Merrie Mile History: 1st, 2017, 3:58.1; 1st, 2018, 3:54.83 (event record; fastest mile ever in Hawaii)

Mile Personal Best: 3:49.44i, Boston, Feb. 9, 2018; 1500m Personal Best, 3:33.76i, Boston, Feb. 9, 2018

College: University of Oregon

Coach: Stephen Haas

Top Career Results:

17-time NCAA Champion for University of Oregon

Two-time Merrie Mile Champion

Kenyan record holder for indoor mile (3:49.44/third-fastest of all-time)

1st, 2019 Carlsbad 5000 road race, 13:29

1st, 2018 Boston Indoor Games 3000m, 7:38.74

Dating Sharon Lokedi, below

Merrie Mile History: 4th, 2017, 4:03.6; 6th, 2018, 4:00.78

Mile Personal Best: 3:49.83, Oslo, June 11, 2014; 1500m Personal Best, 3:29.66, Monaco, July 17, 2015

College: University of Michigan

Coach: Ron Warhurst

Top Career Results:

2016 Olympic Games 1500m bronze medalist

2008 Olympic Games 1500m silver medalist

8th, 2017 World Championships 1500m

6th, 2015 World Championships 1500m

Five-time Fifth Avenue Mile winner (2008, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)

Instagram: @willisnick.

Twitter: @NickWillis

Ben Flanagan is a newly signed professional runner for the up-and-coming Reebok Boston Track Club. Flanagan stunned his competitors back in June, when he ran a 59 second personal best to take the NCAA 10K title in 28:34. Since then, Flanagan ran 3:57.75 to PR at the Long Island Mile. He then bounced back only four days later to earn his first professional win, running 13:57 at the Toronto Yorkville Run.

• 2018 NCAA 10K Champion, 28:34.53.
• Canadian 5K Champion (Toronto Yorkville Run) running 13:57 to break the Canadian soil record.
• PRs- 3:57/13:57/28:34

Craig Engels (USA), 28, Nike

Hometown: Pfafftown, NC

Personal Bests: Mile, 3:51.50; 1500m, 3:33.64

Instagram: @craigathor

College: Ole Miss

. 2019 USATF 1500m champion (7th 2022, 4th 2021, 10th 2018, 4th 2017, 5th 2016)

. 2019 USATF indoor mile champion

. 10th 2019 World Championships 1500m

. 5th 2019 Wanamaker Mile

. 7th 2018 World Indoor Championships 1500m

. 4th 2018 Kalakaua Merrie Mile

Craig Huffer (AUS), 33, Very Nice Track Club

Hometown: Newry, Victoria

Personal Bests: Mile, 3:57.81; 1500m, 3:36.35

Instagram: @craig.huffer

. 5th 2019 Kalakaua Merrie Mile, 3:58 (7th 2018)

. 3rd 2009 Australian Championships 1500m (4th 2013, 6th, 2018, 8th 2016, 12th 2022)

. 4th 2012 Fifth Avenue Mile

Bett came in second at the 2018 Kalakaua Merrie Mile. This year he has been to the World Championships in Doha, making the 3000m steeplechase final. Leonard In 2017 he went undefeated in the 2000m SC, winning the Kenyan World Youth trials in 5:28. Later, he won his qualifying heat and the world title at the IAAF U18 Championships in 5:32. After moving up in distance in 2018, he won the Kenyan U20 3000m steeple trials before later placing second at the IAAF U20 Championships. Bett went on to set his personal best at the distance, running 8:16.97 to place fourth at the Birmingham Müller Grand Prix.

• 2017 Nairobi IAAF World U18 Champion, 2K Steeple.
• 2018 Tampere IAAF World U20 Runner-Up, 3K Steeple.
• PRs- 7:47 3K/8:16 3K Steeple

Merrie Mile History: 11th (5th woman), 2018, 4;42.49

Mile Personal Best: 4:25.64, Raleigh, August 5, 2016; 1500m Personal Best, 4:03.25, London, July 22, 2016

College: University of Michigan

Coach: Mike McGuire

Top Career Results:

1st, 2019 Hoka Long Island Mile, 4:32.58

9th, 2017 USA Championships 1500m, 4:10.96

2nd, 2017 USA Road Mile Championships, 4:38

4th, 2016 USA Olympic Trials 1500m, 4:06.19

6th, 2016 London Diamond League 1500m, 4:03.25

Instagram: @amadaeccleston1500

Mirriam Cherrop placed second after Ed Cheserek in last years gender neutral Kalakaua Merrie Mile. She powered through the line in a quick 4:24.7 – more than enough to set the Hawaii all-comers record. She rose to prominence in 2016, winning the African Junior Cross Country Championships. Later, she was the 1500m runner-up at the East African Secondary School Championships. In 2018, she ran 4:10.73 to claim the silver medal at the IAAF Tampere U20 Championships.

• 2016 African Junior Cross Country Champion.
• 2018 IAAF World U20 Runner-Up, 1500m.
• PRs- 4:24 Mile/9:01 3K

Merrie Mile History: 3rd (2nd woman), 2016, 4:29.5; 8th (2nd woman), 2018, 4:33.2

Mile Personal Best: 4:25.47, Memphis, Aug. 25, 2018; 1500m Personal Best: 4:01.80, Chrozow, Sep. 14, 2019

College: University of Michigan

Coach: Mike McGuire

Top Career Results:

Fourth-fastest American at 1500m for 2019 (4:01.80)

6th, 2019 USA Championships 1500m (7th, 2018; 7th, 2017), 4:04.40

2nd, 2019 Europe vs. USA 1500m, 4:04.92

2nd, 2018 NACAC 1500m, 4:06.92

1st, 2017 Long Island Mile, 4:29.91

4th, 2016 NCAA Championships 1500m, 4:12.23

Jaimie Phelan is currently training with True Blue Elite. She became the first woman in school history to win a 1500m title, when she earned the title at the 2017 NCAA Outdoor Championships. She is also a three-time Big Ten Champion in the 1500m (2017), and Distance-Medley Relay (2014, ‘16).

• 2017 NCAA 1500m Champion.
• 4X Big Ten Champion.
• 5X All American
• PRs- 4:11.92/4:44.43

Merrie Mile History: 10th (4th woman), 2018, 4:38.30

Mile Personal Best: 4:20.91, Monaco, July 12, 2019; 1500m Personal Best, 4:02.26+, Monaco, July 12, 2019

College: Georgetown

Coach: Mike Smith

Top Career Results:

4th, 2019 USA Championships 5000m, 15:17.91 (2nd, 2018)

2nd, 2019 Millrose Games 3000m, 8:46.44

6th, 2019 USA 10-K Road Running Championships, 32:47

1st, 2018 NACAC 5000m, 15:26.19

4th, 2018 USA Championships 1500m, 4:08.33

Agnes Ngetich is a young talent out of Kenya – being the only female athlete born this millenia. In 2016, she placed seventh at Kenya’s World Junior Trials – running 16:53.7 for 5K. She continued on the next year to set quick personal bests, running marks of 15:59 in the 5K, 9:13 for 3K, and 4:27 for 1500m. In 2018, she placed fourth in the Adidas Boost Boston Games, running 15:58, before placing sixth in the Kenya World U20 Trials.