Draper Mile 2006

At fast and downhill Draper Mile in Blacksburg on Saturday, Radford\'s Nathan Brame and Blacksburg\'s Ariel Burbey took advantage of the course to run fast times. Brame, the A state 1600 meter champion, ran 11 seconds faster than his 4:23 1600 meter track best to win in a time of 4:12 as he held off VMI head cross country coach Paul Spangler (4:13) for the win. Meanwhile, Spangler\'s wife and Rockbridge County coach, Cynthia Campbell-Spangler had the top female time just under five minutes at 4:59. Burbey finished second with a time of 5:03, which is three seconds better than the College of William & Mary bound Burbey\'s track best. Rising sophomore at Blacksburg, Allison Homer, ran seven seconds faster than she did in last year\'s Draper Mile to finish third in 5:11. Homer has a track best of 5:25 for 1600 meters.