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Old 09-01-2005, 02:24 PM   #313
Breeze
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Northern Suburbs of ATL
EVENT 5 - 400 METERS

The second heat start off much differently than the first. At the gun Ivanov and Cat take off and open up a big lead on the rest of the field. Cat's first 100 split is 11.55 and Ivanov's is 11.65. The rest of the group is pretty slow - Elli managed a split of 12.15, but the rest are 12.4 or worse, with injured runners Eckberg and Soldier bringing up the rear.

At the end of the second split both Ivanov and Cat slowed down in the 2nd hundred, but both still posted sub 12 second times - and Cat held on to his early lead. Elli also has a sub 12 second split. Gunner and Nights began to pull away from the 2 injured runners and Kappe in this split.

In the 3rd 100 meters, Ivanov kicked it into high gear, finishing the distance in 11.55 and taking the lead from Cat - with a total time of 35.15. Cat was .15 back. Elli opened his lead for 3rd place, Nights was 4th, with Gunner a couple strides back. Kappe spot in 6th looks secure because Soldier, who's normally good in this event had a horbile split of 13.75.

In the final 100, Ivanov seemed to run out of gas, with about 20 meters left Cat flew by and took the tape. The race of 3rd, 4th and 5th was non-existant as Ellie finished a good .3 ahead of Gunner who was almost .3 ahead of Nights. The final 3 runners, none of which finished in a sub-50 second time, crossed over a full second later - Kappe, Soldier, Eckberg.
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