Kerr Claims NCAA Title in Mile Run

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COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Back in 2009, in Gilliam Indoor Stadium, Lobo Lee Emanuel won his first of two national titles in the mile run.

Eight years later, on the same track, Lobo Josh Kerr won his own.

Kerr, a redshirt freshman for the University of New Mexico track & field team, captured the NCAA title in the mile in 4 minutes, 3.22 seconds during the final day of the 2017 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships on Saturday.

Kerr held off Oregon's Edward Cheserek, largely considered one of the best distance runners in NCAA history, during the final three laps in the finals, becoming the second Lobo in program history — along with Emanuel — to win a national title in the…