The 22-year-old American middle-distance runner Murphy, who claimed bronze at the 2016 Rio Olympics, destroyed the men's Invitational 800m field by clocking 1:43.60 to beat Eliud Rutto of Kenya by more than 2 seconds (1:45.70). Third place with a time of 1:45.95 took American runner Erik Sowinski.
Women's 800m Invitational race also produced big marks as two runners dipped under 2 minute mark. Raevyn Rogers (Oregon) won the race in 1:59.10, while Laura Roesler clocked 1:59.54 to take second place.
1 2480 Clayton Murphy NIKE 1:43.60 1 51.406 (51.406) 2 2215 Eliud Rutto Mid. Tenn. State 1:45.70 1 51.959 (51.959) 3 2484 Eric Sowinski NIKE 1:45.95 1 51.314 (51.314) 4 3529 Sho Kawamoto Suzuki AC- JPN 1:46.25 1 51.899 (51.899) 5 1611 David Torrence Hoka 1:47.01 2 52.155 (52.155) 6 1609 Edward Kemboi HP West 1:47.29 1 51.568 (51.568) 7 2080 Blair Henderson LSU 1:47.32 2 51.701 (51.701) 8 1789 Carter Lilly Iowa 1:47.51 2 52.050 (52.050) 9 2213 Sampson Laari Mid. Tenn. State 1:47.52 1 52.223 (52.223) 10 517 Richard Jones Brooks/Altis World 1:47.78 2 51.886 (51.886) 11 4076 Robert Ford USC 1:49.62 2 52.310 (52.310) 12 512 Iziak Yorks Brooks Beasts 1:49.66 2 52.565 (52.565) 13 289 Leandro Paris Argentina 1:51.05 2 51.632 (51.632) 14 3938 Abe Alvarado Unattached 1:52.38 1 52.442 (52.442)