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Kisorio Kicks to Win Inaugural Solvang Mile October 06, 2012 Debut event draws Mile Maniacs to Danish-centric California community By David Monico, The Mile wire SOLVANG, Calif. – (October 6, 2012) – Perfect race temperatures and a warm Danish community greeted the elite Men's Mile field toeing the line at The Solvang Mile on Saturday morning. At the inaugural road race, Silas Kisorio, 28, of Oklahoma City, OK used a late surge in the last 200 meters to take the win in 4 minutes, 11.65 seconds and pocket the $1000 champion's prize. The recent Oklahoma Christian graduate, where he compiled 13 NAIA national titles, out sprinted local Santa Barbara Miler Tommy Schmitz as well as adidas / Team USA Arizona member Ben Bruce who moved down from his traditional 3000m Steeplechase race. "I was expecting AJ Acosta to come up on me as I had not realized he slowed down due to injury, so it played out that my kick was enough in the final stretch," stated Silas. Bruce led the field through the half mile mark covering the first quarter in 63 and the half in 2:05. Schmitz then took over and attempted to pull away on the windy, tight turns, but Kisorio, who is originally from Kenya and is currently pursuing his MBA, had other plans and used his superior closing kick for the title. Schmitz held on for second place, while Bruce crossed the line in third. "It was a great first year event that brought in some incredible athletes to downtown Solvang," commented event director Alex Kehaya of North American Athletics. "Thank you to all of our Sponsors and especially Dunn School here in Los Olivos that provided all the volunteers; we couldn't have done it without them. We are looking forward to next year's Solvang Mile, a community event for kids and runners of all ages." Bring Back the Mile attended the inaugural event. Inaugural Solvang Mile 
Solvang, CA, Saturday, October 6, 2012 MEN 
1) Silas Kisorio (KEN / OK), 4:11.65, $1000 
2) Tommy Schmitz (CA), 4:13.42, $800
 3) Ben Bruce (AZ), 4:16.30, $600
 4) Peter van der Westhuizen (South Africa), 4:17.85, $200 
5) Sean Brosnan (CA), 4:18.38 6) AJ Acosta (OR), 4:53.58

Bummed to not get to see Tommy race in the NYC Marathon this weekend - he was in sub-2:15 shape. Looking forward to his next race and many more after that. He's the fastest distance runner with diabetes and is a great example for people around the world that are coping with the disease.

Author and poet Sherman Alexie grew up on the Spokane Indian Reservation and won a National Book Award for The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. He sat down with NPR to share some of his favorite moments in television and video. Alexie described this race as "probably the greatest upset surprise in Olympic history." And it would be no wonder if it was, since, coming into the 1964 Olympic Games, an American had never won the men's 10,000-meter race. "Billy Mills, a Sioux Indian who was really lightly regarded, came out of nowhere to win the race and to win the gold medal," Alexie says. Australia's Ron Clarke, with a qualifying time almost a minute faster than Mills', had been favored to win. "That burst of speed that Billy Mills puts out is like Usain Bolt. He just goes flying past — and this is a 10,000-meter race," Alexie says. The race is so surprising that Alexie almost sees something divine in it. "In the Indian world, there's all sorts of stories about, you know, God reaching down and deciding that this Indian guy was going to do it. And that's what it looks like, regardless of how you feel about God — it certainly looks like some other force grabbed him and pushed him." http://www.npr.org/2012/10/08/161693628/watch-this-native-american-author-sherman-alexie

The boys' track team was at Central College on Friday. The 4x800 (Aaron Hauser, Zach Wells, Anthony Fleck, Daniel Talbert) had a 4th-place finish in 9:03.76. The 4x400 (Aaron Hauser, Kolby Keeler, Connor Kacmarynski, Marco Tapia) finished 6th in 3:47.98. Individually, Tad Steffensen was 10th in the 55-meter dash (6.54 seconds), and Paul Landherr was 12th in the 55 high hurdles (8.05).

Give Usain Bolt enough time in front of the camera and you get to see his personality.

Brittney Reese ("The Beast") gets Olympic gold in the long jump! Girl can fly...

Came across these badass pictures of Frank Shorter & Kenny Moore this afternoon. Some schlep named Hall snuck his way into one of them, too.

Jump Start 2 class running 40s with Coach Sully! Watch out she's fast!