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Dragila, Stuczynski to face off at
2008 Millrose Games NEW YORK CITY (Jan. 22) Stacy Dragila, 2000 Olympic gold medalist and indoor American Record-holder in the pole vault, and Jenn Stuczynski, the two-time US Champion who last summer broke Dragilas outdoor American Record, will meet in the 101st Millrose Games on Feb. 1, organizers announced today. In
addition, young American distance star Galen Rupp and New Zealands Nick
Willis will join
five-time winner Bernard Lagat and last years runner-up, Craig
Mottram, in the Wanamaker Mile. Rupp, 21, is the NCAA 10,000-meter record-holder
and the 2007 US Outdoor Championships runner-up; Willis is the
2006 Commonwealth Games gold medalist at 1500 meters and New Zealand's national
record-holder.
Dragila
is a familiar face at Madison Square Garden, where the 36-year-old legend has
won Millrose seven times. The three-time World Champion (indoors and outdoors)and
17-time US Champion (indoors and outdoors) is beginning a quest to make her third
Olympic team.
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