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Bernard Lagat, Treniere Clement, and Khadevis Robinson all put in stellar performances at the Rieti 2006 IAAF Grand Prix meet in Rieti, Italy on Sunday, August 20th. Lagat nearly broke his own American record in winning the 1,500. Lagat's 3:29.68 put him 1.9 seconds ahead of Algeria's Tarek Boukensa and was only .38 of a second off of the American record which he set last year. A two-time Olympic medalist for Kenya, Lagat became a U.S. citizen in 2004 and has been breaking records ever since. Lagat has a lifetime 1,500 meter best of 3:26.34, which he ran in 2001.
Treniere Clement's eighth-place, 4:03.32 finish in the women's 1,500 meters may not have made the headlines, but it was a significant breakthrough for the 2004 Georgetown graduate. The time was a personal best and it vaulted her into the #9 on the U.S. all-time performers list in that event. The Ohio native set her previous PR of 4:04.40 at the Prefontaine Classic earlier this year. Also running a noteworthy personal best was Kara Goucher, who finished 11th in the same race in 4:05.14. Michigan graduate Lindsey Gallo finished 17th in 4:11.31. The race was won by Burundi's Maryam Yusuf Jamal in 3:56.18.
In the men's 800 meters Khadevis Robinson improved his personal best and moved himself into the #7 spot on the U.S. all-time performers list with his 1:43.68, fifth-place finish. Robinson's coach, Johnny Gray, still occupies the top five spots on the all-time U.S. performance list. Robinson's PR race was won by South Africa's Mbulaeni Mulaudzi in 1:43.09. In the second 800 meter race, David Krummenacker finished seventh in 1:45.60.
In the women's steeplechase, Carrie Messner put in a strong performance to finish eighth in 9:48.08. The race was won by Poland's Wioletta Janowska in 9:22.48. In the men's 3,000 meters, Matt Tegenkamp was a DNF, but he hopes to bounce back next Sunday when he runs the 1,500 meters in the ISTAF 2006 in Berlin.
One day earlier, in Merksem, Belgium, Lauren Fleshman added her name to the list of athletes setting personal bests over the weekend. Fleshman finished second in the 1,500 meters at the International Antwerp Athletics Gala in 4:11.27. The race was won by Canada's Malindi Elmore, Fleshman's former Stanford teammate, in 4:09.39.
Rieti 2006 results
Antwerp Athletics Gala 2006 results
Posted by Alison Wade at 6:28 p.m. | Tags: Race Reports, Race Results