UW alum Izaic Yorks of the Brooks Beasts takes fourth in 1500m at Athletics World Cup...
As expected, the race began slowly, with the field bunched together, going through the first 400, with Simon Denise of France leading in 68.31.
The second 400 was marginally faster, with Denissel crossing 800 at 2:15.96.
As the eight man field approached the kilometer mark, the pace picked up sustantially, dropping to 58.57 for the third 400.
Yorks was positioned well as the field went down the backstretch on the outside of lane one. Poland’s Marcin Lewandowski, the sixth place finisher at the Olympics in Rio at 800 meters and a 1:43.72 performer at that distance, took advantage of his speed and moved quickly from fifth to first, where he would stay and take the win in 3:52.88.
The Washington alum was third off the final turn, but could not hold off the late charge of Great Britain’s Neil Gourley, as Gourley finished third in 3:53.24, to Yorks’ 3:53.50.
Germany’s Timo Benitz was second in 3:53.11.
Afterwards, he said, "I uncharacteristically had a moment where I misgauged what was going on, and it compromised me. I tried to hit a slipstream behind (Lewandowski), and one of the other runners kept me on the outside."
The United States took the overall team title and the winning payout of $450,000 for winning the Athletics World Cup, with a final score of 219 points. Poland was second with 162 points and host Great Britain & Northern Ireland was third with 155 points.
Complete results of the Athletics World Cup are available here.
Drake, who was third in Saturday’s competition, threw a best of 169-4 (51.61m), as Zahra Bani of Italy won with a toss of 187-10 (57.25m).
Fellow Viking alum Katie Reichert was fifth with a throw of 168-3 (51.29m).
Results from the International Throws Meeting are available here.
NOTE: USA Track & Field contributed to this report.
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