By Chris Chavez
December 2, 2025
The first stars for the Wanamaker Mile at the 2026 Millrose Games on Feb. 1st have been announced by meet organizers on Tuesday, Dec. 2nd.
The Millrose Games are the second stop in the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold calendar.
Last year’s race was won by 1500m Olympic bronze medalist Georgia Hunter Bell in 4:23.35.
The full field will be announced at a later date.
Tickets to the 118th Millrose Games are on sale now at MillroseGames.org
Here are the headliners who were announced:
– Elle St. Pierre is looking to win her fourth Wanamaker Mile title after victories in 2020, 2022 and 2024. She missed last year’s meet while pregnant with her second child, who was born in May. She did not compete on the track in 2025 but returned to competition in November with a third place finish in 15:35 at the Dash To The Finish Line 5K. Coach Mark Coogan told CITIUS MAG in November that St. Pierre is planning to contest a full indoor season, including a return to the World Indoor Championships. She was the 2024 World Indoor 3000m champion.
St. Pierre’s mile history at the Millrose Games
2017 – Finished 7th in the Wanamaker Mile in 4:29.44 as a junior at New Hampshire
2018 – Finished 5th in the Wanamaker Mile in 4:31.85 as a senior at New Hampshire
2020 – Wins the Wanamaker Mile in 4:16.85 to break the American record
2022 – Wins the Wanamaker Mile in 4:19.30
2024 – Wins the Wanamaker Mile in 4:16.41 to lower her own American record, No. 3 all-time
St. Pierre is looking to tie Doina Melinte, Mary Decker Slaney, and Regina Jacobs as the only women who have won four Wanamaker Mile titles.
– Dorcus Ewoi is coming off a breakout season that was highlighted by her 3:54.92 run for the silver medal in the 1500m final at the World Championships in Tokyo. She lowered her personal best by 4.33 seconds in that race. She boasts a mile personal best of 4:19.71 from the 2024 Sir Walter Miler in Raleigh, North Carolina. This will be her Millrose Games debut. She has only raced at the Armory once before, with a 9:37.41 for two miles at a Trials of Miles meet in March 2024. No Kenyan woman has ever won the Wanamaker Mile.
– Jess Hull hung on for a bronze medal in that 1500m final in Tokyo to claim her third global championship medal. Hull has been a regular at the Millrose Games in recent years. Last year, she contested the 3000m and finished fourth in 8:30.91 while dealing with a sickness. She went on to claim a bronze medal in the 3000m at the World Indoor Championships a month later. Hull is looking to hoist the Wanamaker Mile trophy for the first time. She was fourth in 2022 and second in 2024 with an Australian indoor record of 4:19.03 (No. 11 all-time)
– Nikki Hiltz reached the podium in last year’s Wanamaker Mile with a 4:23.50 for third place behind Hunter-Bell and Heather MacLean. Two weeks later, Hiltz went on to claim the U.S. Indoor Championship titles in the 1500m and 3000m. Hiltz’s 2025 outdoor season was highlighted by winning a third consecutive U.S. title, claiming their first Diamond League victory in Brussels, and a fifth place finish in the 1500m final at the World Championships in Tokyo.
– Sinclaire Johnson will enter this year’s meet as the outdoor mile American record holder after running 4:16.32 at the London Diamond League in July. She was the runner-up at the U.S. Outdoor Championships and then placed 13th in 4:00.92 for the 1500m final at the World Championships in Tokyo.
Johnson’s mile history at the Millrose Games:
2020 – 4:34.65 for 12th place
2025 – 4:23.93 for 5th place
Here is the complete list of women’s Wanamaker Mile champions since it started in 1982:
1982 – Mary Decker Slaney, 4:21.47
1983 – Mary Decker Slaney, 4:25.27
1984 – Cindy Bremser, 4:35.81
1985 – Mary Decker Slaney, 4:22.10
1986 – Wendy Sly, 4:28.58
1987 – Lynn Williams, 4:36.71
1988 – Doina Melinte, 4:21.45
1989 – Paula Ivan, 4:23.72
1990 – Doina Melinte, 4:31.40
1991 – Doina Melinte, 4:33.81
1992 – Doina Melinte, 4:30.03
1993 – Shelly Steely, 4:32.27
1994 – Hassiba Boulmerka, 4:30.01
1995 – Angela Chalmers, 4:31.66
1996 – Kathy Franey, 4:36.46
1997 – Mary Decker Slaney, 4:26.67
1998 – Suzy Hamilton, 4:30.91
1999 – Regina Jacobs, 4:31.65
2000 – Regina Jacobs, 4:24.04
2001 – Regina Jacobs, 4:42.15
2002 – Regina Jacobs, 4:34.60
2003 – Elena Iagar, 4:36.08
2005 – Carmen Douma-Hussar, 4:32.47
2006 – Carmen Douma-Hussar, 4:35.64
2008 – Kara Goucher, 4:36.03
2009 – Kara Goucher, 4:33.19
2010 – Hannah England, 4:31.48
2013 – Sheila Reid, 4:27.02
2014 – Mary Cain, 4:27.73
2015 – Shannon Rowbury, 4:24.32
2016 – Shannon Rowbury, 4:24.39
2017 – Sifan Hassan, 4:19.89
2018 – Colleen Quigley, 4:30.05
2019 – Konstanze Klosterhalfen, 4:19.98
2020 – Elle St. Pierre, 4:16.85
2021 – No race due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022 – Elle St. Pierre, 4:19.30
2023 – Laura Muir, 4:20.15
2024 – Elle St. Pierre, 4:16.41 – Millrose Games record + American record
2025 – Georgia Hunter Bell, 4:23.25
Chris Chavez
Chris Chavez launched CITIUS MAG in 2016 as a passion project while working full-time for Sports Illustrated. He covered the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and grew his humble blog into a multi-pronged media company. He completed all six World Marathon Majors and on Feb. 15th, 2025 finally broke five minutes for the mile.
