2024-05-20T14:40:47Z http://pikespeaksports.us/video/video/listTagged?tag=korea&rss=yes&xn_auth=no tag:pikespeaksports.us,2011-09-01:5021591:Video:236398 2011-09-01T16:10:53.382Z Tim Bergsten http://pikespeaksports.us/profile/TimBergsten

<a href="http://pikespeaksports.us/video/monument-runner-jennifer-barringer-simpson-wins-1-500-world-champ"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="180" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2780485288?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240"></img><br /> </a> <br></br>Jenny Barringer Simpson of Monument has captured the 1,500-meter world championship in Daegu, Korea. It is the first world title for a U.S. woman in the 1,500 since Mary Decker Slaney won it in 1983.<br></br> Simpson, who passed her rivals on the finishing stretch, clocked 4:05:40.<br></br> The following quotes from Simpson are from USA Track and…

<a href="http://pikespeaksports.us/video/monument-runner-jennifer-barringer-simpson-wins-1-500-world-champ"><br /> <img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2780485288?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Jenny Barringer Simpson of Monument has captured the 1,500-meter world championship in Daegu, Korea. It is the first world title for a U.S. woman in the 1,500 since Mary Decker Slaney won it in 1983.<br /> Simpson, who passed her rivals on the finishing stretch, clocked 4:05:40.<br /> The following quotes from Simpson are from USA Track and Field:<br /> “It is something that you dream about. It’s not like you just go and win a race. Everything has to come together at the right time. You have to make it through the first round and a prelim. This is the U.S. team - you have to make the U.S. team. Just making this U.S. 1500m team is difficult. I think I ran the same time tonight that I ran in the U.S. championships to get here. Just getting here was such a thrill and I think I was really calm coming into tonight because what more can I ask for - I’m in the final and I’m healthy.<br /> <br /> “The last few meters was all about where my head was going into (the 1500m final). Standing on the line, I was thinking about what this could mean for my life and what this could mean for my family. My little sister [Emily] is serving in the army, so I thought, ‘man, if I win gold I get to play that national anthem for her.’ So coming down the last 100 meters I was thinking about my little sister and thinking, ‘let’s get that song playing.’<br /> <br /> “Shannon (Rowbury) medaled at the last world championships and Morgan (Uceny) has been on fire all year, so I think this has been such an incredible American buildup to something that I was able to do tonight. I don’t want to lose sight of the way they pioneered back up to the world stage in the 1,500m with me.”<br /> The following quotes are from the Associated Press:<br /> “I am supposed to say that I am not surprised,” said Simpson. “All I can say is that a dream has come true.”<br /> “I’m coming down home stretch and thinking, how did I get here?” said Simpson.<br /> “I knew coming off the curb I had another couple of gears, and I just thought I’m going to be really hard to beat now.”<br /> Simpson is a volunteer coach at the Air Force Academy. She had the second-best qualifying time heading into the final.<br /> She entered the meet with the 25th best time in the world.