Fifth Avenue Mile

Fifth Avenue in New York

The Fifth Avenue Mile is an annual 1 mile (1.6 km) road race in New York City. The race begins at East 80th Street and heads straight down Fifth Avenue to East 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.

The competition regularly attracts world-class runners, who compete in special heats after the regular age division heats. The Fifth Avenue Mile has also inspired similar events in the same mould, including the Anlene Orchard Mile in Singapore.[2]

The record performances of the race are Sydney Maree's victory at the inaugural race in 3:47.52, and PattiSue Plumer's time of 4:16.68 set in 1990. Jennifer Simpson of the United States has historically been the most successful athlete at the competition, having won 7 races. The winners at the most recent edition in 2018 were Briton Jake Wightman and American Jennifer Simpson.

Winners

Key:   Course record

Steve Scott, a former American mile record holder, is a two-time winner.
Britain's Paula Radcliffe had back-to-back wins in 1996 and 1997.
Jennifer Simpson won the 2011 race after becoming the 2011 World Champion over 1500 m.
YearMen's winnerNationalityTime
(m:s)		Women's winnerNationalityTime
(m:s)
1981Sydney Maree United States3:47.52[3]Lorraine G. Thomas United States4:25.31
1982Tom Byers United States3:51.35Debbie Scott Canada4:23.96
1983Steve Scott United States3:49.77Wendy Sly United Kingdom4:22.66
1984John Walker New Zealand3:53.62Maricica Puică Romania4:24.35
1985Frank O'Mara Ireland3:52.28Lynn Williams Canada4:25.03
1986José Luis González Spain3:53.52Maricica Puică Romania4:19.48
1987Peter Elliott United Kingdom3:53.52Kirsty Wade United Kingdom4:22.70
1988Steve Scott United States3:53.43Mary Slaney United States4:20.03
1989Peter Elliott United Kingdom3:52.95Paula Ivan Romania4:28.25
1990Peter Elliott United Kingdom3:47.83PattiSue Plumer United States4:16.68
1991Matthew Yates United Kingdom3:56.75Alisa Hill United States4:31.57
1992Itamar Da Silva Brazil4:00.37Alicia Kelly United States4:43.07
1993Ron Harris United States3:58.0Lauren Gubicza United States4:37.9
1994Jason Pyrah United States3:52.3Regina Jacobs United States4:27.8
1995Isaac Viciosa Spain3:47.8Sinéad Delahunty Ireland4:25.2
1996Isaac Viciosa Spain3:53.67Paula Radcliffe United Kingdom4:26.69
1997Isaac Viciosa Spain3:53.66Paula Radcliffe United Kingdom4:22.96
1998Isaac Viciosa Spain3:55.59Regina Jacobs United States4:20.8
1999Ben Kapsoiya Kenya4:05.4Alisa Hill United States4:41.3
2000Jason Lunn United States4:03.9Kim McGreevy United States4:38.9
2001John Itati Kenya4:02.3Kim McGreevy United States4:39.8
2002Leonard Mucheru Kenya3:55.2Grace Njoki Kenya4:37.7
2003John Itati Kenya3:56Theresa Du Toit South Africa4:53
2004Elarbi Khattabi Morocco4:10Andrea Haver United States4:51
2005Craig Mottram Australia3:49.9Carmen Douma-Hussar Canada4:28.0[4]
2006Kevin Sullivan Canada3:54.1Sara Hall United States4:28.0[5]
2007Alan Webb United States3:52.7Carmen Douma-Hussar Canada4:22.8[6]
2008Nick Willis New Zealand3:50.5Lisa Dobriskey United Kingdom4:18.6[7]
2009Andrew Baddeley United Kingdom3:51.8Shannon Rowbury United States4:23.3[8]
2010Amine Laalou Morocco3:52.83Shannon Rowbury United States4:24.12[9]
2011Bernard Lagat United States3:50.50Jennifer Simpson United States4:22.3[10]
2012Matthew Centrowitz United States3:52.4Brenda Martinez  United States4:24.2[11]
2013Nick Willis New Zealand3:52.1Jennifer Simpson United States4:19.3[12]
2014Jordan McNamara United States3:51.0Jennifer Simpson United States4:19.4[13]
2015Nick Willis New Zealand3:54.8Jennifer Simpson United States4:29.0[14]
2016Eric Jenkins United States3:49.5[15]Jennifer Simpson United States4:18.3[16]
2017Nick Willis New Zealand3:51.3Jennifer Simpson United States4:16.6[17]
2018Jake Wightman United Kingdom3:53.5Jennifer Simpson United States4:18.8[18]

See also

References

General
Specific
  1. ↑ New York Road Runners (2009-09-27). Rowbury and Baddeley reign over Fifth Avenue. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-09-27.
  2. ↑ The Anlene Orchard Mile has extended it's deadline. Women in Sport (2008-06-03). Retrieved on 2011-09-25.
  3. ↑ [1981 5th Avenue Mile The second fastest mile run up until then, except downhill.
  4. ↑ Morse, Parker (2005-09-24). Mottram, Douma-Hussar win on Fifth Avenue. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-09-28.
  5. ↑ Perniciaro, Kerrin (2006-09-30). Sullivan, Hall win on Fifth Avenue. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-09-28.
  6. ↑ New York Road Runners (2007-09-29). Webb, Douma-Hussar the winners on Fifth Avenue. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-09-28.
  7. ↑ Wallack, Rachel (2008-09-22). Willis and Dobriskey edge out the competition in New York. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-09-28.
  8. ↑ Rowbury and Baddeley reign over Fifth Avenue. IAAF/NYRRC (2009-09-27). Retrieved on 2011-09-25.
  9. ↑ Rowbury defends, Laalou breaks through at Fifth Avenue Mile. IAAF/NYRRC (2010-09-27). Retrieved on 2013-09-23.
  10. ↑ Wallack, Rachel (2011-09-25). Simpson and Lagat take Fifth Avenue titles. IAAF/NYRRC. Retrieved on 2011-09-25.
  11. ↑ Calderwood, Stuart (2012-9-23). . IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-01-27.
  12. ↑ Casey, Joseph(2013-09-23). RESULTS: 5th Avenue Mile 2013. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-09-23.
  13. ↑ New York Road Runners (2014-09-13). Simpson Delivers, McNamara Surprises on Fifth Avenue. Retrieved on 2014-09-13.
  14. ↑ http://www.nyrr.org/races-and-events/2015/nyrr-5th-avenue-mile/race-report/willis-and-simpson-make-history-on-5th-avenue
  15. ↑ http://www.stridenation.com/2016/9/3/12785394/eric-jenkins-upsets-centrowitz-in-5th-avenue-mile
  16. ↑ http://www.denverpost.com/2016/09/03/jenny-simpson-emma-coburn-5th-avenue-mile-2016/
  17. ↑ http://www.letsrun.com/news/2017/09/nick-willis-351-31-wins-4th-title-jenny-simpson-416-65-cr-wins-6th-2017-5th-avenue-mile/
  18. ↑ https://blog.nyrr.org/home/2018/9/9/its-simpson-and-wightman-at-new-balance-5th-avenue-mile/
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