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EUGENE, Ore. - Brett Meyer, current assistant coach and former individual national champion for the Fort Hays State Track and Field team, will compete at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials in the 1,500-meter, set for June 21-24 in Eugene, Oregon.
Meyer's fastest-ever time in the event occurred in July of 2023 at the Under Armour Sunset Tour in Los Angeles, California, where he ran a time of 3:36.83. That time was ran within the qualifying window for this year's U.S. Olympic Trials and met the automatic qualifying standard.
The 1,500 meters will have three rounds over three separate days, set to take place from June 21-24. Meyer is one of 36 individuals in the United States who qualified for the trials. Round one will be on Friday, June 21 at 5:22 p.m. local time (7:22 p.m. CDT). The semifinal round is set for Saturday, June 22 at 6:54 p.m. local time (8:54 p.m. CDT). The final will be on Monday, June 24 at 5:47 p.m. (7:47 p.m. CDT).
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A native of Scott City, Kan., Meyer began his professional career in the summer of 2019 immediately following his 2019 NCAA Division II individual national title in the 1,500-meter run. He earned his first pro win at the Ryan Shay Mile in Charlevoix, Mich. in July of 2019 with a sub-4-minute time of 3:58.18. In 2021, he ran sub-4-minute miles on indoor and outdoor tracks, as well as road races.
Meyer ran sub-4-minute miles several times now as a professional, both outdoor and indoor. His personal best in the mile now stands at 3:56.06, which he ran earlier this year on February 10, 2024 at the Boston University David Hemery Valentine Invitational.
Going back a few years ago, Meyer broke a 53-year old record on February 13, 2021 by running the fastest-ever indoor mile on Kansas soil with a time of 3:58.59 at the Ichabod Invitational in Topeka, Kan. on the campus of Washburn University. It was only the second sub-4-minute indoor mile ran ever in Kansas as it topped former U.S. Olympian and University of Kansas grad Jim Ryun's time of 3:58.8 on March 4, 1967 on the old dirt track that used to encircle the basketball court inside of Allen Fieldhouse at the University of Kansas.
Looking back at Meyer's collegiate career, his national title in his final collegiate race capped a six-time All-America performance career at FHSU. He was an eight-time MIAA champion, including six individual titles and two in relays. Meyer has served as an assistant coach at FHSU since exhausting his collegiate eligibility. Meyer is a Coordinator for Student Engagement at Fort Hays State University in the Fischli-Wills Center for Student Success. He is a two-time graduate from Fort Hays State University, earning a bachelor of science in Health and Human Performance in 2019 before completing a master's of science in the same department in 2021.