Danbury Flyers Qualify For Millrose (See Video!)


By MARTY OGDEN

The New York Road Runners Millrose Games Trials took place on Wednesday at the Armory's New Balance Track & Field Center. High school and youth participants competed to earn qualifying berths for the 110th Annual NYRR Millrose Games on Feb. 11. 

The Danbury Flyers youth track club finished third out of 25 teams in the 12 and under 4 x 200m relay with a time of 1:56.84.  The team is made up of Kimberleigh Williams, Briana Gilliard, Sam Pomeroy and Marianna Teixeira.

Aaron Breene, a senior from Wilton High School also competed in the trials and finished 13th in 4:26.08 but did not qualify for the Games.

One of the oldest meets in the country, Millrose is unique because world class athletes compete on the same track with some of the best college teams in the country along with the best high school and youth runners in the northeast. 

One of the best fields in the history of the NYRR Millrose Games promises to once again be a rare opportunity to see so many stars from the Rio Olympics as they begin building up to the 2017 IAAF World Championships.

Three reigning Olympic hurdles champions -- Americans Brianna Rollins (100 meters) and Dalilah Muhammad (400 meters) and Jamaican Omar McLeod (110 meters) -- lead the parade of champions. Shaunae Miller from the Bahamas, who dove across the finish line to win gold in the women's 400 meters final, is also entered.

Long jump champions Jeff Henderson and Tianna Bartoletta, both of the U.S., men's high jump champion Derek Drouin of Canada, and women's pole vault champion Katerina Stefanidi of Greece all come to Millrose riding a wave of Olympic glory. Sprinters Courtney Okolo, Phyllis Francis and Natasha Hastings were teammates on the U.S. women's gold-medal winning 4x400 relay.

Tickets for the 110th NYRR Millrose Games on Feb. 11 are available HERE.