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Marc
Sylvester was the most surprising casualty of the
800m prelims.
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He
dropped out halfway through with a recurring calf
problem.
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Kent
State sophomore Mike Inge continued to lead on the
third lap.
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Inge
led wire-to-wire, winning the second 800m prelim in
1:47.77, the fastest time of the night.
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Nebraska
freshman Dmitrijs Milkevics (3rd, 1:47.82) would advance
to the final on time.
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Auburn's
Sherridan Kirk (5th, 1:48.52) was the last athlete
to advance to the final.
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Inge
won the second prelim., Peter Etoot of Alabama finished
second (1:47.80) and advance automatically as well.
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Milkevics
advanced on time, as did Christian Smith (4th, 1:48.20)
and Kirk.
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Other
than Marc Sylvester, who dropped out...
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...Kris
Seats (left, 6th, 1:49.56) and Chris Stoves (7th,
1:49.66) were the only two athletes from the second
prelim. who did not advance.
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Sylvester
was able to leave the track without assistance...
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...but
had a noticeable limp.
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Eric
Garner gets ready for the first of two mile prelims.
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Indiana
sophomore Sean Jefferson.
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L-R:
Scott McGowan, defending champion Chris Mulvaney,
Taylor Milne, and Bryan Lindsay.
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Sean's
twin brother, John Jefferson, watches the mile prelims.
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L-R:
Jefferson, Kentucky's David Freeman, and Washington's
Garner.
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The
top three runners in each prelim., plus the runners
with the...
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...next
four fastest times (in both prelims. combined) would
advance...
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...to
the following day's final.
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