Yared Nuguse
Nuguse (left of center) at the Men's 1500m Final in the 2023 World Athletics Championships at Budapest.
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (1999-06-01) June 1, 1999
Home townLouisville, Kentucky
EducationDuPont Manual High School
Alma materUniversity of Notre Dame (BS)
Sport
CountryUnited States
SportTrack and field
Event(s)800 m, 1500 m
College teamNotre Dame Fighting Irish
TeamON Athletics Club (OAC)
Coached byDathan Ritzenhein
Achievements and titles
Personal bests

Yared Nuguse (born June 1, 1999)[1] is an American middle-distance runner who specializes in the 1500 meters. He was the 2019 NCAA Division I champion in the event. Nuguse is the North American outdoor record holder over 1500 meters and one mile, and the North American indoor record holder for the 1500 meters, one mile and 3000 meters.

Early life and background

Yared Nuguse was born on June 1, 1999, to Ethiopian parents Alem Nuguse and Mana Berhe. His mother and father are originally from the Tigray Region of Ethiopia, however, Nuguse's father fled the country in the 1980s as a political refugee. He taught math and English prior to being granted asylum in the United States. At first, he settled in Arlington, Virginia, which is where he later met his wife.[2][3][4][5]

Nuguse is the fourth of six children. He has three older siblings and two younger twin siblings. Nuguse showed little interest in sports during his earlier years of high school and instead preferred to dedicate himself to his studies, science workshops, and bowling. Eventually, he took up running upon the recommendation of his physical education (P.E.) teacher Mick Motley, who was so impressed by Nuguse's running time in the one mile that he referred him to the school's track coach, Tim Holman. Nuguse then finally made the switch from being on the school's bowling team to track and field.[6][7][5][8]

Career

Nuguse attended DuPont Manual High School in Louisville, Kentucky, where he was a successful high school runner prior to attending the University of Notre Dame. Initially, he planned on becoming an orthodontist but graduated in 2021 with a bachelor's degree in biochemistry and is currently pursuing a master's degree in management at the university.[9][8]

He competed collegiately for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.[10]

In 2019, he anchored the Fighting Irish to victory in the Distance Medley Relay at the NCAA Division I Indoor T&F Championships before winning the 1500 meters at the NCAA Division I Outdoor T&F Championships just six days past his 20th birthday.[1]

On May 13, 2021, Nuguse set the NCAA 1500 meters record in a time of 3:34.68, which also met the Olympic standard.[11] At the NCAA Division I T&F Championships, he finished second to Cole Hocker in a time of 3:35.60.[12] Nuguse qualified for the 1500 m at the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics by finishing third at the U.S. Olympic Trials with his personal best time of 3:34.68, but did not participate in the Games due to a quad injury.[13]

On February 12, 2022, he broke the 18-year-old NCAA indoor 3000 meters record in a time of 7:38.13 at the BU Valentine Invitational.[14] Nuguse capped off his 2022 NCAA indoor season at the 2022 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships, where he anchored Notre Dame's Distance Medley Relay team to a second-place finish.[15] He also placed ninth in the 3000 meters.[16]

2023

On January 27, at the Boston University John Thomas Terrier Classic in Boston, the 23-year-old broke the North American indoor record in the 3000 m with a time of 7:28.24, slicing nearly two seconds off Galen Rupp’s mark set in February 2013. Nuguse's time was also faster than the 7:28.48 outdoor record, which Grant Fisher set in 2022. With a quick 3:56.96 last 1600 m, he moved to ninth on the world indoor all-time list.[17]

On February 11, he ran the second-fastest indoor mile in history with a time of 3:47.38 at the Millrose Games in New York, smashing by more than two seconds Bernard Lagat’s (who was a two-time world outdoor champion) 18-year-old North American indoor record of 3:49.98. Nuguse simultaneously broke also his indoor 1500 m record, which was set in the same race in 2005. He narrowly missed out on Yomif Kejelcha's world indoor mile record of 3:47.01 and eclipsed by more than a second the best mark of famous multiple world record-holder Hicham El Guerrouj. Nuguse covered 200 m segment from 1400 to 1600 m in a very fast 25.94 to beat a quality field and set the second-fastest North American mile ever, indoors or outdoors.[18][19][20]

On May 28, Nuguse finished second in the 1500 m at the Rabat Diamond League in a new personal best of 3:33.02, narrowly losing to reigning Olympic champion, Jakob Ingebrigtsen.[21]

On June 15, Nuguse finished third in the 1500 m at the Bislett Games in Oslo in a new personal best and North American outdoor record of 3:29.02, finishing behind Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Mohamed Katir.[22] This time places Nuguse at 18th on the all-time list over 1500 meters, and makes him one of three Americans to run under 3:30 (the other two being Bernard Lagat and Sydney Maree).

On July 9, Nuguse won the 1500 m at the 2023 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships held at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. By doing so he qualified for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary.

On July 23, Nuguse won his first Diamond League race, winning the 1500m at the London Diamond League in a time of 3:30.44. It was the first win by an American man in a Diamond League 1500 since 2011.[23]

At the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Nuguse made it to the Men's 1500m Final, which took place on August 23. He finished fifth, in a time of 3:30.25.[24]

On September 16, at the 2023 Prefontaine Classic/Diamond League final, Nuguse broke the American mile record in a time of 3:43.97 in his second-place finish to Jakob Ingebrigtsen.[25] At the time, this was the fourth fastest performance in history.

On December 9,[26] Nuguse, in his first ever road race, won the Kalakaua Merrie Mile, in a time of 3:56.58. Finishing second was Vincent Ciattei in 3:56.81, and third place went to Hobbs Kessler in 3:57.12. Nuguse narrowly missed Kessler's world road mile record of 3:56.13.[27]

Achievements

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
Representing the  United States
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 5th 1500 m 3:30.35

Circuit wins and titles

(1500 metres wins, other events specified in parentheses)

National titles

References

  1. 1 2 "Yared NUGUSE – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved January 1, 2023.
  2. ↑ Joan; elPeriodico.com (2023-07-25). "Yared Nuguse: el ganso está suelto". La Bolsa del Corredor (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-09-01.
  3. ↑ Loyd (2023-07-11). "Yared Nuguse Parents and Family: Meet Father Alem and Mother Mana Berhe". Retrieved 2023-09-01.
  4. ↑ Kakshyapati, Neeki (2023-07-09). "Yared Nuguse Parents Alem And Mana Berhe Are His Inspiration". Players Bio. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
  5. 1 2 Woods, David. "How Notre Dame's Yared Nuguse, son of Ethiopian refugee, went from 'clueless' to Olympics". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
  6. ↑ "Yared Nuguse: America's Accidental 1500-Meter Champion". Runner's World. 2023-08-14. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
  7. ↑ "Yared Nuguse: American track's low-key superstar". Orange County Register. 2023-05-06. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
  8. 1 2 "Athlete Q&A | Manual's Yared Nuguse". USA TODAY High School Sports. 2016-09-07. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
  9. ↑ "Meet the 2022 SWM Athletes: Yared Nuguse". Sir Walter Miler. 2022-07-29. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
  10. ↑ "Yared Nuguse". und.com. University of Notre Dame. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  11. ↑ "Hobbs Kessler's 1500-Meter High School Record Was the Highlight of the Portland Track Festival". runnersworld.com. Runner's World. 31 May 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  12. ↑ "Men 1500 M". dt8v5llb2dwhs.cloudfront.net. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
  13. ↑ Gault, Jonathan (27 June 2021). "DUCK, DUCK, GOOSE: Cole Hocker Takes Down Matthew Centrowitz to Win Men's 1500 as Yared Nuguse Grabs 3rd". letsrun.com. LetsRun.com, LLC. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  14. ↑ "Nuguse Breaks 18-Year-Old Collegiate Record". und.com. University of Notre Dame. 12 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  15. ↑ "NCAA Division 1 Indoor T&F Championships Men's DMR Results". Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  16. ↑ "NCAA Division 1 Indoor T&F Championships Men's 3000m Results". Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  17. ↑ Gault, Jonathan (January 27, 2023). "Woody Kincaid (12:51) & Yared Nuguse (7:28) Break American Records on Historic Night in Boston". LetsRun.com. Retrieved January 27, 2023.
  18. ↑ Gault, Jonathan (February 12, 2023). "Yared Nuguse Dazzles Millrose Games with 3:47.38 to Arrive as a Star". LetsRun.com. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
  19. ↑ Gault, Jonathan (February 13, 2023). "American Record #3 for Nuguse- He Broke the 1500m Record at Millrose as Well". LetsRun.com. Retrieved February 13, 2023.
  20. ↑ "Nuguse's American records* earn him USATF Athlete of the Week honors". USATF. February 16, 2023. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
  21. ↑ "Rabat DL Recap: Ingebrigtsen Tops Nuguse, El Bakkali Goes 7:56, Kerley Rules the 100". LetsRun.com. May 28, 2023. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
  22. ↑ "Warholm and Ingebrigtsen outstanding in Oslo". worldathletics.org. June 15, 2023. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
  23. ↑ LetsRun.com (2023-07-23). "2023 London DL: Yared Nuguse Earns First DL Win as Noah Lyles Wins 200 Thriller in 19.47". LetsRun.com. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
  24. ↑ "FINAL | 1500 Metres | Results | Budapest 23 | World Athletics Championships". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
  25. ↑ FloTrack.org (2023-09-16). "Yared Nuguse Shatters American Mile Record at Prefontaine Classic". FloTrack.org. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
  26. ↑ "2023 Kalakaua Merrie Mile elite field". Honolulu Marathon. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  27. ↑ "Yared Nuguse Wins Kalakaua Merrie Mile".
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