Championship
2025 USATF 1 Mile Road Championship
Prize Structure
| Men | Women | ||
| 1st | $10,000 | 1st | $10,000 |
| 2nd | $5,000 | 2nd | $5,000 |
| 3rd | $3,000 | 3rd | $3,000 |
| 4th | $2,500 | 4th | $2,500 |
| 5th | $2,000 | 5th | $2,000 |
| 6th | $1,000 | 6th | $1,000 |
| 7th | $600 | 7th | $600 |
| 8th | $400 | 8th | $400 |
| 9th | $300 | 9th | $300 |
| 10th | $200 | 10th | $200 |
| Subtotal | $25,000 | Subtotal | $25,000 |
| Total | $50,000 | ||
Bonus Structure
| American Record Bonus | World Record Bonus* | ||
| Men | Women | Men | Women |
| $5,000 | $5,000 | $7,500 | $7,500 |
* World Record bonus is inclusive of the American Record bonus, rather than additive. Record bonuses are only available to the winner. For clarity, a winner in an American Record performance would earn a total of $15,000, and a winner in a World Record performance would earn a total of $17,500.
Entry Standards
| USATF Automatic Qualifying Standards* | |||||
| Men | |||||
| 800m | 1500m | Mile | 3000m SC | 5,000m | 10,000m |
| 1:46.30 | 3:37.00 | 3:53.00 | 8:30.00 | 13:25.00 | 27:45.00 |
| USATF Automatic Qualifying Standards* | |||||
| Women | |||||
| 800m | 1500m | Mile | 3000m SC | 5,000m | 10,000m |
| 2:00.50 | 4:06.00 | 4:25.00 | 9:41.00 | 15:10.00 | 31:30.00 |
* Road and Track times are accepted, OR Top 8 in any USATF National Championship
* Qualifying performances must be achieved between April 23, 2024 and March 22, 2025
Past Participants
Many of track & field's brightest stars have competed in the Grand Blue Mile presented by Wellmark Blue Cross & Blue Shield. See a complete list of past Invitational and USATF 1 Mile Road Championships participants below.
Note: past participants listed alphabetically, according to last name
Men's Championship
*Denotes Invitational Champion
**Denotes USATF 1 Mile Road Champion
Women's Championship
*Denotes Invitational Champion
**Denotes USATF 1 Mile Road Champion
