Kevin doing a workout in July at UofM's Track

RMDC QUICK FACTS:

Kevin Sullivan:
is a resident of Ann Arbor and University of Michigan Alumni

Kevin is the Canadian Record holder in the indoor mile. Kevin recently was selected for NCAA Today's Top Eight Award.

Kevin was a 10 time Track All-American and 4-time Big Ten Cross Country Champion while running track and cross country for the University of Michigan.

He is currently racing for Reebok this summer in Europe and will compete at the World Championships in August for Canada.

You can e-mail Kevin at:

[email protected]

AUGUST 7th, 1999

London, England -- British Grand Prix

Here is Kevin Sullivan's first hand account of the British Grand Prix race:

There is not a whole lot to report from my end of the race since I only made it about 180m.

I got out well and was sitting in the middle of the pack on the outside of lane one when William Tanui moved out in front of me. I put my hand out to make sure I had enough room so that I would not run up his back and at the same time, someone from behind me clipped my heels, my legs got tangled up and down I went.

I briefly considered getting back up and getting back into the race but with the leaders running 1:51 through 800m it would have been near impossible to catch the pack after I got up. So for the first time in my running career (13 years) I failed to finish a race. I guess there is a first for everything. What was really dissapointing was that 8th place was 3:54 which would have been some relatively easy points to pick up to try to make the Grand Prix final. As it sits now however, I have dropped to 10th in the Grand Prix standings and the top 8 qualify for the final.

On the plus side, I should be well rested for Zurich although I may be in the B heat (the meet director was waiting until after this meet to decide on who was in the A race).

As for the race, El Guerrouj was 1:51 at 800m, 2:50 at 1200m and finished up in a very respectable 3:47.10.

I am off to Zurich tomorrow and will compete on Wednesday.