Mark English set for world class 800m at Millrose Games

Mark English will take his place among a world class field at the Millrose Games next month.

The Finn Valley AC man will toe the line in a loaded 800m on February 11 at the Nike Track & Field Center at The Armory, New York.

The Millrose Games is a World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meet.

Three-time European medallist English, who won a bronze in Munich in 2022, has recently signed up with PACE Sports Management, the company headed up by Milford man and former Finn Valley athlete Ricky Simms.

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The race includes: USA's Olympic bronze medallist Clayton Murphy; Noah Kibet, the World Indoor silver medallist from Kenya; Bryce Hoppel, USA's World Indoor silver medal winner; and Briton Kyle Langford, who won silver at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Rising American middle distance runners Isaiah Harris and Cade Flatt and Mexico's Tonatiú López, the 2017 World University gold medallist, complete the line-up.

Millrosee Games began back in 1908, when the Millrose Athletic Association was formed by employees of the John Wanamaker Department Store.

For nearly 100 years, Millrose took place at the legendary Madison Square Garden before finding anew home at the Armory - 'The Fastest Track in the World'- in 2012.

English was close to the World final in 2022 and, in preparation for Millrose, he is also set to take part in an 800m in Sweden at the end of January.