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At last year\'s Fork Union Invitational, Fork Union\'s Kippy Keino shot out like a cannon with Alex Tatu of Thomas Dale giving chase as they roared through the mile mark at 4:30. The quick early pace was too much for Tatu, while Keino was able to hold on and win by a substantial margin over Tatu.
In a rematch between two of the state\'s best distance runners, it almost looked like a replay of last year. Keino took it out even faster than last year\'s race with a 4:28 first mile clocking with Tatu trailing just behind Keino at 4:30. Just like last year\'s race, for the next two miles, Keino broke away from Tatu and built a sizable lead to capture the win in a course record shattering time of15:05. The previous course record was 15:23, which was set by Alex Clayton at last year\'s MileStat.com Invitational. Such an outstanding run this past weekend makes Keino well deserving of this week\'s athlete of the week.