Girls 2 Mile Championship - Nike Indoor Nationals 2024 [Full Race]

Leachman Runs No. 2 All-Time 9:44.16 And Outlasts Hedengren's No. 3 All-Time 9:49.45; Nathan Neil Wins Boys 2-Mile; Crater OR Boys Win Second DMR Title; Dillard FL Girls Squeeze Past South Lakes VA

By Doug Binder, DyeStat Editor

Elizabeth Leachman and Jane Hedengren waged a 2-mile race for the ages on Friday on the first day of Nike Indoor Nationals at The Armory in New York.

Never before have two high school girls gone under 9:50 in a 2-mile race, indoors or out.

Hedengren chased after Leachman, who closed with a 4:41 mile on the way to a victory in 9:44.16. The sophomore from Boerne, Texas, the Foot Locker champion, has already run faster than the previous national record in the 3,200 meters three times in February.

Only Mary Cain has run faster for two miles among high school girls.

Hedengren, a junior from Timpview UT, who missed the cross country postseason with an injury, ran No. 3 all-time 9:49.45 for second.

"I feel so blessed to have all these girls pushing me," Leachman said. "Jane was out that second half of cross country season so I missed the opportunity to race her but she's incredible and she pushes me every time."

Last September in a memorable early season cross country showdown at the Woodbridge Cross Country Classic in Southern California, Hedengren outsprinted Leachman to win a 3-mile race by a tenth of a second.

Leachman's inexperience with indoor 200-meter ovals caused her to pick up the pace a lap too soon.

"I thought we had two laps left when we had three," she said.

It all worked out. Leachman will race the 5,000 meters on Saturday.

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[IRex-wmpd]

A 5:03/4:41 negative split is madness... This kid has left everyone else behind. And she followed this up the next day with a 15:28 5K shattering Tuohy's record.

[MrToadColorado]

Elizabeth Leachman is an amazing runner. She is physically built for xc running and apparently has the discipline to exploit it. She has such a great future ahead of her.

[MichaelJ]

Leachman is a sophomore phenom who will shatter all of Tuohy’s high school track records. So excited about her future.

[trhall]

Elizabeth is a beast!!!! What incredible My faves: Tuohy. Valby. Leachman!!!🌟🌟🌟

[brentwalker]

Dang, these young ladies are ripped. Great race! Leachman really outclassed the pack with a slow build and a smooth, powerful finish. Great things are ahead of her.

[ddahstan]

Leachman got awesome smoke in her shoes! She's phenomenal! The record books are slowly burning down...

[WhisperingPeace]

Zariel Macchia was the frontrunner in the beginning, but ran an unwise strategy of expending too much energy leading for the first few laps and speeding up anytime a runner tried to pass her. That ended when the running phenom Leachman passed her. What an incredible race by Leachman. She wisely conserved energy in the beginning of the race hanging back in the middle of the pack, and then made her move to the front decisively. I also applaud the courage and guts of the great tall runner who came in 2nd place, Jane Hedengren. Man, she gave it her all, and stuck with Leachman's insanely fast pace almost to the end. She finished with a great time, and probably ran a personal best. What a fun race to watch!

[thomasbroscheid]

Wirklich wahnsinnig emotional, diese hoffentlich noch kommende „Lauflegende“ zu verfolgen! Ich wünsche dir viel Erfolg und Glück, nicht nur für deine Sportlerkarriere😊

[Philobiblion]

Mary Cain's record is 9:38.68. Elizabeth's 9:44.16 puts her second, ahead of Natalie's 9:44.44.

[w.neuman]

CongratuLations To ALL ! ••••••• °Leachman Is An AbsoLute Phenom & Props To °Hedengren For Staying Right There With Her UntiL The FinaL CoupLe Of Laps ! ❤😊❤

[hyatguy]

In the Olympics runners who are being lapped move to the outside to let faster runners pass them on the inside. Could they please teach this in High School athletics.

[markmanor]

Wow 👌 👏 👌 👏, That was Awesome 👌 👏, Jeee Wizz, Leachman is totally awesome 👌 👏 👍 😊

[SuperJinxter]

I think her hamstrings are made of elastic. Absolutely incredible how long her stride is, for a relatively short build.

[alessandrodelmonte]

Splendide atlete.
Vere campionesse 😊😊😊

[rubenhoraciosoria]

Exelente Elizabeth, soy Horacio de Argentina

[gustavbloom]

Could you show the first ten finishers?

[paulculwell]

She is like big red in the secretariat movie? She leaves them in the dust?

[SEGAraid]

she's barely even breathing hard, wowzers

[Sulinthmachin]

That girl displayed a very high rate of leg turnover. Did not look like a 2 mile run.

Also: that announcer is the best they can come up with? He didn't do much except recite the competitors' names. It'd be hilarious to hear him try to announce the first lap of an Formula 1 race.

[hubiejim]

she is the one to watch the record breaker