Mile News Tagged Cory Leslie


State Mile Guide: #8 South Carolina

September 12, 2013

Date of Statehood: May 23, 1788
Capital: Columbia
Mottos: Dum spiro spero (While I breathe, I hope) / Animis opibusque parati (Ready in soul and resource)

South Carolina Milers are led by 1992 Olympian, Terrance Herrington, who competed at 1500 meters in Barcelona. Herrington, a Hartsville...

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Camel City Indoor Mile Set for February 1, 2014

August 29, 2013

2nd edition part of Hilton Garden Innvitational; more than $4000 in potential prize money for professionals

WINSTON‐SALEM, N.C. – The second Camel City Indoor Mile will be contested on Saturday, February 1, 2014 within the Hilton Garden Innvitational. In 2013 at the Bring Back the Mile Tour...

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Americans Leslie, Felnagle Win Morton Games Mile

July 18, 2013

Mile champions set personal and meet records, 3:55.85 and 4:30.44, respectively; nine men sub-4 minutes; two national Mile records

By Noel Guiden, Morton Games

DUBLIN, Ireland - A truly fantastic athletics meet at Wednesday night's Morton Games in Santry. A night of highlights and magnificent...

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Cory Leslie Wins Glenn Cunningham Mile

April 21, 2013

By Christopher Graber, The Morning Journal

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Cory Leslie, a 2008 Perkins graduate, was selected as one of 12 elite distance runners in the U.S. to compete in the Glenn Cunningham Mile at the 86th Kansas Relays on Saturday, April 20.

His father and high school distance coach...

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Four Runners Go Sub-4 at Blue Shoes Mile

April 14, 2013

Leslie sets meet and State record in 3:56.18; Gregson clocks women's State record in 4:40.92

By Mike Foley, Greenville Online

GREENVILLE, S.C. - A timely sprint on the last lap of the elite Blue Shoes Mile Saturday at Furman University led four men under the vaunted 4-minute Mile barrier.

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Camel City Indoor Mile Winner Cory Leslie Runs 3:57.81

February 04, 2013

Three Milers go under 4:00; North Carolina indoor record by Leslie; top collegian at 4:05

By Craig Longhurst, JDL Fast Track

WINSTON‐SALEM, N.C. – (February 2, 2013) – JDL Fast Track hosted its first ever elite Mile as part of the Hilton Garden Innvitational on Saturday, February 2, resulting...

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Camel City Indoor Mile Field Finalized

January 28, 2013

Top Milers compete for more than $4000 in prize money at the Hilton Garden Innvitational; collegians looking for NCAA qualifying marks

WINSTON‐SALEM, N.C. – (January 28, 2013) – JDL Fast Track today made their final announcement of the field for the Camel City Indoor Mile, to be held at JDL...

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Mission Accomplished! Leslie Breaks Four-Minute Barrier at RunRhody.com Exeter/West Greenwich Mile

August 08, 2012

By Stephen Mazzone, RunRhody.com

WEST GREENWICH - Consider it done.

Cory Leslie, a 22-year-old Ohio State All-American and U.S. steeplechaser, became the first runner to register an outdoor sub four-minute Mile on R.I. soil Tuesday night, August 7, accomplishing the feat at the RunRhody.com...

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