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| Ken Morris |
Oiselle athlete, Lauren Wallace, won the US Indoor 1000m championship Sunday in Boston, MA. Wallace led the group for 600m before dropping back in the pack. Running towards the finish line on the last lap, leader Charlene Lipsey went out wide. Treniere Moser and Stephanie Brown were running toward the finish in lanes 2 and 3. Leaving lane 1 open, Wallace out sprinted Moser and Brown to the finish line in 2:40.42. Second place Moser and third place Brown finished in 2:40.62.
After the race Wallace said, "I knew that everyone was going to swing wide, that seems to be the tactic on an indoor track. Unfortunately, I learned that the hard way a couple of weeks ago in Birmingham. Last night when I was going over my race plan, I just decided to stay comfo in lane one. I knew there'd be a gap opening up, so I took advantage of the gap and gave it my all the last 50 meters."
Wallace went on to say, "It's unreal, it hasn't set in yet. The coolest part was running through the tape. I've never been able to do that before. The tape was really, really cool."
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