2019 HOKA ONE ONE Long Island Mile Pro Fields Announced, 5K to Doha Challenge Added To Schedule

Bay Shore, NY - The 2019 HOKA ONE ONE Long Island Mile fields are hot off the press! The races are once again stacked in the 5th edition of this late-summer classic!  Two favorites on the women’s side will be the local hero and 2017 champion, Emily Lipari; as well as, the meet record holder, Amanda Eccleston.  They’ll sure to be challenged by a pair of 4:25 milers in Lauren Johnson and Katie Mackey and the deep field of quick ladies. The men are led by the meet-director himself, 3:52 miler, Kyle Merber. But Andy Bayer just finished 3rd at the US Championships in the Steeplechase and holds a best of 3:52 as well. After a string of victories in Pittsburgh and Ireland, Robert Domanic will certainly be one to keep an eye on. And of course, the multiple time NCAA Champion from Wisconsin by way of Australia, Morgan McDonald, has proven himself to always be a threat.

The prize money is big with $3000 going to the winners and paying out the top 8. But they have work to do if they want to chase the $5000 additional bonus for breaking the meet records of 3:53.91 and 4:26.87 set respectively by David Torrence in 2015 and Amanda Eccleston in 2016. See the fields of the David Torrence Mile and the Sayville-Smithtown Running Co Mile below.

But wait, there’s more! This year the Long Island Mile has amped things up a bit, specifically by 3.1x more! A one time special edition of the ‘5k to Doha Challenge’ has promised to make the evening even more special. Before competing in the 10k at the 2019 World Championships in Doha next month, the 28x US Champion, Molly Huddle, and 2:23 marathoner, Emily Sisson, will head to Long Island in their final tune-up race. The pairs holds personal bests of 14:42 and 15:02 at the distance and are sure to put on a show come September 4th.

Don’t miss the chance to watch the races trackside! The meet begins at 7:00 pm ET at Bay Shore HS with the elites set off to start at 8:45 pm ET. You can run yourself by signing up at LongIslandMile.comand if you don’t live local than you can watch LIVE and FREE on RunnerSpace.com!