Posted: July 28, 2007

Athletics (RRW): Webb Scorches 1:43.84 800M At Heusden

From David Monti © 2007 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved RaceResultsWeekly.com At tonight's KBC Night of Athletics meeting in Heusden, Belgium, American miler Alan Webb stepped down to the 800m and won a close contest over Canada's Gary Reed, 1:43.84 to 1:44.03. Webb's time was the second-fastest in the world this year, a career best, and the fastest by an American since Khadevis Robinson's 1:43.68 recorded at Rieti, Italy, last September. The 24 year-old continues to have the best season of his career. He broke the USA record for the mile (3:46.91), and set personal bests for 800m (1:43.84), 1500m (3:30.54), and indoor mile (3:55.18). He also won the USA indoor title at the mile and the outdoor title at 1500m. He has recorded 11 victories on the track this year, including heats. Subscribe to the Runner's Web Weekly Digest