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Women's Camel City 3000mThe 2024 Camel City Elite Races will be held on Saturday, January 27, 2024. Stay tuned for more details on the field for 2023. The race is sponsored by Visit Winston-Salem.
2023 Recap 2023 Camel City Elite Women's 3000m Race Video 1. Steelman, Hannah - On Running - 8:58.41 ($7000)2. Eilish Flanagan - Finn Valley AC - 8:59.16 ($4000)3. Kelsey Chmiel - NC State - 8:59.25 (NCAA D1 qualifier)4. Susan Ejore - Under Armour Baltimore Distance - 8:59.51 ($1000)5. Margot Appleton - Virginia - 9:04.696. Brynn Brown - North Carolina - 9:04.697. Mackenna Curtis-Collins - Wake Forest - 9:09.528. Lexy Halladay-Lowry - BYU - 9:10.209. Jenna Hutchins - BYU - 9:13.9710. Riley Chamberlain - BYU - 9:16.1011. Sydney Seymour - NC State - 9:28.8312. Reinhart, Michaela - Railroad Athletics - 9:34.61
2022 Recap 2022 Camel City Elite Women's 3000m Race Video The women’s Camel City Elite 3000m presented by Visit Winston-Salem would kick off the Elite races for the weekend. The anticipation of seeing if Rachel (Schneider) Smith could pull off the “Schneider Double” in back to back years would be the topic of conversation. Smith won the 3000/mile double in both 2018 and 2021 and would be attempting it again this year. Hannah Segrave of New Balance agreed to pacing duties after the original pacer had to withdraw earlier in the week. No stranger to JDL, Elly Henes from Adidas tucked in behind Segrave from the gun. The NC State trio of Kelsey Chmiel, Alexandra Hayes and Savannah Shaw joined Henes near the front. Rachel Smith of Hoka One One would also be in this front pack, along with Dani Shanahan of Hoka Naz Elite making her debut in the JDL facility. Segrave would pace 1600m in 4:53 with 7 athletes within a second of the lead. After Segrave stepped off the track, Henes would start pushing the pace. She would ultimately run 4:41 for her final 1600 of the race to take the win. Kelsey Chmiel would be the top collegian by nearly 6 seconds over two of her NC State teammates. Chmiel would garner a new collegiate facility record and hit a NCAA D1 qualifying mark. Elly Henes picked up $6000 for the win and the $1000 sub 9:00 bonus. She would win the mile later in the day to complete the “Schneider (Henes?) double.” 1. Henes, Elly – Adidas – 8:57.83 ($7000)2. Chmiel, Kelsey – NC State – 8:59.96 (NCAA D1 qualifier)3. Smith, Rachel – Hoka One One – 9:05.08 ($2000)4. Hayes, Alexandra – NC State – 9:05.12 (NCAA D1 qualifier)5. Shaw, Savannah – NC State – 9:06.226. Shanahan, Danielle – Hoka Naz Elite ($500)7. Reinhart. Michaela – Duke – 9:11.668. Fegans, Nicole – Georgia Tech – 9:14.139. Curtis-Collins, Mackenna – Wake Forest – 9:14.9510. Ritter, Celine – Lee (Tenn) – 9:22.46 (NCAA D2 qualifier)11. Ackley, Adelyn – Liberty – 9:24.9612. Graham, Bethany – Furman – 9:25.0013. Alanis, Fatima – Queens (NC) – 9:26.37 (NCAA D2 qualifier)-- Segrave, Hannah – New Balance - DNF2021 Recap
2021 Camel City Elite Women's 3000m Race Video The 2021 Camel City races were obviously a little different during Covid. With no spectators in the facility, it definitely had a different vibe. For recruiting of pros, we tried to focus on athletes who were relatively local and didn't have to fly to the meet. We also didn't hire pacers and instead offered bonuses at intermediate stages of the race to get things going. From the gun, Schneider would take the pace and hit each of the three pace bonuses to pick up an extra $750. She led them through 1600m in 4:49.78 with Steelman right behind her. Schneider would close in 67.64 for the last 400m to win in 8:57 to pick up the sub 9:00 bonus. She would take home a total of $7750 for the win and then would have about 45 minutes of rest before she came back to win the mile later that day. Steelman would easily finish 2nd and would have qualified for NCAA indoors, but she opted to run just the 5k at the NCAA meet despite having the #9 time in the country. Fegans would have also qualified with her time, but she would run faster at the ACC Indoor Championships. Hannah Brookover would get into the NCAA indoor meet as the final time qualifier. Celine Ritter of Lee University in Tennessee would run 9:11.05 and set the all-time NCAA Division II record for 3000m. She would go on to win that event at the D2 national meet! 1. Schneider, Rachel - Under Armour - 8:57.01 ($7750)2. Steelman, Hannah - NC State - 9:05.333. Johnson, Rachel - Unattached - 9:10.78 ($2000)4. George, Sammy - Mountain South Elite - 9:11.05 ($1000)5. Ritter, Celine - Lee (Tenn.) - 9:11.41 (NCAA D2 qualifer, D2 national record)6. Freix, Sara - Unattached - 9:11.987. Fegans, Nicole - Georgia Tech - 9:13.598. Brookover, Hannah - Wake Forest - 9:17.98 (NCAA D1 qualifier)9. Tuohy, Katelyn - NC State - 9:19.6710. Kearney, Emily - Unattached - 9:20.00
2020 Recap 1. 2020 Camel City Elite Women's 3000m Race Video The women’s Camel City Elite 3000m presented by Visit Winston-Salem featured one of the most decorated American distance runners in history: Jenny Simpson. With a goal of breaking the flat track “world record” of 8:55.88, the requested pace was 4:45 through 1600m, which pacer Amy Cashin ran to perfection, as Simpson came through at 4:45.44. At that point in the race, Eccleston and Lokedi were both in contact, with Hannah Steelman of Wofford leading the second group about 5 seconds back. After 1600m, Simpson would continue to string together a number of 35-36 second 200s while Eccleston and Lokedi would slow t0 37s, allowing Simpson to create a gap. With 400 to go, Simpson had another gear and closed in 66.5 to take the win and set a new facility and flat track “world record” of 8:51.59, over 4 seconds faster than the previous record. Behind the pros, Sara Freix of Virginia Tech would finish as the top collegian after being 4 seconds behind Steelman at 1600m. She chipped away at the lead each lap and then closed hard over the final 200m. Freix’s final 200m was the second fastest in the field. Freix and Steelman would both qualify for the NCAA Division I indoor championships with their efforts. Also, Emily Kearney of SCAD Atlanta would run the fastest time in the NAIA with her 9:15.29 effort.
2019 Recap
2019 Camel City Elite Women's 3000m Race Video The women’s Camel City Elite 3000m presented by Visit Winston-Salem featured a great race up front and three collegians punching their tickets to the NCAA Championships, two for Division I and one for Division II. The race would quickly go single-file with Hannah Segrave handling the pacing duties for about 1500m, with Lipari leading at 1600m in 4:50 with another 8 athletes within 3 seconds at that point. At that point, Lipari started to push the pace with Sutherland right behind her, as the rest of the field would start to spread out. At 2500m, Sutherland decided to take the lead, maybe fearing Lipari’s kick a little. Behind them, Coogan would start to give chase a little in third. Behind them, Steelman and Henes would be the top two collegians. With about 50-60m left, Lipari would pass Sutherland who appeared to have nothing left in the tank to hold off the charge. Lipari would sprint down the homestretch to take first and just eke under the 9:00 barrier to pick up the $1000 bonus. Behind her Sutherland, Coogan and Nikki Hiltz would hold off all the collegians, with Elly Henes and Hannah Steelman both picking up an NCAA qualifier in the process. Further back, Leah Hanle would also get an NCAA Division II qualifier. 1. Lipari, Emily – Adidas – 8:59.96 ($7000)2. Sutherland, Sara – Saucony – 9:01.76 ($4000) 3. Coogan, Katrina – New Balance – 9:03.83 ($2000) 4. Hiltz, Nikki – Adidas – 9:04.32 ($1000) 5. Henes, Elly – NC State – 9:06.36 (NCAA D1 qualifier) 6. Steelman, Hannah – Wofford – 9:07.87 (NCAA D1 qualifier) 7. Ilse, Morgan – North Carolina – 9:13.24 8. Lazarchick, Kathryn – RunCCG – 9:18.57 ($300) 9. Clairmonte, Dominique – NC State – 9:19.41 10. Freix, Sara – Virginia Tech – 9:21.72 11. Carnahan, Savannah – Furman – 9:24.74 12. Morris, Logan – Clemson – 9:27.82 13. Hanle, Leah – Mount Olive – 9:33.31 (NCAA D2 qualifier) 14. Crosby, Nell – NC State – 9:33.34 15. Hurley, Emma Grace – Furman – 9:46.94 -- Segrave, Hannah – New Balance - DNF
2018 Recap
2018 Camel City Elite Women's 3000m Race Video The women’s Camel City Elite 3000m presented by Visit Winston-Salem was the deepest women’s 3000m field in Camel City history. In total, eleven women would break 9:22, including six collegians! Sara Sutherland was originally set to defend her title, but she withdrew a few weeks before the race. Then, Sasha Gollish also had to withdraw, which allowed space for Stephanie Brown to be added to the field. The field was pretty much set with 4 professionals including pacer Marisa Howard. On the morning of the race, Rachel Schneider asked if she could double and run the 3000m followed by the mile, in which she was already entered. That would prove to be a profitable decision on Rachel’s part. Marisa Howard was scheduled to take the field through 1600m in 4:48 and then had the option of staying in the race to collect prize money. Final instructions from race director Craig Longhurst was that it would be better to be slow than fast and keep the collegians in the race. Howard went through 1600 in 4:53 and there was a pack of 12 within a second or so of the leader at that point. Rachel Johnson would take the lead at 2k as the pace would start heating up on the next few laps. Furman’s Savannah Carnahan would take the lead at 2100m and a small breakaway group of Johnson, Brown and Schneider would follow. Rachel Schneider would take the lead around 2300m and never relinquish it. She would run splits of 33-34 seconds on each of her last four laps. Over the last three laps, Schneider would continue to push the pace as Brown and Johnson would hold on to the second and third spots. Carnahan would eventually fade back but make a huge surge at the line to move back up to 5th place behind Elly Henes of NC State. Collegians would finish in spots 4-10 with four collegians within a second of each other from 9:11.95 to 9:12.61. Schneider’s 9:02.64 looked very relaxed. She would have to come back about 25 minutes later to defend her mile title. Did she exert too much effort in this race? She clearly could have saved some energy, as she won by almost eight seconds. On the collegiate side, this was a very deep set of results, but unfortunately this also turned out to be one of the deepest NCAA qualifying fields in history, so none of these athletes would qualify for NCAAs. The good news was that the top six collegians all have eligibility for next year and could conceivably return to Camel City in 2019! 1. Schneider, Rachel - Under Armour - 9:02.64 ($6000)2. Brown, Stephanie - Unattached - 9:10.01 ($4000)3. Johnson, Rachel - Asics Furman Elite - 9:10.54 ($2000)4. Henes, Elly - NC State - 9:11.955. Carnahan, Savannah - Furman - 9:11.996. Ilse, Morgan - North Carolina - 9:12.187. Alcorta, Caroline - North Carolina - 9:12.618. Sang, Caroline - Charlotte - 9:18.199. Edwards, Sarah - Virginia Tech- 9:20.4610. Sears, Sarah - Davidson - 9:20.9211. Rolland, Megan - Oiselle - 9:21.9912. Imer, Charlotte - Eastern Kentucky - 9:31.8413. Richardson, Mikayla - Virginia Tech - 9:50.2914. Hanle, Leah - Mount Olive - 9:59.26-- Howard, Marisa - IDTC/Fleet Feet Meridian - DNF
2017 Recap The women's 3k was the first race of the Camel City Elite slate again in 2017. The defending champ, Kerri Gallagher, scratched out of the event earlier in the week due to illness, so the race was really wide open. On the collegiate side, two of the best credentialed athletes in the field were also scratched due to injury, leaving the overall field size a bit smaller than expected. The athletes who did compete, though, took advantage of the opportunity. Lauren Paquette would handle the pacing duties. Fresh off an 8:54 indoor 3k PR earlier in the season, Paquette was more than capable of pacing the field. The pacing request was 4:48 to 4:52 through 1600m, with Paquette hitting 4:51. Paquette had the option to stay in the race, but was also scheduled to rabbit the women's mile later in the program. Paquette would stay in the race until about 2200m. At that point, Sara Sutherland would take the lead, followed by Shalaya Kipp, Sara Vaughn, Allie Buchalski and Rachel Koon. Sutherland would start to pick up the pace as soon as Paquette stepped off and began dropping the field at this point. Sutherland would end up closing the last 800m in 2:17.6. Meanwhile, behind her, the race for second place was on. Shalaya Kipp had control of second place at 2200m when Sutherland made her move, but then the proverbial wheels came off and she closed her last 800m in 2:37. Over the last 200m, Allie Buchalski of Furman would move up to second and get her NCAA qualifying mark. Sara Vaughn would finish third and Rachel Koon of NC State would finish fourth and become the second woman in this race to achieve her NCAA qualifying mark. Buchalski's finish was particularly impressive considering that last year in this event, she finished in 9:40 and was lapped by the leaders. This year, she ran a spectacular race and punched her ticket to College Station, TX.
photo by Phil Ponder 2016 Recap The women's 3k race was the first of the Camel City Elite races in 2016, and it turned out to be one of the deepest, most balanced fields of the day. With no clear cut favorite and multiple athletes who ended up setting PRs on the day, the race was one of the best! Originally, Shanon Rowbury was set to run the 3k, but a late switch to the mile made this anybody's race. And with multiple athletes looking to secure a sub 9:00 World Indoor qualifier, there would be several athletes looking to run fast! Melissa Salerno started the day with pacesetting duties and was tasked with taking this one out in 36 seconds per lap. She paced it beautifully, only missing one cumulative split by more than three-tenths of a second. This race also saw some fearless youngsters as Wesley Frazier of NC State and reigning Foot Locker champ Weini Kelati would run in third and fourth place for a few laps at the beginning of the race. With 7 laps to go and Salerno stepping off the track, the order was Pappas, Frazier, Schneider, Gallagher and Mackey. Pappas would continue to lead through 2100m when Gallagher would take over. At that point, it was a 5-woman pack with Frazier of NC State still in the mix. With a little more than 400m to go, Schneider would take over second and Frazier would move back to third. Gallagher would split an impressive 67.3 over the last 400m to take the win by over 2 seconds over Schneider. Meanwhile, Frazier would finish third in 9:01.26, which would convert to 8:56.66 for NCAA qualifying purposes. photo by Phil Ponder
2015 Recap photo credit by Phil Bond
Carmen Graves of Brooks was set to handle the pacemaking duties. She was asked to take them through the mile in 4:52. From the gun, two races emerged: a race for the win by the pros and Annie LeHardy of North Carolina, and a second group of the rest of the collegians. Graves took the pace through 800m in 2:25 with Aisha Praught and Nicol Traynor in close pursuit. Graves would step off the track at 1200m, saying later that her heels kept getting clipped and she thought it better just to “get out of their way.” At that point, Praught would take over for the next two laps, with a pack of Traynor, LeHardy, Paquette and Findley in tow. Traynor would take over around 1600 meters and start pushing the pace a little. Praught would regain the lead around 2100m, as a break would form with Praught and Traynor separating from Findley and LeHardy. With 400m to go, Praught would start extending her lead on Traynor. At the line, she would fall less than half a second short of picking up the $1000 bonus. 2015 Results 1. Praught, Aisha – Nike Oregon Track Club Elite – 9:03.27 ($2000)2. Traynor, Nicol – NJNY TC – 9:07.69 ($1000)3. Findley, Kristen – Adidas/Rogue Racing – 9:15.05 ($500)4. LeHardy, Annie – North Carolina – 9:19.795. Kvartunas, Paige – Virginia Tech – 9:27.206. Goldkamp, Mary – Adidas/Rogue Racing – 9:29.037. Thompson, Joanna – NC State – 9:29.418. Alcorta, Caroline – North Carolina – 9:30.639. Chojnacky, Mackenzie – Toledo – 9:30.6810. George, Samantha – NC State – 9:31.8011. Haughey, Sinead – Furman – 9:33.1012. Pease, Sarah – Adidas/Rogue Racing – 9:33.9213. Tullis, Brooke – Toledo – 9:35.5614. Buchalski, Allie – Furman – 9:40.4115. Rapp, Sarah – Virginia Tech – 9:42.31-- Graves, Carmen – Brooks – DNF-- Paquette, Lauren – Breakaway Race Team – DNF
2014 Recap When the original field was assembled for the inaugural women’s Camel City 3k, we had no prize money available, but a group from Brooks Beasts were interested in coming out and trying to get an IAAF World indoor qualifier of 9:02.00. As the Camel City Crowd Fund gained momentum, we were able to raise enough money to pay $2000/$1000/$500, but we didn’t have funds for a rabbit. At the start of the race, Jessica Tebo assumed the leadership duties and would open up a small gap on the field in the first 200m. Tebo would lead for the first 7 laps before getting caught by Deb Maier around 1400m. Tebo would continue to lead for 7 more laps, at which point Maier would take over with 1 lap to go. Maier would kick home and win by nearly 2 seconds over the last 200m. A little further back, a great race was developing for the top collegian in the field as LeHardy from North Carolina and Bottorff from Duke would wage a great battle, with LeHardy prevailing at the end. 2014 Results 1. Maier, Deb – Brooks Beasts – 9:02.79 ($2000)2. Tebo, Jessica – Brooks Beasts – 9:04.52 ($1000)3. Bracy, Addie – Brooks ID – 9:13.86 ($500)4. LeHardy, Annie – North Carolina – 9:16.565. Bottorff, Juliet – Duke – 9:18.886. Cheever, Jamie – Brooks Beasts – 9:19.217. Callahan, Maggie – HTS Elite – 9:20.868. Graves, Carmen – Roanoke Valley Elite – 9:21.699. Bizzarri, Angela – Brooks Beasts – 9:28.4510. D’Alessio, Lauren – Samford – 9:39.7511. Jones, Samantha – Wake Forest – 9:44.99-- Frazier, Wesley – Unattached - DNF |
