BOULDER—University of Colorado senior Shalaya Kipp is poised to compete at her second major international competition, the 2013 IAAF World Championships in Athletes, August 10-18, in Moscow.

 

Kipp, the 2012 NCAA 3,000-meter steeplechase champion, qualified for her second U.S. team after placing third at the USATF Championships in June. The Salt Lake City native made her first international team in 2012 when she qualified for the Olympic Games in London.

 

Kipp enters the world championships fresh off of her best performance of the season, placing fourth with a season-best time of9:37.23 at the Diamond League Meet in Monaco. The time was just shy of her personal best (9:35.73) which she ran at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials.

 

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She is joined at the world championships by two-time Olympian and CU volunteer assistant coach Jenny Simpson. Simpson is the reigning 2011 world champion in the 1,500 and is one of nine Americans who enter the meet as reigning champions. Simpson ran the 1,500 at the meet in Monaco and won her first Diamond League Meet in 4:00.48. She was named the USATF Athlete of the Week for her performance.

 

Former Buff and three-time Olympian Dathan Ritzenhein is also a member of the U.S. team and will run in the 10,000 at worlds. Ritzenhein finished second at the U.S. championships to advance to Moscow.

 

Parts of the meet will be televised on Universal Sports and NBC. A complete schedule can be found here: http://buffs.me/13JVOHL.

 

 

IAAF World Championships in Athletics (all times Mountain)

 

Women’s 3,000 Meter Steeplechase

(Shalaya Kipp)

Saturday, August 10, Round 1, 7:20 a.m.

Tuesday, August 13, Finals, 11:25 a.m.

 

Men’s 10,000 Meters

(Dathan Ritzenhein)

Saturday, August 10, Finals, 8:55 a.m.

 

Women’s 1,500 Meters

(Jenny Simpson)

Sunday, August 11, Round 1, 12:25 a.m.

Tuesday, August 13, Semifinals, 10:40 a.m.

Thursday, August, 15, Finals, 11:20 a.m.

 

COLORADO BUFFALOES

 

 

Linda Sprouse

Assistant Sports Information Director

Volleyball/Cross Country/Track & Field

University of Colorado

linda.sprouse@colorado.edu

303-492-5626

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