U.S. milers, once the world's best, have been an indifferent lot in recent years. But in Los Angeles last week, a lithe (6 ft. 1 in., 155 Ibs.) sophomore from the University of Oregon proved that the U.S. might at last have a miler who could run with the Australians and Europeans. His name: Dyrol Burleson.
Competing on a tricky board track for the first time in his young career, 19-year-old Miler Burleson faced Sweden's Dan Waern, who had six times broken four minutes (Burleson's best: 4:06.7). At the gun, Burleson was content to stay back in the pack. As he...
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