• Kenyan Women Set World's all Time Best in 4x1500m
Kenya´s women's squad consisting of Eunice Sum World 800m champion, Hellen Obiri the 2012 world indoor 3000m champion, Anne
Karingi and the 16-year-old Margaret Chelimo set a new world best in the 4x1500m relay in Nairobi.
Their team clocked a time of 17:08.17 smashing the old record of 17:08.34 by the University of Tennessee (2009) 0.17 seconds.Their average time was 4:17 per 1500m per runner.
The men's 4x1500m team consisting of world champion Asbel Kiprop Nixon Chepseba and two more Kenyan youngsters clocked a time of 14:48.6 and averaging 3.42 per each 1500m.
The first World Relay Championships will take place in Bahamas on May 24-25.
Women's 4x1500m All Time Top 10 (Statistics used from http://www.alltime-athletics.com/)
1 17:08.17 (Average 4.17.04) Kenya 1 Nairobi 06.04.2014 Eunice Sum (KEN)
2 17:08.34 University of Tennessee 1 Philadelphia 24.04.2009
Chanelle Price (4:19.5) 22.08.90 USA
Pheobe Wright (4:19.0) 30.08.88 USA
Rolanda Bell (4:19.6) 27.10.87 PAN
Sarah Bowman (4:10.2) 15.10.86 USA
3 17:09.75 Australia 1 London 24.06.2000
Natalie Harvey (4:20.0) 19.01.75 AUS
Georgie Clarke (4:13.6) 17.06.84 AUS
Kate Richardson (4:23.3) 05.11.73 AUS
Sarah Jamieson (4:12.9) 24.03.75 AUS
4 17:11.80 Georgetown University 2 Philadelphia 24.04.2009
Christine Whalen (4:20.2) 05.10.87 USA
Emily Infeld (4:17.5) 21.03.90 USA
Renee Tomlin (4:16.7) 21.11.88 USA
Maggie Infeld (4:17.4) 10.04.86 USA
5 17:14.55 University of Washington 3 Philadelphia 24.04.2009
Kailey Campbell (4:20.9) 89 USA
Katie Follett (4:16.9) 12.11.87 USA
Mel Lawrence (4:19.6) 29.08.89 USA
Christine Babcock (4:17.2) 19.05.90 USA
6 17:14.91 University of Tennessee 1 Philadelphia 23.04.2010
Chanelle Price (4:20.7) 22.08.90 USA
Jackie Areson (4:18.3) 31.03.88 USA
Brittany Sheffey (4:18.6) 18.12.88 USA
Pheobe Wright (4:17.3) 30.08.88 USA
7 17:15.41 Villanova University 2 Philadelphia 23.04.2010
Ellen Dougherty (4:21.5) 21.05.87 USA
Nicole Schappert (4:17.7) 30.10.86 USA
Bogdana Mimic (4:18.9) 09.01.89 SRB
Sheila Reid (4:17.3) 02.08.89 CAN
8 17:15.47 University of Michigan 1 Philadelphia 26.04.2013
Shannon Osika (4:22.3) 15.06.93 USA
Jillian Smith (4:18.6) 02.07.91 USA
Rebecca Addison (4:15.0) 28.05.91 USA
Amanda Eccleston (4:19.6) 18.06.90 USA
9 17:15.62 University of Michigan 1 Philadelphia 27.04.2007
Katie Erdman (4:22.0) 24.08.83 USA
Geena Gall (4:21.4) 18.01.87 USA
Anna Willard (4:13.9) 31.03.84 USA
Nicole Edwards (4:18.3) 30.06.86 CAN
10 17:16.50 University of Oregon 2 Philadelphia 26.04.2013
Megan Patrignelli (4:22.8) 22.06.92 USA
Annie Leblanc (4:19.1) 29.04.92 CAN
Anne Kesselring (4:14.3) 04.12.89 GER
Becca Friday (4:20.3) 07.05.91 USA
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