His Dreams Are Becoming a Reality

LetsRun gives Jesse a Shout Out.

Pasted from the LetsRun Stanford Invite Distance Carnival Recap http://www.letsrun.com/2009/stanford0329.php

Men's 10000m - Georgetown's Dan Nunn With The Big Win And Big PR!

What a great race as the top 6 finishers crossed the line between 28:24 and 28:26.92!

Georgetown's Dan Nunn outkicked Big East rival Patrick Smyth of Notre Dame as they bettered their pr's by 27 and 49 seconds, respectively. Not to be outdone, 3rd-placer Mike Sayenko pulled a Wejo and ran 28:25.85 (the same time as Smyth). Coming into the race Sayenko had only run 29:41 for 10000m on the track. 4th went to 2008 USA 15km champion Andrew Carlson though he was only .01 out of 2nd. Overall, 8 collegiates hit the new NCAA auto mark of 28:45, and 13 collegiates broke 29:00, the final one being University of New Mexico's Chris Barnicle (3 more collegiates broke 29:00 in section 2).

The dominance of runners from the eastern timezone was impressive considering the 10km races were being run at around 1 and 2am eastern time.

Surprise! High Point's Jesse Cherry ran 28:59. Coming into 2009, Cherry sported personal bests of 14:44 in the 5k and 31:15 in the 10k. Way to go.
Event 22 Men 10000 Meter Run Section 1
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D1 Reg: R 29:30.00
D1 Auto: A 28:45.00
Name Year School Finals
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Finals
1 Dan Nunn Sr Georgetown 28:24.10A
2 Patrick Smyth Sr Notre Dame 28:25.85A
2 Mike Sayenko NA Strands 28:25.85A
4 Andrew Carlson NA Brooks 28:25.86A
5 Girma Mecheso Fr Auburn 28:26.09A
6 Elkanah Kibet Jr Auburn 28:26.96A
7 Shadrack Biwott Sr Oregon 28:28.83A
8 James Strang Sr Arkansas 28:29.27A
9 Yosef Ghebray Jr California 28:32.27A
10 Sean Houseworth Sr US Air Force 28:33.71A
11 Diego Mercado So Oregon 28:48.54R
12 Abraham Kutingala Sr Alabama 28:52.45R
13 Danny Mercado So Oregon 28:53.02R
14 Jake Schmitt Jr Washington 28:53.99R
15 Dylan Wykes NA Mizuno Canada 28:58.49R
16 Chris Barnicle Jr New Mexico 28:58.96R

Event 23 Men 10000 Meter Run Section 2
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D1 Reg: R 29:30.00
D1 Auto: A 28:45.00
Name Year School Finals
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Finals
1 Vegh, Tibor NA Unattached 28:52.21R
2 Uhl, Kiel Jr Iowa State 28:56.85R
3 Krisch, Michael Jr Georgetown 28:58.48R
4 Cherry, Jesse Jr High Point 28:59.16R