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CAIN READY FOR ARMORY HOMECOMING SATURDAY NEW YORK (30-Jan) -- Mary Cain, the reigning world junior 3000m champion who electrified crowds at the Armory Track & Field Center in Upper Manhattan during her prep career at Bronxville High School, said that competing in New York provides her with a special thrill. The Nike Oregon Project athlete, who now lives and trains in Portland, Ore., is here for tomorrow's Armory Track Invitational where she'll compete in the 800m. "When people ask me where I'm from, I say I live in Oregon but I'm from New York," Cain told reporters today. She continued: "For me it's always, like, amazing (to compete in the Armory) since I live in Portland now. For me, it's a homecoming." Cain, 18, who is coached by three-time TCS New York City Marathon champion Alberto Salazar, plans to test her speed on the Armory's super-fast 200-meter banked track. Her coach had originally planned to have her run the two-mile at tomorrow's meet, but shifted her down to the half-mile because her speed work had been progressing so well. Moreover, Cain said that she's naturally a middle distance runner and would like to sharpen her skills at the shorter end of her range. Although she has a grown-up 800m personal best of 1:59.51 outdoors, her indoor best is a modest 2:07.21. That time will almost surely fall tomorrow. More news |