Millrose Games 2008

The Youth Girls’ 4x145-Meter Relay was won by the Police Athletic League team from Foster Laurie in 1:24.47…	…who were followed by the Rabbits Club USA, a New York Road Runners Foundation team, who took fifth place in 1:32.05.	The boys from the PAL 49th Precinct took the Youth 4x145-Meter Relay in 1:27.15.	Lashinda Demus, better known as a 400-meter hurdler, won the VISA Women’s 600-Yard Run in 1:20.79.
In the Girls’ High School Mile, Jillian Smith, a junior at Southern Regional High School in New Jersey, ran a patient race before leaving the field five seconds behind to clock an outstanding 4:50.87.	Bershawn Jackson and Khadevis Robinson, U.S. Olympians at the 400-meter hurdles and the 800 meters, respectively, met at 600 meters. Jackson prevailed by a fraction of a second, 1:10.34 to 1:10.53.	The NYRR Women’s Mile featured a world-class international field including American stars Sara Hall, Kara Goucher, Jen Rhines, and Miesha Marzell.	Goucher, the bronze medalist at the 2007 IAAF World Championships 10,000 meters, was making her first Millrose appearance. She ran smooth and relaxed despite the big step-down in distance.
Seizing an opportunity in the race’s final meters, Goucher passed Hall on the inside and won in a personal-best time of 4:36.03. Hall was the runner-up in 4:36.11.	The Fastest Kid in New York 50-Yard Dash races drew excellent fields, including Lauren Pitarresi of St. John Villa Academy, who finished fourth in the girls race in 9.17.	The boys Fastest Kid in New York race got off to a quick start. The event was for kids ages 7 and 8.	Fastest Kid in New York boys race winner Richard Anderson of the Zodiacs team won by just .02 seconds, in 7.96.
Kyle Merber, a senior at Half Hollow Hills West High School (NY), used a perfectly timed kick to win a hotly contested Boys’ High School Mile in an excellent 4:13.86.	Craig Mottram of Australia knew he had to nullify Bernard Lagat’s fierce finishing kick if he was to win the Wanamaker Mile. He took the lead with 400 meters remaining…	…but the master would not be dropped. Lagat, America’s reigning 1500-meter and 5000-meter world champion, sprinted away to win in 3:57.90; Mottram and New Zealand’s Nick Willis followed.	Miika adds it up: His dad’s sixth win puts him just one victory away from matching Eamonn Coghlan’s record seven Wanamaker Mile titles.