My 5k in July was a 28:39 and my best a 27:41. Now I have a 23:56. I wouldn't say it was improvement more of I was less fit and was joggin (although exhausted) during competitions and not RACING. I learned to be comfortable with being uncomfortable and looking forward to VISAA :D any tips?
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I had a freshman go from 23 minutes to 20 his sophomore year.
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Ryun's 5:38 to 3:55 is probably the best out there. However, Hobbs Kessler probably has a pretty similar start point, as I believe he ended his freshman year with a 4:59 PR and of course ended up going sub 4 and 3:34 as a senior.
Also for longer distance Chris Derrick was mentioned earlier but he's worth mentioning again. He started out with a mid 18 minute 5k PR and was an also ran on the Nequa Valley frosh squad. Coach Vandersteen brought him along and he won NTN, both individually and his team won, plus ran 13:55 at Arcadia his senior year. I think I heard he was basically Nequa's top runner his sophomore year after getting serious training over summer. He's commented on how he was meant to be a regular white collar guy/CPA but Vandersteen had other ideas! Had to mention hims again because CD is one of my favorite runners!
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William Richards (Orem UT) - 19:33 in the 3 mile last year to 15:40 in the Woodbridge 3 mile this year
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Ethan Hogan his junior year ran 8:49/4:06 and 3-4 months earlier that winter before track he only ran a 16:30 5k and 15:30-3mile. Wasn’t in the top 45 kids in his state all classes for distance running coming out of cross country.
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Eli Jarvis (Herriman UT) - 17:33 3 mile last year to 14:18 Woodbridge 3 mile this year
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Jack Lakin (Hopkins MN):
9th: 22:47
10th: 18:16
11th: 16:45
12th: 16:28 5k (also an individual state qualifier from a tough section)30 -
Ryan Tait (Jesuit CA)
Clovis 2023 5k - 18:54
Clovis 2024 5k - 16:08
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Marissa Ferebee - 18:38 5k last year (as a soph) to 16:30 this year
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Huge improvement for a girl wrote:
Marissa Ferebee - 18:38 5k last year (as a soph) to 16:30 this year
Also, from the same school, Mara Schiebout - 22:00 last year to 19:01 this year
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Colby Thompson (Viera FL)
22:14 5k in 2022 to 17:51 5k in 202330 -
Huge improvement for a girl wrote:
Huge improvement for a girl wrote:
Marissa Ferebee - 18:38 5k last year (as a soph) to 16:30 this year
Also, from the same school, Mara Schiebout - 22:00 last year to 19:01 this year
Also from the same school - Elsie Brenneman - 20:12 last year to 17:24 this year.
Also Ferebee ran a 16:25 at NXR and Schiebout ran an 18:50 there.
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LOL!! wrote:
What are some huge improvements you've seen in high school? I remember a girl in our section who was running something like 24-25 minutes for a 5k in 10th grade. In 11th grade she ran 19 minutes and in 12th grade she ran 18:10.
9th grader 14:52 for 4k
12 grade 8:15 3k
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Caden Winship - 16:45 last year to 15:07 this year
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Huge improvement for a girl wrote:
Huge improvement for a girl wrote:
Also, from the same school, Mara Schiebout - 22:00 last year to 19:01 this year
Also from the same school - Elsie Brenneman - 20:12 last year to 17:24 this year.
Also Ferebee ran a 16:25 at NXR and Schiebout ran an 18:50 there.
The whole team’s improvement is very impressive, but Ferebee’s is next level. Are there any other examples of a girl with a comparable, single-year improvement? To go from mid 18s (relatively fast) to 16:25 in one year is a crazy improvement. Brenneman’s improvement is great too, but Marissa’s baseline was already much faster.
Guys going from 18:3x to 16:2x in a year isn’t that unusual, but would love to know how many other girls have done it.10 -
Milestogo wrote:
Huge improvement for a girl wrote:
Also from the same school - Elsie Brenneman - 20:12 last year to 17:24 this year.
Also Ferebee ran a 16:25 at NXR and Schiebout ran an 18:50 there.
The whole team’s improvement is very impressive, but Ferebee’s is next level. Are there any other examples of a girl with a comparable, single-year improvement? To go from mid 18s (relatively fast) to 16:25 in one year is a crazy improvement. Brenneman’s improvement is great too, but Marissa’s baseline was already much faster.
Guys going from 18:3x to 16:2x in a year isn’t that unusual, but would love to know how many other girls have done it.20 -
Christie Rutledge (FM NY)
2008: 26:44 5k
2009: 20:21
2010: 17:07. Also took second at NXN and led her team to possibly the best girls team in the history of high school cross country
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Alex Zimmerman (Hagerty FL) - 20:01 5k in 2022 to 17:43 in 2023
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Charles Moen of Bloomington Jefferson
2023: 20:12 5k
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Will Drury of Mounds View - 18:28 last year to 16:28 this year
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