Omar McLeod runs 13.04 WL at Drake Relays presented by Hy-Vee

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The Rio Rematch in the men’s 110 hurdles produced three of the top four times in the world this year — and a Drake Relays record to boot. Omar McLeod, the 2016 Olympic gold medalist and co-outstanding performer at Drake in 2015, won the race in a blazing 13.04 seconds. That’s No. 1 in the world this year and tops the Relays record f 13.08 he set in winning last year’s race. Andy Pozzi, a two-time Olympian from Great Britain, was second in 13.24, which is the second fastest in the world so far. Third-place finisher Aleec Harris ran 13.37, the No. 4 time worldwide.

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Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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