4/6/2022

Results 5th Ave Mile 1998

Nick Willis appears to be getting better with age.

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Fifth Avenue is a major thoroughfare in the borough of Manhattan in New York City.It stretches north from Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village to West 143rd Street in Harlem.It is considered one of the most expensive and elegant streets in the world. Fifth Avenue carries two-way traffic from 142nd to 135th Street and carries one-way traffic southbound for the remainder of its route. His 3:47.8 is the race's second fastest ever to Sydney Maree's 3:47.52 in 1981 in the first Fifth Avenue Mile. The only three-time winners are Viciosa and Peter Elliott of Britain (1987, 1989. The New Balance 5th Avenue Mile opens a beautiful 20-block stretch of 5th Avenue to runners of all ages and abilities who want to run their best mile in New York City. Special races include a youth mile, the George Sheehan Memorial Mile for runners age 60 and over, the NYRR Road Mile Championships, and Olympic-caliber professional men's and women's races. Ostrander, a Kenai Central and Boise State graduate who turned pro earlier this summer, finished 16th in the 5th Avenue Mile with a time of 4 minutes, 33.5 seconds. She was one of 20 runners. The Fifth Avenue Mile is an annual 1 mile (1.6 km) road race on Fifth Avenue in New York City. The race begins at 80th Street and heads twenty blocks south to 60th Street. First held on September 26, 1981, 1 the race is currently organized by New York Road Runners and has attracted big-name sponsors including United Airlines and New Balance.

Results 5th Ave Mile 1998 Thunderbird

The 36-year-old runner added to his legendary career with a record-breaking fifth victory at the New Balance 5th Avenue Mile Sunday in New York City.

Willis pulled out the victory with a time of 3-minutes,51.7-seconds in a photo-finish race.

The former University of Michigan runner and 2-time Olympic medalist has now claimed the men’s title five times, with victories in 2008, 2013, 2015 and 2017 and 2019, placing the New Zealand native alone atop the men’s division in the history books.

Willis still lives and trains in Ann Arbor and the win adds to his accomplishments, which include a silver medal in the Beijing 2008 Olympics, a bronze medal in the Rio 2016 Games and a bronze medal in the 2016 World Championships.

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Results 5th Ave Mile 1998 Pontiac

On the women’s side of the event, Jenny Simpson of Webster City, Iowa, claimed her seventh title in a row and eighth overall in 4:16.1 on Sunday.

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The New Balance 5th Avenue Mile race began in 1981 -- two years before Willis was born -- and overtime has become one of the world’s premier mile races.