Sunday September 7th, 2025
Manhattan, NY
Distance: 1 Mile
Offical Race Web Site
The New Balance 5th Avenue Mile opens a beautiful 20-block stretch of 5th Avenue to runners of all ages and abilities who want to run their best mile in New York City. Special races include a youth mile, the George Sheehan Memorial Mile for runners age 60 and over, the NYRR Road Mile Championships, and Olympic-caliber professional men's and women's races.
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displays approximate race location · New York NY
| Division | Time | Name | Age | Home |
| Male | 3:48 | Yared Nuguse | USA | |
| 2nd Male | 3:49 | Parker Wolfe | USA | |
| 3rd Male | 3:49 | Drew Hunter | USA | |
| 4th Male | 3:49 | Nick Griggs | irl | |
| Female | 4:16 | Gracie Morris | USA | |
| 2nd Female | 4:18 | Kayley Delay | USA | |
| 3rd Female | 4:18 | Karissa Schweizer | USA | |
| 4th Female | 4:19 | Eleanor Fulton | USA |
| Division | Time | Name | Age | Home |
| M 40-49 | 4:35 | Patrick Dooley | Darien, CT | |
| M 50-59 | 4:53 | Lee Klarich | Los Gatos, CA | |
| M 60-69 | 5:01 | Richard Lee | Bayville, NJ | |
| M 70+ | 5:59 | George Henehan | Pompano Beach, FL | |
| F 40-49 | 4:35 | Abebe Negewo Degefa | Washington DC | |
| F 50-59 | 4:53 | Lee Klarich | Los Gatos, CA | |
| F 60-69 | 5:01 | Richard Lee | Bayville, NJ | |
| F 70+ | 7:17 | Ivy Bell | New York, NY |
Nick Willis appears to be getting better with age.
The 36-year-old runner added to his legendary career with a record-breaking fifth victory at the New Balance 5th Avenue Mile Sunday in New York City.
Willis pulled out the victory with a time of 3-minutes,51.7-seconds in a photo-finish race.
The former University of Michigan runner and 2-time Olympic medalist has now claimed the men’s title five times, with victories in 2008, 2013, 2015 and 2017 and 2019, placing the New Zealand native alone atop the men’s division in the history books.
Willis still lives and trains in Ann Arbor and the win adds to his accomplishments, which include a silver medal in the Beijing 2008 Olympics, a bronze medal in the Rio 2016 Games and a bronze medal in the 2016 World Championships.
On the women’s side of the event, Jenny Simpson of Webster City, Iowa, claimed her seventh title in a row and eighth overall in 4:16.1 on Sunday.
The New Balance 5th Avenue Mile race began in 1981 -- two years before Willis was born -- and overtime has become one of the world’s premier mile races.
