenny Hunt, SSU 2002
37:24.85 Nicole Lane, UC Davis (El Molino ’12) Big West Championships 5/16/14