Mile News


USATF 1 Mile Road Championship Fields Announced for Grand Blue Mile

April 19, 2017

Event also kicks off the Bring Back the Mile Grand Prix Tour 2017 in Des Moines; $25,000 national championship purse with $5000 for each national champion

DES MOINES - Grand Blue Mile race officials have announced the elite fields for the 2017 USA 1 Mile Road Championships set for Tuesday,...

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St. Joe’s Cooper Teare caps great series of runs

April 18, 2017

Oregon-bound senior's near sub-4 performance capped the greatest month-long stretch by an individual in California distance running history.

By Mitch Stephens, SF Gate

Cooper Teare crossed the finish line to a giant groan from the crowd at El Camino College in Torrance on Friday. He...

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Simpson, Houlihan lead parade of Olympians headed to Drake Relays

April 14, 2017

Iowa natives part of "one of the best women’s 1500 meter fields we’ve ever assembled.”

By Cody Goodwin, The Des Moines Register

A slew of local athletes and plenty of Olympians will make their way to Des Moines in just a couple of weeks.

New Drake Relays director Blake Boldon said on...

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A Crazy Speed Streak: Man Going for a Sub-5:00 Mile 105 Days in a Row

April 14, 2017

Pat McGregor, assistant track coach at Samford University, is trying to go at least one day longer than the streak his high school coach established in 1979.

By John A. Kissane, Runner's World

Although his competitive running career is behind him, Patrick McGregor, 26, is again hitting the...

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