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Bernard Lagat Breaks American 2 mile record and Lukas Verzbicas runs the 3rd fastest High School 2 mile!Feb 13th 2011, 2:05am

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Bernard Lagat Breaks American 2 mile record and Lukas Verzbicas runs the 3rd fastest High School 2 mile!

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Bernard Lagat Breaks American 2 mile record (8:10.07) and Lukas Verzbicas runs the 3rd fastest High School 2 mile (8:43.24) at the Armory!

Men 2 Mile Run Elite
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    Name                    Year School                  Finals 
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  1 Lagat, Bernard               Nike                   8:10.07   7:39.35
  2 Verzbicas, Lukas             Unattached             8:43.24   8:07.54
  3 Okuti, Harbert               Westchester            8:57.80  
 -- Brown, Russell               Nike Oregon Trac           DNF  
 -- Boylan-Pett, Liam            Nj/Ny TC                   DNF  
 -- Andrews, Robby               Unattached                 DNF

Lagats Unofficial splits - 62.5-2.03.07-3.05-4.07.9-5.09.6-6.10.2-7.11-8.10.07

Note from Race Results weekly - Bernard Lagat broke the USA indoor two-mile record tonight at the Armory in New York City, clocking 8:10.07 to topple Doug Padilla's nearly 21 year-old record. Behind him, 18 year-old Lukas Verzbicas ran 8:43.24 making him the #3 high schooler of all-time.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Bernard Lagat set a new U.S. indoor record in the 2-mile run, breaking a 21-year old mark to become the American record-holder at the five distances from 1,500 meters to two miles.

Lagat finished in 8 minutes, 10.07 seconds during a college meet at the Armory on Saturday night, beating the mark of 8:15.02 that Doug Padilla set on Feb. 16, 1990, in Los Angeles.

The 36-year-old Lagat now holds the U.S. indoor marks in the mile and 2-mile, and at 1,500, 3,000 and 5,000 meters. He is also the U.S. outdoor record holder for the 1,500, 3,000 and 5,000.

"I'm so happy I have all five," Lagat said. "I haven't felt this good since the world championships in Dohar last year."

It was the first time the seven-time Olympic and world championship medalist had run 2 miles indoors as a professional. The Kenyan-born Lagat, who now lives in Tucson, Ariz., earned a $10,000 bonus from the New York Road Runners for winning the race and setting a new record.

NCAA indoor 800-meter champion Robby Andrews of Virginia and former Stanford All-American Russell Brown were in the field as pacesetters, and scholastic star Lukas Verzbicas of Orland Hills, Ill., was attempting to break the high school mark in the race.

College runners at the meet lined the track railing as Andrews and Brown led... READ MORE

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