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One
lap to go in the first of two 800m prelims.
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Jeremiah
Johnson finished seventh in 1:50.94 and did not advance.
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Moise
Joseph (#428) won the first prelim in 1:48.19, Nate
Brannen (#483)...
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second in 1:48.50 and also advanced automatically.
TCU's Jackson Langat (3rd, 1:48.75)...
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...was
the only other runner to advance from the first heat.
Aaron Nasers of Nebraska missed out by .08.
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Alabama
sophomore Peter Etoot gets ready for the second 800m
prelim.
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Auburn
junior Sherridan Kirk.
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Kansas
State sophomore Christian Smith.
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Tennessee
junior Marc Sylvester had battled injuries all season
long.
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Kent
State sophomore Mike Inge was on a tear.
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Western
Michigan senior Kris Seats.
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Nebraska
freshman Dmitrijs Miklevics.
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L-R:
Smith, Etoot, Milkevics, and Inge.
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Inge
went straight to the lead on the first lap, but the
others...
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...followed
him closely.
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Inge
had won the USA Junior 800m title outdoors the previous
spring...
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...and
was having a great sophomore year.
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Marc
Sylvester runs at the back of the field.
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Etoot
(right) and Milkevics trail Inge.
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Kirk
(right) and Seats head into the second lap, while
Marc Sylvester pulls up with an injury.
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