Birthday: 11/29/92 Mile PR: 3:56.13 - 2017
Metric Mile (1500m) PR: 3:39.35 - 2021
High School: El Rancho HS '10
Hometown: Pico Rivera, CA
College: Cerritos College / UCLA '15
Current Residence: Cambridge, MA
Daniel Herrera retired as a professional runner in September 2021 and returned to school to get an MS in Biostatistics at Harvard.
In 2019, he won The Navy Mile, clocking 4 minutes, 5 seconds, his first BBTM Grand Prix Tour victory, and secured and defended the Tour title. In 2018, he was runner-up at two Tour events: Medtronic TC 1 Mile and Minnesota Mile.
He is known to race often, 20-30 times a year.
While attending Cerritos College, in 2011, Herrera won the 5000m and 10,000m state titles; he later transferred to UCLA.
FUN FACT: He has U.S.-Mexico dual citizenship and holds the Mexican Mile record of 3:56.13.
Longstanding indoor and outdoor Mile world records broken; Herrera & Kampf BBTM Grand Prix Tour champions and more BBTM Effect!
By Ryan Lamppa, Bring Back the Mile
The Bring Back the Mile campaign was launched in January 2012 to elevate & celebrate the storied distance, and over the past 8...
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Four Mile maniacs also win Tour presenting sponsor Running Warehouse $50 gift cards and BBTM swag
Bring Back the Mile, the campaign to elevate & celebrate the iconic distance, has announced the BBTM Grand Prix Tour 2019 two "Best Moments" winners per gender. Click on the athlete name below for...
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6th edition presented by Running Warehouse featured 5 stops awarding more than $110,000 plus a $10,000 GP purse
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – At the BBTM Grand Prix Tour 2019 finale, The Navy Mile, on a cloudy Sunday morning in Washington, DC, Daniel Herrera, 26, from New Orleans, LA, won the men’s...
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At the 5th edition, women’s champion shatters course record; BBTM Grand Prix Tour 2019 presented by Running Warehouse finale also crowns Herrera, Kampf Tour champions
Summary by Bring Back the Mile
WASHINGTON, DC - At the BBTM Grand Prix Tour 2019 finale, The Navy Mile, on a cloudy Sunday...
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SoCal native and 2018 BBTM GP Tour champion: "You find out that the chip on the shoulder type mentality can only take you so far."
By David Monico, Bring Back the Mile
Daniel Herrera, 26, is a rising star in the Mile ranks. In 2018, Herrera, with consistent racing, won the men's BBTM Grand...
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Grand prix tour with 6 stops awarded more than $125,000 plus $10,000 #Tour2018 GP purse; Eric Avila & Shannon Osika earn Tour Performance-of-the-Year bonus; fifth edition also featured Running Warehouse’s “Pick-the-Winner” online contest at every stop
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – (September 30,...
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