Myers Races to No. 2 Time in NCAA 1,500 Meters at Oregon Track Classic – Ohio State Buckeyes
6/7/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track & Field
June 7, 2004
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Rob Myers, a distance runner on the Ohio State track and field team, climbed the national performance list in the men’s 1,500-meter run Saturday, June 5 at the 14th annual Oregon Track Classic in Gresham, Ore. Competing against a field of international athletes, the two-time All-American raced to the No. 2 time in the NCAA in the 1,500 meter run with a seventh-place time of 3:40.27. Myers’ time trails four-time NCAA champion Alistar Cragg of Arkansas, who clocked a 3:40.18 on May 16 at the Southeastern Conference championships.
Myers, who was named Academic All-District IV last week, placed second in the 1,500m at the 2004 NCAA Mideast Regional Championships May 29 in Baton Rouge, La. in a time of 3:46.13.
Robert Gary, distance head coach at Ohio State, also ran at the Oregon Track Classic as he continued his prep for a run at his second Olympic team. Gary, a member of the 1996 United States Olympic squad in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, placed 10th in the 3,000-meter run in Gresham in a time of 7:53.57.
Myers and Gary will travel to Austin, Texas for the 2004 NCAA Outdoor Championships this week. The event, which runs from June 9-12, will close out Myers’ career at Ohio State.
