Ben Weisel

Apr 5, 20194 min

D2 Outdoor Top 20: Update #1 (Women)

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Was not ranked the week before

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First number indicates the change in a runner's ranking from week priorSecond number indicates where the runner was ranked last week

20. Bailey Sharon | Western Colorado (SO) (-2 / 18)

Sharon opened up her outdoor season two weeks ago, grabbing provisional times in both the 800 and 400, with times of 2:08.57 and 55.78. They were solid openers that she will look to build on throughout this season.

19. Alexa Shindruk | Central Washington (SR) (Unranked)

Shindruk smashed her 10k PR this past weekend at Stanford by 32 seconds, running a provisional time of 34:25, which would have been an auto time last year. That 34:25 currently sits #2 in D2, only behind Caroline Kurgat. She has also already picked up a PR in the 1500 this outdoor season, with a 4:36.84.

18. Sophie Dodd | Simon Fraser (SR) (Unranked)

Dodd narrowly missed out on a D2 auto time, running a PR of 2:07.44 at the Mike Fanelli Classic, currently the third leading time in the country. She also helped her 4x400 team to a provisional time of 3:48.01.

17. Andra Lehotay | Walsh (JR) (+3 / 20)

Lehotay opened up her outdoor season this weekend at the Raleigh Relays, running a PR of 4:23.16 in the 1500. That time puts her #2 in D2 behind Allie Ludge, who she lost to in this race, only one second away from a D2 auto time.

16. Emily Roberts | U-Mary (SR) (-1 / 15)

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15. Allie Ludge | Grand Valley State (JR) (-1 / 14)

Ludge went with the 800/1500 double this weekend, picking up PR's and provisional times in both events at the Raleigh Relays. She narrowly missed out on a D2 auto time in the 1500, running a D2 leading 4:22.33, and added a 2:08.63 in the 800. She has a lot of range and will have a bunch of options of what to run when the season starts coming to an end.

14. Aneta Konieczek | Western Colorado (SO) (-1 / 13)

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13. Carsyn Koch-Johnson | Cedarville (SR) (-1 / 12)

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12. Julia Howley | Simon Fraser (SR) (Unranked)

We had not seen Howley since the 2018 indoor season, but she made a statement with her reappearance this weekend at Stanford. In her first ever steeplechase, she soloed a D2 auto time of 10:03.19, taking the win over a field full of D1 athletes. We have a new contender in the steeplechase, ladies and gentlemen...

11. Roisin Flanagan | Adams State (JR) (-1 / 10)

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10. Kristen Metcalfe | Embry-Riddle (SR) (-1 / 9)

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9. Addy Townsend | Simon Fraser (SR) (-1 / 8)

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8. Eilish Flanagan | Adams State (JR) (-2 / 6)

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7. Leah Hanle | Mount Olive (JR) (0 / 7)

Hanle opened up her outdoor season this week in the 5k at the Raleigh Relays, in a field loaded with a bunch of D1 athletes, picking up a PR of 16:02.46 and finishing 5th. That time is the fastest time in D2 at this point and is a D2 auto qualifying time. Hanle then came back the next day and took home a win in the steeplechase at The Adidas Trojan Challenge, as she soloed a 10:37.

6. Danielle McCormick | Alaska Anchorage (SR) (+5 / 11)

Hello Danielle McCormick! After opening up the season two weeks ago with a 4:32.17 in the 1500, McCormick came back this week with a PR and win in the 800 at the Mike Fanelli Classic, running a 2:05.65. That time is a D2 auto qualifying time and is the fastest time in D2 so far this season. She then came back and led her 4x400 team to a provisional time of 3:44.20, currently sitting 5th in D2.

5. Rachael Walters | Grand Valley State (SR) (0 / 5)

Walters picked up where she left off during indoor season, as she picked up an early D2 auto time in the 800 at the Florida Relays with a time of 2:05.68, putting her #2 in D2. She came back and led her 4x400 team to a 3:44.50, which is a D2 provisional time and the #6 leading time in the D2 rankings.

4. Stephanie Cotter | Adams State (FR) (0 / 4)

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3. Skylyn Webb | UC Colorado-Springs (SR) (0 / 3)

Webb opened up her season two weeks ago with a provisional 800 meter time of 2:07.49 at the CSU Pueblo Early Bird meet, taking the win. It was not the best time we have ever seen from Webb, but we all know that she will put up a top time in the country very soon.

2. Alicja Konieczek | Western Colorado (SR) (0 / 2)

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1. Caroline Kurgat | Alaska Anchorage (SR) (0 / 1)

Kurgat opened up her outdoor season with a bang, as she ran 32:08 in the 10k at Stanford, finishing 5th in a race loaded with professionals and D1 All-Americans. That time SHATTERED the D2 10k record of 32:28, which has stood since 1988. The time was not even a surprise, which says a lot about the expectations of Kurgat this outdoor season.

800

1. Skylyn Webb (UC Colorado Springs)

2. Rachael Walters (Grand Valley State)

3. Danielle McCormick (Alaska Anchorage)

4. Kristen Metcalfe (Embry-Riddle)

5. Carsyn Koch-Johnson (Cedarville)

1500

1. Stephanie Cotter (Adams State)

2. Addy Townsend (Simon Fraser)

3. Kristen Metcalfe (Embry-Riddle)

4. Roisin Flanagan (Adams State)

5. Allie Ludge (Grand Valley State)

3000 Steeplechase

1. Alijca Konieczek (Western Colorado)

2. Eilish Flanagan (Adams State)

3. Julia Howley (Simon Fraser)

4. Aneta Konieczek (Western Colorado)

5. Hanna Groeber (Grand Valley State)

5000

1. Caroline Kurgat (Alaska Anchorage)

2. Alijca Konieczek (Western Colorado)

3. Leah Hanle (Mount Olive)

4. Eilish Flanagan (Adams State)

5. Emily Roberts (U-Mary)

10,000

1. Caroline Kurgat (Alaska Anchorage)

2. Leah Hanle (Mount Olive)

3. Emily Roberts (U-Mary)

4. Alexa Shindruk (Central Washington)

4. Eileen Stressling (Azusa Pacific)