Video highlights of the Dream Mile and 100 meter races at the 2014 adidas Grand Prix on Saturday, June 14th at Icahn Stadium in New York City.
He won Foot Locker Nationals in the fall. He claimed another national title indoors in the mile at the New Balance Nationals. So it comes as to no surprise that Grand Blanc junior Grant Fisher would come out victorious again racing against the top prep milers in the country at the Dream Mile on Saturday afternoon at the adidas Grand Prix in New York City. After sitting back in the field for the first 3 laps, FIsher asserted himself in the final 150 to break away from a pack of hopeful winners to run a lifetime best time and US #2 performance of 4:02.02. Watch his race video above from Flotrack and check out more coverage from MileSplit below.
The Big Apple became prime pickings for Florida sprinters at the 2014 Adidas Grand Prix. Sunshine state speedsters went 1-2-4 in the girls Dream 100 with Kaylin Whitney improving on her 2013 fifth place finish with Teahna Daniels and Krystal Sparling crossing the finish right after. The boys went 1-3-4 in their respective race with Kendal Williams bringing the "belt" back to Florida. Terry Jernigan and Andre Ewers were right behind him with times of 10.64 and 10.65. Our MileSplit team was on-site and will have photos and interviews in the coming hours.
Coverage from the high school Dream Mile and 100 meter races at the 2014 adidas Grand Prix.
Video preview above by Flotrack's Alex Lohr of the upcoming Dream Mile and 100 races at the adidas Grand Prix on Saturday, June 14th at Icahn Stadium in New York City.
Now that the official and final list of entrants is out for the Girls Dream Mile at the 2014 adidas Grand Prix, lets take a look at the times run by these top prep milers over 2014 which helped earned them a spot in this Saturday's race at Icahn Stadium in New York City.
Stephanie Jenks (Aurora, IA), #3 on the U.S. prep list this season in the mile and #5 in the 1500 meters, leads the field for the adidas Girls' Dream Mile at the adidas Grand Prix on Saturday, June 14, organizers announced today.
Now that the official and final list of entrants for the Boys Dream Mile at the 2014 adidas Grand Prix, lets take a look at the times run by these top prep milers over 2014 which helped earned them a spot in this Saturday's race at Icahn Stadium in New York City.
Ricky Faure, Sukhi Khosla, Blake Haney, and Garrett O'Toole, whose 4:01.89 mile last week leads the nation, will headline the Boys' Dream Mile at the adidas Grand Prix on Saturday, June 14, organizers announced today.
Ky Westbrook, a senior at Chandler High School in Arizona, is back to defend her title in the adidas Dream 100 on June 14th at Icahn Stadium in New York. The IAAF World Youth Champion at 100 meters (11.33 PR) last summer, Chandler was slowed earlier this year by injury, but has been rounding back to her top form in time for the post-season and the adidas Grand Prix. Watch the featured spotlight video below on Westbrook as she attempts to become a two-time champion in the Dream 100 just over a week and half from today.
Blake Haney, a senior at Stockdale High School in Bakersfield, California will have at least two great opportunities this outdoor season to chase after the elusive sub 4 minute barrier in the mile. His first best crack at sub 4 will be this weekend when he runs the mile against pros in the international men's field (12:33 PM PT) at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon. Watch his workout video (produced by Flotrack) above from earlier this outdoor season.
Video highlights from the 2014 Golden South Classic from this past Saturday in Orlando (Florida), which is part of this year's adidas Golden Stripes Tour. Four spots were earned by athletes for the high school Dream races at this year's adidas Grand Prix on June 14th in New York City between Teahna Daniels (First Academy FL) in the girls 100, Terry Jernigan (East Ridge FL) in the boys 100, Dani Jones (Desert Vista AZ) in the girls mile, and Zack Summerall (Sarasota FL) in the boys mile.
The 2014 edition of the Golden South Classic had absolute thrillers for their four adidas Grand Prix high school dream race auto qualifiers.
The 38th Golden South Classic kicks off Saturday morning at The First Academy in Orlando. We have the latest performance lists for both the Prep and Classic divisions.
Video preview from Flotrack of the adidas Dream Mile and 100 qualifier races at the 38th annual Golden South Classic on Saturday in Orlando, Florida. MileSplit will be on-site providing LIVE video coverage of the event.
Flrunners.com is excited to announce that we will providing a live webcast of the 38th Golden Classic, which the website's insiders and subscribers can enjoy and watch from the comforts of their own home. Over a thousand athletes from across the southeast will be competing in this premiere postseason opportunities. The meet is the final stop on the Adidas Golden Stripes Series.
If any high school runner among the current crop of distance stars across the national landscape is destined to become the next sub 4 minute prep miler, it would be Blake Haney of Stockdale High School in Bakersfield, California. Ever since running 4:13 1600 as a freshmen in the California state meet and continuing that progression over the last two years to run 4:09 for the mile as a sophomore and a 4:07 mile as a junior, Haney has been building to this senior season of outdoor track to see how close he can finish to run a time near four minutes flat.
Check out the highlights video produced by Flotrack from the adidas Dream mile and 100 qualifier races at the Kansas Relays this past Saturday at Rock Chalk Park in Lawrence, Kansas. The 2014 Kansas Relays are part of this year's adidas Golden Stripes Tour of qualifier meets that build into the adidas Grand Prix in mid June to complete the series.
Four more names have been added to the high school Dream race fields for the 100 and mile at the adidas Grand Prix on June 14th after the auto qualifier races at the Kansas Relays on Saturday.
Highights and coverage (including race videos and photo gallery) from Friday's high school events at the 2014 Kansas Relays in Lawrence.
Can the two distance stars Josh Evans and Stephanie Jenks from Linn-Mar High School in Marion, Iowa make it a clean sweep of the high school 1600 meter races at the Kansas Relays and earn their way to the adidas Dream Mile? Kansas Relays defending champ Spencer Haik and top girls returnee Rebekah Topham are looking to spoil those plans.
Fresh off her US #5 all-time 9:55 3200 at the Arcadia Invitational this past Saturday, watch Camas High School (WA) junior Alex Efraimson in one of her workouts leading up to that historic performance to join the sub 10 minute club below.
Defending a Kansas Relays 1600 Meter Champion Spencer Haik looks to punch his ticket to New York City for the 2014 Dream Mile.
As part of the adidas Golden Stripes tour, Alexa Efraimson was visited for a video feature in the early stages of her junior season of outdoor track as she preps for a big stretch of races that ultimately will lead her to running in the high school girls Dream Mile race at the adidas Grand Prix on June 14th at Icahn Stadium in New York.
Garrett Corcoran of Villa Park (CA) and Haley Dorris of Great Oak (CA) both earned themselves automatic tickets to the adidas Dream Mile races in June by virtue of winning the invitational mile races at the adidas Azusa Meet of Champions on Saturday night.
The Azuza Pacific Distance Meet of Champions sponsored by adidas will be held this weekend with automatic berths in the adidas Dream Mile on the line for the top two finishers in the invitational mile races.
The adidas Golden Stripes Tour is the premier high school track and field series in the country. It consists of the adidas Meet of Champions, Kansas Relays, Golden South Classic and Dream Mile & 100 (adidas Grand Prix).