Sub-4 Minutes Old Hat for Brannen

By Bill Doucet, The Record

In 1954, Roger Bannister became the first man to run a sub-4 minute Mile.

Nathan Brannen accomplished the same feat 47 years later as a high schooler – only the seventh to do so at such a young age – just beating the barrier with a time of 3:59.85.

Since that day...

Daniel Clark runs sub-4 minute Mile at Festival of Miles

Jackson Lumen Christi High School graduate breaks "magic" barrier in St. Louis

By Eric Hammis | ehammis@mlive.com

JACKSON, MI – Daniel Clark has run track for Notre Dame University and competed in the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials.

Now the Jackson Lumen Christi High School graduate can etch his...

The Mile is just like High School

Lawrence High School valedictorian speech by Erzsebet Nagy, Maine Class A 800m, 1600, 3200m champion

Here we are, at the end of the four years that once seemed so daunting and infinite. I remember being so anxious for freshman year and thinking, “How am I going to survive the next four years of...

Olympians, Octogenarian to Run Cambridge Classic Mile

At 9th edition, Nate Brannen, Ed Whitlock headline field; racing iconic distance on "old school" clay track June 14

By Greg Mercer, The Record

CAMBRIDGE, Ontario — Canada's fastest octogenarian and one of its fastest marathoners will join a star-studded running celebration on the old clay...