A silver medalist at the Pan American Games from Alberta, Canada, and Rapid City South Dakota, Simeon Birnbaum set a new meet record in the 800 meters at the Oregon Twilight Meet on Friday, scorching the track in a personal-best of 1:44.67.
Duck teammates Bodey Lutes and James Harding ran a second behind him to complete the sweep.
In all the Oregon track team took 11 events in the storied event, a tradition that dates back to June 2, 1966 when Dyrol Burleson outdueled Roscoe Divine in the featured mile, setting a stadium record of 3.57.3…