Here's a look at the Quad-City Times Bix 7 men's elite field

Brian Barraza

Age: 31

Home: Boulder, Colo.

Career: Two-time All-American at University of Houston … qualified for 2024 U.S. Olympic trials in 5,000 meters and 3,000 steeplechase … second place in 2025 at Carlsbad 5,000 and Gate River Run 15k.

This year: 17th at the TEN, 19th at USATF 25k.

At Bix: First appearance.

Gilbert Boit

Age: 31

Home: Kenya

Career: Ran collegiately at Tennessee Tech and Arkansas … three-time SEC champion and SEC runner of the year in 2018 … winner of 2022 Cotton Row Run 10k.

At Bix: First appearance.

Emmanual Bor

Age: 38

Home: Colorado Springs, Colo.

Career: Kenya native … ran collegiately at Alabama … fifth in 2021 U.S. Olympic trials 5,000, 10th in 10,000 … first in USATF cross country championships in 2023 … top-8 finisher in USATF indoor 3,000, outdoor 5,000 and outdoor 10,000 in 2022.

This year: 10th in Steamboat Classic 4-miler.

At Bix: Third appearance; seventh in 2017, 13th in 2023.

Reid Buchanan

Age: 33

Home: Kansas City, Mo.

Career: First in 2022 Rock N Roll San Diego Half-marathon, second in 2021 … also second in Carlsbad 5,000, Crescent City Classic 10k and Rock N Roll San Antonio Half Marathon in 2022 … winner of 2024 Naples Half-marathon … ninth in 2021 U.S. Olympic trials 10,000 meters.

This year: First in Lilac Bloomsday 12k, fourth in Steamboat Classic 4-miler and Utica Boilermaker 15k, fifth in Gate River Run 15k.

At Bix: Third appearance; third in 2023, fifth in 2017.

JP Flavin

Age: 27

Home: Rochester Hills. Mich.

Career: Ran collegiately at Dayton and N.C. State … winner of 2024 Toronto 10k and 2025 Marathon Project … seventh in 2024 USATF 25k … two-time runnerup in New Bedford Half-marathon … fifth American finisher in 2025 Boston Marathon.

This year: 10th in Gate River Run 15k, 13th in Cherry Blossom 10-miler.

At Bix: Third appearance; ninth in 2025, 14th in 2023.

Getinet Gedamu

Age: 35

Home: Ethiopia

Career: Winner of 2022 d’Arras 10k … runnerup in du Grand Nancy Half-marathon in 2024, de Tours 20k and Auray Half-marathon in 2022.

This year: Third in Gate River Run 15k, Grandma’s Marathon and du Massif Half-marathon; fourth in Saint Gregoire 10k.

At Bix: First appearance.

Hayate Homma

Age: 21

Home: Japan

Career: Runnerup in Japan high school 3,000 meters in 2022 … winner of 2024 Hokuren Distance Challenge 5,000 … second in Road of Waseda 5k in 2025.

At Bix: First appearance.

Michael Jordan

Age: 35

Home: Colorado Springs, Colo.

Career: Five-time All-American at Southern Indiana … qualified for 2016 U.S. Olympic trials in 3,000-meter steeplechase … 11th in USATF Grand Prix steeplechase in 2021.

At Bix: First appearance.

Amon Kemboi

Age: 30

Home: Kenya

Career: Five-time cross country All-American at Campbell University and Arkansas … 10th in 10,000 at NCAA outdoor meet in 2022, second in indoor 3,000 … winner of Abbott Dash for the Finish Line 5k and Falmouth Road Race in 2025 … sixth in Kenya World 5,000 trials in 2025.

At Bix: First appearance.

Shadrick Kipchirchir

Age: 37

Home: Colorado Springs, Colo.

Career: Second in 2014 NCAA 10,000 meters at Oklahoma State … 19th in 10,000 in 2016 Olympics … eighth in 3,000 at 2018 World Championships … USATF cross country champion in 2019 and 2022, 8k champion in 2022 … USATF runnerup in 10,000 in 2019, 15k in 2021 and half-marathon in 2025.

At Bix: Second appearance; 12th in 2024.

Wesley Kiptoo

Age: 27

Home: Bellemont, Ariz. (native of Kenya)

Career: NCAA 5,000-meter champion and 7-time All-American at Iowa State … 3-time winner of Pittsburgh Half-marathon, took second in 2025 … won Falmouth Road Race in 2023, Cherry Blossom 10-miler in 2024 and Gate River 15k in 2025 … 2-time runnerup in Houston Half-marathon.

This year: First in USATF Half-marathon.

At Bix: Fourth appearance; first in 2024, second in 2025, seventh in 2022.

Frank Lara

Age: 30

Home: Westminster, Colo.

Career: Native of Mexico, now U.S. citizen … ran at Furman University … USATF 15k champion in 2020, seventh in 2021 … 18th in 2021 U.S. Olympic trials 10,000 meters, 14th in 2024 U.S. Olympic marathon trials.

This year: Third in Festival Mini-marathon, fourth in Garry Bjorklund Half-marathon, 15th in Cherry Blossom 10-miler.

At Bix: Fifth appearance; second in 2021; eighth in 2023 and 2024; 15th in 2025.

Peter Lynch

Age: 28

Home: Kilkenny, Ireland

Career: Holds Ireland record in the marathon (2:06:08) and half-marathon (59:52) … attended University of Tulsa and trains in North Carolina … third last year in Uniper Dusseldorf Marathon and Gate River Run 15k.

This year: Fifth in NYC Half-marathon, ninth in London Marathon.

At Bix: First appearance.

Graydon Morris

Age: 24

Home: Chapel Hill. N.C.

Career: Six-time Texas high school state champion (three in cross country), ran in Foot Locker national championships as ninth-grader … ran collegiately at Texas and TCU … won 5,000 meters at Bryan Clay Invitational and Texas A&M Invitational in 2024.

This year: Second in Cherry Blossom 10-miler (top American), third in Steamboat Classic 4-miler, fifth in Bolder Boulder 10k, eighth in USATF Half-marathon, ninth in USATF 5k.

At Bix: First appearance.

Aiden Reed

Age: 28

Home: Boulder, Colo.

Career: Big Sky 10,000-meter champion at Southern Utah in 2018 … top five in Pittsburgh Half-marathon three times … fifth in USATF 8k in 2023 and 2024 … top-five in Bolder Boulder 10k twice.

This year: Second in Pittsburgh Half-marathon and Garry Bjorklund Half-marathon, third in Bolder Boulder 10K, fifth in Cherry Blossom 10-miler, sixth in USATF Half-marathon.

At Bix: Second appearance; ninth in 2023.

Dawit Seare

Age: 21

Home: Eritrea

Career: Winner of BAA 5k in 2025 … 19th in 2024 Olympic 5,000 meters … 10th in World indoor 3,000 meters in 2025 … fourth in World 5k road championship in 2023.

This year: First in African Athletic Championship 5,000, eighth in 10,000; third in BAA 10k; seventh in Peachtree 10k.

At Bix: First appearance.

Biya Simbassa

Age: 33

Home: Flagstaff, Ariz. (native of Ethiopia)

Career: Ran at Iowa Central CC and Oklahoma … season points champion on U.S. Track & Field circuit in 2021, winning 10-mile, half-marathon and 25k … seventh in U.S. Olympic trials 10,000 in 2021, 11th in marathon in 2024 … top-10 in USATF 20k five times … second in USATF 15k in 2020 and 10k in 2025 … fourth in USATF points standings in 2023.

This year: 11th in Houston Half-marathon.

At Bix: Third appearance; first in 2023, fifth in 2024.

Itta Tameike

Age: 22

Home: Japan

Career: Third in Japanese cross country championships in 2023 … top-six in 5,000 and 10,000 at 2024 Hokuren Distance Challenge … fourth in 2025 Road of Waseda 5k.

This year: Second in Golden Games Nobeoka 5,000, third in LA Track Festival 5,000, seventh in Beppu- Oita Marathon, 11th in Japanese Championship 5,000.

At Bix: First appearance.

Tesfu Tewelde

Age: 29

Home: Eritrea

Career: Second in Twin-Cities Marathon in 2024 and 2025 … fifth in 2024 Los Angeles Marathon … second in 1500 at 2013 Donetsk World Youth Championships … eighth in 1500 at 2015 All-Africa Games … member of Eritrea’s World cross country team in 2019.

This year: 10th in Pittsburgh Half-marathon.

At Bix: Fourth appearance; ninth in 2024, 15th in 2019, 18th in 2025.

Camren Todd

Age: 27

Home: Kaysville, Utah

Career: Holds Utah State University record for 10,000 meters … second in Mountain West 10,000 in 2023, fourth in 5,000 … winner of 2024 Payton Jordan Invitational 5,000 meters, sixth in 2025.

This year: 15th in NYC Half-marathon.

At Bix: First appearance.

Tsegay Weldibanos

Age: 30

Home: Eritrea

Career: Won 2024 California International Marathon … won Philadelphia Distance Classic Half-marathon in 2021, second in 2022, third in 2024 … third in Kosice Peace Marathon in 2019 … fourth in Bolder Boulder 10k in 2019.

This year: First in Mesa Marathon 10k, 17th in NYC Half-marathon.

At Bix (as Tsegay Tuemay): Third appearance; fourth in 2025, seventh in 2024.

Titus Winder

Age: 26

Home: Minnetonka, Minn.

Career: Two-time NCAA Division II indoor champion at Southern Indiana, completed his college career at Iowa State … 2017 Tennessee high school cross country champion … eighth in 2025 USATF Cross Country Classic.

This year: First in Jim Duncan Invitational 1,500 and Bill Bergan Open 3,000.

At Bix: Second appearance; 71st in 2024.

Mohammed El Youssfi

Age: 28

Home: Morocco

Career: Junior college national champion in both 5,000 and 10,000 for Odessa (Texas) College in 2025 … won Philadelphia Half-marathon and Flanigan’s Rockin Rib 10k in 2025 … has run half-marathon in 59:21.

This year: First in Pittsburgh Half-marathon, Cherry Blossom 10-miler and Gate River Run 15k; third in Houston Marathon; sixth in Bolder Boulder 10k; seventh in BAA 5k.

At Bix: First appearance.