Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Kampf Wins 800, Blankenship the 1500, Both PR

Team USA Minnesota's Heather Kampf just keeps chipping away at the two-minute barrier as she won the 800 at the meet in Lignano International Meeting of Athletics on Tuesday in 2:00.04, a new PR and a blink away from breaking two minutes. US runners took the top three spots.  Full 800 results are HERE. In the men's 1500 Gopher and Stillwater grad Ben Blankenship won in 3:37.03, a PR by.20 seconds.

Will Leer finished fourth in 3:37.77 in the1500, as the US took the top six places.  In the women's 1500, Gabrielie Anderson paced the race for 800 meters in preparation for the Monaco IAAF Diamond League Meet on Friday. Men's 1500 result is HERE.  Women's is HERE.  Blankenship e-mailed from Europe of the race: "Had an absolute blast.  If you think the bugs are bad in Minnesota, you should've seen the track last night."

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