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Due
to the slow early pace, the first heat of the men's
1,500 involved a mad dash on the final lap.
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It
was a deep field with runners like 2002 NCAA 1,500m
champion Don Sage (right), Ohio State's Rob Myers
- the 2004 USA Indoor champion...
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...and
3:35 1,500m runner Grant Robison of Stanford in the
field. However, Robison - who was struggling with
an injury - dropped out with 200m to go...
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...and
therefore did not advance to the final. Rob Myers
won the first prelim in 3:46.58. Scott McGowan (3:46.71),
Sage (3:46.84) and...
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...Georgia
Tech's Brendon Mahoney (3:47.02) all advanced automatically.
Rice's Adam Davis (3:47.31), BYU's Bryan Lindsay...
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...and
Florida State's Tom Lancashire all advanced on time.
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Seven
runners from the first heat advanced, while only five
advanced from the second.
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Lindsay
advanced by running 3:47.37 for sixth place.
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Lancashire,
a freshman at Florida State, advanced by running 3:47.39
for seventh.
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Davis,
a senior at Rice, finished fifth and advanced.
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In
addition to Grant Robison, Sean Jefferson - the 2004
NCAA Indoor mile champion - was a surprise casualty
in the first round. He finished 12th in 3:57.48.
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American
University junior Sean Duffy leads on the first lap
of the second 1,500 prelim. He passed through 400m
in 63.7.
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R-L:
Duffy, Georgetown's Chris Lukezic, BYU's Nathan Robison,
and Notre Dame's Kevin Somok.
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Trailing
Somok is UCLA's Ben Aragon.
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R-L:
Arkansas' Said Ahmed, UCLA's Aragon, Kansas State's
Christian Smith, and in the background, Wisconsin's
Josh Spiker.
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R-L:
2003 NCAA Indoor mile champion Chris Mulvaney, Smith,
Spiker, and Texas' Jonas Hamm.
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R-L:
Kentucky's Hunter Spencer, Lukezic, Arkansas' Ahmed,
and Nate Robison (no relation to Grant Robison).
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Robison
took the lead by the 800m mark, which he passed in
2:06.7.
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Also
in there are #894 Simon Ngata of Georgia, and #1232
Tom Parlapiano of Villanova.
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Kansas
State sophomore Christian Smith had an off day and
finished 14th in 3:52.78.
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