June 30, 2006
(INDIANAPOLIS) The first two days of the American Milers Club High Performance Series produced a significant number of season best performances and lifetime best times in the 800 and 1500 for some of America's top middle distance athletes.

Day One of the series produced 15 Season Bests, 10 Personal Bests, two sub-1:48 800�s, two sub-2:06 800�s for women, and four sub 3:44 1500�s. The Nike Farm Team won all three events with Elliott Blount (1:47.78) and Eri McDonald (2:05.47) capturing their respective 800 meter races while Drew Griffin (3:43.08) won the 1500 on Tuesday, June 27th.

Day Two of the series raised the bar for American high performance races with 19 Season Bests, 13 Personal Bests, four sub-1:48 800�s, four sub- 2:06 efforts in the women�s 800, and nine sub 3:44 1500�s for the men. The Nike Farm Team continued their winning ways with Krista Ferrara winning the 800 (2:03.33) in exciting fashion on her collegiate track by one, one hundredth of a second while Sean Graham posted an exciting three tenths of a second win (3:40.73) in the 1500 over Jason Lunn. Rob Myers, of Buckeye Reebok, broke the Farm Team's winning streak by capturing the win in the men�s 800 with a life-time best time of 1:47.26 edging Brandon Shaw by six one hundredths of a second in the third photo finish of Thursday evening.

Meet Series Director Greg Harger said, "After competing in Indianapolis last week at the USA Outdoor Championships we're seeing some great performances from some very hungry and fit athletes. This series is specifically designed to fulfill the needs of our country�s elite and elite development athletes as determined by the coaches of these athletes. Clearly these athletes and their performances show that domestically we can race very fast without traveling to Europe. Posting fast times in highly competitive races is merely a function of putting like-minded athletes on the track in the same place at the same time. For a few these races allow a high caliber race before heading over to Europe to compete and for many these races afford an unprecedented opportunity to improve in an electric racing environment.� Harger added, "Saturday's races should be very competitive and for many this will be their last chance of the season to improve on their Personal Bests and also to post qualifying marks for next year's USA national championship. The growth of this series has been a great example of coaches and athletes working together to solve their collective challenges with respect to timely competition opportunities and we expect the level and depth of performances to grow again next year."

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