Fifth Avenue Mile

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.

Fifth Avenue, looking north from 42nd Street

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 Jennifer Simpson's time of 4:16.2 set in 2019. Jennifer Simpson of the United States has historically been the most successful athlete at the competition, having won 8 races. The winners at the most recent edition in 2019 were New Zealander Nick Willis 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]Leann Warren United States4:25.31[4]
1982Tom Byers3:51.35Debbie Scott Canada4:23.96
1983Steve Scott3:49.77Wendy 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 KingdomKirsty 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
19903:47.83PattiSue Plumer United States4:16.68
1991Matthew Yates3:56.75Alisa Hill4:31.57
1992Itamar Da Silva Brazil4:00.37Alicia Kelly4:43.07
1993Ron Harris United States3:58.0Lauren Gubicza4:37.9
1994Jason Pyrah3:52.3Regina Jacobs4:27.8
1995Isaac Viciosa Spain3:47.8Sinéad Delahunty Ireland4:25.2
19963:53.67Paula Radcliffe United Kingdom4:26.69
19973:53.664:22.96
19983:55.59Regina Jacobs United States4:20.8
1999Ben Kapsoiya Kenya4:05.4Alisa Hill4:41.3
2000Jason Lunn United States4:03.9Kim McGreevy4:38.9
2001John Itati Kenya4:02.3Kim McGreevy4:39.8
2002Leonard Mucheru3:55.2Grace Njoki Kenya4:37.7
2003John Itati3:56Theresa Du Toit South Africa4:53
2004Elarbi Khattabi Morocco4:10Andrea Haver United States4:51
2005Craig Mottram Australia3:49.9Carmen Douma-Hussar Canada4:28.0[5]
2006Kevin Sullivan Canada3:54.1Sara Hall United States4:28.0[6]
2007Alan Webb United States3:52.7Carmen Douma-Hussar Canada4:22.8[7]
2008Nick Willis New Zealand3:50.5Lisa Dobriskey United Kingdom4:18.6[8]
2009Andrew Baddeley United Kingdom3:51.8Shannon Rowbury United States4:23.3[9]
2010Amine Laalou Morocco3:52.834:24.12[10]
2011Bernard Lagat United States3:50.50Jennifer Simpson4:22.3[11]
2012Matthew Centrowitz3:52.4Brenda Martinez4:24.2[12]
2013Nick Willis New Zealand3:52.1Jennifer Simpson4:19.3[13]
2014Jordan McNamara United States3:51.04:19.4[14]
2015Nick Willis New Zealand3:54.84:29.0[15]
2016Eric Jenkins United States3:49.5[16]4:18.3[17]
2017Nick Willis New Zealand3:51.34:16.6[18]
2018Jake Wightman United Kingdom3:53.54:18.8[19]
2019Nick Willis New Zealand3:51.7[20]4:16.1[21]
2020Cancelled (COVID-19 pandemic)

See also

References

General

Specific

  1. New York Road Runners (September 27, 2009). 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 (June 3, 2008). Retrieved on 2011-09-25.
  3. 1981 5th Avenue Mile The second fastest mile run up until then, except downhill.
  4. The Magic of the Fifth Avenue Mile. The Mile. Retrieved on September 10, 2014
  5. Morse, Parker (September 24, 2005). Mottram, Douma-Hussar win on Fifth Avenue. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-09-28.
  6. Perniciaro, Kerrin (September 30, 2006). Sullivan, Hall win on Fifth Avenue. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-09-28.
  7. New York Road Runners (September 29, 2007). Webb, Douma-Hussar the winners on Fifth Avenue. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-09-28.
  8. Wallack, Rachel (September 22, 2008). Willis and Dobriskey edge out the competition in New York. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-09-28.
  9. Rowbury and Baddeley reign over Fifth Avenue. IAAF/NYRRC (September 27, 2009). Retrieved on 2011-09-25.
  10. Rowbury defends, Laalou breaks through at Fifth Avenue Mile. IAAF/NYRRC (September 27, 2010). Retrieved on 2013-09-23.
  11. Wallack, Rachel (September 25, 2011). Simpson and Lagat take Fifth Avenue titles. IAAF/NYRRC. Retrieved on 2011-09-25.
  12. Calderwood, Stuart (September 23, 2012). . IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-01-27.
  13. Casey, Joseph(September 23, 2013). RESULTS: 5th Avenue Mile 2013 Archived October 31, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-09-23.
  14. New York Road Runners (September 13, 2014). Simpson Delivers, McNamara Surprises on Fifth Avenue. Retrieved on 2014-09-13.
  15. http://www.nyrr.org/races-and-events/2015/nyrr-5th-avenue-mile/race-report/willis-and-simpson-make-history-on-5th-avenue
  16. http://www.stridenation.com/2016/9/3/12785394/eric-jenkins-upsets-centrowitz-in-5th-avenue-mile
  17. http://www.denverpost.com/2016/09/03/jenny-simpson-emma-coburn-5th-avenue-mile-2016/
  18. 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/
  19. https://blog.nyrr.org/home/2018/9/9/its-simpson-and-wightman-at-new-balance-5th-avenue-mile/
  20. https://results.nyrr.org/event/5AV-19/customStatisticsDetails/5AV-19_qGMiCKtY
  21. https://results.nyrr.org/event/5AV-19/customStatisticsDetails/5AV-19_imEFJeNV
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