MADISON, Wis. – On a night when millions tuned in to watch Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game, four stars of the track and field world staged a midsummer classic of their own in Madison.

Olympian and former University of Wisconsin All-American Matt Tegenkamp gave the large crowd that gathered at the McClimon Memorial Track Complex an excellent show, shattering the previous track and state of Wisconsin records in a world-class 1,500-meter time trial.

Tegenkamp, just two weeks removed from earning a spot on the U.S. Olympic team in the 5,000 meters, clocked his metric mile in 3:37.94 to hold off training partners and fellow Olympic Trials qualifiers Jonathon Riley and Chris Solinsky for the win.

The time cut more than two seconds off the old McClimon track and Wisconsin state standard of 3:40.13, which Tegenkamp set on May 5, 2007.

Riley made a move for the lead midway down the backstretch of the race’s final lap, but Tegenkamp charged back to...

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