Mia Cochran becomes fourth Husky to break 4:30 in the mile at Battle for Boston...
BOSTON-- Washington's Mia Cochran (#8179/Paul Merca photo) became the fourth runner in school history to break 4:30 in the mile Sunday night at the Saucony Battle for Boston meet at the Boston University Track and Tennis Center, in what essentially was the final day for American pros to improve upon their qualifying marks for next weekend's USATF indoor championships in Staten Island, New York, and for collegians to move up the descending order lists for the NCAA championships before the conference championship meets. Competing in the top section of the women's mile, Cochran was the top collegiate runner in the field, finishing fourth in a personal best 4:29.10. as Rachel McArthur of Asics won in 4:27.56. UW teammate Julia David-Smith was tenth in 4:35.82, just off of her personal best of 4:34.95 set at the Mile City meet. Cochran joins Chloe Foerster, Amina Maatoug, and Katie Flood as the only four Huskies to break 4:30 in the mile. Foerster's school record of 4:25....
