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| Mile Guide: Wanamaker Edition | |
| By Bring Back the Mile | |
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First held in 1908 and known as the Wanamaker Mile from 1926 on, the famous Mile enters its second year away from the boards of Madison Square Gardens to the uber fast and energetic New Balance Track & Field Center at the Armory. Who will be the next great Wanamaker Mile athlete? Will Matthew Centrowitz start a streak that can rival Lagat’s eight Wanamaker Mile titles? Will the collegiate champ, Jordan Hasay or the prep Mary Cain elevate themselves into the ranks of some of the best Milers of all-time? The Millrose Games have put together stellar fields once again for Saturday evening and we’ve compiled a viewer’s guide to settle in with on Saturday evening. Continue reading at bringbackthemile.com. |
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| Matthew Centrowitz Wants Wanamaker Mile Record Saturday | |
| By Peter Gambaccini, Runner’s World | |
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Matthew Centrowitz, 23, won the Wanamaker Mile at the 2012 Millrose Games in 3:53.92. He returns to the Games on Saturday at the Armory in New York with Bernard Lagat’s Wanamaker record of 3:52.87 as his target. In 2011, while a University of Oregon undergraduate, Centrowitz was the NCAA 1500-meter champion and the bronze medalist in the world championships. He was fourth in the 1500 at the 2012 London Olympics. On February 2, he won the mile at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston in 3:56.26. Continue reading at runnersworld.com |
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| Jordan Hasay to Mary Cain: Go to College | |
| By Peter Gambaccini, Runner’s World | |
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Jordan Hasay has been where 2013 indoor track sensation Mary Cain is right now. Cain, of course, is the Bronxville, New York high school junior who is the biggest American track story of the moment, smashing national high school records for the mile, 3000 meters, and the two-mile that had endured for decades. As a high school runner in California, Hasay won her first Foot Locker Cross Country crown in her freshman year, and made the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials 1500-meter final after setting a national scholastic record in the semi-finals. That mark was broken last year by Cain. Continue reading at runnersworld.com |
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| Jim Ryun Returns to Site of Record Run | |
| By Toni Reavis, ToniReavis.com | |
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San Diego’s Balboa Stadium looked much different in 1965 when it was home to the AFL San Diego Chargers than it does today as home to San Diego High School Cavers. In the summer of `65 Balboa Stadium hosted the AAU Track & Field Championships. The highlight of that meet was the one Mile run, featuring the Olympic gold and silver medalists from Tokyo 1964, New Zealand’s Peter Snell and Czechoslovakia’s Josef Odložil. Also in the field was the newly minted American mile record holder, Jim Grelle, a product of Bill Bowerman’s University of Oregon program, and one other notable worth mentioning, a gangly high school senior out of Wichita East High School in Kansas, one Jim Ryun. Continue reading at bringbackthemile.com. |
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More on the Mile
| Grace on Fire: 5 Questions with Kate Grace | |
| February 12, 2013 – By Mario Fraioli, Competitor Group | |
| Just Why Do UK & Ireland Over-Perform in the NCAA Mile? | |
| February 12, 2013 – By TrackBound USA | |
| Masters Sets Maine Mile Record at Tyson Invitational | |
| February 8, 2013 – By Derek Veilleux, Maine TrackXC | |
| College Basketball Game Includes Halftime Mile | |
| February 8, 2013 – By Peter Gambaccini, Runner’s World |
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