Results - Prelims
Chris Lukezic 3:47.32 (Adam Perkins 3:49.09)
by John Dye
the finish
Auburn WA sr Chris Lukezic and Liberty MO jr Adam Perkins dominated
the race, running in that order most of the way and pulling away
from the others late. Afterwards, Lukezic said it was too slow (odd
since he was the one leading the entire race). He said the race
was tactical after 150 meters. Perkins said he wanted to get out
quicker but was boxed in, but he was right with Lukezic after one
lap and actually took the lead briefly in the second lap. Stanford
freshman Justin Romaniuk, who was a frontrunner in the prelim, stayed
off the pace this time and got up for 3rd in front of U-Washington
freshman Andrew Fader.
Finish line splits from my camcorder:
300 meters -- 46.0
700 meters -- 62.5 and 1:48.5
1100 meters -- 59.3 and 2:47.8
1500 meters -- 59.6 and 3:47.4 |
Lap splits called by the track announcer:
400 -- 62.3
800 -- 2:03.6
1200 -- 3:02.9 |
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Lap 1 - Lukezic leads, with 8 Ben Aragon
2nd
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Lap 2 - 6 Peter Meindl moves up to 2nd
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Lap 3 - settles down
to Lukezic and Perkins
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Bell
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Justin Romaniuk and Adam Perkins discuss the race
Results
Men 1500 Meter Run
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World Junior: W 3:33.16 1999 Benjamin Kipkurui (KEN)
American Jr.: A 3:36.1h 1966 Jim Ryun
Meet: M 3:42.8h 1974 Tom Byers
WJr Qual.: ! 3:48.00
Name Year Team Finals
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1 Chris Lukezic Auburn TC/WA 3:47.32!
2 Adam Perkins LibertyHS/MO 3:49.09
3 Justin Romaniuk Stanford 3:52.83
4 Andrew Fader Washington 3:52.94
5 Brendan Robinson W. Rsrv. Aca 3:53.20
6 Ben Aragon UCLA 3:54.17
7 Sean Drake SanFranU HS 3:55.13
8 Gileat Ghebray Aggie RC 3:55.76
9 Jordan Kinley Carrillo HS 3:55.95
10 Peter Meindl Bios AC 3:57.44
11 Brian Sullivan Unattached 3:58.80
12 Phil Gaeta Oakton HS 3:59.80
Prelims
Chris Lukezic won his section easily in 3:54.07. Liberty MO jr
Adam Perkins overhauled front running Stanford freshman Justin
Romaniuk in the last strides in a faster section, 3:52.83
to 3:52.89.
at the bell
Heat 1 - Lukezic leads Meindl
and Poe
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Heat 2 - Perkins draws bead
on Romaniuk and eventually edges him at the finish by 0.06 second.
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Event 107 Men 1500 Meter Run
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12 Advance: Top 3 Each Heat plus Next 6 Best Times
World Junior: W 3:33.16 1999 Benjamin Kipkurui (KEN)
American Jr.: A 3:36.1h 1966 Jim Ryun
Meet: M 3:42.8h 1974 Tom Byers
WJr Qual.: ! 3:48.00
Name Year Team Prelims
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1 Adam Perkins LibertyHS/MO 3:52.83Q
2 Chris Lukezic Auburn TC/WA 3:54.07Q
3 Justin Romaniuk Stanford 3:52.89Q
4 Brian Sullivan Unattached 3:55.32Q
5 Andrew Fader Washington 3:53.19Q
6 Peter Meindl Bios AC 3:55.74Q
7 Brendan Robinson W. Rsrv. Aca 3:53.73q
8 Ben Aragon UCLA 3:53.91q
9 Jordan Kinley Carrillo HS 3:56.10q
10 Sean Drake SanFranU HS 3:56.16q
11 Gileat Ghebray Aggie RC 3:56.26q
12 Phil Gaeta Oakton HS 3:58.19q
13 Thomas Whelan Redlands EVH 3:58.26
14 James Kays JMU 3:58.56
15 Collins Stark-Bens Unattached 4:00.51
16 Michael Poe Etiwanda HS 4:01.00
17 Dave Bridgewater Keene State 4:03.71
18 Kevin Jeffers McKoy HS 4:05.68
19 David Santos UC Irvine 4:07.90
20 Matthew Mereba Penn State 4:10.27
USA Junior Nationals Event Index
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