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Lead Stories: Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Kenyans Kithi & Kosgei Win Medtronic TC 1 Mile With Record Times

Posted May 9th, 2008 at 4:30 PM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Road Racing

Kenyans Josephat Kithii and Rose Kosgei won last night’s Medtronic TC 1 Mile, each taking home $4,000 in prize money and setting event records.

“I’m really excited for race officials who put on a $4,000 first place prize purse for a one-mile race,” said second place Haron Lagat from Kenya through a press release. The first place prize is the second highest for a road mile in the United States trailing only the Continental Airlines Fifth Avenue Mile in New York City which pays $5,000.

Kithii was hoping to break the four-minute barrier and pocket an additional $10,000 time bonus. Although he fell well short that mark, he still set a new event record with a 4:09 finish time, easily topping Luke Watson’s 4:16 event record set in 2006. Lagat was very close behind and was also credited with the same time. American Jordan Fife was third in 4:10.
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