Former Sycamore Erica Moore Wins USA Indoor National Title

[SycamoreStateofMind]

Great news from New Mexico today at the USA Indoor National Championships - Erica Moore has won the 800 Meters. This race can be viewed LIVE on ESPN between now and 9:30. This is the biggest win of her collegiate or professional career, just great news for the former Sycamore!

Big ups Erica - a graduate of Sullivan High School.

 

[SycamoreStateofMind]

Live right now! Espn!

 

[SycamoreStateofMind]

Erica Moore ran amazingly well and has qualified for the World Championship meet and will represent the United States. She lead wire to wire with an epic performance!

 

[Callmedoc]

She's a great talent, I am not surprised to see her doing great things with it at all

 

[SycamoreSage]

Erica's Race and Post-Race Interview Videos

Here is her modest post-race interview:

http://www.runnerspace.com/video.ph...USA-Indoor-Track-and-Field-Championships-2012

Here is the race:

http://www.runnerspace.com/video.ph...USA-Indoor-Track-and-Field-Championships-2012

 

[Sycamore Proud]

Congratulations Erica! We are proud of you. Wish you the very best in the future.

 

[Jason Svoboda]

Just watched the race. She kicked ass. Thanks for the video link Sage.

 

[new sycamore fan]

Wow, she ran a fantastic race; very solid performance. Best of luck to her at the worlds!

 

[SycamoreStateofMind]

Beast Mode!

 

[SycamoreSage]

Erica Departs for World Championship

Erica leaves for Turkey on Sunday! Good luck!

 

[SycamoreSage]

Another interview after USA Indoors

Another scintillating interview after her victory at USA Indoors:
http://www.runnerspace.com/video.php?video_id=60234

You Tube video of USA Indoors race and post-race interview:

 

[nk140]

Looks like Erica made the finals of the World Indoor Championships. Running a PB or 2:00.24

 

[SycamoreStateofMind]

Looks like Erica made the finals of the World Indoor Championships. Running a PB or 2:00.24

Impessive stuff from Erica Moore goings on!! Big ups!

 

[Sycamore Proud]

Looks like Erica made the finals of the World Indoor Championships. Running a PB or 2:00.24

Fantastic!

 

[SycamoreSage]

Erica Qualifies - Supplemental Report

Women's 800: Erica Moore Makes the Final -- World Indoor Championships, Istanbul, Turkey
With 3 semi-finals and only the winner of each semifinal plus the next 3 times advancing to the final, there was no room for error.

Heat 1 was stacked as it featured 1:56.99 800m runner Yuliya Rusanova of Russia and the 2008 Olympic champ Pamela Jelimo of Kenya who is having a resurgent comeback year so far this indoor season.

Rusanova and Jelimo battled the final lap with Rusanova getting the win. However Jelimo and Nataliia Lupa of Ukraine would both make the final.

Fantu Magiso of Ethiopia would only advance from semi #2.

In Semifinal #3 Elena Kofanova got the win but the dominant US Champ Erica Moore would advance to the final on time after running an indoor pr of 2:00.24 (outdoor pr is 2:00.17). She was the second fastest qualifier. Moore's impressive indoor season continues. Though Erica's training partner Phoebe Wright led much of Heat 1, she did not qualify for the Final.

 

[bent20]

Very cool. Nice to see her doing so well.

 

[treeman]

great to see former sycamores excel. :sycamores:

 

[Gotta Hav]

Big ups Erica - a graduate of Sullivan High School.

Congratulations Erica!

I guess I should have seen this coming with all of the World Class Bluegill Fisherman, World Class Mushroom Hunters, and World Class Bowhunters from Sullivan; I knew sooner or later that town would produce a WORLD CLASS ATHELETE like ERICA!!!

Congratulations again Erica!!!

 

[SycamoreSage]

The ISU press release asserts that Erica was the third fastest qaualifier. If so, who was the second fastest?