May 16, 2012
Kenyan rivals Asbel Kiprop and Silas Kiplagat will be back at Hayward Field on June 2
By Curtis Anderson, The Register-Guard
EUGENE, Ore. - The Bowerman Mile has been called the greatest race in America.
With more sub-4-minute performances than at any other U.S. invitational track and field...
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May 15, 2012
EUGENE, Ore. - (May 15, 2012) - Nobody does it better when it comes to the Mile than the Prefontaine Classic, and this year’s 38th edition will add to that with a grudge match of the two best Milers in the world.
The Pre Classic, a major stop on the road to the 2012 London Olympics, and part of...
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June 19, 2004
My head was pounding and I struggled to catch my breath as my time finally appeared: 3:59.78 and all the pain instantly went away.
By Steve Slattery
The story of my first 4 minute Mile started in elementary school gym class. We were running the Mile and I decided I was going to run as hard as...
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June 01, 2001
Astounding high schooler Alan Webb smashed Jim Ryun's 36-year-old high school record for the Mile at storied Hayward Field
By Tim Layden, Sports Illustrated
There was little doubt that high school senior Alan Webb had arrived in Eugene, Ore. for Sunday's Prefontaine Classic physically ready...
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