Sam Prakel sets new personal best in 1500m at Paavo Nurmi Games...
In Turku, Finland, Seattle resident Sam Prakel (Paul Merca file photo) finished third in a personal best in the men's 1500 at the Paavo Nurmi Games Wednesday night.
The Paavo Nurmi Games is part of World Athletics' Continental Tour series, as a Gold event.
Prakel worked his way through the middle of the pack, and got himself in a position to attack the leaders, but ran out of real estate over the last 100 meters.
Mohamed Attaoui of Spain took the victory in a personal best 3:31.82, followed by Ruben Verheyden of Belgium in 3:32.71, then Prakel in 3:32.76, breaking his old personal best of 3:33.08, set last year at the USA championships.
Washington alum Aaron Ahl finished fifth in the men's 3000 steeplechase, in a season best tine of 8:17.22. Mohammed Tindoufti of Morocco won in 8:11.52.
UW alums Kieran Lumb and Brian Fay finished fifth and seventh in the men's 5000.
Lumb, who has been based in Norway for almost a year after leaving UW coach Andy Powell's pro group, ran a season best 13:19.68, while Fay ran 13:23.11.
Florian Bremm of Germany won the race in a personal best 12:56.80.
2025 Washington grad Amina Maatoug was twelfth in the women's 1500 in 4:14.51. Canada's Gabriela DeBues-Stafford won in 4:04.40.
NOTE: World Athletics and the Paavo Nurmi Games contributed to this report.
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