USA Championships – Women’s Steeplechase Archive (1991-2006)

The Women’s Steeplechase has been an exciting event over the years. It has been contested since 1991, but was only made an official NCAA event in 2001. In earlier years, the race was only 2000 Meter race. Now, the race is officially 3,000 Meter Race with 30 inch barriers. The 2000 Meter Steeplechase is run for juniors and sometimes for senior athletes as a training opportunity, but the 2000 Meter event is not recognized as official by the IAAF.

Here is an archive of all the USA Championship results for the Women’s Steeplechase (1991-2006)

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1991 — New York City, June 15 — 2000m
1 Teresa Diperna, unattached 7:12.76
2 Marisa Sutera, Westchester TC 7:20.10
3 Martha Obidinski, unattached 7:47.43
4 Kaci Holt, unattached 8:39.68
5 Laurie Black, NY Pioneer Club 8:57.18

1992 — New Orleans, June 26 — 2000m
1 Gina Wilbanks, AIA 6:57.61
2 Barbara Bolden, Louisiana Tech 7:00.98
3 Chris Morgan, Asics 7:04.74
4 Teresa Diperna, unattached 7:04.81
5 Colleen Kenney, South Alabama 7:14.13
6 Marisa Sutera, Westchester TC 7:18.45
7 Marta Fonseca, unattached 7:20.91
8 Tami Micham, unattached 7:22.44
9 Amy Taylor, unattached 7:28.70
10 Kelly Connery, unattached 7:31.32
11 Martha Obidinski, unattached 7:37.84
12 Laurie Black, NY Pioneer Club 8:36.96

1993 — Eugene, June 18 — 2000m
1 Marisa Sutera, Westchester TC 7:27.30
2 Tami Micham-Grimes, NE Louisiana 7:45.02
3 Kelly Conery, Club Northwest 8:16.58
4 Laurie Black, NY Pioneer Club 8:45.31

1994 — Knoxville, June 17 — 2000m
1 Gina Wilbanks, AIA 6:58.85
2 Marisa Sutera, Westchester TC 7:00.45
3 Teresa Diperna, unattached 7:07.40
4 Frances Childs, unattached 8:22.46
5 Phillipa Raschker, WE 8:24.60
6 Laurie Black, NY Pioneer Club 9:14.86
Note: Flat (no slope) pit; water was shallow

1995 — Sacramento, June 18 — 3000m
1 Chris Morgan, Asics 10:51.92
2 Melissa Teemant, BYU 10:59.60
3 Teresa Diperna, unatached 11:07.02
4 Monica Townsend, Reebok 11:07.16
5 Gina Wilbanks. AIA 11:26.42
6 Pam Allie-Morrill, Frog 11:27.24
7 Kristin Diggs, Sacramento TC 11:29.42
8 Gretchen Mohr, Track West 11:48.70

1996 — Atlanta, June 23 — 3000m
1 Courtney Pugmire, BYU 10:23.47
2 Sarah Heeb, U. Kansas 10:25.44
3 Rae Henderson, Reebok Aggies 10:35.93
4 Lesley Lehane, Boston 10:39.79
5 Shayne Willie, Boulder 10:54.18
6 Chris Morgan, Long Beach 10:54.49
7 Monica Townsend, Los Gatos 11:05.86
8 Jennifer Latham, Los Feliz 11:08.88
9 Sally Perkins, Massachusets 11:10.11
10 Annie Seawright, Asics 11:12.13
11 Teresa Diperna, Reebok 11:21.72
13 Staci Brunton, Reebok 11:30.81
14 Marisa Sutera-Hanson, New York 11:37.31
15 Gracie Padilla, Asics 11:58.28

1997 — Indianapolis, June 14 — 3000m
1 Melissa Teemant, BYU 10:30.90
2 Elizbaeth Jackson, BYU 10:38.72
3 Gracie Padilla, Reebok TC 10:44.12
4 Janet Trujillo, Auburn Univ 10:55.57
5 Sally Perkins, Central Mass 11:00.31
6 Kristin von Teuber, Reebok TC 11:11.96
7 Erin Kelly, Butler University 11:31.44
8 Pam Allie-Morrill, Liberty AC 11:32.65
9 Christene Richter, U.Detroit 12:18.11

1998 — New Orleans, June 20 — 3000m
1 Courtney Meldrum, BYU 10:21.00
2 Elizabeth Jackson, BYU 10:21.20
3 Lesley Lehane, Boston AA 10:25.90
4 Tara Haynes, Brigham Young U. 10:27.79
5 Holly Hansen, Utah State Univ 10:39.79
6 Katie Meyer, U.Missouri 10:49.21
7 Misty Allison-Cohn, unattached 10:49.67
8 Kara Ormond, Brigham Young U. 10:51.39
9 Sarah Heeb,unattached 10:58.52
10 Lindsay Jones, Brigham Young 11:12.89
11 Annie Seawright, Reebok 11:18.33
12 Kathy Kanes, Moving Comfort 11:47.39

1999 — Eugene, June 24 — 3000m
1 Elizabeth Jackson, BYU 10:07.23
2 Lisa Nye, Nike Portland 10:12.66
3 Joan Nesbit, New Balance 10:18.55
4 Tonya Dodge, Syracuse Chargers 10:20.50
5 Kara Ormond, Brigham Young U. 10:26.63
6 Desiree Owen, unat-Texas 10:33.44
7 Katie Baloga, unat-New York 10:38.05
8 Emily Mulick, Idaho State 10:38.37
9 Heather Bury, Runners Pace 10:38.96
10 Tara Haynes, Brigham Young U 10:44.65
11 Carrie Morales, Salem-Oregon 10:49.03
12 Misty Allison-Cohn, Fila TW 10:52.17
13 Holly Hansen, Utah State Univ 10:54.29
14 Michelle Ishio, Fila Track West 11:00.66
15 Carla Borovicka, Bend-Oregon 11:30.35
16 Victoria Lynch, Washington DC 11:42.00
17 Vanessa Cosgrove, Wittenberg U 12:20.09
18 Jennifer McGovern, Sacred Heart 12:37.07
Note: Water jump barrier 3 inches (7.5 cm) too low.

2000 — Sacramento, July 17 — 3000m
1 Elizabeth Jackson, BYU 9:57.20
2 Lisa Nye, Nike 10:00.63
3 Kara Ormond, Brigham Young U. 10:03.09
4 Courtney Meldrum, BYU 10:04:41
5 Tara Haynes, Brigham Young U. 10:04.45
6 Tonya Dodge, Syracuse Chargers 10:13.83
7 Desiree Owen, Nike 10:18.85
8 Emily Mulick, Idaho State U. 10:25.79
9 Heather Bury, unattached 10:34.69
10 Katie Baloga, Fila-New York 10:36.73
11 Kristina Laubenstein, unat 10:42.23
12 Carrie Morales, Nike 10:46.24
13 Kerry Hills, Univ of Missouri 10:47.81
Note: Short 3.06m water jump used for this race.

2001 — Eugene, June 23
1 Lisa Nye, Nike Portland 9:49.41
2 Elizabeth Jackson, Nike 9:49.94
3 Kelly MacDonald, Arizona State 9:55.49
4 Nan Evans, Brigham Young Univ. 10:05.46
5 Katie Sabino, N.Carolina State 10:05.47
6 Kara Ormond, Asics TC 10:06.78
7 Rebecca Bennion, Weber State 10:07.56
8 Desiree Owen, unattached 10:11.45
9 Jennifer Michel, Western State 10:11.65
10 Mollie DeFrancesco, JMU 10:12.24
11 Tonya Dodge, Syracuse Chargers 10:17.61
12 Laura Turner, Stanford Univ. 10:23.60
13 Deanna Hadley, San Diego TC 10:24.20
14 Melissa Bouren, unattached 10:36.58
Note: 44 entries required 3 semi-finals on June 21.

2002 — Palo Alto, June 23 — 3000m
1 Elizabeth Jackson, Nike 9:47.35
2 Lisa Nye, Nike 9:52.61
3 Lisa Aguilera, Arizona State Univ 9:59.66
4 Mollie DeFrancesco, JMU 10:00.37
5 Jennifer Michel, Adidas 10:04.95
6 Kara Ormond, Asics 10:11.34
7 Kelly MacDonald, NY Elite 10:14.80
8 Laura Turner, Stanford 10:19.69
9 Meg Larson, Colorado State 10:22.49
10 Dawn Cleary, Univ of Virginia 10:23.20
11 Barbara Wenger, unattached 10:49.88

2003 — Palo Alto, June 21
1 Briana Shook, Toledo 9:44.71
2 Kathryn Andersen, BYU 9:47.17
3 Lisa Nye, Nike 9:49.14
4 Lisa Aguilera, unattached 9:49.15
5 Dawn Cleary, Virginia 9:59.30
6 Molly Landreth, unattached 10:16.16
7 Lisa Antonelli, BYU 10:17.82
8 Jennifer Donovan, unat 10:26.71
9 Sarah Gall, unattached 10:27.44
10 Mollie DeFrancesco, unattached 10:31.04
11 Katie Sabino, Adidas 10:35.20
12 Cortney Christensen, unat 10:38.64
13 Alison Mann, Track West 10:41.58
14 Kelly MacDonald, Asics 10:43.79
15 Jane Rudkin, unattached 10:44.61
(Liz did not compete this year)

2004 — Sacramento, July 15 — 3000m
1 Ann Gaffigan, Nebraska 9:39.35
2 Kathryn Andersen, BYU 9:45.52
3 Carrie Messner, Asics 9:50.70
4 Elizabeth Jackson, Nike 9:52.11
5 Kelly MacDonald, Asics 9:56.60
6 Lisa Aguilera Galaviz, unattached 9:58.70
7 Dawn Cleary, unattached 10:05.53
8 Lisa Antonelli, unattached 10:15.76
9 Jane Rudkin, unattached 10:19.77
10 Amber Ferner, Purdue 10:28.98
Note: Required 10:00 time for entry = small field.

2005 — Carson, June 26 — 3000m
Final Results:
1 Elizabeth Jackson, Nike 9:39.78
2 Lisa Galaviz, unattached 9:40.58
3 Carrie Messner, Asics 9:41.37
4 Briana Shook, Nike 9:45.91
5 Ann Gaffigan, New Balance 10:07.39
6 Natalie Florence, Colorado 10:07.51
7 Lucinda Hull, Adidas Raleigh 10:16.71
8 Kara June, unattached 10:17.73
9 Dawn Cromer, unattached 10:18.45
10 Cassie King, North Carolina 10:21.57
11 Kelly Siefker, Indiana 10:24.85
12 Jane Rudkin, Kansas City Smoke 10:26.91
Qualifying Standards:
“A”: 10:13.00
“B”: 10:19.05
Qualifying Heat Results (Held on June 24)

2006 — Indianapolis, June 24 — 3000m
Final Results:
1 Lisa Galaviz, Nike 9:57.58
2 Kristin Anderson, unattached/Central Missouri 9:57.98
3 Delilah DiCrescenzo, Westchester TC 10:03.31
4 Trina Cox, unattached/Abilene Christian 10:06.32
5 Kelly Strong, Asics 10:07.64
6 Carrie Messner, Asics 10:12.91
7 Liz Wort, unattached/Duke 10:13.77
8 Amanda Kuca, unattached/Concordia Wisconsin 10:14.11
9 Jane Rudkin, Team XO 10:15.98
10 Cassie Hunt, Illinois 10:16.54
11 Ann Gaffigan, New Balance 10:19.71
12 Rena Chesser, Brigham Young 10:24.61
13 Kelly Siefker, Indiana 10:31.32
Qualifying Standards:
“A”: 10:13.00
“B”: 10:18.00
(Liz did not compete this year)