{"id":5913,"date":"2016-03-11T21:29:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T21:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/2016\/03\/11\/why-fastest-u-s-college-mile-runner-wont-be-vying-to-be-ncaa-champ\/"},"modified":"2016-03-11T21:29:00","modified_gmt":"2016-03-11T21:29:00","slug":"why-fastest-u-s-college-mile-runner-wont-be-vying-to-be-ncaa-champ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/why-fastest-u-s-college-mile-runner-wont-be-vying-to-be-ncaa-champ\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Fastest U.S. College Mile Runner Won't Be Vying To Be NCAA Champ"},"content":{"rendered":"

By NPR Staff<\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n

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Izaic Yorks, a senior at the University of Washington, recently ran a mile in 3:53 \u2014 the fastest mile of any American collegiate athlete. Here, he competes on Feb. 27 in Seattle. Stephen Brashear\/Red Box Pictures<\/strong> hide caption<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

toggle caption<\/strong> Stephen Brashear\/Red Box Pictures<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Last week, Izaic Yorks, a senior at the University of Washington, ran a mile in 3:53<\/a> \u2014 the fastest college mile ever by an American. The effort qualifies him for the Olympic trials this summer.<\/p>\n

So why isn’t Yorks running in the mile at this weekend’s NCAA championships in Birmingham, Ala.?<\/p>\n

Turns out, he had to make a decision: run that mile alone, or run with his team in the distance medley relay or DMR.<\/p>\n

If he decided to run the mile race, he would have been required to run a preliminary round right before the DMR<\/a> \u2014 compromising his team’s shot at a national title.<\/p>\n

Yorks recalls when his coach, Greg Metcalf, pulls him aside to ask what he thinks about running the mile race.<\/p>\n

“I was just, no way. I want to do the DMR,” Yorks replied. “That’s what I told these guys I would do. And I’m gonna stick to that word.”<\/p>\n

Metcalf continues.<\/p>\n

“I’m sitting in my office on Sunday, making our declarations,” Metcalf says. “And I hit the ‘scratch’ button next to Izaic’s name, next to 3:53, I think, ‘Am I the biggest idiot of all time?'”<\/p>\n

Maybe. But in a sport that so often celebrates individual glory, Yorks is not only very fast, he’s also very loyal.<\/p>\n

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Source:: http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2016\/03\/11\/470084460\/why-fastest-u-s-college-mile-runner-wont-be-vying-to-be-ncaa-champ?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=sports<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"Izaic<\/a><\/div>\n
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<\/div>\n
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Izaic Yorks, a senior at the University of Washington, recently ran a mile in 3:53 \u2014 the fastest mile of any American collegiate athlete. Here, he competes on Feb. 27 in Seattle. Stephen Brashear\/Red Box Pictures<\/strong> hide caption<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

toggle caption<\/strong> Stephen Brashear\/Red Box Pictures<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Last week, Izaic Yorks, a senior at the University of Washington, ran a mile in 3:53<\/a> \u2014 the fastest college mile ever by an American. The effort qualifies him for the Olympic trials this summer.<\/p>\n

So why isn’t Yorks running in the mile at this weekend’s NCAA championships in Birmingham, Ala.?<\/p>\n

Turns out, he had to make a decision: run that mile alone, or run with his team in the distance medley relay or DMR.<\/p>\n

If he decided to run the mile race, he would have been required to run a preliminary round right before the DMR<\/a> \u2014 compromising his team’s shot at a national title.<\/p>\n

Yorks recalls when his coach, Greg Metcalf, pulls him aside to ask what he thinks about running the mile race.<\/p>\n

“I was just, no way. I want to do the DMR,” Yorks replied. “That’s what I told these guys I would do. And I’m gonna stick to that word.”<\/p>\n

Metcalf continues.<\/p>\n

“I’m sitting in my office on Sunday, making our declarations,” Metcalf says. “And I hit the ‘scratch’ button next to Izaic’s name, next to 3:53, I think, ‘Am I the biggest idiot of all time?'”<\/p>\n

Maybe. But in a sport that so often celebrates individual glory, Yorks is not only very fast, he’s also very loyal.<\/p>\n

Let’s block ads!<\/a><\/strong> (Why?)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[221],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5913\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}