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Leading through the final turn, Pennsylvania's Chanelle Price faded to 6th as the pros stormed home, but held on for US#2 all-time 2:01.61, trailing only Kim Gallagher's 1982 mark of 2:00.07.
Utah's Luke Puskedra, well off the 2 Mile pa...

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EUGENE, Ore. - Meet records fell across all event groups, none bigger than Brad Walker's American record in the pole vault, and Maria Mutola had a historic exit Sunday at the Nike Prefontaine Classic...

Ethiopian world record holder Kenenisa Bekele tuned up for his Olympic
defence by running the fourth-fastest 10,000 metres ever at the
Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon, on Sunday.
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Bernard Lagat flashed his 2007 gold medal form
in winning the two-mile Sunday at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene,
Ore., where the Olympic track trials will be held June 27-July 6.
Lagat, who won the 1,500 meters and 5,000 at
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Meseret Defar of Ethiopia fell short in her attempt to set the world
record in the women’s 5,000 meters on Sunday in the Prefontaine
Classic, clocking 14 minutes, 38.73 seconds. She was chasing the mark
of 14 minutes, 11.15 seconds run by comp...

Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia was unable to break his own world record
in the men’s 10,000 meters Sunday morning in the Prefontaine Classic,
but he ran the fastest race ever on American soil, becoming the first
runner to break 27 minutes. Bekele...

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High jumper finds right fit in Eugene

Ask
Jesse Williams why he lives in Eugene, and the high jumper from North
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