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Meb Keflezighi to be honored in San Diego
By City News Service
Story Published: May 7, 2014 at 11:17 PM PDT
Story Updated: May 7, 2014 at 11:18 PM PDT
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Meb Keflezighi, the San Diego runner who became the first
American man to win the Boston Marathon in 31 years, will be honored
Saturday at San Diego High School.
Those who attend "Meb Keflezighi Day" will get a chance to walk the track
with the 2004 Olympic silver medalist, according to the San Diego Hall of
Champions.
Mayor Kevin Faulconer and Councilman David Alvarez, a middle and high
school classmate of Keflezighi's, will present awards.
The runner, who turned 39 on May 5, won the 118th Boston Marathon on April
21 with an official time of 2:08:37.
He was among nearly 36,000 runners in a race that was scarred a year
earlier by two homemade bombs that killed three people and injured 264
others.
As Keflezighi approached the finish line roughly 10 seconds ahead of
second-place finisher Wilson Chebet of Kenya, he could be seen pumping his
fist as the crowd cheered him on.
Keflezighi and his family immigrated to the United States as refugees from
Eritrea when he was 12 years old. He won both the 1600 meter and 3200 meter
races at the CIF California State Championships in 1994 while at San Diego
High School.
Received on Thu May 08 2014 - 08:26:56 EDT