Saturday, June 28, 2014

Day 4; USATF Championships: Leer 4th, Heath 9th in 1500; Videos

As Ben Blankenship predicted earlier in the week, the 1500 was ripe for the taking for "the underdogs."  In a tactical race that came down to the all too familiar last lap sprint, Leo Manzano, not exactly an unknown but who started the year without a sponsor, won the race in 3:38.63, Pat Casey was second in 3:38.94 and Lopez Lomong and Will Leer's race to the finish was decided by a photo.  Lomong timed in 3:39.103 and Leer 3:39.109.  Garrett Heath, who led for most of the race was timed in 2:45.77 with a lap to go,  finished ninth in 3:40.20. Results are HERE. Video is HERE.  Post race interview with Will Leer is HERE. Video of last night's men's 5K is HERE, women's two nights ago is HERE. Women's triple jump, final round jumps are HERE.

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