Posted: January 21, 2005

Athletics: Millrose Tickets Doing Brisk Sales

Tickets for the 98th running of the Millrose Games on Friday, February 4 at Madison Square Garden are going fast, with sales ahead of last year's pace. Held annually since 1908, the Millrose Games is the nation's longest-running invitational track meet, Madison Square Garden's longest running sporting event and a highlight of USA Track & Field's annual "Visa Championship Series."

Millrose begins with its event at 6:30pm. Tickets are still available and can be purchased by:

- Visiting the Madison Square Garden Box Office or calling (212) 465-6741

- Calling Ticketmaster at (212) 307-7171, (201) 507-8900 or (203) 624-0033; for Spanish call (212) 307-4757

- Visiting the Armory Track & Field Fan Club Box office at 216 Fort Washington Ave (between 168th & 169th street) or calling (212) 923-1803 x12

USATF members may puchase their tickets at a discount off the box office price. Members of USATF should access the discount code via the USATF Members-Only webpage at www.usatf.org/membership, then phone Ticketmaster to purchase their tickets.

Ticket prices range from $15 to $90. Prices in excess of $15 include a $4.50 facility surcharge. Ticketmaster purchases are subject to a Ticketmaster Service Charge.

The nation's premier indoor track & field invitational meet, the Millrose Games features Olympic-caliber stars, top college and high school participants and a fastest kid in New York competition for 8- and 9-year-olds. Events include men's and sprints, hurdles, middle-distance races–including the famed Wanamaker Mile -- the pole vault, men's shot put and invitational high school and collegiate races. New in 2005 is the girls' and boys' Long Island high school 4x400-meter relays.

Olympic gold medalist and 2004 Jesse Owens Award winner Joanna Hayes will go head-to-head with two-time Olympic bronze medalist Melissa Morrison in the women's 60-meter hurdles and 2004 Millrose champion and Olympic silver medalist Toby Stevenson will try to defend his pole vault title against the stiff challenge of 2003 Millrose champion Derek Miles.

The men's shot put also will take center stage as the world's #1 thrower, Christian Cantwell, takes on two-time Olympic silver medalist Adam Nelson, three-time world champion John Godina, and 2004 world indoor silver medalist Reese Hoffa.

The Millrose Games is the second stop on USA Track & Field's 2005 Indoor Visa Championship Series, featuring over $1 million in prize and athlete support dollars, including a $50,000 jackpot and prize package going to the Visa Champions. Visa Champions will be the top male and female performers of the Visa Championship series.

To date, 119 Millrose Games winners are Olympic gold medalists and of the 55 Olympians who participated in the Millrose Games from 2001 through 2004, 16 won medals at the Athens Olympics in 2004.

The Millrose Games will air on NBC, Saturday February 5th from 2:00pm - 3:30pm (EST).

For more information on the Millrose Games and USATF's Indoor Visa Championship Series, visit USATF.org.

Source: USATF.org.