Galen Rupp breaks American 2-mile record

At the John Thomas Terrier Invite, Galen Rupp broke Bernard Lagat's indoor 2-Mile record of 8:09.49, running a blazing 8:07.41. This makes Rupp the 6th fastest indoor 2-miler of all-time behind Kenenisa Bekele, Haile Gebrselassie, Paul Koech, Hicham El Guerrouj, and Eliud Kipchoge. Behind the excellent pace work of Taylor Gilland, Patrick Casey, and Bethwell Birgen, Rupp maintained a world record pace for the majority of the race. Gilland led Rupp through the first 1600 in 4:01.6, well faster than American Record pace and near-world record pace. Here are six quick takeaways from Galen Rupp's 2-Mile American Record setting race. 

Jan 25, 2014

Cain just .01 off World Jr. Record

Mary Slaney's indoor American record of 4:20.5 and Kalkaden Gezahegne's World Junior Record of 4:24.10 remain standing after the latest Nike Oregon Project run at the record books. Mary Cain won the women’s mile at the Boston University Terrier Invitational in 4:24.11. Cain was one one-hundredth of a second off the World Junior Record. 

Jan 24, 2014

ENTRIES: BU Terrier Invitational 2014

2014 BU Terrier Invitational Meet Entries

Jan 23, 2014

D'Agostino to feature in Boston mile

Jan 23, 2014

SCHEDULE: BU Terrier Classic

SCHEDULE: Boston University John Thomas Classic Meet

Jan 23, 2014

Cain, Moser, & Hasay and the women's mile

Three Oregon Project women will take a crack at the American indoor mile record this Friday

Jan 22, 2014

Galen Rupp and the indoor 2-mile attempt

Every year since 2011, the American Record for 2 miles has been broken by either Bernard Lagat or Galen Rupp. This weekend at the BU Terrier Invitational, Rupp will be looking to retake the record that Lagat broke last year at Millrose.

Jan 21, 2014