Millrose Games in New York City
Millrose Games in New York City
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Millrose Games 2011
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Millrose Games 2011
11 February, 2011
The Millrose Games is an annual indoor athletics meet (track and field) held in New York City.’s Madison Square Garden since 1914. The games were started when employees of the Wanamaker’s department store formed the Millrose Track Club to hold a meet. The featured event is the Wanamaker Mile.
A new event at the 104th Millrose Games will bring three generations of U.S. decathletes – all medal threats for the 2012 Olympic Games in London – to Madison Square Garden for a unique competition.
Reigning Olympic decathlon and World Indoor heptathlon gold medalist Bryan Clay, 2009 World decathlon champion Trey Hardee and indoor heptathlon world record holder Ashton Eaton will compete in the 60m dash, high jump and shot put in a scored competition, the Millrose Multi Challenge. “Clay and Trey” had already established themselves as gold-medal threats for London when in 2010, Eaton broke the world indoor record while a senior at Oregon. The three-time NCAA decathlon champion won the 2010 Bowerman Award as the nation’s top male track and field athlete. Clay, Trey and Eaton will face competition from two-time NCAA champion Jake Arnold and the American high school record holder in the decathlon, Curtis Beach of Duke University.
The 105th Millrose Games will be contested Friday, February 11, 2011 at Madison Square Garden. The first event of USA Track & Field’s Visa Championship Series, the Millrose Games will be televised live from 8-10 p.m. Eastern Time on ESPN2.
Location
Schedule
11 February, 2011 4:00 PM
Prices
Ticket prices range from $15 to $100.
Directions
By Train: Take the NJ Transit, LIRR to Penn Station, beneath the Garden.
By Subway: 7th and 8th Ave lines to Penn Station or PATH trains from New Jersey to 33rd St.