Millrose Games: Gavigan 4:08 & Alcorta 4:46 MR! Cain 4:27, Efraimson 4:32 w/ pros! Freier 14-0 PV!

Coverage of the high school events for the 2014 Millrose Games, set for Saturday, February 15th at the Armory in New York City.

 

Televised Live on NBC Sports Network from 3 to 5 PM ET

Bonus coverage on USATF.TV from 5 to 7 PM

 

Twice in a generation high school phenoms Cain & Efraimson do not disappoint!
Cain wins pro mile in 4:27 & Efraimson 6th in US #2 all-time 4:32 PR!

Photos by Kyle Brazeil

Both high school mile meet records go down in the historic race!

Luke Gavigan (Tappan Zee NY) 4:08.96

 

Caroline Alcorta (West Springfield VA) 4:46.06

 

Highlights:

  • Mary Cain continues to win race after race agains the big girls as she claimed victory in the elite women's pro mile race in a time of 4:27.73.The other high school phenom in the race was Alexa Efraimson from Camas High School in Washington as she placed 6th with the 2nd fastest high school time ever indoors or outdoors behind only Mary Cain in 4:32.15.
  • Luke Gavigan of Tappan Zee High School in New York pulled away from a field of the East Coast's top prep milers and established a new meet record in the high school boys mile at the Millrose Games with a near 7 second PR at 4:08.96. It was a 1-2-3 sweep for the homestate of New York with Gavigan, Northport's Tim Mcgowan (2nd, 4:10.28), and Chaminade's Sean Kelly (3rd, 4:11.31) with New Balance Grand Prix mile winner Tony Russell from Pennsylvania in 4th at 4:12.14. Gavigan's time ranks #3 all-time in New York High School indoor state history.
  • Another meet record went down for the high school girls in the mile with Caroline Alcorta, a senior at West Springfield High School in Virginia, running the 3rd fastest time in the country behind Cain and Efraimson, with a new personal best performance of 4:46.06. The time ranks Alcorta as US #20 all-time in the event indoors and she breaks the Virginia high school state indoor record as well. Kennedy Weisner of Pennyslvania was a very solid runner-up finisher in a personal best time for her of 4:48.16 as she was closely followed to the line by fellow PA runners Tessa Barrett (3rd, 4:49.16) and Mady Clahane (4th, 4:49.17)
  • Desiree Freier from Texas cleared a remarkable height of 14 feet in the girls pole vault, which improves upon her US leading performance in the event and more importantly now ties her US #3 all-time indoors in the event.
  • The Columbia girls featuring Olivia Baker rolled on the banked track of the Armory to a US #1 time of 1:38.96 in the 4x200 meter relay. Baker then later came back to anchor the Columbia 4x400 with a 54.16 split to help her team set a new meet record in the 4x400 meter relay and lower their US #1 time down to 3:46.42.
  • With a sub 1:53 anchor leg by Nick Causey (who ran in the HS mile earlier), the Osbourn Park (VA) boys won in dramatic fashion over State College High School from Pennsylvania in a US #2 clocking of 7:47.02 in the 4x800 meter relay at the Armory. Osbourn Park boys splits went in order: Kyle Weinberg 1:58.01, Matt Luiggi 1:57.50, Jacob Black 1:58.90, and Nick Causey 1:52.47. 
  • St. Anthony's girls won the CHSAA SMR race with a time which makes them the new US leader in the event by a remarkable 4 seconds at 4:03.37. 

 

 

Video Interviews

Carolina Alcorta - Millrose Winner Luke Gavigan - Millrose Winner Alexa Efraimson - US #2 All-Time Desiree Feier
Katelyn Jackson - 55m Champ Columbia 4x200m

 

Girls Elite Performances

Boys Elite Performances

 

 

Meet Coverage:

 

Featured Millrose high school miler interviews:

 

And who can overlook....Cain vs. Efraimson in the pro women's mile!


Photos by Chuck Martin & Paul Merca

Flotrack Debate on Cain vs. Efraimson

 

Runner's World Story by Marc Bloom on Cain-Efraimson matchup at Millrose

 

Cool trailer on HS mile record holder Alan Webb from USATF.TV as he prepares for his final race as a pro runner

 

Schedule - SATURDAY FEBRUARY 15, 2014

12:30 Women DMR
12:45 Men DMR
1:00 High School Girls Pole vault
1:00 Women USATF Championship 1-Mile Walk
1:09 Masters Men/Women M 60+, W 4x400m
1:15 Masters Men M 40+ 4x400m
1:21 High School Girls 55-meter dash
1:26 High School Boys 55-meter dash
1:31 Men Susan Rudin USATF Championship 1-Mile Walk
1:41 Masters Men  M 50+ 4x400m
1:48 Girls NYRR Fastest Kid on the Block 55m
1:53 Boys NYRR Fastest Kid on the Block 55m
1:58 Men 4x200m
2:03 Youth Girls NYRR 4x1-lap relay
2:08 Youth Boys NYRR 4x1-lap relay
2:13 Women 4x200m
2:18 College Men Eastern  4x400m
2:25 College Women Eastern  4x400m
2:32 College Men Byron Dyce 4x800m
2:50   Opening Ceremony
       LIVE TV WINDOW  
3:00 Men 60-meter hurdles
3:05 Women 60-meter hurdles
3:10 Girls Eastern 4x200m
3:15 Women 60-meter dash
3:20 Men 60-meter dash
3:25 Women Long Jump
3:29 Womens 3000m
3:35 Men Pole Vault
3:42 Men 300-meter dash
3:47 Men John Thomas High Jump
3:50 High School Boys Eastern 4x200m
3:56 Men Paavo Nurmi 2000m run
4:08 High School Boys New Balance mile run
4:18 Women NYRR Wanamaker Mile 
4:27 Women 300-meter dash
4:32 Men Mel Sheppard 1000m
4:38 Women Road to Rio 800m
4:45   National Anthem
4:48 Men NYRR Wanamaker Mile 
     END LIVE TV WINDOW  
5:00 High School Boys George T Eastment CHSAA 4x800m
5:12 High School Girls Long Island 4x400m
5:19 High School Boys Long Island 4x400m
5:26 Youth Girls NYRR Metropolitan 800m Run
5:31 Youth Boys NYRR Metropolitan 800m Run
5:35 High School Boys Suburban 4x400m
5:42 High School Girls Eastern 4x800m
5:54 High School Boys PSAL 4x400m
6:00 High School Girls CHSAA SMR
6:07 High School Girls New Balance Mile run
6:17 High School Boys Eastern 4x800m
6:28 High School Girls Suburban 4x400m
6:35 High School Girls PSAL 4x400m
6:42 High School Boys CHSAA 4x200m

*Schedule subject to change*
Schedule last edited on 2/11/14 at 6:08pm

MILLROSE GAMES - HIGH SCHOOL EVENT ENTRIES

 

NEW BALANCE HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS’ MILE RUN (HIGH SCHOOL)
 
NEW BALANCE HIGH SCHOOL BOYS’ MILE RUN (HIGH SCHOOL)
 
GIRLS' 55 METERS (HIGH SCHOOL)
 
BOYS' 55 METERS (HIGH SCHOOL)
 
MUSCLE MILK EASTERN HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' 4X200M RELAY (EASTERN HS)
  • DeMatha Catholic, MD - 1) Haraway, Darryl 2) McFarland, Anthony 3) Hamilton, Justin 4) Marshall Jr., Darryl
  • Cheltenham, PA - 1) Richardson, Cordell 2) Lewis, Isaac 3) Davis, Kyle 4) Lewis, John
  • Delaware Valley Charter, PA - 1) Allen, Jr., Robert 2) Benjamin, Donaldo 3) Smith, Kyree 4) Maddox, Tyrell
  • Samuel J. Tilden  - 1) Applewhite, Kwasie 2) Baptiste, Kyle 3) Clarke, Paul 4) John, Nathan
  • Medgar Evers TC - 1) Oni, Semasa 2) Butcher, Corey 3) Johnson, Kyle 4) Best, Rasheed
  • North Penn, PA - 1) Jefferies, Chris 2) Green, Jordan 3) Omo-Ekpadi, Gift 4) Rothenberger, Eric
 
EASTERN HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS’ 4X200M RELAY (EASTERN HS)
  • Columbia HS, NJ - 1) Baker, Olivia 2) Cowan, Emilie 3) Richardson, Kayla 4) Trigg, Cheyenne
  • New Rochelle, NY - 1) Darius, Symone 2) Wiggins, Ashley 3) Jones-Alleyne, Victoria 4) Donaldson, Alicia
  • Medgar Evers TC - 1) Thompson, Brenessa 2) Brown, Martina 3) Cameron, JaNai 4) Broughton, Shayla
  • Cheltenham, PA - 1) Burke, Nicole 2) Brissett, Chanel 3) Leonard, Ciara 4) Jackson, Katelyn
  • Elizabeth Seton, MD - 1) Morgan, Lauren 2) Robinson, Jasmine 3) Simmons, Jacqueline 4) Graham, Ricca
  • Dewitt Clinton, NY  
 
SUBURBAN HIGH SCHOOL BOYS’ 4X400M RELAY (SUBURBAN)
  • Warwick Valley, NY - 1) Burton, Jordan 2) Kelly, Dan 3) Reilly, Tom 4) Burley, Casey
  • Old Bridge, NJ  - 1) Hernandez, Marcus 2) Leto, Alex 3) Gilbert, Jayson 4) Miawad, Hazem
  • Newburgh Free Academy, NY - 1) Gaynor, Kinard 2) Haughton, Lindon 3) Savage, Ahkiel 4) Young, Adrain
  • Mt. Vernon, NY - 1) Benjamin, Rai 2) Brown, Akiem 3) Housen, Cody 4) Romney, Robert
  • Beacon, NY - 1) Adams, David 2) Booker, Brandon 3) Grey, Rayvon 4) Telesco, Justice
  • Metuchen, NJ - 1) Briggs, Danny 2) Gulyaev, Ivan 3) Poandl, James 4) Lenartowicz, Julian
 
LONG ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL BOYS’ 4X400M RELAY (LONG ISLAND)
  • Half Hollow Hills East, NY  - 1) Burcham, Jake 2) Chiamezie, Sam 3) Longo, Luke 4) Perrier, Jonny
  • Central Islip, NY - 1) Harriott, Livingstone 2) Luckoo, Alex 3) Petrie, David 4) Mowatt, Kevin
  • Port Jefferson, NY - 1) Kirchner, Noah 2) Gross, Daniel 3) Witrock, William 4) Bove, Justin
  • Northport, NY - 1) Cacic, Cameron 2) Thorne, Dan 3) Towse, Chase 4) Sullivan, Devin
  • Westbury, NY - 1) Brevette, Getho 2) Calixte, Reginald 3) Alerte, Brendan 4) Taylor, Richard
  • Syosset, NY - 1) Sample, Angelo 2) Oaussil, Nick 3) Nwana, Simon 4) Vartonov, Grigory
 
PSAL HIGH SCHOOL BOYS’ 4X400M RELAY (PSAL)
  • Samuel J. Tilden - 1) Baptiste, Kyle 2) Clarke, Paul 3) Applewhite, Kwasie 4) John, Nathan
  • Medgar Evers TC - 1) Oni, Semasa 2) Butcher, Corey 3) Best, Rasheed 4) Samuel, Adekunle
  • Boys & Girls, NY - 1) Rose, Richard 2) Robinson, Shavanes 3) Merceus, Donald 4) Moore, Michael
  • Clara Barton, NY - 1) Mighty, Kemarni 2) Griffiths, Ronaldo 3) Brown, Mawali 4) Joseph, Kareem
  • Transit Tech, NY - 1) Henry, Alva 2) Willis, Jerome 3) McPherson, Mike Andre 4) Shepherd, Jaleel
  • Paul Robeson, NY - 1) Anderson, Tahmel 2) Gall, Kiambu 3) Poleon, Megaran 4) Holloway, Jasheen
 
PSAL HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS’ 4X400M RELAY (PSAL)
  • Medgar Evers TC - 1) Thompson, Brenessa 2) Pugh, Kenisha 3) Brown, Martina 4) Cameron, JaNai
  • Dewitt Clinton, NY - 1) Umunakwae, Dypna 2) Callander, Dejeour 3) wood, tameka 4) bentley, sasha
  • Brooklyn Tech, NY - 1) Carroll, Megan 2) Johnson, Tori 3) Ojeni, Ejiro 4) Russo, Ria
  • Paul Robeson, NY - 1) Stewart, Latoya 2) Roberts, Eketa 3) Crawford, Amanda 4) John, Leslieanne
  • Benjamin Cardozo, NY  
 
LONG ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS’ 4X400M RELAY (LONG ISLAND)
  • Garden City, NY  - 1) Cafaro, Emily 2) Jaeger, Laura 3) Lawkins, Kelly 4) Gallagher, Emma
  • Uniondale, NY - 1) cherrington, kristina 2) green, crystal 3) suffriant, ashley 4) webster, michala
  • Half Hollow Hills East, NY - 1) Perrier, Christina 2) Keschner, Lauren 3) Ribeiro, Amanda 4) Chimezie, Mary
  • Bay Shore, NY - 1) Anderson, Jacqueline 2) McGhee, Imani 3) McCaslin, Nia 4) Toppin, Anisa
  • North Babylon, NY - 1) Baker, D'Jai 2) Farris, Zyndasha 3) Glover, Danae 4) Scheriff, Jessica
  • Elmont, NY - 1) Thompson, Christal 2) Harris, Brianna 3) Isaac, Jarielle 4) Whyte, Khalia
 
SUBURBAN HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS’ 4X400M RELAY (SUBURBAN)
  • Columbia HS, NJ - 1) Baker, Olivia 2) Cowan, Emilie 3) Coleman, Imani 4) Trigg, Cheyenne
  • New Rochelle, NY - 1) Wiggins, Ashley 2) Jones-Alleyne, Victoria 3) Donaldson, Alicia 4) Darius, Symone
  • Freehold Township, NJ - 1) Panton, Domonique 2) Poss, Caitlyn 3) Vitello, Adrian 4) Bracher, Emily
  • Middletown, NY - 1) Dionisio, Becky 2) Williams, Akua 3) Henry, Jonel 4) Zollner, Keyana
  • Arlington, NY - 1) Geiger, Annie 2) Golden, Zola 3) Coon, Allie 4) Mcfall, Kylie
  • Suffern, NY - 1) Solan, Imani 2) Liporace, Renee 3) McIntosh, Kameron 4) Becker, Nicole
 
NEW BALANCE EASTERN HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' 4X800M RELAY (EASTERN HS)
  • Warwick Valley, NY - 1) Pacelli, Nick 2) Halligan, Sean 3) Senius, Tanner 4) Barron, Eric
  • Arlington, NY - 1) Wimmers, Tom 2) Morrison, Steve 3) Feighan, Vaughn 4) Asselmeyer, James
  • Syosset, NY - 1) Depinto, Ryan 2) Vittucci, Tommy 3) Mittleman, Dale 4) Hoelzli, Alex
  • State College, PA - 1) Golembeski, Chris 2) Post, Mason 3) Adams, Kyle 4) Cather, William
  • Osbourn Park, VA  - 1) Weinberg, Kyle 2) Luiggi, Matt 3) Black, Jacob 4) Causey, Nick
  • West Chester Henderson, PA - 1) Moy, Kevin 2) Thompson, Steve 3) Stratman, Eric 4) Barchet, Reiny
  • Ridgewood, NJ - 1) Thurston, Michael 2) Collins, Brian 3) Frering, David 4) Dublirer, Luke
  • Penncrest, PA - 1) Emanuel, Evan 2) Kamat, Soham 3) Teal, James 4) Tyson, Colin
  • St. Benedicts, NJ - 1) Guerin, Benjamin 2) Reckling, Brett 3) Roberts, Jaquan 4) Rutto, Edwin
 
EASTERN HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS’ 4X800M RELAY (EASTERN HS)
 
  • Bronxville, NY - 1) Campbell, Courtney 2) Rizzo, Hilary 3) Ryan, Kaitlin 4) Hoffer, Emilie
  • Miller Place, NY - 1) Guevara, Talia 2) Nolan, Laura 3) Barreca, Laura 4) Guevara, Tiana
  • Central Bucks South, PA - 1) Stratz, Amber 2) Stratz, Brianna 3) Kwapinski, Alexa 4) Poiesz, Kaitlin
  • Mount de Sales, DE - 1) Arnold, Caroline 2) Craig, Cecilia 3) Hrabinski, Katrina 4) Harris, Jessica
  • Pearl River, NY - 1) Moroney, Allison 2) Muchoe, Danielle 3) Wilson, Sandra 4) Hayes, Kelly
  • Suffern, NY - 1) McIntosh, Kameron 2) Ludwikowski, Rachel 3) Zendell, Katie 4) Breton, Elina
  • State College, PA  
  • Warwick Valley, NY - 1) Eigo, Agnes 2) Ginley, Darby 3) Leahey, Erin 4) Reilly, Megan
  • Lenape, NJ  
  • Benjamin Cardozo, NY  
 
GEORGE T. EASTMENT CHSAA BOYS' 4X800M RELAY (CHSAA)
  • Chaminade, NY - 1) Slattery, Thomas 2) Hayes, Thomas 3) Nolan, Gunnar 4) Dorritie, Andrew
  • St. Anthony's, NY - 1) O'Leary, Michael 2) Wolfe, Tyler 3) Louro, Thomas 4) Santelli, Louis
  • Fordham Prep, NY - 1) Prunty, Joseph 2) Newton, Franklin 3) Tannian, John 4) Lundy, Conor
  • Xavier, NY - 1) Berka, Jordan 2) Ronan, Dominick 3) Rice, John 4) Kaufmann, Eliot
  • Archbishop Molloy, NY - 1) Cashin, Patrick 2) Henry, Ray 3) Warders, Branden 4) Saczyk, Dan
  • Regis, NY - 1) Dobkowski, Brian 2) Kiley, Andrew 3) Calcagnini, Arthur 4) Phillips, Sean
 
JOHN P. PRENDERGAST CHSAA GIRLS' SPRINT MEDLEY RELAY (CHSAA)
  • St. Anthony's, NY - 1) O'Neill, Katharine 2) June, Melissa 3) Penna, Jessica 4) Mincone, Gianna
  • Kellenberg, NY  - 1) McNierney, Bridget 2) Correia, Danielle 3) Schreib, Gabrielle 4) Fray, Jazmine
  • Holy Trinity, NY  - 1) Fitzgerald, Aisling 2) Peragine, Kimberly 3) Luebke, Rachel 4) Bartolotta, Marianne
  • St. John Villa, NY - 1) McCauley, Annaliese 2) Charles, Amanda 3) Roberts, Taylor 4) Jones, Tami
  • Archbishop Molloy, NY - 1) Lucci, Deanna 2) Rayder, Kayla 3) Morrison, Niamani 4) Woods, MaryEllen
 
GIRLS' POLE VAULT (JUNIOR)
 
GIRLS' WEIGHT THROW (HIGH SCHOOL)
  • Bishop, Sochima  (New Rochelle, NY)
  • Borriello, Danielle  (Ellenville, NY)
  • Cooper, Monae  (New Rochelle, NY)
  • Insingo, Kristina  (Holy Trinity, NY)
  • Jeffrey, Jessica  (New Rochelle, NY)
  • Mitchell, Taniya (Mt. Vernon, NY)
  • Saint-Aubin, Misha  (Mt. Vernon, NY)
  • Thomas, Makena  (St. Anthony's, NY)
  • Minew, Elaine  (Susan Wagner, NY)
 
BOYS' WEIGHT THROW (HIGH SCHOOL)
  • Leddy, James  (St. Anthony's, NY)
  • Russell, Dennis  (Longwood, NY)
  • Ryan, Sean  (Babylon, NY)
  • Segreto, Joseph  (St. Anthony's, NY)