The Millrose Games is an annual indoor track & field meet held each February in New York City. The storied meet started taking place at the Armory in Washington Heights in 2012, after being held at Madison Square Garden from 1914 to 2011. The games were launched in 1908 when employees of the New York City branch of Wanamaker's department store formed the Millrose Track Club to hold a meet. The featured event is the Wanamaker Mile (1926, men's first year and 1982, women's first year).
By RunnersLife
Scottish athlete Chris O'Hare ran the third fastest Mile by a Scot ever a couple of weeks ago, in 3 mins 52.98 seconds which also landed him the collegiate record in USA breaking the previous time set at 3:54.54. O'Hare is attending Tulsa University in America which has seen him...
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By Joe Battaglia for the IAAF
NEW YORK, USA - As the pulsating stadium anthem reverberated through the 168th Street Armory in Upper Manhattan, Mary Cain punched the sides of her legs with clenched fists and whispered, “Come on!” to herself as she turned back toward the starting line.
While...
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By Ken Goe, The Oregonian
Jerry Schumacher, who coaches the elite Oregon Track Club/Portland training group, attended his first Millrose Games last weekend.
Now, he can't wait to go back.
"Great meet, great crowd," Schumacher said after watching Lopez Lomong of OTC/Portland nip favored ...
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She has the fastest Mile time of the year among entrants for March 2-3 indoor championships.
By Peter Gambaccini, Runner's World
Mary Cain has entered the 800-meter run and the Mile at the USA Indoor Track & Field Championships, to be held March 2 and 3 in Albuquerque. The 16-year-old...
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High School Athlete of the Week
By Marc Bloom, Running Times
Athlete: Edward Cheserek
Year: Senior
School: St. Benedict’s Prep
Location: Newark, NJ
800m PR: 1:49.98
Mile PR: 4:02.21
2-Mile PR: 8:39.25
Edward Cheserek, the Kenyan from New Jersey, took care of business on two fronts...
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By John E. Hoover, World Sports
Chris O'Hare face contorted, wrought by pain and fatigue.
His muscles tore at his soul. Lactic acid collected in his slender legs like leaden boots.
"I am absolutely dead," his body told him. "Like, I could stop right now. I'm really tired, and I've still...
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Sheila Reid had Mary Cain join her on victory lap.
By Peter Gambaccini, Runner's World
The headliners at Saturday’s Millrose Games at the Armory were, as usual, Bernard Lagat, who set a new American indoor two-Mile record of 8:09.49, and this winter’s biggest star and fan favorite, Mary Cain...
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Multiple records topple in the Armory Saturday night as high school phenom Mary Cain betters her own U.S. record, while Lomong and O’Hare take the storied race into new terrain.
By Duncan Larkin, Mile wire
NEW YORK – Under the bright lights and amidst the roaring of a sold-out crowd at the...
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By Jim Lambert, The Star-Ledger
Edward Cheserek of St. Benedict's Prep, the No. 1 high school distance runner in the nation and the best distance runner in New Jersey high school history, announced his eagerly anticipated college choice tonight.
And the winner is Oregon!!!!!
He made his...
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By Ken Belson, The New York Times
The high point of the Millrose Games is typically the men’s Wanamaker Mile, the finale of the country’s best known indoor track and field meet. At this year’s meet, which will be held Saturday at the 168th Street Armory in Upper Manhattan, the highlight may end...
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