Mile News Tagged David Shannon


Life in the Fast Lane

February 01, 2017

How a local runner—and an NCAA ruling—made the JDL Fast Track a winter haven for track athletes near and far.

By Chris Gigley, Winston-Salem Monthly

Winston-Salem and track athletes all over the state are lucky David Shannon loves to run and hates the cold. JDL Fast Track wouldn’t exist if he...

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JDL Fast Track races with top U.S. indoor meets

January 26, 2016

"If you build it, they will come." - Shannon Rowbury, two-time Olympian, who is returning to defend her Mile title

By Eddie Wooten, News & Record

When Tiger Woods played in Greensboro's Wyndham Championship for the first time in August, he gushed about the small-town feel of the event and the...

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