“Even if I didn’t envision this path, I always had coaches telling me, ‘You can do this in college; you can even do this after. My mom had cheerleading available in high school; she is fitter than most of us, but of course she wasn’t told that. But I was told it, and I believed it.”
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“I have to go all in. I have to be unapologetic about having goals and wanting them."
By Adelle Jackson-Gibson, Excelle Sports
Four years ago we might not have been professional athletes, but we had all the aspirations in the world — some larger than others of course. One summer at Yale, Kate...
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Cain to Zamperini and more attract Mile fans!
By David Monico, Bring Back the Mile
As 2014 comes to a close we took a look at our website traffic to see what news articles and athletes reigned supreme. Since our launch in January 2012, the bringbackthemile.com website traffic has grown every...
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Mother Kathy Smith, fitness icon, "has been the ultimate role model for my track career.”
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Kate Grace is the 2013 USA Road Mile champion and a World Relays 4x1500m silver medalist, but she's still only the second most famous person in her family. Her mother, Kathy...
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Oiselle star looks to take another big step forward in 2014
By Scott Bush, RunnerSpace.com
The definition of a breakout season just so happened to be Kate Grace's 2013 track season. The Oiselle-sponsored middle distance runner set PRs in the 800m, 1500m, Mile and won the USA 1 Mile Road...
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The four-time All-American at Yale is beginning to believe anything is possible
By Duncan Larkin, WomensRunning.com
Watch Kate Grace run a few laps around a track and you will immediately conclude that she has a fitting last name.
A four-time NCAA All-American while at Yale, Grace has been...
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She has the fastest Mile time of the year among entrants for March 2-3 indoor championships.
By Peter Gambaccini, Runner's World
Mary Cain has entered the 800-meter run and the Mile at the USA Indoor Track & Field Championships, to be held March 2 and 3 in Albuquerque. The 16-year-old...
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