US EditionBryce Hoppel Finishes Third at the USATF Outdoor Championship
EUGENE, OREGON, AUG 4 – Sixteen-year-old Cooper Lutkenhaus ran 1:42.27 to set a new under-18 world best and qualify for the World Championships, marking the fourth-fastest U.S. 800m time ever.
- On Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025, 16-year-old Cooper Lutkenhaus finished second in the men’s 800m in 1:42.27 at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, setting a new under-18 world best.
- Breaking a 29-year-old record, Lutkenhaus ran 1:46.45 after winning the May 3, 2025 Class 6A state title, then improved with 1:46.26 on June 8 and 1:45.45 at the Nike Outdoor Nationals on June 21.
- Slipping by Bryce Hoppel, Josh Hoey and Brandon Miller over the final 30 meters, Lutkenhaus clocked 50.66 and 51.66 seconds, outpacing Brazier’s 52.54 in the last 400 meters.
- Lutkenhaus’ result kept Josh Hoey off the U.S. team and earned him a spot at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo next month.
- The 1:42.27 run ranks as the fourth-fastest ever by a U.S. man and fifth-fastest globally this year, shattering the under-18 world record by 1.1 seconds.
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Cooper Lutkenhaus, 16, to become youngest American ever at track and field worlds
At just 16, Cooper Lutkenhaus is set to become the youngest American ever to compete at the World Track and Field Championships, which take place next month at Tokyo.
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World athletics discovers another talent. After Sorato Shimizu and Gout Gout on short distances, there is an American who is breaking every record on the 800 meters: it is Cooper Lutkenhaus, sixteen-year-old student of the third year of the Northwest High School of Justin (Texas), who Sunday afternoon at the US Championships of light outdoor athletics made the story. And he did it by running the 800 in 1'42′27. The high school has so ranked seco…
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