It would be great if he broke the 'real' all-comers mile record set on US soil (or more precisely indoor boards): 3:49.78 by Coghlan at East Rutherford in '83.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 12:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: t-and-f: Pre 5000m entries In a message dated Thu, 23 May 2002 12:47:56 PM Eastern Daylight Time, "Post, Marty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >According to USATF press release Meb, Abdi, Browne and Broe are leading >Americans in Pre 5000. Luke Kipkosgei, Albert Chepkurui, Abraham Chebii, >Mark Bett top Kenyans. No Bekele or any other Ethiopians. > >Could they challenge all-comers record of 13:05.59 by Aouita in '84 >Olympics? American ACR is 13:12.14 by Kennedy at this meet in '96. > along this same line, note that the ongoing poll on the T&FN site (trackandfieldnews.com) has El Guerrouj about a 2-1 favorite to break his own ACR of 3:49.92. gh
