Bernard Lagat opens 2011 outdoor campaign with victory in Melbourne...

MELBOURNE, Australia--Only five days after winning the USA indoor championships at 3000 meters, Washington State University alum Bernard Lagat (left, with Chris Solinsky/photo by Paul Merca) opened his 2011 outdoor season by winning the 5000 meters in the final event of the Melbourne Track Classic at Olympic Park, the opening meet of the IAAF World Challenge.

After pacemaker Brandon Bethke