Sam Prakel sets new personal best in 1500m at Paavo Nurmi Games...
In Turku, Finland, Seattle resident Sam Prakel (Paul Merca file photo) finished third in a personal best in the men's 1500 at the Paavo Nurmi Games Wednesday night. The Paavo Nurmi Games is part of World Athletics' Continental Tour series, as a Gold event. Prakel worked his way through the middle of the pack, and got himself in a position to attack the leaders, but ran out of real estate over the last 100 meters. Mohamed Attaoui of Spain took the victory in a personal best 3:31.82, followed by Ruben Verheyden of Belgium in 3:32.71, then Prakel in 3:32.76, breaking his old personal best of 3:33.08, set last year at the USA championships. Courtesy of Flotrack and World Athletics, here's the race: Washington alum Aaron Ahl finished fifth in the men's 3000 steeplechase, in a season best tine of 8:17.22. Mohammed Tindoufti of Morocco won in 8:11.52. UW alums Kieran Lumb and Brian Fay finished fifth and seventh in the men's 5000. Lumb, who has been based in Norway for al...
