BRUNSWICK – There must have been something magical in the heavy rain that soaked Bowdoin College’s Whittier Field a couple of hours before the 10th annual New Balance Maine Distance Festival. Meet records were falling just as hard as the rain did, as five different… Read More
BRUNSWICK – Graham Hood had plenty of reasons not to head to the New Balance Maine Distance Festival. He’d already achieved the goal – a qualifying time for the Commonwealth Games – that had led to his entering the elite track meet in the first… Read More
BRUNSWICK – A year ago, Oriana Farley went into the final stretch of the high school 800 at the New Balance Maine Distance Festival with a lead … then watched as an upstart eighth-grader from New Hampshire roared past to capture the win. On Friday… Read More
High school standout Ryan Hall will attempt to become the second prep athlete to crack the four-minute-mile barrier and running fans will get a chance to watch plenty of world-class competition on Saturday as the eighth edition of the New Balance Maine Distance Festival kicks off at Bowdoin… Read More