NEW YORK, NY - When the gun goes off for the women's 60- meter dash at the 2005 Millrose Games, fans at Madison Square Garden will be treated to watching two of the most exciting American sprinters today.

Allyson Felix, the 19-year-old Olympic silver medalist and world junior record holder at 200 meters, returns to the Millrose Games - part of USA Track & Field's Visa Championship Series - on February 4 to headline the women's dash. She will be joined in the spotlight by 2004 Olympic Trials 100m champion and Olympic finalist LaTasha Colander. It's Colander's experience and explosive speed taking on Felix's youth and closing speed.

The second event of USA Track & Field's 2005 Indoor Visa Championship Series, the 2005 Millrose Games will be televised on NBC from 2-3:30 p.m., Eastern Time on Saturday, February 5.

Teen wunderkind returns to Big Apple

Felix made her New York debut as a professional in 2004, when she ran against the likes of Olympic gold medalists and world champions at the Millrose Games. Now one of the world's top sprinters in her own right, Felix will again drop down from her 200-meter specialty distance to the 60 meters for Millrose.

The preternaturally gifted teen first caught America's eye when she won the 2003 USA Indoor 200m crown as a 17-year-old high school senior. Later that year, Felix went on to break Marion Jones' American junior record in the 200 on two occasions and defeated an elite international field at Mexico City. Garnering national media attention along the way, she also found time to win her fifth California state high school title for Los Angeles Baptist High School.

Becoming a professional after high school, Felix adjusted to the pro circuit in 2004, rounding into form at the perfect time. She easily won the Olympic Trials and went on to win the silver medal in Athens, despite being the youngest member of Team USA. It was in Athens that she officially broke the world junior record with her silver-medal run of 22.18 seconds.

Colander brings winning ways to Millrose

No stranger to international competition, LaTasha Colander is a two- time Olympian, but until 2004 she was unknown in the world of the short sprints.

Colander won the Olympic Trials 400 meters in 2000, adding an Olympic gold medal as the anchor leg of Team USA's 4x400m relay. But she was the surprise of the 2004 Olympic Trials when she dominated the field in the women's 100-meter dash, running 10.97 seconds and taking the sprinting world by storm. A 2004 Olympic finalist in the 100 meters, the 28-year-old Colander finished 2004 world ranked in both the 100 and 200 meters by Track & Field News.