Kara Goucher Wins Women's Mile at the Millrose Games

Native New Yorker Kara Goucher won the elite women's mile at the 2009 Millrose Games at New York's Madison Square Garden Friday night. Goucher, known more as a distance runner, essentially got in a good speed workout as she trains for this spring's Boston Marathon.

Winning the mile at the 102nd Millrose Games was another happy homecoming for Kara Goucher. The Queens native finished in third place in last year's New York City Marathon. That was her first marathon, and the highest finish for an American woman in 14 years.

Goucher and her husband Adam, also an American runner, live in Portland, Oregon.
Goucher's time in the mile was 4:33.19, which is her personal best. Fellow American Shayne Culpepper finished fifth in the race with a time of 4:38.92.

(See the complete elite women's Millrose mile results.)

The men's marquee event, the Wanamaker Mile, will be held later Friday night.

2008 Millrose Games Today - Results

Today marks the 101st Millrose Games at Madison Square Garden in New York.

You can find the Millrose Games events and results page here; it refreshes every 30 seconds with results and shows you the times of all events.

Here are some of the highlights we can expect to see in tonight's action:
* Olympic gold medalist Joanna Hayes competing in the 100-meter hurdles
* Kara Goucher, World Championship bronze medalist in the 10,000 meters, will compete in the mile
* The Mel Sheppard 600 meters will feature a strong group of Americans including Bershawn Jackson and Khadevis Robinson
* The organizers are expecting a very strong college men’s 4x800-meter relay, with teams from Columbia, Seton Hall, Cornell, Villanova, Georgetown, Arkansas and George Mason
* And of course, the classic Wanamaker Mile

The Millrose Games is the third event in USA Track & Field’s Visa Championship Series.