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Khadevis "KD" Robinson was disappointed with his winning performance in the 800m final at the 2006 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. "I heard the first lap split of 51 and I was so upset with myself," he told reporters after the race. "We wanted that to be a 50. I wanted to run 1:43.5." Robinson settled for 1:44.13 and a commanding win over hard-charging Nick Symmonds (1:45.83). "The times and the talent are here in the U.S.," said Robinson, pointing to Symmonds, a recent college grad, Jebreh Harris (1:45.91), and Sam Burley (1:45.93). "We want more races and more respect. I'm learning to adapt to racing in Europe; then I can run with the best in the world." Robinson works as a subsitute teacher and personal trainer as well as working with his own youth track program. "Youth track keeps me excited."
"Division III is getting it done this weekend," announced Nick Symmonds, the NCAA Division III champion at both 800m and 1,500m, noting the 400m victory of DIII alumnus Andrew Rock on Saturday. Symmonds was wearing a "BK" singlet from his high school, Bishop Kelly in Boise, Idaho for his coach, Tom Shanahan. "I wanted to run a 52-53 first lap, then pray the wheels were there in the last 100. Fortunately, they were." Symmonds' second-place finish was his first loss in an 800m final in six years. "My goal coming in was to make the final," Symmonds said, adding, "Nobody can keep up with KD right now."
Posted by Parker Morse at 10:03 p.m. | Tags: Race Reports, 2006 USA Outdoor T&F Champs
Cloquet commented, on July 8, 2006 at 2:36 a.m.:
Symmonds is a beast and he will keep on challenging Robinson for years, but remember back at that D3 championship? Matt Kramer was the guy right behind Symmonds in the first heat. Kramer is only a Soph. and will be dominate in years to come.
Eric Bofinger commented, on June 27, 2006 at 6:36 p.m.:
Symmonds is a beast! I saw him run at DIII nationals and he was on fire!
On another note, Chris Boyles (DIII champ in the decath) deserves some credit for his 4th place finish in the decath.