Here’s everything you missed from the Millrose Games: The Men, by Oliver Hinson for RunBlogRun

This is the first of two features by Oliver Hinson on the Millrose Games 2024. This feature is on the Men’s races. Millrose Games was held on February 11, 2024.

Here’s everything you missed from the Millrose Games: The Men, by Oliver Hinson for RunBlogRun

Clarity wins in journalism, so I’ll summarize today’s action in one word: fireworks. Naturally, things can get pretty raucous when you put hundreds of the world’s best athletes in the same small building with 5,000 die-hard fans.

The 2024 edition may have been one of the loudest and busiest, though. Two world records fell, as well as several national and facility records. If you didn’t make the trip to New York, here’s what you missed from the day’s track action.

Men’s 60m hurdles

This event was believed to be a battle between Daniel Roberts and Trey Cunningham. Cunningham beat Roberts at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix last week by less than a hundredth of a second, and without three-time world champion Grant Holloway on the line, he had the highest world ranking heading into this race.

But then, Dylan Beard showed up with a massive personal best, winning this race in 7.44. He was neck-and-neck with Roberts and Cunningham through the fifth and final hurdle, but his lean across the line proved decisive. Beard has had an impressive winter after only managing 7.70 in the event in 2023.

Roberts nabbed second in 7.51, and Cunningham was third in 7.52, barely beating out fellow American Cordell Tinch, who also ran 7.52 to get fourth.

Men’s 60m dash

This event does not have a sponsored name, which is a sign that we should name this event after Christian Coleman. For the third year in a row, the former 100m world champion dominated this event at the Armory, running 6.51 for the win – pretty far off his world record mark of 6.34, but still enough to beat a Noah Lyles-less field.

Coleman has typically enjoyed success at this meet due to his exceptional start. However, Japan’s Hakim Sani Brown, who ended up in second place, had a slight edge on Coleman through 20 meters. Coleman’s latter half was impressive – he ran the last 30 meters in 2.6 seconds, while Brown ran 2.65. In a 60-meter dash, .05 seconds can mean everything, and it did today.

If Coleman can improve his top speed, he could…