Mile News Tagged American Record


Elle St. Pierre is faster than ever after having her son

May 12, 2024

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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Kipyegon obliterates Mile world record

July 21, 2023

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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Yared Nuguse wins Wanamaker Mile, shatters U.S. indoor record

February 11, 2023

“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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Despite COVID-19’s impacts, Houlihan produced top times & records in 2020

October 01, 2020

"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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Purrier pulverizes U.S. indoor Mile record at 113th Millrose Games

February 08, 2020

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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TFN HS Girls Athlete of the Year: Katelyn Tuohy

October 23, 2018

Mile and cross country ace became only the fifth sophomore ever to earn the AOY title

By Rich Sands, Track & Field News

The only people that "Girls Athlete of the Year" Katelyn Tuohy has trouble running away from these days are her growing legion of fans. The New York distance phenom produced...

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Tuohy breaks girls U.S. high school Mile record

June 17, 2018

"I can’t even begin to think what she’d run if it were a race and perfect conditions. If she had people with her and it was 75 degrees, God knows how fast she could run."

By Nancy Haggerty, Rockland / Westchester Journal News

She ran like she knew she could.

And like every track fan in the...

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One State, Three Mile Legends: Cunningham, Santee, Ryun

November 05, 2015

Record setting, Olympic trio hail from Kansas, the Sunflower State

By Bring Back the Mile

Kansas is known for its expansive wheat fields, but it has also amazingly grown three of the greatest Milers in history: Glenn Cunningham, Wes Santee and Jim Ryun. Consider below the impressive...

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Miler Jim Ryun’s 50-year-old upset of Peter Snell still a magic moment in history

June 27, 2015

In an age when track & field was more popular in the U.S. than the NBA, NHL and what is now NASCAR, no one was a bigger star than high schooler Ryun

By Scott M. Reid, The Orange County Register

In early June 1965, Jim Ryun, an 18-year-old senior at Wichita’s East High School, and his coach...

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Mile Moment of the Month: Steve Scott’s Dream Mile 1982

July 07, 2014

In thrilling race against top field, the legend again breaks his U.S. record in Oslo, Norway

By Bring Back the Mile

A Mile is four laps on the track that some have called the perfect distance and a four-act play. Oslo's Bislett Games Dream Mile in the 1980s was the pinnacle of this classic...

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