Mile News Tagged Nikki Hiltz


Hailu wins World Indoor 1500m

March 03, 2024

Americans Hiltz, Mackay claim silver, bronze medals in final event

By Jon Mulkeen for World Athletics

Ethiopia waited until the closing stages of the World Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow 24 to win their first gold medal of the weekend. But then, like waiting for a bus, two came along...

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The Best Mile Moments of 2023

December 29, 2023

Record event prize money awarded; record four U.S. high schoolers sub-4 in same race; Nuguse blasts U.S. indoor & outdoor Mile records; Kipyegon shatters women’s outdoor Mile record, Hiltz U.S. record; official road Mile world records recognized, inaugural road Mile World Championship and more!

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Ratified: road Mile world records for Kessler and Welteji

December 07, 2023

"The road Mile is a very American event and we're quite experienced in them. I'm very proud of myself.”

From World Athletics

World records set in the road Mile by Diribe Welteji and Hobbs Kessler at the World Athletics Road Running Championships Riga 23 have now been ratified.

At the...

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Road Mile world records ratified for Hiltz and Prakel

September 22, 2023

The inaugural records were set at the 2023 Grand Blue Mile in Des Moines, Iowa

From World Athletics

The winning times from this year’s USA Road Mile Championships – 4:27.97 for Nikki Hiltz and 4:01.21 for Sam Prakel – have been ratified as the inaugural world records for the road Mile.

The...

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Kerr, Reekie Secure Scottish Sweep at New Balance 5th Avenue Mile

September 10, 2023

World champion records the third fastest men's time in event history and fastest since 1995; eighteen men sub-4 and thirteen women sub-4:30 under wet conditions

From NYRR

NEW YORK – World champion and Olympic medalist Josh Kerr and Olympian Jemma Reekie won the men’s and women’s professional...

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Kerr, St. Pierre, Hiltz to Headline Fields at New Balance 5th Avenue Mile

September 05, 2023

NBC to broadcast race 1-hour live nationally; USATF.TV to stream event internationally; $32,000 pro prize purse available

From NYRR

NEW YORK – World champion Josh Kerr, U.S. Olympian Elle St. Pierre and American Mile record holder Nikki Hiltz will headline a world class professional athlete...

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Kipyegon obliterates Mile world record

July 21, 2023

The first Kenyan to set the Mile world record; 7 national records as well as all 13 finishers clocked personal records in Monaco

Nicole Jeffery for World Athletics

Was it ever in doubt?

Faith Kipyegon continued to plunder the most revered middle distance marks in the sport, setting her...

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Teen phenom Haylom wins Dream Mile

June 15, 2023

Ethiopian 17-year-old also sets World Junior and meet records; McGee, Hiltz #3 and #4 U.S. all-time outdoors

OSLO – On a near perfect Thursday evening, the women’s Bislett Games Dream Mile was indeed a dream, producing one of the deepest, fastest races of all-time. Ethiopian teen Birke Haylom,...

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Hiltz, Prakel win second USATF 1 Mile Road Championship titles

April 25, 2023

Hiltz sets event and USA Championship records at Grand Blue Mile; $27,500 prize purse awarded

From USATF

DES MOINES – It was an evening of big finishes in Des Moines on Tuesday evening, as Nikki Hiltz and Sam Prakel kicked to victory at the USATF 1 Mile Road Championships hosted by the 14th...

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Four past champions return to USATF 1 Mile Road Championships

April 11, 2023

Grand Blue Mile hosts national title tilt for seventh straight year; $25,000 prize purse with $5000 for each national champion

From Drake Relays

DES MOINES, Iowa -- The USA Track & Field 1 Mile Road Championships, hosted as part of the Grand Blue Mile presented by Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue...

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