Ben Bruce has made some steady improvements over the years since his days at Cal Poly. This year Ben was asked to join OTC up in Eugene and has become one of the best steeplers in the US. He was run 8:26 multiple times this year and looks to make a big drop on Thursday when he runs the steeple in Karlstad, Sweden.
Follow the results from Karlstad here:
http://www.folksamgp.se/KarlstadGP/2009/index.asp?PageId=536
M 3000 m Hinder/SC
1 Collins Kosgei 86 KEN 8:36.58
2 Yusuf Biwott 86 KEN 8:39.27
3 Sammy Kurui 87 KEN 8:40.19
4 Ben Bruce 82 USA 8:40.35
5 Tom Kloos 77 USA 8:49.72
6 Alex Genest 86 CAN 8:50.52
7 Ryan Warrenburg 84 USA 8:51.13
8 Per Jacobsen 77 IF Göta Karlstad 8:55.81
9 Jakub Wisniewski 77 POL 8:56.03
10 Öysten Sylta 78 NOR 9:01.52
11 Moses Tirban 91 KEN 9:03.98
12 Tom Erling Kårbø 89 NOR 9:08.20 PB
13 Daniel Lundgren 85 Turebergs FK 9:08.86
14 Stephan Alex Jensen 83 DEN 9:12.62
15 Abdelfata Zaki 91 EGY 9:18.18
16 Robert Tirop 99 KEN 9:19.50
17 Ezekiel Cheruiyot Langat 78 KEN 9:19.75
18 Andreas Åhwall 89 Hässelby SK 9:25.47 PB
19 Salim Mohammed 92 EGY 9:34.00
20 Christian Søreng Bjørge 87 NOR 9:34.57 SB
Hector: I wanna wear the gold medal... naked. [very applicable quote since you will have a gold medal one day!]
Hector: I totally want to cut off your skin and wear it to my birthday... It's coming up...
Hector: I sent you a cup of my blood! Did you get my blood?
Hector: He likes food and dreams and whispers... his favorite movie is Short Circuit... and Fried Green Tomatoes.