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In today's MAI-Galan in Malmo, Sweden, Anthony Famiglietti led the U.S. performers with his fifth-place finish in the 3,000m steeplechase. Famiglietti's 8:19.77 put him 2.7 seconds behind race winner Mike Kipyego of Kenya. Steve Slattery finished 10th in the same race in 8:46.60.
Sasha Spencer, who we mentioned earlier as a possible competitor in the 1,000m, was listed as a DNF in the results, but we have no information regarding whether she actually started the race or she was a pacesetter.
At the Gugl Meeting in Linz, Austria, Georgetown graduate Rod Koborsi set the pace for the U.S. middle-distance/distance runners with his runner-up finish in the 3,000 meters (7:55.48). Koborsi finished less than a second behind Japan's Kensuke Takezawa. Another American, Jacques Sallberg, finished fifth in the same race in 7:57.20.
In the 800 meters, Jebreh Harris took third (1:46.96) and Said Ahmed, running about half his normal distance, took fourth (1:47.13). The race was won by Spain's Eugenio Barrios in 1:45.95.
Though many of the top U.S. runners have headed home, the European season continues through the third weekend in September, when those who have qualified will compete in the IAAF World Cup in Athens, Greece.
Posted by Alison Wade at 4:21 p.m. | Tags: Race Reports, Race Results