# @therunnerscentral on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CfIEGAQJ0KX
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- **Posted:** 2022-06-22T23:28:23.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** therunnerscentral (@therunnerscentral) — https://gondola.cc/therunnerscentral

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Just 24 hours away from the start of the 2022 Toyota USATF Outdoor Championships at Hayward Field! 

First event on the track -> Men’s 800m (4:00 P.M PST) 

First off, Donavan Brazier of Union Athletics Club has the bye in the 800m as the defending world champion from Doha 2019, which simply means as long as he competes in Eugene, regardless of his finish, he will be on the Worlds team. This bye is a life saver for the American record holder, who has been battling a case of bursitis in his right foot and is nowhere close to 100% fitness at this moment in time. 

That leaves 3 more spots for Worlds 👀 

In 2022, the 800m hasn’t been as strong as usual on the national level. No American has managed to break 1:45 so far this year and the quickest time from a US runner on the world list is 1:45.07, from Bryce Hoppel which is the 33rd best time in the world. 

Bryce Hoppel, who has made both the 2019 World Championship & 2021 Olympic squads for the US sits as an early favorite coming in tomorrow, having earned a bronze medal at World Indoors already this year and winning 3 out of his 4 outdoor races this season, including his most recent effort at the USATF NYC Grand Prix on June 12, where he crossed the line in 1:45.07 and defeated a strong field that included top Americans like Clayton Murphy, Erik Sowinski, and Isaiah Jewett. Murphy, who famously won the 2021 Olympic Trials in 1:43.17, is also considered to be a major contender for the Worlds team, having won US titles in 2016, 2018, and 2021. Murphy comes into USAs with a season’s best of 1:45.54, (very similar to his SB entering Olympic Trials, 1:45.29). It’s safe to say you can never count out the savvy tactician from Greenville, Ohio. 

Other contenders include Isaiah Harris of Brooks Beast TC (who tore his hamstring at World Indoors, but is coming off a strong 1:45 from the Portland Track Festival), Brandon Miller of Texas A&M (NCAA indoor champion in 2022 & 3rd place in outdoor 2022), Brannon Kidder (5th & 6th place finishes at last two US outdoor champs), Isaiah Jewett (Tokyo Olympian & 2021 NCAA outdoor champion). 

Should be an exciting one, drop your predictions down below! 

📸-> @theokphotos

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
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| therunnerscentral | @therunnerscentral | https://gondola.cc/therunnerscentral | Sports Media Outlet |
| Sam Su | @theokphotos | https://gondola.cc/theokphotos | Photographer |

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