adidas Dream Mile/100

adidas Dream Watch List No. 3: Boys Mile

adidas Dream Watch List No. 3: Boys Mile

May 18, 2015 by Meg Bellino
adidas Dream Watch List No. 3: Boys Mile


The adidas Grand Prix hosts the best professional track and field athletes in the world at Icahn Stadium on Randall's Island in New York City on Saturday, June 13 as part of the Diamond League Championship series. The New York edition features a twist, as the nation's top prep milers and 100 meter sprinters perform on the same track as their idols in the deepest races of the year - the adidas Dream Mile and Dream 100.

Who will those athletes be? Follow the Watch List series to keep track of who is considered and who is confirmed.

More information on the adidas Dream Mile here.

1. Matthew Maton (Summit, OR)


PR: 3:59.38 Mile
Credentials: U.S. No. 3 All-Time, sixth prep in history to break 4 minutes in the mile, No. 3 All-Time 1500m (3:42.54), U.S. No. 1 Miler/1500m for 2015 season, U.S. No. 2 ranked returning Miler from 2014 outdoor track season, 2014 adidas Dream Mile runner-up, 2014 Brooks PR Invitational Mile Champion, 5-time Oregon State Champion

2. Grant Fisher (Grand Blanc, MI)


PR: 4:02.02 Mile
Credentials: U.S. No. 5 All-Time 1500m (3:42.89), U.S. No. 1 ranked Miler for 2015 indoor track season, U.S. No. 1 ranked returning Miler from 2014 outdoor track season, U.S. No. 1 ranked returning Two Miler from 2014 outdoor track season, 2015 New Balance Nationals Indoor Mile Champion, 2014 adidas Dream Mile Champion, 2014 New Balance Nationals Indoor Mile Champion, 2014 USATF Junior Nationals 1,500m runner-up, 2014 IAAF World Juniors 1,500m qualifier, 2014 Foot Locker Nationals XC Champion, 2013 Foot Locker Nationals XC Champion

3. Austin Tamagno (Brea Olinda, CA)


PR: 4:06.26 Mile
Credentials: U.S. No. 3 ranked returning Miler from 2014 outdoor track season, U.S. No. 1 ranked 1,500m runner for 2015 outdoor track season (3:46), 2014 Brooks PR Invitational runner-up, 2014 CIF State Finals runner-up, 2015 adidas Azusa Meet of Champions Mile Champion

4. Drew Hunter (Loudoun Valley, VA)


PR: 4:03.88 1600m
Credentials: 2015 Penn Relays Mile Champion, 2015 New Balance Nationals Indoor Two Mile Champion, 2014 Penn Relays Carnival 3k Champion, Fourth-place at 2014 Footlocker Nationals, 4x Virginia State Champion

5. Carlos Villarreal (Rio Rico, AZ)


PR: 4:03.97 1600m
Credentials: Arizona State Record Holder for 1600m, 2015 Chandler Rotary Invitational Mile Champion, 5x Arizona State Champion

6. Logan Wetzel (Saline, MI)


PR: 4:08.75 Mile
Credentials: U.S. No. 4 ranked Miler for the 2015 indoor track season, 2015 New Balance Grand Prix Junior Men's Mile Champion, anchored 2015 New Balance Nationals Indoor Champion DMR


7. Olin Hacker (Madison, WI)


PR: 4:09.83 Mile
Credentials: U.S. No. 10 ranked returning Miler from 2014 outdoor track season, 2014 Foot Locker Nationals runner-up, 2014 Nike Cross Nationals runner-up, 3rd at 2015 Great Bupa Edinburgh Cross Country, 8th at 2014 New Balance Nationals Outdoor Mile, 2-time Wisconsin State Champion

8. Mikey Brannigan (Northport, NY)


PR: 4:09.61 Mile
Credentials: New York State Record Holder for 3200m (8:42.92), 2014 New Balance Nationals Outdoor 2 Mile Champion, 2015 Penn Relays Mile runner-up, 2015 New Balance Nationals Indoor 5k runner-up

9. Michael Vitucci (St. Xavier, OH)


PR: 4:07.96 1600m
Credentials: 2015 New York Relays Mile Champion, 2x Ohio State Champion

10. Matt Plowman (York, IL)


PR: 4:09.13 Mile
Credentials: 2015 Kansas Relays Champion

11. Philip Hall (South View, NC)


PR:
4:14.85 Mile
Credentials: 2015 Raleigh Relays Mile Champion, 11x North Carolina State Champion

12. Myles Marshall (Kingwood, TX)

2014 World Youth Olympic Games 800m Champion Myles Marshall will be the official pace-setter at the adidas Dream Mile

PR:
1:48.43 800m
Credentials: 2014 World Youth Olympic Games 800m Champion, 2014 USATF Junior Nationals 800m runner-up, 2014 IAAF World Juniors 800m qualifier, 2014 Brook PR Invitational 800m runner-up, 3rd at 2014 New Balance Nationals Outdoor 800m, 3x Texas State Champion

13. Donavan Brazier (Kenawa Hills, MI)


PR: 4:09.32 Mile
Credentials: U.S. No. 6 ranked Miler for 2015 indoor track season, U.S. No. 6 ranked 800m for 2015 indoor track season, 3rd at 2015 New Balance Nationals Indoor 800m, 2014 New Balance Nationals Outdoor 800m Champion

14. Levi Thomet (Kodiak, AK)


PR: 4:07.60 Mile
Credentials: 2015 New Balance Indoor Nationals Two Mile runner-up, 6x Alaska State Champion

15. Michael Slagowski (Rocky Mountain, ID)


PR: 4:09.17 Mile
Credentials: 3x Idaho State Champion in 2015, 2015 Arcadia Invitational 800m Champion

16. Elijah Armstrong (Pocatello, ID)


PR: 4:09.18 Mile
Credentials: 2015 New Balance Nationals Outdoor 5k Champion, 2013 New Balance Nationals Indoor 5k Champion, 3rd at 2014 Foot Locker Nationals, 2014 New Balance Nationals Outdoor 5k runner-up, 2014 New Balance Nationals Indoor 5k runner-up, 7x All American, 13x Idaho State Champion

17. Diego Zarate (Northwest, MD)


PR: 4:09.69
Credentials: 3rd at 2015 Penn Relays Carnival Mile, 2015 New Balance Nationals Indoor Emerging Elite Mile Champion, Four-time Maryland State Champion

18. Matthew Novak (Deep Run, VA)


PR: 4:06.68 1600m
Credentials: 2x All American, 6x Virginia State Champion

19. Sam Ritz (Germantown Academy, PA)


PR: 4:08.67 Mile, 3:47.85 1500m
Credentials: U.S. No. 3 ranked Miler for 2015 indoor track season, U.S. No. 8 ranked 800m for 2015 indoor track season, 3rd at 2015 New Balance Nationals Indoor Mile, Pennsylvania State Record Holder in the Mile, 2015 PTFCA Indoor State Mile Champion

20. Thomas Ratcliffe (Concord Carlisle, MA)


PR: 4:10.45 Mile, 3:49.03 1500m
Credentials: U.S. No. 8 ranked Miler for 2015 indoor track season, split 4:05 in DMR at 2015 New Balance Nationals Indoor, 2015 MIAA State Mile Champion, 4th at 2015 New Balance Grand Prix Junior Men's Mile