Hall finishes 9th in Olympic Trials 1,500-meters finals

<p>Santa Rosa’s Sara Hall finished ninth in the 1,500-meter finals at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials on Sunday in Eugene, Ore., falling short in her bid to qualify for the Summer Olympics.</p><p>Hall, 25, who was seeded 12th with a personal-best time of 4 minutes, 8.99 seconds prior to the Trials, finished in 4:16.79.</p><p>The top three qualified for the Olympics in a 12-person race in which the pace was slow.</p><p>Shannon Rowbury pulled away in the final lap and won in 4:05.17. Rowbury, 24, has a run a personal-best 4:01.61, showing potential to become the third woman to run under four minutes, joining Mary Slaney and Suzy Favor Hamilton.</p><p>Erin Donohue was second in 4:08.20 and Christin Wurth finished third in 4:08.48.</p><p>High school star Jordan Hasay, 16, finished 10th in 4:17.36.</p><p>Hasay, who will be a senior at Mission College Prep in San Luis Obispo in the fall, set a national high school record of 4:14.50 in the semifinals.</p>