U.S. All-Comers and event record for Nuguse; top two per gender earn Team USA berths for upcoming World Athletics Road Running Championships; $50,000 USA Championship money awarded
From Drake Relays
DES MOINES, Iowa – The 17th Grand Blue Mile presented by Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield...
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Strand sets absolute men’s NCAA Mile record; Nuguse, Ingebrigtsen indoor Mile WRs; Ruthe, youngest at 15, to run sub-4; absolute high school girls Mile record by Hedengren; most annual U.S. prep boys sub-4 with 7 individuals with 10 times; Johnson sets U.S. women’s track & road Mile records and...
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Records: 1 meet, 2 area, 7 national, 13 personal and 11 women go sub-4:20
From World Athletics with BBTM support
LONDON - At the sold-out, 60,000 strong, London Diamond League meet, under ideal racing conditions on Saturday afternoon, the women’s Mile was a burner. World 10,000m champion...
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Top two finishers also qualify for 2025 World Athletics Road Running Championships; top five women under previous U.S. record; 11 men sub-4 at Grand Blue Mile
From USATF & Drake Relays with BBTM support
DES MOINES, Iowa – The 2025 USATF 1 Mile Championships hosted by the Grand Blue Mile...
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U.S. indoor record by St. Pierre, new mother; record four men sub-3:50 indoors same race; Engelhardt national girls Mile records, outdoor and HS-only; men’s road Mile world record shattered, twice; at Iffley Road, 70th anniversary celebration of the first sub-4 by Roger Bannister; three more U.S....
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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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The first Kenyan to set the Mile world record; 7 national records as well as all 13 finishers clocked personal records in Monaco
Nicole Jeffery for World Athletics
Was it ever in doubt?
Faith Kipyegon continued to plunder the most revered middle distance marks in the sport, setting her...
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“Definitely the 3:47. I always just love the Mile more. The 3K’s fun, but the Mile, 1500, they’re definitely where my heart’s at.”
By Tim Casey, Forbes, Senior Contributor
Before Saturday, Yared Nuguse had never competed at the famed Millrose Games indoor track meet in New York City. But he...
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"I want to try and get as many medals as possible: that gold Olympic medal; World Championship medals... I also have world records in my sights"... but "the more important thing for me is to enjoy the process and not to get too hung up on the end goals."
By David Hunter, RunBlogRun.com
The...
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O’Hare wins men’s NYRR Wanamaker Mile for the second time in three years
Summary by BBTM with support from Nick Nicholas, The Armory
NEW YORK – On Saturday afternoon at The Armory New Balance Track & Field Center, the athletes delivered an outstanding, historic 113th Millrose Games. In the...
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