By Chris Chavez
January 13, 2026
The Millrose Games, set for Sunday, February 1st, are the second stop on the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold calendar and one of the most historic meets in the world. As such, the meet routinely attracts top-tier fields. But there’s been especially strong buzz around the men’s two-mile this year, with some going as far as calling it “bonkers.”
We already knew stars like Grant Fisher and Cole Hocker—who we chatted with about the race in a recent episode of the CITIUS MAG Podcast—were slated to compete, along with Josh Kerr, who set the 8:00.67 indoor two-mile world record at the Millrose Games in 2024.
Now, meet organizers have officially unveiled the full field, and “bonkers” might be underselling it:
Cole Hocker – World 5000m and Olympic 1500m champion, 7:23.14 indoor 3000m PB (No. 2 on the U.S. and World all-time list), 8:05.70 indoor two-mile PB (No. 2 on the U.S. all-time list, No. 6 on the World all-time list)
Grant Fisher – double Olympic bronze medalist and indoor 3000m (7:22.91) / indoor 5000m (12:44.09) world record holder, won the Millrose Games 3000m last year
Josh Kerr – 2x Olympic 1500m medalist, 2023 1500m World champion, 2024 3000m World Indoor champion, 8:00.67 indoor two-mile world record holder
Ky Robinson – 7:30.38 Oceania indoor 3000m record holder (No. 24 on the all-time list), 4th place at the 2025 World Championships 5000m final
George Beamish – 2025 steeplechase World champion, 2024 World Indoor 1500m champion, 8:05.73 Oceania indoor two-mile record (No. 7 all-time)
Ethan Strand – 7:30.15 indoor 3000m PB (No. 5 on the U.S. all-time list; No. 20 on the World all-time list), semifinalist in the 1500m at the 2025 World Championships
Drew Hunter – 4th in the 5000m at the 2025 U.S. Outdoor Championships, 8:25.29 PB for two miles indoors from his 2019 U.S. title
Graham Blanks – Olympic and World finalist in the 10,000 meters; 7:29.72 PB for 3000m indoors (No. 4 on the U.S. all-time list, No. 16 on the world all-time list). Coming off a 19th-place finish at the World Cross Country Championships
Cooper Teare – 7:30.62 PB for 3000m indoors (No. 9 on the U.S. all-time list, No. 27 on the World all-time list)
Edwin Kurgat – 7:28.53 PB for 3000m outdoor (No. 10 on the Kenyan all-time list, No. 29 on the World all-time list); 7th place in the 5000m final at the 2025 World Championships
Jake Wightman – 2022 1500m World Champion, 2025 1500m World Championship silver medalist, 7:37.81 PB for 3000m indoors
This field boasts:
- The indoor two-mile world record holder | Josh Kerr
- The indoor 3000m world record holder | Grant Fisher
- The indoor 5000m world record holder | Grant Fisher
- The 5000m World champion | Cole Hocker
- The 3000m steeplechase World champion | George Beamish
- 4 of the top 7 fastest indoor two-mile runners in history
- 8 of the top 24 fastest indoor 3000m runners in history
- The Olympic gold and silver medalist in the 1500m from the 2024 Olympics
- 3 finalists from the 10,000m final at the 2025 World Championships
- 3 finalists from the 5000m final at the 2025 World Championships
- 2 finalists from the 1500m final at the 2025 World Championships
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Chris Chavez
Chris Chavez launched CITIUS MAG in 2016 as a passion project while working full-time for Sports Illustrated. He covered the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and grew his humble blog into a multi-pronged media company. He completed all six World Marathon Majors and on Feb. 15th, 2025 finally broke five minutes for the mile.
