VERIZON MILLROSE GAMES
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, February 1, 2002
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Melissa Donais led wire-to-wire and ran an impressive 4:53.90 to win.
Meghan Owen finished third in 4:59.10.
Michelle Rorke, winner of the New Balance Games mile two weeks ago, finished seventh in 5:05.77.
Megan Olds held off Sally Meyerhoff...
...Who finished ninth in 5:06.57.
Nicole Teter heads out onto the track for the 800m.
Jolanda Ceplak of Slovenia does some last-minute shoe adjustments.
One week ago Ceplak was an unknown in the U.S. But after the adidas Boston Indoor Games, her secret is out.
UTEP graduate and 2001 NCAA Indoor 800m Champion Svetlana Badrankova.
Ceplak's splits were much slower here on the 160 yard track, but she dominated the race by an impressive margin.
Nicole Teter, second in Boston last week, runs in second here and takes a quick glimpse back.
Georgetown graduate Sasha Spencer.
Ceplak cruised to a 1:59.98 win, a new Millrose Games record.
Nicole Teter, running for the Nike Farm Team, finished second in 2:04.37.
Svetlana Badrankova of adidas/Kazakhstan finished third in 2:06.62.
Charmaine Howell finished fourth in 2:06.86 and Sasha Spencer fifth in 2:07.41.
Mary Jayne Harrelson gets ready for the Fred Lebow Women's Mile.
Grace Njoki rabitted the mile.
Mardrea Hyman and Lyudmila Vasileyeva led the way.
The pack didn't seem to pay much attention to what pacesetter Njoki was doing, choosing a tactical race instead.

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