We covered the nuts and bolts of the Brigette Schutzman Festival of Miles in Tuesday’s paper. Here’s the link in case you missed it. For a slideshow of the evening, click here.

Congratulations to Vianney and Mizzou grad Neville Miller, both on his victory Monday and his impressive win over the weekend in the 800 meters at the Drake Relays.

Here are some other tidbits from the race:

Three of the runners in the seven-man field have qualified for the Olympic Trials: Miller, Derek Scott and Jordan Fife.

Master’s Mile winner Jeff Neuschwander broke the 5-minute mark, finishing in 4:56.26.

The wheelchair race was a late addition to the program. When officials with the Disabled Athletes Sports Association heard about the festival last week, they asked if they could participate as well. Big River’s Ben Rosario and Matt Helbig gave an enthusiastic “Yes!” and included them in the program.

The whole Schutzman Clan, minus one, made the trip from Indianapolis for the event. Sitting in the stands were Brigette’s parents, John and Teresa, her sisters Caroline and Nicole an dher brothers Matthew and Brian. The only sibling who couldn’t attend was her sister, Angela, who was taking exams at Xavier University.

Miller still trains in Columbia, where he is a meteorologist. We discovered his day job only after the race. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have let him get away with describing the wind simply as “pretty bad,” and the temperature as “kind of cold.” C’mon, Neville!  Your colleagues at KMIZ, Channel 17, wouldn’t let you get away with that. After all, they refer to you as “the fastest meteorologist in the world.”