Post by Nevada Hoya on Jul 30, 2005 11:17:46 GMT -5
Rising GU sophomore Dan Nunn of San Luis Obispo, CA won the 5000m gold medal at the Pan Am Junior meet in Windsor, Ontario. From the USA Track and Field website:
A small field stayed together for the first ten laps of the men's 5000, with Daniel Nunn of Georgetown and Paul Hefferon of Kansas trading places freely in the front four, before Nunn opened up a gap with 800 to go and ran on to a 14:55.17 win ahead of Hefferon, who completed the USA sweep with a silver in 14:56.65.
Nunn said, "I wanted to just stay relaxed and see how the pace went for two miles, and then start going to work with four laps to go. I think my plan worked perfectly, and I felt good enough with two to go that I just made a strong move. I knew I had a chance at the bell, but I didn't know I had it won until there was only 150 left."
A small field stayed together for the first ten laps of the men's 5000, with Daniel Nunn of Georgetown and Paul Hefferon of Kansas trading places freely in the front four, before Nunn opened up a gap with 800 to go and ran on to a 14:55.17 win ahead of Hefferon, who completed the USA sweep with a silver in 14:56.65.
Nunn said, "I wanted to just stay relaxed and see how the pace went for two miles, and then start going to work with four laps to go. I think my plan worked perfectly, and I felt good enough with two to go that I just made a strong move. I knew I had a chance at the bell, but I didn't know I had it won until there was only 150 left."