DES MOINES, Iowa – Heather Kampf successfully defended her Grand Blue Mile title on Tuesday evening, winning the women's 1-mile invitational race in 4:37.52. Chad Noelle, competing in his first race as a professional, took the men's title in 4:12.11.
"Any time you're successful somewhere, when you come back and try it again, it breeds confidence," Kampf said. "It was great to come back and have a good race. Knowing the course is great, it's logical, I like the course and it's easy to understand how to race it."
Kampf held off Nicole Sifuentes, who finished second in 4:37.