who has left a trail of broken records in her wake, has committed to run the 5,000 meters at the Portland Track Festival on June 8 at Lewis & Clark College.

Last Friday at the USATF Oxy High Peformance meet at Occidental College,

by nearly six seconds with a time of 4 minutes 4.62 seconds. University of Oregon senior Jordan Hasay, is the next-fastest U.S. high school runner. Hasay’s high school best was 4:14.50.

If Cain were a college athlete, her 1,500 time would be the second-fastest in NCAA history.

Cain has the “A” standard for the IAAF World Track & Field Championships in the 1,500.

She also

at next week's Prefontaine Classic.

She is

, but has amateur standing and is not officially a member of the Oregon Project.

-- Ken Goe