A little bit of a reality check for those thinking Hunter should definitely be in the Bowerman mile and Slagowski/Tamagno with him.
Results from last year's Bowerman Mile:
1 Ayanleh SOULEIMAN DJI 3:51.10
2 Matthew CENTROWITZ USA 3:51.20
3 Asbel KIPROP KEN 3:51.25
4 Silas KIPLAGAT KEN 3:51.92
5 James Kiplagat MAGUT KEN 3:52.33
6 Ronald KWEMOI KEN 3:52.57
7 Collins CHEBOI KEN 3:52.63
8 Johan CRONJE RSA 3:53.02
9 Abdelaati IGUIDER MAR 3:53.21
10 Henrik INGEBRIGTSEN NOR 3:53.43
11 Leonel MANZANO USA 3:53.55
12 Vincent KIBET KEN 3:55.65
13 Aman WOTE ETH 3:57.34
Results from last year's International Mile:
1 Ben BLANKENSHIP USA 3:55.72
2 Jonathan Kiplimo SAWE KEN 3:55.76
3 Timothy CHERUIYOT KEN 3:55.80
4 Jakub HOLUSA CZE 3:56.39
5 Garrett HEATH USA 3:56.53
6 Ryan GREGSON AUS 3:56.78
7 Patrick CASEY USA 3:57.28
8 Charlie GRICE GBR 3:57.80
9 Abdi Waiss MOUHYADIN DJI 3:57.97
10 Lopez LOMONG USA 3:59.06
11 Federico BRUNO ARG 4:00.31
12 Andrew WHEATING USA 4:00.35
13 Mac FLEET USA 4:03.04
14 Jake WIGHTMAN GBR 4:05.19
At best, I see Hunter threatening for top 5 in thenational mile, MAYBE. Those are no chumps. Slagowski and Tamagno will benefit from being able to run with the pack for the majority.
None of them would benefit from running in a battle for last place in the Bowerman mile. They're good, they're not 3:50/close in 54 sec good. Put Hunter in the national field.