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After the stunning state distance double, German Fernandez would run the Nike Outdoor Nationals next... It wasn't a question of when but how much would German lower Jeff Nelson's heralded 29-year-old prep 2M record. |
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1.9 seconds!! June 20, 2008 - Nike Outdoor Nat'l Fernandez passes the mile in 4:19.6 (slower than Nelson's 4:17.8 on his record run) but Fernandez rips the second mile in 4:14.8, surpassing the legendary Nelson mark to a new prep record of 8:34.40 for 2 Miles!! **Also demolishing Galen Rupp's "04" 3k mark of 8:03.67 with 7:59.83 split enroute. |
Colby Lowe (L, Southlake Carroll TX) - NON: 3rd_8:47.07. Luke Puskedra (R, Judge Mem, UT) - NON: 2nd_8:47.06 (ran 8:46.41 to win Arcadia earlier). |
Rob Finnerty (Burnsville, MN) established himself as a frosh (L), taking 2nd at state cross country and in the spring won the distance double 4:16/9:06 (1600/3200). Senior, Finnerty uncorks a 4:01.09 Mile. NON: 4th_8:50.96. |
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Salazar leads Fernando Mamede (Portugal). |
Virgin leads Mamede (724) |
Frank Shorter (Yale) 1970. | Shorter (L) prepares to take the lead for good in the "72" Olympic marathon. Kenny Moore (R). |
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Alberto Cova (Italy) wins the "84" Olympic 10,000-meter run. |
Cova (62) sets the Italian record in this 5000m race in Oslo (85) but is 10 seconds behind winner Said Aouita's world record. |
Joaquim Cruz leads Coe in 1985. |
Gray and Coe. |
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(L) Carlos Lopes (Portugal) regains the IAAF World Cross Country Championship ('84). He won the first in '76 ( Also in '85, Won 3). (R) Lopes enroute to winning the '84 Olympic marathon. |
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1968 Olympic finals - 1500 Meters Kip Keino (KEN) enters the home stretch to win in 3:34.9, ahead of Jim Ryun (USA) in 3:37.8. |
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Footlocker '93 Nat'l Champion Adam Goucher-Doherty HS, CO |
NCAA Men's Cross Country Nat's '94 Martin Keino (son of Kip), a 5th-year Arizona senior with a mile PR of 3:58.73 (was 4th at the XC Nats as a soph) cruises to a 3 sec. victory over the too-late furious charge by Colorado true frosh Goucher (in only his second-ever 10k in XC). |
NCAA XC Nat's '88 Kennedy's (true) frosh win. |
'98 Lagat vs Goucher |
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Bryan Dameworth (Agoura HS) Class of 1990 * As a freshman, he became the first ninth-grader to qualify for the Kinney national championships. (with only a shoe stepped off during the regional his soph year stopped him from being the first four-time qualifier. * As a sophomore, he won the inaugural CA State Division I Championships. * As a junior, he successfully defended his state Division I title and placed 4th in the Kinney championships in San Diego, earning All-American honors. Winning the title as a senior in '89. |
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