By Down the Back Stretch
Last weekend at Notre Dame, the Gophers' John Simmons joined an exclusive club by running a sub-4 minute Mile (Simons is the 397th U.S. runner to break 4 minutes in the Mile). As an added bonus the result qualified him for this weekend's NCAA Indoor championships. ...
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Date of Statehood: December 7, 1787
Capital: Dover
Motto: Liberty & Independence
In 2018, Sam Parsons became the first Delawarean to go sub-4 in the Mile, clocking 3:59.70 in New York, and on April 9, 2022, Parsons recorded the first sub-4 Mile on state soil, winning The Delaware Mile...
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By The Sporting Maniac
I grew up on a farm in Indiana and one of the things that I loved the most was that almost all of the country roads are in one Mile increments. This made it great when running or biking and it was awesome for giving directions to someplace. You always knew how far things...
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High School Athlete of the Week
By Marc Bloom, Running Times
Athlete: Trevor Gilley
Year: Senior
School: Southlake Carroll High School
Location: Southlake, TX
800m PR: 1:52.99 (outdoors)
Mile PR: 4:08.24 (indoors)
After his 4:08.24 Brooks Invitational Mile victory in Seattle on Feb....
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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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