BRIEFLY KENYAN RUNNER HEADS L.A. FIELD.Byline: - Daily News Staff and Wire Services Standout distance runner Bernard Lagat of Kenya has signed to compete in the 43rd Los Angeles Invitational indoor track meet, organizers said Tuesday. The country's second-oldest indoor competition will be Feb. 15 at the Los Angeles Sports Arena. Lagat has a best time of 3:26.34 in the 1,500 meters - the second-fastest clocking ever and equivalent to a 3:43.5 mile. He is rated second in the world behind Hicham El Guerrouj Hicham El Guerrouj (Arabic: هشام الكروج, born September 14, 1974, Berkane) is a retired Moroccan middle distance runner. He is the world record holder for the 1,500 metres (3:26.00), the mile (3:43. of Morocco, the world record-holder. SOCCER: The national teams of El Salvador and Guatemala will play two matches this weekend in preparation for February's Central American Gold Cup qualifying tournament in Panama. Friday's game will be at 8 p.m. at the Santa Ana Bowl, with a rematch at 4 p.m. Sunday at the Coliseum. Tickets for Sunday's match are $20 in advance and $25 at the gate. AUTO RACING: Christian Fittipaldi returned to Daytona International Speedway Daytona International Speedway is a superspeedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is a 2.5 mile (4 km) tri-oval race track facility with a seating capacity of 168,000 spectators. for the second of NASCAR's testing sessions and posted the fastest lap of the day. Fittipaldi, making the switch this season from CART to NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla. , plans to drive a car owned by Andy Petree Racing Andy Petree Racing is a former NASCAR team. Its ownership changed hands several times over the years, with three different owners from its beginning to its close in 2004. The team was based out of North Carolina and was always a steady competitor for the win despite never winning a in the season-opening Daytona 500. The Brazilian tested the No. 33 Chevrolet and ran the fastest lap at 183.561 mph in the afternoon session. That topped the 181.243 he ran last week in Petree's No. 55 Chevy. YACHTING: Swiss entry Alinghi beat Oracle of San Francisco by 61 seconds in the America's Cup challenger final today to take a 3-0 lead in the best-of-nine series in Auckland, New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. . BASKETBALL: Grace Bible College Grace Bible College is a fundamentalist Christian college in the premillenial, dispensational tradition located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The school is regionally accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools and the Association for Biblical Higher Education of Grand Rapids, Mich., has canceled its remaining 13 men's games after four members were ruled ineligible to play because of poor grades, leaving the team with only three players. |
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