Alan Webb's Agent Ray Flynn Calls Webb Story "Totally Bogus"
By David Monti
April 14, 2011
(14-Apr) -- Alan Webb's longtime manager Ray Flynn called a story
published yesterday which reported that Webb had chosen the University
of Virginia's Jason Vigilante to coach him "totally bogus." The story
was posted on the website of the American Running Association
(AmericanRunning.org).
"The Nearman story quotes nobody," Flynn said through a text message to
Race Results Weekly, referring to the writer, Steve Nearman. "And at
this stage is totally bogus."
Webb, 28, the American record holder for the mile, amicably separated
from coach Alberto Salazar last month and has been interviewing
potential coaches. Vigilante is a candidate, Flynn confirmed, but he
said that Webb has not yet made a final decision.
"Alan is still in the process of deciding who to work with," Flynn
explained. "While he has made a visit to Charlottesville [where the
University of Virginia is located], it is not the only visit he has
made. He is still in the process of carefully evaluating his options.
The information released in that article that he has made any decision
is inaccurate."
Webb had Achilles surgery in December, 2009, and spent 2010 under
Salazar slowly regaining his form. He had an abbreviated track season
last summer, running two races at both 800m and 1500m, and one 5000m.
He also ran two road races in the fall, finishing fourth at the Fifth
Avenue Mile in New York, and second at the Applied Materials Silicon
Valley Turkey Trot 5-K in San Francisco. He has competed in three track
races so far in 2011, running a mile and a 3000m indoors, and a 1500m
outdoors in Australia.
Editor's Note: LetsRun.com contacted Steve Nearman today and he said, "I stand by my story and I stand by my sources."
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