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Cragg breaks the 10k record!

  • 30-04-2007 1:42pm
    #1
    Pherekydes
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    Alistair Cragg broke Mark Carroll's 10000m record last night in California, running 27:39.55. I was confident he would break the record if he got in the right race in good shape. This is a bit of a boost after his Birmingham disappointment.

    Incidentally, Carroll set the record at this meet 7 years ago.

    Others at the same meet:

    Fagan 28:18.30
    Kenneally 28:55.49
    Cullen 32:21.42
    McGettigan 16:00.64
    Deirdre Byrne 4:12.79

    Also, at the Drake relays, Thomas Chamney clocked 1:48.56, and at the Penn Relays, Rose-Anne Galligan had two excellent relay legs for the DMR and the 4x800m, including a 2:07.4 lead-off in the latter.


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  • #2
    thirtyfoot
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    Great time and that race looks like it was a fast one. That young american who won could be one to watch.


  • #3
    Clum
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    There's an edited version of a very amateur recording of the race on letsrun.com. Cragg was left sitting when the break happened....

    Good race though.


  • #4
    thirtyfoot
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    Its easy not to have a kick when running sub 28!


  • #5
    Clum
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    Tingle wrote:
    Its easy not to have a kick when running sub 28!

    I'm not taking anything away from Cragg, that was a very fast race and congrats to him for breaking the Irish record. But Rupp had a kick, and when he used it he left everybody except Galvan David behind. Serious performance by the young American.


  • #6
    Pherekydes
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    Cragg ran 3:36.18 in Carson yesterday, Sunday.

    1 NICK WILLIS NZL 3:35.85
    2 ALISTAIR CRAGG IRL 3:36.18
    3 ROB MYERS USA 3:36.49
    4 CHRIS LUKEZIC USA 3:37.06
    5 ADAM GOUCHER USA 3:37.13
    6 SAID AHMED USA 3:39.00
    7 MING GU CHN 3:39.35
    8 DAVID KRUMMENACKER USA 3:40.11
    9 IAN DOBSON USA 3:41.63
    10 ANDY MCCLARY USA 3:42.04
    11 GABE JENNINGS USA 3:47.39
    12 NICK BROMLEY AUS 3:51.38


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  • #7
    thirtyfoot
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    Great running, I think we can now safely say he is over his injury problems.


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