Shorewood Track and Field

For those of you who can't make it to laCrosse next weekend... and there shouldn't be a lot of you. There is a huge race in new York. I'm sure it will make one of the cable channels.

2007 Men's Mile Reebok Grand Prix .
Bernard Lagat - Olympic silver medallist, seasonal debut. 3:47 mile PR.
Kevin Sullivan - Canada's best. 3:50 miler has run 3:31. 5th at Olympics.
Nick Willis - New Zealand record holder ran 3:35 last week, 2006 Commonwealth Games gold. His 3:32 1500 equates to a 3:49 mile.
Alan Webb - 3:51 mile at Drake. 3:48 miler.
Craig Mottram - 5k is his main event but he's run 3:48 mile and 2007 outdoor track debut, runnerup in 2007 Millrose mile.
Suleiman Simotwo- Kenyan ran 3:31.6 last year. Already ran 3:31.9 this year for 2nd in Doha.
Shadrack Korir - Ran 3:31 last year. Already ran 3:32 this year for 5th in Doha, Qatar.
Nicholas Kemboi - only 17 years old. Ran 3:33 last year. Also made Kenya's XC team at 12k (we're assuming it's this Nicholas Kemboi and not the Qatari by the same name)
Rob Myers - 3:36 last weekend at adidas. 3:34 pr.
Chris Lukezic - up and coming American. If it wasn't for Webb, he (or Manzano) would be our young hope. 3:37 last week. 3:54 pr.
Ryan McKenzie - Canadian ran 3:38.0 last year.
Steve Slattery - A top American steepler has made 3 world champ teams. Looking for 1st Olympic next year. Ran a 3:56 pr at Reebok meet last year.
Ming Gu - believe it or not, he's the Chinese national record holder in the mile. PR? 3:59. Ran 3:39 last week at adidas.

That is a stacked field ! It could be the greatest mile run this decade in terms of talent in a single event.

Wow.
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