2016 Olympic Trials qualifying standards include Mile times for 1500: Thank you USATF! 3:54.00 or better for men and 4:28.43 for women to race at storied Hayward Field in Eugene, OR
By Bring Back the Mile
December 18 update: The USTFCCCA coaches voted in favor of the proposal to run the Mile...
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Junior world champion and U.S. Mile record holder discusses in detail her earlier struggles and new found love of running.
By Chris Lotsbom, Race Results Weekly
Signing autographs and posing for pictures after placing third in the Mayor’s Cup Cross Country meet in Boston on Sunday, Mary Cain...
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A quick look at the record-setting teen phenom’s career highlights.
By Scott Douglas, Runner's World
Not since Alan Webb was a high school Miler has a teen runner garnered as much attention as Mary Cain.
Now a 19-year-old college sophomore, Cain started to become known when she set the U.S....
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Teen phenom will stay in New York to train and study, but remains a member of Nike Oregon Project
By Peter Gambaccini, Runner's World
Mary Cain, the middle distance teen track star who turned pro in 2013 while still in high school, is remaining in the New York area instead of returning to...
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A freshman year of college is a time of change and transformation in many ways. My educated guess is that Cain is in the midst of the process, and it has impacted her running.
By Ken Goe, The Oregonian
For three days last week, photographer Tom Boyd and I shadowed the Nike Oregon Project...
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“The sooner I go through these growing pains, the better off I’ll be in the long run.”
By Elizabeth Weil, The New York Times Magazine
Mary Cain stood near the starting line with 31 other high-school girls at a track in Greensboro, N.C., in June 2011, waiting to run in the national...
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"I love the Mile. I feel that practically I'm a bit smarter in it, a lot more experienced. I also know that this is going to be a really fast race, a really good race."
By Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY Sports
NEW YORK — Like most college students, Mary Cain's class schedule as a freshman chemistry...
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Defending race champions Will Leer, Mary Cain face stellar fields at The Armory; Masters world record for 8-time Wanamaker MIle champion and evergreen Bernard Lagat?
By Chris Chavez, Sporting News
While thousands will flock to the Barclays Center for NBA All-Star Weekend, the greatest feats...
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108th NYRR Millrose Games, set for Saturday, Feb.14, draws stellar international fields with past champions for storied race
NEW YORK — Eight-time champion Bernard Lagat of Tucson, AZ, and New York native and defending champion, Mary Cain, 18, of Portland, OR, will star in the NYRR Wanamaker...
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Mile’s growth and excitement continue as BBTM enters Lap 4
By Ryan Lamppa, BBTM Founder
It’s true: time does fly when you are having fun, and it is truly hard to believe that Bring Back the Mile is celebrating its third birthday and currently working on Lap 4 for the coming year. So what has...
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ELEVATE
Bring Back the Mile as the premier event in the sport, and increase interest in and media coverage of the Mile for both those who love the distance as well as the general public.
CELEBRATE
Bring Back the Mile to celebrate the storied distance and to recognize the people who made and make the Mile great and to promote Mile events and the next generation of U.S. Milers.
NATIONAL MOVEMENT
Bring Back the Mile to create a national movement for the Mile as America’s Distance, to inspire Americans to run the Mile as part of their fitness program and to replace the 1600 meters at High School State Track & Field Meets across the country.
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