On Saturday afternoon, 13 June 2015, at 12:35 PM ET, 14 of the fastest high school milers in the country will toe the line on the Icahn Stadium track in New York. The occasion is the sixth annual Adidas Golden Stripes Dream Mile, and for the second year in a row there will be a Tallahassee, Florida, athlete competing. The Capital City's own Avery Bartlett, a recent graduate of Chiles High, will be on the track.Athletes are invited to the Dream Mile based on their times, or on a win at designated "automatic qualifier" races. Bartlett followed the automatic qualifier route to New York, earning his spot in the race with a win in the Orlando, Florida, Golden South Classic mile on 23 May 2015. Bartlett blazed a career-best 4:08.55, edging out Connor Mantz of Sky View High in Utah. The times were fast enough that Mantz was also invited to the Dream Mile. Mantz also raced the Dream Mile in 2014, placing tenth in 4:07.63, his best mark to date.
Bartlett was one of four auto-qualifiers in the field. Phillip Hall, a graduating senior at South View High in Fayetteville, North Carolina, punched his ticked to New York with a 4:15.10 win in the Raleigh Relays mile on 27 March 2015. A day later, Brea Olinda high junior Austin Tamagno qualified with a 4:06.26 win in the mile at the Adidas Azusa Meet of Champions in Azusa, California. And on 15 April 2015 Matt Plowman, a senior at fabled York High in Elmhurst, Illinois, qualified with a 4:11.43 win in the 1600 at the Kansas Relays.Connor Mantz won't be the only 2014 Dream Miler returning to Icahn Stadium. The defending champion, Grant Fisher, is also entered. The Grand Blanc High senior ran 4:02.02 in the 2014 race; more recently he cracked four minutes at the Nike Festival of Miles on 4 June 2015, running 3:59.38. No one else in the Dream Mile has run within four seconds of that this year, making Fisher the obvious favorite. Still, it's more than possible that any of these runners could have a breakthrough race.
Whatever Avery Bartlett runs in New York, he's already had a senior track season and a high school career to inspire jealousy. Before he even stepped on the track at Golden South, Bartlett was already Florida's class 3A state champion in the 1600 and the 800. He had also won the 2014 state title in the 800. Bartlett's efforts were essential to Chiles winning team titles in track and field in 2014 and 2015, as well as Chiles' 2014 team title in cross country. He'll be going on to Georgia Tech in the fall, but Bartlett and thirteen other Dream Milers get one more chance to show what they can achieve as a high school athlete this Saturday in Icahn Stadium.
| 2015 Adidas Golden Stripes Dream Mile Boys Entries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Athlete | School | Class | 2015 Best |
| Avery Bartlett | Tallahassee, Florida, Chiles High | 2015 | 4:08.55 mile |
| Mikey Brannigan | Northport, New York, Northport High | 2015 | 4:05.78 mile |
| Grant Fisher | Grand Blanc, Michigan, Grand Blanc High | 2015 | 3:59.38 mile |
| Olin Hacker | Madison, Wisconsin, Madison West High | 2015 | 4:13.54 1600 |
| Philip Hall | Fayetteville, North Carolina, South View High | 2015 | 4:12.07 1600 |
| Andrew Hunter | Purcellville, Virginia, Loudon Valley High | 2016 | 4:03.88 1600 |
| Joe Klecker | Hopkins, Minnesota, Hopkins High | 2015 | 4:06.54 1600 |
| Conner Mantz | Smithfield, Utah, Sky View High | 2015 | 4:08.57 mile |
| Myles Marshall | Kingwood, Texas, Kingwood High School | 2015 | 4:24.28i mile |
| Matt Plowman | Elmhurst, Illinois, York High | 2015 | 4:11.43 1600 |
| Jack Salisbury | Providence, Rhode Island, La Salle Academy | 2016 | 4:06.74 mile |
| Austin Tamagno | Brea, California, Brea Olinda High | 2016 | 4:06.26 mile |
| Carlos Villarreal | Rio Rico, Arizona, Rio Rico High | 2015 | 4:05.25 mile |
| Logan Wetzel | Saline, Michigan, Saline High | 2015 | 4:08.75i mile |
| New York City adidas Grand Prix Dream Mile winners, 2010 - 2014 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date | Men | Women |
| 12 June 2010 | 4:04.38, Lukas Verzbicas | 4:41.93, Madeleine Meyers |
| 11 June 2011 | 3:59.71, Lukas Verzbicas | 4:42.71, Camille Chapus |
| 9 June 2012 | 4:01.32, Bernie Montoya | 4:39.64, Camille Chapus |
| 25 May 2013 | 4:02.72, Ben Saarel | 4:39.17, Wesley Frazier |
| 14 June 2014 | 4:02.02, Grant Fisher | 4:39.23, Sarah Feeny |
| 13 June 2015 | ||
Links
- “A few words with Dream Miler Sukhi Khosla”
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/06/sukhi-khosla-20140604.html
- A Mile closer to home
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/08/breakfast-2014.html
- Find your own dream race on the Trouble Afoot! racing calendar
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
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