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2014 New Balance Games—Armory,NYC
January 25, 2014
By Walt Murphy
Here is a look at some of the featured events at Saturday’s New Balance Games at NY’s Armory.
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Time Schedule(scroll down)
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Accepted Entries
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Day One Recap/Results
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Invitational Events
Men’s 300-Meters 1:10pm
Lanes subject to change
1--OPEN
2—Kyle Clemons All-American at Kansas…has run 45.10 outdoors for 400-meters
3--Torrin Lawrence Won the 400 at last year’s meet…5th-fastest in history at 300-meters—
32.32…2010 NCAA Indoor Champion at 400-meters while at
Georgia…has run 45.03 indoors for 400-meters
4--Maurice Mitchell 2-time NCAA Champion at 200-meters while at Florida State…semi-finalist at
200-meters at the 2012 Olympics…has run 20.41 indoors for
200-meters
5--Manteo Mitchell 2012 Olympic silver medalist in the 4x400…ran in the qualifying round with a
Broken leg! Gold medalist in the 4x400 at the 2012 World Indoor
Championships…has run 46.17 indoors for 400-meters
6--Josh Mance 2012 Olympic silver medalist in the 4x400 relay, gold medalist in the relay at
last year’s World Outdoor Championships…has run 44.83 for 400-meters
All-Time List
31.88 Wallace Spearmon 84 USA 1 Fayetteville 10 Feb 2006
31.94 Kerron Clement 85 USA 2 Fayetteville 10 Feb 2006
31.94 LaShawn Merritt 86 USA 3 Fayetteville 10 Feb 2006
32.19 Robson da Silva 64 BRA 1 Karlsruhe 24 Feb 1989
32.32 Torrin Lawrence 89 USA 1r1 Blacksburg 22 Jan 2010
32.36 Frank Fredericks 67 NAM 1r2 Karlsruhe 28 Feb 2003
32.38 Greg Nixon 81 USA 1r1 Liévin 10 Feb 2009
32.47 Leslie Djhone 81 FRA 1r2 Liévin 5 Mar 2010
32.48 Lalonde Gordon 88 TRI 1 New York (Armory) 11 Jan 2013
32.51 Antonio McKay 64 USA 1 Stuttgart 1 Feb 1987
Women’s 300-meters 1:15pm
Lanes subject to change
Section 1
1—Open
2-- Ashley Kelly British Virgin Islands Competed for Illinois
3-- Kat Surin Canada Daughter of former Canadian sprint star Bruny Surin, who was a 1996
Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100 relay
4-- Sharay Hale Was an All-American at 400-meters at Columbia…won the Heps 400 title
at the Armory in 2011…has run 52.98 indoors for 400-meters
5--Carol Rodriguez Puerto Rico was an All-American at 100 and 200 meters while at USC…2-
time Olympian (2008,2012)
6-- Fawn Dorr All-American in the 400-hurdles while at Penn State…has run 37.68 for
300-meters…has dual Canadian-U.S. citizenship
Section 2
1—OPEN
2-- Cambrya Jones Won the 2012 Big East 200m Indoor title at the Armory while at the
University of Pittsburgh
3-- Paris Daniels Celebrates her 24th birthday today! All-American at 200-meters helped
Kansas win the 2013 NCAA Outdoor title…has run 23.23 indoors for
200 meters
4--Kadecia Baird University of Nebraska/Guyana…Former Medgar Evers(NYC) star is now a
freshman at Nebraska…turns 19 next month…ran 37.54 at the Armory
last year(2nd fastest prep ever)…silver medalist in the 400 at the 2012
World Junior Championships…has run 51.04 for 400-meters
5--Charonda Williams 6th in the 200 at last year’s World Outdoor Championships in Moscow…has
run 37.04 for 300-meters
6--Shaunae Miller Bahamas 2013 NCAA Indoor Champion at 400-meters…4th in the 200 at last
year’s World Outdoor Championships in Moscow…has run 50.88 indoors
for 400-meters
All-Time List
35.45 Irina Privalova 68 RUS 1 Moskva 17 Jan 1993
35.69 Patricia Hall 82 JAM 1r2 Liévin 14 Feb 2012
35.83 Merlene Ottey 60 JAM 1 Pocatello 14 Mar 1981
35.96 Ottey 1s1 Pocatello 13 Mar 1981
36.30 Olesya Krasnomovets 79 RUS 1 Yekaterinburg 7 Jan 2006
36.33 Allyson Felix 85 USA 1 Fayetteville 9 Feb 2007
36.33 Amantle Montsho 83 BOT 1r1 Liévin 5 Mar 2010
36.38 Antonina Krivoshapka 87 RUS 1r2 Moskva 1 Feb 2009
36.41 Bianca Knight 89 USA 1 Fayetteville 12 Feb 2011
36.42 Dee Dee Trotter 82 USA 2 Fayetteville 9 Feb 2007
High School Boys Mile 1:30pm
A runner with a familiar name, Miles Irish, Jr., is coming all the way from Palos Verdes H.S. in California for
a chance to qualify for the Millrose Mile on Feb.15. His dad(and coach) of the same name, finished 2nd in the 1982 Millrose Mile and 3rd in 1983
before going on to Georgetown. However, the younger Irish might not get to run, since the required sanction that would allow a California
athlete to compete at the meet is still in question.
Leading Entries(with seed time)
Louis Colson Thomas Edison, Va 4:16.00 heading to Harvard in the fall
Miles Irish, Jr Palos Verdes,Ca 4:16.46
Jack Hagood Tatnall,DE 4:17.34
Steven Booker Bethlehem,NY 4:17.50
Stephen Garrett Tatnall,DE 4:19.90
John McCarthy Corning,NY 4:20.50
Brian Cook Pearl River,NY 4:21.00
Women’s 600-meters 1:40pm
Ajee’ Wilson New Jersey native set the World Junior Indoor Record of 1:26.45 at last year’s
Millrose Games…6th in the 800 at last year’s World Outdoor Championships in Moscow…2011 World Youth and 2012 World Junior Champion at 800-meters…broke Joetta Clark’s State H.S. records at 800-meters.
Sophia Smellie-Jamaica 34 years old…Armory veteran competed for Seton Hall...beat Mary Cain at
500-meters at the Armory earlier this month…has run 1:30.29 for 600m
Nicole Leach 2-time NCAA Champion in the 400-meter hurdles while at UCLA
Cydney Ross Was an All-American at 800-meters while at Duke…800 best is 2:02.48
Lorain McKenzie Jamaica ran 1:31.70 for 600m in December
All-Time List
1:23.44 Olga Kotlyarova 76 RUS 1r2 Moskva 1 Feb 2004hh
1:23.59 Alysia Montaño 86 USA 1 New York (Armory) 16 Feb 2013
1:24.02 Yuliya Rusanova 86 RUS 1 Moskva 6 Feb 2011
1:25.15 Natalya Khrushchelyova 73 RUS 2r2 Moskva 1 Feb 2004
1:25.23 Tatyana Firova 82 RUS 1r2 Moskva 27 Jan 2008
1:25.46 Lyubov Tsyoma 63 URS 1 Moskva 15 Feb 1987
1:25.68 Nadezhda Olizarenko 53 URS 1 Moskva 25 Feb 1989
1:25.8 Maria de Lurdes Mutola 72 MOZ + Maebashi 7 Mar 1999
1:25.81 Jenny Meadows 81 GBR 1 Manchester 7 Jan 2007
1:25.87 Inna Yevseyeva 64 URS 1 Moskva 21 Feb 1988
Men’s Mile 2:05pm
PR (i-indoor, o-outdoor)
Garrett Heath 3:53.15o, 3:55.24i Beat Asbel Kiprop and Kenenisa Bekele in X-C earlier this month
Miles Batty 3:54.54i set collegiate record(since broken) at 2012 Millrose Games ex BYU
Lee Emanuel 3:54.75o, 3:57.62i 2-time NCAA Indoor Champion
Craig Miller 3:56.41o, 3:56.85i last year’s winner (3:56.90)
Donn Cabral 3:56.41i 2012 Olympian-steeplechase ex-Princeton
Matt Elliott 3:57.16o, 3:59.96i surprise 4th at 1500-meters 2013 U.S. Outdoor Championships
Mike Rutt 3:57.18o, 4:00.89i
Kyle Merber 3:57.18o, 4:00.89i
Robby Andrews 3:57.82o only 9th in last year’s race…first year coached by Frank Gagliano
Brian Gagnon 3:57.91i
Jack Bolas 3:58.31o, 3:59.40o
Brian Hill rabbit? Has run 1:47.65 for 800-meters
Women’s Mile Steeplechase (yes, an indoor steeple—without the water jump) 2:20pm
(3000-steeple PRs listed)
Ashley Higginson Ranked #4 in the U.S. in 2013…competed at the World Championships in
Moscow… ex-Princeton…PR-9:34.49
Stephanie Garcia Member of the 2011 U.S. World Championships team…All-American at
Virginia…PR_9:41.12
Chantelle Groenwoud Canada Competed for the University of Illinois…PR-9:51.17
Rolanda Bell Panama Steeple best is 9:52.07…competed for Tennessee
Shayla Houilihan Assistant coach at Cal-Berkeley…PR-9:51.26
Nicol Traynor PR-9:55.91 competed for Richmond
Women’s Mile 2:35pm
PR(i-indoor, o-outdoor)
Sarah Brown 4:29.72i Last year’s winner…2009 NCAA Indoor Mile champion while at
Tennessee
Morgan Uceny 4:38.87i (4:00.06-1500)…. … Considered a potential medalist each time,
she fell in the final of the 1500 at the 2011 World Championships and the 2012 Olympics…coming off a “down” year—was 8th in the 1500 at last year’s U.S. Outdoor Championships
Nicole Sifuentes Canada 4:29.42i 2nd to Sarah Brown last year…was also 2nd in 2010
Kim Conley 4:27.23o 2012 U.S. Olympian at 5000-meters, 12th in the 5k at last year’s
World Outdoor Championships
Stephanie Charnigo 4:10.91(1500) NCAA Div.II All-American at Findlay University
Lucy Van Dalen NZL 4:31.78o, 4:32.95i 2012 NCAA Indoor Mile champion while at Stony Brook
Kate Van Buskirk Canada 4:33.71i ex-Duke Collegiate Indoor record holder at 1000-meters
Heather Wilson 4:34.59i won New England titles in the mile, 5k, and 10k while at UConn
Caroline King 4:36.00i ex-Boston College
Nicole Bush 4:36.27o, 4:44.28i 2013 U.S. Champion in the steeplechase
Heather Kampf 4:37.13i 2006 NCAA Indoor 800 champion while at Minnesota.
Brittany Sheffey 4:37.42o, 4:40.28i Competed for Tennessee
Melissa Salerno 4:38.26i Competed for Fordham…semi-finalist in the 1500 at the 2012 U.S.
Olympic Trials
Cat Beck 4:40.12i Central Park Track Club
High School Girls Mile 2:50pm
Leading Entries (with seed times)
Laura Leff West Genesee,NY 4:48.96
Tiana Guevera Miller Place,NY 4:56.14
Jessica Wijnicki Immaculate,CT 4:57.42
Marin Warner Holmdel,NJ 4:58.31
Gianna Frontera Newburgh,NY 4:58.32
Kelly Hayes Pearl River,NY 4:59.62
Men’s 600-Meters 3:00pm
Duane Solomon set an American Record of 1:15.70 last January, only to lose it to Erik Sowinski, who came from behind to nip Solomon at the wire at last year’s Millrose Games and ran 1:15.61.
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Pace at last year’s Millrose Games: Solomon-23.25, 48.36, Sowinski-23.51, 48.76
Erik Sowinski Set the American Record of 1:15.60 at last year’s Millrose Games at the Armory
Ran 1:16.55 last weekend in Lincoln, Nebraska…coached by former world-class
400-meter hurdler Joey Woody
Duane Solomon One of the best 800-meter runners in the world—4th at the 2012 Olympics, 6th at last
year’s World Outdoor Championships in Moscow…followed his coach, Johnny
Gray, from Los Angeles to Orlando, Florida, when Gray, the American Indoor and
Outdoor record holder at 800-meters, took a position as an assistant coach at
Central Florida
Selasi Lumax Ghana 2012 New England Collegiate Indoor champion at 800-meters…has run 1:47.34 for
800 meters…competed for Southern Connecticut.
Declan Murray Has run 1:17.79 for 600-meters…All-American at 800-meters while at Loyola
University in Chicago…800 best is 1:46.77
Sean Atkinson 400-meter hurdler from Fordham
Shariff Webb Semi-finalist in the 800 at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials…800 best is 1:47.04.
All-Time List
1:15.12 Nico Motchebon 69 GER 1 Sindelfingen 28 Feb 1999
1:15.26 Adam Kszczot 89 POL 1r2 Moskva 5 Feb 2012
1:15.60 Dmitrijs Mijkevis 81 LAT 1 Lincoln 5 Feb 2005
1:15.60 Mohamed Aman 94 ETH 1r2 Moskva 3 Feb 2013
1:15.61 Erik Sowinski 89 USA 1 New York (Armory) 16 Feb 2013
1:15.63 Pierre Ambroise Bosse 92 FRA 1r1 Moskva 3 Feb 2013
1:15.65 Kevin Borlée 88 BEL 1 Gent 13 Feb 2011
1:15.69 Jackson Kivuva 89 KEN 1r2 Moskva 6 Feb 2011
1:15.70 Duane Solomon 84 USA 1 Glasgow 26 Jan 2013
1:15.77 Donato Sabia 63 ITA 1 Genova 4 Feb 1984
Men’s Triple Jump 1:30pm
Will Claye Bronze medalist at the 2011 and 2013 World Outdoor Championships, silver medalist at the 2012 Olympics…2012 World Indoor Champion…won the bronze medal in the long jump at the 2012 Olympics…best is 58-1
