NEW YORK, December 22, 2020 – The Armory Foundation has decided after extensive consultations with health experts that, due to rising cases nationally of Covid-19, it is advisable to cancel the 114th Millrose Games, previously scheduled for February 13, 2021 at The Armory in New York City.
Elinor Purrier, Ajeé Wilson, Donavan Brazier blaze to American records during 113th NYRR Millrose Games at The Armory
Left to right: Elinor Purrier, Ajeé Wilson, and Donavan Brazier win their respective events with American Record times. Photos by John Nepolitan.
NEW YORK, NY, February 8, 2020 – Elinor Purrier and Ajeé Wilson not only won their respective races Saturday during the 113th NYRR Millrose Games at The Armory New Balance Track & Field Center, but the two women also set American records on the “Fastest Track in the World.”
Purrier won the NYRR Wanamaker Mile with a blazing finish to pass defending champion Konstanze Klosterhalfen during the final lap, with a record time of 4:16.85.
“On the second to last lap, I started getting more confident,” said Purrier, a World Championships finalist in the 5,000m. “I was like, ‘I don’t feel totally out of it, I’m going to try to make a move.’”
“(About the record) I was just focused on competing, I wasn’t really listening to the splits at all. Honestly, I’m just trying to soak it in. It hasn’t really hit me yet.”
Purrier now owns the top American indoor mark that lasted since 1982 by Mary Decker with a 4:20.5.
The Women’s NYRR Wanamaker Mile included four national records: Purrier, Klosterhalfen (Germany, 4:17.26), Jemma Reekie (Great Britian, 4:17.88) and Gaabriela DeBues-Stafford (Canada, 4:19.73). And the top three runners through 1,500m established national marks en route to the exciting finish before a sold-out Armory.
“I’m still trying to grasp it,” Purrier said about being the new owner of the American indoor record. “My plan was to sit and go with the rabbit and I knew it was going to be a fast race. I just tried to make a move.”
Wilson added to her list of wins at The Armory, winning the Jack & Lewis Rudin Women’s 800m for a second year in a row.
The Armory fan favorite from Neptune, NJ broke her own American indoor record with a 1:58.29. She set the American indoor record during last year’s NYRR Millrose Games with a 1:58.60.
She had plenty of motivation to hold off Jamaica’s Natoya Goule’s 1:59.35.
“That’s the loudest I’ve ever heard the crowd,” said the Olympian Wilson afterward. “I had family and friends here that helped me run strong and I got the American record. Millrose is super special. As a high schooler I qualified for the Millrose Mile and that was 10 years ago.
She continued, “It just has that magic.”
Despite battling effects of a cold, Chris O’Hare captured his second Men’s NYRR Wanamaker Mile. O’Hare built a solid lead toward the end to finish with a 3:55.61, ahead of Olli Hoare of Australia and local product Rob Napolitano of HOKA NJ/NYTC with 3:56.47 and 3:56.56 times, respectively.
“Having two children, you’re in constant state of sickness,” said O’Hare, who won in 2018. “I knew Filip (Ingebrigsten) would be in the front and be super strong and super confident, so I knew he would be the one taking it and he was the one I was going to have to beat from the bell.
“I felt ready.”
Ingebrigsten finished seventh with a 3:56.99.
Donavan Brazier continued his success off his 2019 World Championships triumph in and American record season, with a victory in the NewYork-Presbyterian Invitational Men’s 800m.
Brazier rewrote his own American record in the 800m with a 1:44.22, breaking his previous mark set last year of 1:44.41. He took control of the race during the final lap en route to the victory.
“I’m starting to take indoors a little more seriously,” Brazier said. “This was the best field and this will give me more confidence and more reassurance that I’m not living off the experiences last year.”
While former Syracuse standout Justyn Knight was winning the Dr. Sander Men’s Invitational 3,000m with a 7:46.36, high school senior and national cross-country champion Nico Young of Newbury Park, Calif, set a new high school national mark of 7:56.97.
“This is what I came here to do,” Young said. “I definitely was really nervous before the race. I wanted to test my ability.”
The Jam Shakwi Men’s Shot Put included 2019 World champion Joe Kovacs and 2016 Rio Olympics gold medalist Ryan Crouser. Crouser, who lost to Kovacs by a mere centimeter in last year’s World Championships, won with a 72-9 ¾ throw over Kovacs’ 70-0 ¼.
The NYRR Millrose Games is the most storied event in indoor track and field.
The Millrose Games moved to The Armory’s New Balance Track & Field Center in Washington Heights in 2012 after having called Madison Square Garden home from 1914 to 2011. The Games – established by employees of Wanamaker’s Department Store – features track and field’s most prolific male and female stars as well as collegiate, high school, club and youth competitors.
Go to www.nyrrmillrosegames.org and www.armorytrack.com for all results and news about the 113th NYRR Millrose Games.
More than 200 athletes share the distinction of being both Millrose and Olympic champions. In November of 2013, the New York Road Runners became the title sponsor of the NYRR Millrose Games, which is owned by The Armory Foundation. The NYRR Millrose Games is a USATF television series event, and The Armory Foundation appreciates the support of USA Track & Field.
The Armory Foundation is proud to host the dozens of Olympians and world champions who will test their talents once more at The Armory. With highest-level competition at the youth, high school, collegiate, club and professional levels, there is truly something for everyone at the NYRR Millrose Games.
Follow on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram at @armorynyc, or go to ArmoryTrack.com or Armory.NYC.
About New York Road Runners (NYRR)
NYRR’s mission is to help and inspire people through running. Since 1958, New York Road Runners has grown from a local running club to the world’s premier community running organization. NYRR’s commitment to New York City’s five boroughs features races, community events, free youth running initiatives and school programs, the NYRR RUNCENTER featuring the New Balance Run Hub, and training resources that provide hundreds of thousands of people each year, from children to seniors, with the motivation, know-how, and opportunity to Run for Life. NYRR’s premier event, and the largest marathon in the world, is the TCS New York City Marathon. Held annually on the first Sunday in November, the race features 50,000 runners, from the world’s top professional athletes to a vast range of competitive, recreational, and charity runners. To learn more, visit www.nyrr.org.
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 NYRR Millrose Games – hosts more than 100 track & field meets and welcomes more than 220,000 athlete visits. Among its many youth sports and educational programs, including the acclaimed Armory College Prep program, The Armory runs the leading collegiate indoor track meet with the Dr. Sander Invitational Columbia Challenge, and also hosts the largest high school indoor track meets with this year's 26th U. S. Air Force Hispanic Games, The New Balance Games, the New Balance Nationals Indoors, the Energice Coaches Hall of Fame, Marine Corp Holiday Classic and the Colgate Games. The Armory also runs the Columbia & NewYork – Presbyterian Indoor Marathon 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.
World Athletics Heritage Plaque to Honor NYRR Millrose Games’ Wanamaker Mile to be Presented to The Armory Today
World Athletics Heritage Plaque honoring NYRR Millrose Games and Wanamaker Mile
Photo by Armory Track’s Billy Cvecko
NEW YORK, NY, February 8, 2020 – USA Track & Field CEO Max Siegel and USATF COO Renee Washington will present the World Athletics Heritage Plaque to The Armory, recognizing the illustrious history of the NYRR Millrose Games and Wanamaker Mile.
Armory Foundation Co-Presidents Rita Finkel and Jonathan Schindel and New York Road Runners CEO Michael Capiraso will accept the award today during the 113th NYRR Millrose Games’ opening ceremony scheduled for 3:50 p.m.
“The Armory is the proud recipient of the World Athletics prestigious Heritage Award this year for the NYRR Millrose Games and the Wanamaker Mile,” Schindel said. “The World Athletics Heritage Plaque honors iconic and historic athletics competitions around the world, and The Armory is so pleased to be among such a select group of honorees.”
In December of 2018, World Athletics President Sebastian Coe introduced the idea and purpose behind World Athletics Heritage Plaque.
According to its website, the World Athletics Heritage “sets out to preserve the legacy of athletics, its heroes and heroines, their artefacts, and the documents, videos and photographs that portray them and in turn engage with and inspire the stars and fans of the present and future.
“Heritage will celebrate and forge connection across 3,000 years of our sport, telling athletics’ rich story, based upon a myriad of marvelous memories and moments which few other sports can match.”
Since its inception, there have been 54 World Athletics Heritage Plaques awarded, including the November 21, 2019 official ceremony to announce the Wanamaker Mile and five other distinguished track & field honorees.
Department store magnate Rodman Wanamaker started the Millrose Games and the Wanamaker Mile was named in his honor.
The Wanamaker Mile has been a fixture in track & field since it originated in 1926 at Madison Square Garden. It’s widely recognized as the signature and final event of each NYRR Millrose Games. In 2012, the NYRR Millrose Games moved from Madison Square Garden to Washington Heights, home to the renowned Armory New Balance Track & Field Center and its “Fastest Track in the World.”
Today, more than 200 athletes share the distinction of being both Millrose and Olympic champions. The 113th NYRR Millrose Games welcomes 29 Olympians competing before a NBC nationally-televised audience and a sold-out Armory. And, NYRR is the title sponsor of both the men’s and women’s Wanamaker Mile.
In 1926, James J. Connolly won the first Wanamaker Mile with a time of 4:17.2. Five-time Olympian Bernard Lagat holds the record for most Wanamaker Mile titles with eight, followed by Ireland’s Eamonn Coghlan, the Chairman of the Boards, with seven. Matt Centrowitz, who in 2016 won USA’s first gold medal in 108 years in the 1,500m at the Rio Olympics, owns three Wanamaker Mile titles.
Last year, Yomif Kejelcha set the Wanamaker Mile record with a 3:48.46 time and was 0.1 seconds from breaking the world indoor record for the mile.
To see each of the 54 World Athletics Heritage Plaques and the stories behind the plaques, go to www.worldathletics.org/Heritage/plaque.
For more information on the NYRR Millrose Games please visit www.nyrrmillrosegames.org. Follow on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram at @armorynyc, or go to ArmoryTrack.com or Armory.NYC.
About New York Road Runners (NYRR)
NYRR’s mission is to help and inspire people through running. Since 1958, New York Road Runners has grown from a local running club to the world’s premier community running organization. NYRR’s commitment to New York City’s five boroughs features races, community events, free youth running initiatives and school programs, the NYRR RUNCENTER featuring the New Balance Run Hub, and training resources that provide hundreds of thousands of people each year, from children to seniors, with the motivation, know-how, and opportunity to Run for Life. NYRR’s premier event, and the largest marathon in the world, is the TCS New York City Marathon. Held annually on the first Sunday in November, the race features 50,000 runners, from the world’s top professional athletes to a vast range of competitive, recreational, and charity runners. To learn more, visit www.nyrr.org.
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 NYRR Millrose Games – hosts more than 100 track & field meets and welcomes more than 220,000 athlete visits. Among its many youth sports and educational programs, including the acclaimed Armory College Prep program, The Armory runs the leading collegiate indoor track meet with the Dr. Sander Invitational Columbia Challenge, and also hosts the largest high school indoor track meets with this year's 26th U. S. Air Force Hispanic Games, The New Balance Games, the New Balance Nationals Indoors, the Energice Coaches Hall of Fame, Marine Corp Holiday Classic and the Colgate Games. The Armory also runs the Columbia & NewYork – Presbyterian Indoor Marathon 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: Visit Armory.NYC and ArmoryTrack.com.
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113th NYRR Millrose Games at The Armory To Showcase Epic Signature Matchups
Reigning Olympic shot put gold medalist Ryan Crouser and defending Women’s NYRR Wanamaker Mile champion Konstanze Klosterhalfen from Germany will face strong challenges in their respective NYRR Millrose Games’ events at The Armory. Photos by John Nepolitan
NEW YORK, NY, February 4, 2020 – High anticipation transforms into reality this Saturday as the famed 113th NYRR Millrose Games takes place at The Armory New Balance Track & Field Center.
“I don’t think there is any other atmosphere in the entire world like the Millrose Games when it comes to track & field,” 800m World champion and American record-holder Donavan Brazier said. “That’s why I always come back. I love to go to New York – they do a great job putting on the meet for the high schoolers and the professionals as well.”
More than one outstanding signature event is earmarked for the 113th NYRR Millrose Games. Meet Director Ray Flynn points to 13 high-volume elite track & field events to stimulate deafening roars from a sold-out Armory.
Flynn, the two-time Irish Olympian and owner of 89 sub-4-minute miles, believes this 113th NYRR Millrose Games edition is on track to have an all-time assemblage of world-class talent.
“This year,” says Flynn, “could be one of the best ever.”
A sold-out Armory and an NBC nationally televised audience will witness such a memorable day of indoor track & field.
“I love competing there,” said Olympian and World champion sprinter Nia Ali, who went to high schools in nearby Philadelphia and New Jersey. “I grew up competing at The Armory and it’s like home to me. I know all the meet officials and everyone who works there. I know all the plaques on the wall.
“It’s home and it’s always cool to go back home and compete at The Armory.”
A special ambiance embraces the 113th edition of this meet, recognized as the world’s premier indoor track & field event.
Around the corner after the NYRR Millrose Games and Toyota USATF Indoor Championships are the Olympic Trials and 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Elite athletes participating Saturday at The Armory understand it’s getting close to their Super Bowl, their World Series. The NYRR Millrose Games will hopefully catapult many of them to a summer to remember.
Following are Ray Flynn’s “baker dozen” of signature events at the 113th NYRR Millrose Games:
In the George Hirsch Men’s 60 Hurdles, new star and World champion Grant Holloway will go up against Olympic champion Omar McLeod from Jamaica and U.S. champion Daniel Roberts.
The Howard Schmertz Women’s 60m Hurdles will feature World Record holder Keni Harrison against World champion Nia Ali, who won in Boston last month, and NCAA champion Janeek Brown of Jamaica.
Who will soar higher in the New York Athletic Club Women’s Pole Vault, 2018 World Indoor champion and 2016 Rio Olympics silver medalist Sandi Morris or fellow Olympian and four-time NCAA champion Lexi Jacobus?
Local and world-renowned star No. 2 Rai Benjamin in the Jane & David Monti Invitational Men’s 300m Dash versus Justin Robinson, who is the World U18 record holder.
The NewYork-Presbyterian Invitational Men’s 800m Run will be one of the most intriguing races with World champion Donavan Brazier against NCAA champion Bryce Hoppel and Isaiah Harris, who won last month at the Dr. Sander Invitational Columbia Challenge at The Armory.
In the Cheryl Toussaint Invitational Women’s 400m Dash, World leader Wadeline Jonathas will try to hold off recent World 200m silver medalist Brittany Brown.
Both the Mike Frankfurt Invitational Women’s 3,000m Run and Dr. Sander Invitational Men’s 3,000m Run include NCAA champions Weini Kelati of the University of New Mexico and men’s winner Edwin Kurgat of Iowa State alongside strong fields that include defending Women’s NYRR Millrose champion Alicia Monson of the University of Wisconsin and on the men’s side Olympic silver medalist Paul Tanui, NCAA runner-up Joe Klecker of the University of Colorado, U.S. Olympian Hassan Mead and former Syracuse University NCAA champion Justyn Knight of Canada.
Ajeé Wilson, the 800m American record holder, on her favorite track against Pan Am Games Gold medalist from Jamaica Natoya Goule in the Jack & Lewis Rudin Women’s 800m.
The women’s NYRR Wanamaker Mile features German star and defending champion Konstanze Klosterhalfen and new Canadian star Gabriela DeBues-Stafford and Elinor Purrier, who was the winner last month in the New Balance Grand Prix in Boston.
How about the fastest man in the meet? U.S. Indoor 60m champion Derek Kemp against World Indoor bronze medalist Ronnie Baker in the Men’s 60m Dash.
In the Women’s 60m Dash, six-time Olympic gold medalist Allyson Felix, the most decorated athlete in track & field, against current U.S. champion Teahna Daniels.
The most exciting event of the World Championships in Doha, Qatar featured an epic shot put battle between 2016 Rio Olympic champion Ryan Crouser and 2019 World champion Joe Kovacs. The world’s top two in the shot put again will perform on center stage in the infield at The Armory during the Jam Shakwi Men’s Shot Put.
Not to be outdone, the signature event of the NYRR Millrose Games, the NYRR Wanamaker Mile, will showcase two former winners, Chris O’Hare and Eric Jenkins, two-time Olympic medalist Nick Willis and from the new first family of middle distance running Norwegian Filip Ingebrigtsen.
Overall, 31 Olympians will be competing in the 113th NYRR Millrose Games.
“I’ve been running at the Millrose Games and The Armory since high school and college,” Brazier added. “This is going to be my fourth year running there in a row professionally. I’m hoping to have better luck than the past four years. I haven’t won there, but hopefully I can bring one home this year.”
Please click HERE to see the full meet schedule and click HERE for list of entries.
The NYRR Millrose Games is the most storied event in indoor track and field.
The Millrose Games moved to The Armory’s New Balance Track & Field Center in Washington Heights in 2012 after having called Madison Square Garden home from 1914 to 2011. The Games – established by employees of Wanamaker’s Department Store – features track and field’s most prolific male and female stars as well as collegiate, high school, club and youth competitors.
More than 200 athletes share the distinction of being both Millrose and Olympic champions. In November of 2013, the New York Road Runners became the title sponsor of the NYRR Millrose Games, which is owned by The Armory Foundation. The NYRR Millrose Games is a USATF television series event, and The Armory Foundation appreciates the support of USA Track & Field.
The Armory Foundation is proud to host the dozens of Olympians and world champions who will test their talents once more at The Armory. With highest-level competition at the youth, high school, collegiate, club and professional levels, there is truly something for everyone at the NYRR Millrose Games.
The NYRR Millrose Games can be seen live nationally on NBC from 4-6 p.m. as well as on USATF-TV from 11:35 a.m.-4 p.m. and NBC Sports Gold from 4-6 p.m.
For more information on the upcoming NYRR Millrose Games or to purchase tickets please Visit www.nyrrmillrosegames.org or call 212-923-1803 x7200 to buy tickets.
Follow on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram at @armorynyc, or go to ArmoryTrack.com or Armory.NYC.
About New York Road Runners (NYRR)
NYRR’s mission is to help and inspire people through running. Since 1958, New York Road Runners has grown from a local running club to the world’s premier community running organization. NYRR’s commitment to New York City’s five boroughs features races, community events, free youth running initiatives and school programs, the NYRR RUNCENTER featuring the New Balance Run Hub, and training resources that provide hundreds of thousands of people each year, from children to seniors, with the motivation, know-how, and opportunity to Run for Life. NYRR’s premier event, and the largest marathon in the world, is the TCS New York City Marathon. Held annually on the first Sunday in November, the race features 50,000 runners, from the world’s top professional athletes to a vast range of competitive, recreational, and charity runners. To learn more, visit www.nyrr.org.
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 NYRR Millrose Games – hosts more than 100 track & field meets and welcomes more than 220,000 athlete visits. Among its many youth sports and educational programs, including the acclaimed Armory College Prep program, The Armory runs the leading collegiate indoor track meet with the Dr. Sander Invitational Columbia Challenge, and also hosts the largest high school indoor track meets with this year's 26th U. S. Air Force Hispanic Games, The New Balance Games, the New Balance Nationals Indoors, the Energice Coaches Hall of Fame, Marine Corp Holiday Classic and the Colgate Games. The Armory also runs the Columbia & NewYork – Presbyterian Indoor Marathon 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.
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Joe Kovacs Discusses NYRR Millrose Games & More
Photo by John Nepolitan.
On January 28, 2020, Joe Kovacs spoke to Sports Byline Host Rick Tittle ahead of the NYRR Millrose Games on February 8. Kovacs is the 2015 and 2019 World champion and the 2016 Rio Olympics silver medalist. Click here to listen to his full interview.
Track & Field’s Top Men and Women Ready to Shine at 113th NYRR Millrose Games
Left to right: Joe Kovacs, Ajee’ Wilson, Allyson Felix, Donavan Brazier. Photos by John Nepolitan.
NEW YORK, NY, January 28, 2020 – The 113th NYRR Millrose Games will host many of the world’s best track & field men and women to perform on center stage on February 8 at The Armory New Balance Track & Field Center in Washington Heights in New York City.
This year’s NYRR Millrose Games field is arguably the most talented overall since the meet moved to The Armory in 2012.
NYRR Millrose Games Meet Director Ray Flynn takes it one step further: "This year’s Millrose Games features probably the greatest array of talent ever assembled in its 113-year history."
Moreover, 16 women and 15 men are Olympians in the 113th NYRR Millrose Games.
Allyson Felix headlines the women’s side. Felix is a six-time Olympic gold medalist and is the most decorated athlete in the history of track & field. She is entered in the Women’s 60m and has her sights set on the 2020 Tokyo Olympics this summer.
Joining Felix as the top women track & field athletes in this year’s NYRR Millrose Games are:
● Ajeé Wilson (competing in the Jack and Lewis Rudin Women’s 800m), the American Indoor and Outdoor record-holder in the 800m, two-time World Championships bronze medalist and two-time World Indoor silver medalist.
● Laura Muir (Jack and Lewis Rudin Women’s 800m), a four-time European Indoor champion and 2018 European 1,500m champion.
● Sandi Morris (Women’s pole vault), the World Indoor champion in 2018 and 2016 Rio Olympics silver medalist.
● Kenni Harrison (Women’s 60m hurdles), the 100m hurdles world record holder, 2018 World Indoor champion and 2019 World silver medalist.
● Nia Ali (60m hurdles), 2019 World gold medalist in 100m hurdles and 2016 Rio Olympics silver medalist.
●Wadeline Jonathas (Women’s 400m), 2019 World Championships gold medalist in 4x400m Relay.
● Konstanze Klosterhalfen (Women’s Wanamaker Mile), the defending Women’s Wanamaker Mile champion and 2019 World Championships bronze medalist in the 5,000m.
● Nikki Hiltz (Women’s Wanamaker Mile), 2019 World Championships 1,500m finalist and last weekend turned in a PR 4:29.39 to win the mile at the Dr. Sander Invitational Columbia Challenge at The Armory.
● Elinor Purrier (Women’s Wanamaker Mile), the 2018 NCAA Indoor Mile champion, runner-up in the 2019 New Balance 5th Avenue Mile Presented by NYRR with a time of 4:16.2 on the heels of winner Jenny Simpson’s 4:16.1 and this past weekend set a personal-best 9:29.19 to win the two-mile race at the New Balance Grand Prix.
● Brittany Brown (Women’s 400m), 2019 World Outdoor Championships 200m silver medalist.
The top men competing feature Ryan Crouser and Joe Kovacs, who will reprise last year’s duel in the men’s shot put from the center of the infield. Crouser is the 2016 Olympic champion and 2019 World silver medalist, while Kovacs is the 2015 and 2019 World champion and the 2016 Rio Olympics silver medalist.
Other top men competing in the 113th NYRR Millrose Games include:
● Omar McLeod (Men’s 60m hurdles), 2016 Rio Olympics gold medalist.
● Grant Holloway (Men’s 60m hurdles), the 2019 World Championships gold medalist in the 110 hurdles.
● Ronnie Baker (Men’s 60m), 2018 World Indoor Championships bronze medalist in 60m and third fastest 60m in history.
● Donavan Brazier (Men’s 800m) 2019 World Championship gold medalist and American indoor and outdoor record-holder in 800m; and in 2019 he broke the Indoor world record in 600m at USATF Championships.
● Michael Saruni (Men’s 800m), NYRR Millrose Games champion, NCAA record-holder and Kenyan Indoor 800m record-holder.
● Isaiah Harris (Men’s 800m), 2018 NCAA champion.
● Bryce Hoppel (Men’s 800m), 2019 NCAA champion and World Championships finalist.
● Rai Benjamin (Men’s 300m), 2019 World Championships silver medalist in 400 hurdles and 2019 U.S. Champion 400m hurdles.
● Filip Ingebrigtsen (Men’s NYRR Wanamaker Mile), Norwegian National record holder in both the 1,500m and mile, and 2017 World Championships bronze medalist in 1,500m.
● Nick Willis (Men’s NYRR Wanamaker Mile), two-time Olympic 1,500m medalist, silver (2008) and bronze (2016). When Willis ran a 3:59.89 last weekend in the New Balance Grand Prix it marked the 18th consecutive year he ran a sub-4-minute mile, tying John Walker’s record. Willis won a record-breaking fifth title at the Fifth Avenue Mile last September.
● Chris O’Hare, (Men’s NYRR Wanamaker Mile), 2018 NYRR Wanamaker Mile champion.
● Eric Jenkins (Men’s NYRR Wanamaker Mile), 2017 NYRR Wanamaker Mile champion.
● Paul Tanui (Men’s 3,000m), 2016 Rio Olympics silver medalist in 10,000m.
The NYRR Millrose Games is the most storied event in indoor track and field.
The Millrose Games moved to The Armory’s New Balance Track & Field Center in Washington Heights in 2012 after having called Madison Square Garden home from 1914 to 2011. The Games – established by employees of Wanamaker’s Department Store – features track and field’s most prolific male and female stars as well as collegiate, high school, club and youth competitors.
More than 200 athletes share the distinction of being both Millrose and Olympic champions. In November of 2013, the New York Road Runners became the title sponsor of the NYRR Millrose Games, which is owned by The Armory Foundation. The NYRR Millrose Games is a USATF television series event, and The Armory Foundation appreciates the support of USA Track & Field.
The Armory Foundation is proud to host the dozens of Olympians and world champions who will test their talents once more at The Armory. With highest-level competition at the youth, high school, collegiate, club and professional levels, there is truly something for everyone at the NYRR Millrose Games.
Media can sign up for credentials by clicking on 2020 NYRR Millrose Games Press Credential Request Form.
For more information on the upcoming NYRR Millrose Games or to purchase tickets please Visit www.nyrrmillrosegames.org or call 212-923-1803 x7200 to buy tickets.
Follow The Armory on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram at @armorynyc, or go to ArmoryTrack.com or Armory.NYC.
About New York Road Runners (NYRR)
NYRR’s mission is to help and inspire people through running. Since 1958, New York Road Runners has grown from a local running club to the world’s premier community running organization. NYRR’s commitment to New York City’s five boroughs features races, community events, free youth running initiatives and school programs, the NYRR RUNCENTER featuring the New Balance Run Hub, and training resources that provide hundreds of thousands of people each year, from children to seniors, with the motivation, know-how, and opportunity to Run for Life. NYRR’s premier event, and the largest marathon in the world, is the TCS New York City Marathon. Held annually on the first Sunday in November, the race features 50,000 runners, from the world’s top professional athletes to a vast range of competitive, recreational, and charity runners. To learn more, visit www.nyrr.org.
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 NYRR Millrose Games – hosts more than 100 track & field meets and welcomes more than 220,000 athlete visits. Among its many youth sports and educational programs, including the acclaimed Armory College Prep program, The Armory runs the leading collegiate indoor track meet with the Dr. Sander Invitational Columbia Challenge, and also hosts the largest high school indoor track meets with this year's 26th U. S. Air Force Hispanic Games, The New Balance Games, the New Balance Nationals Indoors, the Energice Coaches Hall of Fame, Marine Corp Holiday Classic and the Colgate Games. The Armory also runs the Columbia & NewYork – Presbyterian Indoor Marathon 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.
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