Villanova-Bound Lampron 4th at US Junior NationalsRuns World Junior Team Qualifier

Josh Lampron finished 4th today in the 1500 meters at the US Junior Nationals in Bloomington, Indiana. The Villanova-bound Lampron's time of 3:47.90 (equivalent to a 4:05.7 mile) is a World Junior Championship qualifier. Lampron owns a 1500 PR of 3:45.74 and a mile PR of 4:02.98. In his race today, Lampron beat several collegiate runners, including Penn State's Robby Cresse, the American collegiate record-holder at 1000 meters.

Indiana University Track & Field 
     2012 USA Junior Championships - 6/15/2012 to 6/17/2012     
                      Bloomington, Indiana                      
 
Event 10  Men 1500 Meter Run
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   World Jr.: W 3:30.24  2002        Cornelius Chirchir, KEN    
American Jr.: A 3:36.1h  1966        Jim Ryun                   
USA Jr. Meet: M 3:42.8h  1974        Tom Byers                  
    WJC Qual: & 3:48.00                                         
    Name                    Year Team                    Finals 
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Finals                                                          
  1 Mudd, Austin                 Wisconsin              3:46.50&
  2 Yorks, Izaic                 Unattached             3:46.67&
  3 Noelle, Chad                 Oregon                 3:46.69&
  4 Lampron, Josh                Unattached             3:47.90&
  5 Creese, Robby                Penn State             3:48.99 
  6 Nowak, Craig                 Unattached             3:50.12 
  7 Skeete, Owen                 Indiana University     3:51.59 
  8 Buchanan, Reid               Unattached             3:51.60 
  9 Brewer, Chris                Oregon                 3:53.35 
 10 Rainero, Ben                 Unattached             3:55.72 
 11 Greenwald, Jeremy            Georgia Inst           3:55.95 
 12 Urie, Ryan                   Syracuse University    4:00.02