USATF Indoors: Declarations are OPEN - And Nuguse has declared for 3k

Fields are taking shape. Starting to get some declarations.

2024 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships SATURDAY, February 17TH
Event: 1500m Women's Open 3:25 PM W 1500m Final (1... 18 Records SATURDAY, February 17TH

• Josette Andrews 1500m 4:00.77 Qualified Unsubmitted On Athletics Club -
  
• Sage Hurta-Klecker 1500m 4:07.12-Rule 8 Qualified Unsubmitted On Athletics Club -
  
• Emily Mackay 1500m 3:59.99 Qualified Unsubmitted New Balance Boston New Balance
  
• Stephanie Brokaw 1500m NT Not qualified Unsubmitted - -
  
• Gabrielle Jennings 1500m 4:09.73 Not qualified Unsubmitted - adidas
  
• Anna Camp-Bennett 1500m 4:27.13 Qualified Unsubmitted - adidas
  
• Elena Henes 1500m 4:06.27 Qualified Unsubmitted - adidas
  
• Elinor St. Pierre 1500m NT (4:23.3 Mile) Not qualified Unsubmitted New Balance Boston New Balance
  
• Laurie Barton 1500m 4:09.49. (mile 4:28.01) Not qualified Unsubmitted Atlanta Track Club -
  
• Nikki Hiltz 1500m 3:59.61 Qualified Declared - lululemon
  
• Abbe Goldstein 1500m 4:10.32 Not qualified Unsubmitted - Under Armour
  
• Gabrielle Wilkinson 1500m 4:36.09 Not qualified Unsubmitted Atlanta Track Club -
  
• Rebecca Mehra 1500m 4:31.39 (Mile) Not qualified Unsubmitted Littlewing Athletics Oiselle
  
• Allie Buchalski 1500m 4:05.53 Not qualified Unsubmitted - Brooks
  
• Angel Piccirillo 1500m 4:05.32 Not qualified Unsubmitted Puma Elite Running Oiselle
  
• Rachel Smith 1500m 4:28.65 Not qualified Unsubmitted - HOKA
  
• Jenn Randall 1500m 4:30.23 (1 mile) Not qualified Unsubmitted - Tracksmith
  
• Addison Wiley 1500m 3:59.17 Qualified Declared - adidas

DECLARED AND QUALIFIED (as of noon Feb 10)

Men 800
Brandon Miller
Isaiah Harris

Men 1500
Casey Comber
Cole Hocker
Josh Thompson
Henry Wynne

Men 3000
Yared Nuguse

Women 800
Nia Adkins
Olivia Baker
Angel Piccirillo
Addison Wiley

Women 1500
Josette Andrews
Emily Mackay
Nikki Hiltz
Addison Wiley

Women 3000
Emily Mackay
Ellie St Pierre
Josette Andrews

There will be a lot of late entries/declarations on the 12th as many are running this weekend to get qualifiers.

Declarations due in 14 hours (midnight). Fields are nearly complete.

Target Field Size
800m - 24
1500m - 12
3000m - 16

Only scratches I see so far are Nikki Hiltz (3000m) and Sage Hurta-Klecker (1500m due to flu)

Prakel and Reniewicki scratch the 3000m to focus on the 1500m

These appear to be our fields until they decide to accept more not-qualified runners to fill out the fields.

Men 800 (19 runners)
Brandon Miller
Isaiah Harris
Colin Schultz
Luciano Fiore
Josh Hoey
Ben Nagel
Grant Grosvenor
Vincent Crisp
Jaxson Hoey
Cass Elliott
Sam Ellis
Bryce Hoppel
Abraham Alvarado
Christian Harrison
Brandon Kidder
Baylor Franklin
Collin Dylla
Matt Wisner
Shane Streich

Men 1500 (11 runners)
Cooper Teare
Casey Comber
Cole Hocker
John Reniewicki
Sam Prakel
Vincent Ciattei
Hobbs Kessler
Craig Engels
Eric Holt
Josh Thompson
Henry Wynne

Men 3000 (10 runners)
Cooper Teare
Yared Nuguse
Cole Hocker
Olin Hacker
Isaac Updike
Morgan Beadlescomb
Abdihamid Nur
Willy Fink
Ian Shanklin
Matthew Wilkinson

Women 800 (15 runners)
Nia Atkins
Maleigha Menegatti
Stephanie Brokaw
Laurie Barton
Olivia Baker
Mallory Lindaman
Emily Richards
Mckenna Keegan
Angel Piccirillo
Sadi Henderson
Presley Weems
Samantha Watson
Valery Tobias
Allie Wilson
Addison Wiley

Women 1500 (8 runners)
Emily Mackay
Anna Camp-Bennett
Elly Henes
Elle St Pierre
Laurie Barton
Nikki Hiltz
Rachel Smith
Addison Wiley

Women 3000 (10 runners)
Emily Mackay
Allie Buchalski
Elly Henes
Elle St Pierre
Kayley DeLay
Katherine Wasserman
Ella Donaghu
Rachel Smith
Angelina Ellis
Josette Andrews

Above, my favorite match-ups.

Given the altitude factor:

Can Nur upset Nuguse?

Hiltz over ESP?

Why isn’t Monson running?

Mackay scratched the 3000 to focus on the 1500.

She was injured at Millrose.

She's putting her focus on The Ten. She does already have the Olympic Qualifying mark, but said she wants to lay down a fast time to build her confidence she can kick with the top-tier women. Not sure I agree, but that is what she has said.

Interesting that Yared has gone for the 3k, which is probably the tougher field globally because of the Ethiopian's presence (Girma? Barega? Kerr maybe? Mehary?).

Whoever we send in the 1500 should have a strong chance to medal with the top competition likely being Reynold Cheruiyot, Azzedine Habz, Keter Fogg, Tefera, Gourley (is he healthy?), Mehary. Kerr of course would disrupt this.

And also why isn’t Sage Hurta running?

The flu

Addison is going to try the 800 / 1500 double? Interesting.

Can someone explain what all the values for verification status and declaration status mean? I'm confused by combos like Accepted / Unsubmitted and Not accepted / Declared...

Verification Status:

Qualified = Achieved a qualifying mark

Accepted = Did not achieve a qualifying mark but accepted anyway

Not Accepted = Did not achieve a qualifying mark and not accepted

Declaration Status:

Declared = Achieved a qualifying mark and/or has been accepted and has declared they will participate

Scratched = Achieved a qualifying mark and/or has been accepted and has declared they will not participate

Unsubmitted = Did not achieve a qualifying mark, was not accepted and will not participate

The Ritz quotes in the last paragraph are largely why I’m a big OAC fan.