Plus thoughts on pacers in the men's 5,000 final and will an American man win a distance medal at Worlds?

The big shocker was Cole Hocker, America's 1500m sensation in 2021, went home in round 1.

There aren't many locks for the team this year in Eugene, which should make for a thrilling US championships.

From Elaine Thompson-Herah and Sha'Carri Richardson in the 100 to Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Cole Hocker in the Bowerman Mile, the world and America's best are all in Eugene this weekend.

The meet was a bit underwhelming as Caldwell was the only athlete to hit the World Championship standard on the night. In other action, Neil Gourley took down Cole Hocker and won the men’s 1500 in 3:35.43 and Evan Jager struggled over the final 150 in the men’s steeple and Emma Coburn ran 4:09 in the women's 1500. The most entertaining race of the night may have been the B heat of the men's 800 with Cooper Teare and HS sensation Colin Sahlman. 

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What a fun weekend of track action. We break it all down for you.

Emmanuel Bor was second but no one could match Hocker's 26.69 last lap. Hocker did not commit to Worlds but will run the 1500 at USAs on Sunday.

Streich will have to hold off Bryce Hoppel & Isaiah Harris in the 800 (and maybe Donavan Brazier too) while Teare searches for his first US title alongside training partner Hocker. *MB: Official 2022 USA Indoor Discussion Thread - BTC goes AWOL, Teare goes for the double and more.

They remained the #3 and #4 fastest American milers of all-time as Teare edged Hocker for the win for the second straight year.

What a wild weekend. When it's all over, the North American record in the men's mile, w5000, and m5000 may be history. The NCAA record in the men's 3k also could go as well as the world record in the women's DMR. From Boston to Chicago to Spokane, stars like Moh Ahmed, Yared Nuguse, Cole Hocker, Cooper Teare, Raevyn Rogers, Courtney Frerichs andGabriela DeBues-Stafford will be going for fast times. We break it down for you.

Cooper Teare and Cole Hocker are going after Bernard Lagat's American record in the mile in two weeks in Chicago.

From Athing Mu to Ryan Crouser, Cole Hocker to Christian Coleman, some of the sport's biggest names will be in action at the Armory on Saturday afternoon. Here's our guide to the action.

Hocker, the NCAA and US 1500 champion who finished 6th in Tokyo, has given up his remaining eligibility to turn pro. He will be represented by Ray Flynn.

Jakob Ingebrigtsen took down Timothy Cheruiyot for the first time on the biggest stage.

An Olympic record was set by Abel Kipsang in semi #2

Some fairly big names struggled, one fell, and Yared Nuguse did not start.

Earlier this week, it was revealed that American track star Cole Hocker hasn't been vaccinated for Covid-19. As a result, he's been called "selfish", an"idiot", a  "dumbass". The reality is just the opposite. The stats prove that it's actually quite selfish and anti-scientific for people to be demanding that young and fit people like Cole Hocker be vaccinated right now. The selfless act would be if called on all young healthy adults to not take the vaccine right now and instead redirect that supply so the world's most vulnerable could be vaccinated.  There are HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of senior citizens across the globe who have yet to be vaccinated.

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20-year-old Cole Hocker is a full-blown superstar now after defeating the Olympic champ as Oregon Ducks went 1-2. 2019 NCAA champ Nuguse won the battle for third over Craig Engels.