North Dakota's Laura Januszewski won the 800 meters at the Flanders Cup meet in Brasschaat, Belgium on Sunday in a personal best of 2:01:19. Laura was .31 ahead of runner-up Linda Marguet of France with the US's Shannon Rowbury third in 2:03.02.
Team USA's Minnesota's Gabriele Anderson shattered her personal best in the 1,500, running 4:12.06 to place fifth. Americans took the top two spots in that race with Molly Huddle first in 4:09.22, just edging Liz Maloy, who ran 4:09.24. Team USA MN's Meghan Armstrong was eighth in the 5,000 with a time of 16:13.52. Japan's Mika Yoshikawa won the event in 15:28.44.
Anderson's time betters the U of M women's record for 1,500 meters set by Jody Eder in 1984 of 4:15.59, which Anderson broke at this year's Big Ten meet where she ran 2:15.43. Full meet results are available HERE.
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