Mary Cain, whose scholastic record-setting, success against adult pros, and appearance in the world championships 1500-meter final made her arguably American track and field’s biggest story of 2013, will be in the women's 800-meter race at the Millrose Games at New York’s Armory Track & Field Center on February 15. She'll face two other talented teens, New Jerseyan Ajee Wilson and Iceland's Anita Hinriksdottir.

“This race could have three or four of the finalists of the 800 at the Rio Olympics in 2016," said Dr. Norbert Sander, director of the Armory Foundation. The Armory 200-meter oval is newly resurfaced and should produce fast times.

Cain broke seven national high school records, indoors and outdoors, in 2013. She was 16 during the indoor season and turned 17 in May. She ran 1:59.81 outdoors for 800 meters for one of her high school records. Cain was tenth in the 1500 in Moscow as the youngest finalist in that event in world championships history.

Though still studying at Bronxville High School in New York State, Cain has since turned professional and is a member of the Nike Oregon Project, coached as before by Alberto Salazar. At the recent IAAF Gala in Monaco, she was given the Female Rising Star Award.
 
Wilson was sixth in the 800 final at those Moscow world championships; her 1:58.21 is an American junior (under age 20) record. She was the 2012 world junior champion in the event.

Cain and Wilson most recently met on the track at the 2012 Penn Relays, when Cain won the high school mile. Earlier in 2012, Wilson defeated Cain in the 800 at the New Balance Indoor Nationals, a high school championship.
 
Hinriksdottir, who will soon turn 18, became Iceland's first track and field world champion at the World Youth Games in Donetsk, Ukraine, running the 800. Her best time of 2:00.49 is a national record.