Sam Prakel fourth in season best in Prague...

PRAGUE, Czech Republic—Seattle resident and University of Washington volunteer assistant coach Sam Prakel (left/photo courtesy Sam Prakel) finished fourth in the 1500 Monday night at the Josef Odlozil Memorial meet.

The University of Oregon grad ran a season best 3:37.94 in a very entertaining race that saw Hillary Ngetich of Kenya sneak on the inside in the final straightaway to get the victory in 3:37.70 over Belgium’s Isaac Kimeli’s 3:37.72.

Ben Blankenship of the Eugene based Nike Oregon TC Elite was third in 3:37.80, just ahead of Prakel.

Below is the complete race, courtesy of the meet organizers.



Prakel is scheduled to race next in Paris on June 11th at the Meeting de Montreuil 1500m as he sharpens up for the Toyota USATF Outdoor Championships next month in Des Moines, Iowa.

Results of the Josef Odlozil Memorial meet are available here.