Mile News


The Unravelling of a Rare Talent

April 13, 2013

By Doug Robinson, Deseret News

Tim Danielson is one of the greatest high school athletes ever signed by BYU, although you've probably never heard of him.

In 1966, he became only the second high school Miler ever to run a sub four-minute Mile, just two years after Jim Ryun became the first to...

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Elite Runners Ready for Saturday’s Blue Shoes Mile

April 12, 2013

Women finally get a Blue Shoes Mile of their own

By Mike Foley, Greenville Online

Alan Webb won’t be here in Greenville on Saturday afternoon. But the American Mile record holder’s meet and state record will be up for grabs at the Furman University track.

There, at 4:55pm, more than a dozen...

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USA 1 Mile Road Championships Field Set

April 11, 2013

Two-time Olympians Manzano, Rowbury headline field; $30,000 national championship prize purse

By Lance Bergeson, Des Moines Register

The elite fields for the 2013 USA Men's and Women's 1 Mile Road Championships on Tuesday, April 23 in Des Moines will feature an Olympic silver medalist.

Leo...

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Fifty Years in the Making

April 11, 2013

By Brett Hoover, Armory Track

In 1963 the Fordham University track squad went to the Penn Relays without expectations of bringing home a Championship of America wagon wheel trophy in the four-Mile relay.

But The Armory's own Dr. Norbert Sander was on that squad with Matt Cucciara, Joe...

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