Miler In Elite Company

Sat., Feb. 14, 1998

Compiled From Wire Services

Marcus O’Sullivan ran to his 100th sub-4-minute mile, but Laban Rotich got the victory.

O’Sullivan, the 36-year-old Irishman, became only the third miler in history to run 100 sub-4minute miles, joining Steve Scott, who has 136, and New Zealander John Walker, with 124, in the elite club.

But O’Sulivan couldn’t contend with the diminutive Rotich. The 5-foot-4, 99-pound Kenyan competing in his first indoor race in the United States, ran away from the rest of the 10-man field in winning the famed Wanamaker Mile at the Millrose Games on Friday night at Madison Square Garden in 3 minutes, 55.69 seconds.

O’Sullivan was third in 3:58.10 behind American Paul McMullen, who finished in 3:57.46.

Maurice Greene, who set the world indoor record in the 60-meter dash 10 days earlier, won the 60 in 6.46 seconds, shattering the meet and Madison Square Garden records of 6.52 set by Andre Cason in 1992.

Melissa Morrison, the U.S. outdoor 100-meter hurdles champion, also broke the meet and Garden records in the women’s 60 hurdles, clocking 7.87, the fastest in the world this year.

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