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The Inaugural U.S. Open is Saturday
The first indoor meet of USA Track & Field's Visa Championship Series is the U.S. Open on Saturday, January 28 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. It is the first major professional meet in the United States as the 2012 Olympic year gets under way.
American indoor mile (3:49.89) record-holder Bernard Lagat, 37, of Tucson, AZ and 2008 American Olympian Anna Pierce, 27, of Mammoth Lakes, CA will be racing.
The meet will be televised (next day coverage) by ESPN2 from 7-9 p.m. EST on Sunday, January 29.
American track & field athletes competing in the U.S. Open include 2008 Beijing Games gold medalist Dawn Harper (women's 100m hurdles); and 2008 silver medalists Christian Cantwell (men's shot put) and Jenn Stuczynski Suhr (women's pole vault).
Photo by www.photorun.net: Bernard Lagat wins the Wannamaker Mile in 2009 at Madison Square Garden; he has a record eight Wannamaker titles.
Read the USATF Press Release about the U.S. Open. Read about Bernard Lagat in the men's mile.
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