Saturday, January 29, 2011

Deresse Mekonnen beats Bernard Lagat in Wanamaker Mile at Millrose Games at Madison Square Garden

(Saturday, January 29, 2011, NYDailyNews)-- The President of the Boards is president no more. Since 2001, Bernard Lagat has owned the Wanamaker Mile, winning the Millrose Games' flagship event a record eight times.

He so mastered Madison Square Garden's undersized oval track that a once-dramatic race lacked suspense. But Friday night, at the 104th Millrose Games, there was intrigue. 

Lagat, an American by way of Kenya, lost his first Wanamaker in seven years, finishing behind Deresse Mekonnen of Ethiopia.

Mekonnen clocked a 3:58.58; Lagat finished just behind in 3:59.01. Read More from NYDailyNews »

 

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