This isn't high school but I went from 5:24/19:10 from the summer before 8th grade to 4:43/16:35 during 8th grade track. (miles and 5k respectively.
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9th ----> 12th grd
23:50 3mi -- 16:10 5k (both xc)
5:18 mi -- 4:27
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Have a teammate who ran 5:20 in the mile and 21:34 in the 5k as a freshman and then ran a 4:35 and a 16:50 as a sophmore
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I just saw this 10th grader at Running Lane (14:34) - Jimmy Wischausen. In the 9th grade, he ran (18:45 - 17:26).
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Solomon Chavez - Southlake Carroll TX - 19:24 in 2017 to 16:27 in 2018.
Flynn Miligram - Dowling Catholic IA - 17:39 in 2020 to 15:47 in 2021.
Trevor Cross - Satellite FL - 19:12 in 2020 to 16:58 in 2021.
Jeremy Gillett - Niwot - 17:47 in 2020 to 15:33 in 2021
Frederick Ambrose -Niwot - 16:44 in 2020 to 15:41 in 2021
Isaac Robinson - Niwot - 17:21 in 2020 to 15:42 in 2021
Nathan Gruenwald - Homestead WI - 19:09 in 2020 to 16:55 in 2021.
Connor Rathre - Homestead - 18:44 in 2020 to 16:52 in 2021.
Payton Triebold - Oconomowoc - 18:12 in 2020 to 16:55 in 202100 -
Joey Duerr from Chaska - 17:06 in 2010 to a 15:41 in 2011.
Hamza Ali from MPLS Washburn - 19:13 in 2012 to 16:45 in 2013.
Matt Cota from MPLS Washburn - 18:05 in 2014 to 16:05 in 2015
Joseph Minor from MPLS Washburn - 17:58 in 2014 to 16:09 in 2015
Hopkins High School MN guys:
Hunter Staack - 18:26 in 2012 to 16:50 in 2013.
Seth Eliason - 17:42 in 2013 to 16:07 in 2014.
Sam Branson - 18:40 in 2013 to 16:19 in 2014.
Will Jones - 18:10 in 2011 to 16:40 in 2012.
Jake Campbell - Edina - 18:16 in 2010 to 16:11 in 2011.
Vince Puzak - MPLS Southwest - 17:53 in 2011 to 16:18 in 2012.
Zach Spears from Eden Prairie - 17:17 in 2018 to 15:54 in 2019
Gemechu Meskele - Wayzata - 17:17 in 2014 to 15:58 in 201500 -
this girl on my hs team freshman year ran 3:00 800m. then junior year 2:58 for the 1k
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Mark Derouin - Eden Prairie - 12:08 in 2021 to 10:14 in 2022 in the 3200
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He also went from a 5:45 to 5:42 in the 1600
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Cooper Teare Sophomore 4:35 Mile
Senior 4:00 flat61 -
Gabe Meier from Bloomington Jefferson - went from a 10:31 in 2021 to a 9:28 in 2022.
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Austin Elkins of Great Oak - 17:12 in 2020 to 15:51 in 2021
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I went from running 23:4x 5Ks at the end of XC (Oct.) to running 18:5x in a 5K in Nov.
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Check this one out. Huge steps freshman to sophomore to junior year!
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With the great Swede JS I went from high 18 to low 17 in 5k cross country after a magic summer.
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Addy Wiley 4:37 to 4:26NR in ONE RACE.
GOAT HS improvement.
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Check this one out
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If you consider this a big jump…
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FR to SR year
800: 2:23r ->1:58
1600: 4:59 (5:20 first race) -> 4:21
3200: 11:13 -> 9:25
5000: 18:20 equivalent (22 minutes start) -> 16:16
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