Best Runners from your HS

Nnenna and Shola Lynch

A mid 80s guy named Doug Walter who ran a 1:52.0 800 and finished second in the 1500 at Penn Relays.

I believe he went to Penn State.

Shawn Schmidt, 2006 USATF Junior National Decathlon Champion

Wejo

Don Sage, ran 4:00.29 in high school. Won NCAA's for 1500 his sophomore year at Stanford. 12 time all-american.

Marius Baaken, sub 14 minute three miler in high school, went on to run on 3 olympic teams.

Jim White, 1:49 in high school. Went on to be all-american 8 times at Indiana.

Mark Fruin, 9:10 3200 in high school. Now runs professionally for New Balance.

Karl Savage/English Gardner

Jason DiJoseph, former record holder of the Holmdel Park course record in NJ. 2nd place as a senior in the Kittiny (Foot Locker) Nationals. i think DiJoseph ran 8:58 in the 3200 at some point in high school. Ron Faith also went on to run 29:28 in the 10k in college which is pretty good.

lease wrote:

I can't remember his name (before even my time!), but we had a guy who was close to the national mile lead in 1964: 4:14.2. (Well, okay, not *that* close--a junior ran 15+ seconds faster that year...)

[We also had Danny Brabham, a few years later (a class or two ahead of me), who was like a 24' LJer in high school (plus a State champ in pole vault)--later an acclaimed coach at Baylor.]

Anyway, the mile guy training was über-simple: he came out to practice an hour before everyone else, ran 20 quarters, and then joined the group practice after that. Twenty quarters, every single day.

Sorry--that was Roswell (NM) High...

The list is way too long, and one of the best runners is still in HS at the moment (and should be doing big things, as she is one of the top runners in the country)... but I'll list a few:

Brett Gotcher - one of the top US marathoners now

Casey Nevitt - 10:32 in HS (school record holder), went on to run at Stanford

Scott McConville - low 3:40s, I think was at one point (maybe still is) the UCSB 1500 record holder

Jake Evans - 4:10/low 1:50s in HS, went on to run at Stanford (All American I think)

Marissa Ferrante - 10:30s in HS, now at Stanford

Nikki Hiltz - 4:43 1600 so far in HS (school record), has the potential to be the best runner in the country

There are tons more who went to run at D1 colleges and top D2 colleges like Chico, I just listed the more notable ones.

Needham Broughton wrote:

A guy from my high school is the favorite to win the high jump at worlds this year - the great Jesse Williams!

Cool. I bet he was doing reverse two-handed dunks in grade 8 or 9.

Adam C wrote:

The runner that probably had the most success after high school doesn't hold any of these records. His name is Armando Siqueiros. Most people probably know him more for being Jordan Hassay's high school coach. He ran for UC Santa Cruz I believe. I think he was DIII champ or came very close to winning it. He won the Wharf to Wharf at least once as well. According to my high school coach (who coached Siqueiros about a decade before) Siqueiros either qualified or came close to qualifying for the 1984 US Olympic trials in both the 1500 and 5,000. These are 25 year old fuzzy memories so I may be off on the facts a bit.

Doesn't appear in the Olympic Trials results for either the 1500 or 5000 for 1980, 1984, or 1988. Found an 11th in 1982 and an 8th in 1981 for Div III XC.

lease wrote:

I can't remember his name (before even my time!), but we had a guy who was close to the national mile lead in 1964: 4:14.2. (Well, okay, not *that* close--a junior ran 15+ seconds faster that year...)

Looks like Web Loudat from Roswell, NM. The 4:14.2 made him the 9th fastest HSer in the nation, as best as I can tell.

I ran with a guy who currently is in college and has run 46.4 indoors.

My school also lists its 200 record as 21.3 from 1932. Legend has it that the guy was the fastest not to make the olympics that year.

DUKIE wrote:

Don Sage, ran 4:00.29 in high school. Won NCAA's for 1500 his sophomore year at Stanford. 12 time all-american.

Marius Baaken, sub 14 minute three miler in high school, went on to run on 3 olympic teams.

Jim White, 1:49 in high school. Went on to be all-american 8 times at Indiana.

Mark Fruin, 9:10 3200 in high school. Now runs professionally for New Balance.

So, you went to York?

Sorta Fast wrote:

I ran with a guy who currently is in college and has run 46.4 indoors.

My school also lists its 200 record as 21.3 from 1932. Legend has it that the guy was the fastest not to make the olympics that year.

Perrin Walker

Josh Spiker.

mcgato wrote:

Looks like Web Loudat from Roswell, NM. The 4:14.2 made him the 9th fastest HSer in the nation, as best as I can tell.

Oh, of course! Brain cramp, I guess...

Web was later an outstanding runner in the masters divisions.

Thanks mcgato. I found out that Siqueiros won the DIII Western regional twice in 1981 and 1982.

http://www.cmsathletics.org/sports/xc/westregion/champions-indiv.htm

Tom Watterson.

Max King

Bryan Berryhill