Krummenacker, Asmerom, Elmore racing this weekend in San Diego

Christian Hesch is back racing? Since when?

i think that he ran a 5k last week

Go Krum!

krumm is rumored to be just a spectator

What kind of shape is Asmerom in? When was his last race?

According to this, Krum's in:

http://www.caltrack.com/news/nationalcitymile06preview.html

Elite Middle Distance Runners to Race at National City Invitational Mile

September 28, 2006

From press release

NATIONAL CITY, CA (September 27) - Former world champion middle distance runner, David Krummenacker, will headline a field of elite runners representing six different countries, who will compete in the first running of the National City Invitational Mile, to be contested Sunday, October 1.

The men and women's races will be run at 9:15am on October 1 at Kimball Park, with the starting line at the intersection of National City Blvd. and W 14th Street. An open 5-kilometer race will begin along the same course at 8AM.

Krummenacker, 31, was the 2003 World Indoor Champion at 800m, and is the only American male to win a global middle distance title in nearly 35 years. In addition to being a world champion, Krummenacker has been ranked #1 in the United States at both 800m and 1500m/1-mile, and in 2002 was ranked third in the world over 800m. His 1500m personal best of 3:31.93 equates to a 3:48.8 mile.

Joining Krummenacker in the men's elite field will be former Cal-Berkeley standout and Olympian, Bolota Asmerom, who has a personal best in the mile of 3:59.86. Other competitors include former USA Junior Triathlon Champion Christian Hesch, Burundi's Fidele Baregensabe, former Cal-State San Marcos standout Brian Sullivan, and five-time Carlsbad 5000 open-race champion, Nazario Romero of Encinitas. Richard Kimeli, Okwaro Raura, and former Texas Tech runner Haron Lagat (all from Kenya) are also scheduled to compete.

Leading the women's field is former Stanford middle-distance star, Malindi Elmore, 26, of Canada. Elmore was a four-time All-American while competing as a Cardinal, and set the still standing school 1500m record. A national champion in 2004, Malindi competed for Canada at the World Cross Country Championships that same year. She ended that season as the second fastest 1500m runner in North America. Last March, she was a finalist in the Commonwealth Games 1500m.

Also in the women's field is Ethiopian Olympian Meskerem Legesse. Legesse, just 19, is one of the fastest junior middle distance runners in history, and holds the World Junior Best for 800m indoors. Joining her will be compatriot Yimenashu Taye, and Kenyan distance runner Eunice Jepkiruri.

Produced by InMotion Events, this is the first running of the National City Invitational Mile and the Revolution 5k. Registration fees for the Revolution 5k are $30 for adults, and $20 for children under 15 years of age. For more information, please go to

www.revolution5k.com

Brian Sullivan of St. Augustine HS and USD/CSUSM? He is an elite? It is good to know he is still at it. Good Luck Brian!

tilastopaja puts him at 3:44.1 for a 1500m back in 2004. that's not too bad.

The sports page this morning said $8,000 in prize money. Some folks in LA might want to come down and make sure it doesn't go cheap.

haha, they'd better stay home if they know whats good for 'em.

How many sub 4 minute milers are in LA?

Is Hesch that guy who runs in the board shorts?

the one and only

http://www.mensracing.com/photos/usaoutdoor03/usout217.jpg

http://www.mensracing.com/photos/usaoutdoor03/usout208.jpg

looks like somebody photoshoped him in

anyone know how this played out

1. Krum 4:11

2. Lagat 4:11

3. Kimeli 4:13

4. Asmerom 4:14

5. Sullivan 4:16

1. Legesse 4:39

2. Elmore 4:45

3. Taye 4:57

4. Jepkiruri 5:04

Uphill finish; I heard that city wouldn't let them do the original course (downhill finish). Too bad, but it was a good race.

Kimeli and Lagat should be reversed on that list. Otherwise, that's how it played out.

Here's what was on trackandfield news.com:

Women 1. Meskerem Legesse (ETH/adidas) 4:39 $1000 + $500

2. Malindi Elmore (CAN/Asics) 4:45 $800 + $200

3. Yimenashu Taye (ETH/Rbk) 4:57 $600

4. Eunic Jepkiruri (KEN/AmeriKenyan Running Club) 5:03

Men

1. David Krummenacker (USA/adidas) 4:11 $1000 + $500

2. Haron Lagat (KEN/AmeriKenyan Running Club) 4:11 $800 + $500

3. Richard Kimeli (KEN/AmeriKenyan Running Club) 4:12 $600 +$500

4. Bolota Asmerom (USA/Nike) 4:13 $400 + $500

5. Brian Sullivan (USA/Running Center BSK) 4:16 $200

6. Fidele Baregensabe (BUR/Brooks) 4:20

7. Nazario Romero (MEX/adidas Movin' Shoes) 4:26

8. Okwaro Raura (KEN/Mizuno) 4:29

9. Christian Hesch (USA/Nike LA) 4:31

10. Tony Herr (USA/Running Center BSK) 5:04