Current Irish Mile and 1500m record Holder, two time Olympian, Sports agent and Millrose Games Meeting Director
Johnson City, Tennessee, USA
Joined December 2008
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RayPFlynn retweeted
𝗧𝗛𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗛𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗥𝗘𝗗𝗧𝗛𝗦 𝗗𝗘𝗖𝗜𝗗𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗜𝗧𝗟𝗘 🤯🔥
Cole Hocker wins the men’s 3,000m in an epic photo finish for his fourth indoor championship. 🇺🇸
Yared Nuguse and Nico Young pushed it to the line — but Cole’s kick does it again. 👏 #USATFIndoors
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RUN IT BACK AT MILLROSE 🔁
Double Olympic bronze medalist and indoor 3000m/5000m world record holder Grant Fisher and Olympic 1500m champion and 5000m World champion Cole Hocker are set for a highly anticipated rematch this time over the two-mile at the 2026 Millrose Games on February 1st in New York City.
At the 2025 Millrose Games, Fisher outkicked Hocker in a historic 3000m duel that saw Fisher set the world record in 7:22.91. Hocker was right behind him in 7:23.14 – both under the previous world record. Now, Josh Kerr’s two-mile world record of 8:00.67, set at Millrose in 2024, is on watch.
🗣️ Hocker: “Millrose is the place to be. The performances match the atmosphere, and anytime something’s in New York, it’s going to be special. The crowd feels like it’s right on top of the track, which is great for racing. And the stadium setup just creates this amazing energy. Highly recommend going if you haven’t.”
🗣️ Fisher: “You’re guaranteed electric performances and most years you get several historic ones. It’s my favorite indoor meet: intimate, loud, historic building…. The atmosphere is unreal. Everyone shows up ready for a battle.”
The full field for the race will be announced at a later date.
📰 Read more on Cole Hocker + Grant Fisher's upcoming race & some of their thoughts on 2026: citiusmag.com/articles/grant…
🎟️ Tickets for the 118th edition of the Millrose Games are now on sale.
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Watching this on repeat all night long.
🇺🇸 COLE HOCKER KICKS TO GOLD IN THE MEN’S 5000M 🥇
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NJ native Scott Ruskan is the very definition of a hero after helping to save over 100 lives in the deadly flooding in Texas!
Ruskan, a rescue swimmer for the Coast Guard, ran XC and track at Warren Hills High and Rider University.
Read about it here-
nj.milesplit.com/articles/37…
vimeo.com/1042410612?share=c…
Supporting my good friend Dara Kilmartin for election to the Irish Seanad on the National University of Ireland panel👍
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The men's Olympic 1500m final is LetsRun's 2024 Race of the Year.
From Hocker's re-acceleration to Ingebrigtsen's guts (3:28 from the front!) to the bold few who called a Hocker upset, seven reflections on an all-time classic, five months later:
letsrun.com/news/2025/01/the…
What an amazing run to break the course record from 1981 set by Sydney Maree in the very first 5th Ave Mile – at Longford, Ireland
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Men's 1500m entries - Zurich Diamond League
🇺🇸 Cole Hocker
🇳🇴 Jakob Ingebrigtsen
🇬🇧 Josh Kerr
🇺🇸 Yared Nuguse
🇰🇪 Timothy Cheruiyot
🇰🇪 Reynold Cheruiyot
🇳🇱 Niels Laros
🇬🇧 Elliot Giles
🇦🇺 Ollie Hoare
🇳🇴 Narve Gilje Nordås
🇫🇷 Azeddine Habz
🇩🇪 Robert Farken
🇳🇱 Stefan Nillessen
14 years ago, a 9-year-old Cole Hocker was a kid of few words after winning the 9-10yo 3k at the CCC National Youth Championships 😂
We're sure a young Hocker would be proud to know that he'd go on to win a 1,500m Olympic gold medal in 2024.
#PARIS2024
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BREAKING NEWS: Zurich Diamond League organizers have announced that the three men's 1,500m Olympic medalists -- Cole Hocker 🥇, Josh Kerr 🥈 and Yared Nuguse 🥉 -- along with 5,000m gold medalist Jakob Ingebrigtsen will square off again in the 1,500m in Zurich.
It will be a rematch of the epic 1,500m from Paris that saw Hocker make an inside move for gold down the homestretch.
Nuguse took home the win in this event in Zurich last year, just beating out Kerr at the line in 3:30.49.
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Dear Ed Eyestone (BYU), THANK YOU for taking a 9:20 3200 meter HS kid and developing into a silver medalist. These days, colleges won’t look at you unless you’re under 9:00. Hopefully, that can change. ED certainly changed Kenneth, didn’t he….
Fantastic 8th and 9th places for Conner Mantz and @_Clayton_Young_ this morning here at the Paris Olympic Games Marathon with their famous coach @EdEyestone @usatf @MSonnenfeldt @Boston26_2_Pro @Flynnsports
Great racing means a great team! Coach @EdEyestone Connor Mantz, @_Clayton_Young_ @MSonnenfeldt @RayPFlynn
#OlympicGames #Marathon
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Another brave run 💪
In his Olympic debut, 27-year-old Conner Mantz claims top American honors in tbe Olympic marathon with a 2:08:12 performance. Mantz tried to stay with the leaders early on and was challenging eventual winner Tamirat Tola halfway, then hung on through the second half hills to finish 8th.
Mantz matches Galen Rupp’s 8th-place finish from Tokyo as the top U.S. performance on the day.
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Agent Ray Flynn represented all three medalists in the thrilling men’s 1,500 meters.
He largely recruits athletes through the NCAA pipeline, which is having more success in international distance running lately.
@mgfleming12 has more ⬇️
The greatest 1500m race in history! @cole_hocker @joshk97 #YaredNuguse finishing Gold, Silver and Bronze. So proud of these three best in the world! @Flynnsports – at Saint-Denis, France
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🗣️ "Coach @ddosanjhtaylor always writes the cards. She’s known for her cards. When I was reading that one this time I definitely got chills all over my body. Just so good, so powerful.
She was like, ‘I’m so proud of who you’ve become in this sport. Run for that. Run with humility. Run for God.' All of those things.
She has the best pep talks. If you know her, you know she’s very passionate and very inspirational.”
Whittni Morgan talks about the final advice given to her by coach Taylor. Morgan advances to the 5000m final with her sixth place finish in her heat with a season's best of 15:02.14.
Team USA advances all three women to the 5000m final, which will be on Monday. 🇺🇸
#Paris2024 #Olympics #Athletics
