Wizzerwack just misses US team again

I'm always so proud to see the young athletes I trained with and coached doing so well.  To see Mark Wieczorek nearly reaching the highest levels of running and Joe Dombroski doing the same in cycling is a real treat.

This weekend Mark was yet again so very close to getting a ticket to the World Championships.



Men 800 Meter Run
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Winner from each heat plus next 2 best times advance to final
       World: W 1:42.67  3/9/1997    Wilson Kipketer, DEN                     
    American: A 1:45.00  3/8/1992    Johnny Gray, Santa Monica TC             
        Meet: M 1:46.60  3/2/2002    Derrick Peterson, adidas                 
    Name                    Year Team                   Prelims  H#
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Preliminaries
  1 Robby Andrews                adidas                 1:48.12Q  1
  2 Mark Wieczorek               Brooks                 1:48.28Q  2
  3 Erik Sowinski                Nike                   1:48.32Q  4
  4 Nick Symmonds                Brooks                 1:48.79Q  3
  5 Tyler Mulder                 Nike/Oregon TC E       1:48.34q  2
  6 Michael Rutt                 NJNY TC                1:48.44q  2
  7 James Gilreath               Adidas Tm Green        1:48.72   1
  8 Nick Guarino                 Syracuse Charger       1:48.99   3
  9 Casimir Loxsom               Brooks                 1:49.05   1
10 Brian Gagnon                 NJNY TC                1:49.88   3
11 Owen Dawson                  Unattached             1:49.92   1
12 Tetlo Emmen                  Unattached             1:49.94   1
13 Richard Jones                Unattached             1:50.06   2
14 Harun Abda                   Oregon TC El           1:50.25   2
15 Mark Husted                  Unattached             1:50.48   4
16 Jacob Waterman               Wright Dist Proj       1:50.61   3
17 Grant Grosvenor Jr           Montana St.            1:51.19   3
18 Chris Bilbrew                Adidas Tm Green        1:51.92   4
19 Nicholas Thornton            Unattached             1:54.11   4
20 Josh Guarino                 Syracuse Charger       1:57.59   4

Men 800 Meter Run
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Winner from each heat plus next 2 best times advance to final
       World: W 1:42.67  3/9/1997    Wilson Kipketer, DEN                     
    American: A 1:45.00  3/8/1992    Johnny Gray, Santa Monica TC             
        Meet: M 1:46.60  3/2/2002    Derrick Peterson, adidas                 
    Name                    Year Team                    Finals
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Finals
  1 Erik Sowinski                Nike                   1:47.86 
  2 Robby Andrews                adidas                 1:48.44 
  3 Nick Symmonds                Brooks                 1:48.48 
  4 Tyler Mulder                 Nike/Oregon TC E       1:48.68 
  5 Mark Wieczorek               Brooks                 1:49.03 
  6 Michael Rutt                 NJNY TC                1:49.14