Millrose Games
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Sep 20, 2026
Alex CuestaHOST
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Lyle SmithHOST
... guest tonight, um, came to, uh, to the public view, uh, of the, of the sporting press and the track fans, uh, probably the f- uh, the 1982, uh, Jumbo Elliott Mile at the Millrose Games where he won in 14 minutes and 13 seconds against a crazy, uh, crazy fast field, crazy talented field, um, as a junior, which w- which was kind of unusual in those days.
Lyle SmithHOST
Uh, and then he returned in, in '83 to defend his crown and win in 4:10.
Lyle SmithHOST
Um, he won four state-
Lyle SmithHOST
Um, so he moved on, and, and we'll talk about this later, but, but at that point he was sort of the, um, if you'll, if you'll pardon the, the pun, the star of a group of, of milers that was just fantastic at the time.
Lyle SmithHOST
Uh, and we'll go over all the names of those kids, uh, when we get there.
Lyle SmithHOST
But, um, he went on to, uh, Arizona State University in 1983, where he anchored a four by 800 team to a world record, uh, in his anchor leg of 1:44.8. Um, they, that same team won at the Millrose Games, uh, college event.
Lyle SmithHOST
Um, he went on as a sophomore to get fourth in the Pac-10 cross country meet, so he had cross country skills as well.
Dave HyattHOST
[laughs] Thanks, Carl.
Alex CuestaHOST
Back when I was a kid, we used to take a Mine Mountain trip into the New York City for the, uh, the Millrose Games at, at the, at the Garden-
Craig SegalGUEST
Mm-hmm
Alex CuestaHOST
... back when it was at the-
Howard DavidSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The premier track and field meet in the United States.
Howard DavidSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The Millrose Games come to Miss Lou Television Network on Saturday, January 28th from Madison Square Garden in New York.
Howard DavidSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It is, as they say, the Rose Bowl of the track and field meet, you know.
Jim KrivelisSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
All right, Satchco kicking off.
Dominic SchlueterHOST
So have this really successful cross country season.
Dominic SchlueterHOST
Maybe historically you're a little scared going in i- into indoor season, like can, uh, can we keep riding the fire? But you mentioned the Millrose Games not too long ago, winning that.
Dominic SchlueterHOST
Um, obviously that was before NCAA's if I'm, if I'm not mistaken on the timeline.
Dominic SchlueterHOST
When did you realize the momentum was still hot and you could have one of the most historic track seasons?
Howard DavidHOST
The premier track and field meet in the United States.
Howard DavidHOST
The Millrose Games come to Miss Lou Television Network on Saturday, January 28th from Madison Square Garden in New York.
Howard DavidHOST
It is, as they say, the Rose Bowl of the track and field meet, you know.
Jim KrivelisSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
All right, Satchko kicking off.
Lyle SmithHOST
... part of the problem.
Lyle SmithHOST
And I think when you go When, when you, I, I rememb- again, I remember as a kid, we went to the Millrose Games.
Lyle SmithHOST
Um, I was w- just a year or so into really running at all.
Lyle SmithHOST
And so our club, uh, Mark Wetmore, had a bus going for our Mile Mountain Road Department trip to the Millrose Games, and we took, I don't know, 25 or 30 people.
Lyle SmithHOST
And we sat in the nosebleed section, and we watched, uh, I remember, uh, Mary Decker breaking the world 1500 meter record at Millrose on the wooden track, 4:08 indoors, and the place went nuts, just absolutely crazy.
Lyle SmithHOST
And, uh, that's the kinda thing that brings you back to see another one and wanna pay attention, and wanna pick up Track & Field News, and all that kinda stuff.
Robert JohnsonHOST
Indoors, Josh Kerr did lose a race.
Robert JohnsonHOST
He lost the two-mile race at Millrose Games.
Robert JohnsonHOST
Who was the winner of the men's two-mile at Millrose? Wow.
Robert JohnsonHOST
Looking at this field.
Devin NoelGUEST
And that's what we did, especially indoors.
Devin NoelGUEST
She ran at Mill Rose Games.
Devin NoelGUEST
She ran at – Nike Indoor, Virginia Showcase, all these big meets we had to travel for.
Devin NoelGUEST
And she got top three in each one.