Two-time Olympic bronze medalist and Park City, Utah, resident Grant Fisher put his name in the history books on Saturday with a race to remember at the Millrose Games in New York City.
Fisher broke the world record for an indoor 3,000-meter race, finishing in 7:22.91.
To secure the race win and the world record, Fisher had to take down fellow American Cole Hocker, who won the gold medal in the 1,500-meter race at the Paris Olympics.
Hocker took the lead with three laps to go and was still ahead at the start of the final lap, but Fisher stuck with him and then went wide to get past him just before they crossed the finish line.
“Battle for the ages right there,” Fisher told NBC Sports after Saturday’s race. “Cole’s at the top of his game right now. ... With 50 (meters) to go, going against the defending 1500m gold medalist, it’s a little scary, but I pulled it off.”
Hocker also finished under Lamecha Girma’s previous indoor world record of 7:23.81 with a time of 7:22.91.
“The outdoor record is held by Jakob Ingebrigtsen with 7:17.55 set in Poland last year,” according to the Park Record.
Saturday’s race result builds on Fisher’s history-making performance at the Paris Olympics. He secured the bronze medal in the 5,000-meter and 10,000-meter events there, becoming the first American to medal in both, per NBC Sports.
And Fisher wasn’t the only runner to set a new world record on Saturday.
Yared Nuguse, the 1,500 meter bronze medalist at last summer’s Olympics, set a new world-best time for an indoor mile.
“Nuguse lowered the world record of 3:47.01 set by Ethiopian Yomif Kejelcha in 2019″ with his time of 3:46.63, NBC Sports reported.
Former BYU runner Whittni Morgan, who still trains in Provo, Utah, with Diljeet Taylor, also had a good day at the Millrose Games.
She set a new personal best in the 3,000-meter race and secured the win.
Morgan was behind Josette Andrews at the start of the final lap, but then surged ahead to win comfortably.
Morgan’s time of 8:28.03 puts her at No. 5 on the all-time list of indoor 3,000-meter performances by American women, per Citius Mag.
Morgan won the 5,000-meter event at the John Thomas Terrier Classic in Boston earlier this month, as the Deseret News previously reported.