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at the Pepsi Team Invitational for fun, for team points and for training.
She won even though the 1,500 is not her event anymore.
"We're going all in with the 10k," Hasay said.
And, why not?
It only whetted her appetite.
The UO senior clocked a time of 32 minutes, 46.68 seconds, the best college time this year. It's No. 2 all-time at Oregon, behind school record-holder Kathy Hayes, timed in 32:43.81 in 1984.
It wasn't a bad debut – especially considering that neither Hasay nor UO women's distance coach Maurica Powell knew what to expect.
But the 10,000 is a different animal.
"It was a very controlled effort I would say," Hasay said. "My fitness is a lot better than what I showed."
If all goes well, she will tackle the 10,000 again in the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational at Stanford on April 28.
"I'm going to take a crack at the 'A' standard," Hasay said.
The "A" in the 10,000 for the IAAF World Track & Field Championships this summer in Moscow is 31:45.00.
"I'm excited to try it again and red line it a little bit rather than just jogging the first 5k," Hasay said.
On Saturday, Hasay kicked home over the final 300 meters to win the 1,500 going away in 4:20.19.
She acknowledged afterward that she loves running at Hayward, and loved her victory lap. But there was a 6xmile workout waiting for her with UO volunteer assistant Alexi Pappas immediately after a brief postrace media session.
"It's very exciting," Hasay said of her Pepsi victory. "But we're looking farther down the road. I'd like to do a victory lap at nationals, and the NCAAs as well."
READY FOR BOSTON:
Jerry Schumacher said Shalane Flanagan and Kara Goucher are primed and ready for next week's Boston Marathon.
"They've had really solid training," said Schumacher, who coaches the two Portland-based Olympians.
"This is their first marathon since the Olympic Games. Everybody came off the Olympics flat and emotionally drained. They've both rebounded from that and are gearing up for something big and major like the Boston Marathon."
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They broke up their training for Boston this spring by going 1-2 in the 10,000 at the Stanford Invitational.
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"Fantastic," Schumacher said. "That was really solid effort for Shalane. She ran it just the way I wanted her to run it, for the feel and to get that kind of effort in. I didn't expect it to be as fast as it was. I'm excited.
"The same goes for Kara. She had a little bit of a slower start to training for Boston and it took her a little longer to get in a groove. She has been playing catch-up. But she exceeded expectations as well."
Schumacher said Chris Solinsky, another member of his training group, has been training well and had no serious setbacks in his return from surgery to repair a shredded left hamstring.
Schumacher has coached the former U.S. record-holder in the 10,000 since both were at the University of Wisconsin.
"He'll get back," Schumacher said. "It's a matter of putting in the time. He's been off for two years. It doesn't come back overnight. But I'm super encouraged from the work he has been able to do. He's had no issues.
"It's always a little concerning when you have four inches of your hamstring removed. He's taken his time and come back slowly, deliberately and carefully."
-- Ken Goe