Tara Davis will be soaring at The Armory New Balance Track & Field Center on Saturday, January 29th during the Women’s Long Jump in the 114th Millrose Games. Photo by Kirby Lee.
NEW YORK, NY, Jan. 21, 2022 – Olympian and multiple NCAA champion Tara Davis hopes to take her long jump talents to great lengths during the 114th Millrose Games at The Armory’s New Balance Track & Field Center on January 29th.
Davis was a two-time NCAA champion in the long jump while competing for the University of Texas. She currently holds the NCAA record of 7.14 meters in the event. Davis placed second at last year’s Olympic Trials, earning a trip to Tokyo where she finished sixth in the Olympic final. She will compete at the Millrose Games alongside her fiancé Hunter Woodhall, scheduled to race in the Men’s 400m.
“I can't wait to return to The Armory after almost 5 years,” said Davis. “This will be the first time that Hunter and I will compete together as professional athletes, so doing it at the Millrose Games will make the experience even better. I have followed Millrose for years, and now it will become an event that will always hold a special place in my heart.”
Davis will face stiff competition from Great Britain’s Jazmin Sawyers, who finished eighth at the Olympics. Sawyers has also earned silver medals at both the European Championships and the Commonwealth Games.
Another athlete to watch is Keturah Orji, the U.S. record-holder, Olympic finalist, and seven-time NCAA champion in the triple jump. Orji will test her abilities in the long jump, an event where she won an additional NCAA title in 2018.
Also scheduled to compete is Sha’Keela Saunders, the USATF long jump national champion in 2018. She will be joined by NCAA and NACAC champion Quanesha Burks and three-time NCAA All-American Tiffany Flynn.
Athletes confirmed for the 114th Millrose Games include:
Defending champion Elle Purrier St. Pierre and 2019 champion Konstanze Klosterhalfen will highlight the WHOOP Wanamaker Women’s Mile. This signature race includes all three athletes who represented the United States in the Tokyo Olympic 1500m.
Olympic bronze medalist Josh Kerr and Olympic finalist Ollie Hoare lead the charge in the WHOOP Wanamaker Men’s Mile.
World-record holder and two-time Olympic gold medalist Ryan Crouser is entered in the Thorne Men’s Shot Put.
World record holder in the 60m Christian Coleman, the fastest man in the world in 2021 Trayvon Bromell and Jamaica’s 2016 Olympic gold medal winner in the 110m hurdles Omar McLeod will challenge for the Millrose Games Men’s 60m title.
Olympic gold medalist and American outdoor record holder Athing Mu, American indoor record holder and Olympian Ajee' Wilson and Jamaica middle-distance sensation and Olympian Natoya Goule-Toppin who will be competing in the highly anticipated Jack and Lewis Rudin Women’s 800m.
Cole Hocker, Edward Cheserek, and Conner Mantz headline a Who’s Who of NCAA champions and Olympian distance runners in the Men’s 3000m.
World champion and American record-holder Donavan Brazier makes his return to the track in the Men’s 400.
Olympian, former world record holder in the indoor 600m and 2019 Millrose Games 800m champion Michael Saruni will headline the Mike Frankfurt Invitational Men’s 800m.
World record holder Keni Harrison leads a Women’s 60m Hurdles field that features six Olympians.
Alicia Monson, Olympian and 2019 Millrose Games champion, is fresh off a January 9th USATF Cross Country title and will be challenged by recent USATF Cross Country runner-up Weini Kelati in the Millrose Games Women’s 3000.
Olympic bronze medalist Gabby Thomas is the headliner in the Women’s 60m
Olympic gold medalist Katie Nageotte will face off against defending champion Sandi Morris in the Women’s Pole Vault.
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About The Armory Foundation
The Armory Foundation is a New York City non-profit institution, with the mission of "Keeping Kids on Track." Each season The Armory – the proud home of the Millrose Games – hosts more than 100 track & field meets and welcomes more than 220,000 visits. Among its many youth sports and educational programs, including the acclaimed Armory College Prep program, The Armory runs the leading collegiate indoor track meets with the Dr. Sander Invitational Columbia Challenge and the HBCU Showcase, and hosts the largest high school indoor track meets with the U. S. Air Force Hispanic Games, The New Balance Games, New Balance Nationals Indoor, the Energice Coaches Hall of Fame Invitational and Marine Corps Holiday Classic. New York Road Runners is a proud sponsor of all athletic events at The Armory. The Armory runs the Columbia & NewYork – Presbyterian Indoor Marathon Team Relay presented by New York Road Runners, which is the world’s largest indoor marathon relay. The Armory is also the home to the National Track & Field Hall of Fame and dozens of very large education-focused events. For more: Please visit Armory.NYC and ArmoryTrack.com.
