Velvere, Bartelsmeyer both advance at European Indoor Championships...
Velvere won her heat in a time of 2:05.37, to advance to Saturday’s semifinals at 10:14 am Seattle time (6:14 pm local time).
In the mixed zone after her race, Velvere said, “I just held it from the front and controlled it. It should have been easy and I am looking forward to the next round. Racing against these girls at this level helps us all.”
The men’s 3000 semis saw current University of Washington volunteer assistant coach Amos Bartelsmeyer of Germany finish fourth in the fastest heat.
Bartelsmeyer, who trains under UW head coach Andy Powell, ran 7:51.35, as Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway won the heat in 7:51.20.
He said afterwards, “My goal was actually to come in one of the first two places and if I do not make it, then maybe I'm third or fourth. I've already made the mistake of aiming for fourth place. Then you end up fifth, then you have bad luck. The race went relatively fast, I just wanted to stay strong.”
He will run in Saturday’s final at 7:47 pm local time (11:47 am in Seattle).
The home page of the European Championships is available here.
On Sunday, Washington volunteer assistant coach Sam Prakel and Henry Wynne of the Brooks Beasts will be part of the field assembled in Boston that will run in the Bruce Lehane Invitational Mile starting at 1 pm, Seattle time.
The field is led by Yomif Kejelcha of Ethiopia and the Portland-based Nike Oregon Project, in what is described as a world record attempt by Kejelcha.
The race will follow the conclusion of the three-day IC4A/ECAC championship meet at Boston University.
Media partner RunnerSpace ($) will offer live streaming coverage of both the IC4A/ECAC and the Bruce Lehane Invitational Mile.
A preview of the race is available here.
NOTE: European Athletics and RunnerSpace.com contributed to this report.
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