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Inaugural Kansas Road Mile Draws Top FieldPublished by
Inaugural Kansas Road Mile Draws Top Field
Published by Bring Back the Mile on November 6, 2014 Press Release Americans Ben Blankenship, Frezer Legesse & Kristen Findley and 2009 World 1500m champion Yusuf Kamel expected in Wichita on Sunday, November 9 WICHITA, Kan. – The inaugural Kansas Road Mile Championship has drawn a top field including 2009 World 1500m champion Yusuf Kamel of Bahrain and top Americans Ben Blankenship, Frezer Legesse and Kristen Findley. The event, presented by the Kansas Spine and Specialty Hospital and GoRun Wichita, will be held at Towne East Square on Sunday, November 9 with races beginning at 8:00am. The debut event also hosts the 1-Mile USATF Missouri Valley Championship and should be one of the fastest road races in Kansas and the Midwest with elite male runners racing after the coveted sub-4 minute Mile barrier, the storied distance’s “gold standard”. The Kansas Road Mile, a Bring Back the Mile Featured Event, is open to all level of runners. There will be seven separate races – youth, middle school, high school, open and elite – that allow all ages and ability levels to participate and see how fast they can run a Mile. A total of 132 overall and age group medals will be awarded as well as $3400 in prize money for the Elite and Masters Divisions.
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