Volume 12, No. 08 February 18, 2013 — The 106th Millrose: A Recordfest — by Rich Sands about getting the time than in winning,” he Gerry Lindgren’s legendary High School Re- New York City, February 16—The 106th said, “because when it comes down to the last cord of 8:40.0, which had celebrated its 49th Millrose Games was a frantic rush of record- two laps, 400 meters, I [knew I] was going to (!) anniversary just a day earlier. setting performances, dominated (once hold off anybody.” Joining Lagat in the American Record col- again) by Bernard Lagat, who picked up his A lap behind, Edward Cheserek of St. umn were Alysia Montaño and Erik Sowinski 10th win at the iconic meet in a dominating Benedict’s Prep in Newark ran a mostly solo in their 600-meter runs. performance over 2 miles. effort to finish eighth in 8:39.15 and break Montaño, who had previously said run- Hammering the final ning on small indoor tracks two laps of Armory’s ac- was a painful experience, commodating oval, he charged right to the front snatched back the American Lagat’s and split 26.50 and 54.38 Record he desperately want- for the first two laps en ed, clocking 8:09.49. 10th route to a 1:23.59. After a slower-than- Millrose win also That obliterated Delisa desired opening mile of Walton-Floyd’s ’81 standard 4:05.9 (Lagat 4:06.2) rab- earned him (1:26.56) and nearly caught bit Haron Lagat stepped an American Russian Olga Kotlyarova’s aside and left Lagat up front ’04 world mark of 1:23.44. to pursue his target: Galen Record “This track is amazing,” Rupp’s 8:09.72 from last said a converted Montaño. year (which had taken down “I loved it. My body feels Lagat’s 8:10.07 from ’11). good. I can see myself here In addition to the clock, again. I’m kind of addicted.” the 38-year-old icon had Sowinski, last year’s hungry youngsters Evan NCAA outdoor 800 run- Jager, Cam Levins and An- ner-up for Iowa and an drew Bumbalough to con- Olympic Trials semifinal- tend with. ist, crashed the party that At the mile-and-a-half had been billed as a Duane mark Lagat still led, with a Solomon/Nick Symmonds smooth Jager looking ready match race. to pounce. The pressure Solomon set a strong only seemed to motivate early tempo (23.25, 48.38) Lagat, who began to open in an attempt to lower up on the steeplechaser as the 1:15.70 AR he set last they hit two laps to go. month in Glasgow, with He powered through a (unrelated) Jarrin Solomon 30.32, then a 28.82 to fin- close behind. ish just ahead of Rupp’s Sowinski—a last-minute mark, in 8:09.49. replacement for Belgian 400 Jager (8:14.95) faded star Kevin Borlée—came to 4th, as Bumbalough charging off the final turn (8:13.02) and Levins to take the win in 1:15.61, (8:14.69 Canadian Record) closing in 26.86. passed him in the final 400. Duane Solomon held 2nd Lagat, who won 8 Mill- STEVE SUTTON/DUOMO at 1:16.04, while a predict- rose mile titles before tak- ably fast-closing Symmonds ing the 5000 last year, says (1:16.89) took 4th but was he was focused only on the never a factor. clock. Symmonds said of So- “I was more concerned winski, “I remember him -86- February 18, 2013 from my semi at the Olympic Trials and I (9, =11 W; 4, =4 A) (3:36.65 PR (5, thought, ‘This is a kid to watch out for.’ ” 10 A) (27.09, 55.61); Mary Cain continued her rampage 3. Ciarán Ó Lionáird (Ire) 3:52.10 U.S. INDOOR SCHEDULE through the high school recordbooks, smash- PR (3:36.85 PR) (27.63, 55.80); ing her own mile record with a 4:28.25 to 4. Chris O’Hare (GB-Tulsa) Invitationals nd finish 2 in a women’s field filled with top 3:52.98 CR (old CR 3:54.54 Miles February collegiate and pro runners. Batty [BYU] ’12) (in/out: 2, 2 C) 18–19 ....................... Run For The Dream; Fresno, California 24 ................... George Mason Last Chance; Fairfax, Virginia The time made her the No. 6 American of (3:37.25 CR [old CR 3:38.2 Sydney any age indoors and cuts the 4:32.78 she ran Maree' {Vill} ’79) (28.69, 56.90); March at the Armory three weeks earlier. 01 ..................Arkansas Last Chance; Fayetteville, Arkansas 5. Lawi Lalang (Ken) 3:54.56 PR ............................. LSU Invitational; Baton Rouge, Louisiana Cain double-dipped into the recordbooks (3, 3 C; in/out: 11, 12 C) (3:38.60 .......................Wisconsin Last Chance; Madison, Wisconsin with a 4:11.72 at 1500 meters en route, eras- PR—4, 4 C) (29.22); 01–02 ..............Columbia Last Chance; New York, New York ing the 4:16.11 split from her previous re- 6. Ryan Hill (US) 3:54.89 PR ...............................Wilson Invitational; Notre Dame, Indiana 02 ................................Iowa State Last Chance; Ames, Iowa cord. (AmCL) (4, 4 C; 2, 2 AmC; in/out: Canadian Sheila Reid scorched the last ....................Virginia Tech Last Chance; Blacksburg, Virginia 7, x AmC) (3:39.50 PR (CL) (7, 7 .....................Washington Last Chance; Seattle, Washington two laps to win in 4:27.02, but it was the C; 2, 2 AmC) (28.06); Alberto Salazar-coached phenom’s gumption 7. Garrett Heath (US) 3:55.55 Conference Championships and electric finish that really energized the (3:38.61 PR) (30.32); 8. Ryan crowd. February Gregson (Aus) 3:55.97 PR (3:39.20 21–23 ........................................... ACC; Blacksburg, Virginia The men’s mile, always the signature PR) (30.42); .................................................Big Sky; Bozeman, Montana event of Millrose, closed out the meet with 9. Donn Cabral (US) 4:00.21 ..............................................Mountain West; Nampa, Idaho ..............................................................WAC; Nampa, Idaho a dazzling homestretch duel between Lopez (3:43.42 PR) (30.58); 10. Liam Boylan- Lomong and Matthew Centrowitz. Lomong 22–23 .................................................. Big 10; Geneva, Ohio Pett (US) 4:05.49 (3:45.66);… dnf— ............................................................... Big 12; Ames, Iowa (3:51.21) broke Lagat’s meet record (3:52.87 Robby Andrews(US);… ...............................Conference USA; Birmingham, Alabama on Madison Square Garden’s smaller oval in rabbits—Brian Gagnon (US) ........................................Mid-American; Ypsilanti, Michigan ’05) to hold off Centro (3:51.34) and four ..................................Mountain Pacific; Seattle, Washington (54.1y, 59.5y [1:53.6y]), Mark ................................New Englands; Boston, Massachusetts others under 3:55. Wieczorek (US). Lomong and Centrowitz moved to Nos. 3 ............................................. Ohio Valley; Charleston, Illinois 2M: 1. Bernard Lagat (US) ............................................. Southland; Norman, Oklahoma & 4 on the all-time list U.S. while 4th-placer 8:09.49 AR (old AR 8:09.72 Galen 22–24 ........................................ SEC; Fayetteville, Arkansas Chris O’Hare of Tulsa (by way of Edinburgh) 23–24 ............................. Heps; Cambridge, Massachusetts broke the Collegiate Record in 3:52.98 (and Rupp [Nike] ’12) (10, x W; in/out: .........................................Missouri Valley; Cedar Falls, Iowa 2, 2 A) (7:37.84—x, 6 A) (28.82, ............................ Southern; Winston-Salem, North Carolina also got the 1500 mark in 3:37.25). ............................................. Sun Belt; Jonesboro, Arkansas Giving Lagat some company in the senior 59.14) (4:06.2/4:03.3); citizen department, 35-year-old Doc Patton 2. Andrew Bumbalough (US) March 01–03 .......................... IC4A/ECAC; Boston, Massachusetts scored a dominating 6.50 win in the 60, a full 8:13.02 PR (3, 4 A; in/out: 9, 0.14 ahead of Gerald Phiri. 11 A) (7:40.81 PR—8, 14 A) National Championships “This may be my last year,” he said after (4:06.9/4:06.1); his world-leading mark, “I want to go out 3. Cam Levins (Can) 8:14.69 NR February 28–3/02 ................................................. NAIA; Geneva, Ohio with a bang.” (7:41.74 PR) (4:06.7/4:08.0); 4. Evan Jager (US) 8:14.95 March PR (4, 5 A) (7:39.98 PR—5, 11 A) 01–02 ...................USATF Multis; Albuquerque, New Mexico 02–03 ............................. USATF; Albuquerque, New Mexico — Millrose Games — (4:06.5/4:08.5); 08–09 ............................................... JUCO; Lubbock, Texas 5. Will Leer (US) 8:21.53 PR (7, ................................................NCAA; Fayetteville, Arkansas New York City, February 16 (200 banked) 11 A) (7:50.23 PR) (4:10.0/4:11.5); ............................................ NCAA II; Birmingham, Alabama (sellout)— 6. Leonard Korir (Ken) 8:22.44 ...................................................NCAA III; Naperville, Illinois 08–10 ....New Balance Indoor Nationals HS; NYC, New York 60: 1. Doc Patton (US) 6.50 PR (WL, AL) PR (7:49.98 PR); 7. Riley Masters (age-35; previous PR 6.58 in ’03); (US) 8:37.26 PR (8:00.09); 2. Gerald Phiri (Zam) 6.64; 3. Keith Ricks 8. Edward Cheserek (Ken-St (US) 6.67; 4. Reggie Dixon (US) 6.70; 5. Kind Benedict’s, Newark) 8:39.15 HSR Butler (US) 6.71; 6. Jeremy Bascom (Guy) (old HSR 8:40.0 Gerry Lindgren [Rogers, Filipczak 1:49.80). 6.73; 7. Joe Morris (US) 6.73. Spokane] ’64) (8:05.46 HSR—old HSR DisMed: 1. New Jersey/New York TC 600: 1. Erik Sowinski (US-unattached) 8:06.0 Lindgren ’64); 9:42.79. 9. Craig Forys (US) 8:52.64 PR (8:13.38);… 1:15.61 AR (old AR 1:15.70 Duane Solomon Field Event [Saucony] ’13) (5, 5 W) (23.51, 25.55 rabbit—Haron Lagat (Ken) (4:05.9y).