Allie Ostrander competing in possibly the strongest field in the world for women’s steeplechase finished fourth overall in the Women’s 3000M Steeplechase at the US Track and Field Championships on Sunday in Des Moines, Iowa.
In her first professional race and on America’s largest stage, Ostrander ran with the lead pack through the majority of Sunday’s final, before eventual champion Emma Coburn and runner-up Courtney Frerichs made it a two-person sprint to the finish.
Coburn won her eighth US national championship in the 3000M steeplechase defeating Frerichs by one second. Frerichs entered with the fastest qualifying time in the field. Coburn and Frerichs made world news in 2017 when they finished gold and silver at the IAAF World Championships in London becoming the first Americans to medal and the first pair to sweep the event’s top two places.
Allie Ostrander, with her fourth place finish and qualifying time of 9 minutes, 38.52 seconds (the qualifying standard is 9:40), will join Team USA track and field at the IAAF World Championships in Doha, Qatar beginning September 28th.
(photo courtesy of Erik Hill)
Top Four Finishers
Emma Coburn 9:25.63,
Courtney Frerichs 9:26.61
Collen Quigley 9:30.97
Allie Ostrander 9:38.52.
