by: LetsRun.com
May 9, 2008
*Full Meet Results

 

Two weekends ago, we're pretty sure we had never heard of Andrew Wheating. Now he's upstaging Barrack Obama.

Wheating ran Friday in the Oregon Twilight meet in the last event of the day, the men's 1500. Barrack Obama showed up earlier at the meet, and the incredible Rend College sensation Boaz Lalang ran a blistering 1:45.15 800m, but Wheating managed to outshine them all. He ran a blistering 26.2 final 200 meters (spits off the Runnerspace.com video below) to blow away the field and run a 3:38.60 1500m. Watch the video below. His finish truly is stunning.

The pace was fast from the beginning with Joaquin Chapa serving as the rabbit. Chapa went out a little hard (56 point), but Wheating hung fairly close in third (57.4). He was still in third at 800 (1:57.7 for Wheating). Chapa dropped out at the 1000 and the early pace seemed to take its toll on Wheating. A few guys passed him and he was in 5th at the bell (2:43.8 for Wheating). Two more guys passed him on the turn and he was in 7th in 2:58.8 at 1200.