Drouin vs. Kynard at 109th Millrose Games (Feb. 20), from EME News (source: Armory Track)

Derek Drouin, Oh Canada! photo by PhotoRun.net

Drouin vs Kynard
NEW YORK (USA): The 109th NYRR Millrose Games on February 20 will have some interesting duels. Men’s high jump with World champion Derek Drouin and Olympic medalist Erik Kynard. Women 800 m where US top runners Ajee Wilson and Brenda Martinez will compete against each other.

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Erik Kynard (it has to be the shoes!), photo by PhotoRun.net

Editor’s note: The high jump is an amazing event. Properly presented, the high jump can keep an entire audience on their feet. The battle in NYC in 2013 between Bohdan Bondarenko and Eza Mutaz Barshim was one of the most amazing events I have ever see.

Millrose’s home in the Armory has been good for the venerable meet. I am still sad that there is no longer an event at the MSG-Madison Square Garden, but a lack of many things killed the event in the Garden. The move to the Armory has reinvigorated the iconic event.

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Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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