Brandon Miller of the Brooks Beasts finishes third in 800m at Shanghai Diamond League stop...
KEQIAO, China--Brandon Miller (Paul Merca file photo) of the Brooks Beasts raced to a third place finish in the men's 800 at the season opening Shanghai stop of the Wanda Diamond League tour Saturday night at the Shaoxing China Textile City Sports Center stadium.
Miller, a 2024 US Olympian, positioned himself well, going through the first 400 meters in a hair over 51 seconds, tucked in behind the pacer and Australia's Luke Boyes.
Going into the homestretch, Miller was positioned on the outside just behind Boyes. He briefly held the lead as Boyes faded, but both Botswana's Kethobogile Haingura and Ireland's Mark English snuck past Miller on either side of him. English took the win in a meet record 1:43.85, with Haingura second in 1:43.89. Miller finished in a time of 1:44.00, currently the eighth fastest time in the world this season.
Courtesy of the Wanda Diamond League and Flotrack, here is video of the race (may be geoblocked outside the USA).
In the infrequently contested men's 300 hurdles, Washington State alum CJ Allen finished seventh in a personal best of 34.53.
Former world champions Alison dos Santos of Brazil and Karsten Warholm of Norway battled to the line, with dos Santos winning in 33.01 to Warholm's 33.05.
The women's steeplechase saw Woodinville native Olivia Markezich finish 11th in 9:22.15, while former Seattle Pacific All American and world championship team member was one spot behind in 9:24.26.
Perut Chemutai of Uganda won in a world leading time of 8:51.47.
The next stop on the Wanda Diamond League tour is in Xiamen, China next week.
Complete results of the Shanghai/Keqiao stop of the Wanda Diamond League are available here.
DIAMOND GEMS...
Washington's Hana and Amanda Moll (Paul Merca file photo) have been extended invitations to compete in the women's pole vault at the Wanda Diamond League stop at the Nike Prefontaine Classic on July 3rd in Eugene.
This year's Nike Pre Classic is a two-day meet, and they will vault on Friday night, July 3rd, with more events on July 4th. The twins will face a field that includes USA world championships teammates Sandi Morris and former Pullman resident Katie Moon.
Besides winning the world championship last year, Moon is also the defending Wanda Diamond League champion in the pole vault. The Pre Classic will be their third career Diamond League meet, having competed last year in Silesia and Brussels.
NOTE: The Wanda Diamond League and the Nike Prefontaine Classic contributed to this report.
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