For many years, the top athletes in track and field would travel the United States during the winter months, competing on tiny, 11-lap-to-the- mile wooden tracks. Cities like Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Los Angeles and San Francisco, to name a few, would forget about basketball and hockey for one night and convert their major downtown arenas into a three-ring track and field circus. Slowly through the 1980’s and 90’s, for different reasons, these meets began to disappear, until only New York’s Millrose Games survived.

Each year, one of the highlights of the Millrose Games is the High School Invitational Mile for boys and girls. In order to earn a place on the starting line, athletes must run a time that will get the attention of the race selection committee. This year, DyeStat will follow four runners as they try to earn an invitation to the February 1st race.

Caitlin Lane
Sr - Greenwich HS, NY

Kyle Merber
Sr - Half Hollow Hills West HS, NY

Shelby Greany
Jr - Suffern HS, NY

Kristen Reese
Sr - Carmel HS, NY