New Balance Games 2013

BI-COASTAL COACHING TEAM HELPS CAIN BE HER BEST By David Monti (c) 2013 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved. Used with permission.   NEW YORK (27-Jan) -- When Alberto Salazar took over coaching high schooler Mary Cain last October, he knew that he would only be able to see the 16 year-old star from Bronxville, N.Y., intermittently; Salazar lives 2900 miles away in Portland, Ore., and already has a full plate coaching superstars Mo Farah and Galen Rupp.   So, the three-time ING New York City Marathon champion enlisted the help of another Olympian, New Zealander John Henwood, who works... (via FloTrack)

 NJ Highlights from the New Balance Games!

Manhattan NY - It was no doubt the most action the Armory has seen all year.  State, US, and World leading marks were being set almost every hour, and records were falling four at a time.  We were on site all day, and have some of the top stories to tell.

Mary Cain shatters the high school record with a blistering 4:32.78 clocking!! Cheserek rolls in the Mile to a 4:10.92 clocking with a 2:00.9 last 800! (Photo by Don Rich)

Two-time Foot Locker champion Edward Cheserek — who was mentioned on ESPN SportsCenter today — will run the mile at Saturday's New Balance Games and the two-mile at the Millrose Games on Feb. 16. (via Armory Track)

As the New Balance Games' fields are announced, it is hard not to focus on Mary Cain's chase of a 40-year-old national high school record in the mile. At Saturday's Games she will certainly have a field that can help her get there. (via Armory Track)