The Big Show

The early selection list is out for the NCAA DI Championships (June 11th-14th, Des Moines, IA) and Keri Bland (WVU) is in at 12th in the 1500m and Clara Grandt (WVU) is in at 21st in the 10000m. Both are West Virginia natives and are coached by Sean Cleary. The full women's list is here. Ms. Bland's SB in the 1500m is 4:17.02 and Ms. Grandt's SB for the 10,000m is 34:15.70.

To put in perspective how far these two have come, in their respective senior years in high school, Ms. Bland's best 800m time was 2:18 and Ms. Grandt's top 3200m time was 11:54. Keri's 4:17 1500m is the same pace as a 2:17 800m... she just keeps running an extra 700m. Clara's 34:15 10,000m is the same pace as a 10:57 3200... she just runs 15 and a half laps further.

Best of luck to these girls later this month in Iowa.