Bryce Hoppel DESTROYS field (and Murphy) - 1:44.36 - #2 all time in US!!

Amazing run from Sowinski. The guy is an inspiration

I’m confused, was murphy not apart of the field but somehow also got destroyed?

Yep! Beautiful run!

Looked incredibly strong, pretty much even split 52/52, very impressive. 1-2 in Tokyo?

pacing was really clean. good set up for hoppel.

not an alumni wrote:

Amazing run from Sowinski. The guy is an inspiration

Was he dropped by Brooks? Was that an all-black singlet? Runs an indoor pb. Wow.

kmaclam wrote:

Dairyland wrote:

I’m confused, was murphy not apart of the field but somehow also got destroyed?

I'm confused, do you mean was Murphy not a part of the field?

....though he was apart from the field.

Here's a hot take, both Brazier and Hoppel medal at the next olympics or world championships (hopefully olympics this summer). Hoppel has been consistently improving every year, including last year and now this year. He was right on Brazier's heels last summer in the limited diamond league opportunities they had. Last winter before covid he ran his indoor PR at the time of 1:45.70, then followed it up outdoors with an outdoor PR of 1:43.23. Now he runs 1:44.37, more than a full second PR. It is more than reasonable to say he could run 1:42 and change this summer, which should put him in very strong medal contention. He could even be a dark horse to win. A 1-2 finish with Brazier and him would be crazy.

I’m confused, was murphy not a part of the field but somehow also got destroyed?

Sowinski just ran the 5th fastest ever by an American. He brought his own pacer so that he wouldn't have to lead.

Nice run for Engels.

Portland Hobby Jogger wrote:

Nice run for Engels.

Yes it was. And though he seemed far back, was because of how fast the race was. He was under Sowinski’s old indoor PB as well. Which is pretty amazing really for a 1500 guy doing a rustbuster.

Wait, if this is a runner (usually non-American) who runs a fast time, isn't the track short??

Excellent run by Grice as well. Look for a great summer for him after joining Pete’s group.

kmaclam wrote:

kmaclam wrote:

I'm confused, do you mean was Murphy not a part of the field?

....though he was apart from the field.

Murphy was not part of the field and also got destroyed

1) The chances of a new AR this year seem pretty high. Can definitely see Hoppel going 1:42 low.

2) I was most impressed by Grice in this race. For a 3:30 runner to go this fast indoors in his first race of the year...wow. Good chance of him going past Wightman & Farah, & taking the UK record in the 1500. Getting to be at least a solid bronze candidate for the Olympics.

How about #6 All-Time Indoors ahead of the likes of Ereng, Gray, and Coe?

indoor performances

1 1:42.67 Wilson Kipketer DEN 12.12.70 1 Paris 09.03.1997

2 1:43.98 Michael Saruni KEN 18.06.95 1 New York City 09.02.2019

3 1:44.15 Yuriy Borzakovskiy RUS 12.04.81 1 Karlsruhe 27.01.2001

4 1:44.21 Emmanuel Korir KEN 15.06.95 1 New York City 03.02.2018

5 1:44.22 Donavan Brazier USA 15.04.97 1 New York City 08.02.2020

6 1:44.37 Bryce Hoppel USA 05.09.97 1 Fayetteville 31.01.2021

Portland Hobby Jogger wrote:

Nice run for Engels.

I'm surprised this isn't getting more attention. This was faster than Jakob's 800m which was perfectly paced by his brother last year. Being able to run a faster 800m than a 3:28 guy is huge and shows that Engels is ready for a significant 1500 PR.