Tanguy Pepiot the new Frenchman from Oregon wins open race at PreNats 2013

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The long awaited debut of the new unknown Frenchman in Eugene finally happened this past weekend. All we knew was he ran an 8:33 steeplechase, but rest was a mystery. Pepiot won the open race in Terre Haute looking comfortable in 24:45 (see race here...it good enough for 118th in the Blue race and would have been Oregon's #7). Meet the newcomer to the US and learn what he thinks about Eugene, Prefontaine and his goals for NCAA Outdoors in 2014.