PHOENIX, Ariz.—Hosava Kretzmann, from the Hotevilla village on the Hopi Reservation, is the first Native American runner to qualify for the 2028 Olympic marathon trials. Kretzmann, a citizen of the Hopi Tribe and Navajo Nation, ran a personal best 2:15:50 at The Marathon Project in December 2025, finishing more than three minutes faster than his previous best and under the qualifying standard. This will allow him to join an elite group of distance runners nationwide and places him to become one of a growing number of Indigenous athletes competing at the highest levels of sports.
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