Track North's Kaitlyn Tallman (Mindemoya), a junior at Villanova University, placed 6th in the 3000m at this weekend's prestigious Penn Relays in Philadelphia. Tallman's time was 9:39.88, six seconds off the winning time of 9:33.18, set by Danielle Tauro of the U. of Michigan.
Beginning with a pedestrian pace over the first six laps, Tallman kicked with 600m to go to move from 10th position into 6th place.
Beginning with a pedestrian pace over the first six laps, Tallman kicked with 600m to go to move from 10th position into 6th place.
Video coverage of the event can be seen at the following link (white jersey,black shorts)
http://www.flotrack.org/videos/coverage/view_video/234918/173252
http://www.flotrack.org/videos/coverage/view_video/234918/173252