Mile News Tagged Music City Distance Carnival


Asheville’s Presson Runs a Magical Mile

June 04, 2013

North Carolina junior only third Tar Heel to run sub-4 minute Mile joining legends Tony Waldrop and Reggie McAfee

By Andrew Pearson, Citizen-Times

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Asheville High alum Isaac Presson has an honest assessment of last Saturday night.

It never should have happened.

Presson...

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Brief Chat: Anthony Whiteman, Sub-4:00 at 40

June 07, 2012

By Phil Latter, Runner's World

When 40-year-old Anthony Whiteman ran 3:58.79 last Saturday to win the Music City Distance Carnival’s elite Mile race, he became the first Masters runner (40 & older) to break 4:00 outdoors. (Ireland’s Eamonn Coghlan, Chairman of the Boards, accomplished the feat...

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40-year-old sets record with sub-4 minute Mile at Vanderbilt

June 05, 2012

By Alex Cate, The Tennessean

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Vanderbilt was the site of a world record-setting running performance Saturday.

Anthony Whiteman of Great Britain became the first man at least 40-years-old to run a sub-4 minute Mile outdoors.

Whiteman, 40, completed his Mile with a time of 3...

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Making the Most of Your Mile: Music City Distance Carnival

June 01, 2012

Sub-4 at 40, shoestring budgets and supporting dreams

By Bring Back the Mile

Editor's note: Anthony Whiteman (GBR) not only won the Music City Distance Carnival Swiftwick Mile at the age of 40, but became the first Masters athlete to run a sub-4 minute Mile outdoors. Whiteman covered the...

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