Has a high schooler ever won an XC and a 400 meter state championship?

Northwest Apprentice wrote:

When I was in college, our Conference champion in XC went on to win the Conference championship in the 400 that spring. His name was Nick Symmonds.

Nice. What ever happened to him?

1) I said "with that time" on purpose. I didn't say he would have for sure finished 9th. I actually saw Wood run a lot this past season, and he's good, but his PR of 9:16 which he ran the week before at the regional is about the top of where he could have been this season.

2) I simply do not believe that a 15:00 guy would jog a 5,000 race just to win in over 17 minutes. Why would he do that? Why not just go for it and let everyone be impressed with the beating he put down? Especially when I just looked at the PRs of a few of them, none of those guys have times much faster than their 17+ state championship titles. Any of them who are capable of running 15:00 and yet just decided not to are fools (and again, I don't believe anyone does this). There are several D1 colleges out there that have a published list of times for consideration for scholarship money, and the most common time for 5,000 CC is 15:20. Don't challenge me on this, because I have a spreadsheet that contains every single published scholarship (for me) link I could find on line, and it's quite extensive. Well, you could challenge me on it, but I would show you that I am right.

(for me) should have been (for men).

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Just wondering if it's ever been done. How about 400 and 1600 or 400 and 3200?

In 2013, Dage Minors won the 400m, 800m, and 1500m at the Vermont D-I Outdoor State Championships (50.27, 1:58, 3:58). Also tripled indoors that same year in the 1600, 1000, and 600, all back-to-back-to-back.

He's now a low 1:49 800m runner, as well as potentially going to the olympics this summer for Bermuda (I believe he took this outdoor season off to focus for that...)

You're referring to Nick Williams he was a great talent, never knew he could run 11.5 in the 100m and he did run under 16 his jr year. Williams is easily the greatest Maine talent to never run in college. Definitely a sub 1:50 guy had he run post high school. Harris ran a 21.high 200m in hs so I bet he could've won the 100m title his sr. year. Maine grabbed the D3 Men's 800m National Title with Black (hs c/o 2012), D2 Women's 800m Title with Koch (hs c/o 2013), D1 Men's 800m Title with Harris (hs c/o 2015). Can't even name another collegiate national title a Mainer has won in any event other than Kate Hall (LJ 2017) and we had 3 champions that were in hs around the same time in the same event lol. I guess things are just so much more competitive now maybe.

birnbaum was going for this but he had some injury issues

I think nick symmonds did

Nate Stadtlander from Idaho almost achieved the 400/XC Combo (and he still could since he’s a junior)

His sophomore track season he ran 49.20 to finish 2nd at State, then this fall as a junior he just won the XC Title in 15:12 on a course at elevation. Special talent that could try to win the 400 this spring if he focuses on that event.

Nate won the xc state titled, he should do what Birnbaum did. Focus on all 3 800/1600/3200, not the 400.

Nathan Cumberbatch - Wisconsin 2021 D2 XC Champion, 400, 800, 4x400

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Nathan CumberbatchDistances - THIS YEAR: Freshman Nathan Cumberbatch is in his first season as a distance runner on the USC track and field team. HIGH SCHOOL:

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Not sure why this old thread is bumped but surprised no one mentioned Shelby Houlihan, unless I missed it. Won a state XC title and the 400, 800 and 1500 at the state meet her senior year.