The Return of the Kings: Coe, Ovett and Cram at Bislett

By IAAF Diamond League

The “British kings of middle distance” will collectively return to Oslo for the first time in nearly a quarter of a century when they gather in Oslo to celebrate the Exxon Mobil Bislett Games on Thursday, June 13. In the late 70s and early 80s Seb Coe, Steve Ovett and...

Sub-4 Minutes Old Hat for Brannen

By Bill Doucet, The Record

In 1954, Roger Bannister became the first man to run a sub-4 minute Mile.

Nathan Brannen accomplished the same feat 47 years later as a high schooler – only the seventh to do so at such a young age – just beating the barrier with a time of 3:59.85.

Since that day...

Daniel Clark runs sub-4 minute Mile at Festival of Miles

Jackson Lumen Christi High School graduate breaks "magic" barrier in St. Louis

By Eric Hammis | ehammis@mlive.com

JACKSON, MI – Daniel Clark has run track for Notre Dame University and competed in the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials.

Now the Jackson Lumen Christi High School graduate can etch his...

The Mile is just like High School

Lawrence High School valedictorian speech by Erzsebet Nagy, Maine Class A 800m, 1600, 3200m champion

Here we are, at the end of the four years that once seemed so daunting and infinite. I remember being so anxious for freshman year and thinking, “How am I going to survive the next four years of...