NEW YORK (AP) — Two-time Olympic medalist Bernard Lagat will face defending champion Andy Baddeley and Alan Webb in the Fifth Avenue Mile.
New York Road Runners announced the field Thursday for the race down the famed avenue on Sept. 26.
Shannon Rowbury will defend her title in the women’s event, which includes 2006 champion Sara Hall.
Lagat is the American record-holder in the 1,500, 3,000, and 5,000 meters and eight-time winner of the Wanamaker Mile at the Millrose Games in New York.
Webb is the American mile record-holder at 3:46.91. He’s returning from Achilles’ tendon surgery and trains with three-time New York City Marathon champion Alberto Salazar.
