November 20, 2009
- Eugene, Oregon
Lagat, Manzano, Lomong make 1,500 Olympic team
Bernard Lagat will represent the U.S. in the 1,500 and the 5,000. By Associated PressEUGENE, Ore. (AP) -- Bernard Lagat, who will compete as an American Olympian for the first time in Beijing, has won the 1,500 meters at the U.S. track and field trials. Lagat, the American record holder in the event, finished in 3 minutes, 40.37 seconds and will have the chance to double in Beijing, after winning the 5,000 meters earlier during trials. Mexican-born Leo Manzano was second in 3:40.90, and Sudanese native Lopez Lomong was third in 3:41 to claim the other two Olympic spots. Alan Webb, eighth at the 2007 world championships, was fifth in 3:41.62.
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