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New Balance Games
What: New Balance Games
When: January 19, 2008
Where:: New Balance Track & Field Center at the Armory

The New Balance Games attracted over 5,000 high school and elite runners from around the world. Chanelle Price of Easton Area High School (PA) set the girls’ national indoor 500-meter record, clocking in at 1:10.30. American Alicia Williams ran the world fastest women's 400-meter race of the year with a time of 53.33 seconds and Andy Baddeley of Great Britain ran the fastest men's mile in the world this year, coming in just under the four minute mark at 3:59.29.

Jamaican Dwayne Barrett won the men's 400-meters in 47.12 and Lillya Shobukhova of Russia won the women's mile in 4:31.90. In the high school boys’ one mile race, Robby Andrews of Manalapan, NJ outlasted a competitive field with a time of 4:12.48 and Kristin Reese of Carmel, NY won the girls’ mile in 4:52.65.



Last Updated On: Tuesday, January 29, 2008

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