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Georgetown's
Kyle Smits' 8:12.76 in the "B" 3000 on Friday
was a meet record...for a few hours.
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Eric
Bell (5th) of Tennessee and Matt Spring (2nd) of Manhattan
College in the "B" 3000.
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Jose
Zayas of St. Johns busted a 4:06 split in the University
Division DMR on Friday.
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John
Bitok of Syracuse in the University Division DMR.
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In
the Championship Division DMR, Don Sage of Stanford
built a huge lead on the opening leg with his 2:54
1200.
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Stanford
sophomore Seth Hejny on the 800 leg of the DMR.
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Tennessee
freshman Marc Sylvester ran a wicked 800 leg to pull
the Vols to within inches of Stanford.
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But
Stanford anchor Grant Robinson slammed the door on
the rest of the field with his 4:00.3 split, pulling
the Cardinal to an auto NCAA qualifier.
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The
final events of Friday evening belonged to the invited
runners. Trinity Gray won the 800 in 1:46.12, the
fastest time in the world this year.
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Multiple-time
national champion Khadevis Robinson was second in
1:48.48.
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Westchester
Puma's Nick Gantt in the Invitational 800.
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Andrew
Graffin of NYAC/adidas, a semi-finalist in the Sydney
Olympics, manhandled the Invitational Mile field in
3:57.48.
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Chris
Bennet (4:03.56)t and Drew Griffin (4:03.89) of the
Nike Farm Team in the Invitational Mile.
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Brian
Baker in the Invitational Mile, 4:10.19.
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We
were kind of surprised to see new masters world record
holder Marcus O'Sullivan setting the pace in the "A"
3000 on Saturday afternoon.
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O'Sullivan
pulled the field through 2K before stepping off and
letting Corey Smith (4th), Jonathan Fauslo (6th),
Franklyn Sanchez (DNF), and Aaron Fisher (8th) take
over.
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Georgetown's
Corey Smith leads Villanova's Ryan Haden (2nd) and
Stanford's Seth Hejny during the final kilometer.
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Hejny,
who sat in the pack the entire race, took control
in the final 300 meters to win in 7:59.91, an auto
NCAA qualifier and a meet record.
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Princeton
junior Michael Baird in the "A" 3000.
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Keith
Kimmons of Tennessee, 13th in the "A" 3000.
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Georgetown
sophomore Jesse O'Connell slipped under the meet record
and the NCAA provisional mark with his 1:49.83 win
in the "A" 800. Tennessee's Marc Sylvester
was second in 1:50.57.
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The
Championship Division "A" mile was moved
to the end of the meet. Georgetown's Dylan Welsh,
Stanford's Grant Robinson, and Villanova's Adrian
Blincoe set the early pace.
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Robinson
(2nd, 4:00.73) leads teammate Don Sage (DNF).
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Jeff
Wood, 3rd in 4:03.17, leads last year's winner Clay
Schwabe of Army, 4th in 4:05.32.
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It
was all Blincoe, though, as he won by more than two
seconds in 3:58.19.
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