Posted: July 15, 2007

Athletics (RRW): Big Men's 3000M In Sheffield Today

From David Monti © 2007 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved RaceResultsWeekly.com Today's Norwich Union British Grand Prix in Sheffield, England, features a tremendous men's 3000m, a rematch between Kenenisa Bekele and Craig Mottram from last year's World Cup. In that race Mottram prevailed 7:32.19 to 7:36.25. Today's race is by no means a two-man show. Britain's #1 distance runner, Mo Farah, is also in the field along with American Dathan Ritzenhein. Here is the complete field with personal bests: 1 Ian DOBSON USA 7:52.62 2 Jermaine MAYS GBR 7:55.98 3 Dathan RITZENHEIN USA 7:43.95 4 Mo FARAH GBR 7:38.15 5 Chris SOLINSKY USA 7:51.69i 6 Abraham CHEBII KEN 7:33.42 7 Craig MOTTRAM AUS 7:32.19 8 Seth SUMMERSIDE USA 7:43.82 9 Steve SLATTERY USA 7:50.76 10 Kenenisa BEKELE ETH 7:30.51i 11 Rui Pedro SILVA POR 8:02.37 12 Edwin KIPKORIR KEN 8:28.46 (two miles) 13 Shadrack KOSGEI KEN 7:42.22 14 Charles BETT KEN 7:56.04 We'll have complete results in Monday's RRW. Subscribe to the Runner's Web Weekly Digest