On Thursday night in Sweden, Bobby Curtis will begin to put the disappointment of his 10th place finish at the US Olympic Trials 10,000 meters behind him. He'll contest the 5000 meters at a meet in Sollentuna, on the outskirts of Stockholm, against a well balanced field. As is well known, Curtis stayed off the track in the lead-up to the Trials -- a strategy he now admits was a mistake. This will be his first track 5000 of the summer. By all accounts Curtis entered the Trials at a high level of fitness, but he was unable to respond when the pace quickened in the latter stages of the 10,000 final. With all the pressure now off, and with a solid base training banked away, don't be surprised in Curtis runs a creditable 5000 race tomorrow against this field. Three men in the group have better 5000 PRs than Curtis, and Kenyan Josephat Menjo is a sub-13:00 man who has run 13:10 this season. The meet organizers have secured two rabbits for the race, so hopefully the pace with assume the metronome quality that suits Curtis.
Sollentuna Grand Prix 5000 meters -- Start List
Bib Name YR Nat PB Year SB
106 Bobby Curtis 84 USA 13:18.97 2010 --
107 Yuki Sato 86 Japan 13:23.57 2006 13:33.16
108 Akinobu Murasawa 91 Japan 13:34.85 2011 13:43.68
109 Adil Boafif 78 Sweden 13:33.47 2012 13:33.47
110 Yoshihiro Wakamatsu 86 Japan 13:42.26 2012 13:42.26
111 Josephat Menjo 79 Kenya 12:55.95 2010 13:10.55
112 Mumin Gala 86 Djibouti 13:17.77 2011 13:32.24
113 Tuomas Jokinen 87 Finland 14:15.99 2010 --
114 Monder Rizki 79 Belgium 13:04.06 2008 --
116 Scott Fraser 86 Britain -- -- 14:10.00
117 Anton Danielson 90 Sweden 14:08.36 2011 14:10.06
119 Ørjan Grønnevig 91 Norway 14:10.87 2012 14:10.87
120 Erik Widing 87 Sweden 14:11.20 2012 14:11.20
121 Haben Idris 87 Sweden 14:08.37 2011 14:12.31
122 Jerker Lysell 89 Sweden 16:28.15 2005 --
123 Andreas Åhwall 89 Sweden 14:24.54 2011 14:28.27
124 Alex Korir (pace) 89 Kenya -- -- --
338 Olle Walleräng 85 Sweden 13:56.08 2009 --
392 Willy Rotich (pace) 76 Kenya -- -- --
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