Mile News


Branch Brady recalls a Milestone

May 26, 2015

“It's the best event, no doubt about it in my mind. The Mile is THE premier track event, I think.”

By Scott Mansch, Great Falls Tribune

Branch Brady has an anniversary coming up this week. A running anniversary. On May 30, 1965, the Great Falls Tribune reported that Brady, a high school...

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LeBlanc breaks four-minute Mile at Cowboy meet

May 26, 2015

LeBlanc is the first Louisiana native to run a sub-4 minute Mile on Louisiana soil and only the 6th person to do it this year outdoors.

By Michael Cooper, KPLCTV.com

Former Hathaway High and McNeese State standout Jarrett LeBlanc made history Saturday when he broke the 4 minute Mile mark at...

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Adam Clarke and Racheal Bamford among Westminster Mile winners

May 25, 2015

Olympian Mile won by former world Mile record-holder Steve Cram in 5:40 with Olympian Shireen Bailey following home in second.

From Athletics Weekly

Adam Clarke and Racheal Bamford were the winners of the British Mile Championships at Sunday’s Bupa Westminster Mile, while David Weir broke the...

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Laced with sporting history: The last tangible link to Bannister’s sub-4 Mile

May 23, 2015

Christie’s to auction the shoes worn by Sir Roger Bannister when he became the first man to run a sub-4 minute Mile, described as the ‘greatest athletic achievement of the 20th century’

From Christie's The Art People

The running shoes worn by Sir Roger Bannister CBE when he became the first...

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