Gabriele Anderson to Pace Women's 5K in Zurich IAAF Diamond League Meet

Gabriele Anderson. Photo by David Monti

Team USA Minnesota's Gabe Anderson has another pacer job, as she will be setting up the field for the women's 5K at the Weltklasse Meet in Zurich, an IAAF Diamond League Meeting, on Thursday.  The 5K is probably the most loaded field in a meet that features, among others, Usain Bolt in the 100.

The women's 5K is billed as a battle between the top two female distance runners in the world--Ethiopia's Tirunesh Dibaba and Meseret Defar of Ethiopia.  Also in the field are the US's Jenny Simpson and Molly Huddle.  Dibaba and Defar could have a shot at the Dibaba's world record of 14:11.15(Defar has a PR of 14:12.88).  Huddle's American 5K record of 14:44.76, set in 2010, could also be in jeopardy.

Meet startlists and results will be HERE.