6/24/08

Khadevis Robinson has won the 800 at the USA Championships four times outdoors (including a 1:44.37 in 2007) and three times indoors; he edged rival Nick Symmonds by one-hundredth of a second in this winter’s USA Indoor Championships in Boston. That rivalry will be renewed at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene. Robinson’s career best in the 800 is 1:43.68, set in 2006. He ran in the first round of the 800 at the 2004 Olympics and has been on four outdoor World Championships teams. He was the 1998 NCAA champion outdoors while at Texas Christian University.