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John
Richardson 4:11.80
New Jersey observors have been predicting a breakthrough race for
John Richardson for some time. They got it here, as the Ocean City
NJ senior finished strongly to win in the stretch over Strongsville
OH sr Chris Kollar 4:12.11 and Belmont MA jr Victor Gras 4:12.69,
who led through 2 laps. Defending champion Matt DeBole NC 4:13.41
slipped to fourth at the end. |
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After the
race, Richardson appeared to be overcome with mixtures of joy and
disbelief.
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Anatomy
of the race
lap |
clock |
lead
split |
leader |
1 |
1:05.4 |
65.4 |
Gras |
2 |
2:12.0 |
66.6 |
Gras |
3 |
3:13.3 |
61.3 |
Debole |
4 |
4:11.8 |
58.5 |
Richardson |
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4:11.80 |
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Defending
champion Matt Debole, Mt. Tabor NC senior, in the
bullpen before the race. |
End
of lap 1
3 Victor Gras emerged from the pack to take the lead. |
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End of lap
2
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Gras is holding on, but
1 DeBole moves to the front on the first turn. 5 Mark Korich and 6
Chris Platt are close, and Richardson (red) has moved into contention.
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the bell, it looks like a 2-man race between 1 DeBole and 9 Richardson
(below), but 3 Gras and 10 Kollar move with Richardson
around DeBole in the stretch (right).
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