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NATIONAL CITY, Calif. (September 27) – David Krummenacker, a 2003 World Champion, headlines an international field of elite athletes who will compete in the first running of the National City Invitational Mile this Sunday, October 1.
The mile will begin at 9:15 a.m. in Kimball Park, with the starting line at the intersection of National City Blvd. and W. 14th Street. An open 5K race will begin along the same course at 8 a.m., with registration beginning at 7 a.m. Three-time Olympic gold medalist Gail Devers and American Record-holder Steve Scott will be in attendance.
Krummenacker, 31, is the 2003 World Indoor Champion at 800 meters, and is the only American male to win a global middle distance title in nearly 35 years. In addition to being a world champion, Krummenacker has been ranked #1 in the United States at both 800m and 1500m/1-mile, and in 2002 was ranked third in the world over 800m. His 1500m personal best of 3:31.93 equates to a 3:48.8 mile.
Joining Krummenacker in the men’s elite field will be former Cal-Berkeley standout and 2000 Olympian Bolota Asmerom, who has a personal best in the mile of 3:59.86. Other competitors include former USA Junior Triathlon Champion Christian Hesch; Burundi’s Fidele Baregensabe; former Cal-State San Marcos standout Brian Sullivan; and five-time Carlsbad 5000 open-race champion Nazario Romero of Encinitas. Richard Kimeli, Okwaro Raura, and former Texas Tech runner Haron Lagat, all from Kenya, are also scheduled to compete.
Leading the women’s field is former Stanford middle-distance star Malindi Elmore, 26, of Canada. Elmore is a four-time All-American, and set the still-standing school 1500m record. A Canadian national champion in 2004, she competed that year at the World Cross Country Championships. She ended 2004 as the second-fastest 1500m runner in North America. Last March, she was a finalist in the Commonwealth Games 1500m.
Also in the women’s field is Ethiopian Olympian Meskerem Legesse. Legesse, just 19, is one of the fastest junior middle distance runners in history, and holds the World Junior Best for 800m indoors. Joining her will be compatriot Yimenashu Taye and Kenyan distance runner Eunice Jepkiruri.
Produced by InMotion Events, the National City Invitational Mile and the Revolution 5K are being run for the first time. Entry fee for the Revolution 5K is $30 for adults, and $20 for children under 15 years.
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