What are we to understand from the participation of Blake Haney and Elise Cranny is this year's Prefontaine Classic?
Blake Haney will attempt to become the sixth high school boys distance runner to ever break 4 minutes in the mile in United States history on Saturday when he races in the international mile against professional runners at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon. No matter whether Haney runs sub 4 or not, you can still win regardless of the outcome. Be the person that takes the best and closest guess to his actual time in the race on Saturday on our twitter contest by following us @milesplit and tweeting at us using the hashtag #HaneyAtPre with your time prediction (to the hundredth of a second please!).
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.