He has never won a DL, but podiumed a couple of times (2nd in Lausanne 2024, 3rd in Zurich 2024, 3rd in Brussels 2024, all in the 1500. His highest ranking in a mile race in DL is 4th from Prefontaine Classic this year)
Jakob isn't much older than Hocker, but Hocker also was not doing serious mileage when he was 12 years old.
that's a good point. when Jakob was already running 3:30.16 in 2018(without superspike, going from DFL to 5th in the last lap), Hocker didn't even have results on IAAF and barely broke 4 in 2020.
Speaking of, Hocker's oldest results on IAAF goes back to 2019 (the year he turned 18). Jakob's goes back to 2014 (the year he turned 14). Wikipedia says Hocker ran 4:36 in the mile as an eight grader, but besides that, I haven't been able to find any older results. Same with Nuguse and Kessler, no older results on their IAAF profile than from the year they turned 18. Are there anywhere you can find older results/PBs/SBs for American runners? I would love to know.