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COREEN STEINBACH NEWS
2011 Niagara Association Masters Athlete of the Year Award was given to Coreen Steinbach (60) of Pompey for her performances winning silver medal in the 3000 meters USA Masters Indoor T & F Championships, silver in the 1500 meters and bronze in the 400 meters at Masters World Outdoor T & F Championships, and 3 medals at the USA Masters Outdoor T & F Championships.
Jul7 28, 2011
Coreen wins the National Masters 800m final at Berea, Ohio
Results
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60 USATF: # 2:34.66
Name Age Team Seed Finals Points
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1 Steinbach, Coreen W60 Pompey, NY 2:43.90 2:42.44 8
2 Smith-Hanna, Carolyn W60 Pittsford, NY 2:52.54 6
3 Oakey, Joy W62 Media, PA 3:11.25 4
4 Hartzler, Mary W62 Gahanna, OH 3:27.84 3:24.51 3
Coreen Gets SILVER in 1500M at World Masters Championships!!
July 15, 2011
In the type of tactical race typically seen at championship events Coreen outkicked world record holder Sabra Harvey and battled Ingerlise Jensen (Denmark) over a furious closing 150 meters. Jensen got the gold just 1.09 secs ahead of "the pride of CNY and STC".
Coreen said the initial pace of consecutive 90 second 400's "was like a jog". It wasn't until the last 200 that things got heated and not until the homestretch did the ladies really light it up. With most of her time gain coming in the last lap Coreen's closing 800m matched the 800m time she turned in days earlier while finishing fifth in the 2-lapper.
Tonight is the prelim for the 400m. Stay tuned to see what the gal has left in those legs.
It's getting redundant - Coreen medals at Master's World Championships! makes it easy to write about it - I just have to change the event and reiterate that she came off the final turn out of medal contention and KICKED HER WAY TO THE PODIUM! For the past month Coreen's workouts have been all about "accelerate, accelerate, accelete- now KICK" Wow she's got it down.
In fifth place with only 50 meters to go and with legs dead from her 1500m and 800m semis and finals Coreen dug down one more time for her last acceleration and got the medal.
I think there is a victory partycoming up! See Results below:
2011 WMA World Track & Field Championships
Sacramento, CA - 7/6/2011 to 7/17/2011
Event 95 W60 1500 Meter Run Friday July 15, 2011
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Name Age Team Finals
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Finals
1 Jensen, Ingerlise V. W61 Denmark 5:48.92
2 Steinbach, Coreen W60 United States 5:50.03
3 Harvey, Sabra W62 United States 5:51.37
4 Sims, Kathryn W60 Australia 5:56.13
5 Scharbatke, Veronika W60 Germany 5:56.99
6 Gilbert, Sharlet Lackey W60 United States 5:57.80
7 Tiernan, Carolyn W60 United States 6:00.09
8 Chan, Donna W60 United States 6:00.97
9 Rodriguez, Irene W62 Colombia 6:03.72
10 Vera Hernandez, Benedict W61 Spain 6:06.37
11 Moorhouse, Paula W62 Australia 6:08.30
12 Gallegos Gonzalez, Marga W61 Mexico 6:20.28
13 Fillmore, Maggie W61 United States 6:21.09
14 Rutten, Trees W63 Netherlands 6:22.19
15 Rosado, Mary W61 United States 6:52.54
-- Stewart, Judith W62 New Zealand DNS
Event 65 W60 400 Meter Dash Saturday July 16, 2011
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Name Age Team Finals
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Finals
1 Kathryn Heagney W60 Australia 1:09.22
2 Sharlet Lackey Gilbert W60 United States 1:11.42
3 Coreen Steinbach W60 United States 1:12.79
4 Sheryl Gower W63 New Zealand 1:13.35
5 Evelyn Peake W61 Australia 1:13.43
6 Tui Ashe W60 New Zealand 1:14.99
7 Caroline Marler W60 Great Britain 1:15.22
8 Moira West W62 Great Britain 1:17.97
Continued Results @ Sacramento State University?
COREEN STEINBACH AT ALBUQUERQUE
Suzy (Suzanne Myette of Triple Cities Track Club, Binghamton) ran a STUNNING race. Strategically perfect. She settled in behind Cheryl Bellaire and stayed there for 6 laps. With two to go she passed on a straightaway and Cheryl had no answer for her. So Suzy took silver. A local woman won it handily. The altitude (5280') killed us all. It was brutal. So anyone local person had a distinct advantage. We had dinner together Sat. night.
Considering the fact that I had no training as a result of the injury and had only been on a regulation track once this winter I did pretty well. In the 400 we had enough women that they ran two heats of 55-59. That made it really tough to assess where you stood - I was in the first heat. I ended up with bronze by .2 of sec. When I saw the strength of the field I never thought I could place with no speedwork under my belt.
I ran the 3000 that evening and the altitude was a killer. I did something I have never done before. I knew I was in no shape to keep up with the leaders and that I was going to be 2nd or 3rd. The woman who was the competition passed me in lap 3 and so I just tucked in behind her. Len, it was pretty much an easy pace that I could've kept up for a very long time. I thought, "Well, I'll save my legs for the 800 Sunday and just stay here". I knew then in the last lap I would kick and pass her which I did for silver. I know that all is fair in love and war but I felt guilty I did that. (Len's note to Coreen: NEVER feel guilty.)
Skipped the mile Sat. The 800 Sun. morning was really tough and it turns out you have to do some track work to run a good 800. I was 4th and didn't place at that distance for the very first time in my career. That stung I have to admit but I am very grateful that I was there at all. Now to get healthy and strong for Worlds.
Love, Coreen
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