Oregon Project's Galen Rupp smashes the U.S. record in the 10,000 meters
Published: Friday, September 16, 2011, 12:03 PM    
Updated: Friday, September 16, 2011, 12:27 PM 
By Ken Goe, The Oregonian 

Former University of Oregon star Galen Rupp broke the U.S. record in the 10,000 meters Friday in a meet in Brussels, Belguim.
Rupp, who runs now for the Portland-based Oregon Project, clocked a time of 26 minutes 48.00 seconds to crush the record of 26:59.60 set last year at Stanford by Chris Solinsky of Oregon Track Club Elite/Portland.
Rupp closed with a 61-second final lap to carve 22 seconds off his personal record.

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Rupp shatters AR as Americans shine in Brussels Diamond League

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM -- Galen Rupp shattered the existing 10,000-meter American record while Walter Dix ran the second fastest 200m time in American history and four other American athletes secured Diamond League crowns at the Brussels Diamond League meet Friday.
 
Rupp’s third-place time of 26 minutes, 48.00 seconds crushed Chris Solinsky’s time of 26:59.60, which he ran in 2010. Rupp, a two-time USA champion in the event, previously held a personal best of 27:10.74.

In the final Diamond League meet of the season, Carmelita Jeter (100m), Morgan Uceny (1,500m), Dix (200m) and Danielle Carruthers (100m hurdles) all secured their names as Diamond League champions in their respective events. Each competed Friday with Jeter winning in a time of 10.78, Uceny winning in a world-leading time of 4:00.06, Dix placing second at 19.53 and Carruthers winning her race in a time of 12.65.
 
Reese Hoffa led a 1-2 American sweep in the shot put with a winning throw of 22.09 meters/72 feet, 5.75 inches while Christian Cantwell placed second at 22.07m/72-5. Both athletes recorded their best throws of the season.
 
Dix ran a big personal best in the 200m of 19.53 to finish second behind Jamaica’s Johan Blake, who crushed the field in a world-leading time of 19.26. Only Michael Johnson’s gold medal winning time of 19.32 at the 1996 Olympic Games is faster in American history.
 
It was also a 1-2-3-4 sweep by the Americans in the 100m hurdles with Yvette Lewis (12.77), Kellie Wells (12.77) and Nia Ali (12.79) all following Carruthers’ winning time.
 
For complete results check out www.diamondleague.com