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Mile wire #14-06-13
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BARBARA, Calif. ÛÒ The Mile wire is a regular update on the best
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The USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships start today in Des Moines, IA with spots on the line to represent Team USA at the IAAF World Championships in Moscow, August 10-18. Below, we’ve provided a few links for you to better follow along all the action…
- Online Stream & Television Information
- Letsrun.com Women’s Preview – Men’s Preview
- T&F News Women’s Form Charts – Men’s Form Charts
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Women’s 1500m
Prelims – Thursday @ 5:40pm EST / Final – Saturday @ 5:46pm EST -
Men’s 1500m
Prelims – Thursday @ 6:00pm EST / Final – Saturday @ 6:40pm EST
| CainÛªs Latest Challenge: USA Outdoors | |
| By Jack Pfeifer, ArmoryTrack.com | |
| All of the American stars converge on Des Moines, Iowa, this week for the USA Outdoor T&F Championships, but despite the presence of dozens of Olympians, medalists and recordholders, all eyes will be on the 17-year-old from Westchester County, Mary Cain. Cain has taken the country’s track scene by storm this year, and she will be at it again, trying to make the national team for this summer’s World Championships. Those will be held in Moscow in August. Her preliminary heat of the 1500 will be held Thursday afternoon, the final two days later. The meet concludes on Sunday. It begins on Wednesday with the first day of the Juniors multi-events. Continue reading at armorytrack.com.
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| Michigan Mile, Part of the HealthPlus Crim Festival of Races, Set for Friday, August 23 | |
| By Crim Festival of Races | |
| FLINT, Mich. ÛÒ The Crim Fitness Foundation has announced a new date and course for the Michigan Mile. The event, part of the 2013 HealthPlus Crim Festival of Races, is set for Friday, August 23 following the Lois Craig Invitational of the Michigan Special Olympics. The 13th stop on the inaugural Bring Back the Mile Tour, a $10,000 prize purse and a new course will welcome a top professional field. Continue reading at bringbackthemile.com. |
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| Gabriele Anderson Continues Beating the Odds | |
| By Mackenzie Lobby, Competitor | |
| Stepping onto the track at historic Hayward Field last summer for Heat 2 of the 1500m semifinal felt like a finish line of sorts for Gabriele Anderson. She went through the motions of warming up, unshaken by the fact that she was not among the favorites to make the Olympic team. As the gun fired, she sprang from the line. Making for a tactical race, a blazing fast first lap made way for a pedestrian second lap. Anderson kept reminding herself to simply stay with the pack and maintain position. Although she always had a kick, she knew that she often employed it too late to make an impact. This time, she told her former coach from the University of Minnesota, Gary Wilson, she’d be the first to kick. Continue reading at competitor.com.
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| Is Something Wrong with U.S. Milers? | |
| By Peter Gambaccini, Runner’s World | |
| As runners line up for the first round of the men’s 1500 meters on Thursday at the USA Track & Field Championships in Des Moines, none of them will have the “A” standard for August’s world championships. As one of those runners, Matthew Centrowitz, says, “it’s more than likely no one’s going to get it” in Saturday’s final. Unless at least one runner possesses the “A” standard by July 20, the United States will send only one 1500 meter man to the world championships. A year after Leo Manzano won the silver medal and Centrowitz came in fourth in the Olympics, how did this reality come to pass? Is it something to panic about? Continue reading at runnersworld.com.
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| June 18, 2013 – By Peter Gambaccini, Runner’s World | |
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| June 17, 2013 – By Chris Lotsbom, Race Results Weekly | |
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