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Mercedes-Benz Classic Mile Offers Car for Sub-4:00 Winner

Posted April 27th, 2008 at 9:30 AM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

The fifth annual Mercedes-Benz Classic Mile will be held once again at Cambridge’s Galt Collegiate Institute in Ontario, Canada, on Saturday June 14, and a brand new Mercedes B200 sedan awaits the winner of the men’s invitational heat should he break the four-minute barrier.

That’s not as easy as it sounds because the track at Galt is made of crushed brick and is not nearly as fast as today’s synthetic surfaces. In 2005 Kenya’s Laban Rotich recorded 3:58.9 to win a car.

The following year Rotich returned and held off Cambridge’s own Commonwealth 1500m silver medalist Nate Brannen. But since both men were timed in 4:09.1, no car was awarded. Last year Rotich brought along his younger brother, Shedrack Korir, and set the pace for him. Their tactics were successful and Korir recorded a new meet record of 3:56.05 to win the Mercedes.

Organizers did not announce the participants in this year’s race, but athletes or their representatives should contact race director John Carson at +1 519 623 5340 if they wish to enter.