Former Boone/FSU standout Marvin Bracy is now running for Adidas and has had an eventful start to 2014. Bracy made his season debut at the Jimmy Carnes where he clocked a time of 6.18 to edge out Pure Athletics teammate Gerald Phiri.The sprinter then headed north to Moscow, Russia where he was third in the 60 with a 6.60 showing. In his biggest race of the 2014 season, the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston, Bracy was back to form winning his heat in 6.58 and coming back win the finals in a new personal best of 6.53 against a field that included Olympians Mike Rodgers, Ryan Bailey, and Nickel Ashmeade of Jamaica. (Race video from our friends at Flotrack/Courtesy of NBC)
Marvin's interview following the race (FloTrack)
For former Oviedo standout Jenny Barringer second place was bittersweet. Barringer thought she was making her move on the last lap, but realized when the clock said 8:36 and she saw Sally Kipyego keep going, that she wasn't indeed done. The star distance runner had miscounted, but rather than stop and throw in the towel, she dug deep, ran the rest of the race, and finished in a new personal best of 9:26.39, only three seconds off the American Record of 9:23.28.
Jenny's interview following the race (FloTrack)
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