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Maree to Attempt Personal Best in Mile in Michelob Meet

By JULIE CART
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SAN DIEGO â€”  Former world outdoor record-holder Sydney Maree said he will attempt to set a personal-best time in the mile in the Michelob Invitational indoor track meet tonight at the Sports Arena.

Maree’s personal best indoors is 3:52.40 set last week at New Jersey. To ensure a fast pace, meet promoters said they have brought in two runners to serve as “rabbits†in the race. Also in the field are Ireland’s Eamonn Coghlan, the world indoor record-holder in the mile (3:49.79), and Steve Scott, the U.S. indoor record-holder (3:51.80).

In the women’s mile, the favorite will be Rumanian Maricica Puica, the Olympic gold medalist at 3,000 meters. Also in the field will be U.S. Olympian Ruth Wysocki.

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The meet will begin with high school events at 5:10 p.m. Open division pole vault competition will start at 7:15.

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Julie Cart

Julie Cart is a former environmental reporter for the Los Angeles Times, where she’s also been a sportswriter and a national correspondent. In 2009, Cart and colleague Bettina Boxall won the Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting. She left The Times in 2015.

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