Mile News


Bowden to Enter Pac-12 Hall of Honor

March 09, 2020

Cal track star & 1956 Olympian was first American to run sub-4 minute Mile

By Cal Athletics

SAN FRANCISCO – Former Cal track great and first American to run a sub-4 minute Mile, Don Bowden will be inducted into the Pac-12 Hall of Honor at the Pac-12 Men's Basketball Tournament in Las Vegas on...

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Niwot’s Cruz Culpepper, fresh off near sub-4 minute Mile, on fast pace to greatness

March 07, 2020

"I haven’t laid my season out exactly yet, but I think it will come. I think I have the potential to run a good amount under it.”

By John Meyer, Denver Post

BOULDER — Cruz Culpepper shocked his parents when he ran the Mile in 4 minutes, 13 seconds as a 15-year-old to win a prestigious...

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My First Sub-4

February 26, 2020

As I looked over at the clock and saw 3:59.97 next to my name, I was completely euphoric. Seconds earlier my body was as heavy and exhausted as it had ever been. In an instant, I felt immortal.

By Riley Masters

The story of my first sub-4 Mile began at Boston University in February 2009, when...

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Spirit Run: much more than a fundraiser

February 23, 2020

Top fields expected for Elite Mile including 2017 race champion Tori Tsolis and Therese Haiss

From Stu News Newport

Generations of Newport Beach residents have grown up with Spirit Run, most remembering it as a school fundraiser. But for many, from near and far, it’s much more.

Spirit Run...

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