American Yared Nuguse could aim for the indoor mile world record at the Millrose Games, live Sunday from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET on NBC, NBCSports.com, the NBC Sports app and peacock.
The Millrose Games, the most prestigious annual international indoor track and field meet, are held at the Armory in Upper Manhattan.
Last year at Millrose, Nuguse ran the second-fastest indoor mile in history (3:47.38), breaking the American record.
Only Ethiopian Yomif Kejelcha's world record of 3:47.01 from 2019 is faster.
Later in 2023, Nuguse broke the American record in the outdoor mile. At the Prefontaine Classic in September he clocked a time of 3:43.97, beating Alan Webb's 2007 record by 2.94 seconds.
In between, Nuguse won his first U.S. title in the 1500 m and placed fifth in the event at the World Championships. With the best time of the year, he was the third fastest 1500 m runner in the world in 2023 behind the Norwegian Jakob Ingebrigtsen and the Spaniard Mohamed Katir.
This year's Millrose men's mile field also includes 20-year-old Hobbs Kessler, who won the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix 1500m last Sunday in 3:33.66, becoming the third-fastest American in indoor history behind Nuguse and Bernard Lagat.
The full Millrose start lists can be found here.
In other events, Elle St. Pierre, the top American in the women's 1500m at the Tokyo Olympics (10th place), is in the women's mile field. St. Pierre is back this season after giving birth last March. Also in the field of participants is Olympic silver medalist Laura Muir from Great Britain.
In the 60m sprint, 2019 100m world champion Christian Coleman will compete against 200m Olympic champion Andre De Grasse from Canada. Note that Noah Lyles, who is not in the Millrose field, ran 6.44 seconds to win the New Balance meet last Sunday.
Competing in the women's 60-meter dash is St. Lucia's Julien Alfred, who finished fifth in the 100-meter dash at the World Outdoor Championships last August. The American squad includes Tamari Davis (ninth in the 100m at the World Championships), Tamara Clark (sixth in the 200m at the 2022 World Championships) and 2016 Olympian English Gardner.
Americans are preparing for next week's U.S. Indoor Track and Field Championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where spots to the world indoor championships in March in Glasgow, Scotland, are on the line.
