09/23/2020
On Sunday, the 2020 Lodi Mile was to take place on the fabled Hutchins Street Square course, but this year, in the interest of keeping crowd numbers low, it did not happen in its traditional form with all the fanfare, pomp and circumstance. Taking matters into his own hands, Lodi native, firefighter and Lodi High alumnus, Lucas Garrett took the fitness he’d been stockpiling to the line and gave it everything he had for 1609 meters. He’d set the goal of running under 5 mins after running 5:15 at the 2019 Lodi Mile and he would not be denied his attempt by any force of nature. Garrett, paced by his teammates for just over half of the race, crossed the finish line in 4:49, smashing his previous best. 2020 hasn’t been the year we’d planned for, but on the accomplished list of Lodi Mile winners, Lucas has added the name of the first ever Lodian champion... and he’s taken a 6 pack of beer from race director, .
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History of Lodi Mile Champions
2013: Garrett Heath 4:00.5
2014: David Torrence 4:02.9
2015: David Torrence 4:14
2016: Peter Callahan 4:02.53
2017: Garrett Heath 4:01
2018: Tripp Hurt 4:07
2019: Pat Joseph 4:07.0
2020: Lucas Garrett 4:49
