Going For It

It was a very nice race by Brannon Kidder at the Armory in NYC yesterday in the Mel Sheppard 800M at the Millrose Games.  Duane Solomon seemed to have the race in hand with 200M to go and seemed not to expect a rush, especially from a college student.  Brannon just missed getting position on Duane at the beginning of the last turn and Duane held him off in a fine time of 1:47.52 to 1:47.59.

Brannon (and Duane) looked relaxed the whole way.

Mel Sheppard.

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Duane Solomon Saucony	1:47.52
2	Brannon Kidder Penn State	1:47.59
3	Alex Amankwah Ghana	1:48.94
4	Sean Obinwa Nigeria	1:49.43
5	Noah Kauppila Princeton University	1:49.67

Addendum: Nittany Lion Millrose Additions

 Millrose Record Book:

4 × 800 metres relay

7:21.37

Penn State Brannon Kidder Casimir Loxsom Za'Von Watkins Ricky West

United States

16 February 2013

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Millrose Hall of Fame: 

Athlete	Country	Event	Career notes	Millrose highlights	Inducted
Horace Ashenfelter	United States	2 Miles	Olympic gold medalist, Steeplechase (1956)	5-time winner	2001