The Festival of Miles Foundation is a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote the sport of track and field and give back to athletes in need.
๐คฏ๐คฏ๐คฏ Two, yes, two high school boys break 4:00!!!
@gary_martin20
of Archbishop Wood High School in PA and Connor Burns a JUNIOR from Southern Boone High School in MO!!! They run 3:57.89 and 3:58.83 in the
@STLTrackClub
Mens Mile.
That Eric Fernandez High School Boys 800m was fire!!!! Daniel Watcke of Hinsdal Central (IL) powered down the home stretch to win in 1:50.81 โฆ just barely missing the meet record!
@seamuswatcke15
What a run by
@jacksonheidesch
of Dowling Catholic High (IA) winning the
@bigriverrunning
High School Boys Championship Mile with a new PR of 4:06 in his lucky donut socks! ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ
Say hello to the podium finishers of the
@spewaktraining
Elite Development Girls HS Mile! Berlyn Schulz for the win in a new PR of 4:46! Josie Baker in 2nd and Alexandra Fox in 3rd! ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ
In the Eric Fernandez High School Girls 800m another back-to-back champ โฆ none other than Makayla Clark
@m2kayla1
of
@LSWGirlsTF
taking the win in 2:07.97 just barely missing the meet record. ๐ฅ
Introducing the 2023 HOKA Festival of Miles Big River Running High School Boys Championship Mile Field! ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ Paced by none other than Erik Sowinski!
Gary Martin will โMeet us in St. Louisโ on June 2 at the
@hoka
Festival of Miles! The high school phenom, who just ran a record breaking 3:57.98 for an unpaced high school mile, will join the
@STLTrackClub
pro menโs field. Tix on sale now or plan to watch free on
@runnerspace
.
Tatum David appreciation post! She ran 4:37.79 in the Drury Hotels Womens Mile this year ๐คฏ The Richland Co HS (IL) senior & U of Virginia commit has graced FOM with her talent 4 times. She has both the fastest high school and junior high girl's times at FOM. We're fans for life!
That was a special one. Jacob Meyers a Senior from
@FestusCC
who last competed at FOM as an 8th grader took the win of the
@spewaktraining
High School Boys Elite Development mile in a smoking time of 4:10.73!
Festival of Miles fans ... itโs
#TimeToFly
! Excited to announce our partnership with
@HOKAONEONE
to further elevate one of the best (and generous) track meets around. Save the date for June 3!
More big news ... High School 5k Record Holder & 4:36 miler,
@nataliecook101
of Flower Mound, TX, will join the
@DruryHotels
Pro Women's Mile on June 2 at
@hoka
Festival of Miles. Buy your tickets now to join us in-person or plan to watch for free on
@runnerspace
.
Danny Watcke! Defend your FOM 800 title โ Run a PB โ Break the meet record โ Run a US
#1
Time โ The
@FinalSurge
HS Boys 800m did not disappoint! Patrick Hilby (2nd) & Alex Waldie (3rd) also go sub 1:50! ๐ฅ
The
@bigriverrunning
High School Girls Championship Mile came down to a .01 of a second difference between 1st & 2nd with the win going to Mya Trober of Blue Springs South High School (also earning her a shiny new PR!).
Kirkwoodโs Martin Strong coming out on top of a โwow, these guys are fastโ field in the โฆ
@DakotaGrizzly
โฉ high school boys 800m! โฆ
@kirkwoodtrack
โฉ
๐จMeet Record Alert ๐จ Abby Nichols of
@NAZ_Elite
smashes the
@DruryHotels
Womenโs Mile Record in 4:26.08!
@NAZ_Elite
teammate Krissy Gear finishes 2nd & Alexina Teubel of
@tracksmith
finishes 3rd. All 3 under the meet record!
More mile fields to announce because it's a festival of miles on Thursday! Introducing the 2023 HOKA Festival of Miles Spewak Training High School Boys Elite Development Mile Field! ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ
Have you seen the field for the
@STLTrackClub
Elite Men's Mile? We are pumped to have 2-time Olympic medalist
@nickwillis
(Tracksmith) at FOM! Also excited to see
@J_Scrib_1
. Back in the day, Jon set the meet record for the HS Boys Mile in 2016 (4:05.29), which still stands!
We are so pleased to share that thanks to your support of Festival of Miles, we were able to gift Emma Reece and her family $18,000! As Emma continues her journey through leukemia, we hope she knows she has fans all over the country rooting for her. โค๏ธ Go Emma!
A super speedy High School Girls 800m ended with these ladies on the podium! Congrats to
@m2kayla1
from Leeโs Summit West on the win with a new PR and time of 2:08.18!
With top talent from 14 states our high school races are going to be ๐ฅ! Start lists now on our website. Watch out for
@m2kayla1
and
@nolimitaniey
in the 800 and Miles Ally and Lauren Pansegran with top seeds in the mile. Lots of hometown favorites, too!
On this day 12 years ago (2009)
@Leomanzano
raced into the Festival of Miles history books with a 3:55.29 mile! It was our eventโs first sub-4:00 minute mile and at that time was the fastest mile ever run in Missouri. ๐
Six athletes ran sub-4 in the
@STLTrackClub
Professional Menโs Mile with FOM veteran
@BMeyer44
coming out on top with a 3:56.7!
@J_Scrib_1
(former HS champ at this meet) finished 2nd and Bryce Richards (another former HS champ at FOM) came in 3rd!!!!
โกRecords were SMASHED at this year's
@hoka
Festival of Miles. Charlotte Bell (NC) lowered the
@bigriverrunning
HS Girls Championship Mile record to 4:41.33 &
@_samhumphries
(TX) also ran under the record finishing 2nd. 10 girls in the race ran sub 4:50 (7 of those sub 4:45)!โก
The meet record in the women's race is in danger. Introducing the 2023 HOKA Festival of Miles Drury Hotels Womens Mile field! ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ Excited to include Tatum David of Richland County High School (IL) - the current junior high AND high school girls mile record holder at FOM!
It was an honor that
@gg_runs
and
@HeatherRaeKampf
from Team Minnesota (back then) came to FOM in 2011, the 1st year we had a pro womenโs race. Our hearts are with you
@gg_runs
. Youโve inspired so many people that your impact on this world will go on forever.
#BraveLikeGabe
A HUGE part of the mission of the Festival of Miles is supporting an Athlete in Need. We were pleased to announce that so far tonight we have raised more than $11,000 for Lakeshia Finch, this yearโs beneficiary! Still time to donate on our website. Thanks to all who have donated!
More ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ? Yes, thatโs right. Aaron Sahlman and Devan Kipyego will meet us in St. Louis on June 1 at the HOKA Festival of Miles! Itโs West Coast and East Coast meeting in the Midwest for an epic night on the track.
๐จ Meet Record Alert ๐จ 4:42.15 in the
@bigriverrunning
High School Girls Championship Mile by Tatum David ๐คฏ
@tatumdavid_
๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ Fun Fact: Tatum also holds the meet record for the Junior High Invite at FOM.
Connor Burns returns to the HOKA Festival of Miles on 6/1. ๐ฅ In last yearโs historic race, Connor ran sub-4 for the 1st time (3:58.83!), was the 1st MO high schooler to break 4 & first junior since Jim Ryun! ๐ฅ
๐ท
@lilycdozier
To wrap up a memorable night on the track, Paul Ryan of Gold Coast/Adidas takes the win in the
@STLTrackClub
Mens Mile 3:55.95! He led 7 athletes sub-4 tonight!
Wow! The
@bigriverrunning
High School Boys Championship Mile did not disappoint! Miles Ally of Nashville, TN wins with the 5th fastest all-time time in this race - 4:06 - leading 9 other guys 4:10 or faster! ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ
The Parkway North Viking came out on top in the Mascot 400m with a time of 1:00.91! Just missing the meet record set by this years second place mascot โฆ Pioneer Pete of
@kirkwoodtrack
! And props to PJ the Panther from Ft Zumwalt North!
The podium for the Junior High Invite Girls Mile includes our winner โฆ a 6th grader from Academie Lafayette in Kansas City โฆ Ella Messner with a time of 5:23.53! ๐
Speaking of records - Jackson Miller, an 8th grader from St. Louis, ran 4:22.33 in the
@FinalSurge
Jr High Invite Mile, breaking
@Bmillstrackstar
meet record from 2016. We believe Jackson's time is a US
#1
& likely an all-time National Middle School Record! ๐คฏ๐คฏ๐คฏ
๐ท: Alan Combs
Big shout out & thanks to
@HOKAONEONE
for their partnership & support. Not only does HOKA align with our mission of promoting the sport of track & field and running, but they support our desire to give back to individuals and athletes in our community.
#thankyou
#timetofly
#june3
Always pumped to see high school runners break the 4-minute mile barrier on the track. Did you know two did it at Festival of Miles? Grant Fisher in 2015 (7th to do so) & Reed Brown in 2017 (10th to accomplish the feat)!
@sluhjrbills
has a fast track & FOM has great fans!
๐ Big River Running Missouri Mile kit reveal. Thanks to trio of top Missouri runners from Kirkwood High School ๐ฅ Excited to showcase the talent from our home state tomorrow night!
This is what breaking a meet record looks like! Jackson Miller wins the
@FinalSurge
Jr High Boys Invite Mile in a new record time of 4:22! Congrats to 2nd place Landon Harris & 3rd place Wyatt Klaiber! ๐ฅ
Three women ran under the previous meet record in the
@DruryHotels
Women's Mile at HOKA Festival of Miles in an incredibly entertaining battle on the track!
Abby Nichols
@NAZ_Elite
- 4:26.08 ๐
Krissy Gear
@NAZ_Elite
- 4:26.52
Alex Teubel
@tracksmith
- 4.27.67
๐ท Alan Combs
โญ๏ธWe are thrilled to welcome
@tatumdavid_
&
@jacksonheidesch
back to HOKA Festival of Miles! Both of these running phenoms are the defending champions of the 2022 Big River Running High School Championship Miles and we can't wait to see what they can do in 2023! See you June 1!
The smiles are big for a new national high school outdoor mile record ๐คฏ 4:30.38 by Allie Zealand of Virginia!!!
๐ฅCharlotte Bell (NC)
๐ฅAli Ince (IL)
In the
@hoka
High School Girls Championship Mile!
That mascot race was fun! The meet record just went down with the Webster High Statesmen winning the Mascot 400m dash in 56.79!!! Pretty fast for a guy wearing a tux ๐คตโโ๏ธ
Festival of Miles was a high-energy, successful, fun & fast event from the start because local runners believed in, participated in & supported the event. Now that the event attracts runners from across the country, we're creating a space to spotlight runners from Missouri...
Congrats to the podium finishers in the
@bigriverrunning
High School Girls Missouri Mile! It was a close one with Maleah Eggers of Marquette High edging Evyn Humphries of Francis Howell 4:57.87 to 4:57.88! ๐