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Oregon Track Club Elite Impresses At Nike Mile - OTCElite.com

Published by
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – May 31, 2009

Oregon Track Club Elite Impresses At Nike Mile

Beaverton, Oregon – The Oregon Track Club Elite put on a show for several hundred Nike Employees at Nike’s World Headquarters on Thursday, May 28th.  Competing in the sixth annual Nike Mile event OTC Elite won all three events that it entered including the marquee men’s Mile.

In the women’s 800 OTC Elite team member and 2008 Olympian from Great Britain set the tone for the afternoon winning in commanding fashion with a time of 2:02.93.  Simpson led nearly wire to wire while beating a field including two other Olympians.

In the men’s 800 OTC Elite was led by 2008 Olympic Trials Champion Nick Symmonds.  In his first race of the outdoor season Symmonds picked up where he left off last year winning in 1:46.25.  Finishing second to Symmonds, Mark Wieczorek ran a personal best of 1:47.11.  Kevin Hicks was third in 1:47.85 followed closely by Stephen Pifer in 1:48.17, Will Leer, fifth, 1:49.42 and John Jefferson, sixth, 1:50.00.

Highlighting the annual Nike event was the men’s Mile.  OTC Elite’s Tom Brooks ran an impressive race to win in 3:59.31.  For Brooks, it was the first time he had broken the 4-minute barrier.  Also competing well were team members Chris Thompson, third in 4:01.23 while Ryan Bak finished fifth in 4:01.68.

For full results and highlights from the Nike Mile visit the team’s website at www.OTCelite.com.

Contact:
Rob Vermillion
[email protected]

 

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