Yusuf Bizimana Moved from the British Isles to Texas inspired by Josh Kerr and had some impressive success on the US college scene. In 2023, Yusuf won the NCAA indoor 800-meter title. In June 2023, Yusuf then placed second in the 800 meters at the 2023 NCAA Outdoor National Championships for Division 1. In 2024, Yusuf set the NCAA indoor 1000 meter record with his time of 2:18.10.
Yusuf Bizimana has some serious PBs of 48.11 for 400 meters (2023), 1:15.79 for 600 meters (2023) and 1:46.02 for 800 meters (2023), 2:18:10 for 1000 meters (2024), plus a mile in 3.57 minutes. Yusuf has some serious wheels, check out his 3000m PB of 7:44.76 and 5000m PB of 13:03.78. outside Yusuf Bizimana ran 1:45.74 for the 800 meters outdoors.
I enjoyed meeting Yusuf, he is a middle distance runner and confident. Yusuf and I chatted about the nearby town. “In my country, the intersection is real, snow, rain, cold, hills, this is not an intersection.”
Yusuf Bizimana has a point. We asked Yussuf Bizimana for a tip on the intersection as he was hanging with him SWOOSH Track Club teammates at NXR Southwest Regional On November 22, 2025. Yusuf is trained by Mike Smith in Flagstaff, Arizona. He is working out Parker Wolfe, Ethan Strand, Woody Kincaid, Maggie Congdon, Moh Ahmed, Drew Bosley, Elise Stearns, etc..
Here is my interview.
“Cross country is real in my country,” said Yusuf Bizimana, the NCAA indoor 1000m record holder of 2:18.10. Yusuf was the NCAA Indoor Div 1 Champion in the 800 meters in 2023. In June 2023, Yusuf placed 2nd at the NCAA Outdoor Tournament. Yusuf is now running for the NIKE Swoosh TC in Flagstaff. Here… pic.twitter.com/cUWUUMKMeZ
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