The Monument Mile Classic is an evening of top-class track mile races set in the shadow of the Wallace Monument, Stirling. It was first held in 2018 and has been held annually since.

MEETING RECORDS
MEN	Cooper Teare	United States	3:53.09	2024
WOMEN	Taryn Rawlings	United States	4:27.91	2024

SCOTTISH ALL-COMERS' RECORDS
MEN	Sydney Maree	United States	3:51.48	1983
WOMEN	Zola Budd	England	4:23.14	1985

THE MONUMENT MILE RACES 2018-2024

7. 2024 - 24 August (32 races)

POS	ATHLETE	CLUB	TIME	POS	ATHLETE	CLUB	TIME
1	Cooper Teare	(USA)	3:53.09	1	Taryn Rawlings	(USA)	4:27.91
2	James Gormley	SHF	3:53.69	2	Rachel McArthur	(USA)	4:29.14
3	Tyler Bilward	GYD	3:54.43	3	Taylor Werner	(USA)	4:30.57

6. 2023 - 26 August (29 races)

POS	ATHLETE	CLUB	TIME	POS	ATHLETE	CLUB	TIME
1	Samuel Pihlström	(SWE)	3:54.83	1	Sara Lappalainen	(FIN)	4:28.12
2	Maximilian Thorwirth	(GER)	3:55.88	2	Sarah Calvert	EUH	4:28.40
3	James Gormley	OTC	3:56.31	3	Erin Wallace	GIF	4:29.08

5. 2022 - 20 May (29 races)

POS	ATHLETE	CLUB	TIME	POS	ATHLETE	CLUB	TIME
1	Ben MacMillan	STU	3:57.76	1	Niamh Carr	EUH	4:46.40
2	Kieran Reilly	STU	4:01.37	2	Katie Lowery	EUH	4:47.02
3	Jack Patton	KLB	4:01.90	3	Philippa Millage	VPG	4:48.07

4. 2021 - 21 May (27 races)

POS	ATHLETE	CLUB	TIME	POS	ATHLETE	CLUB	TIME
1	Ben Potrykus	ICL	4:03.57	1	Hannah Cameron	EDI	4:46.86
2	Kane Elliott	FVH	4:04.02	2	Rebecca Johnson	EUH	4:49.85
3	Josh Carr	THH	4:04.82	3	Katie Johnson	EDI	4:50.58

3. 2020 - 18 September (24 races)

POS	ATHLETE	CLUB	TIME	POS	ATHLETE	CLUB	TIME
1	Jonathan Davies	REA	3:59,36	1	Louise Shanahan	CBU	4:44.87
2	Ian Crowe-Wright	B&H	3:59.61	2	Niamh Bridson Hubbard	CBU	4:48.77
3	Mark Pearce	SHB	4:02.85	3	Katie Johnson	EDI	4:50.14

2. 2019 - 24 May (15 races)

POS	ATHLETE	CLUB	TIME	POS	ATHLETE	CLUB	TIME
1	Alastair Hay	CEN	4:16.80	1	Katie Johnson	EDI	5:02.28
2	Jamie Crowe	CEN	4:17.70	2	Louise Hastie	KLB	5:10.78
3	Gavin Smith	CAM	4:19.29	3	Holly Thompson	KLB	5:19.21

1. 2018 - 13 June (12 races)

POS	ATHLETE	CLUB	TIME	POS	ATHLETE	CLUB	TIME
1	Ben Greenwood	PSH	4:10.48	1	Mhairi MacLennan	INV	4:54.23
2	Alastair Hay	CEN	4:10.87	2	Jenny Selman	FIF	5:08.16
3	Michael Ferguson	ABN	4:14.59	3	Joanna Brown	UNA	5:09.11

ALL THE SUB-4 MILE RACES IN SCOTLAND

(1) 15 JUNE 1957 - Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow - Glasgow Police Sports

1 Derek Ibbotson (AAA) 3:58.4, 2 Michel Bernard (France) 4:05.8, 3 Mike Berisford (AAA) 4:06.0, 4 Graham Everett (Shettleston) 4:06.6. Also ran: S Kryza (Poland), P Soine (South Africa), IH Boyd (AAA), L Locke (AAA) & DL Loveday (AAA). Leslie Locke (London University) led through 440y in 57.2 and 880y in 1:58.0, with Ibbotson timed at 58.0 and 1:58.3. Ibbotson led at 3/4 mile in 2:59.8. "I had not planned to try for a four-minute mile but knew after hearing the time for the first lap that it was possible. The only encouragement I had was the other athletes lining the track and urging me on."

(2) 13 JUNE 1970 - Meadowbank, Edinburgh - British International Games

Emsley Carr Mile: 1 Ian Stewart (Birchfield) 3:57.4, 2 Peter Stewart (Birchfield) 3:57.4, 3 Gianni del Buono (ITA) 4:00.3, 4 John Davies (Sale) 4:04.3, 5 Paul Dennis (Norfolk Olympiads) 4:05.8, 6 Jerzy Maluski (Poland) 4:21.4; Graeme Grant & Craig Douglas dnf. Grant 57.1 (Stewart c 58.5), P Stewart 1:59.1, I Stewart 3:00.1).

(3) 23 AUGUST 1975 - Meadowbank, Edinburgh - Edinburgh Highland Games

British Caledonian Mile: 1 John Walker (New Zealand) 3:59.9, 2 Marty Liquori (USA) 4:01.3, Jim McGuinness 4:01.5, 4 K Hall (Aus) 4:02.1, 5 David McMeekin (Victoria Park) 4:02.3, 6 Henrik Wasilewski (Poland) 4:02.3, 7 Adrian Weatherhead (Edinburgh AC) 4:02.8, 8 Ronnie McDonald (Clyde Valley AC) 4:04.1, 9 Lawrie Spence (Shettleston) 4:05.2, 10 Ray Smedley (England), 11 Francisco Recuero (Spain).

(4) 6 AUGUST 1976 - Meadowbank, Edinburgh - Coca Cola Invitation Meeting

1 Rod Dixon (New Zealand) 3:56.60, 2 Frank Clement (Scotland) 3:57.24, 3 Paul-Heinz Wellman (Germany) 3:57.78, 4 Marc Nevens (Belgium) 3:58.03, 5 Evert Hoving (Netherlands) 3:58.16, 6 Jim McGuinness (Northern Ireland) 3:58.21, 7 Paul Lawther (Northern Ireland) 3:58.59, 8 Fernando Mamede (Portugal) 3:59.43, 9 Dick Quax (New Zealand) 4:01.12, 10 Alexander Amos (England) 4:01.34, 11 Danny Knowles (Scotland) 4:08.86.

(5) 20 AUGUST 1977 - Meadowbank, Edinburgh - Edinburgh Highland Games

1 Frank Clement (Scotland) 3:59.08, 2 Nick Rose (England) 3:59.11, 3 Evert Hoving (Netherlands) 3:59.72, 4 Jim McGuinness (Northern Ireland) 3:59.99, 5 Dick Quax (New Zealand) 4:00.02, 6 John Robson (Scotland) 4:00.08, 7 Ray Flynn (Ireland) 4:01.29, 8 Alan Mottershead 4:01.35, 9 Walter Wilkinson 4:01.57, 10 Tony Leonard 4:04.48, 11 Adrian Weatherhead (Scotland) 4:05.36, 12 J Didriksson (Iceland) 4:07.18, 13 Eamonn Coghlan (Ireland) 4:07.24, 14 S Crowden (USA) 4:07.88.

(6) 19 AUGUST 1978 - Meadowbank, Edinburgh - Edinburgh Highland Games

1 Graham Williamson 3:58.27, 2 Frank Clement 3:58.37, 3 John Robson 3:58.64, 4 Nick Rose (England) 3:58.88, 5 Rod Dixon (New Zealand) 4:00.36, 6 Alan Mottershead 4:01.46, 7 Tony Leonard 4:01.72, 8 Ray Smedley 4:03.55, 9 Unknown athlete 4:03.64, 10 Unknown athlete 4:07.70, 11 Unknown athlete 4:08.28, 12 Unknown athlete 4:10.15.

(7) 31 JULY 1982 - Meadowbank, Edinburgh - Iveco International Games

1 Graham Williamson (Scotland) 3:52.66, 2 Ray Flynn (Ireland) 3:53.87, 3 Richie Harris (USA) 3:53.99, 4 Tim Hutchings (England) 3:54.53, 5 Colin Reitz (England) 3:55.41, 6 Jack Buckner (England) 3:55.91, 7 Wilson Waigwa (Kenya) 3:58.50, 8 Piotr Kurek (Poland) 4:01.37, 9 Arvid Hansen (Norway) 4:01.42, 10 Anfin Rosendahl (Norway) 4:06.57, 11 Colin Hume (Scotland) 4:10.30; Gary Cook (England) DNF. Williamson set native 1500m record (3:37.7) en route. Splits: Cook 58.0, Cook 1:58.9, Williamson 2:58.3.

(8) 26 JUNE 1983 - Meadowbank, Edinburgh - Tarmac Edinburgh Games

1 Sydney Maree (USA) 3:51.48, 2 Graham Williamson (Scotland) 3:52.01, 3 Pierre Délèze (Switzerland) 3:56.17, 4 John Walker (New Zealand) 3:56.49, 5 Ray Flynn (Ireland) 3:56.57, 6 Jim Spivey (USA) 3:58.35, 7 Mike Gilchrist (New Zealand) 3:59.60, 8 Peter Wirz (Switzeland) 4:00.76, 9 Alan Salter (England) 4:01.40, 10 Mark Fricker (USA) 4:02.53, 11 James Webster (Scotland) 4:02.92, 12 Nick Rose (England) 4:02.94, 13 Ian Archibald (Scotland) 4:16.02. Pace: Ian Marran (Ireland). Splits: Marran 56.40, Marran Marran 1:55.02, Williamson 2:54.30.

(9) 23 JULY 1985 - Meadowbank, Edinburgh - Dairy Crest Edinburgh Games

1 Steve Ovett (England) 3:55.01, 2 Sydney Maree (USA) 3:55.27, 3= Marcus O'Sullivan (Ireland) & Michael Hillardt (Australia) 3:56.40, 5 John Walker (New Zealand) 3:56.99, 6 Pat Scammell (Australia) 3:57.31, 7 John Robson 3:57.81, 8 Dave Reid (Canada) 3:57.93, 9 Mike Boit (Kenya) 3:58.06, 10 Kevin Ryan (USA) 3:58.55, 11 Dragan Zdravkovic (Serbia0 3:58.73, 12 Adrian Callan (Scotland) 3:59.45, 13 K Cheruiyot (Kenya) 4:00.85, 14 Wilson Waigwa (Kenya) 4:01.35; Alistair Currie (Scotland) DNF. Pace: Currie 1:57.77, Ovett 2:59.51.

(10) 7 JULY 1989 - Meadowbank, Edinburgh - Miller Lite IAC Grand Prix

1 Saïd Aouita (Morocco) 3:58.53, 2 Peter Rono (Kenya) 3:58.80, 3 Joseph Cheire (Kenya) 3:59.16, 4 Wilfred Korochi (Kenya) 3:59.48, 5 Jeff Atkinson (USA) 3:59.57, 6 Pat Scammell (Australia) 3:59.82, 7 Mark Rowland (England) 3:59.87, 8 Kevin McKay (England) 3:59.91, 9 Jon Gladwin (England) 4:00.14, 10 David Moorcroft (England) 4:01.75, 11 Chris McGeorge (England) 4:01.91, 12 Ivo Schutte (GDR) 4:01.92. Splits: Aouita 61.8, Aouita 2:04.8.

(11) 6 JULY 1990 - Meadowbank - Compaq Compuers IAC Grand Prix

Handicap Mile: 1 Gary Brown (off 120y) 3:48.60, 2 M Marshall (?? yds) 3:50.73, 3 Martin Steele (185 yds) 3:51.13, 4 Peter Elliott (scratch) 3:52.41, 5 Mark Fallows (80yds) 3:52.60, 6 David Miles (80yds) 3:53.95, 7 Matthew DeFreitas (85yds) 3:58.37, 8 Abdelaziz Sahere (Morocco) (13yds) 3:54.94.

(12) 21 AUGUST 1999 - Scotstoun, Glasgow - BMC Nike Grand Prix Final

1 Andrew Graffin (Tonbridge) 3:59.64, 2 Gareth Turnbull (St Malachy's) 4:00.16, 3 Karim Bouchamia (Highgate) 4:01.57, 4 Christian Nicolson (Team Solent) 4:01.57, 5 Phil Mowbray (Hunters Bog Trotters) 4:01.81, 6 Steve Sharp (Thames Valley) 4:03.84, 7 Iain Murdoch (Avonside TC) 4:04.00, 8 Glen Stewart (Mizuno RC) 4:08.64, 9 Allen Graffin (Tonbridge) 4:09.03, 10 Matt Davies (Woodford Green) 4:09.26, 11 Darren Barton (RAF) 4:15.43, 12 Michael Gooch (Thames Valley) 4:15.68.

(13) 27 AUGUST 2000 - Aberdeen - City of Aberdeen Millennium Mile

1 Charles Harrison Makau (Kenya) 3:57.5, 2 Edwin Maranga (Kenya) 3:57.5, 3 Cornelius Chirchir (Kenya) 3:59.3, 4 Brad Hauser (USA) 4:02.0, 5 Benjamin Hukins (Aberdeen) 4:23.5. Pace: Bob Thornhill, Stuart Reid, Ricky Simms.

(14) 28 JULY 2001 - Dumfries - Dumfries & Galloway International Mile

1 Shadrack Korir (Kenya) 3:56.8, 2 Frederick Cheruiyot (Kenya) 3:56.9, 3 Iain Murdoch (Avonside) 4:05.4, 4 David Anderson (Elswick) 4:07.7, 5 Vince Wilson (Morpeth) 4:09.2, 6 Andrew Renfree (Shaftesbury Barnet) 4:09.9, 7 Andrew Walker (Ireland) 4:12.6, 8 Ian Munro (Cambuslang) 4:19.0, 9 Alaister Russell (Law & District) 4:23.4; Bernard Kisilu (KEN) & Stewart Reid (Pitreavie) DNF. Splits: Kisilu 53.0, Kisilu 1:55, Cheriuyot 2:56.

(15) 31 JULY 2007 - Grangemouth - Celtic Cup

1 Craig Mottram (Australia) 3:56.89, 2 Mitch Kealey (Australia) 4:02.22, 3 Andrew Lemoncello (Fife) 4:03.22, 4 Colm Rooney (Ireland) 4:03.88, 5 Bruce Raeside (Scotland) 4:05.81, 6 Chris MacKay (Greenock Glenpark) 4:06.20, 7 Darren Gauson (Edinburgh AC) 4:06.69, 8 Gavin Massingham (Sunderland) 4:07.00, 9 Jorge Thomas (Wales) 4:07.34, 10 Alastair Hay (BOS Development Team) 4:13.39.

(16) 22 AUGUST 2009 - Aberdeen - International Mile

1 Gideon Gathimba (Kenya) 3:57.96, 2 Bethwell Birgen (Kenya) 3:58.01, 3 Gavin Massingham (Sunderland) 4:03.00, 4 Bruce Raeside (Nottingham) 4:06.09, 5 Alastair Hay (Central) 4:07.58, 6 Stuart Ross (Victoria Park City of Glasgow) 4:22.40, 7 Mark Haskett (Aberdeen) 4:22.75.

(17) 18 SEPTEMBER 2020 - Stirling - Monument Mile Classic

1 Jonathan Davies (Reading) 3:59.36, 2 Ian Crowe-Wright (Brighton & Hove) 3:59.61, 3 Mark Pearce (Shaftesbury Barnet) 4:02.85, 4 Sol Sweeney (Perth Strathtay) 4:04.72, 5 Michael Ferguson Aberdeen AAC 4:05.41, 6 Jack Patton (Kilbarchan) 4:05.84, 7 Alastair Hay (Central) 4:06.02, 8 Jamie Crowe (Central) 4:06.47, 9 Ben MacMillan (Central) 4:08.25, 10 Jamie Mackinnon (Cambuslang) 4:09.28; Finlay Murray (East Sutherland) & Stephen Mackay (Inverness) DNF.

(18) 20 MAY 2022 - Stirling - Monument Mile Classic

1 Benjamin MacMillan (Stirling University) 3:57.76, 2 Kieran Reilly (Stirling University) 4:01.37, 3 Jack Patton (Kilbarchan) 4:01.90, 4 Andrew Milligan (North Belfast) 4:02.29, 5 Kristof Hornyik (University of St Andrews) 4:04.97, 6 James Donald (Dundee Hawkhill) 4:05.12, 7 Corey Campbell (East Lothian) 4:05.77, 8 Michael Ferguson (Aberdeen) 4:05.95, 9 Ben Sandilands (Scotland's Rural College) 4:09.96, 10 Jonathan Glen (Inverclyde) 4:12.98, 11 Cameron Deverill (Giffnock North) 4:15.77.

(19) 26 AUGUST 2023 - Stirling - Monument Mile Classic

1 Samuel Pihlström (Sweden) 3:54.83, 2 Maximilian Thorwirth (Germany) 3:55.88, 3 James Gormley (England) 3:56.31, 4 Santtu Heikkinen (Finland) 3:56.36, 5 Vincent Keter (Kenya) 3:57.13, 6 Henry McLuckie (England) 3:57.69, 7 Cathal Doyle (Ireland) 3:57.84, 8 Sam Blake (Australia) 4:00.09, 9 Andrew Milligan (Northern Ireland) 4:00.28, 10 Kane Elliott (Scotland) 4:02.65, 11 Tom Dodd (England) 4:04.87; Sam Brown (Scotland) (Pace) DNF.

(20) 24 AUGUST 2024 - Stirling - Monument Mile Classic

Elite B Race: 1 Rick van Riel (Netherlands) 3:56.28, 2 Ben Claridge (England) 3:58.68, 3 Charles Wheeler (England) 3:59.50, 4 Cormac Dalton (Ireland) 3:59.51, 5 Sven Bombeke (Belgium) 4:00.87, 6 Philip Marron (Ireland) 4:01.14, 7 Dage Minors (Bermuda) 4:01.55, 8 Vid Botolin (Slovakia) 4:01.99, 9 Juan Pena (Chile) 4:02.82, 10 Ben Potrykus (Scotland) 4:04.06, 11 Régis Thibert (Belgium) 4:06.57; Christopher McLew (Scotland) DNF.

(21) 24 AUGUST 2024 - Stirling - Monument Mile Classic

Elite A Race: 1 Cooper Teare (USA) 3:53.09, 2 James Gormley (England) 3:53.69, 3 Tyler Bilyard (England) 3:54.43, 4 Henry McLuckie (England) 3:54.48, 5 Kieran Tuntivate (Thailand) 3:54.72, 6 Duncan Hamilton (USA) 3:54.91, 7 Osian Perrin (Wales) 3:55.56, 8 Thomas Vanoppen (Belgium) 3:55.85, 9 Andrew McGill (Scotland) 3:55.89, 10 Kane Elliott (Scotland) 3:56.11, 11 James Young (England) 3:56.66, 12 Sam Blake (Australia) 4:04.78; Sam Brown (Scotland) (Pace) DNF.

AND THE WOMEN'S SUB 4:30 RACES

(1) 23 JULY 1985 - Meadowbank, Edinburgh - Dairy Crest Edinburgh Games

1 Zola Budd 4:23.14, 2 Irina Nikitina (USSR) 4:27.97, 3 Yvonne Murray 4:28.64 (Scottish national & native record), 4 Suzanne Girard (USA) 4:28.65, 5 Lisa Welch (USA) 4:30.76, 6 Lynn Jennings (USA) 4:31.86, 7 Elizabeth Lynch (Scotland) 4:33.91, 8 Renee Odom (USA) 4:34.27, 9 Ruth Smeeth (England) 4:35.91, 10 Marsela Robertson (Scotland) 4:38.70, 11 Christine Price (Scotland) 4:44.08, 12 Andrea Everett (Scotland) 4:48.70. The infamous meeting at which anti-apartheid demonstrators tried to disrupt the race. Splits: Budd 64.00, Budd 2:10.62, Budd 3:17.08.

(2) 29 JULY 1988 - Meadowbank, Edinburgh - Miller Lite IAC Grand Prix

1 Paula Ivan (Romania) 4:25.80, 2 Regina Jacobs (USA) 4:31.92, 3 Alison Wyeth (England) 4:34.91, 4 Lynne MacIntyre (Scotland) 4:35.52, 5 Vera Michallek (FRG) 4:36.77, 6 Katalin Rácz (Hungary) 4:40.29, 7 Sonia McGeorge (Eng) 4:42.03; Teena Colebrook (Eng) & Brigitte Kraus (FRG) DNF.

(3) 30 AUGUST 1998 - Scotstoun, Glasgow - Spar British Challenge (GB v USA)

1 Kelly Holmes 4:28.04, 2 Paula Radcliffe 4:31.72, 3 Amanda Crowe 4:32.99, 4 Alisa Harvey (USA) 4:34.23, 5 Michelle DiMuro (USA) 5:01.47; Shayne Culpepper (USA) DNS.

(4) 26 AUGUST 2023 - Stirling - Monument Mile Classic

1 Sara Lappalainen (Finland) 4:28.12, 2 Sarah Calvert (Scotland) 4:28.40, 3 Erin Wallace (Scotland) 4:29.08, 4 Yolanda Ngarambe (Sweden) 4:29.10, 5 Sarah Madeleine (France) 4:29.60, 6 Courtney Frerichs (USA) 4:35.01, 7 Anna Connor (USA) 4:43.17, 8 Saga Provci (Sweden) 4:43.29, 9 Ava Lloyd (England) 4:45.07, 10 Jenna Wyns (Belgium) 4:47.14; Lynsey Sharp (Scotland) (Pace) DNF.

(5) 24 AUGUST 2024 - Stirling - Monument Mile Classic

1 Taryn Rawlings (USA) 4:27.91, 2 Rachel McArthur (USA) 4:29.14, 3 Taylor Werner (USA) 4:30.57, 4 Vera Hoffman (Luxembourg) 4:32.68, 5 Anne Gine Løvnes (Norway) 4:33.89, 6 Idaira Prieto Suarez (Spain) 4:38.33, 7 Hannah Cameron (Scotland) 4:31.39, 8 Sarah Calvert (Scotland) 4:42.24, 9 Laura Maasik (Estonia) 4:47.58; Emily McNicol (Scotland), Jennifer Randall (USA) & Jill Cherry (Scotland) DNF.