At 1:07 PM -0800 2/7/02, Paul Banta wrote: >DEENA DROSSIN AND MEB KEFLEZIGHI RETURN TO DEFEND THEIR TITLES AT THE >USA CROSS COUNTRY NATIONALS IN VANCOUVER THIS WEEKEND
(release snipped for brevity) > If Drossin competes in the women's 4-kilometer race on Sunday, it >would mark the first major head-to-head race between Drossin and Jacobs >since the 2000 US Olympic Trials 5000 meter race in Sacramento, CA., >where Drossin pushed Jacobs to an American record time of 14:45.35. >Drossin ran a personal best of 14:45.62 in that thrilling race. Before anyone gets on Paul Banta's case on that, that was MY mistake, and no one else's. I realized my mistake shortly after I sent it to him. Thanks to Fred Finke and everyone else for correcting me! The correct sentence should have been, "Drossin ran 15:11.55 after coming back off her victory in the 10000 meters at the Trials". I apologize for that error. Paul Merca Sleepless in Seattle, and driving to Vancouver at 5 am!
