Women's event record by Reekie; #2 men's FAM time by Langon; record 27 men sub-4; $34,000 prize purse awarded
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NEW YORK – New York Road Runners (NYRR) hosted more than 8,700 athletes at the 2026 New Balance 5th Avenue Mile, the world’s most iconic and largest road...
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15 Olympians and 18 international medalists representing 12 different countries including two-time race champion Jemma Reekie; $34,000 prize purse; ABC7 / WABC-TV and ESPN+ live TV coverage
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NEW YORK – New York Road Runners (NYRR) has announced a world class professional athlete...
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Strand sets absolute men’s NCAA Mile record; Nuguse, Ingebrigtsen indoor Mile WRs; Ruthe, youngest at 15, to run sub-4; absolute high school girls Mile record by Hedengren; most annual U.S. prep boys sub-4 with 7 individuals with 10 times; Johnson sets U.S. women’s track & road Mile records and...
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Road record 10 men sub-3:50 and record 19 women sub-4:30; more than 8,400 finishers under wet conditions
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NEW YORK - New York Road Runners (NYRR), the nonprofit that “runs” New York City producing 60 annual adult and youth races including the TCS New York City Marathon, hosted more...
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Also 8,500 sold-out event includes inaugural Broadway Mile as well as specialty heats including Back to School Mile youth races, NYPD & FDNY Mile and Media Mile at the world’s most iconic and largest road Mile on Sunday, September 7; $34,000 prize purse to be awarded
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NEW YORK – New...
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Schweizer ties women’s event record with victory; overall, 17 men went sub-4 and 15 women 4:30 plus 8,800 finishers on the iconic thoroughfare
NEW YORK – On a beautiful late summer September Sunday, at the New Balance 5th Avenue Mile, Olympic medalist and World champion Josh Kerr and two-time...
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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
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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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NBC to broadcast race 1-hour live nationally; USATF.TV to stream event internationally; $32,000 pro prize purse available
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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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Record 21 men sub-4 minutes and 18 women sub-4:30; NYPD Running Club and charity runners participate in 9/11 Memorial Mile; more than 8,500 finishers at world’s largest, most iconic road Mile
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NEW YORK – Olympians and World Championships medalists Jake Wightman and Laura Muir led a...
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Talented field includes Olympic & World Championships medalists, British stars Laura Muir & Josh Kerr and American contenders Cole Hocker, Emma Coburn & Sinclaire Johnson; live NBC broadcast 12:00-1:00pm ET
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NEW YORK – Defending champions and Olympic, World Championships, European...
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