Beasts' Brandon Miller third in Millrose 600...
NEW YORK--In what was supposed to be an assault on the current world record of 1:13.76 by Donovan Brazier at the 600 meter distance by Brandon Miller (Paul Merca photo) of the Brooks Beasts turned out to be a win for Will Sumner at the Millrose Games Saturday at the Nike Track & Field Center at The Armory.
Right from the start, Sumner took the race out hard, never giving Miller, an Olympian last year at 800, a shot at victory, winning the race in 1:14.04.
Fellow Olympian Isaiah Jewett caught the fading Miller to take second in 1:14.17, while Miller finished third in 1:14.37.
Courtesy of NBC Sports, here is the race:
What was expected to be a duel in the hallowed Wanamaker Mile between Olympic silver medalist Josh Kerr of the Beasts and Yared Nuguse, the Paris third place finisher over 1500 meters, never materialized, as Kerr scratched out of the meet a few hours beforehand with an illness.
Nuguse, the two time Wanamaker Mile champion, made it three in a row, running to a new world record 3:46.63, splitting 3:31.74 for 1500 meters en route.
Hobbs Kessler, who was fifth in the Paris 1500 meter final, finished second in 3:46.90, also under the previous world record of 3:47.01 set by Yomif Kejelcha of Ethiopia in 2019.
Courtesy of NBC Sports, here is the race:
Henry Wynne of the Brooks Beasts finished eleventh in 3:55.52.
Former Pullman resident Katie Moon easily won the women's pole vault, clearing a 2025 world leading mark of 15-9.75 (4.82m).
Stanford alum Grant Fisher broke the world record in the men's 3000 earlier in the meet, running 7:22.91 to hold off Olympic 1500 meter champion and former University of Oregon standout Cole Hocker, who also ran under the previous world record of 7:23.81 set by Lamecha Girma of Ethiopia set two years ago.
STRONG SHOWING BY BROOKS BEASTS IN BOSTON...
While Brandon Miller and Henry Wynne were in New York at the Millrose Games, the majority of the Brooks Beasts competed at the Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White Invitational at the Boston University Track & Tennis Center.
The 800 meter group got things rolling early, with Valery Tobias winning the women's race in a personal best 2:00.73, and Teagan Schein-Becker finishing fifth in a short-track personal best 2:03.67.
The Beasts swept the podium in the men's 800, with Isaiah Harris getting the win in 1:46.53. Newcomer John Rivera was second in 1:46.63, and Brannon Kidder third in 1:46.90.
Allie Buchalski and Kayley DeLay replicated their 1-2 finish from December's USATF Club Cross Country championship race in the women's 3000.
Buchalski won in a personal best 8:43.83, with DeLay second, also in a personal best 8:44.01.
Waleed Suliman of the Beasts capped off the day for the squad with a seventh place finish in the men's 3000 in a personal best 7:39.39.
Former Huskies Sam Tanner and Mick Stanovsek finished second and seventh in the men's mile, with Tanner second at 3:53.30, and Stanovsek seventh in 3:54.49.
RIVERFRONT INVITATIONAL RECAP...
Two of the best marks on the track from Friday and Saturday's Riverfront Invitational at The Podium in Spokane came in the men's and women's 60 meter hurdles.
Eastern Washington's Maddy Shekhawat continued his roll, as the freshman clocked a school record 7.70 to win the race with authority over Grand Canyon's Prosper Ekporere.
Shekhawat got a great start and held on to take the win in 7.70, a mark that currently has him in a three-way tie for number 19 on the NCAA D1 descending order list, just outside the top 16.
Washington State's All-American Micaela De Mello continued her winning ways, taking the women's 60 hurdles in 8.08, just off her season best of 8.03.
On the field, WSU's Tatum Moku won the women's invitational pole vault with a personal best clearance of 14-6.25 (4.43m), currently number 13 in NCAA D1.
NOTE: The Millrose Games, Spokane Sports, and the sports information office of Boston University contributed to this report.
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