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State Mile Guide: #4 Georgia

March 21, 2013

Date of Statehood: January 2, 1788
Capital: Atlanta
Motto: Wisdom, Justice & Moderation

Home to the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, the Peachtree State witnessed Mile legend Noureddine Morceli's 3:50.86 warm-up prior to the Games at the Atlanta Grand Prix, a U.S. All-Comer's Mile record at the time. More recently, in 2015, Brandon Lasaster became the first native Georgian to go sub-4 minutes, while Amanda Winslow, a standout at Collins Hill High School and Florida State, has a sub-4:30 Mile to her name, recorded in 2014; see the below.

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Amanda Winslow became the fastest Georgian woman with her 4:31.08 runner-up finish at the 2013 NCAA Indoor Championships, and in 2014, she clocked a sub-4:30 indoor Mile.

STATE RECORDS

Georgia Soil
Male: 3:50.86, Noureddine Morceli (ALG), 1996
Female: 4:25.92i, Regina Jacobs (USA / CA), 2000
i = indoors

Georgian
Male: 3:59.24, Brandon Lasaster, 2015
Female: 4:26.28i, Amanda Winslow, 2014
i = indoors

BOYS: 
Mile: 4:04.78, Brendan Mahoney, Marist, 1999
1600m: 4:06.27, Ben Hubers, McEachern, 2007

GIRLS:
Mile: 4:50.88, Amanda Winslow, Collins Hill, 2008
1600m: 4:44.97, Amanda Winslow, Collins Hill, 2009

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Tags: state guide (13) , noureddine morceli (7) , georgia (1) , brandon lasaster (2) , atlanta track club (3) , amanda winslow (2)

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