Peoria Area Scores at National Championships

June 26, 2005

Tim Broe 3-Peats as 5K National Champion

East Peoria native Tim Broe won his third consecutive national championship at 5,000 meters. Broe continued his dominance at the distance, winning in a personal-best 13 minutes, 12.76 seconds. That was plenty to best fellow adidas runner Ian Dobson's 13:15.33.
"I'm still an underdog in a lot of people's eyes," Broe said. "That motivates me. Maybe three in a row will prove to everyone that I'm the top 5,000 runner in the U.S."
Ryan Hall was third, Wheeling native Jorge Torres was fourth, and Jonathan Riley, who joined Broe in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, finished fifth.
Broe ran from the front for the first five laps, then let others take turns pushing the faster-than-expected pace. With 800 meters to go, Broe, Dobson and Hall had formed a lead pack. Broe made his move and had the race in control with 400 left.
Injuries hindered Broe's conditioning heading into the national meet in recent years. Now the former steeplechaser feels strong as he shoots for a top-eight finish at the 2005 IAAF World Championships Aug. 6-14 in Helsinki, Finland.
"It's really starting to come together," Broe said. "This is the first time since 2001 that I've come in here knowing I'd done everything I could and was really prepared."
While Broe accomplished something familiar, IVC's Zach Glavash (right) basked in newfound glory. "I'm just really happy," Glavash said. "This is icing on the cake."
Glavash followed his sophomore season at Illinois by running 1:48.69 to finish fifth in a heat won by Khadevis Robinson in 1:47.53. Glavash's time was faster than all four qualifiers from the second heat, won by Jebreh Harris in 1:48.89.
"The second heat is usually faster, but from what (Illinois coach Wayne Angel) told me - and I should listen to him because he's always right - is that I could do it. And he made me believe."
Glavash, 21, is making his first appearance at a USA Outdoors.
"I'm by far the youngest guy here, so it's an experience I'll never forget," he said. "These are great guys and I'm learning a lot from them."
Glavash was not quite able to match his carrer best in the finals on Sunday. Running a time of 1:49.64 allowed Glavash to grab a 7th place finish in the National Championship. The winning time on the finish board belonged to Robinson at 1:45.27.
In women's 1500-meter action, Normal West alum and Arkansas All-American Christin Wurth (left) running for Nike was joined by East Peoria grad and Reebok sponsored Jenelle Deatherage (right), an All-American in her own right at Wisconsin, in the 1st preliminary heat as each of the central Illinoisans race earned a spot in the finals.
Wurth's time of 4:14.14 placed her second in her heat closely followed by Deatherage's 4th place heat finish at 4:14.74. The heat winner was Treniere Clement at 4:13.95. Wurth was 4th and Deatherage 7th in overall results of the opening round.
Despite substantial time improvement by both Wurth and Deatherage in Saturday's finals, neither was able to claim a top three spot which would provisionally qualify for the August World Championships. Wurth ran a strong 4:08.80 to claim 6th place and Deatherage's 4:11.02 placed her 8th. The race was won by Clement in 4:06.73, the best American time of the year.
Complete Results of 2005 National Championships