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"4:13 isn't that great for me," said Jim Sorensen after winning the men's masters mile exhibition at the 2007 USA Track & Field Championships in Indianapolis. Sorensen led Saturday's race from the gun, splitting three even 65-second laps en route to his 4:13.21. John Hinton was second in 4:23.44.
Mary Grene won the women's race in 5:18.28.
"I was running pretty much the same times last year," said Sorensen. "The only difference is that now I'm 40. If I really want to run fast, I need to get in an open race with the young guys." Sorensen took second in the 1,500m at the 1996 Olympic Trials.
Sorensen will get a chance next Wednesday, June 27. A rabbited mile race is being set up in Bloomington, Indiana, to give Maryland high schooler Matt Centrowitz, whose peak is probably as far ahead of him as Sorensen's is behind him, a shot at a sub-4:00. Sorensen, who says he thinks he can run "4-oh-something," will jump in. (Note: Centrowitz noted after his own final, the junior men's 1,500m, that he hasn't confirmed he'll run in Bloomington, but will decide tonight. "It's 50-50 at this point," he said.)
Posted by Parker Morse at 4:12 p.m. | Tags: Race Reports, 2007 USA Outdoor T&F Champs