Cross-Country

USATF’s Hightower Bans the Mile in America Bring Back the Mile calls decision by USATF President “misguided, undemocratic” and asks its supporters to fight the ban and to use hashtag #StopSteph. By Ian Stewart IV, Associated Press NEW YORK ‰ÛÓ (April 1, 2015) ‰ÛÓ Outgoing USA Track & Field President …

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. ‰ÛÓ The Mile wire is a regular update on the best stories, exclusive interviews and everything Mile-related. adidas Dream Mile Watch: Boys – Girls By Meg Bellino, FloTrack The adidas Grand Prix hosts the best professional track & field athletes in the world at Icahn Stadium on …

FISHER AVOIDS DISASTER, REPEATS AS NEW BALANCE NATIONALS INDOOR MILE CHAMPION By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2015 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved NEW YORK (15-Mar) — For roughly 1,550 meters of the boys’ championship mile at New Balance Nationals Indoor here today, Michigan’s Grant Fisher looked unstoppable. The 17-year-old …

2015 Bank of America Chicago Marathon Lottery Opens March 10 Runners Can Also Sign Up With a Guaranteed Entry for the Sunday, October 11 World-class Marathon Event CHICAGO – Today the Bank of America Chicago Marathon announced that runners can enter the lottery for the 2015 event on March 10. …

ROWBURY COMPLETES DISTANCE DOUBLE AT USA INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS By David Monti and Chris Lotsbom, @d9monti and @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2015 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (Usede with permission) BOSTON (01-Mar) — Running a savvy race off of a slow early pace, Shannon Rowbury won her second national indoor title in …

CENTROWITZ CLAIMS SECOND NYRR WANAMAKER MILE AT NYRR MILLROSE GAMES By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2015 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (Used with permission) NEW YORK (14-Feb) — With the near capacity crowd on their feet and the decibel level rising, Matthew Centrowitz claimed his second NYRR Wanamaker Mile …

ROWBURY EYES WANAMAKER WIN, AMERICAN RECORD AT NYRR MILLROSE GAMES By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2015 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (Used with permission) NEW YORK (12-Feb) -- Some have called it this year's race heard 'round the track and field world. Competing on a flat, 200 meter track …

DMR WORLD RECORD, TWO-MILE USA RECORD HIGHLIGHT NEW BALANCE INDOOR GRAND PRIX > By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom > (c) 2015 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved > > BOSTON (07-Feb) — Records were broken in bunches here at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, with two world and one national …

IGNORING DISTRACTIONS, EMMA COBURN FOCUSED ON THE TASK AT HAND By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2015 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (Used with Permission) BOSTON (06-Feb) -- At first glance, American Olympian Emma Coburn and New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick might not seem to have too much …

JENNY SIMPSON FOCUSED ON RAISING THE BAR IN 2015 By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom (c) 2015 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (Used with permission) BOSTON (06-Feb) -- If the year 2015 is anything like 2014, then American Jenny Simpson will be quite happy. The 28-year-old from Boulder, Colo., is here …