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Mottram,
Cragg set for 2007 Reebok Boston Indoor Games Next Weekend Both athletes have a history here. Mottram, the first non-African to win a medal at 5000 meters in a major championship since 1987, is also a two-time World Cup titleholder at 3000m, where in 2006 he upset Kenenisa Bekele for the victory. Last year in Boston, the gregarious Aussie won at 2 Miles over a deep field that included Cragg, who finished third less than a second behind. Two years ago at this meet, Cragg – Ireland’s national record-holder – won at 3000 meters when he, too, surprised Bekele. Joining them in the 3000-meter field will be American Jorge Torres, the 2006 USA Champion at 10,000 meters. In the women’s 60 meters, Southeast
Raleigh (NC) High School senior Gabby Mayo
will go up against a field that includes 2006
Commonwealth Games gold medalist Sheri-Ann
Brooks and Angela Daigle-Bowen, the 2005 USA Indoor 60-meter champion
and 4x100-meter World Championships gold medalist. Mayo, the USA
Track & Field Youth Athlete of the Year and Track & Field News Female High School Athlete of the Year, ran the two best
high school 100-meter times in the country last year
(11.14 and 11.16) and anchored the USA junior women's4x100-meter relay to a World Junior Record.
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