I have yet to hit a time of no progression and I am extremely blessed for more and more opportunities to keep coming my way.īryce Hoppel, World Champs, Doha 2019, photo by

RunBlogRun, 2) Did you consider yourself a fast or slow developer?īryce Hoppel: “I think everything for me has always developed very quickly. I ended up becoming best friends with a group on the team and the coach helped me find a passion for the sport.” It wasn’t until my high school cross country coaches came to the soccer team to get some of the guys to come out for the summer to “stay in shape for soccer”. I had been playing soccer all my life and that was always the main focus of my efforts. RunBlogRun, 1) How Did You Get Involved In The Sport?īryce Hoppel: “I ran here and there back from the time of elementary school but, the significant moment that I really got into was sophomore year in high school. Jeff Benjamin, Senior writer, East coast, RunBlogRun (really Staten Island), did this interview. Bryce did not churn up the track, as I am apt to say, he melted that Mondo surface, flying down the last 60 meters to take 4th in 1:44.25 PB! As Donavan Brazier took gold in MR/AR of 1:42.34, along comes Bryce Hoppel, running like a man possessed. Then, came the biggie! Serious, sports fans, Bryce makes the final the WC 800m! And, in the last sixty meters, he looked like he could capture the world, taking down everyone but three.

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