Missouri
U.S. Track & Field Open
Dunne Gets It Done At The Payton U.S. Open
5/31/2004 12:00:00 AM | Track & Field
May 31, 2004
PALO ALTO, Calif. - Missouri track and field post-collegian Timothy Dunne won the Olympic Development 800-meter run at the Payton Jordan U.S. Track & Field Open on Monday. Dunne won with a season-best time of 1:48.18, fifteen hundredths of a second better than Jeff DeLong. Derrick Peterson, another Tiger post-collegian, finished in fifth place in the open 800.
Dunne earned all-American honors at the 2003 NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 800, earning an Olympic Trials "B" standard qualifying mark of 1:47.39 in the preliminary round.
Peterson crossed the finish line in 1:51.29 and in fifth place. Last weekend at the Home Depot Invitational, Peterson ran a season-best of 1:47.25.
ESPN2 will air coverage of the meet tomorrow, June 1st, from 8-9pm, central time.
The Missouri post-collegians have a busy weekend ahead. Dunne, Peterson, and Christian Cantwell will compete at the adidas Track Classic this Saturday, June 5th, in Gresham, Ore. Tiger heptathletes Michelle Moran and Fiona Asigbee will be in San Diego, Calif., for the U.S. Olympic Training Center Combined Event.
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Event 5 Men 800 Meter Run OD =============================================================== Name Year Team Finals =============================================================== Finals 1 Timothy Dunne USA 1:48.18 2 Jeff DELONG USA 1:48.33 3 Brian RUE USA 1:48.92 4 Isidro PIMENTEL Dominica 1:49.54 5 Daniel CAULFIELD Ireland 1:49.65 6 Joaquin CHAPA USA 1:49.83 7 Bryce KNIGHT USA 1:50.20 8 Michael GARCIA USA 1:50.35 9 Terrell DAVIS USA 1:51.00 -- Ryan HUBER USA DNF -- Andrew NEUGEBAUER USA DNF -- Evan Fox USA DNF -- Darren DINNEEN USA DNS -- Zach WHITMARSH Canada DNS
Event 19 Men 800 Meter Run =============================================================== Name Year Team Finals =============================================================== Finals 1 Elliot BLOUNT USA 1:47.91 2 Khadevis ROBINSON USA 1:48.11 3 Zach WHITMARSH Canada 1:49.38 4 Kevin ELLIOTT USA 1:49.91 5 Derrick Peterson USA 1:51.29 6 Floyd THOMPSON USA 1:53.21 -- Bryan WOODWARD USA DNF -- Gary REED Canada DNF -- Richard SMITH USA DNF
