DES MOINES, Iowa – Nikki Hiltz and Tripp Hurt raced to the USATF Road 1-Mile National Championship Tuesday evening on the streets of Des Moines as part of the 10th Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Grand Blue Mile.
Hurt won the men's race in 4:04.21 in a photo finish as the top-five finishers all finished within a second of each other. Hiltz took the lead of the women's race off the final turn and held off three-time Grand Blue Mile champion Heather Kampf to set an event record in 4:30.09.
"It's not just a road race, it's the USA Road Mile Championship and it's my first national championship win," Hiltz said.