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Taryn Rawlings, Drew Hunter and Olivia Baker Rebound Well From USATF Championships With Sunset Tour Victories

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DyeStat.com   Jul 10th 2022, 6:10pm
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Rawlings runs 4:24.95 to achieve No. 2 women’s outdoor mile this year, Hunter clocks personal-best 3:54.80 to improve for first time since 2018 and Baker achieves fifth sub-2 effort this year in 800 to secure first victory of the summer, joining Caldwell and Lagat as winners at Occidental College

By Erik Boal, DyeStat Editor

LOS ANGELES – As much as the second leg of the Under Armour Sunset Tour, presented by Sound Running, showcased athletes preparing for the upcoming World Athletics Championships, the most impressive performances Saturday came from competitors with a little extra incentive to run well after missing out on the opportunity to race during the next two weeks at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore.

Taryn Rawlings, Drew Hunter and Olivia Baker all rebounded from disappointing conclusions to their experiences at the USATF Championships in June at Hayward Field by producing strong efforts at Jack Kemp Stadium at Occidental College, with Kenya’s Festus Lagat and Australia’s Abbey Caldwell demonstrating they are more than capable of racing against some of the elite middle-distance athletes in the world, despite not being part of their national teams in Oregon.

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Rawlings, representing adidas and Golden Coast Track Club, achieved the second-fastest women’s outdoor mile in the world this year by clocking a personal-best 4 minutes, 24.95 seconds, improving on her 4:28.93 performance from last July at the Under Armour Sunset Tour event at Trabuco Hills High in Mission Viejo.

Only Australia’s Jessica Hull has run faster this year at 4:19.89 on July 2 at Jesuit High in Oregon, the top outdoor mile ever achieved on American soil.

Rawlings, who was 12th in the women’s 1,500-meter final June 25 at the USATF Championships, also ascended among the top 20 all-time American outdoor mile competitors following a 62.78-second split on her final lap to rally for the victory.

Allie Wilson, competing for adidas and Atlanta Track Club Elite, was second in a lifetime-best 4:26.04 for the No. 3 global outdoor mark this year. Wilson, fourth in the 800 final June 26 at Hayward Field, had never eclipsed 4:30 in an indoor, outdoor or road mile prior to Saturday.

Elly Henes, another adidas competitor, achieved a personal-best 4:28.12 to take third after finishing ninth June 26 in the 5,000-meter final in Oregon.

Hunter, an adidas athlete who missed advancing to the 1,500 final at Hayward Field, covered the final lap Saturday with a 55.64-second split to prevail in the men’s mile in a lifetime-best 3:54.80, leading six individuals to sub-4 efforts. Hunter elevated to No. 5 in the U.S. and 19th among global outdoor competitors this year.

Sam Parsons, who will represent Germany in the 5,000 at the World Championships, placed second in 3:55.81. Cameron Proceviat, who will compete for Canada in the 1,500 in Oregon, took third in 3:56.13.

Baker, fifth in the June 26 final at Hayward Field representing Atlanta Track Club Elite, won her first outdoor 800 of the year by a 1:59.57 to 1:59.89 margin over three-time World Championships qualifier Lindsey Butterworth, a New Balance athlete from Canada.

It marked the fifth sub-2 performance of the outdoor season for Baker, including a personal-best 1:58.46 in the June 24 semifinals at the USATF Championships.

Emily Richards, a Tracksmith athlete who was 14th at nationals at Hayward Field, took third in 2:00.96. Addy Townsend, a first-time World Championships qualifier for Canada also representing Tracksmith, finished fourth in 2:01.30.

Caldwell won her section of the 800 in 2:00.03, improving her previous-best effort by more than three seconds. Caldwell, 21, has also run 4:04.18 in the 1,500, but was not selected to represent Australia at the World Championships despite being one of just five female athletes to rank in the top 40 in the world in both events this year.

Lagat, a former Iowa State standout and Under Armour competitor, returned to the U.S. following a fourth-place finish June 25 at the Kenyan Team Trials for the World Championships and prevailed in 1:44.81.

Isaiah Harris, competing for the Brooks Beasts following a sixth-place finish June 26 at the USATF Championships, secured second Saturday in 1:46.16.

Darrell Hill, representing Nike, rebounded from placing ninth June 24 in the shot put final in Oregon to win at Occidental with a mark of 69-4.75 (21.15m).

Destiny Smith-Barnett, a UNLV graduate, won the women’s 100-meter dash in 11.18, with adidas athlete and former San Diego State star Ashley Henderson taking the 200 in 23.14 and placing third in the 100 in 11.48.

Wil London III triumphed in the men’s 400 in 45.65 and finished second in the 200 in 20.83, with Michael Ohloze of City Speed San Francisco winning in a wind-legal 20.80.

Danielle Beattie, a University of Minnesota Duluth graduate, was victorious in the women’s 100 hurdles in 13.39.



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