Nikki Hiltz wins distance twice, Josh Hoey gets American record at Usatf Indoor Champs

Nikki Hiltz is the first person to win five consecutive 1500 -M titles in the USA, including both indoor and outdoor routes.

Hiltz followed her 3000 M title in the United States on Saturday with winning the 1500 m on Sunday on Staten Island, New York.

In the 1500 m Hiltz took the lead with a little more than two rounds and held Sinclaire Johnson – 4: 05.76 to 4: 06.05. Hiltz organized the first 1500 m and 3000 -M -Sweep at the US athletics championships since Shelby Houlihan did this in 2020.

“The inside is about positioning,” said Hiltz to Lewis Johnson about NBC Sports. “You can lead better inside than outside. There is no wind. The curves are narrower. Sometimes the pole position is the best position. “

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Hiltz, seventh in the 1500 -M debut in her Olympic debut in Paris, qualified for the 1500 m and 3000 m at the World Indoor Championships in the next month, but skipped the meeting to prioritize the upcoming outdoor season.

In 2023 and 2024, Hiltz won 1500m title inside and outdoors before scoring five in a row on Sunday. No other person won more than four consecutive US -and 1500 -M titles, since the US Masters were crowned for men in 1932 for men and 1967.

Usatf internal crown national champion and determine from March 21 to 23 in Nanjing, China, places in the team for the world.

In most events, the two best finisher who got to know the qualifying standard of the World Cup during the qualification window entitled to the world team.

Josh Hoey also lowered his own American record on Sunday when he won the men's 800 m in 1: 43.24 to qualify for his first global championship.

Hoey, who missed the 2024 Olympic team for a place, reduced the 800 M -record of American Indoor by a total of 97 hundredths this month. The previous record was 1: 44.21 by Donavan Brazier in 2021.

Parisian Olympian Chris Bailey received his first national title in the 400 m, which was 45.21.

Quincy Wilson, who won 4x400m relay gold last summer to become the latest male Olympic athletics medalist, took fifth place in the Six-Man final. It could be part of the 4×400 -M relay pool of World interiors.