Despite cold, Brandon Miller runs 2026 US leading mark in 600m at Stumptown Twilight...
PORTLAND-- It was billed earlier in the week by the Portland Track organizers as an attempt at Johnny Gray's long standing world best at the 600 meters of 1:12.81 in 1986. However, Brandon Miller (Paul Merca photo) wasn't quite 100 percent, as according to Brooks Beasts coach Danny Mackey, he was fighting off a cold he picked up earlier in the week. Nonetheless, Miller, who was slightly congested Saturday morning, gave it a shot, and ran the fastest time by an American this season in the final event of the Stumptown Twilight meet at Griswold Stadium on the campus of Lewis & Clark College. With Brooks Beasts teammate Sam Whitmarsh, who earlier won the 800, doing the pacing, Miller still managed to run 1:14.08, just ahead of the US leading mark of 1:14.15 run by Cooper Lutkenhaus indoors in February. Despite the congestion, Miller and the Brooks Beasts crew don't think it will be an issue as he marks his return to the Wanda Diamond League circuit next Friday in Lausanne...
