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Cal Alum Wins Silver In The 5000-Meter Run At the Pan American Games
BERKELEY - American record holder and California alum David Torrence earned his first individual medal on the international stage for USA Track and Field after claiming silver in the 5,000-meter run at the Pan America Games in Toronto.
Torrence claimed silver in the event with a time of 13:46.60, just .13 behind winner Juan Luis Barrios of Mexico. The silver medal for USA matches the silver Torrence claimed as a member of the 4x1500-meter relay team at the 2014 World Relay Championships.
“It was a battle at the end for sure,” Torrence said of the race. “I really, really wanted to win. Training has been going really well … I know I still have a little bit of work to do with the last 100 meters, but I’m getting better at it.”
An All-American runner at Cal before graduating in 2008, Torrence is also the current American record holder in the 1,000-meter run at 2:17.86 that he set last year in Boston. He is also a member of the 4x800-meteter relay team that holds the world record time of 7:13.11. Torrence and his relay teammates Richard Jones, Duane Solomon and Erik Sowinski set the mark in January 2014 at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix.
Torrence claimed silver in the event with a time of 13:46.60, just .13 behind winner Juan Luis Barrios of Mexico. The silver medal for USA matches the silver Torrence claimed as a member of the 4x1500-meter relay team at the 2014 World Relay Championships.
“It was a battle at the end for sure,” Torrence said of the race. “I really, really wanted to win. Training has been going really well … I know I still have a little bit of work to do with the last 100 meters, but I’m getting better at it.”
An All-American runner at Cal before graduating in 2008, Torrence is also the current American record holder in the 1,000-meter run at 2:17.86 that he set last year in Boston. He is also a member of the 4x800-meteter relay team that holds the world record time of 7:13.11. Torrence and his relay teammates Richard Jones, Duane Solomon and Erik Sowinski set the mark in January 2014 at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix.
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