World record holder and three-time Olympic champion is the best ever, but the numbers, and the physiology, just don’t add up
By Amby Burfoot, Editor-At-Large, Marathon Handbook
I wish I knew something about online sports betting. I don’t. But someone could clear a nice chunk of cash on the...
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Top two finishers also qualify for 2025 World Athletics Road Running Championships; top five women under previous U.S. record; 11 men sub-4 at Grand Blue Mile
From USATF & Drake Relays with BBTM support
DES MOINES, Iowa – The 2025 USATF 1 Mile Championships hosted by the Grand Blue Mile...
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Native Iowans - Schweizer & Houlihan - showdown set in women's races, including Drake Relays Mile; deep fields to vie for $50,000 national championship prize purse & Team USA berths
From Drake Relays
DES MOINES, Iowa – The stakes have been raised heading to the 115th Drake Relays for a...
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“This was probably my favorite goal I’ve reached... It was absolutely magical to cross with my training partner Sam, one of the nicest feelings ever."
By Cameron McMillan, NZ Herald
New Zealand’s middle distance prodigy Sam Ruthe has become the youngest person in history to break the coveted...
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High school senior sets absolute U.S. high school record as well as the HS girls-only
By John Davern, MileSplit with BBTM support
It was the weekend of Jane Hedengren.
On Thursday, March 13, the Timpview (UT) senior shattered the indoor national 5000m record. Three days later, she returned...
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"I appreciate people taking my world record performance as an inspiration to imagine what could be possible in the future."
By Jonathan Lambert, NPR
Three-time Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon is really, really fast.
In 2023, the Kenyan middle-distance running superstar set three women's...
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Two Oregon HSers from same school also go sub-4
By Doug Binder, DyeStat Editor, with BBTM support
BOSTON - Three boys from the Northwest flew all the way to Boston to knock out some lingering goals in the Mile.
Owen Powell, a senior from Mercer Island (WA), ran in the fastest section of the...
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The first Norwegian to set a Mile world record also set indoor 1500m WR
From World Athletics
LIEVIN, France - Just five days after his U.S. rival Yared Nuguse set an indoor Mile world record in New York City, Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway went one better at the Meeting Hauts-de-France...
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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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“The magic of the Mile continues to resonate with sports fans. A ticket to watch its Commonwealth final will be one of the must-have seats in Glasgow next year.”
From Glasgow 2026
The Commonwealth Games: Glasgow 2026 will see the return of the Mile to a major championships athletics program....
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