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Eugene, Oregon – 03. August: Silver Medal Cooper Lutkenhaus in the prevailing men 800m During 2025. Slampionshings in USATF in Hayward, 03. August 2025 in Eugene, Oregon. (Photo Patrick Smith / Getty Images)
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Freshly from terms of qualifications for world athletic championships in 800 meters of men USATF on the open championship 3. August, Cooper Lutkenhaus did not know where to turn.
His father, George, was halfway at Hayward Stadium on a 300 meter-old book. His mother, Tricia, was high in the stands near the target line that took the video. And his brothers, George Jr. And Andrew were placed on turn two and three.
The 16-year-old Lutkenhaus did not expect the American team at the forefront of Tokyo in September, but then he did after the end of the second and clocks of the new world at 18 years in the age of 1: 42,27. The performance was six-best in the world. That was fourth – the best ever For American ones.
And the nearest person of importance near the goal?
It was Nike’s northern American hazel Moser, who met Lutkenhaus during his time with the Nike Elite marketing project, who annually put the best American best schoolers and led them a series of programming matrices.
Lutkenhaus hit Moser’s hand and hugged him.
Twenty-two days later and only 19 days from the World Cup, a 16-year-old was strengthened for several weeks by signing with Nike and officially completed his secondary career. Lutkenhaus’ contract first reported Gordon Mack’s track: All-Access. I have traded the news with the sources near the situation.
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Behind the decision Cooper Lutkenhaus to turn pro
Before signing Nike, Lutkenhaus haunted “more” of other companies, his father told me recently. However, the lutkenhaus’ ceiling increases in the 2025 season. Years. The Texas Norodan – whose family lives about 20 minutes north of the established value – the first was violated by the National Record of High School at June 1: 46,26 on Brooks PR undo in Seattle.
At that time, the performance was broken by a 29-year-old record of 1: 46.45, which was once held by Michael Granville. Little less than two weeks later, Lutkenhaus followed at that moment with another on Nike outdoors, time, submitted time From 1: 45.45 on the hour.
These successes were achieved in a high school meeting.
By the time Lutkenhaus arrived at the American Championship at the end of July, he was in peak form. The 16-year-old calmly navigated the first and second round of men 800 meters – which are involved Near the fall in the semifinals – before exceptional performance in finallywho guaranteed his position in the US team led by Tokyo, providing his position as the youngest athletes in the American Roster.
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Eugene, Oregon – 31. July: Cuper Lutkenhaus is competing in men in 800m during Championships 2025. in Haivard, 31. July 2025. in Eugene, Oregon. (Photo Christian Petersen / Getty Images)
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Lutkenhaus is not the first American teenage in history that would turn proissues school. Nor did he focus on 800 meters first.
In 2013. Mary Cain, and then a 17-year star of the middle distance from Bronkville, New York, has made a jump from preparing to professionals. Five years later, Josh Hoey, older from High School Bishop Shanahan, near Philadelphia, he did the same, becoming the first male teen that was focused at 800 meters to make a jump.
Hoei’s career after that decision, she did not plan, with EBBs and streams that covered various changes with training groups, locations and coaches, but is now firmly rebuilt as one top runners in mediumened centers. Other distance runners to jump directly from High school in professional purposes Include Hobbs Kessler, Drew Hunter, Alexa Efraimson and Mary Cain.
It is interesting that Lutkenhaus was beaten by Hoey, the global champion indoors, for one of three automatic places reserved for American athletes. Hoey currently aims to qualify for the World Championship through the diamond league. He will have to win 18. August of men 28. August in Zurich, Switzerland will earn a place on the line in Tokyo.
Ten days after his unforgettable trip to Eugene for external championship, Lutkenhaus returned to Justin Northwest High School for his first day of school. The same morning carried niques structures 26 for warming and Nike Alphafly for their training.
