To all you US listers out there, while all the media is focussed on Webb and his 15km training runs, this kid is quietly going about his business. Just like another underestimated Canadian, Kevin Sullivan, he broke 4 for the first time with little help and no fanfare at some local meet. Thanks for that George. Wait until he starts doing a little speedwork..... Regards, Martin ----- Original Message ----- From: george aitkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2001 8:59 PM Subject: T&F sub-four > Haven't seen any response to Nathan Brannen's mile performance tonight in > Halifax so I thought I'd be the first to do so. Exactly 2 months shy of his > 19th birthday, he becomes another teenage sub four runner! The 3:59.85 he > ran is the only official result from that event I have seen so far, but is > the most significant one obviously. Nathan started his track & field carrer > at age 9 in a program I run here in Cambridge and as I recall, ran and > jumped in every event that we were offering the kids, usually winning them > all in the season-ending meet against a team from Saginaw Michigan. Shortly > he will be off to much bigger chores in Michigan. From the webcast I could > only see that Matt Kerr, Nathan's training partner, was 2nd about 20 metres > behind. I'm sure we'll see full results up soon. Good work Nate! > George Aitkin > _________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.
