95-year-old Colleen Milliman sets one-mile age group world record

On Saturday afternoon at the Masters Hayward Classic, held at Oregon’s Hayward Field, 95-year-old Oregon resident Colleen Milliman,set a new 95+ age group world record in the mile clocking 13:46.13 (8:34/km).

Milliman doesn’t let her age slow her down her love for running. Like any grandmother, she loves keeping up with her grandkids and making them laugh. So when her grandson challenged her to get on a track in 2017, Milliman bought a stopwatch and surprised herself.

In 2018, she signed up for the Masters Hayward Classic in Eugene, where she ended up setting a world record in the 90+ 800m of 5:44.50 (one minute off the previous record).

“I had no idea I would set a record,” Milliman said in an interview with a Eugene newspaper. “The first time I ran a mile at Hayward Field and it turned out to be a record.”

After breaking her first world record, Milliman joined a masters training group inside of Oregon Track Club. This mile record is her third masters WR, as she also has 90+ age-group world records in the 800m and mile.

posted Tuesday May 10th
by Marley Dickinson