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		<title>Pacific hires Keith Buckley as football coach when team returns to play in 2010.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 07:02:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FOREST GROVE, Ore. — Former UC Davis assistant Keith Buckley has been hired as football coach at Pacific as the Boxers prepare for a return to action in 2010.

Pacific last fielded a football team in 1991. School officials decided this spring to revive the program as a way to increase enrollment.
Buckley has spent that last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trail Blazers sign free agent guard Andre Miller</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/07/25/trail-blazers-sign-free-agent-guard-andre-miller-14532/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 07:15:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. — The Portland Trail Blazers signed veteran free agent guard Andre Miller to a three-year, $21 million deal on Friday.

Miller, whose NBA career has spanned 10 seasons with four teams, averaged 16.3 points and 6.5 assists as a starter for the Philadelphia 76ers last season.
&#8220;I&#8217;m just looking forward to the challenge, you know?&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>81-year-old McGriff qualifies for West Series race; oldest to drive in NASCAR series race</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/07/19/81-year-old-mcgriff-qualifies-for-west-series-race-oldest-to-drive-in-nascar-series-race-13269/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:29:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. — 81-year-old Hershel McGriff has become the oldest driver to take part in a national NASCAR series race after qualifying for a Camping World West Series event at Portland International Raceway.

McGriff took part in Sunday&#8217;s pre-race qualifying but made the race as one of 26 drivers competing for 28 spots in the field.
McGriff [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hershel McGriff attempts comeback in NASCAR&#8217;s West series at age 81</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/07/18/hershel-mcgriff-attempts-comeback-in-nascars-west-series-at-age-81-13092/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 03:31:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. — At 81, Hershel McGriff&#8217;s reasoning for making a racing comeback came down to a simple question: Why not?

&#8220;I haven&#8217;t had anyone tell me that I&#8217;m crazy,&#8221; he laughs.
McGriff will attempt to qualify for a NASCAR Camping World West Series race this Sunday at Portland International Raceway. If he does, he will become [...]]]></description>
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		<title>International League holds off Pacific Coast league for 6-5 victory at Triple-A All-Star Game</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/07/16/international-league-holds-off-pacific-coast-league-for-6-5-victory-at-triple-a-all-star-game-12267/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:23:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[IL withstands PCL rally for Triple-A All-Star win

PORTLAND, Ore. — Erik Kratz and Drew Stubbs each hit two-run home runs, leading the International League to a 6-5 victory over the Pacific Coast League in the Triple-A All-Star game on Wednesday night.
Esteban German of Oklahoma City hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Portland outfielder Chad Huffman wins Triple-A All-Star Home Run Derby, edges Yankees&#8217; Duncan</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/07/14/portland-outfielder-chad-huffman-wins-triple-a-all-star-home-run-derby-edges-yankees-duncan-11644/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:32:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. — The Triple-A All-Star Home Run Derby has been won by Portland Beavers outfielder Chad Huffman, who hit five shots in the final round.

Huffman has captured Monday night&#8217;s event by edging Shelley Duncan of the Scanton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees, who connected for one homer in the last round.
Huffman, a second-round pick by the San Diego [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blazers sign restricted free agent Paul Millsap to offer sheet, Utah has 7 days to respond</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/07/11/blazers-sign-restricted-free-agent-paul-millsap-to-offer-sheet-utah-has-7-days-to-respond-10917/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/07/11/blazers-sign-restricted-free-agent-paul-millsap-to-offer-sheet-utah-has-7-days-to-respond-10917/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:21:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. — The Portland Trail Blazers signed restricted free agent forward Paul Millsap to an offer sheet Friday.

The Utah Jazz have seven days to match the offer. The terms were not disclosed by the Blazers because of team policy.
Millsap&#8217;s agent did not immediately respond to phone calls and e-mails from The Associated Press seeking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blazers exercise option on coach Nate McMillan&#8217;s contract, extending it through 2010-11</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/07/11/blazers-exercise-option-on-coach-nate-mcmillans-contract-extending-it-through-2010-11-10897/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/07/11/blazers-exercise-option-on-coach-nate-mcmillans-contract-extending-it-through-2010-11-10897/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 11:26:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. — The Portland Trail Blazers have exercised their option on coach Nate McMillan&#8217;s contract, extending it through the 2010-11 season.

McMillan led the Blazers to a 54-28 record last season and their first appearance in the playoffs since 2003. It was the sixth-best record in franchise history.
McMillan, 44, was just the second NBA coach [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trail Blazers draft pick Patty Mills breaks foot, won&#8217;t play in summer league</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/07/10/trail-blazers-draft-pick-patty-mills-breaks-foot-wont-play-in-summer-league-10727/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 02:06:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland Trail Blazers draft pick Patty Mills broke his right foot during practice and won&#8217;t play in the NBA&#8217;s summer league.

The Blazers said Friday that Mills fractured the fifth metatarsal in his right foot during practice Thursday night. He will have surgery on his foot on Monday, the team announced.
A timetable for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blazers GM Kevin Pritchard talks about Turkoglu negotiations, free agency</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/07/10/blazers-gm-kevin-pritchard-talks-about-turkoglu-negotiations-free-agency-10449/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:23:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. — After losing out on Hedo Turkoglu, the Portland Trail Blazers are considering Paul Millsap.

Turkoglu, who helped Orlando to the NBA finals, arrived in Portland last week to speak with the Blazers before negotiations were abruptly cut off. He has since been acquired by the Toronto Raptors.
&#8220;We got to a point where we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Source: Free-agent Hedo Turkoglu ends talks with Trail Blazers</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/07/04/source-free-agent-hedo-turkoglu-ends-talks-with-trail-blazers-8525/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:56:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. — Free-agent forward Hedo Turkoglu and the Portland Trail Blazers have ended contract talks, a person close to the team confirmed Friday.

The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the negotiations.
Turkoglu&#8217;s agent, Lon Babby, didn&#8217;t immediately return calls or e-mails.
The 6-foot-10 forward who helped the Orlando Magic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report: Turkoglu agrees to join Trail Blazers after helping Magic reach NBA finals</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/07/03/report-turkoglu-agrees-to-join-trail-blazers-after-helping-magic-reach-nba-finals-8459/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:56:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. — Hedo Turkoglu reportedly agreed to join the Portland Trail Blazers after helping Orlando reach the NBA finals.

ESPN.com reported the signing Friday, citing unidentified sources. Turkoglu&#8217;s agent, Lon Babby, didn&#8217;t immediately return calls or e-mails. Portland cannot comment on the agreement until Wednesday, when teams may sign free agents.
The Oregonian newspaper&#8217;s Web site, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sounders beat Timbers 2-1 in US Open Cup, offering peek at potential rivalry</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:04:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne M. Peterson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. — With fans boisterously embracing the potential rivalry, Major League Soccer&#8217;s Seattle Sounders beat the Portland Timbers of the USL&#8217;s First Division 2-1 on Wednesday night in the third round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. It was the first official meeting between the clubs since the Sounders joined MLS this season. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oregon man gets his wallet back after losing in 1946 at middle school gym</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:38:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BAKER CITY, Ore. — Bill Fulton doesn&#8217;t remember losing his wallet, but its return helped him remember the past. The leather stayed smooth and the cowboy design unblemished. The zipper moved with ease. And when he looked inside, the contents brought back memories from 1946, when he apparently dropped the wallet behind the balcony bleachers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crawford, Felix sprint to 200-meter titles at US track and field championships</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:25:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie Pells</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[EUGENE, Ore. — Shawn Crawford doesn&#8217;t have to feel bad about this medal. The sprinter who was awarded an Olympic medal he felt he didn&#8217;t deserve last year won a national title he most certainly does Sunday, blowing away the field in the 200-meter finals at U.S. track and field championships in a wind-aided time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Phillips finds rough 2008 was a hiccup not an end to successful high jump career</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:23:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie Pells</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[EUGENE, Ore. — Dwight Phillips found himself at a spot many athletes reach when they hit 30, after an injury hits and their legs don&#8217;t take them places they once did.

&#8220;I had to reevaluate and decide if maybe my time was gone,&#8221; he said.
Good thing he thought twice about that.
What had the makings of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Richards and Merritt make it look easy in winning 400 titles</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 09:26:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat Graham</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[EUGENE, Ore. — If only they were all this easy.

LaShawn Merritt and Sanya Richards made their 400-meter races look like strolls around the track Saturday, each cruising to titles at the U.S. championships.
With no Jeremy Wariner in the field, Merritt was missing his only real rival and quickly pulled away from the field. The Olympic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Running a much cleaner race, Olympic silver medalist Felix cruises in first round of 200</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 08:25:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat Graham</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[EUGENE, Ore. — Allyson Felix had a much better showing in her best event, turning in the top time in the 200-meter prelims Saturday at the U.S. track and field championships.

Felix had a start in the finals of the 100 the night before she labeled &#8220;atrocious.&#8221;
This time, her burst from the block was less important [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Agents, endorsements, and more running in Galen Rupp&#8217;s future</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:51:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne M. Peterson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[EUGENE, Ore. — With a smile and a wave — not to mention a win — Galen Rupp bid goodbye to college and started a new chapter in his career.

Rupp easily won the 10,000 meters on the track at Hayward Field at the U.S. championships, his last race representing the University of Oregon. On Saturday, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rodgers takes first national title in 100 in field without Tyson Gay</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[EUGENE, Ore. — His track career going nowhere, Mike Rodgers was trying to make a buck by selling shoes out of the back of his car.

Now, he&#8217;s looking like the best American sprinter not named Tyson Gay.
Rodgers sizzled on the track Friday night in the finals of the 100 meters at the U.S. championships, finishing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jeter beats Lee by slimmest of margins for national title in 100 meters</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 09:51:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[EUGENE, Ore. — Carmelita Jeter has defeated Muna Lee by one-thousandth of a second to win the U.S. title in the women&#8217;s 100 meters.

Jeter out-leaned Lee at the line in Friday&#8217;s sprint to finish in 10.776 seconds and win her first national title. Lee, who won last year&#8217;s Olympic trials, became the first woman to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dix pulls up with hamstring in semis of 100, joining Gay on the sideline</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 07:35:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat Graham</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[EUGENE, Ore. — Olympic bronze medalist Walter Dix joined Tyson Gay on the sideline for the marquee race of the U.S. championships Friday night.

After a slow start and a struggle to catch up in the semifinal round of the 100, Dix pulled up holding his right hamstring just short of the finish line. He then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gay runs 100 meters in 9.75 seconds in first and only race of nationals</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/06/26/gay-runs-100-meters-in-975-seconds-in-first-and-only-race-of-nationals-6634/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:05:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[EUGENE, Ore. — It took Tyson Gay only 9.75 seconds to prove that, yes, he&#8217;s healthy, and leave the rest of the track world wondering — and maybe worrying — about what he might do next. With a helping wind at his back, America&#8217;s best-known sprinter ran his 100 preliminary heat in the seventh-fastest time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Olympic champion Clay withdraws from nationals with ailing left hamstring</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:03:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[EUGENE, Ore. — Olympic decathlon champion Bryan Clay withdrew from the U.S. national track championships Thursday with an injured left hamstring, a decision that could force him to shut down his entire 2009 season.

Clay, who hurt himself Tuesday in workouts, warmed up briefly before the meet started, but decided he couldn&#8217;t compete.
Because of that, he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On your mark, get set &#8230; where&#8217;d they go? Track stars not always aligned at nationals</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:23:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie Pells</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[EUGENE, Ore. — The national championships are supposed to be the marquee event of the year for track and field, a sport always looking for a few more fans in the United States.

So, why do these national championships feel more like a preseason football game?
&#8220;My mother didn&#8217;t understand why I was running one round, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Olympic champion Clay hurts hamstring, says he&#8217;s questionable for US championships</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:53:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[EUGENE, Ore. — Olympic decathlon champion Bryan Clay injured his left hamstring while practicing for the U.S. track championships and says he&#8217;s questionable for the start of the meet Thursday.

Clay said he&#8217;ll warm up before the first event and will decide whether he can compete in the sport&#8217;s most grueling event. He hurt himself Tuesday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LaShawn Merritt tops his own record in the 300m at the Prefontaine Classic</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[EUGENE, Ore. — Olympic gold medalist LaShawn Merritt bested his own Hayward Field record by winning the seldom-run 300 meters in 31.30 seconds Sunday in the Prefontaine Classic.

Merritt, who won gold in the 400 last summer in Beijing, surpassed his own mark of 31.31 at the venerated track in 2006. He also topped the Prefontaine-best [...]]]></description>
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