With a quick 3:56.96 last 1600 m, he moved to ninth on the world indoor all-time list.
On February 11, he ran the second-fastest indoor mile in history with a time of 3:47.38 at the Millrose Games in New York, smashing by more than two seconds Bernard Lagat’s (who was a two-time world outdoor champion) 18-year-old North American indoor record of 3:49.98.
Nuguse simultaneously broke also his indoor 1500 m record, which was set in the same race in 2005.
He narrowly missed out on Yomif Kejelcha's world indoor mile record of 3:47.01 and eclipsed by more than a second the best mark of famous multiple world record-holder Hicham El Guerrouj.
Nuguse covered 200 m segment from 1400 to 1600 m in a very fast 25.94 to beat a quality field and set the second-fastest North American mile ever, indoors or outdoors.
On May 28, Nuguse finished second in the 1500 m at the Rabat Diamond League in a new personal best of 3:33.02, narrowly losing to reigning Olympic champion, Jakob Ingebrigtsen.
On June 15, Nuguse finished third in the 1500 m at the Bislett Games in Oslo in a new personal best and North American outdoor record of 3:29.02, finishing behind Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Mohamed Katir.
This time places Nuguse at 18th on the all-time list over 1500 meters, and makes him one of three Americans to run under 3:30 (the other two being Bernard Lagat and Sydney Maree).
On July 9, Nuguse won the 1500 m at the 2023 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships held at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon.
By doing so he qualified for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
On July 23, Nuguse won his first Diamond League race, winning the 1500m at the London Diamond League in a time of 3:30.44.
It was the first win by an American man in a Diamond League 1500 since 2011.
At the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Nuguse made it to the Men's 1500m Final, which took place on August 23.
He finished fifth, in a time of 3:30.25.
1980
His mother and father are originally from the Tigray Region of Ethiopia, however, Nuguse's father fled the country in the 1980s as a political refugee.
He taught math and English prior to being granted asylum in the United States.
At first, he settled in Arlington, Virginia, which is where he later met his wife.
Nuguse is the fourth of six children.
He has three older siblings and two younger twin siblings.
Nuguse showed little interest in sports during his earlier years of high school and instead preferred to dedicate himself to his studies, science workshops, and bowling.
Eventually, he took up running upon the recommendation of his physical education (P.E.) teacher Mick Motley, who was so impressed by Nuguse's running time in the one mile that he referred him to the school's track coach, Tim Holman.
Nuguse then finally made the switch from being on the school's bowling team to track and field.
Nuguse attended DuPont Manual High School in Louisville, Kentucky, where he was a successful high school runner prior to attending the University of Notre Dame.
Initially, he planned on pursuing the necessary degree to attend dental school wanting to eventually become an orthodontist, but graduated in 2021 with a bachelor's degree in biochemistry and is pursuing a master's degree in management at the university.
He competed collegiately for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.
1999
Yared Nuguse (born June 1, 1999) is an American middle-distance runner who specializes in the 1500 meters.
2019
He was the 2019 NCAA Division I champion in the event.
Nuguse is the North American outdoor record holder over 1500 meters and one mile, and the North American indoor record holder for the 1500 meters, one mile and 3000 meters.
Since June 2022, Nuguse has competed for the On Athletics Club under coach Dathan Ritzenhein.
He was born to Ethiopian and Eritrian parents Alem Nuguse and Mana Berhe.
In 2019, he anchored the Fighting Irish to victory in the Distance Medley Relay at the NCAA Division I Indoor T&F Championships before winning the 1500 meters at the NCAA Division I Outdoor T&F Championships just six days past his 20th birthday.
On May 13, 2021, Nuguse set the NCAA 1500 meters record in a time of 3:34.68, which also met the Olympic standard.
At the NCAA Division I T&F Championships, he finished second to Cole Hocker in a time of 3:35.60.
Nuguse qualified for the 1500 m at the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics by finishing third at the U.S. Olympic Trials with his personal best time of 3:34.68, but did not participate in the Games due to a quad injury.
On February 12, 2022, he broke the 18-year-old NCAA indoor 3000 meters record in a time of 7:38.13 at the BU Valentine Invitational.
Nuguse capped off his 2022 NCAA indoor season at the 2022 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships, where he anchored Notre Dame's Distance Medley Relay team to a second-place finish.
He also placed ninth in the 3000 meters.
Upon graduation in 2022, he joined the On Athletics Club to compete professionally.
On January 27, at the Boston University John Thomas Terrier Classic in Boston, the 23-year-old broke the North American indoor record in the 3000 m with a time of 7:28.24, slicing nearly two seconds off Galen Rupp’s mark set in February 2013.
Nuguse's time was also faster than the 7:28.48 outdoor record, which Grant Fisher set in 2022.
