Road record 10 men sub-3:50 and record 19 women sub-4:30; more than 8,400 finishers under wet conditions
From NYRR
NEW YORK - New York Road Runners (NYRR), the nonprofit that “runs” New York City producing 60 annual adult and youth races including the TCS New York City Marathon, hosted more...
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Also 8,500 sold-out event includes inaugural Broadway Mile as well as specialty heats including Back to School Mile youth races, NYPD & FDNY Mile and Media Mile at the world’s most iconic and largest road Mile on Sunday, September 7; $34,000 prize purse to be awarded
From NYRR
NEW YORK – New...
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Record 13 men go sub-3:50 at the 50th Prefontaine Classic
From World Athletics with BBTM support
EUGENE, Ore. - For nearly four laps of the 25th Bowerman Mile at the 50th Prefontaine Classic on Saturday afternoon, it looked as though Yared Nuguse would become the first U.S. winner of the...
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The 25th edition draws top international field, including Olympic champions, Olympic medalists, world champions, past race champions and more!
From meet organization
The Prefontaine Classic’s premier event, the Bowerman Mile, is returning with another trio of headliners who promise to put on...
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The first American male to set a track Mile WR since 1978, Dick Buerkle, also indoor WR (3:54.93), and the first Wanamaker WR since 1955, 70 years!!
By Jon Mulkeen for World Athletics
NEW YORK - Little more than an hour after fellow American Paris Olympic bronze medalist Grant Fisher’s 3000m...
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Yared Nuguse eyes three-peat at iconic indoor Mile race
From World Athletics
Olympic and World indoor medalists Josh Kerr and Yared Nuguse will renew their rivalry and Paris Olympic 1500m medalists Jessica Hull (silver) and Georgia Bell (bronze) lead the women’s field for the NYRR Wanamaker...
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U.S. indoor record by St. Pierre, new mother; record four men sub-3:50 indoors same race; Engelhardt national girls Mile records, outdoor and HS-only; men’s road Mile world record shattered, twice; at Iffley Road, 70th anniversary celebration of the first sub-4 by Roger Bannister; three more U.S....
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American and Paris Olympic bronze medalist Nuguse also well under previous mark
From World Athletics
At the New Balance KO Meile in Dusseldorf, Germany, on Sunday afternoon, Britain’s Elliot Giles won the men’s race, smashing the road Mile world record with his 3:51.3.
The Paris Olympic...
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"I think most people in the race knew I was a competitor, same with Yared, but it was another thing to not have all that noise. I feel like I took advantage of it.”
By Jon Mulkeen for World Athletics
It’s the kind of race that will be spoken about by enthusiasts of men’s middle-distance...
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Top eight surpassed old Trials record in exciting race
In the greatest U.S. 1500 meter race, Cole Hocker impressively defended his Olympic Trials title, crushing the meet record in 3:30.59, also a PR. Yared Nuguse followed closely on Hocker’s heels in 3:30.86, and 21-year-old Hobbs Kessler took...
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