I just want to keep getting better year-by-year. Train the best that I can, as smart as I can, consistent as I can. Hopefully that will allow me to be world class over the next decade or so.
From USATF
Coming off a difficult double at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Track & Field, where he...
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Women’s champion just misses fastest female Mile time on Washington soil; five men sub-3:57 on hot evening
From Michael Ambrose - Special to the Yakima Herald-Republic & BBTM
YAKIMA, Wash. – In five years the Yakima Mile has become known for many good things in the tight-knit community of...
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The top six athletes bettered the old Trials record!
At the Olympic Trials in Eugene, the U.S. women produced an historic 1500 meters. Elle St. Pierre, who earlier won the 5000m, took the pace out from the gun, hitting the first 400 in 61 seconds. In the final thrilling home stretch, Nikki...
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Top eight surpassed old Trials record in exciting race
In the greatest U.S. 1500 meter race, Cole Hocker impressively defended his Olympic Trials title, crushing the meet record in 3:30.59, also a PR. Yared Nuguse followed closely on Hocker’s heels in 3:30.86, and 21-year-old Hobbs Kessler took...
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Engelhardt repeats as Mile champion at the New Balance Nationals Outdoor
By Erik Boal, DyeStat Editor
PHILADELPHIA – For every opportunity that Drew Griffith has taken complete advantage of during his senior year at Butler Area High, including a Foot Locker cross country national title, a win...
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Drew Griffith clocks 3:57.72 Mile as 22nd U.S. boy sub-4 and #5 outdoors all-time, #6 overall
By Keenan Gray of DyeStat
ST. LOUIS – It may have been one of the most exciting 15 minutes in the history of high school distance running on May 30.
All Sadie Engelhardt could do was watch from the...
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“I felt very strong through the first (kilometer) and I was like, you know what, it’s time to press and push and see what these guys have got."; nine men sub-3:50
By Andrew Greif for World Athletics
EUGENE, Ore. - In perhaps the most anticipated race at the Prefontaine Classic, World 1500m...
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Middle-distance star runner has set multiple American records this year before her son Ivan even turned 1; eyes return to Olympics in Paris
By Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE
Moments after Elle St. Pierre sprinted to a World Indoor Championship gold medal in the 3000m on March 2, setting an American...
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"I wanted to be part of its history, to break the world record. If you want to be one of the great runners, you must be part of this Mile history."
By Chris Turner for World Athletics Heritage
The Mile distance has captured the sporting imagination. Miracle Mile, Mile of the Century, Dream...
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Oxford is the place to be next Monday for the 70th anniversary celebration of Roger Bannister’s iconic, historic 3:59.4 Mile
By Jason Henderson, Athletics Weekly
Monday, May 6 marks one of the most important anniversaries in the sport. It will be 70 years since Roger Bannister became the...
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