Let The NB Games Begin

If you want to see a preview of the Women's Wanamaker Metric Mile, a men's field in the open mile that features two sensational young Africans or a four-lap battle between American stars Phoebe Wright and Latavia Thomas, then a trip to The Armory for Saturday's New Balance Games is in order.

But if you cannot make it, ArmoryTrack.com has you covered with a webcast that will feature all six elite races as well as the final high school mile qualifiers for the Millrose Games and a rematch between Najee Glass and Strymar Livingston in the 500-meter dash.

Four of the runners in the NB Games elite women's mile — Marina Muncan, Maggie Infeld, Lauren Centrowitz and Liz Maloy — will also take on Jenny Simpson in the Wanamaker Metric Mile at Millrose on Feb. 11. Those four plus Canada's Hilary Stellingwerff and Princeton graduate Ashley Higginson will make the NB Games' mile a memorable one.

The men's mile will feature five British runners along with Taylor Milne of Canada and Craig Miller and Liam Boylan-Pett of the U.S., but the focus might be taken with a battle between two young African stars — Kenya's Edward Cheserek (who competes for St. Benedict's Prep in Newark, N.J.) and 16-year-old Mohammed Abid of Morocco, who has run 3:42.32 for 1,500 meters.

Wright, Thomas and Rob Novak of the NJ-NY Track Club will highlight the 800m fields while U.S. Indoor National Champion Michael Courtney and two-time U.S. 400m hurdles champion Tiffany Williams will be looking to claim victory in the 400-meter dashes.

The New Balance Games are mostly comprised of high school relay events, but the prominent individual event window, beginning with the high school boys' 55-meter hurdles set for 12:55 pm, will be shown at ArmoryTrack.com live. The coverage will conclude around 3 pm with the elite men's 800-meter run. Webcast schedule below:

2012 New Balance Games Webcast