Waleed Suliman of the Brooks Beasts finishes fourth in USATF Road Mile Champs...
DES MOINES, Iowa-- Waleed Suliman (Lance Jording photo) of Seattle's Brooks Beasts finished fourth in Tuesday night's USATF 1 Mile Road Championship on the streets of downtown Des Moines. As part of the Drake Relays , Des Moines has played host to the national road mile championships, with a trip to Copenhagen. Denmark for the World Athletics Road Mile Championships on the line for the top two finishers in the men's and women's races. Suliman was towards the back of a very tight pack early, going through the quarter mile in 60, before moving up to twelfth at the half mile in 2:00. He got himself up to seventh at the 3/4 mile mark in 3:01, then made a charge for the finish, running on the right side of the road, to get fourth. Paris Olympic bronze medalist Yared Nuguse won his first national road mile championship, crossing the line in 3:55, just ahead of defending champion Vince Ciattei and Drew Hunter, who all were clocked in 3:55. Brannon Kidder of the Beasts was seve...
