At the Joensuu Games in Finland on Saturday three Villanovans were in play in the mile. Adrian Blincoe finished second in 3:59.27. Bobby Curtis was 13th in 4:10.92. Neither time, of course, is noteworthy or anywhere close to their respective PRs. Neither Blincoe nor Curtis are milers and both are focusing on the 5000 (and/or 10,000 in the case of Curtis). Speed work.
On a second front, Eamonn Coghlan's status as the only man over 40 years of age to have run a sub-4:00 mile (3:58.2 at age 41) was threatened by the effort of Vyacheslav Shabunin of Russia. Shabunin, who previously took away Marcus O'Sullivan's masters' WR over 3000 meters, failed to get under 4:00, running 4:01.62. Eamonn's mark is safe for the time being.
Men's Mile
1 17 Josephat Menjo KEN 3.53,62
2 2 Adrian Blincoe NZL 3.59,27
3 6 Tiidrek Nurme EST 4.00,22
4 9 Niclas Sandells IKFalken 4.00,38
5 11 Paul Robinson IRL 4.00,93
6 1 Vyacheslav Shabunin RUS 4.01,62
7 5 Riku Marttinen HeinI 4.03,81
8 4 Tommy Schmitz USA 4.04,87
9 7 Joonas Harjamäki SeinäjSU 4.07,01
10 12 Matti Räsänen JoensKa 4.07,67
11 13 Janne Ukonmaanaho YlikNM 4.09,78
12 16 Jarkko Hamberg SjundeåIF 4.10,30
13 3 Bobby Curtis USA 4.10,92
14 8 Aki Nummela HKV 4.11,38
0 33 Joonas Lehtinen TuUL DNF
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