09/17/2008
FIFTH AVENUE MILE ANNOTATED START LIST
Bib No., Gender, First Name, Last Name, City, State, Nat., Affiliation, Age, PB Mile, PB 1500m
1, M, Bernard Lagat, Tucson, AZ, USA, NIKE, 33, 3:47.28 , 3:26.34
2, M, Kevin Sullivan, Talahassee, FL, CAN, Reebok, 34, 3:50.26, 3:31.71
3, M, Nick Willis, Ann Arbor, MI, NZL, Reebok, 25, 3:52.75 , 3:32.17
4, M, Nick Symmonds, Eugene, OR, USA, Oregon TC Elite, 24, 3:56.72i, 3:40.91
5, M, Nate Brannen, Ann Arbor, MI, CAN, Reebok, 26, 3:55.11i, 3:34.65
6, M, Adrian Blincoe, Philadelphia, PA, NZL, New Balance, 28, 3:54.40, 3:35.50
7, M, Jon Rankin, Chula Vista, CA, USA, NIKE, 26, 3:54.24, 3:35.26
8, M, Chris Solinsky, Madison, WI, USA, NIKE, 23, 3:57.80, 3:37.27
9, M, Will Leer, Eugene, OR, USA, Oregon TC Elite, 23, 3:56.75 , 3:37.63
10, M, Chris Lukezic, Washington, DC, USA, Reebok, 24, 3:54.46 , 3:33.28
12, M, Phil Sakala, Colorado Springs, CO, USA, Army, 25, 4:04.93, 3:38.9h
14, M, John Richardson, Lexington, KY, USA, Unattached, 23, 3:59.35, 3:41.70
15, M, David Torrence, Berkley, CA, USA, Unattached, 22, 3:58.62 , 3:40.80
16, M, James Thie, Cardiff, GBR, NYAC, 30, 3:57.71i, 3:37.06
21, W, Shannon Rowbury, San Francisco, CA, USA, NIKE, 24, 4:20.34 , 4:00.33
22, W, Lisa Dobriskey, Loughborough, , GBR, adidas, 24, 4:20.35 , 4:00.64
23, W, Sara Hall, Big Bear Lake, CA, USA, ASICS, 25, 4:32.24i, 4:08.55
24, W, Erin Donohue, Haddonfield, NJ, USA, NIKE, 25, 4:26.48, 4:05.55
25, W, Sarah Jamieson, Perth, , AUS, Reebok, 33, 4:23.40, 4:00.93
26, W, Amy Mortimer, Providence, RI, USA, Reebok, 27, 4:32.90, 4:06.55
27, W, Marina Muncan, Philadelphia, PA, SER, New Balance, 25, 4:34.67i, 4:08.02
28, W, Rose Kosgei, Santa Fe, NM, KEN, New Balance, 27, NA, 4:10.64
29, W, Nikeya Green, Alexandria, VA, USA, Reebok, 26, 4:49.41, 4:14.01
30, W, Lindsey Gallo, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, Reebok, 26, 4:28.90 , 4:05.75
31, W, Meskerem Legesse, Bronx, NY, ETH, adidas, 21, 4:34.07i, 4:03.96
i = Indoor mark
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09/16/2008
LAGAT TO BATTLE WILLIS AND SYMMONDS AT FIFTH AVENUE MILE
Rowbury & Dobriskey Lead Women's Field
By David Monti
(c) 2008 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved - used with permission
NEW
YORK (17-Sep) -- The world's most famous road mile is poised to add
another thrilling chapter to its history when double world champion
Bernard Lagat does battle with Olympic bronze medalist Nick Willis and
U.S. Olympic Trials 800m champion Nick Symmonds here on Sunday at the
28th edition of the Continental Airlines Fifth Avenue Mile.
Lagat,
who also has two Olympic medals to his credit, will not only be making
his Fifth Avenue debut, but will also be running his first race on
pavement. Already the reigning Millrose Games Wanamaker Mile Champion,
Lagat will try to become only the second man in history --and the first
since Isaac Viciosa in 1997-- to win the Wanamaker and Fifth Avenue
Miles in the same year.
"Featuring a blockbuster cast of stars
like Bernard, Shannon, Nick, and others, the Continental Airlines Fifth
Avenue Mile promises to deliver a big finale as the curtain drops on
this long and dramatic Olympic season for many in the field," said New
York Road Runners president and CEO Mary Wittenberg through a media
release. "Speed will be the name of the game on the world's most
famous street on Sunday."
Although Lagat had a disappointing
Olympic Games, he had an excellent post-Olympic season, winning the
1000m at the Aviva British British Grand Prix in Gateshead, the 1500m
in Rieti, and the 3000m at the IAAF/VTB Bank World Athletics Final in
Stuttgart (he was also sixth in the 1500m).
The 33 year-old
Lagat, who lives in Tucson Ariz., will have his hands full with Willis
and Symmonds, both of whom he beat at the Aviva British Grand Prix.
Willis, 25, from New Zealand via the University of Michigan, took third
at the WAF in the 1500m and is looking for his first victory on Fifth
Avenue (he was second in 2006). Symmonds, 24, of Eugene, Ore., will be
making his Fifth Avenue debut.
Other top men in the field
include Canadian Olympians Kevin Sullivan (2006 Fifth Avenue champion)
and Nate Brannen; New Zealand Olympian Adrian Blincoe; and Americans
Jon Rankin, Chris Lukezic and Will Leer.
On the women's side of
the competition, U.S. Olympic Trials 1500m champion Shannon Rowbury,
23, of San Francisco, will be making her Fifth Avenue debut. Her key
competitor looks to be Britain's Lisa Dobriskey, 24, fourth in the
Olympic Games 1500m (Rowbury was 7th). Rowbury is the fifth-fastest
1500m runner of 2008 (4:00.33) while Dobriskey is 12th (4:02.10).
Also
in the field are Erin Donohue, 25, of Haddonfield, N.J., who, like
Rowbury, is coached by John Cook. She finished second to Rowbury at
the U.S. Olympic Trials. Sara Hall, the 2006 Fifth Avenue champion, is
running as is Australian Olympian Sarah Jamieson.
A $30,000 prize money purse is on the line with $5000 going to the winners.
The complete field is below:
WOMEN -
Lisa Dobriskey
Great Britain
Fourth, 2008 Olympic Games 1500 meters
Erin Donohue
United States
2008 Olympian 1500 meters
Lindsey Gallo
United States
Six-time Big Ten champion
Nikeya Green
United States
2007 USA Indoor 800-meter champion
Sara Hall
United States
2006 Continental Airlines Fifth Avenue Mile champion
Sarah Jamieson
Australia
2008 Olympian 1500 meters
Rose Kosgei
Kenya
2008 Carlsbad 5000 meters runner-up
Meskerem Legesse
Ethiopia
World junior record, indoor 800 meters (2:01.03)
Amy Mortimer
United States
2007 Continental Airlines Fifth Avenue Mile runner-up
Marina Muncan
Serbia
Serbian record-holder, 1500 meters (4:08.02)
Shannon Rowbury
United States
2008 Olympian; 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials 1500-meter champion
MEN -
Adrian Blincoe
New Zealand
2008 Olympian 5000 meters
Nate Brannen
Canada
2008 Olympian 1500 meters
Bernard Lagat
United States
2008 Olympian; 2007 World 1500- meter and 5000-meter champion
Will Leer
United States
Fourth, U.S. Olympic Trials 1500 meters
Chris Lukezic
United States
Seventh, 2006 World Indoor Championships 1500 meters
Jon Rankin
United States
Third, 2007 Continental Airlines Fifth Avenue Mile
John Richardson
United States
NCAA Championships qualifier
Phil Sakala
United States
2004 IC4A champion 1500 meters
Chris Solinsky
United States
Fifth, U.S. Olympic Trials 5000 meters
Kevin Sullivan
Canada
2008 Olympian 1500 meters
Nick Symmonds
United States
2008 Olympian; U.S. Olympic Trials 800-meter champion
James Thie
Great Britain
Two-time Welsh champion
David Torrence
United States
University of California school record, mile (3:58.62)
Nick Willis
New Zealand
2008 Olympic Games bronze medalist
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