A few additional waterfalls are accessible across Cuyahoga County. Berea Falls, situated west of Cleveland in the city of Berea, consists of several short drops that add up to 25 feet. You can access the falls just off Valley Parkway.
Jonah Gorevic, a fifth-grader from Rye, N.Y., who says he has been training as a runner since he was 4, set a new world record in the mile for 10-and-under age group. Photo: Joe Battaglia. Now Jonah Gorevic is eyeing the under-11 world record of 4:55.
Morocco's Hicham El Guerrouj, the King of the Mile, is the current world record holder with a time of 3:43.13, set in Rome in 1999. He also is the current world record holder in the 1,500, 3:26.0, and the 2,000, 4:44.79. He is a double Olympic gold medalist, winning the 1,500- and 5,000-meter races in Athens in 2004. Born in Siberia, Russia's Svetlana Masterkova holds the women's world record for the mile at 4:12.56, set on Aug. 14, 1996.