The duPont Manual High School grad broke the indoor mile world record over the weekend, wining the Wannamaker Mile in New York, coming in at 3:46:63.
Yared Nuguse keeps getting better.
"Those last 100 meters were just very surreal."
Nuguse's late run allowed him to overcome defending Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway for the medal.
Nuguse's late run allowed him to overcome defending Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway for the medal.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – If a high school P.E. teacher hadn’t noticed Yared Nuguse running away from his classmates on sprints to the corner M…
Nuguse finished in second in the Men’s 1500m Final at the USA Track and Field Olympic Trials on Monday night.
Both runners are former Olympians.
The record for the fastest mile run by an American now belongs to a duPont Manual High School alum.
Yared Nuguse, a 2017 duPont Manual High School graduate, broke the U.S. record for the indoor mile and ran the second-fastest indoor mile in history.