Nick Willis’ record 19th consecutive year sub-4, Hobbs Kessler – 12th U.S. high schooler sub-4 – sets prep indoor Mile record, two more father-son sub-4 combo club members and NCAA Indoor champion Cole Hocker leads youth charge highlight another pandemic year
Sophomore sets meet record in the Mile: “I definitely feel like I’m in the best shape of my life."
By David Woods, Indianapolis Star
Cole Hocker did everything he could have done except set a world record. If he had gone for it, you never know.
“I definitely feel like I’m in the best shape...
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The secret behind this winter’s Duck Mile breakout, if there is one, is coach Ben Thomas, according to his athletes.
By Sieg Lindstrom, Track & Field News
Miling is breaking out in Duck Town. Again. With head-scratching times and depth. Many aspects of life have come without precedent in the...
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“You run a time and you think, ‘I could go faster.’ So, I think it’s always going to be a challenge, and I think I am always going to challenge myself to run it faster.”
By Maggie Vanoni, Daily Emerald
At the Columbia Challenge in New York last month, Oregon redshirt sophomore Mick Stanovsek...
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Record prize money awarded exceeds $500,000, Blankenship & Lipari win BBTM Grand Prix Tour titles, one more U.S. HSer sub-4, the brothers Ingebrigtsen make history, greatest women’s Mile ever and more highlight year
By Ryan Lamppa, Bring Back the Mile
Since the Bring Back the Mile launch in...
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"He closed in 58.8 or 58.9, so he still had something left. But the early pace cost him.”
By Darren Sabedra, The Mercury News
SACRAMENTO — The quest for history, the magical sub-4 minute Mile, continued Saturday for a Bay Area distance runner who is shattering records as he winds down his...
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Oregon-bound senior's near sub-4 performance capped the greatest month-long stretch by an individual in California distance running history.
By Mitch Stephens, SF Gate
Cooper Teare crossed the finish line to a giant groan from the crowd at El Camino College in Torrance on Friday. He...
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