If any high school runner among the current crop of distance stars across the national landscape is destined to become the next sub 4 minute prep miler, it would be Blake Haney of Stockdale High School in Bakersfield, California. Ever since running 4:13 1600 as a freshmen in the California state meet and continuing that progression over the last two years to run 4:09 for the mile as a sophomore and a 4:07 mile as a junior, Haney has been building to this senior season of outdoor track to see how close he can finish to run a time near four minutes flat.
Enjoy watching this adidas Golden Stripes series featured video on Blake Haney produced by Flotrack below!
Haney will have two excellent cracks at lowering his mile PR between jumping in with the pros at the Prefontaine Classic on May 31st at his future college home in University of Oregon's Hayward Field and then lastly in making an historic third appearance in the Dream Mile against the rest of nation's top high school milers at the adidas Grand Prix on Saturday, June 14th at Icahn Stadium in New York City.
His outdoor season has already gotten off to a strong start with big wins and PR's in the 3200 at the Arcadia Invitational in 8:46.80 and in the 800 at the Mt. SAC Relays in 1:51.97. Ultimately, Haney would like to end his outdoor season repping the Team USA singlet again in the IAAF World Youth Champinships in late July held on American soil at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. A fifth place finisher in the 1500 finals at the World Youth Championships last summer, Haney would like another crack at earning a medal against international competition.
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If any high school runner among the current crop of distance stars across the national landscape is destined to become the next sub 4 minute prep miler, it would be Blake Haney of Stockdale High School in Bakersfield, California. Ever since running 4:13 1600 as a freshmen in the California state meet and continuing that progression over the last two years to run 4:09 for the mile as a sophomore and a 4:07 mile as a junior, Haney has been building to this senior season of outdoor track to see how close he can finish to run a time near four minutes flat.
Enjoy watching this adidas Golden Stripes series featured video on Blake Haney produced by Flotrack below!
