Four athletes ran a mile less than four minutes in the second celebration of Bannister Miles
On Monday, May 5, Oxford was the host of the second annual celebration of Bannister Miles with a community mile along the main street and 24 races of one mile on the Iryley Road athletic track, with four men less than four minutes in the elite race.
The event commemorated the legendary sub-four minutes of Sir Roger Bannister in 1954.
The celebration ended with the male elite career that saw Joe Wigfield from Wirral Ace the victory. Like Bannister on May 6, 1954, the 25 -year -old tok, a clear advantage in the last round and crossed the line in 3: 56.64. Only one north wind contained him from a British Miles Club record (3: 55.70).
Elite men (Graham Smith)
After being very behind was Jacob Cann by Western Tempo in 3: 58.15 and Harry Wakefield from Salford Harrier, who ran a new better staff or 3: 58.42.
Completing the four best men who ran less than four minutes was Tiaran Crorken by Preston Harrier in 3: 59.46, which became the first man to run below four times in Iffley Road.
Two athletes from the University of Oxford in Elite’s career, Alex Gruen and Nicholas Whittaker, arrived in 4: 04.11 and 4: 05.29. The track now has eight sub-four in two years, since they were executed in the previous 70 years.
It was Cambridge’s victory in the elite female race, when Holly Dixon or Cambridge Harriers crossed the line in 4: 40.05, ahead of Hannah Cameron (4: 43.62) or Aberdeen. McGowan Island or Banbury Harriers finished third after their mini marathon in London U17 the previous week.
Almost 300 athletes participated with the celebration that also included for the races and the novel of an obstacle mile. Kieran O’Hara de Havering was the winner of the 1500m race (4: 08.50), while Mark Pearce de Birmingham Running AC (4: 27.60) and Olivia McGhee de Rugby and Northampton (5: 20.22) won the steepreshase of men and women.
Thomas Renshaw, organizer of the event for the Field Club through the University, said: “The celebration is getting stronger.
“While the mile of the community was another massive success with about 1200 people running along the main street and the growing” family wave “in constantly” morning activities. “
The event was held together with the British Miles’ Club, which has a faithful competence promised to this British distinctive distance for 62 years.
The second annual community mile saw waves and waves of runners sweeping the main street and ending at Iffley Road, collecting finishing medals on the Sir Roger Bannister track.
Chris Thompson, who represented GB in the 2020 Olympic Marathon, touched the initial horn with his son Theo. One of Roger Bannister’s great -nable, Saskia Towsend, six years old, ran in the family wave with her father, Barnaby Towsend.
All this is part of a several -year project to make this event the Mile racing event of the Prime Minister in the country, culminating in 75Th Anniversary of Bannister’s achievement in 2029.