ENTRIES: 2013 Medtronic TC 1 Mile Championship

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Start Lists & Biographies

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2013 Medtronic TC 1 Mile Start Lists

Womens Professional Start List7:51 p.m.

Bib # Name Personal Best1 Heather Kampf 4:27.34 Nicole Sifuentes 4:29.335 Gen LaCaze 4:32.196 Phoebe Wright 4:28.76*8 Jamie Cheever 4:39.59 Meghan Peyton 4:40.510 Ashley Miller 4:39.5111 Kellyn Johnson 4:34.4113 Elizabeth Yetzer 4:43.12

14 Clerc Simpson 4:42.20*25 Andrea Rediger 4:53.27*27 Sarah Brown 4:29.7228 Laura Paulsen 4:51.7429 Hannah Wanjiru - - -

Mens Professional Start List8:03 p.m.

Bib # Name Personal Best

50 Craig Miller 3:56.4151 Nick Willis 3:50.6652 William Leer 3:56.3953 Boaz Lalang 3:52.1854 Jon Peterson 4:00.05*57 Garrett Heath 3:55.2458 Scott Smith 4:06.959 Duncan Phillips 4:00.0260 Craig Huffer 3:53.561 Mack McLain 4:02.70

62 Macklin Chaffee 3:58.8080 Elly Sang 3:59.189 Jordan Carlson 4:03.8190 Nahom Tariku Mesfin 4:01.34

* Denotes converted 1500-meter performance


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Heather Kampf - Bib No. 1USA (Minneapolis)

Age: 25

DOB: 1-19-1987

College: Minnesota

@heatherraekampf

Personal Bests: 800m: 2:00.41

1500m: 4:12.09

Mile: 4:27.8

Highlights: 11th-place, 2013 Drake Relays, 1500m

3rd-place, 2013 USA 1 Mile Championships

3rd-place, 2013 BAA Mile

Champion, 2012 Grandmas Minnesota6th-place, 2012 Fifth Avenue Mile

7th-Place, 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials 800m

Champion, 2012 USA 1 Mile Road Championships

3rd-place, 2011 Grandmas Minnesota Mile

Runner-up, 2011 USA 1 Mile Road Championships

3rd-place, 2011 USA Indoor Championships 800m

3rd-place, 2010 USA Indoor Championships 800m

Champion, 2006 NCAA Indoor Championships 800m

Defending champion Heather Kampf (formerly Heather Dorniden) attended Rosemount High Schoolwhere her prep career included Minnesota Class AA state titles in the 400-meters and 800-meters. At the

University of Minnesota, she became the most decorated Gopher women's track and field athlete in histo-

ry as a nine-time All-American and an NCAA champion at 800-meters.

Last month, Kampf, who represents Team USA Minnesota, notched a pair of third-place finishes at road

mile races running 4:53.5 at the BAA Mile held in conjunctions with the Boston Marathon and 4:43 at

the 2013 USA 1 Mile Championships held in conjunction with the Grand Blue Mile in Des Moines.

Womens Biographies


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Womens Biographies (cont.)

Nicole Sifuentes - Bib No. 4

Canada

Age: 26

DOB: 6-30-1986

College: Michigan

Personal Bests: 800m 2:01.30

1500m 4:04.76

Mile 4:29.33

3000m 8:56.80

2 Miles 9:38.78

Highlights: 5th-place, 2013 Payton Jordan Invite, 5000m

Champion, 2013 Kansas Relays, 1500m

Champion, 2013 Kansas Relays, 800m

Semifinalist, 2012 Olympic Games, 1500mRunner-up, 2010 Continental Cup, 1500m

Qualifier, 2010 World Indoor Championships, 1500m

A Winnipeg, Manitoba native, Sifuentes comes to Minnesota fresh off establishing a new personalbest for 5000-meters at 15:27.58. A graduate of the University of Michigan, Sifuentes played a keyrole in the Wolverines middle distance relay success in the late 2000s.

Sifeuntes senior season in Ann Arbor, 2010, was her breakthrough. She was selected for the Ca-nadian 1500-meters squad at the World Indoor Championships. She also earned selection for the

combined Americas team at the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup and won the silver medal in the 1500-meters. Sifuentes also gained selection to the Canadian team for the 2010 CommonwealthGames in Delhi, India.


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Gen LaCaze - Bib No. 5

Australia

Age: 23

DOB: 8-4-1989

College: Florida

@GenGen_LaCaze


1500m 4:12.48

Mile 4:32.19

3000m 9:34.42

3000mSC 9:37.90

Highlights: Champion, 2013 Australian Championships, 3000m SC

Qualifier, 2012 London Olympic Games, 3000m SC

Runner-up, 2012 NCAA Outdoor Champs., 3000m SCChampion, 2012 SEC Outdoor Championship, 1500m

Champion, 2012 SEC Outdoor Championship, 3000m SC

Champion, 2012 SEC Outdoor Championship, 5000m

LaCaze became a social media sensation last year when she achieved a London Olympic qualifying

mark in the 3000-meter steeplechase just days after Athletics Australia named the members for its

Olympic team. Using Facebook and Twitter, LaCaze and her supporters (which included Australian

Olympic Committee president) ultimately forced Athletics Australia to extend its deadline for Olympic

qualification and the University of Florida graduate was able to race in London.

In 2013, LaCaze has run an indoor mile in 4:41.68 and a 1500m in her native Australia in 4:15.80.She recently won the Australian 3000-meter steeplechase title.


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Phoebe Wright - Bib No. 6

USA (Signal Mountain, Tenn.)

Age: 24

DOB: 8-30-1988

College: Tennessee


1500m 4:08.60

Mile 5:10.12

Highlights: 5th-place, 2012 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials, 800m


Runner-up, 2012 USA Indoor Championships, 800m

4th-place, 2011 USA Outdoor Championships, 800m,

Champion, 2011 USA Indoor Championships, 800m

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-place, 2010 USA Outdoor Championships, 800mChampion, 2010 NCAA Outdoor Championships, 800m

Champion, 2010 NCAA Indoor Championships, 800m

3rd-place, 2009 USA Outdoor Championships, 800m

A former walk-on at the University of Tennessee, Wright has established herself as a member of theelite ranks of American middle distance runners. The former NCAA champion won a USA title atthe 2011 USA Indoor Championship.

Know mainly as an 800m runner, Wright broke the 2-minute barrier for the first time in Eugene, Ore.

at the 2010 Prefontaine Classic with a career-best time of 1:58.22. She ended her season with hersecond consecutive third-place finish at the USA Outdoor Championship (09, 10). At Tennessee,Wright capped off her senior season with wins at the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor champs. Wrightwas also a five-time SEC championthree times in the 800-meters and twice in the Distance Med-ley Relay.


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Jamie Cheever - Bib No. 8

USA (Minneapolis)

Age: 26

DOB: 2-28-1987

College: Minnesota

@JamieCheever

Personal Bests: 800m: 2:06

1500m: 4:17.73

Mile: 4:39.5

3000m: 9:19.87

Highlights: Qualifier, 2013 Edinburgh International XC

10th-place, 2013 USA Cross Country Championships

7th-place, 2012 USA Club Cross Country Championships

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-place, 2012 Grandmas Minnesota MileQualifier, 2012 Edinburgh International XC

Qualifier, 2012 NACAC Cross Country Championships

6th-place, 2012 USA Cross Country Championships

9th-place, 2011 Medtronic TC 1 Mile

7th-place, 2011 Grand Blue Mile

Cheever, Minneapolis native and a graduate of Southwest High School and the University of Minne-

sota, will step to the Nicollet Mall start line on the heels of a breakthrough steeplechase perfor-

mance at the Payton Jordan Invitational in Palo Alto, Calif in late April. There, Cheever battled U.S.Olympian Emma Coburn and scored a 22-second personal best, running 9:29.13. Remarkably,

Cheever is now the 5th-fastest womens steeplechaser in American history.


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Meghan Peyton - Bib No. 9

USA (Richfield)

Age: 27

DOB: 1-6-1986

College: Iowa

@nutMEGrunner


Mile: 4:40.5

3000m: 9:17.0


4th-place, 2012 USA Club XC Championships

9th-place, 2012 USA 10 Mile Championships


7th-place, 2011 USA 10 Mile Championships5th-place, 2011 USA 5K Championships

7th-place, 2011 USA 20K Championships


6th-place, 2011 USA 1 Mile Road Championships

4th-place, 2010 USA 10 Mile Championship

3rd-place, 2010 Grand Blue Mile



After a breakthrough season in 2010 when the Team USA Minnesota athlete finished 4th in theUSA 5K and USA 10 Mile Championships Meghan Peyton (formerly Armstrong) confirmed herstatus as a national-class runner in 2011. The Iowa alumnus finished in the top ten in five USAChampionship races ranging in distance from the mile to 20K.

In 2012, Peyton finished 6th at the Medtronic TC 1 Mile and 9th at the Medtronic TC 10 Mile. Afterthis years Medtronic TC 1 Mile, Peyton will have run the event five times.


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Ashley Miller - Bib No. 10

USA (Lincoln, Nebraska)

Age: 24

DOB: 6-3-1988

College: Nebraska

@ashleyannamilla


1500m 4:39.93

Mile 4:39.51

Highlights: 10th, 2013 Drake Relays, 1500m

Semifinalist, 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials, 1500m

Champion, 2010 Big 12 Indoor Championships, 1500m

Miller is the winningest high school runner in the state of Iowa, having earned 15 individual and relaystate titles during her prep career at Tipton High School. She earned gold medals at 400-meters,800-meters, 1,500-meters, the 4x400-meter relay and the 4x800-meter relay .

In college, Miller was known for her skill on the track and in the classroom. She was a second-teamCoSIDA Academic All-American in 2011 as well as the 2012 Nebraska Female Student-Athlete ofthe Year. Miller was an academic All-Big Ten choice in 2011 and was a three-time first-team aca-demic All-Big 12 honoree.


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Kellyn Johnson - Bib No. 11

USA (Flagstaff, Arizona)

Age: 26

DOB: 7-22-1986

College: Loyola Marymount

@kjxcountry16


1500m 4:16.71

Mile 4:34.41

3000m 9:50.80 :

Highlights: 10th-place, 2013 USA 1 Mile Championships

5th-place, 2012 Grandmas Minnesota Mile



3rd-place, 2009 NCAA Indoor Championships, Mile

The fourth-place finisher in last years race, Johnson set the pace in the races early going.

Johnson is a native of Sussex, Wisc., where she attend Sussex Hamilton High School.


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Elizabeth Yetzer Bib No. 13

USA (Lakeville)

Age: 25

DOB: 5-1-1988

College: Minnesota

@ElizabethYetzer


1500m 4:18.11

Mile 4:43.12

3000m 9:29.60

Highlights: 3rd-place, Drake Relays, 5000m


Yetzer is a former Minnesota high school star from Lakeville North, where she won a pair of Minne-

sota Class AA cross country titles and a total of five state titles in track. She is the fastest female

high school miler in Minnesota history.


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Clerc Simpson - Bib No. 14

USA (Minneapolis)

Age: 26

DOB: 6-23-1986

College: Lamar

@ClercSimpson


3000m 9:29.21

5000m 16:07.88

Highlights: 6th-place, 2013 USA Indoor Championships, 3000m

Simpson won 17 individual state titles as a high school runner in Louisiana.


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Sarah Brown - Bib No. 27

USA (Atlanta, Georgia)

Age: 26

DOB: 10-15-1986

College: Tennessee

@SarahMB15


1500m 4:05.67

Mile 4:29.72

3000m 9:23.61

Highlights: 7th-place, 2013 Drake Relays, 1500m


6th-place, 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials, 1500m

5th-place, 2010 USA Outdoor Championships, 1500mRunner-up, 2010 Medtronic TC 1 Mile

4th-place, 2010 USA Indoor Championships, 1500m

Champion, 2009 NCAA Indoor Championships, Mile

Brown, formerly Sarah Bowman, was the runner-up at the 2010 Medtronic TC 1 Mile. Shes beenan important American contender in mile and 1500-meter races since graduating from the Univeristyof Tennessee. Brown was a nine-time NCAA All-American, earned four NCAA titles, including the2009 Indoor Mile, for the Lady Vols.

At the 2010 Medtronic TC 1 Mile, Brown met her husband Darren, who was a racer that year in themens professional field.


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Hannah Wanjiru - Bib No. 29

Kenya

Age: 26

DOB: 6-6-1986

Personal Bests: 5K 15:58

10,000m 33:39.74

10 Miles 54:09

Half Marathon 1:12:52

Highlights: 13th-place, 2010 World Cross Country Championships

Wanjiru is a member of the Coon Rapids-based Duma Runners Club.

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Mens Biographies

Craig Miller - Bib No. 50USA (Colorado Springs, Colo.)

Age: 25

DOB: 8-3-1987

College: Wisconsin


1500m 3:36.35

Mile 3:56.41

3000m 7:54.55

5000m 13:35.51



7th-place, 2013 BAA Mile

Runner-up, 2013 USA Indoor Championships, Mile

Champion, 2012 Grandmas Minnesota Mile7th-place, 2012 Fifth Avenue Mile

8th-place, 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials, 1500m

Champion, 2012 Medtronic TC 1 Mile

Champion, 2011 Grandmas Minnesota Mile

5th-place, 2011 Fifth Avenue Mile

3rd-place, 2011 Medtronic TC 1 Mile

3rd-place, 2011 BAA Mile

Miller, the defending Medtronic TC 1 Mile champ and the third-place finisher in 2011, ran 3:56 for

the mile earlier this year indoors. Last month, he established a new personal best for himself at

5000-meters by running 13:35.51.

In recent road miles, Miller finished third at the USA 1 Mile Championships in Des Moines, running

4:03. He was 7th at the BAA Mile in Boston, held in conjunction with the Boston Marathon.


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Mens Biographies (cont.)

Nick Willis - Bib No. 51

New Zealand

Age: 30

DOB: 6-25-1983

College: Michgan

@nickwillis


1500m 3:30.35

Mile 3:50.66

3000m 7:44.90

5000m 13:27.54

Highlights: Champion, 2013 Drake Relays, Mile

Champion, 2013 BAA Mile

9th-place, 2012 Olympic Games, 1500m

12th

-place, 2011 World Championships, 1500m6th-place, 2010 Fifth Avenue Mile

Silver Medalist, 2008 Olympic Games, 1500m


10th, 2007 World Championships, 1500m

Semifinalis, 2005, World Championships, 1500m

Semifinalist, 2004 Olympic Games

An heir to the New Zealand middle distance running tradition that includes Olympic gold medalists

John Lovelock, Peter Snell, and John Walker, Willis wrote himself into Kiwi running annals with asilver medal performance at the 2008 Olympics. At the 2012 Olympic Games, Willis was New Zea-lands flag bearer at the opening ceremonies. Willis holds the New Zealand national record at 1500-meters.


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William Leer - Bib No. 52

USA (Minnetonka)

Age: 28

DOB: 4-15-1985

College: Pomona Pitzer

@william_leer


1500m 3:36.33

Mile 3:56.39

3000m 7:49.73

2 Miles 8:19.11

5000m 13:21.55

Highlights: Champion, 2013 USA Indoor Championships, Mile

Champion, 2013 USA Indoor Championships, 3000m

12th-place, 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials, 1500m5th-place, 2011 USA Outdoor Championships, 1500m


5th-place, 2010 Grandmas Minnesota Mile


3rd-place, 2010 USA Outdoor Championships, 1500m

Runner-up, 2010 USA Indoor Championships, 1500m

Leer is a four-time NCAA Division III national champion with two Indoor mile titles to his name. He is

the only Division III athlete to win both the 1500 meters and 5000 meters, which he accomplished atthe 2007 Outdoor Championships.

In March 2013, Leer won the USA Indoor Mile (3:58.79 - fastest indoor mile run at altitude) and3000m titles, his first national crowns.


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Boaz Lalang - Bib No. 54

Kenya

Age: 24

DOB: 2-8-1989

College: Rend Lake College

@lalang800


1500m 3:35.80

One Mile 3:52.18

Highlights: 5th-place, 2013 Drake Relays, Mile

3rd-place, 2012 Grand Blue Mile

Semifinalist, 2012 World Indoor Championships, 800m

4th-place, 2011 Grand Blue Mile

Champion, 2010 Grand Blue MileRunner-up, 2010 World Indoor Championships, 800m

Semifinalist, 2008 Olympic Games, 800m

After making the Kenyan Olympic team in 2008, the 2010 season was Lalangs breakthrough year.He set all of his outdoor personal records, including his 800-meter best of 1:42.95 that year.

Lalang earned a silver medal in the 800-meters at the World Indoor Championships in Doha, Qatar.He posted a time of 1:46.39 in the race. At the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Lalang earned a gold

medal at 800-meters.


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Jon Peterson - Bib No. 56

USA (Minneapolis)

Age: 24

DOB: 1-6-1989

College: UC Davis

@Jonpeterson89

Personal Bests: 1,500m 3:42.783000m 8:03.12

5,000m 13:41.93


5th-place, 2012 USA Club XC Championships

Champion, 2012 Big West Conference, 1500mm Champion, 2012 Big West

Conference, 5000m

Champion, 2010 Big West XC Championships

Peterson, a member of Team USA Minnesota, was the 2012 Big West Conference Champion inboth the 1500m and 5000-meters for UC Davis. Prior to that, he finished third at the 2010 Big West1500-meters and fourth at the 5000-meters, and in 2008 placed third at the Big West 5000-meters.In 2010 he was named Big West Athlete of the Year.

Peterson is a Clovis, Calif. native. As a prep, he ran personal bests of 4:13.67 in the mile and a9:11.93 in the 2 mile.


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Garrett Heath - Bib No. 57

USA (Winona)

Age: 29

DOB: 11-3-1985

College: Stanford


1500m 3:36.03Mile 3:55.24

3000m 7:45.80

2 Miles 8:29.43

5000m 13:20.01

Highlights: Champion, 2013 USA 1 Mile Championships




Runner-up, 2010 Grandmas Minnesota Mile

10th-place, 2010 USA Outdoor Championships, 1500m


5th-place, 2010 BAA Mile


Heath, a Winona native, recently won the 2013 USA 1 Mile Road title at the Grand Blue Mile in DesMoines, clocking 4:02.79 for his first USA crown. Heath competed in the 1500m at the 2010 IAAF

World Indoor Championships in Doha. At Stanford University, he was an 8-time NCAA All-American.His brother, Elliott, is also a top distance runner.

A Minnesota high school running star, Heath is the sixth-fastest Minnesota high school miler of alltime.


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Scott Smith - Bib No. 58

USA (Flagstaff, Arizona)

Age: 26

DOB: xxxxx

College: UC Santa Barbara

@xxxxxx


1500m 3:44.09

Mile 4:06.9

3000m 8:18.45

5000m 13:54.97

Highlights: 3rd-place, 2012 Medtronic TC 1 Mile



9th-place, 2011 USA 8K Championships9th-place, 2011 USA 15K Championships

Champion, 2010 Big West Championships 1500m

Champion, 2010 Big West Championships 5000m

Scott Smith, the third-place finisher at last years Medtronic TC 1 Mile, has been running longer rac-es ahead of this years event competing at the USA 15K Championships in March and a 5K roadrace and 10,000-meter track race in April.


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Duncan Phillips - Bib No. 59

USA(Johnson City, Tenn.)

Age: 23

DOB: 6-7-1989

College: Arkansas

@DuncanPhillips3


1500m 3:39.06

Mile 4:00.02

3000m 8:26.01


Champion, 2012 SEC Indoor Championships, 1500m


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Craig Huffer - Bib No. 60

Australia

Age: 23

College: Adams State

@huffffffer

Personal Bests: 800m 1:47.731500m 3:36.35

Mile 3:53.5

3000m 8:01.10

Highlights: Runner-up, 2012 Grandmas Minnesota Mile


3rd-place, 2009 Austrailian Championships, 1500m

Qualifier, 2008 World Junior Championships. 1500m

Huffer broke some of Australian star Craig Mottram's junior records over the 1500 meters in Australia andwon national all-schools titles over the 800-meters. Huffer currently trains in Ann Arbor, Michigan.


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Mack McLain - Bib No. 61

USA(Golden, Colorado)

Age: 24

College: Colorado School of Mines

@Mack_McLain


1500m 3:43.20

Mile 4:02.70

3000m 8:21.88

Highlights: 3rd-place, 2012 NCAA Division II Outdoor Champs., 1500m

Runner-up, 2012 NCAA Division II Indoor Champs., Mile

Champion, 2011 NCAA Division II Indoor Champs., Mile


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Macklin Chaffee - Bib No. 62

USA (Boulder, Colorado)

Age: 26

DOB: 9-4-1986

College: Williams College

@MacklinChaffee


1500m 3:39.91

Mille 3:58.80

3000m 8:34.88

Highlights: 4th-place, 2011 Medtronic TC 1 Mile

Chaffee just established a new personal best in the 1500-meters with the 3:39.91 he ran at the Pay-

ton Jordan Invite in late April.


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Elly Sang - Bib No. 80

Kenya

Age: 22

Personal Bests: 8K 22:42

10K 28:58

Sang has made his mark this spring running longer road racing events. He won the Azalea Trail10K in Mobile, Alabama and finished fourth in the Shamrockin Run 8K in New Orleans, setting hispersonal best at those events.

Sang is a member of the Coon Rapids-based Duma Runners Club.


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Nahom Tariku Mesfin - No. 90

Ethiopia

Age: 23

DOB: 6-3-1989


3000m 7:46.393000m SC 8:12.04

5000m 13:29.74

Highlights: 12th-place, 2012 Olympic Games, 3000m SC

4th-place, 2012 African Championships, 3000m SC

11th-place, 2011 World Championships, 3000m SC

Qualifier, 2008 Olympic Games, 3000m SC

4th-place, 2008 African Championships, 3000m SC

12th-place, 2007 World Championships, 3000m SC

Thanks to his success as a runner, Tariku Mesfin has had the opportunity to race in Japan, Moroc-

co, Belgium, and Korea, in additional to his Olympics in China and Great Britain.

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