By David Woods, Special to IndyStar

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Nothing ever will compare to the Olympic Games, but Cole Hocker was feeling vibes similar to those from Stade de France.

The JDL Track was bulging with fans beyond listed capacity of 3,000 Saturday night. The ASICS Sound Invite featured lights, sound, camera.

Hocker supplied the action.

“Obviously, it’s a fraction of the people in Paris, but in a much tighter area. It was deafening,” he said. “Every lap felt like it was the last lap of the race. Eight hundred meters into it, I had to rein it in. It’s easy to get excited amid all the chaos.”

Hocker made a bid for an indoor world record and settled for an American record, running the Mile in 3:45.94, #2 all-time indoors and #2 absolute U.S. Mile time.

The 24-year-old Indianapolis native was surrounded afterward by fans wanting autographs and photos. And if anyone wondered whether this banked, 200 meter oval is indeed a fast track, he stated:

“Take it from me. The track feels amazing.”

Hocker was so close to the pacemaker that he was clipping his heels. The finish was so fast – 27.34 for last 200 meters, 54.82 for 400, 1:51.70 for 800 – that there was evidence Hocker did not expend everything.

The Cathedral High graduate broke the U.S. record of 3:46.63 set by Notre Dame grad Yared Nuguse at New York’s Millrose Games famed Wanamaker Mile in February 2025. Hocker’s 1500 meter time en route, 3:30.80, also broke Nuguse’s record of 3:31.74.

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Full race video below.

NEW YORK - At the 118th Millrose Games on Sunday, February 1, with impressive closing speed, Cam Myers and Nikki Hiltz won their first Wanamaker Mile titles, clocking world leading times of 3:47.57 and 4:19.64, respectively.

In the men's race, on the final lap, the Australian Myers, at 19 the second youngest Wanamaker champion (1969 winner Marty Liquori, 19 too, but 95 days younger), pulled away from two Americans, three-time defending champion Yared Nuguse and Hobbs Kessler, who crossed the line in 3:48.31 and 3:48.68. American Nico Young finished strongly in fourth (3:48.72, personal record, #9 individual all-time indoors).

“In a race like this, I can do that,” Myers told LetsRun.com of his move from 300 meters out. “But you get to a championship and it’s difficult to do that. So I think even though this might be my best strategy [right now], I’ve still got to work on the other side. I can’t just be a one-trick pony.”

Hiltz battled Jessica Hull over the last lap, before blasting away from the Paris Olympic silver medalist for the win, 4:19.64 to 4:20.11. Hiltz’s time was an indoor PR to become only the third American woman sub-4:20 indoors. Klaudia Kazimierska captured third with a Polish record of 4:21.36.

“I just wanted to challenge myself and try something new,” Hiltz said. “I know I can close really fast and outkick someone at the end, but I wanted to see if I could hold someone off.”

Overall, a record 10 women went sub-4:25 indoors.

Full men's race video below.

By Jonathan Gault, LetsRun.com

BOSTON — As he prepared to run the first indoor race of his life on Saturday afternoon, January 31, Sam Ruthe sat down with his father, Ben, and ran through some possible outcomes. One week earlier, the Ruthes had been in Whanganui, on the west coast of New Zealand’s North Island, for the Cooks International Classic, where, on a pleasant summer evening, Sam had finished second in the Mile behind his training mate Sam Tanner. Ruthe’s time was 3:53.83, a world U18 best and the fastest Mile ever run by a 16-year-old.

That was the most recent data point available in forecasting Ruthe’s potential in the Mile at Saturday’s Boston University John Thomas Terrier Classic, but Ruthe is at a point in his career where he is improving so rapidly that analyzing recent performances is not altogether helpful. In the last three months, Ruthe has lowered his 800m personal best from 1:50.57 to 1:49.59 to 1:46.81 to 1:45.86, while his 3:53 was an improvement of more than four seconds on his previous best Mile.

Then there was the travel to consider. After driving five hours on Sunday back to their home in Tauranga, a coastal city in New Zealand’s Bay of Plenty, the Ruthes had spent 50 hours traveling from the Kiwi summer into one of the harshest New England winters in several years, with Monday’s winter storm forcing them to make an unplanned 24-hour stopover in San Francisco on their way east.

Ruthe had managed a light workout of 6 x 200 meters at Harvard University’s indoor track on Thursday and a 30-minute shakeout around a parking garage on Friday to avoid the 23 inches of snow piled up around Boston’s streets. Still, his legs felt a bit heavy come race day.

On the other hand, Ruthe was about to run his first race at Boston University, the fastest indoor track in the world, against a field featuring the sort of depth and quality that is not available to him in domestic races in New Zealand.

Sam told Ben he thought running 3:56 would be a bad day. He felt that matching his time from Whanganui, 3:53, would be okay. Then they discussed a “blow your mind” number — a time that would require a great run but might be possible on a truly special day. Sam settled on 3:48.

World, consider your minds blown.

With frigid, 12-degree Fahrenheit temperatures outside, Ruthe cruised around BU’s launching pad of a track to run 3:48.88 and win the Mile at the Terrier Classic on Saturday. The time crushed Ruthe’s own age-16 and world U18 best, made him the youngest man ever under 3:50 — by more than a full year — and broke the legendary John Walker‘s 44-year-old absolute New Zealand record of 3:49.08, set outdoors in Oslo and shattered Nick Willis' national indoor record of 3:51.06 for 2016.

“I was coming into this race expecting to run sub-3:55,” Ruthe said. “I wasn’t even really expecting a PB. When I crossed the line and saw 3:48, I was a bit surprised myself.”

But that is all he was — a bit surprised. Ruthe’s 16-year-old face did not carry the sort of awestruck expression that usually accompanies a breakthrough of this magnitude. As he approached the finish line, he extended his right arm, clad in a blue and white Nike compression sleeve, and pointed to the stands, before raising the arm into the air, a single digit extended upward.

Ruthe was not collapsed on the track in exhaustion. He was not even bent over, trying to catch his breath. Ruthe made the rounds, shaking hands and posing for a couple of pictures. Within 60 seconds of crossing the finish line, he was conducting a post-race interview with FloTrack.

If you had not seen the previous eight laps, you would be hard-pressed to believe this was a human who had just run a Mile in 3:48. Let alone a 16-year-old.

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Full race video with post-race interview below

WHANGANUI - New Zealand teen phemon Sam Ruthe became the fastest 16-year-old to ever run the Mile, achieving the feat at the Cooks Gardens Classic on Saturday night.

The Tauranga teenager clocked 3 minutes, 53.83 seconds, shattering the previous single age world record mark of 3:55.44 held by Australian Cam Myers (2023).

Ruthe was narrowly beaten to the finish line by two-time Olympian and training partner Sam Tanner, who helped push the youngster on, as he has done in other races on the domestic scene.

"It feels incredible. That was my goal coming into this race. I was trying to beat Tanner as well, but as soon as the gun started, I just wanted to run as fast as possible," Ruthe told TVNZ.

"To lead out some of this race was something I felt I just had to do. I'll hopefully get my time down faster."

Tanner, 25, defended his national men's senior Mile title, surging past Ruthe in the home straight to win in 3:53.36, just off the stadium record.

Both will leave for the United States next week, with Ruthe eyeing four indoor Mile races on successive weekends, in a campaign he believes will be important for his development.

Ruthe is now #7 on the list of all-time New Zealand Milers, having overtaken the legendary Sir Peter Snell.

From Millrose Games

The 118th Millrose Games, the world’s most historic indoor track & field event, will take place on Sunday, February 1 at the Nike Track & Field Center at The Armory. As always, the meet will conclude with the running of the NYRR Men’s Wanamaker Mile, one of the most legendary events in the entire sport. This race will once again be headlined by Yared Nuguse, the Paris Olympic 1500m bronze medalist who has won the last three editions of this venerable race. He will face off with a pair of familiar foes in young stars Hobbs Kessler and Cameron Myers, who placed second and third this past year.

Bernard Lagat won six consecutive Wanamaker Miles from 2005-10. The legend won this race a record eight times in total, one of the many highlights of his incredible career.

In addition to winning this event three years in a row, Nuguse, 26, has also run the three fastest times in NYRR Wanamaker Mile history. His 2025 mark of 3:46.63 set the indoor Mile world record, and another record-breaking performance could well be on the table.

“I’m very excited to be back at Millrose,” said Nuguse. “I always run a great race there and I’m looking forward to having another great performance. With any luck I’ll continue my winning streak!”

Winning four in a row will be no small feat against a field of this caliber.

Kessler, 22, took fifth place in the 1500m at the 2024 Olympics, and is a two-time national champion, as well as a World Indoor bronze medalist and the world champion in the Road Mile. Kessler has been a force to be reckoned with since bursting onto the scene with a high school record-setting performance in the Mile back in 2021.

At just 19 years of age, Myers is the World Junior Record holder in the indoor Mile, setting the Australian senior record as well with his run at the 2025 Millrose Games. Also an Australian national champion, Myers became the second-youngest athlete in history to break 4 minutes in the Mile.

Numerous other Olympians and highly accomplished athletes are lining up to challenge the trio of Nuguse, Kessler and Myers, with the full field to be announced at a later date.

“Last year was a race for the ages with Yared setting a world record and leading an indoor record eight men under 3:50 for the Mile at our amazing venue,” said Millrose Games Meet Director Ray Flynn. “I'm certain that the NYRR Wanamaker Mile at the 118th Millrose Games will be another epic race!”

New York Road Runners (NYRR), the nonprofit that “runs” New York City, producing 60 annual adult and youth races, including the TCS New York City Marathon, has proudly sponsored the NYRR Wanamaker Mile since 2014.

“The NYRR Wanamaker Mile remains one of the most anticipated races of the year, and New York Road Runners is proud to have supported this prestigious event for more than a decade as part of our vision to transform lives through the power of running,” said Rob Simmelkjaer, CEO of New York Road Runners. “We’re excited to welcome Yared Nuguse – who set the world record in this very race last year – back to New York City following his triumphant NYRR racing debut at the New Balance 5th Avenue Mile in September, and we look forward to an unforgettable day of world class competition and camaraderie as these professional athletes inspire the next generation of runners.”

The 118th Millrose Games is a World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meet. Other athletes announced include Grant Fisher and Cole Hocker in the Burgess Family Foundation Men’s 2 Mile, Elle St. Pierre, Jess Hull and Nikki Hiltz in the NYRR Women’s Wanamaker Mile, and Joe Kovacs in the Men’s Shot Put.

More details about the meet, as well as information about buying tickets, can be found at https://www.millrosegames.org/ More .than 90% of the seats to the Millrose Games have already been sold.

By Ryan Lamppa, Bring Back the Mile

Here is a look back at the Best Mile Moments as 2025 produced another stellar, thrilling, record-setting year for the Mile.

FAST FACTS 2025
► Event prize money increased from $637,000 in 2024 vs. $738,000 in 2025. The inaugural women’s ATHLOS Mile (track) paid out $100,800, the largest, guaranteed purse ever per gender for the distance.
► Across the country and the world, for the third straight year, the majority of Mile events reported record participation numbers. In the U.S., 10 races had more than 1,000 finishers.
► In 2025, an annual record 70 U.S. men ran their first sub-4 minute Mile on the track (previous record, 69 in 2023), and for the 20th consecutive year, the first sub-4 U.S. annual number again reached double digits with an average of 34 first-timers, representing 57% of the 847 overall total since BBTM’s 2012 launch compared to only 7 per year from 1957-2011.
► A record 7 U.S. high school boys joined the sub-4 club (old mark, 5 in 2022).
► In 2025, an annual record 17 U.S. women clocked their first sub-4:30 track Mile (previous record, 12 in 2024). Since 2012, first-time U.S. women to this select club have averaged 7 per year compared to only 1 per year from 1975-2011, or in other words, 73% of the overall total (98 women out of 135) achieved the landmark since 2012 (AKA The BBTM Effect)! NOTE: like in other running events, since 2021, super shoes have been a factor in the rapid rise of first sub-4 and sub-4:30 performances.

Coburn crushes indoor Mile at altitude – January 11
At the Potts Invitational in Boulder (5,337 altitude), Emma Coburn opened her 2025 season with a 4:33.29 Mile, a Colorado state women’s indoor Mile record and the second fastest indoor Mile at altitude (only Nikki Hiltz is faster, 4:32.23 in 2023 on an oversized track in Flagstaff, AZ).

First track sub-4 in Colorado, finally! – January 18
At the Colorado Classic in Boulder (5,337 altitude), Reece Sharman-Newell of Great Britain won the indoor Mile in 3:59.37, becoming the first one to officially go sub-4 on the track in the state. Americans Yasin Sado and Isaiah Givens followed closely behind in 3:59.56 and 3:59.97, respectively.

Green’s swift indoor Mile at UW – January 18
At the Mile City meet in Seattle, University of Washington’s Nathan Green clocked a fast 3:50.74, setting facility, personal, school and state records as well as the fastest Mile by an Idaho native, fastest Mile in January, the #9 American indoor all-time and #5 NCAA all-time, oh my! UW assistant coach Sam Prakel was second in 3:51.28, and overall, 18 men ran sub-4 in three heats, including a collegiate record 9 UW men in the same meet (old record, 8, UW in 2023).

Myers scorches indoor Mile junior world record – January 25
Talented teen Cameron Myers of Australia, 18, shattered the indoor Mile junior world record, breaking the beam in 3:53.12 at the Dr. Sander Scorcher in New York City. The previous WJR was American German Fernandez’s 3:55.03 from 2009. Ten men went sub-4 on the new Armory track.

In the pro women’s race, American star Katelyn Tuohy returned to racing action for the win in 4:25.54, followed closely by Sweden’s Wilma Nielsen in 4:25.89.

Cranny cranks out fast indoor Mile – January 31
At the John Thomas Terrier Classic in Boston, U.S. Olympian Elise Cranny won the Mile in 4:20.83, becoming the 4th fastest American woman indoors and setting a Massachusetts state absolute record. Overall, six women went under 4:30, including U.S. first timers (Riley Chamberlain, 4:26.19, 3rd, and Abbe Goldstein, 4:28.61, 4th).

Strand shatters NCAA indoor & absolute Mile records – February 1
At the John Thomas Terrier Classic the next day, the University of North Carolina’s Ethan Strand won an exciting Mile race in 3:48.32 to shatter the NCAA indoor and absolute records (previous records, indoors, 3:50.39, Cooper Teare (Oregon), Fayetteville, AR, 02/12/21, and outdoors, 3:50.34, Todd Harbour (Baylor), Oslo, NOR, 07/11/81). In addition, the UNC senior became the third fastest man, #2 American all-time indoors, and en route shattered the NCAA 1500 record in 3:33.41.

Also under 3:50 were Robert Farken (GER) and Adam Fogg (GBR), 3:49.45 (a German indoor national record) and 3:49.85, respectively.

Commonwealth Games brings back the Mile! – February 6
For the first time since 1966, the Mile will replace the 1500 meters as an event at the 2026 Commonwealth Games, hosted by Glasgow, Scotland. The epic Mile of Century or Miracle Mile between legends Roger Bannister of Great Britain and John Landy of Australia was contested at the 1954 Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, Canada. Bannister won, passing Landy in the home stretch, and the highly anticipated, thrilling match-up made history as the first time two men went sub-4 minutes in the same race, 3:58.8 to 3:59.6. The Mile was showcased at the Commonwealth Games from 1930-66. Well done, Glasgow, well done!

She’s back! – February 8
After the end of her 4-year drug suspension, Shelby Houlihan made an emphatic statement, running a Mile personal record of 4:20.30, #2 U.S. all-time indoors, on Boston University's ultra fast track.

Nuguse’s 3-peat & WR at iconic Wanamaker Mile! – February 8
Paris Olympics 1500 bronze medalist Yared Nuguse (photo, above) three-peated as Wanamaker Mile champion, clocking an indoor world record of 3:46.63 and holding off Hobbs Kessler (3:46.90) as both Americans finished under Yomif Kejelcha’s 2019 mark of 3:47.01. The Goose earned a $25,000 world record bonus for his performance. In addition, he became the first U.S. male to set a track Mile WR since 1978, Dick Buerkle, also indoor WR (3:54.93), and it was the first Wanamaker WR since 1955, 70 years! He also set en route the U.S. indoor 1500m record (3:31.74).

Overall, 4 national indoor records were set: USA, Australia (Cam Myers, 18, 3:47.48, also Junior world record), France (Azeddine Habz, 3:47.56) and Ireland (Andrew Coscoran, Ireland, 3:49.26) and 8 personal records, including collegian Gary Martin (Virginia), 3:48.82 (5th, #4 U.S. all-time indoors). Also, the top 4 entered the top 5 all-time indoors, a record 8 men broke 3:50 indoors and all 11 finishers were sub-3:56. Oh my, indeed!

In a close women’s race, Paris Olympics 1500m bronze medalist, Georgia Bell of Great Britain, won her debut Wanamaker, holding off Americans Heather Maclean and Nikki Hiltz, 4:23.35, 4:23.41 and 4:23.50, respectively. High school senior Sadie Engelhardt finished 11th, clocking 4:27.97 to set the absolute prep Mile record (previous record, 4:28.25, Mary Cain, indoors 2013). Overall, a record tying 11 women went sub-4:30 indoors (also 2024 Wanamaker Mile).

Norge! Ingebrigtsen finally gets coveted Mile world record – February 13
Just five days after American Yared Nuguse set an indoor Mile world record of 3:46.63 in New York City, Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway (left) went one better at the Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais Trophée EDF, clocking 3:45.14 to not only shatter the previous Mile mark, but also besting his indoor 1500m WR en route (3:29.63) in Liévin, France! Ingebrigtsen is also the first Norwegian to set a Mile world record.

Owen Powell, #24 U.S. prep sub-4 – February 15
At the Husky Classic in Seattle, Owen Powell became the 24th U.S. high schooler to record a sub-4 minute Mile, running 3:57.74 and finishing 7th in his heat. The senior at Mercer Island, WA is the second fastest prep indoors, #7 fastest overall and the 19th U.S. HSer sub-4 since the 2012 BBTM launch. His parent, Andy & Maurica Powell, direct the track & field program at the University of Washington.

Powell sets U.S. prep indoor Mile record – February 21
Six days later, at the Boston University DMR Challenge meet, Owen Powell continued his hot streak, setting the U.S. high school indoor Mile record in 3:56.66 to best Hobbs Kessler’s 2021 mark by 1 second (#4 U.S. prep all-time) and finishing 7th overall. In the second heat, two more American boys, now at 26 overall and 21 since 2012 BBTM launch, went sub-4 for the first time: Josiah Tostenson, 3:57.47 (#2 indoors & #5 individual), and Tayvon Kitchen, 3:59.61. #AGT (photo, right)

This was the first time 3 U.S. boys ran sub-4 indoors at the same meet, and also, the first time two boys – Tostenson & Kitchen – recorded sub-4s from the same high school (Crater, OR). Oregon has the most sub-4 HSers with 3 (also Matthew Maton, 3:59.38 in 2015), tied with Michigan.

MacLean blasts fast Mile at BU Last Chance meet – March 2
At the Boston University Last Chance meet, Heather Maclean won the Mile, clocking a fast 4:17.01, #4 all-time world and #2 all-time U.S. indoors as well as a Massachusetts state record and the fastest women’s Mile in March. En route, the 2020 Olympian also set the U.S. indoor 1500m in 3:59.60. In the men’s Mile, Yared Nuguse was unable to reclaim the indoor Mile world record, but nonetheless, he ran an impressive 3:47.22 for the unchallenged victory.

Hedengren shatters U.S. girls absolute Mile record at NIN – March 16
At the Nike Indoor Nationals in New York City, senior Jane Hedengren from Provo, UT, soloed to win the girls Mile in 4:26.14, shattering the absolute U.S. high school girls record as well as the HS girls-only. Previous absolute record was 4:27.97 by Sadie Engelhardt set 5 weeks earlier also at The Armory. NOTE: In 2014, Mary Cain ran 4:24.11 indoors, but as a pro athlete. In addition, Hedengren became only the third sub-4:30 U.S. girl. #AGT

The three days earlier, Hedengren also smashed the U.S. Junior and high school 5000m record (15:13.26). #AGT

Ruthe, at 15, youngest to record sub-4 – March 19
At the ACA Mile Night in Auckland on a wet track, Sam Ruthe, at age 15, 341 days, became the youngest ever to record a sub-4 minute Mile, clocking 3:58.35. Two-time Olympian and fellow Kiwi Sam Tanner, who won the race in 3:58.29, led his training mate to the historic performance.

Previous youngest sub-4 was indoor Mile world record holder and superstar Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway, who was 16 years, 250 days, when he ran 3:58.07 at the Prefontaine Classic on May 27, 2017.

FUN FACT: Ruthe (left) also set New Zealand U19 & U20 records previously held by Tanner.

Latham first Georgia prep sub-4 – March 28
On his home track at Marist School in Atlanta, senior Tommy Latham won the especially set up Mile event, clocking 3:59.79 to become the first Georgia high schooler sub-4, the 27th U.S. prep overall and the 22nd since the 2012 launch of Bring Back the Mile. Latham was also the 10th American to accomplish the feat in a high school-only competition.

Gear, Ciattei crush records at Grand Blue Mile – April 22
At the 16th Grand Blue Mile in Des Moines, Krissy Gear and Vince Ciattei won the greatest USA Road Mile Championships ever, producing thrilling record breaking performances in 4:23.98 and 3:54.55, respectively. Gear's time made her the 4th-fastest woman ever in the event and she shattered the U.S. road record of 4:27.97 that was set by Nikki Hiltz at the 2023 Grand Blue Mile. National runner-up and Iowa native Karissa Schweizer ran 4:24.40 and fast-closing Gracie Morris was third (4:24.73). The first five women bettered Hiltz's national record and previous world record.

Ciattei defend his title, breaking his event record of 3:56.97 from last year as well as setting the U.S. All-Comers and USA Championship records. Newcomer Sam Ellis earned the runner-up spot in 3:54.95, while Craig Engels took third in 3:55.09. Overall, the top 8 men went under the previous event record and 11 of them went sub-4 minutes.

ADDENDUM: Four days, later, Krissy Gear won the Drake Relays Mile to set a personal record and shattered the 50-year meet record of legend Francie Larrieu (4:40.2)

Hansen, Coombs HS-only sub-4 same race – May 24
At the RunningLane Track Championships in Huntsville, AL, high school seniors, TJ Hansen (Michigan) and Corbin Coombs (New Mexico) battled to the line to record their first sub-4s, 3:59.02 and 3:59.23, respectively. The pair are the #28 and #29 U.S. prepsters in the Sub-4 Club, #23 and #24 since the 2012 BBTM launch and #4 and #5 high school-only race. In addition, Hansen set an Alabama soil record in the Mile.

Hedengren hits another Mile high – June 5
In St. Louis at the HOKA Festival of Miles, Jane Hedengren (right) continued her torrid, historic season, soloing to win the girls race in scintillating 4:23.50, setting state (Missouri and Utah), U.S. high school (absolute), U.S. Junior and world single age (18) records. Her incredible performance is as impressive as Jim Ryun's 3:58.3 on cinders at the 1965 Kansas State meet. Hanne Thomsen (California) finished second in 4:35.63, 9th fastest U.S. girl ever in the Mile, indoor or outdoor. 

The boys race came down to the wire, producing two sub-4s, with Iowa state champion Quentin Nauman closing in 54.7 to edge Oregon's Josiah Tostenson, who split 55.8 for his final 440 yards. Nauman, who completed an historic triple (800-1600-3200) at the Iowa state meet two weeks earlier, broke Connor Burns' junior class national record with his 3:58.65 (#30 U.S. prep sub-4, and #25 since the launch of Bring Back the Mile). Tostenson clocked an outdoor PR of 3:59.00.

NOTE: Both high school races were paced by a non-HS runner, and three days later, at the Brooks PR Invite meet in Seattle, Hedengren blasted the 2 Mile in 9:17.75, another national record and #8 American female all-time.

In the Open race, Craig Engels and Christina Aragon were the winners in 3:56.28 and 4:29.38, respectively. Ten men went sub-4.

Prakel, Dayley champions again at Yakima Mile – June 7
At the Yakima Mile, Sam Prakel and Kayley DeLay again won their respective races in 3:53 and 4:24. Prakel produced his third title, also 2021-22, and DeLay defended her crown.

Fast, deep Dream Mile at Oslo Bislett Games – June 12
A record tying 11 men in the same race went sub-3:50 in the Dream Mile at the Oslo Bislett Games in Norway. Isaac Nader of Portugal set a national record to hold off the Australian phenom Cameron Myers, who just turned 19, 3:48.25 to 3:48.87, and 9 other men sub-3:50. Later, Nader won the World 1500m title in Tokyo.

Four other outdoor national records were set by Robert Farken (GER), 3:49.12, Samuel Pihlström (SWE), 3:49.70, Federico Riva (ITA), 3:49.72 and Ruben Verheyden (BEL), 3:50.67. In addition, American Vince Ciattei broke 3:50 for the first time to finish 8th (3:49.37), also becoming the 8th fastest American outdoors, and 10 of the 13 finishers set personal records.

Soph Sheppard shines at New Balance Nationals Outdoor – June 21
At the New Balance Nationals Outdoor in Philadelphia, sophomore Paige Sheppard from Scotch Plains, NJ won the girls Mile in a swift 4:33.67, #6 U.S. prep individual, #3 U.S. girls-only and a New Jersey state record. Five other girls also went sub-4:40: Sadie Engelhardt (4:34.46), Abigail Hennessy (4:34.69, MA state record), Claire Stegall (4:36.89, TN state record), Hanne Thomsen (4:39.24) and Mallory Weller (4:39.32).

Junior Carter Smith from Lewistown, PA won the boys Mile in a PR 4:01.20, followed by Canadian Robin Lefebvre (4:02.07).

Laros outleans Nuguse at Bowerman Mile – July 5
In a photo finish at the Bowerman Mile, part of the 50th Prefontaine Classic, Niels Laros of The Netherlands charged down the home stretch like a runaway train to nip frontrunner Yared Nuguse at the finish line, 3:45.94 to 3:45.95. Laros, just 20, set a national record. France’s Azeddine Habz, who ran with Nuguse until the final 300, took third in 3:46.65, also a national record. Reigning Olympic champion Cole Hocker finished fourth in 3:47.43, a personal record, and Aussie Cameron Myers, 19, ran 3:47.50 for sixth place, setting a World Junior record. NOTE: Hocker later won the World 5000m title in Tokyo.

A record 13 men went sub-3:50 (previous record 11, tied by two races). In addition, places 4-15 clocked the fastest times for place in arguably the greatest men’s Mile ever.

In the International Mile run earlier, recent North Carolina grad Ethan Strand won in 3:48.46, leading two other men under 3:50, Vince Ciattei (3:49.68) and Gary Martin (3:49.73). In 11th place was Owen Powell from Washington, who ended his high school career with his third sub-4 of the year, running 3:58.12.

The Bowerman Mile is traditionally the last event at the Prefontaine Classic, but this year, the women’s 1500 meters closed the golden edition headlined by 1500 and Mile world record holder Faith Kipyegon, and the finale did not disappoint. The three-time Olympic champion clicked off three consecutive 61-point 400s and cruised unchallenged to a world record time of 3:48.68, bettering her previous mark of 3:49.04. Overall, 11 women went sub-3:50.

Women’s Mile a scorcher at London Diamond League meet – July 19
At the sold-out, 60,000 strong, London Diamond League meet, under ideal racing conditions, the women’s Mile was a burner with #2 all-time performance (Gudaf Tsegay (ETH), 4:11.88, also meet record), #5 all-time outdoors (Jessica Hull (AUS), 4:13.68, second), 2 area records (Hull and Sinclair Johnson, 4:16.32, also U.S. record), 7 national records, 13 personal records, and overall, a record 11 under 4:20 and a track record sub-4:30 (16) plus best times for place #2 and #9-16; in short, the deepest and greatest women’s Mile ever. Wow!

Robinson, Morris win fast Sir Walter Miler – August 8
At the Sir Walter Miler in Raleigh, NC, Ky Robinson of Australia led a group of 11 men under 4 minutes, his winning time of 3:50.80 set a North Carolina state record. Countryman Olli Hoare was right behind in 3:50.96, also besting the previous mark of 3:51.89 by Waleed Suliman at the 2024 race.

In the women’s race, Gracie Morris won from the gun in 4:23.74, a personal record. Rachel McArthur followed closely in second, 4:23.98, with Angel Piccirillo taking third in 4:25.13. Sadie Engelhardt finished 7th, running a California high school state record of 4:27.13 to close her impressive HS career as the second fastest U.S. girl prep outdoors. NOTE: Engelhardt ran a record 18 sub-4:40 Mile times, the most by any high schooler. Overall, a record 9 U.S. women ran sub-4:30 in the same race.

Kidder, Morris top Guardian Mile – August 9
In Cleveland at the 7th Guardian Mile over the iconic Memorial Bridge, Brandon Kidder and Gracie Morris beat strong fields, crossing the finish line unchallenged in 3:58 and 4:31, respectively.

Nuguse, Morris win wet, fast New Balance 5th Avenue Mile – September 7
At the 44th New Balance 5th Avenue Mile, under wet conditions, Olympic bronze medalist and U.S. Mile record holder Yared Nuguse and rising star Gracie Morris (left) won their respective races in 3:47.7 and 4:15.5, both the third fastest time in the iconic race’s history.

In an American sweep, the respective second and third place finishers were: Parker Wolfe (3:48.1) & Drew Hunter (3:48.1) and Kayley DayLay (4:17.4) & defending champion Karissa Schweizer (4:17.6).

Overall, 23 men broke sub-4 (record, road or track), 10 men sub-3:50 (road record) and 19 women sub-4:30 (record, road or track). The world’s largest road Mile also had more than 8,400 finishers.

Faith’s fast, season ending Mile – October 10
In New York City, Faith Kipyegon won the ATHLOS Mile in 4:17.78, running the fastest outdoor track women’s time on U.S. soil and the fastest in the month of October. Early race leader, Gudaf Tsegay of Ethiopia finished second in 4:19.75. For the win, Kipyegon earned $60,000, the largest non-record payout in the Mile.

Johnson supreme at Kalakaua Merrie Mile – December 13
As part of the Honolulu Marathon weekend, Sinclaire Johnson won the Kalakaua Merrie Mile in 4:21.66, setting U.S. and U.S. All-Comers road records, running the #2 woman’s road time and earning $10,000. In the 31-second women’s head start handicap race, defending champion Nikki Hiltz was second in 4:24.81 and Josh Hoey, third and first man, crossing the finish line in 3:55.15.

By Bring Back the Mile

EDITOR'S NOTE: This article has been updated from the original September 2014 article with 20 sub-4 / sub-2:10 club members.

With the fall marathon season in full swing, it is a good time to present an exclusive group of runners, blessed with speed & endurance, who have broken two respected benchmarks: 4 minutes for the Mile and 2 hours, 10 minutes for the marathon; a group so select that only 35 men are club members. Two-time Olympic Marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya (above, credit: NN Running Team) has the fastest official combined times: 2:04:59.40 (3:50.40 Mile and 2:01:09 marathon, world record, Berlin 2022).

Kenya has the most members with 10, and the United States is second, seven men – Ben Rosa, Brian Shrader, Martin Hehir, Galen Rupp, Alan Culpepper, Ken Martin and Greg Meyer – who have achieved this noteworthy milestone; in 1983, Meyer became the first member overall of this unique club. Rupp owns the fastest U.S. combo of 2:09:57.92 (3:50.92 and 2:06:07). Ethiopia is third with six men.

Below are the known 35 sub-4 / sub-2:10 men in fastest Mile PR order as of December 21, 2025:

+ = en route to longer race; i = indoors

SOURCE: Peter Larsson (SWE) and Bring Back the Mile

Send updates for review to: milemaniac@bringbackthemile.com

From Drake Relays

DES MOINES, Iowa – The Drake Relays will host the 2026 USATF 1 Mile Championships as a highlight of the 17th Grand Blue Mile presented by Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield on Tuesday evening, April 21, 2026.

The national championships will serve as the sole selection event for Team USA at the 2026 World Road Running Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark, scheduled for September 19–20, 2026. The top two men and women finishers will earn the honor of representing Team USA at the global championship in the Danish capital.

The field of professional athletes will be competing for a first-place prize of $10,000 for each race champion, the largest, guaranteed winning prize for a road Mile in the United States. The championships-only purse totals at least $50,000, with American Record and World Record bonuses also available for the winners of the men's & women's races.

In addition to welcoming the nation's top elite Milers, the Grand Blue Mile will also host the 2026 USATF Masters 1 Mile Championships, giving Masters athletes (ages 40 & over) across America the opportunity to compete on the same fast downtown course as the professionals.

The 2026 USATF Masters 1 Mile Championships will feature a $5000 prize purse and the opportunity to compete in the Drake Relays Masters 800 meters. American Masters Record bonuses will be awarded in each 5-year division. For more details, click here.

"In partnership with our presenting sponsor, Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield, the Grand Blue Mile has grown into a beloved wellness tradition in Downtown Des Moines, bringing together thousands of runners, families, and fans each year," said Blake Boldon, Franklin P. Johnson Director of the Drake Relays. "In 2026, the excitement will be even greater as elite and Masters athletes alike chase national championships, and our top Milers compete for the chance to represent Team USA in Copenhagen."

Registration for recreational and competitive participants in the 2026 Grand Blue Mile will open on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026.

For more information visit: grandbluemile.com

From Millrose Games

The 118th Millrose Games, the world’s most storied indoor track & field meet, will take place on Sunday, February 1, 2026. Every event will feature top-level competition among Olympians, global medalists, and rising stars, and the NYRR Women’s Wanamaker Mile is no exception. Three-time Wanamaker champion Elle St. Pierre will make her return to the track, while Jess Hull, Nikki Hiltz, Dorcus Ewoi and Sinclaire Johnson are among those who are looking to knock her off the top of the podium.

The Nike Track & Field Center at The Armory will be the venue for the 118th Millrose Games.

Elle St. Pierre has won this event in 2020, 2022 and 2024, setting the indoor U.S. record in the Mile on two of those occasions. Her mark of 4:16.41 in 2024 stands as the current record and the third-fastest time in history. She is a two-time Olympic finalist in the 1500m, and the reigning World Indoor champion in the 3000m. St. Pierre had her second child this year, and the Millrose Games will mark her return to the track.

“I’m really looking forward to being back at the Millrose Games,” said St. Pierre. “It’s a great opportunity to race with some of the world’s best runners, and it’s been a special meet for me over the years.”

Jess Hull is the reigning Olympic silver medalist and World Championship bronze medalist in the 1500m. She is the fifth-fastest woman ever over that distance, and she holds nine Australian Records on the track both indoors and outdoors. Hull will be looking for her first Millrose victory after finishing second in this event in 2024 and fourth in the 3000m this past year.

Nikki Hiltz is the second-fastest American ever in both the 1500m and Mile outdoors. Hiltz has dominated the national circuit in recent years, winning eight consecutive USA Championships across the 1500m, Mile and 3000m. A 2024 Olympic finalist, Hiltz recorded their best finish to-date at a global championship this year, placing fifth at the World Championships.

Dorcus Ewoi was the surprise silver medalist at this year’s World Championships, taking nearly five seconds off of her personal record in the final. The former Campbell University standout will be looking to prove that her performance was no fluke, racing against several of the women who she defeated in Tokyo.

Sinclaire Johnson, the 2022 USA 1500m champion, is the American Record holder in the outdoor Mile (4:16.32 in 2025). She is also a three-time World Championships qualifier, reaching the final on two of those occasions.

New York Road Runners (NYRR), the nonprofit that “runs” New York City, producing 60 annual adult and youth races, including the TCS New York City Marathon, has proudly sponsored the NYRR Wanamaker Mile since 2014.

“New York Road Runners is proud to continue our long-standing partnership with the Millrose Games, a historic New York City institution that unites and inspires the running community, which is at the heart of our mission as a nonprofit,” said Christine Burke, Chief Commercial Officer at New York Road Runners. “For more than a decade, we’ve sponsored the iconic Wanamaker Mile, elevating the sport and spotlighting its greatest athletes. This year’s field showcases the very best in the world, and we’re honored to help bring this storied tradition to life.”

The 118th Millrose Games is a World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meet. Other athletes announced include double Olympic bronze medalist and indoor 3000m / 5000m world record holder Grant Fisher, and Paris Olympic 1500m champion and 5000m World champion Cole Hocker competing in the Burgess Family Foundation Men’s 2 Mile.

More details about the meet, as well as information about buying tickets, can be found at https://www.millrosegames.org/ The A.rmory has announced that more than 70% of the seats to Millrose have already been sold.

From NYRR

NEW YORK - New York Road Runners (NYRR), the nonprofit that “runs” New York City producing 60 annual adult and youth races including the TCS New York City Marathon, hosted more than 8,400 athletes at the 2025 New Balance 5th Avenue Mile, the world’s most iconic and largest road Mile, on Sunday, September 7. The event, which has taken place since 1981, featured 30 heats of Mile races down Manhattan’s famed Fifth Avenue, stretching 20 blocks from the Metropolitan Museum of Art to Grand Army Plaza.

Under wet conditions, the 44th edition concluded with Olympic medalist and North American Mile record holder Yared Nuguse and rising star Gracie Morris winning the professional races, becoming the first American duo to sweep since 2016.

In his New Balance 5th Avenue Mile debut, Nuguse, 26, pulled away from fellow Americans Parker Wolfe — the 2024 NCAA 5000m champion — and Drew Hunter — the 2025 NACAC Athletics Championships 5000m champion — in the final meters, breaking the tape in 3:47.7, the third-fastest time in event history. The first man to win his event debut since 2016, Nuguse led a competitive men’s field, with 23 athletes finishing in under 4 minutes, the most in New Balance 5th Avenue Mile and running history. In his first season as a professional athlete, Wolfe out-leaned Hunter at the line with both men running 3:48.1.

“I like the idea of racing a fun race,” said Nuguse. “I [did] want to win, I [did] want to come here and do everything I [could], but I want[ed] to have a really enjoyable [time] and I’ve heard that 5th Ave is a really fun vibe.”

After a fifth-place finish in 2024, Morris, 23, timed her finish kick perfectly to beat two-time Yakima Mile champion Kayley DeLay and defending champion Karissa Schweizer to win her first New Balance 5th Avenue Mile title in 4:15.5, also the third-fastest time in event history. Today’s victory marked Morris’s third-consecutive Mile victory in the last month, following her wins at the Sir Walter Mile and Guardian Mile in August. Delay and Schweizer were separated by 0.2 seconds, running 4:17.4 and 4:17.6, respectively.

“I've been a little bit [riskier] in my races and trying to put myself more towards the front — even in bigger fields that are kind of intimidating to me [and] just showing myself that I belong in them,” said Morris.

Overall, the strong professional fields, headlined by 10 Olympians, produced 23 men sub-4 (record, road or track), 10 men sub-3:50 (road record) and 19 women sub-4:30 (record, road or track).

Each race champion took home $5000 for their wins, and overall, the event awarded $34,000.

FIRST-EVER BROADWAY MILE
Among the more than 8,400 athletes who raced their way down Fifth Avenue were nearly 70 Broadway performers and theater professionals who took part in the first-ever Broadway Mile. The hit musical “Mamma Mia!” took home the trophy for Fastest Broadway Mile Team, with Jordan Litz of “Wicked”, Thomas Doelger of “The Book of Mormon” and Hannah McGrath of The Public Theater running the fastest men’s, nonbinary and women's Broadway Mile times of 5:13, 5:53 and 6:30, respectively.

ADDITIONAL SPECIALTY HEATS
The shortest race distance offered by New York Road Runners, the New Balance 5th Avenue Mile is an accessible event for both beginners and seasoned athletes. In addition to the professional races and Broadway Mile, other specialty heats included the Back to School Mile for kids ages 2 to 18, one of more than 20 free Rising New York Road Runners youth events produced by the nonprofit each year, the George Sheehan Memorial Mile for older adults, the NYRR Road Mile Championship races, the NYPD and FDNY heat for service members, the Media Mile for journalists and the NYRR Unlock 26.2 x New Balance heat for participants of the dedicated TCS New York City Marathon training program.

Complete race results here: https://results.nyrr.org/event/25FAM/finishers

CREDIT: New York Road Runners (NYRR)