Birthday: 06/01/99 Mile PR: 3:47.38 (indoors) - 2023 (U.S. record)
Metric Mile (1500m) PR: 3:33.22 (ndoors) - 2023 (U.S. record)
High School: Dupont Manual High School (KY) '17
Hometown: Louisville, KY
College: Notre Dame '21
Current Residence: Boulder, CO
Yared Nuguse won the Rudin Wanamaker Mile, setting an American indoor record of 3:47.38 (#2 all-time indoors) on February 11, 2023 (fastest Mile in the month) and shattering Bernard Lagat's 3:49.89 on the same day in 2005; en route U.S. 1500m record too (3:33.22). Earlier in 2023, he also set the U.S. 3000m indoor (and absolute) record, clocking 7:28.24 for the win at the BU John Thomas Terrier Classic on January 27 in Boston.
In 2022, he won the Sir Walter Miler in 3:53.34, setting North Carolina state, meet & personal records. On February 12, 2022, he set the NCAA indoor 3000m record in a time of 7:38.13 at the BU Valentine Invitational.
At the 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials, Yared finished third in the 1500 meters to qualify for Team USA, but due to a quad injury he did not compete in the Tokyo Olympics. Earlier in May, he set the NCAA 1500m record, clocking 3:34.68 in the prelims of the ACC Championships and later finished NCAA 1500m runner-up to Cole Hocker.
Also at Notre Dame, Nuguse won the 2019 NCAA 1500m title (outdoors) and anchored the NCAA Distance Medley Relay championshp team (indoors); he was also an All-American in cross country and a member of the NCAA Cross Country Championships runner-up team (2021).
In high school, he won a Kentucky state Cross Country crown, and his senior year, swept the 800 / 1600 / 3200 state titles.
FUN FACT: His nickname is The Goose.
“Definitely the 3:47. I always just love the Mile more. The 3k’s fun, but the Mile, 1500, they’re definitely where my heart’s at.”
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