Morning schedule sets the stage for excellent afternoon of racing on Boylston Street, as event showcases several winners returning from 2019, with elite prep competitors sharing spotlight again with decorated professional athletes

By Erik Boal, DyeStat Editor

Before the action shifts exclusively to Boylston Street on Sunday afternoon for the return of the adidas Boost Boston Games, there are several exciting professional road races in the morning in the surrounding neighborhood, along with the showcase events for many elite prep distance runners with the adidas High School Dream Miles.

As part of a one-hour competition window from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. EDT that will be showcased on demand by USATF.TV with a RunnerSpace+PLUS subscription, men’s and women’s mile races, along with the High School Dream Miles, as well as men’s and women’s 600-meter events will be highlighted.

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The men’s 600 features a potential showdown involving Bryce Hoppel of the United States against Canada’s Marco Arop and Kenya’s Michael Saruni.

Also scheduled to race are Joshua Lay and Jamie Webb of Great Britain, in addition to Josh Hoey and Sam Ellison of the U.S.

A matchup involving Ajee’ Wilson of the U.S. and Natoya Goule of Jamaica is the anticipated showdown in the women’s 600, with Americans Allie Wilson, Sammy Watson, Brooke Feldmeier and Brenna Detra also expected to race, as well as Jamaica’s Jazmine Fray and Ireland’s Siofra Cleirigh Buttner.

Wilson triumphed in the 600 at the 2019 event in 1:26.24.

Clayton Murphy, Eric Avila and Sam Prakel will clash in the men’s mile, a race also featuring fellow Americans Robby Andrews, Abraham Alvarado and Jeff Thies. Also scheduled to participate are Poland’s Marcin Lewandowski, Germany’s Sam Parsons, Ireland’s Kevin Kelly and Malta’s Jordan Gusman.

Lewandowski captured the 2019 mile in 3:57.34.

Former Arkansas standouts Nikki Hiltz and Dominique Scott, representing the U.S. and South Africa, respectively, are entered in the women’s mile, with Americans Rebecca Mehra, Charlene Lipsey, Dana Giordano and Lianne Farber also entered.

Hiltz clocked 4:31.55 to win in 2019.

The adidas Dream High School Miles will open the schedule, with reigning champion Heidi Nielson of Katy Cinco Ranch in Texas returning in search of another victory after clocking 4:46.31 in 2019.

There is a theme of talented teammates competing in the girls mile, with Nielson being joined by fellow Katy Cinco Ranch senior Sophie Atkinson, and being joined by sophomore Lauren Ping and junior Katie Sigerud of Desert Vista High in Arizona, along with freshman Mia Prok and sophomore Madison Shults of Niwot High in Colorado.

Katelyn Maley, a sophomore at Basalt High, is also expected to attend along with fellow Colorado standout, junior Riley Stewart of Cherry Creek High, in addition to junior Caroline Wells of Winter Springs High in Florida, as well as freshman Ellie Shea of Belmont High in Massachusetts completing the lineup.

Seven states will be represented in the boys mile race, with Ben Shearer of The Woodlands Christian looking to secure another victory for Texas after Ryan Schoppe of La Porte prevailed in 4:09.15 in 2019.

Reinhardt Harrison, a junior at Nease High who ran 4:01.34 in August at the Music City Distance Carnival in Tennessee, is one of two Florida athletes scheduled to compete, in addition to senior Javier Vento of Belen Jesuit.

Cooper Atkins, a senior at Scottsboro High, and senior Ethan Strand of Vestavia Hills are representing Alabama, with senior Dayton Carlson of Casteel High in Arizona, senior Ben Greene of Falmouth High in Maine, junior Evan Jenkins of Camas High in Washington, and senior Zack Truitt of Landmark Christian High in Georgia rounding out the field.

The first 30 minutes of the afternoon schedule from 4 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. EDT will also be showcased on demand via USATF.TV, with the adidas Girls High School Dream 100-meter dash as part of the window, in addition to a Future Stars Men’s 100 that will spotlight 17-year-old American professional Erriyon Knighton.

Kennedi Sanders, junior at Madison Ridgeland Academy in Mississippi, returns to compete in the girls 100 after placing second in 2019 to Tianna Randle of Humble Summer Creek High in Texas by an 11.72 to 11.77 margin.

Sanders will be joined by Run U Xpress standouts Kayla Davis and Shawnti Jackson from North Carolina, two of the elite teenage sprinters in the world. Hannah Douglas, a senior at IMG Academy in Florida, along with senior Jasmine Montgomery of San Antonio Reagan in Texas, are also expected to compete.

Knighton will square off against Jamaican athletes Ryiem Forde, Michael Stephens and Jelani Walker.

The adidas Boys High School Dream 100, part of the 90-minute televised window on NBC and Peacock Premium, includes national high school indoor 200 record holder Jaylen Slade, a junior at IMG Academy.

Slade will race against fellow Florida standout Kevar Williams, a junior at DeLand High, along with junior Jordan Anthony of Tylertown High in Mississippi, senior Gavin Schurr of Fairview High in Colorado and senior Connor Washington of The Woodlands College Park in Texas, who ran a wind-aided 10.00 effort May 8 at the UIL 6A state meet.

Ryan Martin of Stafford High in Texas secured victory at the 2019 event in 10.58.