from the USATF web site : * Whew!: In qualifying rounds, Alan Webb extracted himself from a tight pack and recovered from a slight trip-up to win the first heat of the men's 1,500m in 4:45.77. A final 200m of just over 25 seconds propelled him to the win. 2000 Olympic Trials champion Gabe Jennings won the second heat in 3:40.80 and NCAA champion Bryan Berryhill won the second heat in 3:40.47. My take: Not only were Jennings and Berryhill both very fortunate to end up winners of the same heat, even though their times were slightly different, but Webb sure was lucky to get in the "duck walk" heat, seeing as how he would have had to run over a minute faster to keep up with Jennings or Berryhill. :-) Hopefully he'll do better in the final, and not get lapped! RT
