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Mile wire #4-02-13
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BARBARA, Calif. ÛÒ The Mile wire is a regular update on the best
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| Bring Back the Mile Announces Anniversary Contest Winner | |
| By Bring Back the Mile | |
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. ÛÒ (February 21, 2013) ÛÒ Nathan Bickell and Shai Ben-Dor of Ithaca, NY are the winners of the Bring Back the Mile Anniversary Contest. Their #IAMTHEMILE video was selected over numerous photo and video submissions from across the country ÛÒ all tied to one common theme: the Mile, one of the most iconic and storied events in sport. ÛÏIn |
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| A Beautiful Night for the Mile: Reid, Lomong Win the Wanamaker Mile | |
| By Duncan Larkin, The Mile wire | |
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NEW YORK ÛÒ (February 16, 2013) ÛÒ Under the bright lights and amidst the roaring of a sold-out crowd at the 168th Street Armory in Upper Manhattan, Sheila Reid of Canada prevailed against a star-studded field in the inaugural womenÛªs NYRR Wanamaker Mile on Saturday night at the 106th edition of the storied Millrose Games. ReidÛªs winning time was a world leading 4 minutes, 27.02 seconds. However, all eyes were on 16-year-old American Mary Cain of Bronxville, New York, who came in second to Reid in 4:28.25. Though she wasnÛªt the raceÛªs winner, Cain shattered a stunning four national records with her time, including her own national high school Mile record. Additionally, she broke the U.S. Junior record for that distance. Continue reading at bringbackthemile.com |
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| Tri-Cities Track Classic Coming to Tipton Stadium | |
| By Madison Mathews, Johnson City Press | |
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If you build it, they will come. ThatÛªs the logic being put toward the inaugural Tri-Cities Track Classic, which will be held April 19-20 at Science Hill High SchoolÛªs Kermit Tipton Stadium. The massive stadium features a nine-lane oval track that rivals most collegiate facilities, and meet organizers plan to utilize Science HillÛªs facilities to host high school athletes from more than eight states during the two-day event… …The track meet has also been named a part of the Bring Back the Mile Tour. Bring Back the Mile is a national movement that seeks to bring back the Mile run as part of track and field events. The Mile run will be named after Ray Flynn, an Olympian and East Tennessee State University graduate. Continue reading at johnsoncitypress.com |
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| Will Bernard Lagat Live Forever? | |
| By Nicholas Thompson, The New Yorker | |
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Most athletes peak at about the age of twenty-six or twenty-seven. For tennis players, itÛªs a bit younger; for golfers, a bit older. Most everyone starts to fade by about thirty. There are, however, a few freaks. One of them pitches relief for the Yankees. Another of them won the two-mile at the Millrose Games, at the Armory, on Saturday night. The runner is named Bernard Lagat, and heÛªs thirty-eight. He completed two miles, indoors, in eight minutes and nine-and-a-half seconds. ThatÛªs the fastest an American has ever run, and Lagat now holds national records in the fifteen-hundred metres, the mile, the three-thousand metres, the two-mile, and the five-thousand metres. Continue reading at newyorker.com. |
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More on the Mile
| British Milers Get Slap in the Face | |
| February 20, 2013 – By Jason Henderson, Athletics Weekly | |
| Olympic Snub Drives TUÛªs OÛªHare to NCAA Mile Record | |
| February 20, 2013 – By John E. Hoover, Tulsa World | |
| Former Hilltopper Breaks 4-Minute Mile, to Run at USA Indoor Championships | |
| February 19, 2013 – By James Barron, The New Mexican | |
| Edward Cheserek of St. Benedict’s Prep will attend Oregon | |
| February 16, 2013 – By Jim Lambert, Star-Ledger |
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