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2012 Track Chats - Mary Cain

March 30, 2012

By Aaron Rich, MileSplit

Welcome to Track Chats 2012! We continue with distance sensation Mary Cain from Bronxville HS in New York.  Mary has run 4:46.91 for One Mile and 2:06.44 for 800m. Watch out for Mary as the season rolls on! 

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Return of the PUMA Mile: Mt. SAC Relays

March 29, 2012

The Mt. SAC Relays is proud to announce the return of the PUMA Mile this year.

By Mt. SAC Relays

This popular crowd favorite is back but with a very special twist.  The ‘twist’ being the goal of treating the always appreciative Mt. SAC Relays crowd to a sub-4 minute performance in the men’s...

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Sara Vaughn competes on a shoestring, but that didn’t keep her out of the World Indoor Track & Field

March 28, 2012

By Ken Goe, The Oregonian

Beaverton resident Sara Vaughn (right) pictured here at last winter's U.S. Open indoor meet in Madison Square Garden.
Sara Vaughn scrambled onto Team USA for this year's World Indoor Track & Field Championships in Istanbul.

Now we'll see what the 25-year-old mother...

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Metric system in high school track & field was a move that was not well thought out in 1978

March 27, 2012

By Bruce Buratti, The Express-Times

We recently ran a story written by Associated Press sports writer Eddie Pells detailing a grassroots movement initiated by Ryan Lamppa, who is trying to resurrect the Mile run in track & field.

This certainly struck a chord with me. I've been covering track...

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