Hunter Jones from Michigan is currently a junior and won state xc meet and would have won individual races at state in T&F but that was 2020 season. That is in division 3, with division 4 being the smallest. Based on time he would have lost to a couple larger school kids, but things could have been different head to head possibly.
If my memory is correct:
Patrick Grass, Pine Ridge, SD State XC Champ as a 7th grader. Also won 9th & 10th
Thousands of times. There are a dozen events and 50 states and an average of 4 classes. That's 2400 chances every year times 100 years is 240,000 chances.
Jorge Torres won 4 Illinois state cross country titles and Chris Jones of Lisle won for straight 400 titles from 93-96 in the smallest class in Illinois too. Added a win in the 800 his sophomore year.
I lied, Torres got 2nd... then won the next three.
Freshman? Yes
Fresman? Not sure
His name is Futsum wrote:
Futsum. All about the Hoosier domination.
Futsum won the 3200m I believe, but got 2nd in XC to Drew Shields. I was there that day. His shoe fell off at the beginning of the race, and he stopped to put it back on / tie it. Still went 15:25 which is solid at Lavern Gibson. Many people including me think he had it in the bag had his shoe not fallen off.
too old for this wrote:
If my memory is correct:
Patrick Grass, Pine Ridge, SD State XC Champ as a 7th grader. Also won 9th & 10th
Very close, Grass actually won it in 8th, 10th, and 11th grade. He was 3rd as a freshman.
There have been other freshman winners from South Dakota though. I ran against Kiko Mendoza of Takini when I was in high school and I remember he won XC and the 3200 his freshman year.
DougC wrote:
Eli Krahn won the MN 1600 as a freshman.
Rob Finnerty won MN 3200 as a freshmen, 9:06. I think both of these were freshman national records taken from Webb.
Bobby Lockhart of Handley High School in Winchester, Virginia never lost a state championship race throughout his entire career… Freshman year to senior year he ran at all the AA state championships he was eligible for (his high school didn’t sponsor indoor track for a portion of his career). As someone mentioned VA had 3 classifications (A, AA, AAA). You can only run against the people who are in your race and he never lost to anyone when a state title was on the line. One of the best careers in High School Running History without question.
Tim Dwight was undefeated in the 200 in Iowa for all four years in class 4A. He won the 200 freshmen year at state.
Anthony Ketchum of Needville, Texas, won the 440/400 all four years. He ran a 45.6 his senior year.
Gonna happen this afternoon in the Vermont 100m (boys).
Freshman Josiah Tostenson from Crater HS just did won the Oregon 5A 1500m state championship (3:59.74), he beat out his very talented Jr. teammate Tyrone Gorze in the process as well.
VA Champ wrote:
Bobby Lockhart of Handley High School in Winchester, Virginia never lost a state championship race throughout his entire career… Freshman year to senior year he ran at all the AA state championships he was eligible for (his high school didn’t sponsor indoor track for a portion of his career). As someone mentioned VA had 3 classifications (A, AA, AAA). You can only run against the people who are in your race and he never lost to anyone when a state title was on the line. One of the best careers in High School Running History without question.
XC - 9th - 16:03, 10th - 15:39, 11th - 15:24, 12th - 15:10
There are 6 divisions in Utah and some years the slowest divisions are won in very slow times. It seems impossible that a freshman wouldn't win from time to time.
nextpre3 wrote:
Hunter Jones from Michigan is currently a junior and won state xc meet and would have won individual races at state in T&F but that was 2020 season. That is in division 3, with division 4 being the smallest. Based on time he would have lost to a couple larger school kids, but things could have been different head to head possibly.
No way. He had zero chance against the top guys in Division 1 in Michigan. ZERO chance.
Justin Braun 2019 won Ohio d1 400m in 46.76
This is like asking if Bob Dylan is the best musician ever. The answer is yes.
Bobby Curtis won the 1600 (4:19.6) and 3200 (9:41.92) in Kentucky in 2000. He was also 2nd in cross country as freshman.
He started the year demolishing freshman in freshman only xc races and was only allowed to run varsity at the district/state meets for their team.