Three men sub-4 and four women sub-4:30; Tommy Cochary High School Mile goes to Russell Wells, Stella Worters
From Falmouth Road Race
FALMOUTH, Mass. – Filling the bleachers and lining the rails, hundreds of fans turned out on Saturday evening to cheer the athletes at the Falmouth Mile, which...
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Saturday night race features Olympians, USA & NCAA champions and a former World #1; $7500 prize purse plus time and meet record bonuses
FALMOUTH, Mass. – Morgan Uceny, a 2012 Olympian ranked #1 in the world in 2011 at 1500 meters; Gabriele Grunewald, the reigning USA Indoor 3000m champion; ...
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World leading women's outdoor Mile time and thrilling finishes highlight memorial meet presented by HOKA ONE ONE
By Chris Lotsbom, RunnersWeb.com
With heavy rains coming to a halt mere minutes before the elites took to the track on Thursday evening, the Adrian Martinez Classic rose to new...
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2012 Olympian opens her season on Saturday by running the Mile at the New Balance Games in New York City
From New Balance Indoor Grand Prix
Boston, long known as a distance-running mecca, is now home to one of the world’s top Milers: Morgan Uceny, who has joined the Boston Athletic...
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Men’s and women’s fields will also include Olympians Bernard Lagat, Leo Manzano, Evan Jager, Shannon Rowbury and Morgan Uceny; Open prize purse $30,000 with $5000 for each race champion at 33rd edition
From NYRR
NEW YORK -- More than 15 Olympians and World Championships contestants will...
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By IAAF
Two of the current stars of U.S. athletics are 1500m runners: Jenny Simpson, showing the form that brought her IAAF World Championships gold in 2011, and Mary Cain, a precocious 17-year-old who set an American junior record of 4:04.62.
Perhaps forgotten is that nine months ago,...
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2012 U.S. Olympian and Mile ace Morgan Uceny one of the grant honorees for the Road to Rio 2016
INDIANAPOLIS - The USA Track & Field Foundation has named the 9 inaugural Stephen A. Schwarzman elite grant recipients, announced Foundation Executive Director Tom Jackovic and Chairman Bob Greifeld...
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And the future looks bright for the iconic distance in the USA
By Bring Back the Mile
On January 19, 2012, Bring Back the Mile launched with a cardboard sign and video: the start of a movement to return America’s Distance, the Mile, to prominence and to leverage the emotional appeal of this...
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By Tim Creason, South Bend Tribune
Morgan Uceny doesn't really know what happened. All she knows is that one moment she was racing, the next moment she was lying on the track.
And now, she has a lot of decisions to make about her future.
It's been just over a week since the pride of...
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Plymouth native aims for Olympic history
By Tim Creason, South Bend Tribune
Morgan Uceny won't just be battling runners from Africa and Europe during her Olympic races in London.
The Plymouth native has to overcome history, as well.
No American has ever won an Olympic medal in the women's...
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