NEW YORK — The Millrose Games announced an elite field for the men’s two-mile race on February 1, assembling 11 world-class distance runners at The Armory for the second stop on the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold calendar.
Josh Kerr, who set the indoor two-mile world record of 8:00.67 at the 2024 Millrose Games, returns to defend his mark. The two-time Olympic 1500-meter medalist and 2023 world champion at 1500 meters also won the 3000 meters at the 2024 World Indoor Championships.
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Grant Fisher, the double Olympic bronze medalist who holds world records in the indoor 3000 meters at 7:22.91 and indoor 5000 meters at 12:44.09, won the Millrose Games 3000 meters in 2024. Fisher’s credentials include two medals from the 2024 Paris Olympics in the 5000 and 10,000 meters.
Cole Hocker, the Olympic 1500-meter champion and world 5000-meter champion, brings a personal best of 8:05.70 in the indoor two-mile. His 7:23.14 indoor 3000-meter time ranks second on both the United States and world all-time lists.
The field includes four of the seven fastest indoor two-mile runners in history. George Beamish of New Zealand, the 2025 steeplechase world champion and 2024 world indoor 1500-meter champion, owns the Oceania indoor two-mile record at 8:05.73.
Ky Robinson of Australia, who placed fourth in the 5000-meter final at the 2025 World Championships, holds the Oceania indoor 3000-meter record at 7:30.38. Ethan Strand ran 7:30.15 for 3000 meters indoors, the fifth-fastest time by an American, and reached the 1500-meter semifinals at the 2025 World Championships.
Jake Wightman, the 2022 world champion at 1500 meters, earned silver in the 1500 meters at the 2025 World Championships. His indoor 3000-meter best stands at 7:37.81.
Graham Blanks qualified for finals in the 10,000 meters at both the Olympics and World Championships and owns a 7:29.72 indoor 3000-meter personal best, fourth-fastest in American history. Cooper Teare has run 7:30.62 for 3000 meters indoors, ninth on the United States all-time list.
Drew Hunter, who finished fourth in the 5000 meters at the 2025 United States Outdoor Championships, won the United States indoor two-mile title in 2019 with his personal best of 8:25.29. Edwin Kurgat of Kenya placed seventh in the 5000-meter final at the 2025 World Championships and has run 7:28.53 for 3000 meters outdoors.
The field features the Olympic gold and silver medalists in the 1500 meters from the 2024 Paris Olympics, three finalists from the 10,000-meter final at the 2025 World Championships, three finalists from the 5000-meter final at the 2025 World Championships, and two finalists from the 1500-meter final at the 2025 World Championships.
Eight runners in the field rank among the 24 fastest indoor 3000-meter performers in history. The race takes place on Sunday at The Armory in Manhattan.
ELITE 2 MILE FIELD: George Beamish, Graham Blanks, Grant Fisher, Cole Hocker, Drew Hunter, Josh Kerr, Edwin Kurgat, Ky Robinson, Ethan Strand, Cooper Teare, Jake Wightman, Parker Wolfe
More details about the meet, as well as information about buying tickets, can be found at https://www.millrosegames.org
