Stay tuned for 2015 info! Part of the Hilton Garden Innvitational, the Camel City Indoor Mile is limited to 12 individuals, all of whom will either have a prior sub-4:00 Mile to their credit, or be on the cusp of breaking the illusive barrier. The Camel City Indoor Mile was the first stop on the inaugural Bring Back the Mile Grand Prix Tour 2014.
JDL Fast Track has set aside more than $7500 in potential prize money to professionals for this USATF‐sanctioned event. Additionally, JDL Fast Track has additional funds available to set up hotel and airfare reservations for select individuals.
MEN PRIZE PURSE
Additional time bonuses of $500 will be paid to any of the top three professionals in the Men's race who break 4:00.00.
2014 Camel City Men's Mile
Miles Batty - 2011 NCAA indoor Mile champ and former NCAA indoor Mile record holder - 3:54.54 - late scratch (illness)
Matthew Elliott - 4th place at 2013 USA Outdoors - 3:37.41 1500m PR
Michael Hammond - All American at Virginia Tech - 3:58 PR
Riley Masters - All American at Oklahoma - 3:58 PR
Duncan Phillips - 7-time All-American at Arkansas - 3:56.27 PR
Donnie Cowart ("rabbit") - Rabbitted inaugural Camel City Indoor Mile; 4th place in 2012 Olympic Trials steeplechase.
2014 Camel City Women's Mile
Charlotte Browning - 2010 NCAA indoor mile and outdoor 1,500 champ - 4:31 PR
Nicole Bush - member of 2013 Moscow World Champs team in steeplechase - 4:36 PR
Brie Felnagle - 2007 NCAA 1500m champion at North Carolina - 4:08 1500m PR
Stephanie Garcia - member of 2011 Daegu World Champs team in steeplechase - 4:45 PR
Amanda Mergaert - 2013 Utah graduate - 4:35.35 PR
Sara Vaughn - All-American at Colorado and member of 2012 World Indoor team - 4:29 PR
Heidi Gregson ("rabbit") - PRs of 2:05 for 800m and 4:38 for mile
Elite athletes or college coaches wishing to place their athletes in this event should contact Craig Longhurst via email at craig@jdlcastlecorp.com or via phone at (336) 722‐2033.
2014 Mile Champions
Duncan Phillips (TX), 4:00.94
Sara Vaughn (OR), 4:35.07, meet record
2013 Mile Champion
Corey Leslie (USA / OH), 3:57.81*
*North Carolina State indoor record
The event was also a stop on the nationwide inaugural Bring Back the Mile Tour 2013.
Duncan Phillips and Sara Vaughn race to Camel City Indoor Mile wins, picking up $1500 and $2000 respectively; Camel City Indoor Mile first stop on the BBTM GP Tour 2014
By JDL Fast Track
There is no other way to put it, but the 2nd Camel City Elite Races were a resounding success. The races...
Read More commentsJanuary 29, 2014
Elite Fields in Men’s and Women’s 800, Mile and 3000; headlined by Nick Symmonds
WINSTON‐SALEM, N.C. – Nick Symmonds will headline the Camel City Elite races to be held at JDL Fast Track on Saturday, February 1, 2014, as part of the Hilton Garden Innvitational. With assistance from the Camel City Crowd Fund, JDL Fast Track will be awarding nearly $23,000 in prize money, time bonuses and rabbit fees in six races – men’s and women’s 800m, Mile and 3000m.
The Camel City Indoor Mile races are also the first stop on the inaugural Bring Back the Mile Grand Prix Tour 2014.
January 28, 2014
Presented by Running Warehouse, fans can choose their favorites to win Saturday’s Camel City Indoor Miles, first stop on the BBTM Grand Prix Tour 2014, for a chance to win prizes
By Bring Back the Mile
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – (January 28, 2014) – As part of the Bring Back the Mile Grand Prix Tour 2014, BBTM launched today its “Pick-the-Winner” contest presented by Running Warehouse. Fans are able to select their favorite Milers to win the Men’s and Women’s professional Miles on Saturday, February 1 at the Camel City Indoor Mile, part of the Hilton Garden Innvitational collegiate track meet in Winston-Salem, N.C. Fans who select the correct winner in either race will be in the running to win a $50 gift certificate to Running Warehouse as well as BBTM gear.
January 22, 2014
Inaugural grand prix tour includes six stops; total Tour prize purse exceeds $90,000; Running Warehouse’s “Pick-the-Winner” fan engagement contest
By Bring Back the Mile
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – (January 22, 2014) – Bring Back the Mile, the national campaign to elevate and celebrate the iconic distance, has announced its grand prix tour that includes six events from across the country. The Bring Back the Mile Grand Prix Tour 2014 opens on Saturday, February 1 at the Camel City Indoor Mile, part of the Hilton Garden Innvitational collegiate track meet in Winston-Salem, N.C.
January 2, 2014
Olympians David Oliver and Nick Symmonds highlight the JDL Fast Track's professional athlete development program and the February 1 Hilton Garden Innvitational Camel City Elite Races.
By Bring Back the Mile
A member of the inaugural 2013 BBTM Tour, JDL Fast Track has expanded its professional athlete development program for its 2014 season. World Championships gold medalist David Oliver is set to host the David Oliver High School Classic on January 24-25 and the following week welcomes World Championships 800m silver medalist Nick Symmonds to the Hilton Garden Innvitational on Saturday, February 1. Symmonds, who just announced Brooks as his new sponsor, will open his 2014 campaign in the 800 meters. In addition to the Men's Camel City Mile on February 1, JDL Fast Track has added a Camel City Women's Mile as well as professional 800m and 3000m races.
November 4, 2013
Nearly $7000 in prize money available for February 1, 2014 event
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The second Camel City Indoor Mile will be contested on Saturday, February 1, 2014 within the Hilton Garden Innvitational. New in 2014, the event is adding a women’s edition of the Camel City Indoor Mile. In February 2013, three Milers went under the magical 4 minute barrier, led by Cory Leslie’s 3:57.81 clocking, a North Carolina State indoor record.
JDL Fast Track has set aside nearly $7000 in prize money available to professionals for this event. Additionally, JDL Fast Track has additional funds available to set up hotel and airfare reservations for select individuals.
Highlights of national promotional tour of iconic distance include thrilling races and numerous meet, U.S. Junior, NCAA, course and State records; $120,000 awarded to top Milers
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – (September 12, 2013) – The inaugural Bring Back the Mile Tour 2013, showcasing 14 events nationwide, produced exciting Mile racing throughout the year including the Tour finale at the Minnesota Mile on Sunday, September 8 where Americans Ben Blankenship and Gabriele Anderson shattered course records, clocking 3 minutes, 52.7 seconds and 4:21.3, respectively, and running the fastest Miles ever in Minnesota. Bring Back the Mile (BBTM), launched in January 2012, is a national campaign to elevate and celebrate the iconic distance.
“The first Bring Back the Mile Tour exceeded our expectations, with numerous thrilling Tour event finishes and record or near record number of participants for virtually every Tour event as well as many national, NCAA, state and event records were set,” BBTM Founder Ryan Lamppa said. “The Tour events, which awarded $120,000 in prize money, and the top Milers inspired, engaged and entertained runners of all ages and abilities, the media, fans and the general public, and we look forward to bringing back the Tour in 2014 to create more Mile magic.”
August 29, 2013
2nd edition part of Hilton Garden Innvitational; more than $4000 in potential prize money for professionals
By Craig Longhurst, JDL Fast Track
WINSTON‐SALEM, N.C. – The second Camel City Indoor Mile will be contested on Saturday, February 1, 2014 within the Hilton Garden Innvitational. In 2013 at the Bring Back the Mile Tour event, three Milers went under the magical 4 minute barrier, led by Cory Leslie’s 3:57.81, the facility’s first ever and a North Carolina State indoor record.
February 4, 2013
Three Milers go under 4:00; first sub-4 indoors in North Carolina; top collegian at 4:05
By Craig Longhurst, JDL Fast Track
WINSTON‐SALEM, N.C. – (February 2, 2013) – JDL Fast Track hosted its first ever elite Mile as part of the Hilton Garden Innvitational on Saturday, February 2, resulting in the facility’s first ever sub-4:00 minute Mile and a North Carolina indoor record.
A 200 meter flat track in North Carolina vies to remove stigma that all flat tracks are slow with $4000 up for grabs in professional Mile.
January 30, 2013
By Bring Back the Mile
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - In August of 2011, a 105,000 square foot, 200 meter Mondo flat track, began to come to life in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Five months later, the Fast Track High School Invitational, welcomed high school athletes, coaches, parents and a lot of 'wows' through its doors. Built to provide a warmer alternative during the winter months, the JDL Fast Track has quickly grown to become one of the premier venues in the southeast, hosting over 25 meets including High School, Collegiate and Masters Championships in its second season of operation
January 29, 2013
By Eddie Wooten, Running Shorts
UNCG All-America Paul Chelimo will be part of the field for the Camel City Indoor Mile on Saturday at JDL Fast Track in Winston-Salem.
January 29, 2013
By Barbara Huebner, NYRR News Service
The inaugural Bring Back the Mile Tour, consisting of 13 events across the United States, will kick off on Saturday with men’s and women’s Miles at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston and the Camel City Indoor Mile in Winston-Salem, NC.
January 28, 2013
Top Milers compete for more than $4000 in prize money at the Hilton Garden Innvitational; collegians looking for NCAA qualifying marks
WINSTON‐SALEM, N.C. – (January 9, 2013) – JDL Fast Track today made their final announcement of the field for the Camel City Indoor Mile, to be held at JDL Fast Track on Saturday, February 2 as part of the Hilton Garden Innvitational collegiate track meet.
The Camel City Indoor Mile, part of the Bring Back the Mile campaign, is an elite mile race on JDL Fast Track’s 200m Mondo indoor track. JDL Fast Track has committed more than $4000 in prize money available to the top three professional finishers, including time bonuses for breaking the “magical” 4:00.00 barrier.
January 19, 2013
By NCRunners
First, the were elite high school Mile races at the NCRunners Elite Holiday Invitational. Next comes the Camel City Indoor Mile, scheduled for February 2nd as part of the Hilton Garden Invitational. Is this an intentional pattern of running the Mile instead of the 1600 meters at the JDL Fast Track, or is it just a novelty? According to Craig Longhurst, the director of the facility, the use of the classic English and American race distance is no accident. In addition to bringing top-notch talent to the JDL, Longhurst feels some affinity for the "Bring Back the Mile" movement, which is growing in strength across the country.
January 9, 2013
Top Milers compete for more than $4000 in prize money at the Hilton Garden Innvitational; also sub-4 minute Mile bonus money
WINSTON‐SALEM, N.C. – (January 9, 2013) – JDL Fast Track today made their first announcement of the field for the Camel City Indoor Mile, to be held at JDL Fast Track on Saturday, February 2 as part of the Hilton Garden Innvitational collegiate track meet.
The Camel City Indoor Mile, part of the Bring Back the Mile campaign, is an elite mile race on JDL Fast Track’s 200m Mondo indoor track. JDL Fast Track has committed more than $4000 in prize money available to the top three professional finishers, including time bonuses for breaking the “magical” 4:00.00 barrier.
Return the Mile to prominence on the American & worldwide sports and cultural landscape by elevating and celebrating the Mile to create a movement.
ELEVATE
Bring Back the Mile as the premier event in the sport, and increase interest in and media coverage of the Mile for both those who love the distance as well as the general public.
CELEBRATE
Bring Back the Mile to celebrate the storied distance and to recognize the people who made and make the Mile great and to promote Mile events and the next generation of U.S. Milers.
NATIONAL MOVEMENT
Bring Back the Mile to create a national movement for the Mile as America’s Distance, to inspire Americans to run the Mile as part of their fitness program and to replace the 1600 meters at High School State Track & Field Meets across the country.
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