INDIANAPOLIS, IN - In this Olympic Season, 50 years after Roger Bannister first broke the sub-four-minute mile barrier, the Indiana Invaders will host Wild Bill's Metric Mile race at the Big Blue National Invitational, on the campus of Hillsdale College, in Hillsdale Michigan on June 11-12th, 2004.

Wild Bill's Metric Mile, to be contested on June 12th, currently features some of America's top milers including Olympian Paul McMullen, a native of Michigan and graduate of Eastern Michigan University. McMullen was the 1996 Olympic Trials champion and was 10th at the 2001 World Championships. McMullen has a career best of 3:33.89 in the Metric Mile and headlines a field of nine athletes currently under 3:43 this Olympic season. The Olympic Trials Qualifying standard is 3:43.00.

Challenging McMullen will be several of America's top milers including Clay Schwabe and Dan Wilson and the rest of the field of eight athletes currently under 3:43 this Olympic season. The Olympic Trials Qualifying standard is 3:43.00. Wilson was ranked 10th in the US last season.

Initial Entry Lists and Athlete Profiles:
www.nftl.net/events/2004/big_blue.asp