Jeansonne: What happened to the high school mile?
Photo credit: Patrick E. McCarthy | North Shore's Samantha Nadel claims first place in the girls one mile run in a record time of 4:46.19. (Feb. 11, 2012)
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Valentine's Day is as good a time as any to ask whether America's romance with track and field has died. And whether the long-cooled grass-roots relationship to the sport's most historically charming event, the mile run, has anything to do with it.
"We're searching for ways to celebrate and elevate the mile and the sport of track and field," said David Monico, who brainstormed with fellow...
