The field also includes Mario García Romo, Geordie Beamish and Mason Ferlic.

The 20-year-old Kessler won the first road mile world title as Diribe Welteji upset Faith Kipyegon in the women's mile. Peres Jepchirchir won a record-tying 3rd title in the women's half.

Joe Waskom's bold move paid off as he's going to Worlds, while Cole Hocker's comeback continued with a 3rd-place finish.

Rojo says there isn't a Big 4 of US 1500m running in Cooper Teare, Cole Hocker, Yared Nuguse, and Hobbs Kessler as he adds in a 5th - Nathan Green. Which of these studs will go home devastated?

The meet produced 7 world leads including a world record. Ryan Crouser led the way with another WR in the men’s shot put (23.56). World leads also came in the women’s shot (Maggie Ewen 20.45), men’s pole vault (Mondo Duplantis 5.91), women’s 100h (Jasmine Camacho-Quinn 12.31), women’s 1500 (Diribe Welteji 3:57.84), men’s 1500 (Timothy Cheruiyot 3:31.47), and women’s 400 (Marileidy Paulino 48.98).

The wins by Morgan Beadlescomb (13:25) and Hobbs Kessler (4:07) should bring a smile to coach Ron Warhurst's face. Krissy Gear (4:39) and Mekides Abebe (15:01) took the women's titles.

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

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

Kessler spoke to LetsRun after he was named Gatorade National Male Track and Field Player of the Year on Wednesday, just the third distance runner to receive the honor in the last 20 years. He tells us what the first thing he bought with his mone was and talks about whether he can run xc for NAU.

Kessler moved from sixth to first with ease to win heat 1, while Hocker won the loaded heat 2 featuring Matthew Centrowitz and Cole Hocker. 2016 Olympian Ben Blankenship also advanced but really struggled and did not look fully healthy.

No brand has been announced but adidas is considered the leading contender. * MB: Hobbs Kessler to Adidas!

Hobbs Kessler ran 3:34.36 for 1500m at the Portland Track Festival to destroy Alan Webb's high school record and also get under the Tokyo Olympic qualifying standard.

This week we talk about HS phenoms Claudia Hollingsworth, Jaylen Slade, & Hobbs Kessler as well as college phenoms Travis Laird and Tara Davis, take a deeper look at the Notre Dame men's depth, compare the state of British marathoning in 1980 and 2021 and rave about Linden Hall and Gavin Sherry, who crawled across the line to break 9:00 in the two-mile.

The 77-year-old Warhurst, who has doled out running advice to everyone from Matthew Centrowitz to Tom Brady, has taken on a role coaching Kessler, who ran 3:57.66 on Sunday to break the US indoor high school mile record.

Hobbs Kessler, the 3:57 new American high school record holder in the mile, is our guest.

Who the heck is Hobbs Kessler? We tell you everything you need to know about the guy who came into yesterday's race with a 4:18 1600 pb and left with a 3:57 mile pb.