On Your Marks

Krummenacker Eyes Ryun Feat

With bests of 1:43.95 for 800 meters and 3:31.93 for 1,500 (the equivalent of a 3:49 mile), David Krummenacker has become the fastest U.S. 800-1,500 doubler ever and the first American since Rick Wolhuter in the mid-1970s to excel in both events simultaneously. Not only has the 27-year-old Krummenacker run fast, but he has also beaten loaded 800 fields at Grand Prix meets in Paris and Rome. His goal is to hold the U.S. record for both events, something that hasn't been done since Jim Ryun owned the world records for both in the mid-'60s....

Khalid Khannouchi, the world's fastest marathoner, has installed a sealed high-altitude room at his home in Ossining, N.Y. By limiting the oxygen in the room, where he spends 10 hours a day, Khannouchi, a Moroccan-born U.S. citizen who ran a world-best 2:05:38 in London last year, can derive the endurance benefits of living at 10,000 feet....

Gail Devers suffered her first loss of the season, placing third in the Zurich 100-meter hurdles in 12.73 seconds behind Glory Alozie of Spain (12.63) and Bridgette Foster of Jamaica. Devers, 35, a two-time Olympic champ in the 100-meter dash, had won nine consecutive hurdle finals this year.