Kerr vs. Ingebrigtsen Highlights Historically Deep Field

There’s a reason the meet organizers saved the Bowerman Mile for last this year. We’ve already given some stats on how deep this race will be, like how the average PB of the field is 3:48.57 and the race will feature five global 1500m champions. However, everyone who has paid a sliver of attention to global distance running over the last year knows that all eyes in this race will be on just two men: Jakob Ingebrigtsen, winner of the last three Bowerman Mile titles, and Josh Kerr, last year's 1500m World champion over Ingebrigtsen.

Ingebrigtsen has always been incredibly outspoken in the media (and 98 times out of 100 he’s backed it up), but since Kerr defeated him in the 1500m final in Budapest both men have taken the media jabs to another level. When you have two of the most talented runners in history with very little hesitancy to speak their mind on each other, it fosters an incredibly intriguing beef that’s brought middle-distance running more attention than it’s had in a long time..

Saturday’s race will be the first matchup between these two since the final in Budapest. In the nine months since that race, Ingebrigtsen has set the world record in the 2000m and ran the third-fastest times ever in both the mile and the 3000m at last year’s Prefontaine Classic. Kerr, meanwhile, tore up the track this indoor season, obliterating the world best in the indoor two mile and becoming World Indoor champion over 3000m.

Ingebrigtsen has yet to race in 2024 after dealing with an Achilles injury throughout the indoor season – good thing he chose such a nice, quaint, low-stakes race for his opener!

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