Birthday: 04/15/85 Mile PR: 3:55.66 (indoors) - 2010
Metric Mile (1500m) PR: 3:36.33 - 2012
High School: Minnetonka HS
Hometown: Minnetonka, MN
College: Pomona College '07
Current Residence: Ann Arbor, MI
Will Leer is a four-time NCAA Division III national champion taking home two Indoor Mile titles (2006-07) and the only Division III athlete to win both the 1500 meters and 5000 meters, which he accomplished at the 2007 Outdoor Championships.
In March 2013, Leer won the USA Indoor Mile (3:58.79 - fastest Mile at altitude indoors) and 3000m titles, his first national crowns.
By Kevin Sully, Daily Relay
Most twenty-somethings who relocate to Los Angeles do it to chase a dream. They don’t envision moving into their parents’ home or being in bed before 10:00 p.m. Then again, most twenty somethings aren’t elite athletes trying to revitalize their career.
For Will...
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By Down the Backstrecth
Will Leer went to Albuquerque to battle Bernard Lagat and returned a double USA champion. The Minnetonka grad had won NCAA DIII Championships, but the 3000m/Mile double at the USA Indoor Championships was his first, and second national titles. The double prompted one...
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16-year-old defeats field of pros in tactical race; Leer clocks fastest indoor Mile at altitude
By Peter Gambaccini, Runner's World
Against a field of pros at the USA Indoor Championships in Albuquerque on Sunday, 16-year-old Mary Cain elected to “keep it slow and kick it out” in the women’s...
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Wynne, Frazier high school Mile champions; NBIGP kick-off to the Bring Back the Mile Tour 2013
By Jim Gerweck, The Mile wire
BOSTON – (February 2, 2013) – When it comes to the Mile, the 2013 indoor track season has been thus far quite thrilling with Mary Cain’s U.S. high school record and...
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2010 and 2011 Relays champions Peter van der Westuizen and Will Leer return for another shot at sub-4-minute mile at Memorial Stadium
LAWRENCE, Kan. – Eight of the nation’s top milers have agreed to race in the prestigious Glenn Cunningham Mile at the 2012 Kansas Relays it was announced by KU...
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