A Professional Field Could Lead Brodey Hasty To His Best Mile At Dr. Sander Invitational

Jan 24, 2018

Hasty in the mile at the Music City Distance Carnival last spring.

Are you ready for the nation's best returning miler to go for a big time in a field of professionals?

A year ago, University of Oregon signee Brodey Hasty was paced at the Music City Distance Carnival to an outdoor 4:01.75 mile, the fifth best effort of 2017 and the No. 1 mark for returning juniors.

Now Hasty may finally be ready to eclipse that performance on Saturday. He's entered in the men's mile at the Dr. Sander Invitational at The Armory on Saturday. Hasty holds an indoor mile PR of 4:08.04 from last year's NYRR Millrose Games, but he's coming off a hard effort in the 1K at the VA Showcase and in the 1600m during Brentwood XC Club's 10:20.04 effort in the DMR.

He finished third in the 1K in a slightly underwhelming performance in Virginia, but Hasty could be ready for much bigger things here.

He will be in a talented field with some of the best distance runners in the country, including Ole Miss graduate and Nike Oregon runner Craig Engels, Brooks Beasts athlete Brannon Kidder, current University of Oregon runner Blake Haney and 3:52.62 miler Patrick Casey.

"The Armory is just the place," Hasty's coach, Guy Avery, said. "It's where all these great events have taken place. And Brodey had a great experience from New Balance last year."

Almost every runner in the filed has run either sub-four indoors or outdoors in their career. Last year at this meet, New Balance athlete Andrew Butchart won the mile in 3:54.23, while Hoka One One athlete Ford Palmer was second in 3:58.78.

"The venue and the energy in NYC at the Armory is like no other," Avery said. "It's the personality of NYC, combined with people who love track and who really appreciate the sport. And any athlete would love to run in that environment."

Dr. Sander Invitational Men's Mile Field:

athlete	nationality	team	indoor mile PR	Outdoor Mile
Craig Engels	USA	NIKE Oregon Project	4:01.19	3:57.67
Pat Casey	USA	NIKE Oregon Track Club	3:54.36	3:52.62
Drew Piazza	USA	Nike	4:11.75	3:59.03
Brannon Kidder	USA	Brooks Beasts	3:57.13	4:03.12
Ford Palmer	USA	Hoka One One/NJNY TC	3:54.92	3:55.60
Sam Prakel	USA	Oregon	3:57.95	3:55.89
Blake Haney	USA	Oregon	3:59.10	4:04.08
Brodey Hasty	USA	Brentwood Track Club	4:08.04	4:01.75
Marcus Dickson	USA	BYU	4:07.18	4:03.18
Will Geoghegan	USA	NIKE	3:58.04	3:56.24
Charlie Grice	GBR	NIKE	N/A	3:52.64
Julian Oakley	NZL	Ocean State AC	3:57.22	3:58.89
Rob Napolitano	USA	Hoka One One/NJNY TC	3:58.98	4:15.93
Alfredo Santana	Puerto Rico	Neptune	4:02.67	4:01.41