Alexa Halladay controlled her excitement, and stayed in the pack of the adidas Dream Mile, running against 12 of the finest American and Canadian high school girls in the country. In a final move over the last lap, Alexa Halladay, a freshman from Idaho grabbed the lead, barely, and made a lunge just before the tape, winning in a PB of 4:41.80, just over six seconds PB.
Alexa Halladay, photo by PhotoRun.net
Here is the interview:
Author
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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