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Kansas
State junior Erik Sproll gets ready for the second
of three 800m prelims.
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UConn
junior Joe Legare at the start.
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Oral
Roberts' Prince Mumba, a native of Zambia who would
go on to represent his country at the 2004 Olympic
Games.
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University
of Southern California junior Anthony Heckman at the
start of the second 800m prelim.
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Texas
Tech star Jonathan Johnson jumped out to a lead on
the first lap.
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Behind
Johnson, R-L: Peter Etoot, Dmitrijs Milkevics, Marc
Sylvester, and Legare.
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The
runner-up a year ago, Johnson was considered the favorite
here. His strong running in the prelim did nothing...
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...to
indicate otherwise. R-L: Courtney Jaworski, Sylvester,
Legare, Heckman, and Sproll.
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Sproll
(right, 9th, 1:52.38) and Heckman (7th, 1:49.22) did
not advance to the final.
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This
ended up being the fastest heat of the day and the
top four runners advance. Johnson won in 1:46.76.
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Mumba
(2nd, 1:47.01) also advanced automatically...
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...and
Milkevics (3rd, 1:47.04) and Sylvester (4th, 1:47.84)
had to sweat it out...
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...a
little bit before learning that they had also advanced
to Saturday's final.
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Mumba
was one of three freshmen who advanced to the final.
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Alabama's
Peter Etoot (5th, 1:48.14) was the fastest non-qualifier
of the day.
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Johnson,
who also runs the 400m, looked very strong in winning
his prelim.
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UConn's
Joel Legare finished sixth in 1:48.32 and did not
advance to the final.
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UCLA
senior Nick Thornton gets ready for the third and
final 800m prelim.
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Indiana
State senior Jason Briggs.
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UC-Santa
Barbara sophomore Tetlo Emmen.
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