Mile wire #3-02-13 SANTA BARBARA, Calif. ÛÓ The Mile wire is a regular update on the best stories, exclusive interviews and everything Mile-related. (Photo by Victah Sailer/photorun.net) Mile Guide: Wanamaker Edition By Bring Back the Mile First held in 1908 and known as the Wanamaker Mile from 1926 on, the …
Read More »All USATF Indoor Meets to be Televised
USA Track & FieldÛªs indoor track and field television schedule for the first time will feature live coverage of all events, USATF announced Tuesday. Each of three meets will be aired both live and on tape-delay for a national audience. The 2013 Indoor USATF Championship Series season will kick off …
Read More »State of the Mile Report – 2012
Mile News State of the Mile Report: 2012 December 28, 2012 And the future looks bright for the iconic distance in the USA By Bring Back the Mile On January 18, 2012, Bring Back the Mile launched with a cardboard sign and video: the start of a movement to return AmericaÛªs …
Read More »Lagat Looking for US 2M Record at Millrose
LAGAT HOPES FOR MORE MILLROSE MAGIC IN 2013 By David Monti (c) 2012 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (used with permission) (05-Dec) -- Bernard Lagat, the two-time Olympic medalist who won a record eight Wanamaker Miles, is hoping for more Millrose Games magic at the 2013 edition of the …
Read More »Symmonds, Solomon To Go For Millrose 600m Record
SOLOMON, SYMMONDS TO CHALLENGE 600M RECORD AT MILLROSE GAMES By David Monti (c) 2012 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (Used with permission) NEW YORK (28-Nov) -- America's two best 800-meter runners, Duane Solomon and Nick Symmonds, will try to break a 26 year-old record at next February's 106th Millrose …
Read More »Latest Bring Back The Mile E-Newsetter
Mile wire #7-09-12 SANTA BARBARA, Calif. ÛÒ The Mile wire is a regular update on the best stories, exclusive interviews and everything Mile-related. Inaugural Solvang Mile Draws Top U.S. Men’s Milers By North American Athletics On Saturday, October 6, the streets of Solvang, California are going to be packed with …
Read More »Centro’, Martinez Bag 5th Avenue Mile Titles
CENTROWITZ, MARTINEZ SNAG FIRST FIFTH AVENUE MILE TITLES By Joe Battaglia (c) 2012 NYRR New Service, used with permission NEW YORK (22-Sep) -- Both Matthew Centrowitz and Brenda Martinez knew that the surge to the finish at the NYRR Fifth Avenue Mile presented by Nissan here was going to happen …
Read More »Lagat, Simpson to Defend at NYC’s 5th Ave. Mile
AMERICAN, BRITISH STARS TO CLOSE SEASON AT FIFTH AVENUE MILE By David Monti (c) 2012 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (Used with permission) NEW YORK (13-Sep) -- American and British athletes have recorded a combined 35 victories at the Fifth Avenue Mile since the event was founded here by …
Read More »5 US Athletes Into Inaugural IAAF Hall of Fame
Five American athletes named to innaugural IAAF Hall of Fame ISTANBUL, TURKEY ÛÒ The IAAF announced Thursday that Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Carl Lewis, Edwin Moses, Al Oerter and Jesse Owens will be among the initial 12 members of the inaugural class for the IAAF Hall of Fame. The IAAF and President …
Read More »Lagat, Rupp Trade American Records Over Weekend
Camarena-Williams, Rupp set ARs; 5 world leaders turned in at USATF Classic FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. ÛÓ Jillian Camarena-Williams and Galen Rupp set American records as five world-leading marks ÛÓ including one in each round of the women’s 60 meters ÛÓ were posted at Saturday’s USA Track & Field Classic. The third …
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