Engles, Kampf, Murphy Headline Fields at USATF 1 Mile Road Championships presented by Toyota
DES MOINES, Iowa – USATF champions, World Championship qualifiers and an Olympic medalist headline Wednesday’s fields at the USATF 1 Mile Road Championships presented by Toyota hosted by the Grand Blue Mile in Des Moines, Iowa.
The USATF 1 Mile Road Championships presented by Toyota are the second stop on the 2021 USATF Running Circuit. Fans can tune-in for the live broadcast beginning at 6:50pm CT on USATF.TV with a +PLUS subscription.
Craig Engels and Olympic 800m bronze medalist
Clayton Murphy are the pre-race favorites on the men’s side as they take to the line Wednesday evening. Engels won the Trials of Miles 5000m race in late February, which came off of a fifth place 1500m performance at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix two weeks earlier. The Portland-based runner will have a chance to show he’s back in championship form in Des Moines, but will be tested by Murphy
RRW: After Trials Disappointment & COVID, Matt Llano Ready To Race In Atlanta
By David Monti, @d9monti
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(23-Feb) On a Monday last September Matt Llano was on an easy training run in Flagstaff when he unexpectedly began to struggle. He started to feel an acute shortness of breath, and he did something he rarely does in training: he stopped.
Matt Llano training in Flagstaff (photo courtesy of Matt Llano)
“I wasn’t, like, running fast,” he told Race Results Weekly in a telephone interview yesterday. “It was supposed to be an easy run, and I was breathing so hard. I stopped halfway out. I was five miles out on some random dirt road in Flagstaff. I walked for a few minutes, which I just don’t do.”