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Kevin
Tschirhart of pushes the pace during the boys' junior
mile.
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In
the second row (L-R) Laef Barnes, Daniel LaCava, and
Ken Cormier give chase.
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L-R:
Barnes, LaCava, and Ross Toole with one lap to go.
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Brian
Trembley finished 10th in 4:25.57.
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Almost
everyone in the field was still in contention with
one lap to go, but Laef Barnes...
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...used
a great last lap to pull ahead and win in 4:13.61,
ahead of...
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...Scotland's
Ross Toole (4:14.56). Barnes ran a 4:09.61...
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...indoor
mile almost exactly one year earlier, so his victory
over a competitive field
shouldn't take many by surprise.
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Barnes
missed much of the '04 outdoor season due to a stress
fracture, but he showed that he was back in winning
here.
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Scotland's
Toole (left) took second and his compatriot, Mark
Mitchell, finished 11th in 4:25.95.
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Chris
Barnicle (who would win the Millrose HS mile one week
later) congratulates Barnes during his victory lap.
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Tony
Reavis interviews Barnes after the race.
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L-R:
Fumikazu Kobayashi, Mark Fountain, Mike Woods, James
Hatch, Fidel Baregensabe, and Scott McGowan line up
for the men's mile.
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Rob
Myers, a recent Ohio State graduate, won the 2004
USA Indoor mile title on this track.
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Nate
Brannen had stated ahead of time that he was going
to go after Tony Waldrop's indoor collegiate mile
record of 3:55.0.
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L-R:
Elkanah Angwenyi, Hatch, and Baregensabe at the start.
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L-R:
Race favorite Bernard Lagat, Brannen, Angwenyi, Baregensabe,
and Sebastien Lounis.
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Lounis,
a sophmore at Michigan, had run an 800m PR of 1:51.39
earlier in the day across town at the Boston University
Invitational.
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After
his 800m race, Michigan coach Ron Warhurst approached
him about rabbiting this mile, because the original
rabbit has cancelled earlier in the day.
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Mike
Woods, a freshman from Canada, was the third current
Michigan runner in the race. The rest of the Michigan
team sat in the stands and cheered their teammates
on.
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