Lagat easily advances to Sunday's finals in the 3000 with third place effort...

SOPOT, Poland--Washington State University alum Bernard Lagat (left/photo by Paul Merca) advanced to the finals of the mens 3000 meter run Friday night with a controlled third place finish in the second of two semifinal heats at Ergo Arena.



As is his trademark, Lagat let the field do the work for most of the race, and let heat winner Caleb Ndiku of Kenya take off with two laps to go.